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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/john-fetterman-tells-maher-that-near-death-experience-freed-him-to-speak-out-says-progressivism-left-me/ar-BB1nS49V

From the article:

The liberal comedian then asked Fetterman whether his shift in various policies had anything to do with his recovery from his 2022 stroke, asking if his near-death experience had given him a "freedom."

"Absolutely," Fetterman responded. "There's a line from the first 'Batman,' Joker's like ‘I’ve been dead once already. It's very liberating.'"

"It's freeing in a way. And I just think after beating all of that, I just really [want to] be able to say the things that I have to really believe in and not be afraid of if there's any kind of blowback."

So basically yes, the stroke made him a Republican. Pathetic and disappointing, but all too predictable.

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[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago

Here is the trick, the left isn't a block of anything or anyone. There is no leader bc there is no group, no cohesion bc it's not what makes people want to be leftists.

[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

https://www.reddit.com/r/alberta/comments/1dddsf5/alberta_mla_shannon_phillips_quits_citing/

And that's fine if you never want to accomplish anything and lose ground every day. You can't keep calling them all dumber when they're winning ground and power everyday.

this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2024
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