Kamala Harris talked about Project 2025 in literally every campaign speech she gave. I’m all for searching for constructive solutions but this is just insisting Democrats do something they already did in a losing effort.
It only took one lie from the Orange Jackass to negate all the Project 2025 talk from the Harris campaign. This is the mentality of the Americans we are talking about.
Ignorance and racism won the election for me. there was no question about it. trump shouldn't be unable to run for president anyway. He is a convicted felon, and now he gets to finish his coup. Half of America didn't care.
, and we're lazy to vote, so people who didn't vote sit down.
I’ve said this myself. You might forgive Trump voters for 2016 (I personally wouldn’t), but electing him after that disastrous first term is just plain wilful ignorance.
And my theory is that Trump wants to purposely hurt Americans this time because they rejected him in 2020. Is going to be ugly.
Perhaps your relatives
🤔
The reality is a little over half of eligible voters in America chose Trump
Was it about race?
Was it misogyny?
Was it bigotry?
Was it ignorance?
Was it fear?
Whatever it was, they will now have to live with their choice
A convicted felon over a prosecutor
Explain that?
That was always a myth. Americans are not open or generous-we're insulated, xenophobic and deeply selfish-we are known for not giving a shit about our larger community, and that's very obvious. We're also militaristic, superstitious, and inexcusably ignorant.Yet we think we're "exceptional" and
It was all oh the above. However, he got 49% of the popular vote to MVP Harris’ 48%.
Fifty three percent of white women and 72% of white men DID vote for him, and 55% of Latino men. As a white woman it’s appalling that at least 58% of the people in staff meetings at work voted for this 😑
America was denied a free & fair election. And Russian interference, including the 60+ bomb threats to swing states on Election Day, is a good example. That alone warranted a state of emergency. The threats created fear, justifiably, & many in line to vote, who fled, feared returning.
How do you counter a narrative that's all lies all the time? The media never figured it out and treated it as a novelty rather than a threat to the Rule of Law.
You're right. And some Americans...with all the internet at their disposal, did nothing to fact check this misinformation. Even when we shared the correct information.
I would argue it is also Dem’s job now to tell the American people we were right. Similar to how Republicans have done it the last 4 years, except this time, it actually will be the Presidents fault.
Nobody cared. It's wild to me that people think it would've worked. Trump said "That's not mine" and people believed him. Why did anyone think that would work?
Yes but we have to remember that people who vote for him don't care about literally anything. They only care that they think he'll make it easier to buy groceries. People will trade civil rights for being able to afford groceries and their gas bill and that's what Dems forgot.
Lived in 5 US regions & I think the 45 voter trait is varied, sometimes more than one; seeking a tax payday, fam always votes R, racist/bigoted, misguided religious, rich, poor, in-between, untraveled/isolationist, stupid, not stupid, scared/gullible, on assistance, not on assistance, invested in 45
I think that's exactly right. I do think, right now, that a LOT of people voted R because they're struggling to buy homes, pay their bills and send kids to college - and then the wealthy did it because of corporate and high-income tax breaks.
Talking about project 25 didn't work, because no mega supporter read about it, so it was just a scary phrase that Democrats used. And God knows they can't believe us for telling the truth when they believe a pathological liar.
These are the same people saying Kamala didn't tell us enough about herself and her policies for her administration. Selective hearing is what I call it.
We need to stop thinking in ‘parties’ and start thinking of collective survival. We can see what’s coming, we need to course-correct by degrees and hope we miss the iceberg. Dismantle one bullet point at a time.
The mainstream media definitely painted her concern and our concern about Project 2025 as alarmist, and were more intent on repeating right wing lies and sanewashing those lies, unfortunately. 🙄 Kamala Harris hammered on a lot of bad things that will come to pass in our future.
I have been thinking lately about how effectively she campaigned against the dark future she saw coming for America. The issue was that many people are struggling in the now and felt it was alarmist and not relevant to them - kitchen table issues, and all that.
