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Uncle Joe

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10. If you can't acknowledge this, you end up with a cult, just as the GOP has because they abandoned judgement:

Reply to intheflow (Reply #9)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:38 PM

Yesterday

based on merit and substance lest it be unpopular.

"Democratic leaders are not gods, and sometimes they fuck up and are in denial of that fuck up. However, if we can't even acknowledge our past we can never hope to change it - and change the whole political culture that caters to the Epstein class and gave rise to Trumpism."

That's definitely the seed.

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Highlight:

How Hawkish Democrats, from Schumer to Harris, Paved the Way for War with Iran: Stephen Zunes [View all] Uncle Joe Yesterday OP

Everything is always the Democrats' fault, apparently, even when not the majority. niyad Yesterday #1

That's not the message from the OP. Uncle Joe Yesterday #2

Could have fooled me, based on the transcript posted. niyad Yesterday #3

Then you didn't read the transcript, he clearly states that *rump and the GOP are ultimately to blame. Uncle Joe Yesterday #4

That is not in the section you posted in your OP. niyad Yesterday #5

As for descriptive paragraphs I post what's printed on the YouTube Page, not the entire transcript. Uncle Joe Yesterday #6

It describes the Democrats as enablers. cab67 Yesterday #7

Our own Senate leader opposed the JCPOA BeyondGeography Yesterday #8

To the nay-sayers: intheflow Yesterday #9

If you can't acknowledge this, you end up with a cult, just as the GOP has because they abandoned judgement: Uncle Joe Yesterday #10