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OT: Guess who's leading in the NYC City Council elections?

Yusef Salaam, of the Exonerated Five. Yes, one of the people for whom Donald Chump posted an editorial in the NY Times, demanding that they be executed.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-council-election-yusef-salaam-0377cedcbd29f424753c9790551a85de

I'm from Queens myself. Go, Mr. Salaam.

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This is not a normal democratic choice we have to make -- it isn't about which candidate has a louder voice or looks and acts somewhat younger; it's about the survival of the republic in anything like its present form. Joe Biden may be old, but so what? His mind is sharp and he has some genuine wisdom to go with decades of experience in politics. That's worth a thousand times more than Trump's dishonest blustering. Since Biden wants to run for re-election, I think we should back him and promote his achievements in office along with the advantages that come with experience, not fold at the first sign of adverse polling a year from the election. And it almost goes without saying that Trump has a terrible, ominously antidemocratic record that should be called out at every opportunity.

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