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ElectricZ Apr 1, 2026 +1

American decline. We'll be finished as a superpower before this is done.

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TX_Asylum Apr 1, 2026 +1

We've been through this before, and it's more likely that we'll see 40 years of increased liberalism and progress before the dim bulbs talk themselves into thinking they can do better. Have faith in ourselves.

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ClearanceItem Apr 1, 2026 +1

I believe you're correct. US democracy seems to be progressive, but in fits and starts. If there's no tampering this midterm, trump's draconian vision with complete power will only be two years. He's done a lot of damage but most is repairable.

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Shot_Illustrator4264 Apr 1, 2026 +1

How are you supposed to repair the damage inflicted by proclaiming Canada as 51st state, or threatening to invade Europe, or collapsing the world economy with tariffs and by attacking Iran with an illegal war and risking to star WW3? I'm sorry but the US is completely and utterly finished, even if you guys still haven't realized it yet.

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ClearanceItem Apr 1, 2026 +1

TX\_Asylum's timeline was "40 years of increased liberalism." Think about all that's changed from 1986 - 2026. I believe most people recognize a rambling madman when they see one, and once he's dead/out of power, there'll be a move back to traditional American politics. I've heard that the US is finished far too many times to believe it.

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buffysmanycoats Apr 1, 2026 +1

This is just so ridiculous I can’t help but wonder about the motives of anyone who says it. Germany came back from Nazism. America will comeback from MAGA. Edit: check out this guys profile. A two month old account that’s active only in subs for AI/tech subs, self driving cars, Europe, etc. Whether this is a real person or a bot, I have serious doubts about whether their posts here are in good faith.

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dietTAB Apr 1, 2026 +1

America needs major, transformative reforms and extraordinary structural changes if we hope to come back from MAGA. Also, its worth noting that Germany only "came back" from Nazism after a devastating global war that killed tens of millions of people. So the outlook from here doesn't seem especially optimistic...

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buffysmanycoats Apr 1, 2026 +1

Well keep your pessimism to yourself because we don’t need it infecting the rest of us. That account is clearly a bad actor (look at their history) and you’re nodding your head along with the bullshit. Yes, we absolutely will have a lot of work to do. So what? Let’s go do it.

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dietTAB Apr 1, 2026 +1

I hear that -- sorry for the grim tone. And good point about OP being a bad actor. Truthfully, I'm constantly dealing with false optimism from people who seem blissfully unaware of the challenges ahead. I try to stay grounded but that comes off as pessimistic... rest assured, I'm trying to prepare for the work that comes next. Let's hope our systems still have some resiliency left.

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buffysmanycoats Apr 1, 2026 +1

There is a lot that needs to be done, no argument about that. But the idea that it’s impossible to fix things is absurd. The world wants us to get our shit together. No serious person in governance wants to see the US collapse in on itself.

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Shot_Illustrator4264 Apr 1, 2026 +1

You are a bad actor defending the pedophile in chiefs and all his abhorrent crimes that are causing the collapse of an empire.

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buffysmanycoats Apr 1, 2026 +1

And there it is.

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csoups Apr 1, 2026 +1

Germany was decimated by WWII, more or less lost an entire generation, large portions of its population underwent forced reeducation and the country was physically and culturally split for 40 plus years. Germany didn’t come back, it was entirely different. Whatever happens from here on out with Trump, the only way America gets back to some sort of idealized version of itself will be indistinguishable from a cataclysm and that’s not something to be happy about or use in a positive light.

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buffysmanycoats Apr 1, 2026 +1

Okay, keep going along with the propaganda doomer accounts.

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csoups Apr 1, 2026 +1

I'm not going along with any Listnook comments, I'm capable of forming my own thoughts and arguments. Burying your head in the sand and pretending this isn't happening is how we ended up in this mess in the first place. Our Institutions neutered a lot of what Trump tried to do in his first term and unfortunately the wrong people learned the lessons from that. They're dismantling our institutions at lightning pace. Call me a doomer or whatever, I don't care, all I'm saying is there's very little reason to assume things will get better without getting worse first.

