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Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 1h

Non fascist leaders are at least vulnerable to public pressure. We can usually make them do the right thing, or have the other lawmakers constrain them. Not easy or pleasant, but better than fascism. The fight for people's rights is never over.

Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 2h

I noticed that as well.
Probably not a good sign if a person is suspected of having increasing dementia.

Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 2h

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Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 2h

We generally want to help everyone do better.
It's not easy to fight that platform, but smear tactics work if you can convince ppl they're true.

Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 2h

The truth is that Dems generally don't hate men or think they're inherently bad. We try to judge individuals on their behavior.
That being said, some individual Dems have different personal opinions, but that's not representative of the party.

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Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 2h

So true. I saw something recently with several guys who had mostly voted R complain that Dems were always complaining about "toxic masculinity," and I can't remember that ever being a Dem talking point. I do remember lots of clickbait articles and podcasters claiming it was true. And it worked.

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Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 2h

CAIR's okay though, right?

Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 2h

They will come out for someone with charisma who promises them the moon. They usually won't come out for great candidates with a great record of service who isn't cool enough.

Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 3h

I keep hearing ppi complain about what liberals believe, but frequently the only "evidence" for those beliefs is other ppl/articles/foreign ops/opposing politicians/podcasters confidently declaring what they think libs believe. No analysis whatsoever of if it's true or possibly an ulterior motive.

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Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 3h

Or affordable university education.

Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 3h

The world is complex, and simple answers to problems often make better slogans than solutions.

Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 3h

Meanwhile the list of awful, destructive 1 term politicians keeps growing. Length of power isn't inherently a bad thing, being a terrible person is. Her constituency could have told her to take a hike any time, but they didn't. Her institutional knowledge helped us pass some great bills.

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Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 2d

Can we DM you with questions about the study?

Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 3d

It happens. I can't imagine it was on purpose.
Thanks for posting the correct date. This is an important story.

Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 3d

It was posted on Reddit 24 days ago. Couldn't have been Oct 31.

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From the illinois community on Reddit: CHICAGO- ICE CRASHES INTO CAR AND ARRESTS THE VICTIM

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Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 4d

My prediction is that it's much more likely that a woman who IS "wildly disliked with shit policies" will be the first woman elected president. It will be another way to own the libs.
There's currently speculation that someone who fits this description is planning on running.

Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 9d

I think there's an element of wanting to hurt Caroline Kennedy as well.

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armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 12d

Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.

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Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 13d

Destruction will continue until morale improves.

He knows it's the beloved people's house. It's a middle finger to the American people for the massive protests.

Revenge by proxy.

Tearing down a 3rd of the White House is punishment for not adoring him, & it will continue.

The king is mad.

A photograph taken by a passenger on a flight out of Ronald Reagan National Airport on Thursday showed the demolished East Wing. Credit...Katie Harbath

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Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 13d

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Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 13d

Imagine my surprise.

Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 14d

And yet the need exists.

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Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 14d

Mon Mothma from Andor says "We must stand together, or we will be crushed."

Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 14d

We need to learn when we're being manipulated and stop doing what they want.
That's another beauty of "Vote Blue No Matter Who."
We stick to our voting block.
We have each other's backs.
We circle our wagons (unless there's a clear Nazi tattoo).

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Au Contraire @jcontraire.bsky.social · 14d

Be smarter about narratives - we kept hearing that Harris never talked about this or that, that she supported Cheney, etc. None of that was true either, but the media repeated it (and didn't talk about the substance of what she DID say) and some of us fell for it.
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