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Trump and Biden are both fascists and warmongers. They both suck.

Write in someone who is a descent person, and educated.

I will be writing in Jill Stein.

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You'll hand the presidency to Trump if enough people do that. Biden is a long way from being fascist.

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Oh I forgot about all the wars that the trump administration got us into. Oh wait that's right. There was no new conflicts and Iran was broke. Even North Korea was behaving. When will you people realize that Trump puts American citizens and this country first. Democratic policy is destroying this nation. Trump 2024.

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Trump paved the ways for the current wars we are supporting. He weakened NATO and gave (is still giving) Putin the green light. He will hand Vlad Ukraine on a silver platter. Have gave him boatloads of classified documents too. And Boy Jarad is the cause of Hamas bombing Israel. His peace talk’s didn’t invite the Palestinians to the table. What the hell did you think would happen?

Every GOP president brings us to the point of war towards the end of their term. Just like oil companies raise the price of fuel when Dems are in office. It’s the game. You need to learn it in order to stop being their useful idiot.

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He does not put America first. He puts himself first. Wow.....1 million dead under trump...remember the "China Flu." Of course, you forgot about that?What he did was manslaughter and he should be in prison for that. No wars under Biden....ZERO BOOTS ON THE GROUND! Democratic policy is saving America. Where have you been? Take a look at your 401K plan willia. Tell me how good it's doing under Biden. Pretty darn good, you're not thinking. Under the Trump regime, he can put your Fanny in a prison camp anytime he wants if you elect him, because that's exactly what the Supreme Court gave him the option to do and he will do. He's gonna be a dictator, wait a minute, for a day. Let me just tell you about dictators. They're never dictators for a day. They're dictators for life. And that's what you're gonna be voting for -- a dictator. You are kidding me, aren't you? It's better to vote for Biden and maintain democracy and the rule of law, then voting for Trump. He will get rid of the rule of law. He will never go to prison for stealing classified documents, creating an insurrection, or the election interference, and the lack of peaceful transfer of power. Get with the facts, stop watching the R.N.C reality TV show cause that's what you're gonnand get. The reality will be he will put you in prison.He will take your money and he won't give one rats ass about who you are. While his pulling your money out of your account for himself. He's a liar, cheat, criminal and he belongs in.prison. VOTE BLUE TO PRESERVE YOUR RIGHTS. GET TRUMP DEPROGRAMED and STOP WATCHING PROPAGANDA, i.e. FOX NEWS.

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Waste of a vote. Even Jill will vote for the Dems this election.

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Respectfully, with Joe Biden‘s long and hard-working career, stepping aside, should be remaining on the sidelines, but let someone that has no baggage and threw his hat in the ring in 2020… what about Eric Swalwell and Adam Kinsinger for VP. They would be tough and sarcastic And vigorous and make Trump look like an orange boo-boo🤣 and give Vance a licking on the constitution.

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Congratulations!

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I agree that Biden needs to step down, but saying he didn't accomplish anything is ridiculous -- in terms of progressive legislation he's been the most accomplished president in my lifetime, desire working with some of the narrowest congressional margins ever. Infrastructure, CHIPS, the biggest climate package in American history, etc. The problem is that he's been unable to communicate those successes the last few years, and now he's so focused on angrily defending his record that he's failing to articulate an inspiring vision for the next few years (which most of his own supporters don't believe he'll be able to serve out effectively anyway).

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I think its a stretch to say most progressive; ya there wasn't really another president who was better on unions and trusts but its a very low bar. He can't really run on the small reforms he did achieve and he doesn't the radical change people need and want like universal healthcare. We need an actual progressive who can advocate for this, I think Sanders has been leveraging his support to force Biden to talk about taxing the rich. It's hard to tell if Biden believes it because he never changed the corporate tax back to 35% and the tax brackets when he had the chance.

Thanks for the reply, I understand the sentiment, I just don't think he has much to run on even if he did make those achievements.

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Calling Trump a facist undermines the credibility of everything you said.

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Hi John, I discuss this in more detail in my footnotes:

https://theliberationproject.substack.com/i/146178257/donald-trump-is-a-fascist

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If this is your definition of a facist, or fascism, Trump doesn’t fit it. Within America First, there are many critical and contrary voices. It’s the democrats that vote as a block and act hypnotized by an ideology they can’t articulate. To see the dem party in chaos now is healthy. To see dems realize they’ve been lied to is a teachable moment.

