A Southern California mayor has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government, and has resigned from her city position, officials said Monday.

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P.S. these fucking Tankies getting desparate enough to show up a lot on Lemmy World now that Piefed has helped people avoid the plague that ML is.

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    My brother in Christ I have voted straight ticket Democrat in every single election I have every participated in, which has been every single one I can. And your assumption that I’m a single issue voter makes me feel like you’re making a lot of assumptions about who I am, which is frustrating

    I am not a single issue voter. And I consistently show up and vote democrat. Please don’t make the assumption that I fit into the caricature of “only cares about one issue and won’t vote”

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        Yes, I would like better representation than I have, and that means being willing to criticize the party’s failings 😅

        I don’t thing the process of democracy really works if people just have blind allegiance to a party. I’m frustrated that my best choice has consistently let me down, that doesnt make me an asshole.

        I’d very much like for them to fix their shit, I think defeating fascism depends on it, and that means recognizing the ways they’ve fallen short.

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          Well I would like better representation than the GO-fucking-P but about 6 or 7 Million People who were willing to vote for Joe Biden in 2020 decided to stay the fuck home in 2024. We can talk about which DNC are best after we remove the existential threats from power, maybe even get the DNC enough senate seats to overturn Citizens United.

          Here is what I think: I think you’re astroturfing. I don’t think you give a fuck about progress, you want the GOP to stay in power.

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            If we’re at the part of the conversation where we accuse eachother of being a psyop or secretly pro-fascism because we disagree on how to solve our problems I think probably we’re past any hope this might be a worthwhile conversation

            You can take a look at my history if you really think that. I think the way I choose to engage with people leaves it pretty unambiguous whether I’m engaging with people in good faith. My previous main is @[email protected] if you think three months of history is a red flag of some sort.

            Take care.