Kamala & the Dems literally pointed out to voters directly the dozen people or more linking Trump & Project 2025, but Trump just said "nuh uh" and everyone believed him
I don't think there's any chance of convincing voters of it before it actually happens
I saw so many local Republicans share some version of "he said he doesn't have anything to do with project 2025". It didn't matter at all how much Harris talked about it when the R default response is to not believe anything negative about their orange jesus.
Well - they should have played his attendance at a Heritage event on Amelia island in April 2022 on a loop, thanking them for setting the course for national policies. The notice was in the FL Times Union and the Rumble 50+ minute video of Trump talking there is available.
Saying they aren't intelligent hasn't helped anything and isn't true. Many R's are intelligent about a whole host of matters but also have generational blinders on when it comes to politics. They hear the accusations, dismiss it as "politics" and we end up with low info voters breaking for Trump.
Many simply don't spend time bending their mind around anything. Their perfectly intelligent folks who are also generational R's. They dismiss accusations as "typical politics", 3 seconds later they have moved on with their day. They then vote straight ticket R on election day w/out a 2nd thought.
I’m getting really tired of conservatives gaining an advantage because people don’t want to be educated about how government, economic, anything works. As Liberals have to beg those people to make educated decisions.
Especially when 45 praised the foundation in April 2022 for setting the course for national policies and its in his 50+ minute speech on Amelia Island.
Apparently about one half of this country reads at under the 6th grade level. So these fools r going 2 have to FEEL Project 2025 in order to get their attention. Maybe the Republican push 2 underfund & abolish the country’s public school
system & underpay its teachers isn’t such a good idea.
"Daily" is the most important word there. "Daily." As in every single day at every opportunity. I don't care what the topic is, I don't care what the format. Preferably in the style of "What I keep hearing from the American people is how abhorrent they find Project 2025, and I agree with them."
Max is part of a group of people that will not be listened to or even trusted moving forward. He worked for Justice Democrats (cute that neither word applies)and Cori Bush. Which means he has a busted bullshit detector and he never wanted to really help Democrats in the first place. Blocked 🚫
We can nitpick the campaign all we want, but the problem wasn’t with the campaign. The problem is with the American people, and until that’s fixed democracy is in danger. Democracy requires an educated and engaged populace. We have neither.
Some Americans Didn’t Want To Hear Or Know Facts—And Media Made Sure The Rest Of Americans Didn’t-By Printing/Reporting Complete Lies Or Abstaining From Facts To Purposely Deceive Americans! Dems Lost Bc. Propaganda- Media/Websites—Had A Bigger Audience, Fact Checking Was Little To Non-Existent !
I wish Biden and Harris would remind everyone that any increases in prices over the next four years are Trump's doing. Instead they'll probably just wish him luck, which leaves the door open for Trump blaming them. I understand trying to be the bigger person, but it isn't working
I have an idea: Maybe democrats should start ASKING the electorate what candidate they want them to run - and then, LISTEN to THEM - and not shoe-horn in the loser they WISH could win. That has failed us, twice, now. Try "democracy." next time for a potential win.
The info environment sucks; need to do something bold that will break containment. Can't be everyday boring policy positions; needs to be controversial and attention getting, and need to not shrink from inevitable criticisms. UBI/Anti-trust or anti-senate/no gerrymander amendment. FIRE & BRIMSTONE
I started warning people months before many were aware of it. I had yard signs made to warn of P2025. I live in a very red area in N. Georgia. I was ignored. They'll find out soon enough what they voted for.
It's not the message; it's the lack of media infrastructure to get their message out every minute of every day. The repubs have this and have built it while dems have done nothing for 40 yrs.
I don’t think Dems are accepting the fact that Americans chose the Default of white patriarchal power. When a lot of folks heard P 2025 they heard wyt folks regaining power/order. What I’m hearing frm wyt libs is don’t chase away whiteness. Our diversity is inherently challenging.
White people stubbornly refusing to recognize the role that racism and misogyny plays in everyday life in this country isn't surprising. It isn't surprising at all.
So it must always be something ELSE.
