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I’ve lived in Massachusetts my entire life, and I have watched one-party Democratic rule devastate this state. Politicians like Ed Markey have spent decades in office while contributing absolutely nothing to the people they supposedly serve. Seeing posts like this from a man who helped destroy Burlington, Vermont, now overrun by drugs, homelessness, and people dying in the streets, sends chills down my spine. I will never understand how Democrats can impose these destructive policies, witness the human suffering they create, and still celebrate themselves. How does anyone live with themselves after leading millions of people toward ruin simply to preserve their own power?

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

3 weeks ago

The progressive wave continues. Despite being heavily outspent, Abdul El-Sayed, Peggy Flanagan and Angie Nixon won their Democratic primaries for U.S. Senate. And yesterday, Ed Markey won a landslide victory. Let’s keep up the pressure. Onward to November.

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Mike Minogue will face Maura Healey on Nov 3rd. Healey's Mass: • MA paying more in taxes than 90% of America • 5th highest electricity bills in USA • 0 LNG or Nuclear energy production • 3rd trimester abortions • ranked LAST in transparency & much more. VOTE MINOGUE!

I used to work in Congress as a staffer and I'd like to explain to you why Congress doesn't work. It's a tale as old as time for the general public to say "all politicians do is lie" or "they tell you what you want to hear, but never deliver." There is a real, measurable reason for this. Being a member of Congress is miserable. The average member is 'working' from 8am to midnight whether they are in D.C. or not. They fly between DC and their home state every week and must come back at the drop of a hat if leadership says so. If it seems like they aren't working, that's because 90% of their hours are taken up by fundraising, donor meetings, strategy sessions, and being told what to do by leadership. They rarely, if ever, spend time crafting real, thoughtful, robust policy. I have been in markups with members who, about 60 seconds before a vote, will ask me what they're actually voting on. I have called members on the floor during votes to explain to them why they need to switch their vote right away. Policy is very far down their priority list. There is not one sane, healthy human on this planet that genuinely wants to be a member of Congress. There may be some people who recognize that its a job that needs to be done, but very few members that are normal, functioning humans really want to do it. Therefore, you need to understand that most (not all) members of Congress that voluntarily want to run for the position are doing so for some alternative reason. Usually this reason is clout, power, status, etc. To gain this clout/power/status, you have to be likeable. A member's job is to do only one thing - to win elections. Therefore, it behooves them to be likeable. Anyone who is likeable will necessarily understand that they have to tell voters what they want to hear. Politicians are very good at this - this again is not surprising. The problem is that in order to govern effectively, you have to make difficult decisions that are often extremely unlikeable. This pits politicians between a rock and a hard place - do nothing but keep telling people what they want to hear, thus staying likeable, or actually compile serious legislation that pisses off half of the uneducated electorate, thus risking their seat. If your original reason for running for Congress was for clout/status/power, then this is an easy decision to make - they will always choose to be likeable. This is why people with a slick tongue always know exactly what to tell you, but your life doesn't seem to change for the better. This seems obvious, yet voters (like you - yes you!) keep falling for the same trap over and over again. Congress has a ~12% approval rating, but each member of Congress has a roughly ~45% approval rating in their own district. Curious how it's always someone else's congressman that's the problem, but never their own. This has real effects. Jeb Bush enacted roughly $19 billion in cumulative tax cuts and presided over an economy that added 1.3 million net new jobs. He left office with over $9 billion in state rainy-day reserves. He created the "A+ Plan for Education," establishing a statewide school grading system (A–F), expanded standardized testing, and introduced Florida's first private-school voucher programs. By any means, he's one the best executives Republicans have ever had. The problem is that he is tremendously weird and unlikeable. He scored 2.8% in Iowa, 11% in New Hampshire, and 7.8% in South Carolina before suspending his campaign, collecting just 4 total delegates. Ron Desantis guided Florida's economy past $1.1 trillion in GDP, maintained state unemployment under 3%, and led the nation in net domestic migration. He enacted universal school choice vouchers, implemented aggressive anti-lockdown COVID policies, and flew migrants to Martha's Vineyard (lol). Again, by any metric, he is a champion of the right. Again, he got smoked in the primary because he's angry or short or something else irrelevant. Nobody wanted to get a beer with him. There's an easy way to fix Congress, but it requires people to get serious and stop prioritizing relatability over functionality. Politicians aren't your friend; stop treating them like one.

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We need a bit more shame. People used to avoid certain self-interested behaviors to avoid shame, private and public. Law and customs assumed this. Now, 38% of Stanford students claim to be disabled. 40% of young women (under 35) claim mental illness, and SSI disability payments have gone up 400% in a single generation. It isn't good for anyone, least of all people who are actually disabled, when everyone looks the other way as friends and family and peers con the system with a level of shamelessness no architect of our safety net ever imagined could be possible in America. When everyone is disabled, nobody is.

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@j_fishback “The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship.” - Martin Luther

It will never cease to amaze me that in this nation, war dead get one day of remembrance a year. But sleeping with the same sex gets you a whole month of adoration. A fallen society. Backwards as hell.