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Public Servant's avatar

Dan Goldman is a rich white man. Until Democrats elevate more women and people of color, they will never win or protect our democracy from fascists. Stand with Mahmoud Khalil: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/mahmoud-khalil-freedom-peace-poem

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Lisamanv's avatar

A rich white man who has enough money that fighting for the American people isn't something he has to do. Aren't Ben and Jordy white men? Democrats have run two women for the office of President but it was the white man who won. It isn't the party, it's the voters who are letting us down. Who do we mention the most as saviors of democracy in Congress? Jasmine Crockett and AOC. You bringing up his "rich white man" status makes me think of people who don't pull for Jessica Pegula to win tennis matches because her family is rich. I like her even more because she didn't get to be a top 5 tennis player with her family's money but hard work. I didn't know who Goldman was when he was the prosecutor for impeachment of trump the first time but I was duly impressed by him. It wasn't until he ran for office I learned he is an heir to the Levi's fortune. It certainly didn't make me suddenly think he wasn't worthy of an opinion. He isn't using his wealth to subvert democracy. Sorry but I just happen to think we need to lift up whoever can win at this point. Kamala Harris was extremely qualified as was Hillary but dumbasses get to vote too and they don't seem ready for a woman, sadly.

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Candace Lucas's avatar

I totally agree. IT's the voters. Our country is full of bigots and Trump his given them permission to be flaming bigots. These are people who would never vote for a POC or a woman. As a woman I'd love to see a woman be president. Look around at some of the countries who have or have had women in charge and for the most part, they've done great. But the Cristofascists, the rednecks, the misogynists, won't vote for a woman, and that goes double for a woman of color like Kamala Harris. Find a white guy with lots of moxie and run him against the republicans (I say republicans because, even though trump said he'll serve a third term, i really, really, really hope he's being eaten by worms by then)

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Raymond Edling's avatar

The election proved that Trump's as American as a wormy apple pie.

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Candace Lucas's avatar

someone should step on his and squash him like the worm he is.

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WJB Motown's avatar

All these veterns thrown out on the streets are very handy with an M-16.......When Orange Hitler gives the go-ahead to the Poud Babies......their sandbox/videogame training won't be worth shit.

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Candace Lucas's avatar

yes, somehow those dopes don't believe we might have guns.

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WJB Motown's avatar

It is unbelievable how FOX bullshit fried the brains of these assholes.

I truly pray that the streets of America look like Hungary and Serbia this summer.

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Candace Lucas's avatar

only their streets, please. here in NYC we know who is and didn't vote for him.

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CONNIE  BREMER-MURRAY's avatar

Be very careful of that kind of rhetoric…we need every good voter to stay out of jail… Don’t think you have free speech anymore you do not. Be careful. The French have a saying that goes back hundreds of years “live secret live free.”….

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WJB Motown's avatar

After what Orange H said yesterday.......message received Houston

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Edward mead's avatar

Trump can't serve a third Term that is against the law. Passed in and under Frankin Roosvelt. Who did serve 3 terms or until he dies in Office on his third term.

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Candace Lucas's avatar

have you seen how many laws he's already ignore? do you really think he gives a flip about the law? Why do you think he's loaded every government agency that might stop him with Trump loyalists. So they don't stop him. He needs to be stopped now, by any means possible.

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Edward mead's avatar

Trump has broken so many laws in less than 50 days than most of his pardon MAGA gang together

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Candace Lucas's avatar

yep, which is why anyone saying he can't serve a third term because it's illegal is being totally naive. I've said before but I'll say it again. They have to get rid of him now, by fair means or foul, because if there is a third election that he runs in, he will corrupt it and say he won regardless of the outcome and his ass kissers will assist him.

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Robin D's avatar

We will never make it for 4 years. Russia has "elections" too. I say foul means. We were at the "Let them Eat Cake" stage for months.We are past that. I truly believe there is going to be a revolution or civil war. We have no guardrails left and everything in the courts takes too long. This is terrifying to me and I don't say this lightly.