Just repeating its name and telling us to “look it up” isn’t enough. Find the primary objective and exploit the hell out of it. Redefine it to fit a narrative that surfaces the deepest fears in people. Push fight over flight. The right has perfected this. “Eating the pets” “post-birth abortions” etc
Preaching to the choir. Those who didn’t want to listen then are not going to listen today or tomorrow. They will come up with an excuse. Make up some BS like “the Dems lied.” There’s literally nothing the Dems can say or do to change minds. Only hard reality may have a chance but we shall see.
I honestly don’t think it will last. Every society goes through some break up stage and this might be ours. I’m not sure what the Dems are able to do given they have no power to do so.
It wouldn't have made any difference. Misogyny and racism are what cost Dems this election. Man baby podcasters reaching out to other man babies. Pure and simple. The people with foresight voted the right way. Hubby was a barber, I have heard them myself and they passed it on down.
Fake news is free. Memes are considered fact. Kamala talked about Project2025. I have no idea if MMS picked it up but New York Times, ProPublica, RollingStone wrote about it. If it’s paywalled and people are told it is fake who exactly fixes it ? Where were elected Dems in 2022 saying anything?
They were all shouting it from the rooftops they were talking about it, made TikToks, Instagram feeds, tweeted it (yeah yeah I know); went on news programs even went on Fox news, held round tables and folks just ignored it. An old saying: you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them drink.
I think in about a year project 2025 will be the only topic of conversation In the country and maybe the world. and then by 2028 we won't have to worry about anything anymore.🤬
From Biden putting a man in charge of the AG that surely was over his head when it came for going after Trump. Biden should have just got him confirmed for the Supreme Court. And appointed Jack Smith he would have gotten it done. But right now his hands are tied.
Mark my words and I'll date this....Trump is going to dismantle everything in our government. AKA Project 25. In a year or less our Democracy our freedom of speech the cost of living this will not be the land of the free.
Aaron they just not paying Attention at all. She did SMH The sad part is the Democrats won't do anything. As always they just let the cards fall at the expense of the American ppl that they claim to work for. Oh sure there are a few that truly have their heart in their job.
No one’s interested in abstractions. It’s the same reason they couldn’t get anywhere talking about abortion & democracy. Most people are low info voters & vote based on what is impacting their lives right now. They’re gonna have to experience Project 2025 before Dems talking about it means anything.
You can lead a horse to water but can’t make it drink. Just like you can tell people the truth and they are too ignorant, scared, or fooled to believe it.
I think it’s important to remember that Dems outperformed the expectations of the global anti-incumbency wave. That gets missed in a lot of this. Great work with massive headwinds. The Pittsburg Dems absolutely crushed it - it was like nothing else had happened.
When Trump, and Republicans, try to enact pieces of 2025 we need to call it out and then connect (with empathy) the dots for friends and family back to 2025. Over and over, rinse and repeat. As the leopards eat the faces, people learn. Hopefully more learn by 2026.
Americans forget what they learned much faster than they learn. GOP throws a party and trashes the place. Dems clean up and take the blame. Rinse, repeat
Fact Check: someone is getting a bunch of engagement saying that she only had to promise a Green New Deal to win. How could they have never thought of that.
What they did was say Project 2025 was bad.
They forgot to give us concrete examples.
They expected people who work 60 hours a week+ to do it themselves.
DC Dems & their marketing teams, are out of touch with mainstream Americans.
They all need to be replaced.
I totally get all the post-game we shoulda this and we shoulda that…
I feel the same way. It doesn’t make sense.
The missing piece (we need to keep reminding ourselves) is that this was a plot to divide us and fill us up with misinformation and hate. Expert propaganda campaign over many years.
No. Dems need to dumb down their message. Stop being political and just say simple words. These fuckers barley graduated highschool (if they even got that far). That's why they bought into Trump. He's stupid and they like that. It's a badge of honor NOT to have an education.
Then the message didn’t work. It was not presented in a way that the average American who has a 7th grade reading level can understand. It doesn’t matter how often you say it.
