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But the DNC doesn't want to alienate the mega donors, like J { Morgan and Goldman Sachs,and Chamber of Commerce, and yegads, oh horror, Elizabeth Warren talks and acts like a progressive,and financial institutions, especially loan sharks (pay day lenders) hate her

If she appears on the ticket, even MSNBC will whip out the long knives., because she is a threat to MSNBC's source of income, AHIP, PhRMA and financial instutions.

You wil never see an expose, negative exposure or a documentary on MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, much less PBS about Health Insurance illicit gains or PhRMA.

BTW I've been keeping a spread sheet on all the Drugs advertised on MSBNC and am up to 101, probably missed a few.

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It is true that neither elected officials nor the MSM want to risk alienating mega donors upon whom they depend for survival. However, as any successful person will know, if you do not take risks nothing changes - including one's own fortune.

How that change might occur is in a heads-I-win/tails-you-lose situation. If taking the moral high ground gives the 1-Percenters no space for blowback they become the proverbial deer in the political headlights - unable to move in any direction. The Christofascist nationalists look only to the Old Testament for moral guidance which can sometimes undermine their claims to being Christians at all. "Love thy neighbor as thyself." and "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." takes all the steam out of MAGA hatred, but only if that triggers their sense of personal shame or humility. That is a very tough challenge these days.

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