If the best case Democrats can make to voters against a lawless authoritarian regime that is dismantling our institutions at home and selling out our allies abroad is "but egg prices" then we're totally cooked as a society anyway.
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Part of the challenge is that the assault is on a wide variety of systems and things most people have never paid attention to. To explain the gravity of what’s being broken you first have to explain what it was before and why it mattered. Messaging can’t really overcome lack of education.
So don’t make it complicated run an ad w/ Trump saying he was going to be reduce inflation & egg prices and point out inflation up egg prices up farmers in going broke -
Promises made Promise Broken
We need to call every Democrat in Congress and pressure them to VOTE NO on the budget
This is how they throw sand into this monolith coup slow it down shut down the government make Trump come to the table and give Democrats what they want.
I think it begins with loudly asserting that we put a traitor in the highest executive office of the nation.
An aggressively mendacious traitor, who willfully attempted to undermine our elections, and continues his lies about our foundational process for conferring legimitacy upon government.
Trump’s voters didn’t care about eggs and still don’t. They knew he wanted to upend the federal government. They knew he would upend Trans rights and DEI. They knew about Project 2025. They want this. Dems are screaming and saying this is bad but the GOP is plowing through. Dems are in distress.
The Democrats are doing lots but media is mostly ignoring it. You have to seek it out people. @maddow.msnbc.com opening segment was about HUGE townhalls this weekend that got ignored.
The US has been cooked for 9 years now.
Shouldn't have been elected in 2016 in the first place but inaction allowed it to happen. A nation of reactionaries, and misguided at that, manipulated, tricked.
Almost 10 years later and none wiser. No lessons learned.
Both Democrats and (disgruntled?) Republicans in Congress need to see Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 15: Congress has the power to call forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union and suppress Insurrections. Alert YOUR Congresspeople https://congress.gov
I wish!
Considering they have appointed the worst of the worst to cabinet positions, I cannot imagine them authorizing the militia to execute our laws.
Most elected Republicans are either corrupt or they are cowards.
I don't believe all Republicans will be cowards enough to let Trump flush the USA down the toilet. You're aware that Mitch McConnel has voted against Trump. Others will too.
I still hope you are right.
But all indications are that this administration is successfully dismantling our precious country as it is cozying up to a murderous dictator.
We’re gonna have to march at some point. I remember marching during the Freddie Gray protests and seeing snipers on top of buildings around city hall. We all know what he wanted to do to protesters then. We’re headed back to the 60’s where marching may well have cost you your life and freedom.
I'm hoping we are just hibernating because of the cold. Honestly, it's the only thing that makes sense to me that there haven't been massive protests already.
Run of the mill, workaday Nazis didn't sour on Hitler because of Treblinka, they soured because of Stalingrad. ANYTHING that erodes support for the regime is good and needful.
Well, yes. But whatever works. Bird flu is making eggs in some places cost $1 apiece. Average person feels this development; it’s President Hypeebole’s problem.
Musk and Trump are destroying the government that has given us unprecedented peace and prosperity for 80 years, all for more tax breaks for billionaires.
What nonsense. You are just doing the same thing you did during the election and ignore all the powerful messages Democrats said to instead harp on some throw-away thing they said that one time.
If over half the country doesn’t care or isn’t paying attention aren’t we already cooked? Not a whole lot the Democrats can do if people aren’t willing to listen.
I mean, imagine how dumb the average person is, then realize that half the people are dumber than that. Those dumbasses are who decides ~every election, too.
Dems need to fight harder for the rule of law, but "but eggs!" is what's gonna win the midterms.
I think that’s the only way to start to break through on the Republican side. All the talk of Constitutional crisis means nothing to most MAGA fans…they signed up for the chaos as a feature, not a bug. We need them to see what Trump promised but isn’t doing for them.
other than protest, go on tv, yell at representatives in congress, and get lawyers filing to block them, file for impeachment.
what choices do they have ?
they aren't going to physically attack them.
out of hand due to lack of justice
trump should have been out after first impeachment.
When I was in high school I participated in an "egg throw" to raise money — two people stood behind a chicken wire screen and customers would pay a quarter to throw an egg at them. Nasty.
