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[Celerity]

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[Midnight Writer]

1. We've got the best democracy money can buy.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. That's a shit ton of money for a *primary* for a safe Dem seat

I’m sure they will expect a lot from Bean in return.

[Cheezoholic]

3. They gotta go along with all money in our politic. This is a red and blue issue. Both want money gone n/t

[Chasstev365]

4. Oh goodie; another conserva-Dem

I will vote for her over any Republican, but we nust push her to be more Progressive!

[biocube]

5. Oh look something called "Elect Chicago Women" gave a fortune

Who cares if we have cadidates who will fight the oligarchy as long as we have more wimmin in congress, right?

[iemanja]

6. That's your takeaway from this story?

To complain we have too many women in Congress? Not AIPAC and big corporate money?

You aren't paying attention to what the story actually says, but you've exposed yourself so there's that.
You seem to forget that women are the majority of this party, and without us the entire country would be MAGA.

[mopinko]

9. i think poster was pointing out

that it’s pink washing. and it didnt work.

[leftstreet]

7. Well that sucks

I guess the upside is watching AIPAC having to dump so much from their war chests. Looks like they've failed in a couple other IL races though

[mopinko]

8. their candidate got drubbed in the 9th.

dan biss won. sorry kat. she did have a decent showing.

[Sympthsical]

10. Progressives should've coalesced

Looking at the returns, they would have thumped her if they had united behind a single candidate.

Hell, I was still living in Chicago when she first became a thing. Reading your headline was some time travel.

Wasn't fond of her then, not fond of her now.

I know nothing about Jennifer Davis. Even though the 8th is fairly blue, Bean is one of those personalities where a halfway normal Republican could potentially make a race of it. The Democrats were too diluted.

Thank god that's not a problem here in California!

(Someone save us)

[gulliver]

11. Supporting Democrats is important

It's counterproductive to the Democratic Party once a primary is over to whine about "disappointment." It's very uncool to talk disparagingly about where they obtained campaign funds. It could hurt them in the general.

The race is over. The Democrat in the race has been chosen. Your fellow Democrats chose them. Try to be happy for them and congratulate them. The candidate deserves our full support.

[Intractable]

12. AIPAC and AI - an unholy alliance if there ever was one

[W_HAMILTON]

13. This race wasn't won by money -- it was won because too many progressives ran and diluted their votes.

Bean will be the Democratic nominee and she should have our full support.

PS - It's comical that some deride the winner as being backed by AI money when her main progressive challenger is literally a director at a tech firm.