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20. If democracy is to survive, it will take the real life suffering and consequences of fascism to turn the tide

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 01:41 PM

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Until/unless progressives create and sustain a media ecosystem that can hold its own against the RW media and complicit MSM, it’s going to take a lot of suffering for folks to believe their own eyes, ears, stomachs and wallets over what they are being spoon fed online.

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I'll get screamed at i know, BUT knowing that it's possible that our democracy is ON THE LINE! [View all] bluestarone Tuesday OP

I hope you aren't screamed at Easterncedar Tuesday #1

Unverified claims without sourcing are at 200+ recs Sympthsical Tuesday #23

Worst Level Of The Worst Immersive Video Game Ever MayReasonRule Tuesday #32

Believe Harris, Biden, etc., would request a recount if they thought there were evidence. Apparently, they don't. Silent Type Tuesday #2

Yea i hear that. That's the killer part for me. bluestarone Tuesday #6

K&R Think. Again. Tuesday #3

I wouldn't be against it. Elessar Zappa Tuesday #4

Harris has made her choice- there will be no recounts. Nt Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #5

I hear you. bluestarone Tuesday #7

If democracy is to survive, it will take the real life suffering and consequences of fascism to turn the tide Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #20

I feel if what your saying is true, then i'm afraid it's gonna take Americans willing to do exactly what bluestarone Tuesday #21

Agree, but my mistake was that the abortion issue would be sufficient to prompt allegorical oracle Tuesday #37

The abortion issue show just how ill informed or misinformed the electorate is Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #40

It's for the sake of the country we don't scream "rigged!" Sympthsical Tuesday #24

trump is crazy LiberaBlueDem Tuesday #45

Recounts rarely change election results. Very rarely.. MineralMan Tuesday #8

I get that. My thing is putting a solid end to (they cheated) bluestarone Tuesday #10

actually RJ_MacReady Tuesday #17

Maybe not, but it could hardly hurt, given whathehell Wednesday #52

Steven Spoonamore on The Thom Hartmann Program Live (11/18/2024) - 02:16:30 - 02:28:45 - - - - - ConcernedCitizen1776 Tuesday #9

I know, but the numbers are not adding up. bluestarone Tuesday #13

What's your point in posting this? Wiz Imp Tuesday #43

As much as it hurts Macrophylla Tuesday #11

I'll tell you what's wrong... lame54 Tuesday #12

Well i STILL would donate IF they were to request recount! bluestarone Tuesday #14

There are statutory requirements for recounts Abnredleg Tuesday #16

Thank you... lame54 Tuesday #28

Yea, what assholes. They spent their money trying to win, why didn't they save money for performative tritsofme Tuesday #19

Recounts are all part of... lame54 Tuesday #25

Not when you lose by the margins Harris did. Then it's just over. tritsofme Tuesday #26

And, of course, that's known before the final tally lame54 Tuesday #27

Not sure how that is relevant with margins being what they are. tritsofme Tuesday #30

There should be a recount fund before the election... lame54 Tuesday #31

The outcome is fully known. It's just you who refuses to see. tritsofme Tuesday #33

We're talking past each other... lame54 Tuesday #34

Harris would have had no problem raising money for a recount fund if one had been required. tritsofme Tuesday #38

Disagree... lame54 Tuesday #39

Raising money for something that might be totally unnecessary seems to fit that bill. tritsofme Tuesday #41

Still disagreeing lame54 Tuesday #42

Then everyone would be blaming them for sitting on money that they could have spent in the last week of the campaign MichMan Tuesday #46

I keep getting emails from Harris asking for money. Liberal In Texas Tuesday #15

Races where a recount is actually in play and retiring the debt TheKentuckian Tuesday #36

I think they are in debt because they spent all of the huge amount of money they raised on the election Meowmee Tuesday #47

She is simply not going scam her supporters of out millions of dollars to placate election deniers on the internet tritsofme Tuesday #18

It's fucking over already. She's NEVER going to do that, okay? Maru Kitteh Tuesday #22

If Harris could assemble a team of actual credentialed computor experts that could examine flashman13 Tuesday #29

No one's screaming at you. We all know our country is at stake. But... Hekate Tuesday #35

You see, that's what kills me. She KNOWS more than Anybody because she is a prosecutor. bluestarone Tuesday #44

I believe there should be a recount and forensic investigation Meowmee Tuesday #48

I heard the expert say that Nevada and Arizona had the biggest discrepancies. kentuck Tuesday #49

Recounts are fine. Conspiracy theories are not fine. D23MIURG23 Wednesday #50

I'm with you. Hard to believe trump won all the swing states. I'd donate. brush Wednesday #51

Bluestarone dlilafae Wednesday #53