Exactly. MSM and their false equivalencies. Their playing down one side while over emphasizing the other. Meanwhile maga learned to infiltrate every facet of where the uninformed receive info. Even in gaming. We need a new strategy to defeat maga. Elected Dems are still hoping for the good ol days
Also, VP Harris was bashed by some Dem leaders & the media that she ignored the middle class when every speech she & Coach Walz, the middle class was their major focus; middle class tax breaks, 25k for first home owners, 50k for small businesses etc., but voters rejected her & and elected a felon
I saw CNN and NBC state that Trump was hiring Project 2025 people, and mentioned that during the campaign "he said he didn't know anything about it". Then they shrug and move onto the next story. The Harris campaign beat it into the ground, the media just isn't interested.
Every show on MSNBC talked about Project 2025 for months, from when it first came to light, all the ay to the day of the election. They never shrigged and moved on. The American people just do not care.
Agreed. Unfortunately there is no one clear way to “communicate” against the concept and no one is listening anyway…it appears nothing will connect until actual actions/consequences begin to cause impact or are actually understood. Walmart, IKEA warning on potential price hikes is the first blip
D lost the recent round of info war. Info wars will continue to be messy with all the evolving tech, and this is unfortunately where the richest have the most leverage (more so with further deregulation). As unsettling as this sounds, when reality hits, R will have a much steeper slope to climb.
W/ control over 3 branches, R no longer have D to frame/ blame. Daily hardships will be filtered thru diff lens. What D have been saying will align more closely to what ppl perceive to be their (not “fed”) versions of truth.
Translation: When it’s dark enough, more will finally see the stars.
Those of us in the UK arguing against BREXIT understand how you feel. We used rational arguments and pointed out the obvious consequences. These were dismissed by Brexiteers as “Project Fear”. Now that it has all come true it’s too late and we can never recover what we lost
Those supporters didn't listen to one fucking thing that was said about any policy. I wish people would understand that his supporters aren't voting for policies they're voting for their cult leader!!! Nothing anyone could give them would be good enough if it ain't tr#mp.
We have to figure out how to combat the bad-actor propaganda from the GOP-MAGA. We must be creative with new methods for distributing and connecting to the current Democratic base as well as expanding the center and conservatives. It has to change or we're going to continue to get steamrolled.
the worst part is that jordan peterson turned many into armchair philosophers and as soon as i ask to just look at facts or studies, some people have unironically argued to me that there is no such thing as objective truth
it feels like you're being intentionally trolled as it happens
“Tax breaks for the rich” was weak. “They’re taking your kids school money away to pay for another yacht.” “They are taking your tax money away from school lunches to dine on fine French wines and exotic dishes”. Flip that script.
I think it will take the FAFO mentality to maybe change their minds. Remember COVID & vaccines? Some of those people were literally on their deathbed saying they wish they had taken the vax & urged others to do it! That is what it will take!
Asking the Ds to magically make something "a topic of national conversation" is not a plan for actual change. It's a plan for feeling self-satusfied when they don't.
Policy prescriptions and “mindset” do not seem to be at the heart of problem for loss (without arguing perfect and recognizing lots of issues) as opposed to communicating, engagement, …
Very unfortunate indeed. My point was there is misinformation being carelessly tossed around re: “over half the country” voted for Rump - it’s a dangerous lie that needs to be squashed.
They talked about it a lot and no one cared. There’s an argument to be made that maybe the should have talked about it less and their own platform more. I’m not sure it would have made a difference at all but at least then this criticism would be accurate.
They only mentioned maybe 4 aspects of project 2025.
Should have mentioned more policies of it and tied it into a compelling narrative that resonated with voters and showed more examples of how it will affect voters
I heard it talked about every day by lots of people. The people that need to hear the message only watch and read what confirms their bias. Propaganda.
Unfortunately the only path to defeat the incoming Christofacist regime is to let the masses feel the pain of a 4 yr recession. Dems are good at not great at stoking fear in the uneducated; only at appearing elitist while trying to educate and help them.
