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[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

@krystalball @kthalps @cmkshama @taraalami @PalFeminist @ProgIntl Will be appointment TV. Not to be missed.

[ostonox @ostonox]

bernie in the poll and AOC still on top

[The Vanguard @vanguard_pod]

David Pakman LASHES OUT at Hasan Piker & COPES About DSA Takeover of the Democratic Party...

https://t.co/5JZdBEvSnr

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@TonyDiMeo1370

[The Vanguard @vanguard_pod]

Matt Damon’s filmography has to be 10x more rewatchable. Ocean’s trilogy and Bourne trilogy right off the bat and that’s before we get into Good Will Hunting, Rounders, The Departed(Damon mogs DiCaprio), his cameos in Kevin Smith projects, Saving Private Ryan, Interstellar, I could go on all night.

[Better Left Said @BetterLeftHost]

@vanguard_pod Ya’ll some big Bourne-heads or something? This is certainly a take. I’ll take Damon’s politics over Leo’s but…filmography-wise it’s not close at all.

[The Vanguard @vanguard_pod]

Lol, this is ludicrous. It’s not the role of independent media to build a base for Sawant. It’s their role to cover it WHEN SHE BUILDS ONE, which she has not. It’s so unserious to pretend this is anything other than a hyper online vanity project.

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

@ryangrim @SocialistMMA @briebriejoy @cmkshama Although if the poll was done and showed precisely what you say, I don't see that as a reason not to interview her. I would have interviewed Ralph Nader even though he had no chance of winning. If independent media doesn't cover independent candidates it helps keep them unviable.

[The Vanguard @vanguard_pod]

@Trav0ne This is a hysterical response given you’re replying to a tweet of SAWANT herself, bashing the most progressive leaders in the country.

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Maybe if Sawant spent more time campaigning, instead of throwing mud at more successful leaders on the left, she could earn serious local endorsements and generate momentum leading to invites on major news shows. Instead, she's likely to finish behind the Republican in SEATTLE.

[Briahna Joy Gray @briebriejoy]

Warmonger Adam Smith has been invited on Breaking Points to “debate” the DSA’s popularity, but his socialist, anti war, pro-Palestine challenger @cmkshama is excluded because, in Ryan Grim’s words, she isn’t “newsworthy.”

Kshama was the first socialist to sit on the Seattle city council since 1877, and in that role, won the fight for $15. Meanwhile, Smith is the Zionist ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, who only backed down off his support of the Israel/US Military tech merger bc of pressure from Kshama in this race.

Smith was rude, dismissive, & prevaricating in response to Krystal's questioning. He holds the racist & contradictory beliefs that Israel should only exist as a Jewish supremacist state, & that no democracy can exist if Arabs have equal rights. He also admitted that while he would vote to remove section 224 from the NDAA, he wouldn't vote against the NDAA if his effort to remove 224 failed. (He also objected to Krystal's accurate characterization of section 224 as allowing the merging of Israel's military intelligence with the US's, revealing his true sympathy for the bill).

At no point during this discussion of the "left" did anyone feel like it was worth informing the audience that establishment corporatist warmongering Smith is facing a primary challenge on August 4th. The Breaking Points audience has to look elsewhere for coverage of that race.

[The Vanguard @vanguard_pod]

@Trav0ne It’s okay feel free to come back when she comes in distant 3rd in the primary and you see our forecasting was accurate.

[The Vanguard @vanguard_pod]

We have never shied away from criticizing AOC(much to our detractors chagrin) but some of ya'll MASSIVELY underestimate her star power and how impactful it will be when she starts doing major rallies with Bernie Sanders and likely Zohran Mamdani

[Zaid Jilani @ZaidJilani]

I almost always agree with Bhaskar but I think she would beat Schumer without a problem. She really doesn’t have broad enough support especially in the South to win the presidency.

[Bhaskar Sunkara @sunraysunray]

In The Guardian today, encouraging @AOC to run for president.

Her campaign could not only win but also help build a left-wing infrastructure rooted in working-class life and capable of delivering real change. https://t.co/ORPlNoFGaI

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@district12kitty Holy shit! These are super impressive! Great job!

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@griffinpdavis Yeah, Leo also has the benefit of being in like every Scorsese film since 2002

[The Vanguard @vanguard_pod]

Damon>Leo and it’s not particularly close

[The r/BillSimmons Podcast @rBillSimmonsPod]

Inspired by the BS Pod today

But a more reasonable question (because obviously Leo is the superior actor)

If you could only watch Leo or Matt Damon movies for the rest of your life which are you picking:

[Sam Seder @SamSeder]

Thinking,as i often do, of Michael Brooks today. Hard to believe its been 6 years. RIP

[The Vanguard @vanguard_pod]

@godblessmyhgs @TomSteyer Yeah that is for press genius, the real money comes in via contributions to PACs, just like Steyer used to finance his (failed) bid for Governor

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This would be like us sending El-Sayed a bus token. Time to put some real money where your mouth was @TomSteyer

[Popstonox @Popstonox]

Tom Steyer contributes the maximum legal donation of $7,000 to Abdul El-Sayed's campaign

The Michigan democratic primary is August 4, in 16 days

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘THE ODYSSEY’ had the 2nd biggest opening of all time for an IMAX release, grossing $51.8M.

Only behind ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’.

[HalalFlow @halalflow]

The Vanguard Podcast reacts to Jeremy Scahill pressing Ro Khanna on Palestinian resistance, saying Khanna would not affirm Palestinians’ right to self-defense because he fears being labeled “pro-Hamas.”

“But you’re afraid of ‘pro-Hamas.’ That’s what this boils down to.”

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[HalalFlow @halalflow]

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