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buffysmanycoats Apr 1, 2026 +1

We have to make changes. That’s clear. But it’s not impossible and none of us should buy into the belief that it is.

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dietTAB Apr 1, 2026 +1

Many people want to believe that our demonstrably broken system will somehow prove resilient enough to fix what has been damaged. It's an attractive and comforting belief -- but as much is I wish it were true, I have doubts that the midterms will deliver us from this nightmare. More realistically, there is no existing framework within which to get back to a status quo which has been obliterated.

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FeedbackParticular59 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Can the Democrat Roy Cooper win the senate seat in North Carolina??

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ChapterN7 Apr 1, 2026 +1

> How are you supposed to repair the damage inflicted by proclaiming Canada as 51st state, or threatening to invade Europe, or collapsing the world economy with tariffs and by attacking Iran with an illegal war and risking to star WW3? Same as always. Leveraging our massive economy and outsized role on the world stage. Yeah this has been a rough decade. But 6 to 8 years of Trump shitting the bed won't erase 250 years of general good relations with all our allies. At this point I can't tell if it's just wishful thinking on some of your parts thinking it won't eventually get back to normal. Assuming of course we get sanity, stability, and a heap of reforms post-trump.

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Diantr3 Apr 1, 2026 +1

The world had already understood the US needs to be cordoned off like a cancerous tumor and let to die. You think that hardened mass of grifters and unredeemable idiots is going away? You're stuck with them.

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ThePlanck Apr 1, 2026 +1

>but most is repairable. [X] Doubt

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Pyju Apr 1, 2026 +1

It IS repairable, but the question is whether it is repairable *within our lifetimes*.

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Specialist-Mud4150 Apr 1, 2026 +1

I would love to believe that but I honestly don’t see how we get out from all the debt we’ve racked up.

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ClearanceItem Apr 1, 2026 +1

\*I honestly don’t see how we get out from all the debt we’ve racked up.\* That's what the Democrats typically clean up. lol

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Nikiaf Apr 1, 2026 +1

So much of it is truly irreparable. The US's reputation and trustworthiness on the international stage will simply never recover from this idiot's actions.

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Diantr3 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Not within our lifetime. America has fucked up big time. You are isolated on the world stage, your status as a world power is annihilated, nobody trusts you anymore, your population has only begun feeling the effects of everything they have lost, the religious scumbags have infiltrated every aspect of your society like cockroaches and they will be impossible to remove. Your institutions are failing under the weight of your collective hubris and stupidity. Enjoy.

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ClearanceItem Apr 1, 2026 +1

In other words, ThE ENd IS NeAR!!! lol Eh, as a Democrat, I'll continue to fight this fascism but I have no where near your pessimism. But you do you.

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1cl3nstd4yt Apr 1, 2026 +1

The kind of progressivism you're talking about --traditional American progressivism-- is rejected by the socialism arm of the Democratic Party. Those leftists spit upon American progressive traditions - they loathe what it stands for: pragmatism, incrementalism, compromise, evidence-based policy. They've co-opted the term as camouflage to hide their ideology.

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dietTAB Apr 1, 2026 +1

“Pragmatic” centrism and an incrementalist approach to progressive policy have characterized the Dem leadership for like three decades now… and the end result of that pragmatic era is a crumbling democracy ruled by greedy criminals and hurtling into a regressive abyss. It seems the pragmatic approach you celebrate hasn’t demonstrated any proof of concept beyond an emboldened fascist right wing and a feckless defanged left wing…

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1cl3nstd4yt Apr 1, 2026 +1

__So don't call yourself progressive.__ Progressivism has done more for the USA than any other movement. You reject it due to you rigid ideology. And your ideology is not based on evidence. Progressivism is based on evidence, and you reject it. I can tell because your account is dedicated to attacking Dems.

