#31 bj bois says: "Your comment that a sealed envelope somehow equates to private voting at a booth is ridiculous."

#23 So? It worked, didn't it, Left Hind Turds.

You're just jealous because "Sleepy Joe" was a much better politician than the "dealmaker."

#19 "the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group"

#19 "the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group"

#37 jpw says, "This administration deserves zero benefit of the doubt."

100% correct, jpw!

For those who are interested:

#116 Eberly says, "I know ... ..you want me to lay off them. Cut them some slack."

Au contraire. I want nothing of the sort.

But I do appreciate your honesty.

#108 The very first time I voted, in a primary in August 1974, my name was on the ballot for Democratic committeeman for the precinct in which I lived.

I appeared on the ballot because there was actually an incumbent in the position.

I typed out a letter, introducing myself, and walked door-to-door handing out copies.

In the paper the next morning, as I waded through the various stories about the state-wide, district and local elections, there I saw, buried in the minutia of the precinct tabulations, that, in my precinct, I had defeated the incumbent, 69-19!

Yeah, Eb.

Some of us have been at this game for a long, long time.

Your ridicule has no effect on that reality.

"There's more I can consider when voting." - #104 | Posted by ClownShack

While in other parts of the country it is an uphill battle to win in red districts.

But we're seeing it, beginning to change, with all the Democratic victories in red states/districts/cities that we've seen since this past November.

So, we need all of those on our side to fight together, with one common goal.

But, with the luxury you have in LA, why don't you remember that in some places (looking at you, Texas) a Democratic victory will be in of those uphill battles?

Why wouldn't you want to see Democratic victories there, too?

#100 And if Candidate A (D-wherever) has [AIPAC] after their name AND Candidate B (R-wherever) has [AIPAC] after their name...

...and all of the Candidates C-Z are gadflies, incapable of winning...

... who are you going to vote for?

As for me?

There's no question, whatsoever: I want enough power to amass in the hands of Democrats, both in 2026 and in 2028, - at local, state and federal levels - to ensure that said power can finally bring accountability and justice the whole corrupt Republican Party/MAGA party/Trump; to to bring them all to their knees.

And to that end, I'll bite my tongue and demand clarity and purity only after we've regained the power necessary to end the Trump, and some justice has returned to this country that I love.

And not before.

"Governor Josh Shapiro (D-PA) ... POTUS ... in 2028."

Would you prefer USSECSTATE Rubio (R-FL) POTUS ... in 2028?

Would you prefer VPOTUS Vance (R-OH) POTUS ... in 2028?

... and all of the Cabinet Officers, high-level officials, and even more federal bureaucrats ... not to mention even more SCOTUS picks ... that any POTUS with an "R" after their name bring with them?

You, Caius Marcius Coriolanus, are clearly an intelligent, learned individual, whose comments here show a wisdom beyond that displayed by many here, yours truly included in that latter category.

But do you would prefer Republican rule to continue if a Democratic candidate is "imperfect"?

#94 US Senator Adam Schiff is NOT "R"-CA.

Would you prefer a US Senator from California with an "R"-CA after his/her name?

#85 This is NOT Silicon Valley or the LA Basin.

When Americans speak of Ground Zero (or G-Zero), we are not talking about future events.

If you were an American, you'd know that.

#48 I'm not the one who pulled "TENS OF BILLIONS" out of "10 million."

You're welcome.

#47 Where does the work filibuster appear in the US Constitution?

Hint: It doesn't.

You're welcome.

#44 Can't read or understand the English language, I see.

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BREAKING: The new Iranian Ayatollah just announced he'll agree to open the Strait of Hormuz and let all the oil tankers leave the Red Sea in exchange for the US releasing all the Epstein Files with no redactions.

#3 Well, now, that poll certainly explains these recent elections:

('Tis like shooting fish in a barrel ...)

-> Georgia voters ousted two Republican members of the state's Public Service Commission in favor of two Democrats - the first Democrats to win statewide nonfederal offices in decades.

-> Democrats in Mississippi Break the G.O.P.'s State House Supermajority

-> Every single county in Virginia - even deeply red counties - saw shifts TOWARDS the Democrats, as opposed to how they voted 1 year ago.

-> Dems flip Wichita School Board from a 4-3 GOP majority to a 5-2 Democratic majority. Democratic candidates Amy Warren and Amy Jensen defeated Republican incumbents Hazel Stabler and Kathy Bond.

-> Two of Tuesday's school board elections were in Bucks County, Pa., which was considered "ground zero" for right-wing groups' takeover of school boards in 2021. A few years ago, conservatives on these boards in Pennbridge and Central Bucks districts were using their roles to pass policies targeting LGBTQ+ students and banning books.

---> Democrats flipped control of both boards in 2023, and on Tuesday, they ousted every Republican from both of these boards, except for one. The Pennbridge school board is now 8-1, with Democratic members in control. The Central Bucks school board is 9-0.

-> In Texas, we even won in Lockhart, which sits in a district so red that Democrats normally don't even run. We had a clean sweep in Cy-Fair ISD, another deeply red area that not even Greg Abbott could save your party.

-> In SD-9, another red district, we saw an 8 point shift for the Democrat

-> Eileen Higgins elected as first Democratic mayor of Miami in three decades

#28 Your idea of "honoring" fallen soldiers?

#155 Funny, that's because when a Democrat is in office, American military deaths are nil.

#28 Flag:

"...700 Iranian nationals....men of military age who had been identified as "dangerous" and " possible terrorist"...were allowed to walk in and go where ever they wanted or where ever democrats needed them to alter congressional seat allocation." - Posted by shrimpsized(30-40)genitaliahiddenbyataco"Danielle" (28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 plonks)

700 men, moving around the country in 2020 (the last census), so that the congressional seat allocation could be altered.

Why, here are those 700 men, freely moving from one congressional district to the next. What a plan!

Spain is under Sharia law?

That'd be news to the Spanish.

#3 Predictably, bell boi sides with Russia.