“Fascism — a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.”

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Donald Trump runs on rhetoric which places the white christian over the perceived 'other', dehumanizing that group. He has said immigrants are rapists, murderers and drug dealers, he expresses that Muslims are terrorists countless times, he has expressed that black people are thugs, he is indifferent toward neo-nazis and white supremacists. His rhetoric relies on generating fear among his base that the current nation needs to return to the glory of the nation's past. He says this is achieved by seeking retribution against his opponents exemplified by Jan 6th which he incited. He also campaigns on punishing his opponents and lies to his base that they are out to get him. His agenda this election is to centralize power in the hands of the executive office and leverage SCOTUS to carry out his authoritarian demands. All of these are the pillars of fascism. Trump is a fascist, end of discussion.

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Sounds like Trump and Genocide Joe. Two sides of the fascist coin. Both are dog shit.

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Totally not true. You cannot in any way, shape or form paint Biden as a fascist. You obviously don’t know what the word means.

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MAGA is fascist and Trump is the face of MAGA.

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You are funny. Trump fits the very definition of a fascist. I knew he was one and what he would do back in 2015. Read how Hitler had his beginnings back in 1919. Trump is using his EXACT playbook. Only a blind person, or someone really ignorant about history, cannot see that. Mixing truths with lies to make them more believable. Telling people to trust him and only him -not the media or truths. Taking over the other branches of government. Vilifying his opponents. Demanding loyalty to him and only him, not the country or our laws. Telling people they are in a bad economy because “others” have stolen their jobs and livelihood, to hate “others”, to distrust the people in charge. Trump has repeatedly instructed his followers to commit acts of violence!! Has Trump killed millions? No, not yet. But give him time.

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And that’s just part of Trump’s Fascist moves. There are too many to list! But people are so brainwashed by Fox/OAN/Newsmax propaganda networks they are blind to the truth.

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John you’ve fallen for the gaslighting spin from right wing media. Read about the rise of Hitler and tell me Trump is not using his playbook.

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No it doesn't

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Biden must remain so even the most committed progressives learn the truth and end the anti-american hatred. Joe must stay to destroy the entire Democrat/left. Then we'll leave the American Restoration.

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Your idea here is what we call authoritarian nationalism or more simply- fascism. The working people of this country deserve better than to be crushed under the boot of capitalism. If Trump is in office again, none of us win.

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So bidenomics is what “winning” looks like?

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Sad, isn't it?!

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You push the tired old trope of "oppressed workers" and ignore true fascism; co-opting of industry by the power-mad government. It it fools like you that empower the totalitarians in the name of the "people." Badly done, boy.

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Who do you think pays these power-mad politicians? It's not me. It's not the working class. It is the billionaire ruling class. The core reason you don't have political autonomy in this country is because of super-PACs and massive lobbying groups with no limits on them.

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No facts, no logic, only unsupported accusations.

Now facts you cannot refute. Communism has failed everywhere and every time. No exceptions. Fascism is just the nationalist version of communism. Both of those are murderous and evil.

The free market, capitalism, has lifted over 7.5 of 9 billion people alive today up from dire poverty.

America, heir to the Anglosphere, is the best country in the world, any time in history. America has done more net good for the world than any other nation, ever.

England ended slave trade in 1830, crushed piracy, and stopped suttee (widow-murder) in India.

America won two world wars, brought down the evil USSR, and blocks the evil PRC, until it too falls.

Today, America protects freedom of the seas all around the globe.

The only evil left is totalitarian wannabes here, the so-called progressives. They will be booted in November.

Here endeth the lesson.

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I don't talk about communism in the article?

Learn about this 'communism always fails' nonsense here: https://youtu.be/nFUC0UWgdGY?si=gB_9zOh2ii64GwMa

Fascism is a far-right ideology, thats why Soviet Russia fought the Nazis, this is REALLY basic history.

America exploits the global south for labor and resources, think of all of your clothes, manufactured goods, plastic materials, batteries, all built off of the exploitation overseas.

Capitalism has not 'lifted' those people out of poverty, thats called civilizations advancing. If you want to talk about lifting people out of poverty why do you include the CCP in that calculation?

America only protects the world that serves its interests. Did we protect freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan? We ruined the lives of thousands of veterans and killed half a million civilians. What came of it? A power vacuum and ISIS. Did we defend freedom in Vietnam? No, we lost. Did we defend freedom by trying to assassinate Fidel Castro like 500 times? No. Did we defend freedom by intervening in south american elections and illegally killing leaders? No.