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dietTAB Apr 1, 2026 +1

The only evidence I see is that whatever strategy has governed the Democratic Party since the 90s has resulted in vanishingly few leftwing/progressive wins. We now live in a country with wealth inequality at levels unseen since the gilded age, an erosion of our basic human and civil rights, and a nascent fascist party ruled by hate, greed and warmongering. What “progressive techniques” are you even talking about anyway? The New Deal could hardly be described as “incrementalism”

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1cl3nstd4yt Apr 1, 2026 +1

Wow you want us totally ignore 16 preventable years of Republican oppression... and you want to blame all that on Dems. That is not a rational perspective. I'm not going to do a second round of educating you about the f****** definition of Progressivism. You don't get it, and it's intentional.

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dietTAB Apr 1, 2026 +1

I'm absolutely not ignoring the 16 years of GOP control. They are the primary cause of today's nightmare world. The Democratic Party shares some of the responsibility for why we're here, but it's disingenuous to suggest that they carry the lion's share of the blame. That is obvious to anybody operating in good faith. The Dems lost two critical elections, which should have been easy to win, to a charlatan con man; in both cases, the Dem candidates pursued a pragmatic, middle-of-the-road, institutionalist, centrist position. We can chalk their losses up to the misogyny inherent in our political culture, but it's worth noting that Biden's victory in 2020 was very tight (also a centrist, pragmatic, "no malarkey" candidate). Obama demonstrated eight years of "slow and steady" incrementalism and attempts at bipartisan compromise, the results of which were uneven at best. My argument is that the Democrats have failed to change tack despite their prevailing "pragmatic" strategy delivering only middling success at best, and ultimately abject failure. They continue to misread the tenor of these times by ignoring the obvious appeal of populism, which has been readily exploited by GOP opportunists. Also, you never clearly offered a definition of Progressivism in the first place, as far as I can tell. What are these pragmatic, evidence-based, progressive techniques you reference? I'm genuinely curious. In my mind, robust and unapologetic progressive policies like Medicare For All and the Green New Deal offer a better path forward for the party. The best I saw from Harris' campaign were tax credit schemes for new homeowners, or poorly articulated gestures toward student loan forgiveness. Or "bolstering" the Affordable Care Act -- a policy (a "market-based" and "compromise" band-aid applied to a still-unresolved issue) which is emblematic of this incrementalist attitude. I'm not trying to be rude, or snarky, or promote some bothsides-ism bullshit. I'm trying to make an honest assessment of the Democratic Party, which has failed repeatedly by staking out an ineffective approach to politics in 21st century America.

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1cl3nstd4yt Apr 1, 2026 +1

Traditional American progressivism wasn't about rejecting compromise or incrementalism. It was about making improvements that happen. Historically, that’s mostly required evidence, coalition-building, and step-by-step progress. Without no path to implementation, big ideas don’t change much. Tax subsidies for single moms may not sound exciting, but it would've meant $100,000 per child. That kind of incremental improvement can be a life-changer. Ideological leftism can help, but progressivism is about translating ideas into real-world change. Strategies that actually pass and stick. Prioritizing outcomes over purity. If a morally pure policy doesn't get implemented, it doesn’t help. What I see, election after election, is ideological leftism attacking pragmatists. The 2000 election was a perfect example. Despite Al Gore being the most famous climate activist at the time, he was viewed as too boring and moderate. The Green Party's stated goal was to cause Gore to lose, in order to prevent milquetoast climate policies instead of the bold ones they wanted. The result was Bush the Oil Guy for 8 years. Drill baby drill. I totally get that centrism has problems on a systems level. With razor-thin margins in Congress, that creates stalemates. Historically, those defects were overcome by giving Dems enough power so their stuff (Social Security, Medicare, civil rights, marriage equality, voting rights) actually got passed and codified.

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Indercarnive Apr 1, 2026 +1

Except this time around we won't have the head start from having rest of the world in ruins

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shackleford1917 Apr 1, 2026 +1

How can I possibly have faith in my fellow Americans when they elected Trump twice?

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ChapterN7 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you realize you really are a gullible f****** idiot. That's the optimism in me talking though. Trump is rock bottom for the GOP (so far).

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jemappellejimbo Apr 1, 2026 +1

This is copium. You think 77million will magically go away and not impede progress? Their bloodlust for cruelty to others will not allow that.