The mainstream media covered Project 2025 with no seriousness, but I'm not sure it would have mattered. We need to face the hard truth that too many Americans refused to vote for a woman of color, & they found whatever excuse they could to do it. Incumbency hurt her campaign as well.
So if she ran on deporting dreamers/immigrants that pay taxes and repressing women and gays but school lunches are bs and no help for new home buyers she would have stood a a chance? She should have repressed some groups. She could have promised damage damage to our GDP AND WON! 1/2
She could have demonized vulnerable groups but chose to speak to Us. We are in the upside down. She should have proposed tariffs that will wreck our 401ks.
Dems must point out specifics, not attack a ‘title page’ with no real relevance. Draw direct lines to the impacts of draconian actions on every day lives. e.g. mass deportations will mean severe labor shortages and supply chain disruptions, therefore, higher costs for medical care and groceries etc.
Agree. No campaign is perfect, but Harris ran a really good one. Trumpism is a disease that has infected a large swath of the country. We may not be able to get back to even semi-normalcy until he's gone. It's like when the wicked witch melts and the munchkins are finally freed from their spell.
Dems ignored the border. Biden didn’t do much until a couple months before the election. Fox News was/is very effective at scaring the bejesus out of people where immigration is concerned. Dems thought abortion issue was worse. They thought wrong.
They did a fine job getting folks 2k miles from the southern border to be afraid. However, ten out of seven states passed abortion rights but they still voted for 45. The biggest problem? Ignoring states for 3.5 years, having really great advocates on the road to speak to achievements all the time
Paying attention to traditional media reporting focused on horse race (pseudo-)political “journalism” (or on FauxNews/NewsMax) which rarely touched substance and policy.
Which is something I agree with. National dems have been too quiet post-election in hammering Trump for appointments of Project 2025 people. It still polls horribly and is unpopular.
Dems are assuming the election means the American ppl want P25, when really they just believed Trump's denials.
But it absolutely needs to be clearly tied to real world issues. While there might still be a majority of us that have great concern about continued consolidation (abuse) of power under the executive - that was not the winning message.
Message how that consolidation results in dysfunction and harm.
Time will solve this as more make the connection between what is happening and P25. Some are just not going to get it until that stick wacks them on the head. And at this point, does it matter?
When those tariffs cause continued price hikes and job losses - like the $60billion dollar bailout of Americas’s farmers - that’s when you find a way to credibly tie P2025 to Trump and the economic pain.
They all either believed trump was truthfully denying knowledge of P2025, or they knew his denials were lies to get elected. If we tell them, then “liberals think we are stupid and they are condescending.” There’s no way to win, just prepare for yourself and those you care about.
Honest to God. No Trumpist HEARD her. How do we combat hysterical deafness??? I'm certainly open to ideas, but I'm beginning to think that hard experience may be the only way to change their minds. And it's a terrible risk to democracy.
Harris did everything she can. Lets admit it. Republican voters and Democrat non-voters bought Trump's plans. Rep voters are proud of it, Dem non-voters embarassed to call themselves Trumpists so they did not vote. Thats it.
I would REALLY love to wake up Five years from now to the discovery of a MASSIVE democratic backlash..succeeding against all odds...saving America and have to admit, joyfully that I had been totally full of shit.
But somehow...I really don't see it happening with the team presently on the field.
The time for "conversation" is passed....the Fascists counted on four key aspects of human nature: Fear...Bigotry... Jealousy...Ignorance.
And, in case nobody was looking....
THEY FUCKING WON!
If we'd sent copies with Ozempic pens, scratchers and chocolate covered gummy bears taped to every chapter to major influencers it wouldn't have made more of an impact.
Because it required reading.
It was always too in-the-weeds.
Actually talked to a few close friends/family about it. They ALL believed Trump when he denied knowing anything about it or planning to implement it. Specifically boomers about to retire/retired. It wasn't about reading; it was about trusting.
And here we are.
It’s always about doing the actual research. Americans are too busy watching Tik Tok and listening to bro-culture podcasts, and it will be our downfall.
