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We need to be clear about what’s happening. The status quo Democratic party that failed to prevent the rise of fascism in the United States is feeling very threatened by progressive wins.

This is the same group that always finds enough members to defect to the Republicans to fund their cruel and authoritarian initiatives. This is the same group that votes to confirm people like Markwayne Mullin and Brett Kavanaugh with the argument that we “should give them a chance.” This is what they say even as they suggest we should expel Democratic socialists who win primaries from the party. Corporate Democrats were willing to risk an election by running an independent candidate in New York because they were so afraid of Mamdani.

Corporate Democrats are why we lose. Corporate Democrats have done nothing to stop the rise of authoritarianism in the USA. Unfortunately, they have access to corruption money and they’ve bought up plenty of publications to spew their propaganda.

For the last 10 years, the MAGA movement has made a misery out of our lives. At every turn, the establishment Democrats have refused to take appropriate action to hold the criminals and lawbreakers of the right accountable. Remember that the Biden administration sat on the Epstein files for four years. A little bit of accountability there would have saved countless lives.

But now, the people are fed up. Progressives and Democratic socialists are winning elections all across the country. We’re seeing campaigns that are funded with just a few thousand dollars take down candidates with multi-million dollar war chests.

It’s happening, and the do-nothing center is not happy about it.

So what’s their response? Naturally, they’re going to use the same tactics of misinformation, denial, and division to attempt to steal the momentum of their progressive challengers.

Last night, one of the candidates I interviewed, Melat Kiros, won her primary in Colorado. She’s an absolutely fantastic person. She’s brilliant. She is compassionate. Most importantly, she will work for the people and not the corporations.

This morning I expected to find people celebrating this win. Instead, I was blindsided by how many people are fretting this development. There is also a lot of panic and name calling going on.

I only ask that everyone take a deep breath and assess the facts rather than the establishment narrative. In your hearts you know that the establishment is lying to you. Our politicians lie. The media members who are loyal to our sitting representatives never challenge those politicians when they spew their corporate talking points.

There are multiple campaigns going on right now from both the center and the right to besmirch the candidates of integrity. False accusations are flying, and the way our corporate media is structured, many good people are unknowingly adding fuel to that fire.

There’s a reason that I made the deliberate decision to detach myself from so many corporate media entities. I don’t sit here doing reaction pieces to awful things MAGA has done. We know they’re bad. I don’t platform white supremacists.

Instead, I use my small platform to elevate candidates of integrity like Melat Kiros.

For the last year, it was most efficient to just ignore me. But now that Melat has actually flexed her power by unseating an incumbent Democrat, I guess I’m being seen as a threat.

Here come the attacks.

I recognize that the corrupt center uses effective tactics, but I just hope that people who I’ve known for years stop for a second and recognize how we’re looking at another manifestation of this country’s abuse mechanism.

Here is an absolute: genocide is an ideology of the political right.

The left is opposed to genocide.

The left is opposed to antisemitism.

The left is opposed to racism.

That’s by definition.

I find it offensive when quality candidates who radiate integrity are falsely accused of racism and antisemitism. These are messages that are being deployed by the panicking center, and they’re being distributed by centrist media.

This is the same media that has refused my frequent appeals to elevate progressive candidates. THEY ARE NOT ON OUR SIDE!

These huge media entities are the grifters who have no interest in establishing a functional government. These are people who live in gated communities who see access to power as a means of getting paid. They’re waking up to the fact that our current political movement is a rejection of corporate capitalism, and they’re panicking.

First they ignored me. Now they’re attacking me. Their last step will be to attempt to join me and then take credit for all the ideas the people of integrity have been working for this whole time.

Don’t let them.

We all have to keep in mind that it’s the corporate Democrats that have failed to hold neo nazi groups accountable. They’re the same ones that refused to codify Roe. They had all the power they needed to stop MAGA in 2020, and they did nothing.

Now they’re launching a smear campaign against the new progressive candidates who actually listen to voters and treat them with respect.

The panic is full on. I just hope that people will finally realize they should withdraw their support from publications that are printing false accusations, and instead offer their support to people who have always stood for integrity and decency.

We need to stop antisemitism in the USA. We need to stop racism. Corporate Democrats have had the power to do that and they’ve failed over and over again. Now they’re making false accusations against the new generation of representatives that has actually shown the resolve to act with integrity.

Please, do not allow the lies of our propaganda media mechanism to destroy the relationships you’ve built up. The false actors are revealing themselves. The people you can trust are those that are attempting to help women and men of integrity rise to power.

Do not be fooled. Go forward confidently in the direction of your values. Don’t listen to the lies and the accusations of the grifters who are truly only interested in maintaining their own power.

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