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highplainsdem

(63,722 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:09 PM 16 hrs ago

Ron Filipkowski: It's pretty obvious when Trump thinks he's on to a winning formula on something.

It’s pretty obvious when Trump thinks he’s on to a winning formula on something. He now thinks being an anti-communist crusader is the key to the midterms. He’s going to talk about communism every day from now until November. It’s basically 1954.

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T19:50:26.539Z
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Ron Filipkowski: It's pretty obvious when Trump thinks he's on to a winning formula on something. (Original Post) highplainsdem 16 hrs ago OP
That checks dweller 16 hrs ago #1
... Intractable 16 hrs ago #3
Could be something he inherited from Roy Coen. 3_Limes 16 hrs ago #2
"Socialist" worked for awhile... ananda 16 hrs ago #4
maga consider social security to be communist rampartd 16 hrs ago #8
yup senseandsensibility 16 hrs ago #5
After years of his fascist bullshit "communist" Klarkashton 16 hrs ago #6
yea. but neither he nor his mob could tell a communist from their mothers. rampartd 16 hrs ago #7
Conflate Dems and Cuba NCDem47 16 hrs ago #9
That's why he loves those rallies so much vh Bristlecone 15 hrs ago #10
He's a slow learner, though GenThePerservering 14 hrs ago #13
It's coming out of the message machine. K Street lobbyists and investments. erronis 14 hrs ago #11
Somebody needs to tell Chump that JOE McCARTHY didn't end well FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #12
Maybe our candidates should talk about Blue Full Moon 14 hrs ago #14

ananda

(35,816 posts)
4. "Socialist" worked for awhile...
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:30 PM
16 hrs ago

but now that it no longer works, they
are revering to "communist."

The thing is... nobody here calls themselves
communist like they used to.

rampartd

(5,507 posts)
8. maga consider social security to be communist
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:50 PM
16 hrs ago

organized labor = commie

health care other than cash and carry = commie

Klarkashton

(5,517 posts)
6. After years of his fascist bullshit "communist"
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:37 PM
16 hrs ago

Isn't going to scare regular people and maga aren't ever going to change anyway.

rampartd

(5,507 posts)
7. yea. but neither he nor his mob could tell a communist from their mothers.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:47 PM
16 hrs ago

making this another dangerous way to kill off opposition.

NCDem47

(3,552 posts)
9. Conflate Dems and Cuba
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:52 PM
16 hrs ago

Mark it allllll communist.

Then, invade Cuba.

Start arresting Dems.

Put it all togther in one big package that villifies AND rationalizes.

Bristlecone

(11,248 posts)
10. That's why he loves those rallies so much vh
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:02 PM
15 hrs ago

He can beta test all of his bullshit lies, one-liners and see what lands and what doesn’t.

Blue Full Moon

(3,793 posts)
14. Maybe our candidates should talk about
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 07:43 PM
14 hrs ago

All the rich receiving socialism and that the republican congress enjoy universal health care and pay for life. While pointing out that the republicans want to deny health care, institutionalize elderly and disabled, reduce our social security that was hard worked for, and etc.

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