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Agree 100%. I'd go farther with the first one and say it's the ego of the entire Dem leadership, but you are absolutely correct about Biden. Also, those of us on the left need to learn to hold leadership accountable. No more of this upholding white men's fragility in order to not upset the balance. White men, too, can and should be expected to show up and behave like emotional adults. Time to remember our values and upset the damn balance already!

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Well you didn't talk about the corporate vs. oligarchic battle to dismantle the USA. You blame the Democrat Party leadership without naming names assuming 'they' will wake up and make anti corporate left turns. Ha! The misery the duopoly has wrought upon the world is coming home to roost. Good riddance. We deserve the despair and suffering that is the dismantling of a promise that has always been a fantasy of peace, love and understanding. Continue to do your best but hate is the power of humanity and religion is a death cult.

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You’ve answered your own question with the first paragraph of the piece. The Democratic Party and Kamala Harris lost because she’s not a legitimate candidate. She’s an undeserving unqualified offending insulting token. In other words not an honest broker. Offering quality policy and good governance.

If the constituency demanded those three things, you would be surprised how many elections you win.

As an example, demand #ByDefinition #UniversalHealthcare. Don’t nominate candidates support even the compromise to anything else.

That’s how to achieve best policy practice and win elections all in one small reply.

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Agree with you on all except "unqualified, " UNLESS we're calling most candidates the same.

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We should not dwell too long on why the Democrats lost. Once we figure it out, we must move forward to stop Trump from destroying our democracy. We have to move quickly before Trump becomes entrenched and more powerful. It is like treating a disease early before there is too much destruction. Ironically, we have an example of what not to do. When COVID hit, Trump wasted time looking for someone to blame instead of looking for a way to stop it from spreading, and we had a huge disaster, lost so many people. I think if Obama had still been in office, he would have nipped COVID in the bud, but I digress. We must nip this second term second term in the bud.

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Your gullibility is showing. What the opposition does has nothing to do with the quality of your parties proposals or style of governance. As long as the Democratic Party executive can keep the conversation about the GOP, they never have to be accountable. Please stop.

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Why the Democratic Party and Kamala Harris lost Tuesday should be the only conversation here. The party has continually insisted on performing the same actions while expecting a different result since 1980. The height of stupidity or the entrenchment of insanity.

Nominating the candidate not supported by the DNC would be a great start. Beholden to the donor class benefactors that write the platform.

It is impossible to change anything, most importantly have a path to restoring this intended constitutional republic without two absolute prerequisites happening. The removal of big dark money and the barriers to the ballot. Demand that we have a great chance to address the other 10,000 things that need fixed, revamped or burned it to the ground. Without so, it is an impossibility.

Since it’s an easy syllabus, while I’m here and I will give you the formula for winning elections.

Only nominate honest brokers.

Only consent to best policy practice proposals, implementing it when possible.

Compose a platform representing the constituency and the rest of the electorate with a goal of good governance serving “we the people”

Read that again. It’s not differentiating equations….

Hell, you could even take the legislative branch of government back if you did such actions in the midterm. The choice is yours.

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You said absolutely nothing to disagree with.

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Nov 11Liked by Qasim Rashid

Thank you, Sir, for your insight and analysis! I totally agree with all of the points you made about last week's election loss. My prayer is for the DNC to do a major overhaul. Meanwhile, the rest of us must do what we can to push back on those whose aim is to undermine our democracy and take away our personal freedoms.

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Thank you, Jimmie, and I share that same prayer.

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Nov 11Liked by Qasim Rashid

The quote you highlighted from James Baldwin "You can't tell the children there's no hope," really hit me hard. As a parent, telling my 8 yr old the results of the election. Watching her be upset and angry and worried. I saw fear in her eyes. I knew I couldn't leave her with no hope. I explained to her that I will keep her safe. That we need to work together as a community. That nothing has changed our plans. This is something that is so very important for all to remember.

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I love that quote. I think of it often. We have to uplift our children. We cannot let them down.

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Nov 11Liked by Qasim Rashid

Thank you Qasim! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Thanks for listening, Sharon.

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Nov 11Liked by Qasim Rashid

Organizing for resistance: Contribute to Coworker Solidarity, a union support group.

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100%

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The present moment brings to my mind the situation in France in 1939 - 1945. The Resistance formed and became a powerful force frustrating the Nazis. For a woncerful, and entertaining view of a part of this Resistance, screen uo "The Battle of the Rails".

While we cannot actually carry out that level of destruction to any good use, there are MANY ways that every one of Trump's malicious plans can be thwarted.

Better minds than mine are working on that now..

Be advised, Donnie: It isn't going to be as easy as you think.

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Nov 11Liked by Qasim Rashid

That part!

“The Democratic Party has lost two winnable Presidential elections in the last three contests, resulting in devastating consequences for the American people.“

And it’s so disappointing and depressing and disheartening that Americans signed up for more Republican ass kicking - masochistic much??

I heard folks were already Googling how to change their vote!

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Nov 11Liked by Qasim Rashid

I think Heather McGhee accurately attributes the loss to the right-wing meaning-making media machine plus the Democrats’ inability to get bills passed that could provide not only long-term help, some of which they did get passed, but also provide immediate help, which was blocked by Republicans and Democrats Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinema. The right-wing meaning-making machine was full of lies, for example telling people the it was the fault of immigrants that prices were high, housing was scarce, and crime was up. People struggling to meet day to day needs were vulnerable to lies that seemed to explain their situations and offered fake solutions. Figuring out how to counter all that will be a big task.

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Nov 12·edited Nov 12Author

Yeah the right wing media machine was in overdrive and dems and left wing did nothing by comparison. We absolutely must increase capacity well before the next election.

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