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ChapterN7 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Of course they won't go away. But there are a lot of that 77 million that actually have realized they've been "duped". Look at all the elections democrats have been winning over the last year. Many of them in deep red counties. That's both from the left finally waking the f*** up and the right being too jaded and burned to vote for more MAGA-branded candidates.

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jemappellejimbo Apr 1, 2026 +1

Cope again, there’s proof that nothing matters more than hurting the others. Everything will be excused away. There will be a “trans migrant caravan at border” ad and they will line right up to vote.

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OldSchoolBubba Apr 1, 2026 +1

There it is. Nailed it big time.

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TheResolutePrime Apr 1, 2026 +1

We really haven’t been through this before, though. Not like this. Remember when Nixon was considered the most corrupt president we ever had? I miss those days.

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tweda4 Apr 1, 2026 +1

> We've been through this before, What? When? The US has either already burned or is in the process of burning every bridge it can find, and no one has faith that Americans will avoid doing this again. So every other country is now slowly moving to separate themselves militarily and economically from the US. America may not be 'finished' as a super power after this, but this is only the beginning of the US decline no matter what happens. I mean, what's going to happen with the world largest debt pile when the US stops being the centre of international economics?

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ohdeydothodontdeytho Apr 1, 2026 +1

Western Decline. And he is leading the charge. I ask myself how can one person do so much damage, be so stupid and so incompetent. But then this is the guy who bankrupted 6 casinos then got voted in as President twice. This says a lot about the electorate.

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asanano Apr 1, 2026 +1

I was going to say, its a bit of a race to not reach the finish line. America vs the GOP. Unfortunately, it seems america is declining a lot faster than the GOP.

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Emotional-Channel-42 Apr 1, 2026 +1

To be conservative is to be degenerative.

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BrandenWi Apr 1, 2026 +1

The GOP Era is one of GOP decline...

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Deicide1031 Apr 1, 2026 +1

GOP has been declining since all those Christian fundamentalist stepped in and it got worse with the tea party goons. It’s interesting how these articles think everything went downhill specifically with Trump when the GOP had been broken for decades.

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BrandenWi Apr 1, 2026 +1

Trump is not the cause of all the problems in this Country, he is the \*result\*. He could have never come to power, much less won reelection, if millions of people weren't secretly just as evil as he is.

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1cl3nstd4yt Apr 1, 2026 +1

Blame FOX News. It's the #1 news source in America.

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peeple-pleeser Apr 1, 2026 +1

FOX Entertainment

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manachar Apr 1, 2026 +1

The modern GOP basically metastasized after the signing of the civil rights act. During that period the most racist of Democrats left the Democratic Party and the GOP found adding Evangelicals and racists/confederate apologists gave them a winning block because the United States was formed in a way that thinks land is more important than people. The senate being two senators per state means winning a Wyoming and two Dakotas vastly outmatch one California.

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1cl3nstd4yt Apr 1, 2026 +1

Even before that. The Evangelicals were courted by Reagan. But the corporate personhood poison was concocted in the early 70s.

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OldSchoolBubba Apr 1, 2026 +1

This. Great post keeping it real

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Aggravating_Map4359 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Define "decline ". Under the trump era republicans got some of their wildest dream, stuff they thought was lost. Had majority control over the 3 branches while acting with unrelenting immunity. Sure trump sun seems to be setting but look how much he accomplished for them, how much time democrats are gonna take to reverse all that damage can they even do that? And most importantly what stops the GOP of running another trump like figure in the future and do this and more

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Akhilleus1117 Apr 1, 2026 +1

“Define “decline.’” I believe the article did in fact do that.

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Aggravating_Map4359 Apr 1, 2026 +1

I did . And I disagree, republican policies are passing. They have the supreme court. The people reelected trump with popular vote. You can stick your head in the sand and say this is not what the GOP should be but this is the GOP winning what they want.

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Akhilleus1117 Apr 1, 2026 +1

The article points out everything you just said. The whole premise is that once Trump is gone he’s galvanized and united the left against his overreach, and at the same time while the right is unified while under Trump it is not successful when he is not on the ballot.