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Robin D's avatar

He has no intention of leaving. He doesn't care about the Constitution or the rule of law. He has immunity and SCOTUS made him and anyone after a king. He did everything he said he was going to do. Dictator on Day 1. Everybody was able to read about Project 2025. The problem is no one did, he said "No, I don't know who they are" (as he was planning this coup with them). Even those of us who took him seriously did not really factor in Elon Musk buying him the election, and the absolutely breathtaking speed with which he "flooded the zone" and destroyed this country and the world just in the first 5 days. Everyone is terrified of him. This is a sick, twisted, malevolent dangerous person with delusions of grandeur and drunk with power who is on a retribution tour to destroy our country. He has been planning this for years. Why wasn't the CIA or FBI or whoever was in charge while Biden was in office question why an authoritarian ruler, Viktor Orban who he never shut up about, doing visiting an -ex Pres of the USA. Everyone failed us. And Dan Goldman said it was going to get worse. 😭

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Lisamanv's avatar

I read they're advancing a bill to let him run again.

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Chris McDenny's avatar

Against the law doesn't automatically mean "can't" It's only can't if the Government (judicial, legislative) stands up and enforces the law. think about what that lazy good-for-nothing Merrit Garland did in office. How did he let P45 steal ultra-top secret documents and sponsor a riot to overturn an election? No way if the AG did his job. Too many Democrats seem to think "being right" means getting stuff done. it doesn't. You have know the law, enforce the law and stand up for the law. Democrat leaders in Washington DC just sat on their big mouths while MAGA took over. and now what is their cry? - lifelong Democrat who feels like our party blew it. We need change.

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New poll shows where Trump stands among Americans 9 weeks into his 2nd presidency

President Donald Trump's current poll position is an improvement from his 1st term in the White House

By https://www.foxnews.com/person/s/paul-steinhauser https://www.foxnews.com/

Published March 27, 2025 11:43am EDT

President https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trumprepeatedly touts that America is "back" as he spotlights his accomplishments - some of them controversial - since returning to power in the White House nine weeks ago.

Trump has been moving at warp speed in his second tour of duty as president, flexing his political muscles to expand executive powers as he has upended long-standing government policy and made major cuts to the federal workforce through a flurry of executive orders and actions. 

Trump has signed roughly 100 executive orders since his Jan. 20 inauguration, according to a count from Fox News, far surpassing the rate of any recent presidential predecessors during their opening weeks in office.

The president touts that "a lot of great things are happening," but the latest that many Americans do not agree with Trump's rosy outlook on the job he is doing in office.

President Donald Trump signs an executive order  (Getty Images)

Forty-five percent of those questioned in a https://www.reuters.com/world/us/majority-americans-believe-presidents-should-obey-courts-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-03-25/ conducted this past weekend (March 21-23) gave Trump a thumbs up, with 51% saying they disapproved of his performance steering the nation. The survey questioned just over 1,000 adults nationwide.

The poll was conducted mostly before the controversy over top White House national security members discussing sensitive operational details of a U.S. military strike in Yemen, on the messaging app Signal, possibly in violation of some federal laws, dominated news coverage.

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Edward mead's avatar

In 2026 Vote all Republicans out of office from Congress and the U.S.Senate.also school boards, county courts members, And Vote all Democrats into those offices. That will kill the Republican control of the House. and Democrats will be in control and trump can't do anything. any more. But sit and eat his McDonald Hamburgers and Fries and always a diet Coke.

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EtTuBrutex's avatar

Candace, don’t you actually mean you’re really, really, really hoping that worms are eating HIM by then?

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Candace Lucas's avatar

Oops, yes, that’s what I meant. Doh.

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Chris McDenny's avatar

Calling everyone else a bigot or a racist is not based on what people are saying and doing. They're saying that they "if all people are equal," then why are "some people more equal than others?" I think it's a fair point. If Democrats could focus on making life better for working Americans, and widen their appeal to people who aren't super focused on minorities or gays, then they might win a few elections. Sad to say that CANCEL culture and blaming everyone for not being as culturally awakened as you KILLS the chances for a left-leaning election win. I'm left leaning but I don't require skin color tests or wokeness criteria to want people to join the movement. That's how you get power and keep it.

