This is a media choice, but I also feel that Dems are doing little to shape the coverage. They are not pouncing en masse on these stories the way they are, say, veterans being let go from VA. Miller's bet is that they're snakebit and don't want to be tied to "controversial" defendants. - ThreadSky

daveweigel.bsky.social • 6 days ago

This is a media choice, but I also feel that Dems are doing little to shape the coverage. They are not pouncing en masse on these stories the way they are, say, veterans being let go from VA. Miller's bet is that they're snakebit and don't want to be tied to "controversial" defendants.

Reposted from Jamison Foser

WaPo: "Trump’s migrant roundups have a crucial ally: Public opinion"

Paragraph 5: "White House has said some of the deportees did not have criminal records and have not been charged with any crimes"

Poll headline is based on: 57% say people who haven't broken laws in U.S. should NOT be deported

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jarekfa.bsky.social•6 days ago

Here I am, seeing Paul Weiss agree to do $10MM/year of "admin aligned pro-bono work" I honestly cannot tell if that would include (I) helping veterans secure their legally entitled benefits or (II) trying to forbid veterans from receiving their legally entitled benefits.

Dems can't run on this?!

whpshw.bsky.social•6 days ago

Time to realize the Democratic Party writ large isn’t going to lead any of these fights. It’s nonprofits, legal aid, advocacy groups, and average ppl. Trump is not inevitable because the Dem Party is weak.

justinrood.bsky.social•6 days ago

Sure Dems are doing a shitty job at comms. But media shouldn’t need that in order to do their jobs competently.

rgh1205.bsky.social•6 days ago

57% only?

kygosi.bsky.social•6 days ago

*nods* Dems afraid to look strong or tough by defending the defenseless. 12 dimensional chess here.

jcunningham.bsky.social•6 days ago

Do the job and quit deflecting

zangerliberia.bsky.social•6 days ago

They'd have to be covered. But all we get to hear about is muskrat drumpf & the couch fucker

daveweigel.bsky.social•6 days ago

I'm also struck by how Rs keep pounding Dems over Laken Riley's murder as if they didn't crumple and pass the bill. The specter of Elon funding a billion dollars of "scary immigrant here to kill you" ads.

ewigeliberal.bsky.social•6 days ago

welcome to #glibhub

randomino.bsky.social•6 days ago

They still probably could, if they tried, just because nobody knows what their policy actually is. Redefining their policy to align with the sane things that the vast majority of the population agrees with would be a viable move.

shabbydude.bsky.social•6 days ago

I, too, am struck by Republicans not abandoning their one move in the face of Dems meekly submitting to it.

jebnc.bsky.social•6 days ago

#SchumerMustGo sad there aren’t 20 dem senators that want to call for new leadership elections

sudhof.me•6 days ago

It's a bad feedback loop: Democratic viewpoints don't get into the media which makes officials think the public doesn't want to hear democratic viewpoints.

pjeanne97.bsky.social•6 days ago

Why isn’t the 57% the hed? I’m kinda amazed how the media has watched it happen

moderatejerk.bsky.social•6 days ago

Democrats are spineless.

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