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Aepps22

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2. Yet they don't want to vote consistently to change things
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 07:30 PM
22 hrs ago

The performative stuff that videos like this call for rarely focus on the fact that the voters didn’t do what we needed to do. Calling for people in the streets sounds great but where is that same energy for actually voting to give our leaders the numbers to actually do something?

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It's Faux pas 22 hrs ago #1
Yet they don't want to vote consistently to change things Aepps22 22 hrs ago #2
blue wave is here! Bread and Circuses 21 hrs ago #8
are you running for an office as a democrat? just curious... nt msongs 22 hrs ago #3
We have leaders. We OWN issues. Just don't let the oligarchs drag the party into applesause irrelevants (or irelephants) usonian 22 hrs ago #4
You bash Democrats in your OP title mcar 22 hrs ago #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Bread and Circuses 21 hrs ago #9
I would note that getting 25 million people to show up for anything is a Big Ask 0rganism 21 hrs ago #6
OMG ! give it a TRY. Bread and Circuses 21 hrs ago #11
Really? UpInArms 21 hrs ago #7
Do you have a list of the 'leaders'... sheshe2 21 hrs ago #10
Short Answer ! It's a leverage ... Bread and Circuses 21 hrs ago #13
So, who are all these 'Centrists' ... sheshe2 20 hrs ago #14
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree 21 hrs ago #12
They have two problems. everyonematters 20 hrs ago #15
Oh ok. BannonsLiver 20 hrs ago #16
I've never liked this "commentator" much. ihaveaquestion 10 hrs ago #17
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