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November 8th. "Be there. Will be wild."

But unlike radical Republicanism, there's no need for body armor and bear spray. To win America's battle for the survival of democracy and freedom, you only need to recognize the main enemies: bad ideas and lies, not necessarily the "bad" people who promote them. And then show up for the fight!

Ukrainians are currently in a physical, life and death struggle against a truly bad man. But it's Putin's horrible ideas and lies they're fighting against as much as his soldiers. If American freedom fighters expect to defeat an authoritarian takeover on their own soil, they need to win the battle of ideas and emotions at the ballot box.

Awash in so much personal weaponry, a US shoot-em-up civil war would be a really, really bad idea. So naturally, the Republican base, in rapidly increasing percentages, are itching for exactly that.

Just ask the CEOs of the bullet factories. They're profiteering like there's no tomorrow (and no peace), continually playing catch-up to replace their deadly stock on the empty shelves as the crazies make runs on all the gun shops across the country.

Show up on November 8th and "Throw the bums out!" Free, fair, and peaceful elections to defeat an implacable enemy is a wild concept.

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