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I could watch that clip of the French celebrating all day ... I would be like the guy in front, crying. It's just so damn important to keep America a democracy.

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Me, too. I cried with him💙

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Here's hoping we can all be sobbing joyously in about 4 months, eh?

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Reminds me of the rally in Paris in 2012 on the night that Socialist Francois Hollande was elected Prime Minister. I was having dinner in a little cafe when the staff started smiling and whispering to each other. They confirmed the reason. So some of us quickly paid and left for the rally.

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Wow. I envy your experience! It sounds like a wonderful time ...

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It was !

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I was in France when Francois Mitterrand was elected. My French friends and I drank champagne to celebrate.

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Wasn't it lovely? And yeah, that dude is.... all of us. It's nice to know somewhere out there people actually DO care.

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Thank you, Meredith. I cried, too.

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I think we can really empathize with the relief after what's been for them and for us in similar circumstances -- years of stress, chaos, and terror.

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Just a heads up. We need to ready for new skewed pols here. The MSM pushes an anti-Biden narrative and then amplifies poor polling that they help drive. Steel yourselves. I don't know about you but they're not jerking me around anymore. Let's be like France!

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This was just so eye opening - that the NYT had it written as a fait accompli . Would love to see expressions in the newsroom after the Brit and French results - like a fallen soufflé

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Thank you for this, Jay. I've been saying for the last two weeks that this whole MSM attempt to get Biden to "withdraw" in favor of some "more winning" candidate is a giant rat-f*ck. The NYTimes ran “Why Power Eludes the French Left,” which is pretty much what they're saying about Democrats and Biden. But the line to live by, and that I will keep passing on is,

"Polls aren't votes, and the voters defied them." AMEN.

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Never, ever give up the incumbent position

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I'm not going to freak out about the polls because I've followed them before and the results are not what the polling predicted, case in point the 2016 election.

Let the right think they will win because "the polls say so".

I'm so tired of these Democrats who are beating up on Joe Biden.

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I agree. They are making a lot of predictions and insinuations and the MSM is in cahoots. It's almost as if they want someone to put the blame on if Trump wins. What are they doing to make sure he doesn't? Meanwhile, 81 year old Biden is working his butt off. Are any of them working that hard??? If Trump wins, it's because there wasn't enough focus on how evil he and his gang of criminals and powermongers are.

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They make the news, they don’t report it any more

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Sad and true. I've been poking around on Substack more, and it's interesting. There is some sketchy stuff, you have to be careful about what you're seeing. I could see it being a real rabbit hole for the right folks, but OTOH, there are some earnet, honest writers as well who cover things that you don't see on MSM.

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Absolutely!!

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Perhaps you’ve already seen this VERY RECENT headline?......

“Surprise win for French leftwing alliance keeps far right from power”

That headline proves my point……..about “polls”…….

It is absolutely ridiculous and absurd to place any credence on polls. When you compare the number of people who participated in a poll (for most polls, less than 2,500 people) to the number of registered voters in the United States of America (over 160 million people) the results of a poll, any poll, are total bullshit. Bullshit that no one should be concerned about. Add to that the fact that Democrats were asked not to participate in any polls. Because of that, poll results that show Liar, Fraud, Con, Scumbag, Racist, Sex-Abuser, Traitor, America’s Disgrace, Piece of Shit, Wannabe-Dictator Trump leading President Joseph R. Biden, Jr are nothing but fascist propaganda.

President Biden is, for a second time, going to crush and flush scumbag Trump in the upcoming November election. CRUSH and FLUSH piece-of-shit Trump! Scumbag Trump has zero chance of ever being President again.

MAGAcultists who think that “undecided voters” are going to vote for Scumbag Trump because President Biden stuttered and fumbled through one debate are total fucking idiots. Given a choice between voting for an older person (President Biden) and person who is a fraud, a con, a convicted felon, a traitor, a fascist, a racist, Putin’s puppet and scumbag piece of shit (Fraud Trump), who lies every time he opens his disgusting fucking mouth, “undecided voters” will vote for President Biden.

