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Pay attention:

Democratic victory relies greatly on strong GenZ turnout. Putin and Republicans will ruthlessly use hostility to Israel among GenZ to split them off from the Democratic Party, portraying Biden as a Zionist supporting genocide of Palestinians.
05:49 AM - Oct 22, 2023
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Anton Brakhage
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They will try to tie support for Ukraine to support for Israel as well-expect intensifying attacks on Zelenskii's Jewish heritage (this of course contradicts the Kremlin narrative that Ukraine is a Nazi state, but they will likely obfuscate this contradiction with further lies).
05:52 AM - Oct 22, 2023
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The goal will be to encourage a large number of "anti-war" and "anti-imperialist" Leftists, particularly among younger and non-white voters, to split from the Democratic Party and either stay home, or cast "protests votes" for someone like Cornell West. Much like many did against Hillary in 2016.
05:54 AM - Oct 22, 2023
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Of course, the propagandists directing this effort will not be doing so out of any principled anti-imperialist or anti-racist stance. They will be doing so to split the Democrats and elect a literal fascist mob boss and insurrectionist as President-and subsequently dictator-of the United States.
05:55 AM - Oct 22, 2023
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For Putin, this will mean the end of US aid to Ukraine and possibly the collapse of NATO, thus securing him a chance to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and complete the destruction of the Ukrainian nation.
05:56 AM - Oct 22, 2023
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For America, it will mean that even the modest efforts under Democrats to protect civil rights, combat economic inequality and gun violence, and address climate change will end- and all these crises will instead be aggressively exacerbated.

And those "protest voters"? They won't get to vote again.
05:58 AM - Oct 22, 2023
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At worst, it means civil war- and the very kinds horrors occurring in Gaza and Ukraine being brought home to roost.
05:59 AM - Oct 22, 2023
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Democrats would, I think, do well to counter this inevitable narrative aggressively now, by highlighting Biden's actions to mitigate civilian casualties in Gaza and prevent escalation in the Middle East.
06:01 AM - Oct 22, 2023
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