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“Federal Election Commission records show Stein paid $100,000 in July to a consulting outfit that has worked with Republican campaigns, as well as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential bid. The firm, Accelevate, is operated by Trent Pool. The Intercept reported that he appeared to be part of the mob that breached the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6., 2021. The Journal hasn’t independently verified the reporting.”

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[–] philz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago
[–] archomrade@midwest.social 7 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Wait so she is just using a consultancy firm that has previously worked with republicans? Is that the story here?

[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Sort of. She also has some Russian ties.

While I don't think she is some kind of Soviet black ops plant, she's secured funding many times by less savory means. That does mean the things she says and does require a little extra thought though.

I do wish it wasn't part of the "assassinate the left, cozy towards center" mentality that democrats are embracing.

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 3 points 4 hours ago

Yes as much as I don't like Stein nor will I vote for her I feel the splurge of news on her is mediocre at best and very obviously being paid for.

She's not done anything to warrant the scrutiny she literally hasn't done ANYTHING at all. Why am I hearing about her so much?

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Anyone those retards support is bad for the nation. Period.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 18 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If it hasn’t been posted there already, you should post this to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world!

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Done. I looked for that community and missed it the other day. ¯\(ツ)/¯.

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 7 points 18 hours ago
[–] Soup@lemmy.cafe 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (60 children)

Haven’t we all known this about Shill Stein for a very long time, or are we supposed to pretend it’s a big shocking reveal so the leftists can feel better about being duped?

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The people duped by Stein are not the people who call themselves leftists.

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[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 92 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And not just republicans. You can find all stripes of accelerationist crazies doing that on this very website.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

We must bring about glorious revolution, even if our methods aren't particularly effective and millions suffer.

[–] immutable@lemm.ee 17 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

No you see they have a plan.

  1. Convince people likely to vote for Harris to throw away their votes by voting 3rd party or staying home
  2. Suppress democratic turnout while leaving Republican turnout untouched.
  3. Spoil the election while haughtily going “oh not voting is a vote for trump somehow” and snorting to themselves. Completely blind to context.
  4. Have the things they claim to really super duper care about like genocide in Palestine continue under trump
  5. Also have vulnerable groups in America, like legal Haitian migrants, be the target of Republican vitriol.
  6. (step missing)
  7. Glorious proletariat revolution against the most powerful military and militarized police force to ever exist

Its brilliance is in its simplicity!

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm much more interested in your plan than whatever strawman you can make up about the voters whom Democrats have left on the table for objecting to the genocide they want to fund.

[–] immutable@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

That’s not how evaluating a plan works.

Here, I’ve got a cure for cancer, shove pinecones up your ass.

You can determine that this plan is bad without having to have a cure for cancer.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Focus on getting progressives into local and state offices so they can build experience necessary to successfully run for federal office. Vote lesser evil for president in the meantime to buy time for progressive to get that experience. In 10-15 years of diligent efforts we can get progressives into probably about a 1/3 of our congressional seats. At that point, a progressive presidential candidate with congressional experience stands an actual chance of winning the presidency, and will have the legislative support to actually accomplish their policy goals when they get there.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

This is the hilarious tragedy of the Democratic party:

If the race is close, then the electoral college, courts and other methods can be used to bump things to the GOP (2000).

If the race isn't that close, then people will feel comfortable voting third party to "make a statement", which can cost enough votes in key states to cost the election (2016).

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