Any Democrat who mentions egg prices should get a day in the egg cage.
Sadly enough, they don't care about the eggs.
They care about Trump telling them about the eggs.
Because Trump also tells them the eggs are the fault of the people they've also been very concerned about for a long time, not their republican family.
You’re also forgetting the younger generations and the election being driven by podcast media. They did incredible targeted messaging…and it worked better than they even thought
I want a Democratic Party that is so out for blood that Trump & MAGA will have no choice but to try to attempt a coup to hold on to power because if they don't, the streets of DC will run red w/ retribution. Give me that Democratic Party.
The media and Trump voters cited their obsession with egg prices as a primary reason to destroy democracy. Maybe talk to them instead of condemning Democrats.
"it's the eggs, stupid"
the price of eggs is symbolic of everything trump does.
announce or tweet something not related to any facts then blow right past it when it face-plants.
huh-uh.
very special boy promised me cheap eggs and i want my cheap eggs.
i don't want any of his fucking excuses.
Fox News truly should take a large portion of the blame for ruining this country. It is incredulous how much right-wing media has twisted people into thinking gutting federal agencies and electing an authoritarian buffoon would be good for them, especially when you look at his economic/tax plan.
America's global credibility will be completely reduced to smithereens after going full fledged imperialist.. when we invaded Iraq, there was atleast a pretense of liberating people. NOW, WE'RE CEMENTING THE US AS AN IMPERIALIST REGIME
I’d generally agree, but it’s one of the few issues the simpletons who voted for Trump care about. Democrats cried from the rooftops the entire election cycle about the kind of authoritarian threat Trump represents and it got them nowhere. Now it’s supposed to work?
Wait - what if people who never paid attention to politics before because it's boring suddenly discovered their voices on social media started voting? We might learn that way fewer people are into democracy than we've been led to believe.
Like, yes, make pointing out the rising cost of living PART of your strategy, but it can't be all of it. Not least because it isn't just a Trump problem, he's just making it worse.
If Dems want to make the cost of living the centerpiece of their messaging, they're going to have to adjust their aim slightly to billionaires and corporations.
I think they should use every argument at their disposal. "Lawless authoritarian regime" works for some; "egg prices" work for others. Use them all. We need as big a coalition against MAGA-Musk as we can get.
Elected dems need to stop writing dear fellow letters. Use the GOP’s own scorched earth methods against them. Show Schumer & Pelosi the door. Leave the high road behind them.
'Donald Trump says he had a "lengthy and highly productive" phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which led to the pair agreeing that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine would begin "immediately".' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4g97971rwnt
Ukraine isn’t going to capitulate just because Mussolini says he negotiated a peace plan. Unfortunately they may have to rely on Europe and not us. Obligatory fuck Trump.
But you know most people in this country aren’t paying attention to what he’s and Musty are doing. We were cooked when folks started freaking about Joe’s debate & not on what he did to help the people of this country.
Not snark, genuinely asking: wasn’t it pretty clear via the election results that many voters didn’t care about the threat of authoritarianism (or for that matter, general lawlessness, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, & xenophobia) because to them, inflation was the most important issue?
Democrats lost the majorities (just barely) because to many people didn't vote. They found reasons why the candidates were perfect and able to solve all problems with some magic fairy dust. So they stayed home.
I don’t agree. I see them fighting in court, in interviews, and in committees. Admittedly, Schumer/Jeffries have not met the moment, but that doesn’t discount many that are stepping up. We don’t even have eggs where I live, I’m glad they are talking about it.
There is a restless populist spirit in America that voted for Trump, but isn’t wedded to Trump. That is where Dems need to put their energy. Make Trump defend his government, make him defend the corrupt oligarchs he is in bed with. Shine a light on a path forward.
Democrats impeached Trump twice, spent four years calling him a fascist, and Americans, egged on by the media--if you will--elected Trump for his supposed ability to reduce food prices.
So, I hope this cri de coeur is addressed to the people and the media as the sources of your discontent.