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Aggravating_Map4359 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Trump is a culmination of a GOP strategy going on years on media and politics. When he leaves and democrats come to power why would they change? Why wouldn't they run someone like tucker ? Someone they know can push with zero regards for the law? This is not decline is sucess. The only way to stop this is democrats finding a way to punish this behavior.

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Akhilleus1117 Apr 1, 2026 +1

I am not sure he would have the success Trump has had for a few different reasons. I think Trump being a moron is a big part of his appeal to his base; Tucker is too much of an elite. Trump is also at the head of this coalition that includes both the neocons supporting this Iran War, and folks like Tucker that are not Zionist - this is held together by his cult of personality. I don’t think Tucker would be able to rally the Zionists and neoconservatives to vote for him. That being said, I could be completely wrong, but if so, that’s a bridge that will need to be crossed in 2028, which is to say I’m not going to stress out about it until if and when it becomes truly manifest. Which isn’t to invalidate your perspective; anything can happen in the next three years.

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Fun_Word_7325 Apr 1, 2026 +1

This report is from November. I had to check because one of its positive points was ‘no wars of choice’

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iIdentifyasGrinch Apr 1, 2026 +1

'Avoiding senseless wars'? When was this authored? 2025?

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FeedbackParticular59 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Yeah sadly a little out of date of exact current events, but I bet he could write an addendum to this now.

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Chef_RoadRunner Apr 1, 2026 +1

"GOP is in decline" ....literally controls everything. WTF?

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FeedbackParticular59 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Going forward. When Trump is not on the ballot. They cheat to get what they do have now. 2022 midterms, 2020 election, and 2018 midterms all went for Democrats. Last year 2025 elections went Democrat. Democrats have flipped 35 special election seats since Trump took office, GOP has flipped 0.

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FeedbackParticular59 Apr 1, 2026 +1

2024 was devastating, but it was 1 single election.

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Monkeydad1234 Apr 1, 2026 +1

And also a failure of Democrats to meet the moment. Chuck Schumer is still trying to run aging centrists in the midterms. He’s bringing a pillow to a knife fight.

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Konnnan Apr 1, 2026 +1

Don't realign the blame as if democrats are even 1/100th as responsible. Up to this point they've been working within the framework of a democracy. Voters put him and his party in charge of every branch.

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GG1817 Apr 1, 2026 +1

I don't understand the centrist neo-liberal dem purity tests when so much of the electorate are younger progressives just begging to vote for someone who actually represents them, their needs and interests. It's absolutely insane.

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scr33ner Apr 1, 2026 +1

Very underrated comment.

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FeedbackParticular59 Apr 1, 2026 +1

I think Cory Booker's book is about this. We will see if he does something about it, and it's not just talk, but he is talking about a new generation of Democrats and moving past centrist Chuck Schumer types.

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ell0bo Apr 1, 2026 +1

the problem isn't so much they're centrists, hell even conservatives aren't necessarily bad, but the right has gone earth 2 and the Dems lack any ability, or even show the want to, message to counter act that. Any Dem that is good at messaging largely get sidelined by the Dem power brokers, and that's inexcusable.

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1cl3nstd4yt Apr 1, 2026 +1

If centrists ran things, none of these disasters would be happening.

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1cl3nstd4yt Apr 1, 2026 +1

F*** that nonsense. If centrists were running things, none of this would be happening. If you want to stop the bad guys, it's incredibly foolish to hand them all the power - control of every branch of government. It's even more foolish to demand the good guys -- who you've given zero power-- assert control they don't have.

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rdogg4 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Is that something the senate minority leader has much control over? (No, it’s not)

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Parking-Emphasis590 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Probably the only salient thing Lindsay Graham has said in his career is that electing DJT would be the end of the Republican party. That was ten years ago.

