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The Decline of the DNC IV

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@SpeakerPelosi- Ma'am, let me help refresh your memory. It was your Sergeant at Arms (SAA) who repeatedly denied my multiple requests for National Guard assistance before and on January 6. Even on Jan 6, your Sergeant at Arms denied my urgent requests for over 70 minutes, while he was “running it up the chain” for your approval.

The Pentagon offered National Guard assistance, but I had to decline because your SAA would not grant me the legal authority as required under federal law (2 U.S.C. §1970).

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It's always fun to watch Pelosi melt. It pairs well with someone whose face looks like it's melting. Seriously, when is this broad gonna retire? Her expiration date is already in the rear-view mirror.
 
Men are leaving the left....

The Democratic Party is hemorrhaging men. Across the U.S., they are leaving in waves — from the unions that once powered the party’s muscle, from classrooms that once echoed with idealism, and from a movement that now talks at them rather than to them. Polls show young men flocking to the right in numbers not seen for generations.

The trend isn’t a blip but a brutal reckoning. And no amount of branding or beer ads will stop it.
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But somewhere along the line, that current of conviction faded. The virtues that once defined Democratic leadership — resolve, discipline, fortitude — were recast as remnants of a primitive past. The same movement that once celebrated builders and breadwinners began to sneer at them. Masculinity became something to manage rather than to honor. The sermon grew stale: You are privileged, you are problematic, you are not welcome here anymore.
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Democrats have mistaken attention for trust. They think a viral podcast clip can replace authenticity. They think a few “relatable” posts will fill the void left by decades of disdain. But men are not looking for content. They’re looking for meaning. They are tired of being told what’s wrong with them and desperate for someone to tell them what’s right. A party that once built bridges now burns them. A movement that once fought for workers now fights for abstractions no one believes in.
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It wasn’t always this disconnected. The Democratic Party once inspired men to see themselves as part of something greater — families, unions and a country worth defending. Today, however, the same party mocks faith, discipline and fatherhood as punchlines. It worships inclusion but forgets loyalty. It preaches equality but forgets basic humanity.
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Fantastic editorial that answers a lot of questions that Democrats can't stop asking.
 
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Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admits he got Nazi-linked tattoo while ‘very inebriated’

“I am not a secret Nazi,” the Bernie Sanders-backed candidate insisted, claiming he was unaware the tattoo had potentially sickening connections to Nazism.
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Graham Platner, a Marine vet who’s running for a US Senate seat in Maine, said he was “very inebriated” when he got a tattoo linked to Nazism while on leave in Croatia nearly 20 years ago and insists he’s “not a secret Nazi.”

The liberal candidate, 41, went out of his way to disclose the controversial skull tattoo on the right side of his chest as he shared an embarrassing video that shows him singing in only briefs at a wedding celebration for his brother.
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His former campaign director, however, disputed his claim.

“Maybe he didn’t know it when he got it, but he got it years ago, and he should have had it covered up because he knows damn well what it means,” Genevieve McDonald wrote on Facebook, according to the outlet.

She resigned from Platner’s campaign after his old Reddit posts surfaced, which include labeling all police “bastards,” describing rural white Americans as “actually” stupid and racist — and once calling himself a “communist” around 2021, according to CNN.
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CrimsonJazz said:
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Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admits he got Nazi-linked tattoo while ‘very inebriated’

“I am not a secret Nazi,” the Bernie Sanders-backed candidate insisted, claiming he was unaware the tattoo had potentially sickening connections to Nazism.
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I reiterate: the very same people who have spent a decade "why don't Republicans stand up to Trump and do what's right"......checks notes......will not call upon an Attorney General candidate who wants to murder someone in front of his kids and now won't say BEFORE THE PRIMARIES EVEN BEGIN, "No, you can't run under our banner."

Amazing how they all sound exactly like Susan Collins here. They....."have concerns" but, you know, go ahead and run, just make sure you win.

Reminder: they're NOT as different in reality as they are in their fantasies.
 
selmaborntidefan said:
I reiterate: the very same people who have spent a decade "why don't Republicans stand up to Trump and do what's right"......checks notes......will not call upon an Attorney General candidate who wants to murder someone in front of his kids and now won't say BEFORE THE PRIMARIES EVEN BEGIN, "No, you can't run under our banner."

Amazing how they all sound exactly like Susan Collins here. They....."have concerns" but, you know, go ahead and run, just make sure you win.

Reminder: they're NOT as different in reality as they are in their fantasies.
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You make a valid point, Selma. I think Adams is a poor candidate and wouldn’t want someone who posted such things in a position of power - just as I don’t want a president who thought his VP deserved to be hanged.
 
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Now Maine Democrats are left with a woman who will be 79 the day the next Senate term begins. Susan Collins, seeking her sixth term, will only be 74 that day.
 
CrimsonJazz said:
Is there a difference between the two?
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If you mean politically, I have no idea. But Mills has had various political jobs in Maine for years so she’s probably fairly popular. Heck, she was 71 when she became governor and people probably said that was old then. (Tubby will be 72 when he stands on Jeff Davis’ spot).
 