You have chronic Fox news brain. Don't say things like "endth" you're embarrassing yourself.

Thanks for the reply!

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Still no facts.

You cannot name a single viable socialist economy.

The family is communism, because it's about genes, not economics.

The village or town can be social-welfare, because we are kind to those with whom we live. And guilt makes sure those supported are grateful, not demanding.

Finally, the city/country can ONLY function with price signals from a free market. No exceptions.

The richer a country, the more parasites it can bear. But eventually ethat runs out. See "Thidwick the Moose" by Dr. Seuss. That is a perfect exemplar.

So now you name a successful communist country. but you can't.

USSR failed, of course. PRC is doomed. Venezuela with endless oil wealth has failed. The "welfare states" of UK and Scandinavia had to reform and cut back drastically in the 1980s. Fact. They nearly went bankrupt until Thatcher saved them.

Today, America carries close to the limit of bad-redistribution Once politicians can tax-and-spend, they ABUSE that to buy votes!

The feedback mechanisms in society are misaligned and corrupted.

Govt is too big, so it's worthwhile for crony "capitalists" to bribe their way to pervert govt. power, rather than produce and innovate.

You cannot possibly have the knowledge only available in price mechanisms. You cannot know the demand for 1/4 hp motors, or copper wire, or loaves of onion bread. And that ignorance is why communism always fails.

Maybe now you get it. If the lesson is not ended, share your further lack of knowledge and I'll deliver more education.

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Four separate charges, each of them just an absurd offense to common sense, one that will be overturned on appeal and the other that was literally based on an episode of SVU and required the law be changed to be brought against him, all of them brought in succession during the campaign season, none of them brought before he announced, one of them where Biden is far more guilty of doing than Trump could ever be considered.

It is so bad that the guy who wrote the law in New York to make sure that charges could be brought against him by E Jean Carol is now calling that law unconstitutional because someone is now suing him for rape. So it’s unconstitutional when it backfires and gets him in trouble, but when it goes against Trump it’s completely fine. If you can sit there and with a straight face and tell me that none of that bothers you, then I have nothing to say to you because you are lying to yourself and you are lying to me.

That’s the end of what I have to say. I’m sure you won’t read any of this, but if you’re gonna come at me with such a ridiculous claim that Biden is not anything but moderate and Trump is the far right person and then claim that Biden is not going after Trump , I have to respond because I don’t like people lying to me. And I don’t like people lying to themselves. That’s far worse.

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What did I just read? Biden is a moderate? By what standard is he a moderate? Trump is a fascist? How is Trump a fascist? A far-.right campaign is the reason Joe Biden is losing his credibility? Uhhhhh, sure. That’s it.

Hey, this team of people in white coats are going to take you to a place. They are really nice. Sure, sure, you’ll be able to write all the Substack articles you want.

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This is the overton window shifting, Trump goes far right and you think Biden is then left somehow. He's been great for unions and using bureaucracy to trust bust but it hasn't come close to far enough. He doesn't support healthcare for all and not that I'm putting all the blame on him but he never did get student loan forgiveness passed or most of his promises. For the right wing smear thing- it's pretty undeniable that the right wing has been able to reach uninformed moderates with their rhetoric. They hammer Biden as some radical who prosecutes his opponents somehow- Biden approval rating is really bad going into this election. It's not looking good

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Ummmmm, dude, Biden wants abortion with no restrictions, is spending more money than we did during Covid, said people who demanded ID requirements for voting were on the same side as Jefferson Davis and Bull Connor, directly implied that Georgia’s new voting laws were worse than the days when a black man would be lynched for trying to vote, tried desperately to change the composition of the Supreme Court and left our border wide open until an election was around the corner and it was politically untenable for him to win with that policy and you are going to come on here and pretend to believe those are moderate positions?

It’s one thing to be into politics and discuss them, but when you deliberately lie to get others to believe your position, why are you even here? What motivates you to do that? What REAL policy of Trump is “far right,” and when I say “real,” I mean not something the media invented and ran with like they did with the “Don’t Say Gay” thing in Florida. I’m really looking forward to hearing how tax cuts and a secure border are “far right” to you, but an open border and taxing the fuck out of people is “moderate.”

