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Nominating and electing a 77 year old man who will be 81 years old when it's time for re-election is not long term thinking. In 2024, Republicans will have the anti-incumbent momentum and likely, a younger and more energetic candidate. As bad as things are now, they could be even worse under a Repub (Don Jr. or Ivanka?) in 2025.

This weekend's music thread is a celebration of Woodstock's 50th anniversary. Whether they're songs about peace, love, war, protest or songs that are just reflective of those times, share your faves from the late 60's and early 70's.

Donald Trump has been preoccupied over the past few months with the prospect of using his real estate development smarts to "develop" the U.S.. After flirting with the idea...

So this weekend's music thread is for songs about us, we, them and standing up for the right thing to do.

Consider Trump's campaign of terror on immigrants and people of color, from the Muslim Ban to Trump's demagoguing of Latinos as dangerous threats to white Americans to tearing babies away from their parents and locking them in torturous conditions. Isn't he trying to illegally terrorize people in pursuit of political aims? That is the exact definition of terrorism.

In answer to the hatred unleashed against the people of El Paso today, this weekend's music thread is about affirming the goodness in people, their caring, being kind and gentle and sharing compassion and love with each other. Hate will never win.

Are the Moderate Democrats unaware that by being focused on praising and pandering to the "white working class"/"good people on both sides" crowd, they are insulting, taking for granted and alienating the very Democratic voters who are younger and African American that they need to actually win?