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Wounded Bear

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12. This country desperately needs a solid lurch to the left...

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 04:22 PM

20 hrs ago

just to balance out the overton window, which has been sliding right for several decades.

Sen Murphy is right. We need to stick together. We are the big tent after all.

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Chris Murphy killed it this morning on MTP [View all] senseandsensibility 22 hrs ago OP

Reading too fast, I thought this said that Senator Murphy had been killed. 3catwoman3 22 hrs ago #1

Me too senseandsensibility 22 hrs ago #3

Maybe bc we often post about scary stuff?..... electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #23

You might be right senseandsensibility 16 hrs ago #24

Yes, indeed! It's why I usually take 1 or 2 days in a row off electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #25

Me too! Mossfern 22 hrs ago #8

He always does! Scrivener7 22 hrs ago #2

the dnc shd have classes in 'rejecting the premise'. mopinko 22 hrs ago #4

I love Chris & hope he considers running in 28. CrispyQ 22 hrs ago #5

Yes, I remember seeing him on MSNBC as it was then soon after trump was elected the second time senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #9

Same here! mahina 15 hrs ago #28

He is right................ Lovie777 22 hrs ago #6

Yes, that was a real strength of his message senseandsensibility 22 hrs ago #7

I LOVE what he said! calimary 21 hrs ago #10

Absolutely senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #11

This country desperately needs a solid lurch to the left... Wounded Bear 20 hrs ago #12

Chris Murphy is so right. We need to get over hand wringing about the flavor of Democratic candidates. flashman13 20 hrs ago #13

Below is the link on YouTube to his speech " This Is What 500 Days of Trump's Corruption Looks Like" Bumbles 20 hrs ago #14

Yes, including James Carville oldmanlynn 20 hrs ago #15

Carville is totally set in the old ways of poli-junkie 16 hrs ago #26

Very Good bdamomma 20 hrs ago #16

Establishment Dems should fight THIS instead of fighting progressives. n/t CousinIT 19 hrs ago #17

Great way of putting it senseandsensibility 19 hrs ago #19

"Progressives" should fight THIS instead of fighting Democrats. n/t RandomNumbers 19 hrs ago #21

Progressives are Democrats Ziggy Beans 53 min ago #31

Some of the "Dems" in the infrastructure are all about controlling the narrative wolfie001 2 hrs ago #30

I do see other Dems out and about with that skill BaronChocula 19 hrs ago #18

Also Jon Ossoff. He's been killing it. RandomNumbers 19 hrs ago #22

Love to see him as Senate Majority Leader. . . DinahMoeHum 19 hrs ago #20

Murphy 2028 Funtatlaguy 15 hrs ago #27

When Chris Murphy talks - I listen. yellow dahlia 12 hrs ago #29