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Lisamanv's avatar

Yes, exactly everything you said.

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Jan08's avatar

Donald Trump is afraid of strong women! It's obvious and it's rude and unconstitutional! He's a horror show!

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Delores Gilchrist's avatar

You know, if it weren’t for vote manipulation, Harris would have won by more than a million votes. We have people in red states that practically hand-pick the votes they are going to dismiss.

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Lisamanv's avatar

I might not have agreed with you about that a few months ago but this bs that went on in NC made me see things differently. We just can't let them get away with it. We need some serious changes in the Supreme Court starting with impeaching thomas and alito. I worry about being able to fix the damage done by this false king in the White House. The best that could happen is veto proof majorities in both houses of Congress in 2026.

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Karen Thompson's avatar

You are correct. Women not matter their education and experience do not win. Voters are unwilling to believe women are better.

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meryl selig's avatar

Knee jerk reactions like “Dan Goldman is a rich white man so his leadership is invalid “ is precisely the identity politics that hobbles Democrats and progressives.

Inclusivity does not only apply to people of color or oppressed minorities.

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Linda Krause's avatar

Thank you! You are 100% correct!

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US Taxpayer's avatar

It’s the white man who places us in this scenario after the election. Many, not all, fear being treated as minorities have been. Inequality is how the USA was founded. Read the constitution without amendments. That is what 2025 is trying to rebuild.

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NCBluegirl's avatar

Well said.

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Sherrell Salas's avatar

???? Did you not see the Diversity in Biden’s Democratic administration; compare that to trumps Republicans administration.

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Kenneth Boyle's avatar

Then you obviously were not looking !!!

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Jnine's avatar

Don't care if he is a rich white man, poor, rich white, black, Asian, purple as long as we fight against trump & musk together who cares!

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Edward mead's avatar

I care and so should you.

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Margaret Friedenbach's avatar

Jnine's comment specifically is responding to the Public Servant's statement about Dan Goldman being rich and white as though that is a disqualification to being on the side of right. It does not mean that Jnine does not care about inclusion and diversity.

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Robin D's avatar

Thank you. This has to stop about making anyone who is white and successful the bad guy. I'm sorry, but it's almost like reverse racism.We don't get to choose our race or gender or circumstances when we are born. It's what we do with our lives that matter. I know many wealthy white people who came from nothing, worked hard, earned every penny, PAY THEIR TAXES, and are charitable. They have nothing to apologize for. Stop conflating honest hardworking successful people with this obscene level of multi-billionaire wealth like the tech bros Musk, Thiel, Bezos, Zuckerberg, lots of scary ones, et al. What about the Chinese and South Asian, and Arab billionaires that are citizens and are just as awful as Musk and the rest? How many billions do they need. It's not about money at that point. It's about POWER. We are divided enough. Stop looking at every single person as sinister. This is what they want. To divide us. You can thank Ronald Reagan for his "trickle down economics". You can thank the John Roberts SCOTUS for allowing Citizens United to bring all of this dark money into our politics and gov't. RW Cnristofascist billionaires like the Koch Bros, Leonard Leo who have been working on this for 50 years who want to make us a Christian country. That is one of our final rights as Americans. Separation of Church and State. If you are Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, whatever, you better start worrying about that too. They started with Roe but that's not where it ends. If these fucking zillionaires and corporations paid their fair share of taxes there wouldn't be a problem. Dan Goldman has inherited wealth. He did not have to go into public service and become a prosecutor or a Congressman for money. He could have stayed a private citizen.He is a good man. Don't denigrate him and make him the enemy. I love Jasmine Crockett and AOC.I loved Kamala and her message and positivity. BLAME THE IGNORANT VOTERS for Trump! The fools dazzled by Nazi Elon Musk. Many who were neither.rich nor white. I am for anyone who chooses to try and do good. Everyone in this country deserves to have a fair shot. To have healthcare. To love who they want. Pray to whom they want. Food in their stomachs. A roof over their head. A good paying job. That is all we are owed. There is never going to be 100% equality. At this point, we have no democracy. Choose your battles carefully. We are in an existential.crisis for our country and the world.