The media did well talking about project 2025 in September, they failed to continue that message. Trump's only plans were tariff wars & letting Project 2025 people do all the work for him. He'll put his name on it & ensure he makes emolument profit violations from it, that's all he knows how to do.
I would say they should by constantly reminding people that Trump denied he knew anything about it during the campaign. Although it probably won’t matter and the mainstream media will never press him on that lie or any other one that he spews regularly.
The ones you need to influence think Project 2025 is the new Disney park ride! Reading is for talking books! Stop thinking white collar and gear your message to the blue collar factory person who can’t wait to ride Project 2025 in Florida. Just my humble 🇨🇦 opinion
Reminds me of the people that say the Dems focused on identity politics and woke stuff too much and not enough about the economy. Like, did these people even watch any of the Harris/Waltz campaign? Or did they just listen to the narrative from the right and assume that was the Dems positions?
It's not an issue because Trump said he'd never even heard of it! Also, he read some of it and he doesn't agree with some parts. Also, he's lying on both accounts.
seriously guys, we are in a position where we have to watch what Trump is doing and focus on every individual move and fight it. Time for campaigns are over.
People seem to think there are such things as "national conversations."
There are memes, but not conversations.
Transwomen dominating women's sports— a meme.
Immigrants walking freely across the border and killing people— a meme.
Biden causing or not caring about inflation— a meme.
People's attention span are shorter, they get tons of false information, they gravitate to easily understood explanations and everything they hear is geared to their demographic alone.
Why isn't Joe Rogan's THREE HOUR PODCAST not considered the very definition of an echo chamber?
Why are you misreading his post? He’s clearly saying Democrats in general need to be bringing it up at every possible opportunity from now until this nightmare is over. He’s not even *implying* that Harris didn’t talk about it enough!
Unless “once again” means reviving the bit and sustaining the convo. I’d love for them to talk about the courts but you can’t always get what you want these people didn’t even want to talk SCOTUS in 2016 while Mitch McConnell was in the middle of stealing a seat.
There was a really weird time in July when people started screaming about Project 2025 to all of us who had....been covering and talking about Project 2025 for a really long time. Like sorry I couldn't sell it, but ?? Idk. Weird memory lapses on this topic for people.
Probably because until July the leader and defacto chief spokesperson of the Democratic Party couldn’t articulate a coherent thought and also wanted to call every Republican “my friend” like we all were trapped in an endless Senate colloquy from hell.
Well this was after the debate but before the switch. It was like people were grasping at straws. And the worst part, I noticed it was a lot of people who had been very dismissive of my work. Telling me I was platforming Donald Trump or Nazis by writing about Hitler lovers in the GOP.
It was definitely Biden or bust people who wanted to distract. I also noticed there was a pattern of people saying the project 2025 stuff had previously told me I was unfairly critical of Biden‘s immigration policy, and that *he* had made remain in Mexico and it was good.
Vary specifically I had talked about title 42 and Bidens Feb plan to violate international law by sending people back to Mexico instead of their country of origin, wo Mexico’s permission. And that post was full of people who, five months later, would tell me I needed to learn about project 2025.
I wish Democrat
leaders would be speaking out in unity, but where are they? Biden passing the torch like nothing happened and Jack Smith closing up shop are depressing.
I'm sick of this Dems are "bad at messaging" crap. What's the message that will move the "Trump is Hitler but I voted for him because he'll get me money" guy?
Spot on.
Throughout the whole campaign, the narrative was trump said this and trump said that nothing about Kamala because she was saying normal, sane things.
It doesn't matter what you say so long as you say it the loudest.
Housing for those that cannot get in the market. Home care for the elderly, a bi-partisan council? Just what was she to do but advocate a forward- looking agenda? The whiners never say, do they?
The orange guy talked about Haitians eating dogs & cats and migrants taking all the jobs & housing from Americans. It is not in the core of Harris/Biden/DNC to make unserious, outlandish BS like that. But, clearly,
70 million preferred to be entertained by a demented ghoul than to be told facts.