REGISTER TO VOTE!

VOTE ONLY FOR DEMOCRATS!

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“Democrats were asked not to participate in any polls.”

I don’t know anything about this. Is this true?

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Not sure about the truth of that but I can say from my own experience, my text inbox has been flooded with “polls” and asks for $$$ that get immediately junked. I don’t have time for their foolishness and I’m supporting certain candidates on my own.

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Me too. Haven’t participated in a poll in many years because they alway ask for money at the end. Seems wrong.

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This is a direct result of the vast majority of people against fascism coming out to VOTE against it! We can do that here, too.

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I hope so. But the French may as a country be much more attuned to politics than are many in this country. I hope I’m wrong.

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I can understand your thoughts. Having been in the thick of WWII, it is "recent history" for them. We've always been "removed" from these wars.

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Thanks for the great piece - a lesson for all voters reminding them of their value . And a lesson to politicians that polls don’t vote and papers do not decide elections. In november, we are voting to save democracy; this is not an election about age, do not be fooled by media or those that believe the media has the pulse of the american voter- looking at you, all you political pundits!

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Thanks Jay, I needed to hear this today - especially with all the BS about how Biden should drop out.

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Vive la France! Next do USA!

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Thank you for posting the video clip of the crowd in Paris as they heard the results -- I was a little shocked to find myself weeping right along with them... how I wish this for the US. Instead, we're stuck with Comer & the other cretins in the House, who are now wanting to investigate Biden's doctor... just hoping the polls in the US that are saying our own far right is ahead are just as worthless...

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Of course we'd cry, too, when we watch the French who were told (and probably mostly believed) that they were doomed -- find out that they actually prevailed. These past approx. 8-9 years since the Trump ascendancy have been such a nightmare for most of us in the U.S., really, and it's just not let up. I think we're all due our moments of emotionality...

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Thank you for the clip:) I cried tears of happiness for the French people❣️

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Wait till Taylor unleashes her voting age Swifties to the polls for Biden!

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Look what you made her do!

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Very encouraging development! So much respect for Mbappe going out on a limb and expressing himself! Where are the patriot voices with platforms here?

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Washing the sheets they’ve wet?

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Oui. Oui. Vive La France!

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Personally, I'm not worried about the polls that show Trump/MAGA ahead. The more of those polls that are published, the more likely it is that anti-MAGAs will actually show up and vote. Whenever voters think their party has a guaranteed win, the less likely they'll show up to vote, assuming their vote isn't needed. Let's not get complacent or allow the vast majority of voters who don't closely follow politics get complacent, either.

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Let’s not forget the pro choice ballot initiatives that have been added in states where it will be crucial for women and those who care about them to get out and vote. Let’s hear it for Arkansas who has more than the requisite signatures to get their initiative on the ballot 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.

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Agreed. Many people didn't show up to vote for Hillary because they didn't like her, but believed she would win anyway.

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And many felt comfortable voting 3rd party as a protest vote for the same reason.

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Jill freaking Stein is running again! I hate her so much. And Cornel, come on, dude.

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These two take their own messages so seriously that they lose sight of the greater good. Ralph Nader still rationalizes his destructive 3rd party candidacy. I believe that one can take themselves so seriously that they cannot be taken seriously by others.

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Why? Neither are taking any votes from the Democrats; they have their own voter base, small as it may be. Those are people who, for their own reasons, never voted D in the first place (nor did they vote R). And contrary to myth, Jill Stein didn't get substantially more votes in 2016 than in other elections.

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Same with Gore, ppl assumed he’d win and cast votes for nadar

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Good point.

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From Dr. Lucy McBride post today:

Make kindness great again

Hats off to kindness

Between Dr. Lucy’s post and this post the message that is uplifting is practice kindness and let fear go.

Incidentally, last year my cardiologists—originally from India—and I, because of my curious questions about Hinduism, told me. “I practice the religion of kindness.” I love the idea and it is good for one’s heart.

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