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“Some radical who prosecutes his opponents somehow…”

So it is your opinion that the number three person at the DOJ left his job and took a job with the Manhattan DA not to make sure Trump was prosecuted, but because of what, his passion for enforcing misrepresentation of business ledgers?

And then you are of the opinion that Letitia James and Jack Smith were going to meet with White House counsel before charges were brought against Trump because they just REALLY have something in common that they enjoy discussing that isn’t Trump-related?

Again,

You can have your opinions, but why do you lie to yourself to maintain them? Or is it that you just don’t know about this stuff? I suppose that’s a possibility.

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Screw Biden and all liberals. Scum of the earth. The most hypocritical delusional people in the world. We don’t hire anyone if their social media has liberal ties. They cause a cancer in the office.

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I’m surprised they show up

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Really a lot of hate filled comments by people the scriptures label as children of Satan .You know by their hate for anyone who shows them the truth with facts, data, history, science, reason.,Satan's is the master of deceipt/ lies who's plan is to pervert God's creation and take as many people with him to destruction as possible. Examples: abortion, porn, pedophilia, child sex trafficking, teaching children transgender behavior, LGBTQ, Biden s trans flags on Easter. Most world orgs/ systems are involved in Satan's plan ie the Club of Rome, the UN, WHO, Americas 3 letter agencies, American companies. Woke, social scoring, DEI are all tentacles of this plan, the NWO headed by the anyi- Christ.. It's coming but God is patient and wishes no one should perish. The truth will set you free.

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Oh so you really think racist, misogynistic America is about to make a black woman president with 2 mos notice, now, who's not living in reality?! If you were going to bully him out in a panic, you should've done so at least 6 month ago but a year would've been even better !!

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Yes, Hillary won the popular vote in 2016. Harris will motivate young voters, millions more young Americans are now of voting age since then. I never wanted Biden to run again, I wasn't the one who did this. Blame the Biden-or-Busters that committed to an 82 year old that can't articulate simple talking points. Kamala wins this in November.

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No....leave it status quo. Let Biden get reelected and then let Kamala take over. That's how it's done. A major change in the party right now is a sure sign that we will lose and this nonsense. Joe Biden stepping down because the elites aren't getting enough money for others is crazy and ridiculous. That money can only go to the Biden Harris campaign. It can't be transferred to another candidate. Furthermore, we don't have any time to get a new candidate on the ballot in most states. So I'm really concerned about articles like this. It's just not possible to do. The only possible solution is to change and make the Biden campaign more aggressive. And more direct on the accomplishments and what he's gonna do for the American people. Put it out there and get the Biden campaign to seriously work on the younger voters and focus on Kamala taking on more responsibilities. The one that's gonna make the changes happen for women and for the l.B.GT q communities. It can't be dne the way you presented in this article.It can't be done.It's too late.The Dems in power should have thought about this two years ago.

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What’s meant by the superscript * beside “fascist,” “genocide,” and “accelerationist”?

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You can click on the link it'll bring you to my footnotes page

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You All are the gaslighters! The fact you think Bernie Sanders, born into the 1% class of privilege who never had a real job and has no clue about economics let alone basic logic. You’re an utter retard. Fuck all the way off. Read about what Marxism has done for the world vs American Capitalism.. now go back to sucking your own dick in to daddy’s basement you pedo

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Bernie Sanders grew up lower middle class in Brooklyn to an immigrant whose family died in the holocaust and a working class mother. He was never exorbitantly rich at any point in his life; he became a millionaire after his long political career and book sales but nothing out of the ordinary for someone his age. Over 95% of his campaign financing comes from small individual donations, he is pretty much the most grass roots politician serving currently. He was aways an activist but for many years was a carpenter, it doesn't get much more working class than that. I think the (as you worded it) utter retard here is the one who doesn't know the wikipedia level facts on what they're talking about. Leave my comment section, thanks and fuck off.

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I think Biden should stay in and hopefully Robert F. Kennedy will win.

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RFK is colluding with Trump, he won't win. Check the leaked phone call between Trump and RFK that just dropped.

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You idiot, what secret plot ? You haven’t read history to know Marxism from your asshole. You must have a pencil dick. Wake the fuck up you idiot who clearly doesn’t have a fucking job unless you work at a university. I bet that’s it. You work for a liberal arts school and you’ll never wake up from the brain washing. Unplug yourself

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What did I do to you? I'm open to any critiques of my work, otherwise you sound like an unhinged lunatic. Thanks for stopping by!

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