I thinks the mentality appears to be “I’ve got to get mine, and whatever happens to anyone else isn’t my concern. I may feel bad about it, but I still have to get mine”
There are hundrededs of thousands of Americans out there working their asses off and growing a Resisitance Movement. What are YOU doing except to gratuitously insult the American people? Get off your arse and DO something and spare us the clueless, self aggrandizing judgments. Outrageous.
You might want to give us a break I’ve been resisting since 2016 I still need time to dissociate from my American propaganda upbringing and see we are a country of racists; freedom was designed for whites only; 50% are willing to embrace chaos to avoid compassion and facts Unraveling takes courage
We don't have time. Some of us have been resisting since 1963. Screw the cruel, ignorant, brainwashed, hating, bastard life losers out there. They've always been here. Get to work and join us to restore sanity and justice.
The 'circular firing squad' became known for a reason. And the thing is, even if we spend a bunch of time arguing about the right messaging, then when we actually coalesce around that messaging, people treat it as inauthentic, because it is!
Because we just lost an election in the most embarrassing way imaginable to a guy that wasn't even trying. It's hard to resist recalibrating your entire approach in the wake of such wreckage
The more weeks that pass with Trump positioning himself to the right of Mussolini politically and his approval remaining at or above water, the more Dems are going to try and stay where the electorate is.
The electorate is showing increasing signs they're moving to the right politically, imo. Not a lot of people seem to be noticing or asking questions as to why. Trump is insanely extreme, I've been plugged into politics for a while and I've never seen anything like this.
Action is being called for when there is no clear path forward. Yet.
Elon Musk needs to be arrested and deported.
His five minions need to be arrest arrested .
That is the most common sense actionable course .
Also we need to win the election that’s happening in 60 days for the house.
Voters didn’t give a crap about saving democracy, or that Benedict Donald was a fascist or oligarchs are taking over, they’ll screw our allies before they’re not going to grasp it now. One thing they claimed they cared about was grocery cost.
What exactly should the messaging or actions be? We’ve thrown out all the doomsday messaging before the election and now after and it doesn’t seem to matter. I’m feeling like our “normal” fight tactics are worthless and we have to pivot to a different future. I hate it here.
I think we can do both. Mock people for the whole egg thing AND take part in what is necessary to stop authoritarianism. I'm sure some think I'm ridiculous for report-bombing map apps that their Gulf of Mexico is broken, but that's just one part of a whole thing.
I'm not disagreeing with you, but the "voters" who support Trump don't care - they like his "strong arm" tactics and the perception that he's screwing the damn libs, without caring that he's actually mostly screwing them. Biden/Harris warned them about all of it.
Partially true.
The people are going to need to fix this. The Democrats appear to be complicit.
The problem is there not a clear legal avenue that presents itself following legal precedence.
There is a growing resistance. But we sure as fuck don’t have any leaders from the Democratic Party.
I'm feeling, eerily, a very similar vibe to what I felt in 2007 as the real estate market began crashing, only much, much worse and it's much, much bigger. And the same stupid forces are doing the same stupid things to uncontain it.
One thing's sure: nothing's gonna be "normal" again anytime soon.
Yes, except that 9/11 was a one-day event with a never-ending cascade of follow-up events. This time the initial event is just getting underway, and where it stops nobody knows. It's just utterly nauseating. God help us all.
Trump is very popular right now. Vast majorities of Americans approve of the dismantling of Democracy. They want a dictator that sounds tough. We are Germany in the 1930's
A Russian spy leads our intelligence services, our military leader is about to give up a sovereign ally to an enemy nation which threatens all our allies, while and a maniacal, openly Nazi foreigner is systematically breaking down our institutions.
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Guess what. The feared New World Order is here.
Old Dem parry leaders need to be just ignored at this point because they have failed their nation. Organization has to be in the streets, union halls & courts.
We, meaning democrats need to get over the price of eggs. People can see for themselves eggs prices are going through the roof. They need to focus on the agencies that are being gutted and how they will affect everyone of us. Why they aren't running ads on national television platforms would help.
The US people prefer "a lawless authoritarian regime that is dismantling our institutions at home and selling out our allies abroad" you can't help them.
It's the people here that need to suffer for their stupidity.
Let them die off.