The Right-wing media supported by the like of Joe Rogan are the problem. America and every Democratic Country needs truth in media laws. Main stream media should be non partisan and report based on facts
The irony is loss in trust of Main stream media,sees fools believing influencers on YouTube Twitter etc who are not qualified journalists over journalists. It's a mess and how Russia undermine Democracy
All the punditry in the world is just an exercise in looking back, not dealing with getting your head up and into the real fight. Real people are needing care not lectures
I get your perspective here, Aaron, but that was then their leader said that he had never heard of it. Before that, I noticed it was effective messaging within my circles, and I think it could be, again! Then maybe we can ensure that Congress does its job.
It was everywhere but the response was the same nonsense. “Trump says he has no idea what it is. He hasn’t read it.” Of course. He doesn’t read but his supporters wouldn’t look up the connections to the campaign and now they’re realizing… that is if they’re reading
Jeez, we all posted about it. Yelled about it to anyone who would listen. The fact is that most refused to listen and those that did said trump had nothing to do with it. There is also a small fraction of MAGATS who embraced it from the start.
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Only solution I can see is to develop a blue info ecosystem that counteracts both the MSM indifference and the Fox/Newsmax lies.
Trump’s reelection is the fault of the American people.
, and we're lazy to vote, so people who didn't vote sit down.
Radical but maybe we should have legitimate primaries.
https://observer.com/2017/08/court-admits-dnc-and-debbie-wasserman-schulz-rigged-primaries-against-sanders/
What, do i run the Justice Dept, and no one told me?!?
So, it's our fault AND NOT the fault of the people in charge?
It's our fault that there way a almost 2 year delay?
Your thinking is what sinks us.
Holding leadership to a lower standard than citizens. 👍
And my theory is that Trump wants to purposely hurt Americans this time because they rejected him in 2020. Is going to be ugly.
🤔
The reality is a little over half of eligible voters in America chose Trump
Was it about race?
Was it misogyny?
Was it bigotry?
Was it ignorance?
Was it fear?
Whatever it was, they will now have to live with their choice
A convicted felon over a prosecutor
Explain that?
It is a sad commentary on the lack of empathy & compassion
But yeah..
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-11-15/how-many-people-didnt-vote-in-the-2024-election
Fifty three percent of white women and 72% of white men DID vote for him, and 55% of Latino men. As a white woman it’s appalling that at least 58% of the people in staff meetings at work voted for this 😑
Of course none of this makes sense.
I don't think there's any chance of convincing voters of it before it actually happens
When the economy crashes, it will 🥺, the trumped will blame it on Biden.
I really don't know how intelligent that is.
I don't know a lot of things, but I source what I learn.
Why is Trump appointing project 2025 authors getting majority approval when project 2025 itself polled at 6%?
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cbs-news-poll-trump-transition-cabinet-picks-2024-11-24/
This is an easy way to point out to casual voters that Trump lied
is much different than
"once again" as in "more/resume"
But I'm not a "Journalist"
system & underpay its teachers isn’t such a good idea.
She lost bc People believed Trump's lies that he has nothing to do w Project 2025.
Now Dems must talk about it daily like MAGAs talked about Inflation daily.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/poll-project-2025-broadly-known-severely-unpopular-voters-rcna172660
The MSM people don't want to report on what's real, only what makes their masters money. Trump will give them a tax break. End. Of. Story.
HE TOLD US WHAT HE WOULD DO !
KAMALA TOLD US WHAT HE WOULD DO !
Priority now, should be placed on confirming the election was fair & that it wasn't tampered with !
Are we wrong to think that someone who lies & cheats, lied or cheated ?
So it must always be something ELSE.
We really need independent journalism. We are far more likely to get the font.
They forgot to give us concrete examples.
They expected people who work 60 hours a week+ to do it themselves.
DC Dems & their marketing teams, are out of touch with mainstream Americans.
They all need to be replaced.
I feel the same way. It doesn’t make sense.
The missing piece (we need to keep reminding ourselves) is that this was a plot to divide us and fill us up with misinformation and hate. Expert propaganda campaign over many years.
The DP has a lot of infrastructure, that's begging to b unleashed to make tangible change 4 folks.
