If the Democratic Party were a publicly traded company, writes Boston Globe Media financial columnist Larry Edelman, the mishandling of the presidential nomination process by its board of directors — the Democratic National Committee — would likely have sparked a revolt by investors. Edelman imagined how an activist investor might respond in his latest edition of Trendlines. Read it here. And subscribe for more Boston business news.
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What Kamala Harris Would Mean for Wall Street and Main Street
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The Wall Street Journal: Warren Buffett’s Front Yard Could Matter in a Close Presidential Election: Neighbors watch for a blue-dot sign at billionaire’s home in key Nebraska district. Some talk of a ‘red-dot.’ https://lnkd.in/eZzWZefp : Bloomberg What #KamalaHarris Would Mean for Wall Street and Main Street: How the vice president’s personal history and decades in public life could inform her administration if she wins. https://lnkd.in/eWaBJGFW : Harris was born in Oakland in 1964 to immigrant parents, a father from Jamaica and a mother from India. Both were graduate students and civil rights activists at the University of California, Berkeley. “Never complain about injustice, but do something about it. Do something about it.” “We have to always think about children because the reality is they don’t have a voice at all in so many systems. And whatever impacts a child will impact what in a very short time will become an adult—for their life.” “I loved being the voice and advocate for the people they’ve mistreated. The lawyers on my team knew how serious I was about holding corporate predators accountable.” “She’s going to think about the people at the center of every policy that oftentimes can be seen as just words on a page.” “She really thinks about accountability. Like, how do we build a market and an economy that actually works for people, where people know what they’re getting and where companies can actually innovate and build a business knowing that they’re not going to be undercut by another business that’s just cheating.” “What reporters are describing as a change in position is the fact that she’s gotten to know more people in this country.” "All that you all are doing, it requires a whole lot of rehearsal, a whole lot of practice, long hours. Right? Sometimes you hit the note, sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you’re going to hit the step right, sometimes you’re not. Sometimes you’re going to win the game, sometimes you may not. But, you know, you never let any circumstance knock you down or slow you down. You just keep going at it." “She is one of the best people to teach you how to cook." -- Beyond #ArtificialIntelligence-#GenerativeAI-#LargeLanguageModels To #MeaningAware #HumanCenteredAI: 30-Years R&D Leading Practices -- New York State: "Join Dr. Yogi Malhotra to get up to speed on Cloud Technology." USAF-AFRL Ventures: "Do Something Epic: Save the World™": We Create the Digital Future™. You Can Too! Let's Show You How! AIMLExchange™: AIMLExchange.com: We Create the Digital Future™ BRINT™: BRINT.com: From Future of Finance™ to Future of Defense™ C4I-Cyber™: C4I-Cyber.com: Because the Future of the World Depends Upon It™ -- AWS Quantum Valley™ Global Risk Management Network LLC: 30-Years Leading AI-Quant Finance Practices Silicon Valley's Next Big Thing™: Know-Build-Monetize™ Networks: 30-Years Building Human-Centered AI C4I-Cyber USAF-USSF-Silicon Valley Digital Pioneer: 30 Years Leading AI-Cyber-Quant-Risk Management --
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What Kamala Harris Would Mean for Wall Street and Main Street
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Three years ago, corporate leaders openly spoke out against Donald Trump over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. But as the former president leads in many polls this time around, most in the C-suite are staying quiet. In 2021, C.E.O.s including Mary Barra of General Motors and Doug McMillon of Walmart publicly urged a peaceful transition of power. This time, leaders have largely stayed out of the political fray. Only a handful of executives have publicly supported Trump, who was willing to go after perceived enemies in corporate American when he was in office. And while there may be support for President Biden behind the scenes, few have offered it on the record. What’s behind the silence? A return to the norm: Executives have mentioned election-related topics 364 times in earning calls in the second quarter as of June 24, according to the data provider AlphaSense. It’s highly unlikely that tally will reach 902, the number of times the topics were mentioned in 2020 during the same period. But this cycle is more in keeping with historical norms. In 2016, executives mentioned election-related topics 307 times, according to AlphaSense. Why was 2020 an outlier? Perhaps it was the year’s extraordinary political volatility and the unique social dynamics of the coronavirus pandemic. The past four years have highlighted the potential danger of speaking up. Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida waged war against Disney, one of his state’s biggest employers, after Bob Chapek, the media giant’s C.E.O. at the time, spoke out against the legislation in Florida that activists have called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill amid employee pressure. And Republican attorneys general have attacked companies including JPMorgan Chase and BlackRock over their environmental, social and governance programs. That political pressure has had an impact. Companies began to practice what climate advocates derisively call “greenhushing.” And corporate public statements on social issues, which became commonplace amid the rise of Black Lives Matter, became less frequent by the time of Dobbs v. Jackson and the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel. Trump is weighing heavily on C.E.O.s’ minds, especially as polls show a close race in November. When Trump was in the White House, he could shave billions off of a company’s market value with just one tweet. If he wins again — or even if he doesn’t — few company leaders want to put themselves in his cross hairs. “He might be the president. I have to deal with that, too,” Jamie Dimon told Andrew at the DealBook Summit in November when asked if he was a Never Trumper after he urged others to back Nikki Haley’s campaign. Dimon later told Andrew at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that Trump did some things right. Will C.E.O.s change their mind? They may, some believe: “They’re saving their dry powder,” one corporate adviser told DealBook.
