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Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats 15-term incumbent in Colorado House primary
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For what it's worth, the late 80s to early 90s Republicans were as useless to Americans as the establishment democrats are to the left.
The conservatives that overthrew those establishment people and took control of the Republican Party (Newt Gingrich and the rest of his scumbag traitors) did so by running conservative primary candidates against sitting, long-time congressmen....and winning. They also refused to wait in line, and ran for leadership positions (Speaker, Maj Leader, Whip, and committee chairs) and won those, too.
They were also called insurgents at the time.
We really should be using the 1994 model. Pick 10 simple things we can all (70%+) agree on, and all democrats, left or center, run on the platform.
Stuff like "No corruption" "No more corporate elites bribing Congress" "No more bribes for the Supreme Court" etc. Don't get into the controversial stuff. Just pick the easy stuff, like "Everyone should get to fucking eat food and have medicine"
You'll see what an insurgency can do with that simple model.
How about "no fucking kids or committing genocide for another country"?
I dunno man you're asking an awful lot... :P
Jokes aside- elections are supposed to find the best of us to represent the rest. It really shouldn't be that hard to find someone who's a. not into raping 14yo's, b, frowns on genocide, and c. has basic administrative/leadership skills.
And yet...
When corporations are considered people, and can donate to political campaigns, real people don't matter. Citizens United destroyed America...Trump is just a symptom of that system.
The conservatives in America have wanted a fascist state since before WWII; FDR was their nightmare, and they fought all through the 2nd half of the 20th century to lay the groundwork for someone like Trump to come along. Their goal has never been democracy.
Fuck it, the only question you need to ask these candidates are "Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza?" That answer alone will tell you the other 9 things.