Left, Inc.
bc the DP is presently stuck operating under right-wing rule
Also it’s obvious that the general population aren’t buying Hitlerian talk. In fact, that talk has made them more sympathetic to Trump’s side.
Translation: When it’s dark enough, more will finally see the stars.
"This man is a rapist"
"This man is a pedophile"
Then have the tough conversations that prove it.
Or go with the "These gazillionaires are fucking us". But it's hard to do that when the gazillionaires were giving her money.
They don’t care. They don’t believe the evidence. They believe we are lying or that the evidence is manufactured or it was a witch hunt…
All of this has been everywhere for ten years. None of it is a secret. All of it has been shoved down their throats. They still voted for him.
One where people think this stuff is everywhere.
One where it is not everywhere.
It’s a laugh riot I know. Or would be.
brought up the 34 felonies, "the dems are also corrupt"
they literally just don't care
Their perspective is that WE are brainwashed.
it feels like you're being intentionally trolled as it happens
More than half the country disagrees with the Dem mindset. Gonna take more than that.
It requires deprogramming of a cult mindset. Intimate communication and a plan for actual change.
I was like, yea, we're fucked.
Whatever, muting you.
Looking forward to President Harris beginning her first term next year.
Policy prescriptions and “mindset” do not seem to be at the heart of problem for loss (without arguing perfect and recognizing lots of issues) as opposed to communicating, engagement, …
2025 is long and arduous.
After the election at an attended good community meeting. I sat though it. ( for me concentrating for 1 1/2 hours is difficult).
I was ( am) engaged and alert. 2025 was surely out there. We were so blitzed before the election, I only absorbed a snippet.
Should have mentioned more policies of it and tied it into a compelling narrative that resonated with voters and showed more examples of how it will affect voters
Every newscast should explain a part of it, on a continuing basis.
Appealing to the hatred of your opponent only works on reactionaries. Trying to beat fascists at their own game is folly.
This is how we pull ourselves out of this hole... shrug.
Great job, everyone!
The people worried about Project 2025 voted for Harris. The ones who voted for Trump didn’t care about Project 2025.
Heck - they didn’t care about inciting a riot at the Capitol
https://bsky.app/profile/maxberger.bsky.social/post/3lbwsjiknhk2u
Dems are assuming the election means the American ppl want P25, when really they just believed Trump's denials.
Message how that consolidation results in dysfunction and harm.
If Dems want to use P25 as a political weapon they need to clearly tie it to real world issues voters care about.
Tariffs enabled under P25 caused the price of your favorite X product to double…
But somehow...I really don't see it happening with the team presently on the field.
And, in case nobody was looking....
THEY FUCKING WON!
Because it required reading.
It was always too in-the-weeds.
And here we are.
And his team work with fear and Dems with viable
Problems and their solutions. When are they changing the gears???
🤷🏻♂️
Repeat the lie and the Lazy
Mind accepts the informational status quo.
There are memes, but not conversations.
Transwomen dominating women's sports— a meme.
Immigrants walking freely across the border and killing people— a meme.
Biden causing or not caring about inflation— a meme.
Why isn't Joe Rogan's THREE HOUR PODCAST not considered the very definition of an echo chamber?
He's just saying "do it" like the Dems even know how.
There are ways to do this in the media landscape but they are not easy to pull off and it takes a lot of creativity and coordination.
"Dems should've done (my thing)" Discourse, is
"Dems should've done (thing they actually did)" Discourse.
I love how my vocabulary confuses my voice to text when I’m tired.
Motherfucking* 🤣
leaders would be speaking out in unity, but where are they? Biden passing the torch like nothing happened and Jack Smith closing up shop are depressing.
Throughout the whole campaign, the narrative was trump said this and trump said that nothing about Kamala because she was saying normal, sane things.
It doesn't matter what you say so long as you say it the loudest.
If MSM doesn’t cover it, MSM thinks it doesn’t exist. And then wonders why folks are abandoning MSM.
70 million preferred to be entertained by a demented ghoul than to be told facts.
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