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Kimberley A. Strassel: "There was no winner in this televised scrum; only a nation of hardworking losers. Millions of Americans came home after a long day of work and tuned in hoping for answers to their daily struggles with inflation, migrants, crime. They instead got moderators obsessed with Beltway-bubble issues, and candidates who relitigated old disputes. Surprising though this will be to cheerleading pundits, that’s a problem for their favorite. Tucked amid the pro-Harris headlines were some honest reactions to the debate. "Reuters interviewed 10 swing voters after the event and gave the story an intriguing headline: “Some undecided voters not convinced by Harris after debate with Trump.” That’s one way to put it. “Six said afterward they would now either vote for Trump or were leaning toward backing him,” the piece explains. One remained undecided. Three backed Ms. Harris. "A New York Times interview of eight undecided voters after the debate found two leaning toward Mr. Trump, one toward Ms. Harris, the rest extremely confused. CNN, BBC and Wall Street Journal interviews with uncommitted voters produced similar mixed results. "These voters’ responses highlight Ms. Harris’s problems. She has succeeded in dodging questions about her past and her agenda and she did so again Tuesday night. The press raved over her deftness. But whoops. Five of the Reuters interviewees faulted her for failing to explain how she’d help improve the economy—their top issue. “There was no real meat and bones for her plan,” said a 61-year-old entrepreneur from Florida, who is now leaning toward Mr. Trump. A Nevada resident said he also moved toward Mr. Trump after hearing Ms. Harris tell him “not to vote for Donald Trump instead of why she’s the right candidate.” At least Mr. Biden in his basement spoke to the issue that in 2020 was voters’ top concern: Covid. Ms. Harris is AWOL on the economy. #election2024 #debate #harris #trump #economy #jobs #hypocrisy #mediahype #mediabias #criticalthinking #societyandculture #ruleoflaw #constitution #commonsense #votepolicy
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Sweep or Stumble: how should we read Trump’s win in New Hampshire? 1. The former President has a lock on the nomination - but not the wider electorate. Trump’s 10 point margin of victory over Nikki Haley was decent enough, especially in a state with a high preponderance of university-educated voters who have been the hardest for him to crack over the years. This is not a repeat of 1968, when Eugene McCarthy’s strong showing pushed LBJ not to seek another term or even 1992, when conservative firebrand Pat Buchanan shocked George HW Bush on his way to defeat against Bill Clinton. But Haley’s final vote tally was much stronger than some of the final polls indicated. Reporting by journalists on the ground also found resistance among Haley supporters to backing Trump in the general election, with many citing January 6th as the reason. Whether this is replicated nationally remains to be seen, especially given university-educated voters in the North East have often voted differently from their counterparts in the South and West. 2. Business shrugs. One group certainly viewing the Republican race as all but done is America's corporate leadership. Noises from Wall Street and Davos in recent days have suggested many executives are neutral on the prospect of a second Trump term, or at least more cautious about antagonising Trump-supporting employees or customers. Like their counterparts in the UK following the Scottish independence and Brexit referendums, US business chiefs may now choose to keep their heads down where they can. But Trump's behaviour and issues unpopular with wide sections of their workforce - particularly abortion restrictions - will not make it easy. 3. Another season of The Trump Show is in the offing. And for anyone who was wondering if Trump the man had changed since 2020, the build-up to New Hampshire was a rude awakening. The ex-president has in recent years been what one reporter dubbed a “silhouette” in the minds of American voters, off Twitter and much less covered by the networks. Ahead of yesterday’s primary, Trump was back on TV screens and social media for all the wrong reasons, mixing up Haley and Nancy Pelosi when talking about January 6th and delivering a strange ramble about the workings of Israel’s Iron Dome defence system. Such earworm may give swing voters, business leaders and global politicians heartburn. They’re just going to have to live with it again. Thanks for reading. I'm off travelling over the next few weeks, but will be back with more thoughts as we head on to the South Carolina and Super Tuesday primaries in a month's time. #trump #2024elections #FITN #biden
Wall Street opposition to Trump collapses, as 'pipe dream' of primary defeat ends
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Kinda fascinated by the current debate over candidates talking to the press or not. So I Googled this. Stage actor Ronald Reagan, Republican & two-time WH holder, gave by far the fewest interviews on record. And who ever knew one-time winner Calvin Coolidge (who also assumed office for two years upon the death of Warren Harding) was such a media darling! Tonight, or last night, Donald Trump took to X Spaces with Elon Musk to chat for 2 hours. Aside from some technical difficulties, I don't think any earth-shattering comments were released or divulged. So far, there has been no discernible impact on prediction markets; Harris still ahead 52-46 in terms of odds. Which begs the question: is talking more or saying less the winning strategy for the fall election? I'm not asking which choice should a candidate make based on free speech, transparency, policy views, and blah blah blah. I'm asking: which approach is currently winning? If you believe the polls or betting markets have any relevance