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Trueblue Texan

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4. I am not surprised that Hawk, one who is typically credited as a Progressive...
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 02:45 PM
Yesterday

...stepped up to the obligatory plate to bash something important the Democratic Party did. It really doesn't matter who delivered the rebuttal or the points made--no matter what they were, there would have been SOMEONE who stepped up to criticize it. If not Hawk, it would have been someone else. So easy for a podcaster to offer his fury and criticism of an elected official who just might have done a bit more homework understanding her audience than he did--her audience was much broader than his podcast audience, but don't expect him to acknowledge that. His job was to step up and shit on the Democratic response because, you know...someone had to do it. It's how progressives show they are objective. It's often how they help Democrats lose. FU, Hawk. I will be unsubscribing. So much for you knowing your audience.

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