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TrishaJ

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25. And the religious groups

Reply to BadgerMom (Reply #14)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:52 AM

Jul 2018

could not win on issues such as abortion rights and gay marriage in the courts, so they are aligning themselves outside of our system to another system they feel will remedy their losses, as in strong man fascism.

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Scary stuff from Slate "The Real Threat to American Democracy Isn't Russia. It's the Right." [View all] NRaleighLiberal Jul 2018 OP

K&R highplainsdem Jul 2018 #1

Both are the same. rockfordfile Jul 2018 #2

Exactly. The right has aligned with Russia. BadgerMom Jul 2018 #14

And the religious groups TrishaJ Jul 2018 #25

The RW flying monkeys love Russia because it is fascist, majority white and fake Christian. roamer65 Jul 2018 #32

Vast concentrations of people into metropolitian areas... krispos42 Jul 2018 #3

K&R Puzzler Jul 2018 #4

we gotta get rid of Fox News Hamlette Jul 2018 #5

That occurred to me earlier tonight, until Fox News is dealt with, nada... appalachiablue Jul 2018 #9

Unfortunately Fox "news" has metastasized workinclasszero Jul 2018 #23

Yup we needs laes that ban fake new like fox. Joe941 Jul 2018 #31

that'a why we need 50 states strategy AlexSFCA Jul 2018 #6

+1 Yes. appalachiablue Jul 2018 #8

A large chunk of the population is vehemently opposed to principles that... Garrett78 Jul 2018 #12

at the very least we must capture swing states AlexSFCA Jul 2018 #15

Sure, it's all about who can win key battleground states. Garrett78 Jul 2018 #21

It is important to remember LiberalLovinLug Jul 2018 #7

Important points and distinction. appalachiablue Jul 2018 #10

"65% of Americans believe in establishing the popular vote as the method for electing presidents" Garrett78 Jul 2018 #11

Hillary would've won if we went by the popular vote True_Blue Jul 2018 #13

Yes, but my point, of course, was about the difficulty of getting rid of the electoral college. Garrett78 Jul 2018 #17

Please Check out the Popular Vote Movement JustAnotherGen Jul 2018 #26

I guess we have to find a way marlakay Jul 2018 #16

Right! roscoeroscoe Jul 2018 #27

I think I could do Idaho or Montana marlakay Jul 2018 #28

we could expand the number of House Reps (and thus the number of EC voters) and distribute Celerity Jul 2018 #18

K&R mountain grammy Jul 2018 #19

K&R Scurrilous Jul 2018 #20

It's been this way for a long time. octoberlib Jul 2018 #22

What's the argument for each state having the same number of US Senators? Garrett78 Jul 2018 #24

K&R Solly Mack Jul 2018 #29

Sadly That's True colsohlibgal Jul 2018 #30