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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: When ideologies clash :)
Date: 07/14/26 12:16 AM
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Expect more of this in the future as the dems attempt to square the red/green circle.

Spoiler alert: they can't.

thestranger.com - The washington stonewall democrats want organizations to revisit their endorsements for district candidate mel

The Washington Stonewall Democrats Want Organizations to “Revisit” Their Endorsements for Congressional Candidate Melissa Chaudhry
The 9th Congressional District Candidate Purposely Omitted Pro-LGBTQ Stance From Her Campaign Website

Lest someone claim this is a "right wing" source, save your keystrokes. The Stranger is the former home of Dan Savage, he of Savage Love fame. IFYKYK.

She was also seated next to her opponent Kshama Sawant, who is not the first person I would tell my secrets to, and began to stare into the distance. It is hard to know, but she probably saw her campaign to unseat weapons enthusiast and ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Adam Smith falling apart.

This planned switcheroo was in the paper’s endorsement of Sawant. So was the fact that Chaudhry did not have anything on her website about LGBTQ+ rights because, as she told the SECB, she “was careful about her Muslim constituents.”

When asked which LGBTQ rights she supported, her laundry list included justice, health care, and protections in housing and employment.

“Then why is that not on your website?” an SECB member asked.

“Because a lot of Muslims do not feel that way, unfortunately,” she said. According to a 2025 report from Pew Research Center, 41 percent of US Muslims believe homosexuality should be accepted by society.
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