whatsoever. If you haven't figured this out yet, you're probably not paying too close attention. Or, alternatively, you might be Press Secretary or whatever the title this person goes by for #45. I'm perfectly relaxed about all of these discussions. I don't get emotional about this at all but I sure do know other people do. And maybe voters will flip their minds and opinions on this. It wouldn't be the first time nor the last, most assuredly. But right now campaigning by Teleprompter is getting the job done. Freewheeling Q&A's don't seem to be doing the trick. What's being said matters presumably as well; but tonight's thought piece is more on the style of delivery itself and not the content. Which matters. But in this case, it's less what you say than how and where you say it. Politics comes to my homewown Chicago in a week. Won't that be something. The media landscape has changed a lot since the 1980s. Funny though: the more things change; the more they stay the same.
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Excerpt: Something shocking — and telling — has unfolded beyond Donald Trump's onstage, online and courtroom theatrics: He's running a professional, well-managed, disciplined presidential campaign. His 2024 operation is more sophisticated — dare we say traditional — than the slapdash improvisation of his White House and two previous runs. Why it matters: Trump likely will wrap up the nomination in record time, with almost universal GOP establishment backing. If he were to win — and run the White House like he has his campaign — he could reshape America and its government more quickly, and in more lasting ways, than he did during his first term. Winning the nomination fast and decisively speaks only to his power with the activist GOP. Exit polling showed lots of New Hampshire Republicans won't vote for him, especially if convicted. But his hand is a helluva lot stronger than most expected a year ago. Between the lines: Many top Republicans assumed that, after the Capitol riot, no one sensible would go near him. The campaign would be fringe and cringe. Instead, Trump has rolled up the party even tighter than he did when he was president. Now the GOP's biggest donors and power brokers not only figure he'll quickly become the nominee, they assume he'd beat President Biden if the expected rematch comes to pass. Trump is the strongest politically that he's ever been within his party. Reality check: Trump has surrounded himself with pros, but he's still Trump — an incendiary and chaotic messenger. You see it in the unhinged, all-caps Truth Social posts. You saw it in his fuming rant about Haley on Tuesday night. He could say anything at any time.
Behind the Curtain: Trump's exponential power surge
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'𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐈𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧': 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭 '𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝' 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞! 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐩: It is never a good thing to "over-promise" and "under-deliver" on those promises with a client. Donald Trump is very well-versed in doing this. (e.g. Building a "wall" and making Mexico pay for it). 🤣 If there is one thing Donald Trump does well 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 lying, being a fraudster, filing for bankruptcy (multiple times) cheating on his wife and authorizing checks to be cut to "silence" a former porn-star actress, director and stripper --- it would be the art of talking trash. Bullies usually do "talk" a "good game" ... Donald Trump is chickening out on a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris in September after the former president’s campaign put plans for a matchup on hold on Thursday night. Trump had previously challenged President Joe Biden to a debate “𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞,” which led to an agreement for two debates: one in June, followed by a second in September. But Trump appears to be rethinking that with Biden out of the race and Harris at the top of the ticket. Let's be honest, if there is one thing that Donald despises is a: bright, articulate, plugged-in, woman AND especially a woman of color. These facts just fry his "eggs". 🍳¿🍳 Rightfully so, Harris mocked the former president with a blunt reminder of his own words: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 “𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞”? “𝙄’𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮,” Harris said earlier in the day. “𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤 𝙄’𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮. 𝙇𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙜𝙤.” Trump, however, apparently is not ready. His campaign said on Thursday that Harris may not be the candidate and that plans for any debate can’t be finalized “until Democrats formally decide on their nominee.” The former president’s critics clucked at him on X with hashtags such as “TrumpIsChicken” and chicken memes. How many times have you heard this man say, "𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙄'𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮"... only to take the fifth ... because he knows he would be destroyed on the witness stand under the 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. The sad fact for Donald Trump is that ALL of life (in the adult world) involves not only 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 testimony but 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 as well. Share if you agree or are of a like-mind. We can't stay silent. Silence is equal to acceptance. #truthmatters