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matva55 Apr 1, 2026 +1

This article is extremely out of date, as it praises avoiding wars of choice

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Snapingbolts Apr 1, 2026 +1

The GOP has been causing the decline of the US since f****** Reagan! Everything has gotten worse in the last 45 years

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SGT_BlueJay Apr 1, 2026 +1

Should be the end of them. Every single member of the GOP needs to be barred from holding public office and all bank accounts should be looked into. They sold us all out to line their own pockets.

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FeedbackParticular59 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Yes I think the most important lines of the article came here Republicans, in the Trump era, are mostly losing. Yes, Trump wins. Yes, when Trump is on the ballot, the downballot Republicans get some lift from Trump. But when Trump isn’t on the ballot, the Trump era is a story of GOP loss. This is a big problem for Republicans because Trump will never be on a ballot nationwide again. It’s very possible that after Trump is gone, Republicans will experience their darkest hour and lowest point since the New Deal.

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IGotMussels Apr 1, 2026 +1

I'm not a praying man but I hope this happens

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joeganis Apr 1, 2026 +1

The centrist faction of the DNC will no doubt fill the role of the current GOP

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FeedbackParticular59 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Sadly feels true, and they ignore the Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, AOC energy. Is Gavin Newsome considered centrist or liberal??

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blaqsupaman Apr 1, 2026 +1

Honestly, I would be okay with this if the dichotomy became moderate Dems vs. progressives with Dems still at least trying to competently govern and not going all-in on insane conspiracy theory bullshit. Currently we have one party that, at worst, at least wants to competently run a functioning country while the other party is insane and lives in an alternate reality.

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AdHopeful3801 Apr 1, 2026 +1

>Trump’s policy accomplishments are also real. Taxes are lower, especially for the middle class. Illegal immigration was controlled for four years, and it’s getting under control again. And for the first time since the Cold War ended, we are avoiding senseless wars of choice. Well, that aged like fine milk. Next time, maybe not an article from November of last year? >If the man at the head of the pro-life army is a twice-divorced serial philanderer who brags about grabbing women by the private parts, then the pro-choice attack — that opposition to abortion is just about controlling women — sounds believable. The pro-choice attack is believable principally because it is true. The fact that the pro-life army voluntarily chose a twice-divorced serial philanderer who brags about grabbing women by the private parts as their leader tells you that they no longer even care to try pretending otherwise.

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Ok_Belt2521 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Every time someone claims the GOP is in decline they come back and sweep elections. I’m not putting a lot of stock in this.

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FeedbackParticular59 Apr 1, 2026 +1

I felt that way too in the 2010 midterms. Bush left office with 24 percent approval ratings, and Obama swept in 2008 with a 79 seat house majority and a 20 seat Senate one. James Carville wrote about a more permanent Democratic majority. 2010 happened and cheating and gerry-mandering. The Hispanic vote ended up being so underwhelming. Low in number and often too close to 50/50 as a vote. I just pray this time is different. Would be nice with a more aggressive Progressive party economically this time.

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LightHeartsLiveLong Apr 1, 2026 +1

GOP decline started with Nixon. Probably before.

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Dorkseid1687 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Which the GOP won’t accept , will lie about and will continue to cheat in order to prevent

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WanderingKing Apr 1, 2026 +1

I’ll believe it when they are gone, not while they still have power

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Prudent-Flamingo1679 Apr 1, 2026 +1

The f*** you mean decline? They've been winning for the past 15 years. Even when Biden was president they kept winning. Look at the student debt stuff.

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1cl3nstd4yt Apr 1, 2026 +1

The GOP decline started in 1971. Supreme Court Justice Powell articulated the grand scheme in the [Powell Memorandum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.#Powell_Memorandum_(1971). He was a real a****** who sued doctors for claiming smoking causes cancer, accusing them of libel against tobacco lobbyists. His memo resulted in a powerful network of think tanks and nonprofits dedicated to undermining rules against corruption, infiltrating law schools, and promoting __corporate personhood__. Related rulings: Buckley v Valeo, __Citizens United__. __Notable organizations:__ Heritage Foundation Federalist Society Olin Foundation Scaife Foundation Cato Institute CEI ALEC

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Ok-Possession-3771 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Grand ole pedos

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Upbeat-Vacation-3374 Apr 1, 2026 +1

The Trump Era is One of Americas Decline - fixed it for you.

