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Bluetus

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3. Hopefully, to the extent that the smear campaign was coming from "inside the house" so to speak,

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 10:05 PM

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that will stop. But we'll barely notice it, because most of the smear campaign was undoubtedly coming from AIPAC and the corporations that are so fearful of this Mamdani/Platner populism overtaking national politics in the next decade.

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Hopefully, to the extent that the smear campaign was coming from "inside the house" so to speak, Bluetus Tuesday #3

You mean like from DU members who entertained this attack as anything Akakoji Tuesday #7

Some were part of or worked for Demsrule86 Tuesday #10

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