The people who voted for Trump don’t care about an authoritarian regime. They want a white Christian male authoritarian regime. And only if it hurts their pocketbooks will they decide it might not be worth it. They don’t have want democracy if it means they aren’t in power.
this is a useless post. ironic since you are trying to post that DEMS are useless. This is not at all helpful, and seems more like what legacy/main stream media does. I expected better.
Sadly it was egg prices that helped get us to the dire situation our country is currently in. Democrats better get their act together & switch tactics in order to convince Americans of all persuasions as to what trouble they’re in because just enough of them were duped into voting for the Dictator.
Until we stop blaming Democrats and start blaming the Republicans, ya know, the ones responsible for it all, we are at a paralyzing stand still. No opinion, thought, or idea matters until we unite and retaliate against the common enemy.
With Republicans, it goes without saying. But with Democrats, they are the only opposition and so many of them are shamefully passive when they need to be up and fighting. Until they prove otherwise, they are done as a party.
Duly noted.But to say Democrats are the only opposition is incorrect. The courts are opposing him,what good it does remains to be seen. "We the people," are opposing him with surprising numbers in the street. Pushback works.It's really all up to us.
The Republican Party is a fascist movement.
Fascism = bad.
Republicans = bad.
Focus and SIMPLIFY the message. A majority of the electorate is working with a vocabulary and reading level at or below that of a 10-11 year old. You need to connect the dots for them.
Eggs alone won't do it, but inflation and failing economy should part of the messaging. Money is the ultimate motivating factor for most voters. It's probably the only thing that out motivates hate. Dems need to run on being an ACTUAL opposition and removing Trump from office, but never forget $.
Did you miss this or are you purposely ignoring it? Cuz right now your misinformed posts are just fracturing democrats. And not doing anything to stop the fascism youre complaining about.
If the Dem base doesn't see the need to do some major introspection about what the DNC has become - and FAST, I don't know what to tell you except, enjoy the exile.
As the rubber meets the road and Trump and the administration is put to the test. The maga supporters will wake up about how that’s screwing up their lives.
What did we really have to begin with, if we could so easily and hastily be dismantled and discarded? The curtain is pulled and our target- the wealthy elites - are visible and vulnerable. Our fight is not for what was but what will be. End the 1% and cut the head off the proverbial snake.
And there’s people out there right now crying if anyone dares ask the Dems to do more. It’s always been like this. I am starting to think the left was right in their criticisms of the dems over the years.
I think it begins with loudly asserting that we put a traitor in the highest executive office of the nation.
An aggressively mendacious traitor, who willfully attempted to undermine our elections, and continues his lies about our foundational process for conferring legimitacy upon government.
Do note that they are saying far more serious things that NEVER get air time. You CAN find them here. What's being said is powerful - and muzzled by MSM.
It is NOT all they are doing, but they need the help of the public, we need to yell, write, call, march, put up signs, billboards, shout outs, this is the peoples' fight if you want to win. Useless Republicans have to be told and showed they will no longer be tolerated
I don't really agree with that framing. We're seeing in real time that America cannot be bothered to understand these issues or care about them appropriately.
If Joe Blow is too stupid to understand that authoritarianism will make him a peon, then tell him it'll make him poor.
Sad, but when trump and his cabinet think all federal power is vested in the executive branch and American citizens believe it…that is the real problem.
The focus should be on musk and other billionaires, funding freeze and inflation. If dems were smart they would ignore trumps name instead put the focus on tesla owned multi billionaire president musk crushing the working class while reducing trump as a lame duck. Then yes they have a chance
Transphobia played a huge part as well. Just before the election the Trump campaign blanketed TV with frankenedited interviews of Kamala Harris to convince voters she wanted to give trans prisoners free surgery.
Egg prices, inflation, endless wars, freedom of speech - turns out those were only excuses, half of the country is in a cult now. We're more or less cooked.
Everyone who replies ‘but voters cared about egg prices’ is fundamentally misunderstanding human psychology. No one gave two rats about prices - voters cared about whatever Trump told them it was important to care about. If we’re going to engage at every turn as if this was rational, we’re toast.
Please call your traitorous senators and thank them for letting our democracy be flushed down the gold toilet. Also ask them how much Musk paid for their traitorous souls.
