The fight to defeat Trump is a race against the clock before competent people rise in his shadow. We’ve gotten a bit complacent about that this year, because Trump and the circus surrounding him are so ineffective and unserious. But the serious people are coming.
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Failing to win the midterm elections decisively—crushingly—would not only validate all the buffoonery and tawdriness of the last year, but embolden a rising generation of skillful, morally unencumbered young jackals waiting in the wings of American politics.
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All dictators are to some degree ridiculous. Stalin fancied himself a master linguist. Romanian chemists had to add Elena Ceaușescu's name to their papers to get them published. Ridiculousness offers no protection against tyranny.
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There are a lot of things that can thwart Trump personally—impeachment, indictment, a McNugget willing to take one for the team. But the only thing that can check the rise of that capable next generation of authoritarians is a cataclysmic defeat at the polls this November.
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I've been raising money for political campaigns not because of a sudden fascination with Congressional politics, but because I think this is a desperate fight that we are not doing enough to win. Please join me, whether by giving money, or time, or both.https://secure.actblue.com/donate/great_slate …
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as long as we can expend effort on practical things like elections, and not pointlessly tilting at the Twitter windmill, I'm 107.2% for it.
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anyways I sent another $500 just now, to match the $500 I sent a day or two ago. My advice to people these days is shut the fuck up and send money
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thank you for doubling down! Glad we agree on something :-)
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I will donate another $500 right now if you watch the "Save a horse, ride a cowboy" Big & Rich video on youtube.. in its entirety
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I watched the video. These men do not seem like they could competently direct a herd of cattle.
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