Goddamit. VA only just got on its feet with cannabis laws that weren't completely terrible. How did they screw it up this time?
this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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At least we ran over the correct people with the trolley.
Face it my fellow lefties, we got played by 2 deep cover republican agents, her and the jackass from Pennsylvania, fetterman, totally republican plants, wake up.
I'm not sure how any leftist looked at Spanberger and thought she was anything but a corporate centrist. Still better than the alternative but that doesn't say much.
All you needed to know was "Ex-CIA". No such thing.
The executioner with empathy, a well honed blade, a strong arm, and excellent aim is better than a cross-eyed executioner who enjoys inflicting pain with a dull axe.
Fetterman has brain damage. That should have been the clue.
That's not an excuse, everyone from his state is saying he was an asshole beforehand
The opposite actually. His first year-and-a-half, maybe two years as a senator, his voting record was fine. He wasn't super radical, but if you look up voting record scores he was one of the more left-leaning senators until the end of his 2nd year.
The stroke happened before he took office. Aa fun as it is to joke about conservatism being caused by brain damage, it just doesn't line uo with the facts for Fetterman.
There is definite line with Fetterman before and after his stroke. There is no doubt in my mind that that is what happened to him.
Also missing this one
Keeping voting for those status quo centrists though..
I didn't vote for her in the primary. What were we supposed to do, let that crazy piece of shit Winsome win?
Abigail Nothingberger
Meanwhile Republicans are angry at her for gun control, minimum wage increase, and comprehensive paid family and medical leave.
Vote blue no matter who!
I just looked her up on Wikipedia. It seems she secured the nomination without being contested. Idk, feels like as progressives we should take some responsibility if no one even ran against her. Giving up isn't virtuous
Yeah, this is why I've been telling "leftists" that giving up on the system entirely is a terrible idea and that encouraging others to do so is asinine.
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Lemmings outside VA may not know that Spanberger is a Democrat.
I did lol
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It was ridiculous when they put her name and Mikie Sherrill alongside Mamdani after their victories.