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kentuck

(115,566 posts)
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:09 PM Friday

Does the Democratic Party need a special think tank? [View all]

So that they will have a plan of action whenever they take power again?

The status quo surely cannot continue.

What strategy should they follow?

In my opinion, nothing can be done until the mess is cleaned up.

The corruption must be stopped and it must be punished. There must be accountability. The short term problem is that winning the House and/or Senate does not control the Justice Department. But it would permit investigations and examinations under oath. These crooks must answer for their actions and be held accountable for their actions. To "establish justice" should be the first act of a new Congress.

In my opinion, Democrats should be planning ahead for what needs to be done to rebuild our government and our democracy. It is going to be a huge task.

The fascists are in control and they have no inhibitions about stealing everything that is within reach.

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They damn sure need better messaging and strategy. They don't use power well. CousinIT Friday #1
We need a basic simple message to run on: Ars Longa Friday #36
I have posted about the disappearance of the party between elections while the GOP hate mill keeps on spewing nonstop. usonian Friday #2
+1 leftstreet Friday #6
Wow Keepthesoulalive Friday #12
You pointed out something I left out (and will edit in) usonian Friday #15
We've waited 300 years Keepthesoulalive Friday #26
And rewrite history as well. usonian Friday #28
I understand what you are saying Keepthesoulalive Friday #30
It was a digression. usonian Friday #33
I am aware of corporate and government complicity in the holocaust Keepthesoulalive Friday #35
Project 2029 yankee87 Friday #3
I am fiercely on board with that. gab13by13 Friday #9
Nothing happens without court expansion Fiendish Thingy Friday #19
They need a second think tank bucolic_frolic Friday #4
I don't want any talk of understanding, compassion, reconciliation. dalton99a Friday #5
That's not a platform TheProle Friday #18
I think it has to be both... kentuck Friday #22
Yep that's what I was saying. TheProle Friday #29
IMV we need a bona fide platform Prairie_Seagull Friday #7
See my reply #2 usonian Friday #10
When I started my post there was only Prairie_Seagull Friday #13
One has to type quickly here. usonian Friday #14
Bruce was/is one of my heros Prairie_Seagull Friday #20
Share, if it offends people! usonian Friday #21
It needs input from unwashed Democrats gab13by13 Friday #8
Ugh. Can we not say "unwashed?" n/t leftstreet Friday #11
My use of the word unwashed is a literary word gab13by13 Friday #16
NO! Fiendish Thingy Friday #17
project management rampartd Friday #23
Progressive Policy Institute? Center for American Progress? Third Way? Roosevelt Institute? Brookings? WhiskeyGrinder Friday #24
Headed by Obamas!!!! ALBliberal Friday #25
This message was self-deleted by its author awesomerwb1 Friday #27
Set aside current management of the DNC... ultralite001 Friday #31
It would be WAY easier if we could get 67 votes in the Senate jmowreader Friday #32
No. We just need to stop attacking each other to protect individual causes - haele Friday #34
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