If we keep acting like anyone with a D by their name is perfect we'll never fix shit.
The hard truth is the party needs to clean house because when shit like this happens "both sides" is hard to deny
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Third party corruption investigations and prosecutions are needed on every branch of high level government.
The tone is set from the top. Hold the top accountable and the rats will cease to try and climb.
It's easy to say but the solution takes a lot more critical thinking for people to vote ethically or even just in their own interests rather than for the team they've been trained to vote for.
Most people either don't have the available time to research, the interest to put the effort in or the capacity to understand the consequences of their choice.
Simplification to "trusted source K recommended by trusted source L says I should vote for team B" is the default solution. "Surely everyone in recommended team B is a fine upstanding person who will fight tooth and nail for my best interests?"
Most people need to be engaged and critical or the system defaults to whoever controls the trusted sources.
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This is what Democrats call bipartisanship.
the most furious debate of all time will be whether the United States is owned by the AIPAC, or the Russian Mafia.
if they aren't in one pocket, its the other
AIPAC has every politician kissing the ring at their conference. It is not even a contest.
If Russia had the same level of influence as Israel, America would be invading Ukraine with Putin.
You see that every single GOP votes with isreal 100% of the time, tho, so vote dem if theres no viable 3rd party in your district.
Here's an idea. We all just stop. And loudly let them know they fucked up. Because rewarding them for this behavior is just going to get more of it.
Only 30% of eligible voters vote. If even fewer vote it's even easier for elections to be manipulated
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Scratch a Blue Dog Democrat...