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They're really two “moderates” who are quite different.

Collins has been “deeply concerned” since dial-up internet. Almost every major vote follows the same script: act tortured for a week, then side with the GOP anyway. She’s built a 30-year career out of furrowed brows.

Mills, meanwhile, actually runs stuff. She expanded healthcare, pushed clean energy, and kept Maine from turning into Florida North. She’s no revolutionary, but she doesn’t mistake hesitation for wisdom.

It’s the hand-wringer vs. the doer. The senator who thinks about it versus the governor who just does it.

If Mainers want another six years of “concerned statements,” Collins is their person.
If they’re ready for someone who acts first and apologizes later, Mills might finally break Collins' streak.
 
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Now Maine Democrats are left with a woman who will be 79 the day the next Senate term begins. Susan Collins, seeking her sixth term, will only be 74 that day.
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I could write a long post, but I'll make it short:
Democrats were more vicious and rabid in their takedown to end the political career of incumbent Senator Krysten Sinema because she wouldn't abolish the filibuster than they are with a guy who hasn't even been a nominee yet who got a Nazi tattoo. They're more vicious about "Fetterman has to go" than they are speaking up to a guy who isn't a vote they need.

They're playing the, "oh, he isn't going to win anyway" game that has set the GOP on fire now for a decade. See, they're not like that other party, they do what's right, they're courageous and all that other delusional nonsense.

Uh....what if Mills dies a week out from the primary vote?
 
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They're really two “moderates” who are quite different.

Collins has been “deeply concerned” since dial-up internet. Almost every major vote follows the same script: act tortured for a week, then side with the GOP anyway. She’s built a 30-year career out of furrowed brows.

Mills, meanwhile, actually runs stuff. She expanded healthcare, pushed clean energy, and kept Maine from turning into Florida North. She’s no revolutionary, but she doesn’t mistake hesitation for wisdom.

It’s the hand-wringer vs. the doer. The senator who thinks about it versus the governor who just does it.

If Mainers want another six years of “concerned statements,” Collins is their person.
If they’re ready for someone who acts first and apologizes later, Mills might finally break Collins' streak.
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Not to pick your answer apart - but OF COURSE a person who was a two-term governor of a state did more actual substance than a person serving five terms in the US Senate. I "get" what you're saying, but the same could be said when you compare the resumes of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama had they competed in 2008, too.

Or for that matter Mike Huckabee.
 
Crimson1967 said:
If you mean politically, I have no idea. But Mills has had various political jobs in Maine for years so she’s probably fairly popular. Heck, she was 71 when she became governor and people probably said that was old then. (Tubby will be 72 when he stands on Jeff Davis’ spot).
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Maine - and it's not a precise comparison - is sort of the "Oregon of New England," which makes sense if you know how Portland, Oregon got it's name (a coin toss after a guy from Portland, Maine - for real). So, Maine has folks who actually try to run to the center and then grab enough red or blue votes to win. What gives Republicans a better chance in Maine is that the state doesn't have an electorate where the metro area of one huge city (Portland) and a college town (Eugene) can predetermine the outcome. Harris beat Trump in Oregon by 321K votes. But 297K of those were in Multnomah County (Portland) and 125K in Eugene. The difference is that Maine doesn't have that same kind of setup conducive to guaranteeing the Democrat wins.

In a nutshell, Maine is basically Oregon Lite: environmentally conscious voters set in their ways, gun owners, lotta rural voters, and they tend to be maverick on the idea of political parties (once heavily Republican, the state is now mostly Indy voters and they've elected an Indy Governor).

Just think a softer version of Oregon and that's gonna be pretty much every electable politician in Maine. Thus, do I think the new guy with the tattoo is gonna win? PROBABLY not in Maine (Montana as a Republican might be a different story).
 
selmaborntidefan said:
Not to pick your answer apart - but OF COURSE a person who was a two-term governor of a state did more actual substance than a person serving five terms in the US Senate. I "get" what you're saying, but the same could be said when you compare the resumes of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama had they competed in 2008, too.

Or for that matter Mike Huckabee.
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Fair point. Being a governor is a more hands-on job by definition, and it’s not an apples-to-apples comparison.

Collins has built her brand around moderation and “getting things done in Washington,” yet when the big votes come around, the results rarely match the reputation. Mills has actually turned campaign talk into policy — not revolutionary, just tangible results.

The titles are different, but if one person spends 30 years in the Senate thinking it over while the other runs the state and checks off a few boxes, it’s fair to ask which version of “experience” Maine needs more right now.
 
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Gavin debuts his hip hop persona on an NBA podcast:

"It was about payin' the bills, man."

"Hustlin."

"I raised myself."

"Wonder bread and Mac 'n cheese. That's how I grew up, bro."

(His dad was the attorney for the billionaire Getty family.)

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And Bessent let us know last week that he was a soybean farmer and that he was feeling the pain too... Our politicians are not connected to reality in the slightest way.
 
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