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The one Democratic criticism that seems to bother Trump the most. Democrats accuse Donald Trump of being a threat to democracy. This increasingly appears to be the one talking point that bothers him most. July 25, 2024, 2:37 PM EDT By Steve Benen In the aftermath of the assassination attempt targeting Donald Trump, many leading Republicans not only blamed Democrats, but GOP officials also pointed specifically to one Democratic talking point: Describing the former president as a threat to democracy, Republicans said, was simply beyond the pale. The GOP nominee is apparently thinking along the same lines. Politico reported: Former President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that Democrats calling him a “threat to democracy” could have led a 20-year-old gunman to try to assassinate him, though the FBI has not unveiled a motive behind the July 13 shooting. “Such a distressed sick world but you know what could be caused when they call you a threat to democracy,” Trump told a crowd of supporters in North Carolina. It might seem like a simple, albeit cheap, line at a campaign rally, but the closer one looks at the rhetoric, the more important it becomes. Right off the bat, Trump’s interest in “unity” has obviously been thrown out the window. Earlier this week, the former president said he was shot because “the Biden/Harris Administration did not properly protect me,” and as of Wednesday night, he tried to draw a direct connect between a Democratic talking point and the attempt on his life. It’s wildly irresponsible to talk this way — investigators still say they don’t know what motivated the shooter — but Trump clearly doesn’t care. What’s more, it’s tough to take the former president’s complaints about the rhetoric seriously, given his own record. In fact, the week before the shooting in Pennsylvania, Trump described the Biden administration as a “fascist government,” as his campaign operation issued a fundraising appeal asserting as fact that President Joe Biden is “a threat to democracy.” Two weeks earlier, the former president wrote on his social media platform, “JOE BIDEN IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, AND A THREAT TO THE SURVIVAL AND EXISTENCE OF OUR COUNTRY ITSELF!!!” The hysterical missive dovetailed with months of rhetoric in which Trump has told voters that the United States would likely cease to exist if he loses. If he thinks it’s dangerous for Democrats to push such criticism, perhaps Trump can explain why he has pushed the same criticism.
The one Democratic criticism that seems to bother Trump the most
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'𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐈𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧': 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭 '𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝' 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞! 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐩: It is never a good thing to "over-promise" and "under-deliver" on those promises with a client. Donald Trump is very well-versed in doing this. (e.g. building a "wall" and making Mexico pay for it). 🤣 If there is one thing Donald Trump does well 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 lying, being a fraudster, filing for bankruptcy (multiple times) cheating on his wife and authorizing checks to be cut to "silence" a former porn-star actress, director and stripper --- it would be the art of talking trash. Bullies usually do "talk" a "good game" ... Donald Trump is chickening out on a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris in September after the former president’s campaign put plans for a matchup on hold on Thursday night. Trump had previously challenged President Joe Biden to a debate “𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞,” which led to an agreement for two debates: one in June, followed by a second in September. But Trump appears to be rethinking that with Biden out of the race and Harris at the top of the ticket. Let's be honest, if there is one thing that Donald despises is a: bright, articulate, plugged-in, woman AND especially a woman of color. These facts just fry his "eggs". 🍳¿🍳 Rightfully so, Harris mocked the former president with a blunt reminder of his own words: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 “𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞”? “𝙄’𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮,” Harris said earlier in the day. “𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤 𝙄’𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮. 𝙇𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙜𝙤.” Trump, however, apparently is not ready. His campaign said on Thursday that Harris may not be the candidate and that plans for any debate can’t be finalized “until Democrats formally decide on their nominee.” The former president’s critics clucked at him on X with hashtags such as “TrumpIsChicken” and chicken memes. How many times have you heard this man say, "𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙄'𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮"... only to take the fifth ... because he knows he would be destroyed on the witness stand under the 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. The sad fact for Donald Trump is that ALL of life (in the adult world) involves not only 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 testimony but 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 as well. Share if you agree or are of a like-mind. We can't stay silent. Silence is equal to acceptance. #truthmatters
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3moI think the issue with it is that the Democratic Party is so scared of dividing people that they can’t create a healthy blend between the working class voters, technocratic middle-class voters, and progressive young voters. To me I would’ve preferred seeing the governor of Illinois being built up as a new Democratic figure.