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Klonda56's avatar

I think you should read the many accounts of the real life of your elected representatives in the GOP and Dems. Namely they spend 75% of their working time contacting corporations and rich people in “fundraising efforts”.

In plain English they spend 75% of their time propositioning the rich on collecting bribes. The other 25 % of the time they spend is doing the work of selling you out in office, as payback for the bribes. THAT is what you’d better focus on rejecting.

The Greens and many other progressive left parties are active working at all levels to give people a choice of options for REAL progressive politics. Despite the coordinated efforts of the GOP and Dems duopoly that abuses legislative power to make laws to keep them off ballot.

Reject the corrupt duopoly.

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

There are over 1,000 Greens in office--so stop this "they only show up every four years" smears. To get our local and state people on the ballot, we're forced to have a national candidate for president. It's the way the system is set up. Greens are working to build grassroots democracy at all levels. Power to the people!

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martin's avatar

doesn't matter. she won't win. that's not the point. she at least got accidentally arrested in a pro-palestine protest. your rights should not depend on scotus in the first place.

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JennyStokes's avatar

Isn't the idea to get shot of the 2 party system?

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

that is what I have been pondering, too. And there will never be a candidate other than what the masters behind the screen want anyway

As to the Russian bot, I am not sure I would vote anything disney

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Pauline P Schneider's avatar

You cannot “give away” a vote you never had. Please re-read Caitlin’s excellent piece you are commenting on. Our votes are POPULARITY VOTES!!! The puppet president has already been chosen FOR YOU.

Fake elections are not “winnable” by anyone not chosen by the MIC.

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John Day MD's avatar

US voting has never been direct-election, but always a national opinion poll.

Give your honest opinion. It's all you are able to do.

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