go full shadow cabinet
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Mark Harris
One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
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It’s a great idea. Needs to be done.
There was also a round table discussion yesterday-convened by Democrats-not a hearing-but they had witnesses “testifying” about the devastation being caused by the shutdown of USAID.
In other words I would be pleasantly surprised if they bothered
I know they’ve been asleep for 40 years.
Ready and waiting to make alt-dot Dark Dem memes
It will also unify blue states for if/when they need to actually fight back against maga-land.
live in parliamentary democracies pretty much always have and expect these. You’ve got great models elsewhere in the world.
The best disinfectant for a dirty place.
I think a better shadow cabinet would be have the Democratic Gov Assoc do the work tbh
The skills you need to have to maintain a stranglehold on a legislative seat for your entire life are not the skills that are going to help us at this moment in time.
A very unlikely dream, but one we could use.