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Margaret Friedenbach's avatar

An excellent summary.

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Robin D's avatar

❤🙏

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Pat Sevigny's avatar

We need everyone!!! Intelligent, articulate, courageous people. I will support every person in the fight. Musk is in a downturn. Keep up the pressure. Meet every head of every agency. Meet t---p at his golf course.y r u golfing on our tax dollars?

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Kelly Ward's avatar

As a woman your comment is out of line. We need EVERYONE in this fight. Rep. Goldman is on the right side of things, incredibly intelligent and did excellent work in the impeachment trials against trump. Yes, sure, we need more people of color and women but why bash a good person who is in the fight?

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Judith Nostrant's avatar

Wow! We need all the help we can get. Dan Goldman is great!!

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In tune's avatar

It's not so easy to tell the good guys from the Bad Guys by their color. of course nobody likes Clarence Thomas and it's not because he's black or a traitor to his people he's a traitor to our country.other people have different experiences and what I suggest is that we try to unite see the good in each person's approach I'm not a huge fan of Dan but he is sincere in what he says. The stifling of free speech in at Columbia is horrendous so is falling into the Trap and breaking stuff so they can then take you away .we can be smarter than that men and women of Goodwill stick together unfortunately that's true on the other side

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Michael Kjær's avatar

Cheap shots like this toward Dan Goldman are uncalled for and unhelpful. You could have made your points without it.

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Steve's avatar

Who was Kamala Harris? Please think before you reply.

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Jonathan Klinski's avatar

Your worst nightmare!!! Think before you vote 🙈🙈🙈💩💩💩

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Steve's avatar

I was responding to 'Public Servant'.

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Chris McDenny's avatar

I'm all in on standing with Mahmoud Khalil. Let's fight for his right to speak out and say what he sees. But, I'm calling you out on your introduction. So what if Dan Goldman or anybody else is "a rich white man." can he not speak his truth? Has he lost his right to free speech like Mahmoud? Cancel culture is what kills the Democrats chance of ever winning an election. I say hear him out.

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NCBluegirl's avatar

Don't throw great democrates under the bus because they have money, white or male. We are all in this together.

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Jeannie Mathis's avatar

If he’s willing to be an ally to diversity and equity, why does it matter if he’s is a rich white man?

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Oaktown's avatar

Consider this: Could Dan Goldman choose to be born to rich parents? Would anyone choose to be born disabled, poor, or mentally ill? I have no idea. No matter what your opinion is, it's not provable.

So isn't Dan Goldman all the more admirable for working to preserve democracy as a public servant when he could be golfing at Maralardo? I've watched him at hearings; he's an asset to the cause of civil rights, the rule of law, and is by no means a fascist. Judge him by the content of his character, not the color of his skin.

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Oaktown's avatar

Consider this: Could Dan Goldman choose to be born to rich parents? Would anyone choose to be born disabled, poor, or mentally ill? I have no idea. No matter what your opinion is, it's not provable.

So isn't Dan Goldman all the more admirable for working to preserve democracy as a public servant when he could be golfing at Maralardo? I've watched him at hearings; he's an asset to the cause of civil rights, the rule of law, and is by no means a fascist. Judge him by the content of his character, not the color of his skin.

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WJB Motown's avatar

The 10 Demberlains how crossed the Lubiicon into Magaworld need to be tossed out in the next elecion...Top Down. Shumer getting praise from Orange Hitler is a mark from the beast. Watching these orange bowling pins going down one aftet another is totally unbelievable.......PS....you are sadly..dead on........Go Coach Walls....Go Bernie!!!

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