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Random_Player2711 Apr 1, 2026 +1

From the article: “Trump’s policy accomplishments are also real. Taxes are lower, especially for the middle class. Illegal immigration was controlled for four years, and it’s getting under control again. **And for the first time since the Cold War ended, we are avoiding senseless wars of choice.**” That didn’t age well.

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Specialist-Mud4150 Apr 1, 2026 +1

We could have dragged out the decline of the American Empire over the next generation or two. Trump is fast tracking what should have taken decades. I guess it is “winning” from a certain point of view… like China’s.

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gavinashun Apr 1, 2026 +1

Articles like this make no sense. GOP controls both houses of congress, supreme court, and have enacted (crazy) policies that they have wanted for decades. And this is a "decline?"

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ITech2FrostieS Apr 1, 2026 +1

And GDP!

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mister_buddha Apr 1, 2026 +1

Really? They look pretty f****** ascendant to me, right now.

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genericusername11101 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Ahhhh yes, its opposite day or some shit. Have all branches of govt=declining.

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PeaceLovess Apr 1, 2026 +1

I tried to explain what it meant to be part of the Conservative Party in the US to my teen. I started with Its supposed to be … , But I don’t know what is happening with their party. They don’t seem to be standing on any values consistently. We’re a Dem family, but like speaking to our kids objectively and intellectually. What do they stand for anymore? Anyone know?

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OakFiesta Apr 1, 2026 +1

Lol this is a bit out of date > Trump’s policy accomplishments are also real. Taxes are lower, especially for the middle class. Illegal immigration was controlled for four years, and it’s getting under control again. And for the first time since the Cold War ended, we are avoiding senseless wars of choice.

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pasterhatt Apr 1, 2026 +1

We're tethered to these morons. The idea the rot stops with the mouth breathers who voted for Trump is the most American, responsibility bucking, magical thinking nonsense thing I've ever heard. We'll all suffer for this. It's why we're so pissed

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DrBoots Apr 1, 2026 +1

Article is from 11/25. "...And for the first time since the Cold War ended, we are avoiding senseless wars of choice." That aged well.

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RecognitionOk2178 Apr 1, 2026 +1

I tried to go five minutes without hearing the word 'Trump' today, but I think I broke my personal record at forty-five seconds. How about that guy, eh?

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HaxanWriter Apr 1, 2026 +1

Only if Americans get off their collective dead asses and vote, and I’m not convinced they’re going to do that.

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greek-lit Apr 1, 2026 +1

I left that party when he failed the first time.

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winterharvest Apr 1, 2026 +1

Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.

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FlowofOd Apr 1, 2026 +1

Fascism is capitalism in decay. This is something you will have to come to grips with if you ever want things to get better. We aren't going "back to brunch" and MAGA became a movement for more than superficial reasons. No more status quo, we need a left turn so hard it gives Boomers whiplash and gives the dread skeleton James Carville a heart attack on msnbc as he froths about it.

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1cl3nstd4yt Apr 1, 2026 +1

None of this would be happening if we had elected Hillary. Or Harris. If we hadn't fucked up in 2016, Citizens United would be overturned already. We'd have a 6-3 liberal Supreme Court.

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lawrenceoftokyo Apr 1, 2026 +1

He’s pulled them to such a ridiculous place that when he’s gone, they will collapse into chaos.

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Redtex Apr 1, 2026 +1

Decline? How about absolute destruction of that particular party.

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FeedbackParticular59 Apr 1, 2026 +1

# Trump Wins. Other Republicans Lose Here’s one measure of the partisan shift in the Trump era: In 2016, Republicans controlled 31 governorships and 68 legislative chambers. Come January, the GOP will control only 26 governorships and 57 legislative chambers (more than a 15% reduction on both scores)

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Darksmithe Apr 1, 2026 +1

It's one of American decline.

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Competitive-Ad-9404 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Which is why they are planning on ending free elections, rule of law, constitutional freedoms, etc.

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The Trump Era Is One of GOP Decline

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