We’re cooked… we need Pritzker or another player with intelligence and smart mouth! We need to get rid of these unorganized bifocal-wearing boomers. Schumer is the worst! Keep him off TV! He’s repulsive. 🤮- I can’t believe that I actually used that term, BOOMER, but it’s so fitting right now.
Normally your posts are spot on, but there's nothing wrong w scolding them about "egg prices"- similar to "but her emails." The right cried about something relatively unimportant compared to the damage being done to this country that we all warned would happen. "Egg prices" = their stupidity.
It’s not the time to be pivoting from the poorly messaged 2024 campaign. Democrats need to continue to blast the airwaves about democracy before worrying about the economic effects of Republican policy. Additionally, they need to really hone in on the Republican Party as a whole, not only Trump.
It's like Kurt Vonnegut's novel "Cat's Cradle" where the leader and the opposition are actually working together. Who could have predicted the Democrats would cave so readily. At least Sleepy Joe got some good things done.
I can eat fewer eggs. Tofu is about to be cheap as dirt since farmers will have a glut of soybeans.
I care about the destruction of the federal government.
The Democrats, right now, are leaderless. That's a sad truth. Where in the hell is our knight in shining armor who will turn this lackluster party around?
The US might be but you are insisting on dragging the whole world down with you. So, you’re just going to have to stand back up and get your collective shit together and fix the mess you made like the grown ups you say you all want to be
In part this timidity is the result of the just horrendous brand position of the Left, which is mostly their fault. As a result members of Congress run screaming, even in an emergency, from anything that sounds like what MoveOn is saying.
Congress: Speak simply. Get out of the bi-coastal bubble and come to the kitchen table. You must tell people what is wrong and how to fix it. No one out here cares about "oligarchs" and "IT" jargon. Food, housing, health costs, social security, wages, school, jobs. Daily life builds democracy.
We ARE totally cooked as a society and have been for a long time. The two-party system is dominated by the rich. You have a fascist theocratic party. And you have a centrist party who won't put up any meaningful resistance and then pats itself on the back for fighting the good fight when it loses.
They completely mis-framed the Dem election message and didn't counter the maga narrative. Even if they win, they can't seem to handle actually running things intelligently, and I've voted for them 46 year,. now. *This is how we are cooked.
I don't recall Dems screaming "DONNY DICTATOR!".
I have seen a lot of cases made by various Dems...
But, I'm not a social media only matters type
I read news sites and aggregates also +
You heard of Rachel Maddow or Lawrence O'Donnell... among others for viewers...they have shown much more than egg pricing
Its not the best, but the simplest and most fundamental. Republicans aren't capable of defending the simple statement. Its a cheap and easy win every time someone says it.
All of these arguments disregard the fact that the American people voted overwhelming for the fascism party because they blamed the other party for bad grocery prices
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When all 3 of my kids bitch about the lack of education…. Spanning 2 generations…. There be some deep issues.
It’s absolutely by design.
Promises made Promise Broken
This is how they throw sand into this monolith coup slow it down shut down the government make Trump come to the table and give Democrats what they want.
An aggressively mendacious traitor, who willfully attempted to undermine our elections, and continues his lies about our foundational process for conferring legimitacy upon government.
Old-School, Business-Friendly, Small-Government, Rule-Of-Law, Separation-Of-Powers-Is-A-Real Thing Republicans.
I knew some, once…
But that was before the MAGA Virus infected them all, and we had the Zombie Republican Apocalypse.
Oh, the Good Old Days…
Shouldn't have been elected in 2016 in the first place but inaction allowed it to happen. A nation of reactionaries, and misguided at that, manipulated, tricked.
Almost 10 years later and none wiser. No lessons learned.
Considering they have appointed the worst of the worst to cabinet positions, I cannot imagine them authorizing the militia to execute our laws.
Most elected Republicans are either corrupt or they are cowards.
But Trump just (publicly) kissed Putin's ass.
I think we have already been flushed.
But all indications are that this administration is successfully dismantling our precious country as it is cozying up to a murderous dictator.
