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I DON'T GIVE A SHIT

If the establishment shuns me.

I turned 55 today. I've spent the past 20 years fighting the far right.

I've seen Dem leaders enable, normalize, and rehabilitate criminals like Bush, Cheney, & Trump.

I've seen kids in cages under both parties.

I've had it.
My ONLY focus is to stop the injustices around me, to leave some good in the years I have left on this planet. To make my family proud and teach them that if you compromise your CORE principles in the name of winning, you never had any principles to begin with. And you won't win.
THANK YOU ALL for the beautiful comments and birthday wishes!! 🙏🏽💙
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Peter Daou
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DIFFICULT THREAD -- #BIDEN SHOULD WITHDRAW

1. I respect the will of the voters.

2. But new information has emerged supporting #TaraReade's account of being sexually assaulted by #JoeBiden.

3. Credible rape accusations are disqualifying or we have NO moral standards.
4. Defeating Trump is NOT OPTIONAL.

5. To avoid potential catastrophe in Nov., #Biden should withdraw.

6. #Warren, #Harris, #Klobuchar, #Buttigieg, #Castro, etc. could replace Biden.

7. #Bernie can restart his campaign.

8. We can reboot the primary and give voters a choice.
9. This is the ethical position AND the smarter strategy to beat Trump.

10. We lose ALL moral authority if we embrace "the lesser of two accused rapists."

11. Polls show other Dem candidates can win.

PRINCIPLES MATTER. WE CAN BEAT TRUMP AND PROTECT OUR VALUES.

#DropOutBiden
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Wow. Truly stunned to see @RonaldKlain blocked me. Someone with whom I've had nothing but respectful exchanges and who even wrote a blurb for my book. I've never once said anything negative about him -- or to him.

Is it simply because my views are more progressive?
To be clear: I completely understand that the Dem leaders and strategists I worked with for years consider me part of the "angry, unreasonable left" now.

But I reached a breaking point, where I just couldn't accept Dem excuses for why the far right is always gaining ground.
Also: I block freely if someone comes at me with smears instead of arguments or if they accuse me of helping Trump because I support progressive policies.

But I never block just because someone has a different perspective. In fact, I follow people across the political spectrum.
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THREAD — THE WILLFUL MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE LEFT

Let me clear some shit up:

1. The left does NOT want Trump to win

2. The left is fiercely anti-fascist

3. The left believes the entire system is corrupt

4. The left doubts establishment Dems can (or even want to) beat Trump
5. The left knows Dem leaders have enabled/normalized Bush and Trump

6. The left doesn't buy the Dem leadership's performative opposition (like clapping sideways while passing Trump's signature bills)

7. The left knows severe moral travesties have abounded under BOTH parties
8. The left is ferociously dedicated to the cause of justice

9. The left will work tirelessly to defeat Trump and his gang of theocrats and oligarchs

10. The left has profound ethical concerns about Biden

11. The left is sick of being ordered to compromise their principles
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