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Steve 218's avatar

More to the point, how can anyone in their right mind not be unhappy with Elon Musk? He and his minions are a clear and present danger to us all, and his very presence indicates that our system of checks and balances is clearly out of whack.

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Judith Hofeditz's avatar

Agree with Tara on Dems! I’m very frustrated with the lack of fire with a few exceptions. Need much better communication with the public on existential threats.

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Sue Heer's avatar

Great discussion, thanks to all!

Particularly appreciated Tara, a Republican with a spine--like Kinsinger and Liz Cheney.

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Gaylen Morgan's avatar

What about Putin in all of this? This is all sooo good for him.

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Margaret Staeheli's avatar

use names - stop lowering to maga- use the full names of our reps & senators

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KnockKnockGreenpeace's avatar

Federal worker household here. About to be fired after nearly 30 years for no reason. Thanks, voters, for putting a sociopath back in the White House. And by that, I mean Elon Musk.

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Sa's avatar

Every time you mentioned the midterm elections, I thought to myself, "You poor sweet summer children."

More seriously, I wonder how you can actually believe that there will be open, meaningful elections, and that the republicans are more concerned with being reelected than with the physical safety of themselves and their families. (This doesn't excuse them, but let's at least acknowledge that the stakes are higher than "being primaried".)

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LaurenAZGoodGirl's avatar

Tara Setmayer lives rent-free inside my head. Brilliant!

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Patrick Schelling's avatar

I have a serious question:

Could TSLA shareholders bring a class action suit against Musk if he continues to tank the stock? Would this be one way to pry this parasite out of our government?

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Grace Doolittle's avatar

Such an interesting discussion! Tara Settmeyer made so many important points, about right wing communication infrastructure, Elon Musk—we need to hear more from her!

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Kim Leval's avatar

Great show!

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June Blender's avatar

Tara Setmayer was fantastic. I've heard of her, but I've never heard her speak before. She has the guidance that Dems in the format that we need it. We're fools if we don't elevate her brilliance and listen to her. Honestly, it's always black women with the answers.

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Wendy horgan's avatar

Don't panic! Yikes, so out of touch. Instead resistance of epic proportions is where we are.

Thanks heavens for The Contrarian which leads resistance through information and supports and applauds the publics resistance.

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