Marching, peaceful protest Yes... but no violence and be very aware of violent infiltrators
They want this to impose martial law, possibly suspend elections
**Temper rage with perception and wisdom**
That's all they have to say.
Dems need to fight harder for the rule of law, but "but eggs!" is what's gonna win the midterms.
what choices do they have ?
they aren't going to physically attack them.
out of hand due to lack of justice
trump should have been out after first impeachment.
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Any Democrat who mentions egg prices should get a day in the egg cage.
They care about Trump telling them about the eggs.
Because Trump also tells them the eggs are the fault of the people they've also been very concerned about for a long time, not their republican family.
The eggs are the fault of a lot of different things, but not trans people or immigrants.
the price of eggs is symbolic of everything trump does.
announce or tweet something not related to any facts then blow right past it when it face-plants.
huh-uh.
very special boy promised me cheap eggs and i want my cheap eggs.
i don't want any of his fucking excuses.
Do you think enough American voters care about lawless authoritarian regimes and dismantling of institutions to make a difference?
Now he's not talking about eggs. Instead, they only care about DEI, wokeness and DOGE.
New government time.
rEVOLUTION
Now that I've said this, I'm going to go home and hit myself in the head with a brick.
'Donald Trump says he had a "lengthy and highly productive" phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which led to the pair agreeing that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine would begin "immediately".' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4g97971rwnt
So, I hope this cri de coeur is addressed to the people and the media as the sources of your discontent.
I thinks the mentality appears to be “I’ve got to get mine, and whatever happens to anyone else isn’t my concern. I may feel bad about it, but I still have to get mine”
And while I can continue to have compassion for them, I agree with all your descriptors.
The task force is part of a "multifaceted struggle to protect and defend everyday Americans from the harm being inflicted by this administration."
"Talk about the dining room table."
"No not like that. Talk about this."
"Okay but what about that?"
Like, we're internalizing the whataboutism. Why are we doing Rs work for them?
This is exactly what the party needs if there is any chance of ever fighting back.
Time to purge the Democratic Party.
But you're not recalibrating. You're spiraling.
Mercifully Ukraine actually has enough resources to win now so some of it's a moot point...
Elon Musk needs to be arrested and deported.
His five minions need to be arrest arrested .
That is the most common sense actionable course .
Also we need to win the election that’s happening in 60 days for the house.
The people are going to need to fix this. The Democrats appear to be complicit.
The problem is there not a clear legal avenue that presents itself following legal precedence.
There is a growing resistance. But we sure as fuck don’t have any leaders from the Democratic Party.
One thing's sure: nothing's gonna be "normal" again anytime soon.
.
Guess what. The feared New World Order is here.
It's the people here that need to suffer for their stupidity.
Let them die off.
JFK
Fascism = bad.
Republicans = bad.
Focus and SIMPLIFY the message. A majority of the electorate is working with a vocabulary and reading level at or below that of a 10-11 year old. You need to connect the dots for them.
https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2024-2025-where-we-are-now
What the fuck are you talking about?
“all this chaos is going to get people killed”!!!
Just said that all day everyday
An aggressively mendacious traitor, who willfully attempted to undermine our elections, and continues his lies about our foundational process for conferring legimitacy upon government.
This is ABSOLUTELY the best time to criticize them if they’re making excuses.
If Joe Blow is too stupid to understand that authoritarianism will make him a peon, then tell him it'll make him poor.
And a shield for people that they can hide behind instead of admitting they don't want the brown lady.
WORKING CLASS OF AMERICA MUST UNITE! WE PROTEST AND DO WHAT WE CAN FOR DEMOCRACY AND OUR COLLECTIVE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS!
👇🏽Bernie Sanders YouTube video
https://youtu.be/d-4OPJaqkP4
Nationwide Protest Movement 50501
👇🏽
https://bsky.app/profile/50501movement.bsky.social/post/3lhtcx5eqvc2k
I care about the destruction of the federal government.
I don't recall Dems screaming "DONNY DICTATOR!".
But, I'm not a social media only matters type
I read news sites and aggregates also +
You heard of Rachel Maddow or Lawrence O'Donnell... among others for viewers...they have shown much more than egg pricing