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Mark Affleck
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USAF RET (24 yrs), Cornhusker at heart, NC by choice. Married animal wrangler: 3 dogs, 6 cats, 3 guinea pigs & a turtle. 65 & just getting started!
Silence is complicity.
Civility is not a strategy.
And fear is not leadership.
If Democrats want to save democracy, they need to fight with the same intensity MAGA uses to destroy it.
And when we have power again there WILL be accountability. FULL STOP.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Democrats MUST commit now:
When we regain power, there will be investigations, prosecutions, and reforms with teeth.
No fear of backlash.
No “unity” shield to hide behind.
You break democracy, YOU FACE JUSTICE.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
If Trump and MAGA break democracy, there MUST be consequences. Real ones. Legal ones. Political ones. If we don’t enforce accountability, we teach future extremists that democracy is something you can damage without punishment.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
And hear me clearly:
When we win power again, we are NOT going back to the old “turn the page” routine.
No more looking forward, not backward.
No more letting corruption slide.
No more immunity for lawlessness.
ACCOUNTABILITY must be FULL, PUBLIC, and RELENTLESS.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We can’t win a democracy fight by pretending this is a normal election. This is a battle against authoritarianism. COURAGE is required. PASSION is required. CALLING OUT THE DANGER every damn day is required.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Let’s be clear: Trump broke laws. Trump incited violence. Trump undermines democracy daily. And yet Democrats act like naming these facts out loud is “too aggressive.” ENOUGH. The truth IS aggressive because the threat IS aggressive.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I want Democrats taking the gloves ALL the way off. Call out his lawlessness EVERY DAY. Become the story. Don’t wait for reporters. Don’t wait for polls. Don’t wait for “norms.” Trump isn’t waiting and neither is the authoritarian movement behind him.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Trump is already in the mud. Democrats won’t win by standing on the sidelines asking for civility. This is a bare-knuckle threat to the Republic. If we don’t respond with urgency, moral clarity, and DAILY pressure, we hand him the country.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
History proves this: when danger rises, the side willing to define the moment wins. Lincoln did it. FDR did it. LBJ did it. The GOP’s done it for decades. Democrats? Whispering while Trump screams. That imbalance is killing us.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Politics has NEVER been gentle. Lincoln was called an ape. FDR was accused of dictatorship. LBJ ran the hardest-hitting ad in US history. America has ALWAYS fought hard when the stakes demanded it. So why are Democrats still scared of a fight?
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
MAGA attacks every day with lies, rage, and authoritarian energy. Democrats respond with caution and civility. ENOUGH. The vacuum gets filled by the loudest voice right now, that’s Trump. If we don’t match the fire, we lose the narrative AND the country.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Trump wasn’t chasing “peace.” He was chasing Obama.
Obama got a Nobel, so Trump had to have one too.
It became an obsession every foreign policy moment ended with “Where’s my Nobel?”
It was never about diplomacy. It was about ego.
December 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM