I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
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Pete’s an establishment Dem. His role would be to keep you under the tent and away from any effort to start a new party that might actually act in our best interests. It’s Red+Blue versus you. Gotta write off the Blue Division. Completely. They’re nothing but Red enablers.
They should also keep highlighting the mounting risks Musk’s actions have created—epidemics, government payment system failures, terrorism, financial fraud, inflation, etc. So voters know who to blame when the first avoidable disaster strikes
I don't want him to do anything that Fox News and the GOP generally can use against him (somehow)
He's our future leader in all of this, and I don't want anything to damage him.
Senate is good.
They have already turned AOC and Elizabeth Warren, Hillary and others into poison.
Yes I have been saying it too. Should be the Big Deal Tour or conference. Respond to lies and nonsense and show up where bridges are being built and shovels are going in to the ground to remind who gets credit. Cc: Ken martin
Dem leadership bowed to the shadow kingmaker oligarchy. Don’t rely on them. #boycott #strike Focus on getting huge number of people in the streets and keeping it peaceful at first. If all else fails, prepare to leave. The capable will armor their walls and will prepare for a guerrilla war.
Yeah but... then they'd have to do something. And if they did something, Republicans would get mad at them. And then they'd feel bad and stop doing something.
I agree with you 100%, but unfortunately they're never gonna do such a thing.
Yes! Democrats need to rebrand, assert themselves & callout the White House for all lunacy. And hey, let’s remind those who voted for Mango Mussolini that everything he’s done thus far is not lowering the price of groceries.
It would nice to be filled in better on regular basis. Wish dems to take advantage of modern media to keep us informed in a podcast style instead of stilted talking points from leadership behind a podium we have to search for on cable news or shared in a feed. Keep it up to date.
First thing in the morning I read your e-mail.
Thank you for your knowledge of current & historical events. You make me calmer than most of the reporters on TV/Cable, with the exception of Lawrence O'Donnell.
Love both of you!
She is not a political operative and should not be forced to become one. At some level she is the future of any sort of American democracy. She has both written and podcast versions available by email.
She’s not. I read her stuff but it’s like trying to read a novel everyday. We need some short truthful things to focus on and pass along everyday. The democrats need to get a leader fast.
I want to hear from people in government. They need to be more visible. All due respect to the historians here and elsewhere carrying the load, but we need to hear from them like yesterday.
I agree. Despite what some have said, Pete and others can and should do this from all over the country. He, Chris Murphy, Jasmine Crockett, JB Pritzker and AOC could be the main contributors. Maybe have Jim Acosta as the “glue.” Not everyone has to be on every day. And we need a production team!
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One of the reasons they are failing miserably in their attempt to hold the Republicans to account. Chuck Schumer or Richard Blumenthal just don’t cut it these days.
I’d love to see Pete do that. We need the Democratic Party to show a spine and go head to head with the whack jobs of this administration. Can someone tell me why the Dems haven’t kept their promise and slow all vote on nominees? It seems like business as usual as tulsi, rfk jr. get confirmed. WTF?
Agree, we should have daily updates to Trump’s dismantling of programs/gov’t hurting the middle class while helping the rich. Something new for the media to show up to and report on that will help get out our messages and correct narratives. But…
We can’t stop nominations. We have to go through the pain. Trump voters will never believe dems until they go through it themselves. It happens easier w/this crazy cabinet & their actions. But these daily meetings would be a documentation to got back to & let know we were always backing the people
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Why aren’t you backing this idea? You know as well as I do that Pete Buttigieg is our most articulate speaker. Now we are losing the military and soon will have mock voting just like Russia does and you will be out or in jail. Please do something while you still can.
well, there's "suicidal empathy" (which is a term i will be stealing), and there's always occums razor, that being, the world likes to throw elbows at the jews anytime it can, and they really really don't like it when we don't cower in fear and are able to defend ourselves, that makes them nuts
I have wanted Gavin to hire Pete to rebuild LA, but this is a good idea, too. My dream ticket is Crockett-Buttigieg or Buttigieg-Crockett. Might not be the smartest strategically, but what a brilliant ticket that would be.
Not sure Pete is going to be tough enough. What we need is an outsider who has some real power to persuade. These GOP'ers are brutal and don't play by the rules
A bipartisan group should do this: the Obamas, Clinton’s, the Cheney, Pence, Bush, Harris, Walz, Gore, Romney, Schwarzenegger, Ryan, Milley, C. Rice, etc…and yes— Mayor Pete as spokesperson.
Dem leadership bowed to the shadow kingmaker oligarchy. Don’t rely on them. #boycott #strike Focus on getting huge number of people in the streets and keeping it peaceful at first. If all else fails, prepare to leave. The capable will armor their walls and will prepare for a guerrilla war.
She would. But, please be aware, she very nearly died a few years ago from an illness I am not sure she has fully recovered from yet, if full recovery is possible.
Yes ! The silence from the Democrats is deafening. It's like they have totally capitalized.
If the strategy of the Dems is to show how bad things get under the Republicans than we are all in a world of trouble.
After the last 4 years, a person really has to wonder.
But then why would Biden accomplish all he did, knowing it would be destroyed when Trump got in?
I think he believed that Trump wouldn't win. That people knew what the Democrats had done. That was his mistake. Every single day, they should have been on TV telling America what they are doing because the Republicunts were lying their asses off.
I lived in Queens as a kid and everybody hated Trump. All the adults talked about what a loser and a racist this guy is. When he came down that escalator, I was horrified and told everybody I knew what a loser this guy was, people I know voted for this loser
House Dems are posting nightly things on here listing five things Dems accomplished that day. That's good, but Dems also need to post every morning five things they WILL BE doing today and how you can help.
I found one that I retweeted. It was posted by a Julie Lynn, someone I do not know. I asked her whether she compiled it or whether she got it from somewhere else. I'll try to let you know what, if anything, I hear from her.
A very good idea. These are terrible times, we need steady strong voices. I don’t know that Pete is the best candidate or not by himself. I think it should be AOC.
Very good. It’s not unlike pandemic lockdowns, the level of fear. We need daily, cogent reminders that someone is coming to save us, in order to save ourselves.
So during all this, your idea is to hold daily briefings, which, if anyone has access to C-SPAN can watch on a daily basis, fill in the "void" (i.e. pomp and circumstance with conjecturing), and fact check an already questionable WH.
1. Trump has been fact checked. He was fact checked during his first administration, he was fact checked during his run at re-election, and he is still being fact-checked. Meanwhile 2. Families have been physically separated, federal employees are now out of a job, and money is being taken away.
Dems are beginning daily briefings on Capitol Hill, to inform and counter DISinfo (fact check the WH).
Pete Buttigeig will receive $1.9M over next 5 months to conduct briefings.
That covers him and his staff.
Timothy Snyder, the historian, suggested a Dem Shadow Cabinet. Fill it with the brightest and best communicators. Pete should absolutely be leading it.
THATS A BRILLIANT IDEA!!! Mr. Buttigieg, Jen Psaki, Angela Rye, with Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger (throw in OReiley, Owens or Carlson for fire and effect) and have rotating guests I think would be not only a dynamic and interesting group, but a strong counter to the other side.
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This would be brilliant. Start with daily briefing from the hill and the White House, start a show with opponents, and have intelligent debate
People have lost the ability to listen closely & instead are short-attention-span, often low-information viewers. They're not devoting time to reading substantial articles/Op-Eds & the like. Everything gets spoon-fed on cable news which seems to have blown its potential. It's a dumbed-down nation.
That negates what he would be trying to accomplish. That would over politicize it. Buttigieg is a very clear and concise communicator. He would need others who are the same so we can reach the moderates and the MAGA who have finally started waking up.
That’s exactly my point. The average MAGA person would not tune in just to hear Pete, but if you have carlson touting a point, Pete could debunk that in real time right there. Candy could bring up a point and Angela could counter with the final balanced analysis noted by Pete.
This is not addressed at average MAGA but at previously average people who are getting numb to facts and reality by being constantly bombed with outrageous lies and garbage
EXACTLY!!! Let’s say candy owens remarks Kamala Harris is not really black and is a DEI hire, countered by Angela Rye. That’s 2 women of color making a point, with Pete giving a final analysis. Or Tucker Carlson touting Jan 6th garbage, Adam Kinzinger would counter and final word by Pete Buttigieg.
No, because this legitimizes people who do not need to be legitimized. Candace Owens and Carlson are grifters and putting them on a show with Pete is putting them on his level which is very unnecessary and gross
I fear you are missing the point. We don’t need to pander to republicans and “maga”. We need to honestly, and with integrity, communicate facts in a relatable way. That’s it.
Yes! I totally agree. We would waste time and resources trying to reach them and they LOVE being oppositional. Let whoever eventually will come around, come around. If or when that happens, would be the time to consider unity.
It has been a big mistake to invite the Republicans in too soon. Eventually, a dialogue would be beneficial with the right R’s. But the very first and most important task is to define what the Democrats are about and what they’re going to do for America and the truth about F47 & em.
I would not say ‘no one from Fox’ and the reason is they need to be in the room with smart people from the other side for a gentle smackdown when needed. Trump voters need to see their media side for who and what they actually are.
Not just on Bluesky but the rest of America where the people were to duped into thinking nothing matter but the piece of eggs and gas. That’s where the message needs to be heard.
Funny how you didn’t mention @schumer.senate.gov. Wonder why you have no expression of frustration for the Senate Minority Leader and can only name check the House Minority Leader? Wonder what it could ever be? 🤔
So in general (as in not you specifically but the yelling do something crowd) … you want someone who Americans voted for to have limited options to save you from your poorly thought out political actions. To make matters worse, you’re doing it in a way that pisses off the base of the party. IMJS
The problem with Schumer is his manner of speaking can put a stone gargoyle to sleep.
If you're a bit of an insomniac, record onto audio one of his speeches and have it playing softly in the background beside your bed. It would be interesting in finding out how long it is before you're asleep.
I would prefer a different Senate leader but there aren’t a lot of Senators with seniority who are exciting. Many legislators aren’t exciting but expecting all our elected officials to be exciting leads to a lot of performative nonsense. Now want I want from Democratic leadership … 👇🏽
What the “do something” crowd fails to understand is 1) Nothing will make corp media cover Dems fairly 2) If you’re not talking to your family, neighbors and friends who stayed home, voted 3rd party or voted for Trump cause they were to racist/sexist etc to vote in their own best interest, no change
Plenty of elected representatives (Senate & House) plus @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social and newly elected DNC officers post on this very app every single day. People have to choose to focus on being informed and sharing information versus chewing up social media bandwidth complaining. Vent offline.
I talked with a Trump supporter this week. The absolute IGNORANCE is just stunning. This person truly thinks Trump and Musk and their “interns” are “rooting out the corruption and fixing it.” What is it going to take to wake these people up to what’s actually happening - IN BROAD DAYLIGHT?!
If Biden had done a monthly (or bi-monthlu) "fireside chat," combined with a DNC, 50 state grassroots information/action network, the Dems would likely have won.
Before I saw this post, I was only thinking of Republicans, even though I see complicity from the Dems everywhere. Who do you see as a Vichy Dem? Most of them?
I mean the silence, aside from some of the younger Dems, speaks volumes.
I agree. There are too many organizations vying for time and money. A strong, united front. I follow Rachel Maddow, Indivisible, and bluesky for information.
PLEASE! Pete will be great in arenas or more intimate venues! I will be a staff member for free! Pete can cut through the BS with fact. I know facts do not matter to MAGAts, but maybe other Republicans with any sense left will find the courage to join the fight for democracy.
It has been excruciating to witness their silence for a long time! Vance was in Germany meeting with the leaders of the far right this week. The media is doing what they always have done. Focusing entirely on DJT (Musk). They have not learned a thing from the past.
It has been shown to me that we should stop using their names and only refer to them as the republican regime. It takes the spotlight from the man who craves it and also points out it is the whole republican administration that is culpable.
YES! Repubs in rec decades have imposed failed structures that brought us Trump, then beg Dems to fix it. Then when the effort comes up short specifically bec of white women, they autopsy the Dems 'failure' without irony
Never have any of these 'humbled' GOP put the blame for Trump where it belongs
Definitely sounds like a good idea. I think there are many people looking for some sign that the Democrats are there to provide info and fight back against the bulldozers in the WH.
Yes. This needs to happen. Just as Trump did to Biden, dems need to loudly and consistently overshadow, undermine, and fact check everything this administration is doing.
Better yet, take off the suits and do it out in the country—report on real people being harmed and betrayed by this president. We have a real opportunity to flip the “elitist” branding. We need to ramp up a class war and get working/middle class people to realize billionaires are not their friends.
Love this idea. I keep wondering how we're going to reach EVERYONE... especially those who are currently only hearing lies, dis-, and misinformation. Going around the country... listening sessions... community dialogues... EXCHANGING information... how and when are we going to do this at scale?
...Oklahoma City, OK, and in Oneida, NY. Have interviews with "The People," the ones that really make America great. Make it applicable to Joe or Jane Citizen, and make it gripping. Not more boring charts and graphs and politi-speak.
How about both? Have one person in DC (like Buttigeig) commenting on the latest real stupidity, and someone else (maybe Al Franken, or someone young, up & coming) going around different parts of the US and showing how it affects "middle Americans." Visit Topeka, KS, and Phoenix, AZ. Pop up in...
Do both. A daily briefing by Pete from the Capitol would get national coverage. Going to the people being hurt in different parts of the county would probably be covered more locally.
The time to do that was during the campaign. Who's going out into "the country" now - where btw, they hate us. See Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. It doesn't work like that. Donate/volunteer now for the blue candidates running soon in special elections, like Blake Gendebien, judges in Wisconsin, etc
She had 107 days to try to win 3– 6 states. Democrats couldn’t be more pro working and middle class with our policies, but our messaging isn’t getting to the people.We have to start now for 2026 and 2028. We have to do the every man and woman kind of image and go where we don’t usually go.
107 days would have been plenty if she had been doing fireside chats during the 4 years she was VP, like Fiorello La Guardia. It was her re-election coming up too. The DNC needs to hire the Mad Men. Whoever produced "they're for them, we're for you" changed the course of the country. It matters.
I think the fireside chats are a good idea. I’ve thought that they should’ve had Biden do that like what FDR did, lean into grandpa vibe. He could’ve kept people aware of what they were accomplishing. I’ve read that she was kept from being out front much which really pisses me off. VP is a shit job.
The fireside chats not only lean into the grandpa vibe, they draw people in, e.g. "Sure, sir! I can pay 8 bucks for eggs while we eradicate avian flu." I doubt KH wanted to/was prevented from engaging the public. She lacked that talent which Dems mistake as a frill to our peril, e.g. chuck schumer.
I wish so badly I could find the video of a woman who admitted how wrong she had been. She and her parents voted for him and are now losing their family farm. She knows they were absolutely lied to and taken advantage of.
#FAFO is REAL
I was just going to say that.... And we don't need our MOC away from DC when Congress is in session. There is a razor thin margin and we need to exploit it.
I like this even better. And if there's potential lawsuits, get them set up with attorneys (need investors and maybe gofundme) to look at their case. Maybe some class action action. Do follow ups too.
I feel like the legal response so far has been pretty good at filing suits on behalf of states and finding people with standing and the initial rulings have been pretty solid.
I feel like part of the previous Trump strategy was to file even hopeless stuff knowing that it would slow things down and the suits being filed now are winnable. Wondering if there’s additional potential to file less winnable ones and slow stuff down.
That said, we’re seeing a real-time study showing “flood the zone with shit” beats top-down messaging from Congressional leadership and I’m in favor of throwing everything they can at it across every channel.
I love the idea of having Pete Buttigieg doing frequent press conferences, showing the effects of wanton agency shutdowns, explainers on what the agencies do, calls to action on what citizens can to, all of it.
Yes, taking off the suits but don’t go as far ass looking like Fetterman. Also I think Pete is great for this role if he is speaking to the left. Trying to sway the right he won’t work because of his sexuality sadly. They won’t be able to look beyond it.
For anyone to take the Dems seriously they need to use modern communication along with traditional methods, Pete would be a great person to take on this roll. Dem's should be doing their own audits to counter measurements DOGE!
So sad that the DNC haven’t already been doing this. Like months ago. Instead have been licking their wounds with their heads up their asses. They’ll be the death of us.
Does the party have an official spokesperson position? Pete would be perfect for that! He needs a microphone in front of him as much as possible. He might be the most gifted communicator we’ve seen in generations.
IKR 💯 A DNC press conference with #BlueCrossPete would be LUCKY to get 50,000 viewers on C-pan 🤦♀️🙄 If Pete needed a job, why didn't he run for DNC chair? Unemployment
of Pete might be a priority to the #BlueMagaCult but it is secondary to fighting Fascism....to me. #MetaPete 🤷♂️ #JustSaying 🤔
I agree. However they need to speak using plain every day language. An example is that the Dems and the media talk about a pending or existing constitutional crisis. What does that mean to me who is worried about making ends meet? If they don't, it is important information that is ignored.
EXACTLY. Skip the lawyerly, diplomatic language. Speak to the people the same way Tim Walz does, like when he said "Mind your own damn business" during the campaign. Use language a 6th-grader would understand.
Invite in the AP and other news networks being strong armed out. Allow those news networks to fully challenge Dems with tough questions so there can be no claims of it being a partisan newscast.
Fwiw, my penny’s worth, it seems that Americans are not that well informed about the hell that’s broken loose in their country. Anything that can help provide real facts is good, IMO.
Personally, I would love to see Pete run for an office in which he could effect a massive change. His prowess is remarkable. I love listening to his even keel delivery too. He can speak to all levels of people it seems
This is an excellent idea!!! #Democrats let’s get this started! We need a truth reality check to the daily lies of the #TrumpMusk Presidency and @petebuttigieg.bsky.social is brilliant!!!
Look at this photo. Now imagine those steps filled with elected Democrats, to a person outraged, the very night that Trump released the 1500 violent thugs who defiled the illuminated symbol behind them. Imagine the message *that* might've sent. Didn't happen. Why? "Messaging" is sometimes theater.
I fully support this suggestion. We need a strong opposition voice who can clearly articulate—with facts at the ready—a powerful message which may diminish the madness taking place in Washington.
Cheri, your plan is brilliant and @petebuttigieg.bsky.social is the messenger we desperately need to implement and start steering the ship in the right direction.
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social This is a GREAT idea. If not @petebuttigieg.bsky.social then one of you. You need to hold the feet to the fire of the Administration and the Congressional GOP.
Absolutely, Dems need a Pete Buttigieg a young well spoken quick with a response to be out there everyday with Dem talking points. Other Dems can use coordinated talking points everyday just like Rs have done for years.
They do. I’ve been seeing Ruben Gallegos, Ted Liu, & rotating members of the caucus post up on YouTube. It’s obviously not enough, but it’s been there. Pete’s posts on here sounds like platitudes (& I ❤️ him) so would love to see more. Yes, I’ve called my reps. What else? We can’t just sit & watch.
IDK and probably wouldn’t be a good judge. I’m old, very liberal and will vote for whomever the Democrats nominate. Full disclosure: my parents were Adlai Stevenson Democrats.
I think we need a shadow government, not a primary in 2028. Someone needs the authority to speak for the Democratic Party.
Al Franken, Pete Buttigieg, Claire McCaskell, all of these people have incredible insight and could speak so well to what is going on. They know the constituencies in their respective states!!
Yes…I’m just trying to thinking people who used to have positions in government who are free to roam the country to speak. She is needed in Congress to continue to make her voice heard. She’s a national treasure!
Absolutely not Claire McCaskell. She ruined herself talking smack about Biden. I will never forget that. She was so awful, I turned the TV off and refuse to listen to MSNBC
I’ll give you that. She still knows her constituency in Missouri and could be valuable. I stopped watching MSNBC too. I’ll catch Nicole and Lawrence on occasion.
It doesn’t matter how well she knows Missouri but who in the other 49 states would trust her. Pete has proved he is loyal, intelligent, knows the constitution and the only one who could make Fox News stammer.
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Real question: what media will cover it, that’ll actually get it in front of the eyes that need to see it? Bc it seems like the war on the media has begun and the mainstream media is stepping in line in order to keep their access…
We have to take the message into their homes.
Buy ads and volunteer for interviews on FOX.
Gear the social media messages to Republicans.
Mail flyers to red states with website and QR code that sends them to an easy-to-comprehend guide to what is happening.
Start postcard campaigns to red states.
I agree Jane. We have to take the message TO them. The mainstream media is not doing it well. It needs to be simplified and packaged to lure them from Fox News. Have Sara Longwell use focus groups to find the magic formula that breaks through. Buy time on a free network. Do giveaways
Dems need to penetrate the Magnolia Curtain preventing facts from reaching red state voters. Use Facebook, instagram, TikTok, etc, with sponsored posts. i.e.: "Eggs expensive? Ask your congressman about Bird Flu and how it's affecting egg prices" and then put their congressman's phone number, etc.
May I suggest to @petebuttigieg.bsky.social to hire you if that happens?
I've followed you for 8 years and I usually say "Damn straight" after most of your "Tweets" now posts. The times I didn't were when you were attacking Merrick Garland...I was wrong, you were spot on.
Yes! Dems hire @petebuttigieg.bsky.social to give daily briefings. He is a master communicator. I've seen him speak in person and he is engaging. DO IT DEMS!
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Yes!This is a fabulous idea!Republicans have been very vocal and used any and all platforms to reach people.Democrats have been failing in this area.They need to be out there all the time, being loud and clear with the message.Repeat over and over until you're truly heard
Yes. Someone in my subdivision told me Kamala Harris & Tim Walz were not elected because they didn't have enough time to spread the message throughout our USA.
I have been thinking about that for a while now. This idea is excellent if we make sure to repeatedly tell it to all & sundry.
This should have started the day after the election. Instead Dems are still licking their wounds and sitting on their hands. We can’t wait till 6 months before the mid terms for Dems to get off their asses.
For years, Dems have had a messaging problem because while GOP plotting planning and corruption have been building, Dems, understandably, have been working! Time to spend more time developing the message and getting it out there NOW!!
I love your idea. We must call them out everyday for their obvious attempts to destroy our democracy.Pete is a perfect choice.DNC could supplement him.
They have no ⚽️⚽️. They are NOT journalists. They are entertainment news. They SHOULD stand together and boycott the WH because it’s all about coverage and if no one shows up they’d change their tune. I’d say “fuck ‘em” if I was a REAL journalist BUT I have some dignity and principles so there’s that.
Not even close to true...they restored over 400 press passes pulled by Biden and has introduced "new media" access for the first time ever. Denying a few AP reporters due to their arrogance does not equal "most media".
Totally agree. I had the same thought this morning. Focus on one or two outrages (no scattershot approach) and explain the implications for normal, everyday Americans. And make sure it's done at a first-grade level so MAGAites can understand.
The propaganda machine operated by Musk/Trump is a fine tuned machine. And the GOP’ers are too scared to contradict it. Buttigieg would be a great counterweight! Love this idea.
They may sound crazy but it's crafted on purpose to get everyone so confused. Hopefully, tuned-out as well, so we don't see the shady stuff they do behind our backs.
Everytime I hear them talk I think it's "Opposite Day."
Plus, when they start pointing 👉fingers there's 3 more pointing back👈at them
It’s fine-tuned enough for people to keep voting for Republicans despite it being against their best interests. Also to allow Trump to get into the White House and be putting all these crazy nominees into office.
That's more about control and overwhelm than any kind of precise or nuanced psychological manipulation. It's not something we can emulate. The process by which a rose blooms to create life is far more complex than the process by which algae bloom to destroy it.
They need to do more than fact check the useless briefing. They need to track every promise and lie the R candidates made while campaigning and expose them for the ruthless and dishonest people they are.
Yes! But not just about schooling Trump. It should be about schooling both sides. I worked at the Senate. Trust me. Democrats are 49% of the corruption problem because they also never put in controls to prevent this shit show to begin with, either.
I’d vote for just going out there telling our own stories: how these hatchet jobs are affecting people, how agencies not doing the work is affecting people, what the grants used to fund etc etc.
We don’t need to fact check, debate, or get into policy weeds.
100%; Pete would be exceptional in this role! We do not need a Vichy Democratic Party...Once they vote "all no" on the maga agenda items they can have a speaking role again.
And focus on the lies that rural American’s have been fed. I live in a town with a population of 1,000 and they all praise Trump because he distracts them from policies that keeps chipping away their livelihoods. If Democrats continue to focus on identity politics. Trump wins.
I follow the @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social and they have had "what the Democrats did today" that helps a little. At least I know most are trying. But I do miss Pete.
I just missed running into Mayor Pete at a coffee shop by 15 minutes two days ago. We live in a small town, perfect for a press conferences on an all American Main Street. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social, if you're here...meet me at Higher Grounds for details!
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I don't want him to do anything that Fox News and the GOP generally can use against him (somehow)
He's our future leader in all of this, and I don't want anything to damage him.
Senate is good.
They have already turned AOC and Elizabeth Warren, Hillary and others into poison.
Schedule it right after Lyin' Leavitt spews nonsense from behind her oversized cross, like the rebuttal to the SOTU.
I agree with you 100%, but unfortunately they're never gonna do such a thing.
She is EXACTLY what you are asking for, albeit written instead of podcast
But, then again, it would just be more of a disaster every day.
Thank you for your knowledge of current & historical events. You make me calmer than most of the reporters on TV/Cable, with the exception of Lawrence O'Donnell.
Love both of you!
I totally understand how good Pete is at this....
I'm just so worried about what right-wing media would do to him. We can't have him "damaged"
it really is something the Dems must do ASAP
and not just for politics, for actual science, health info etc.
Dems need a shadow government!!!
If the strategy of the Dems is to show how bad things get under the Republicans than we are all in a world of trouble.
But then why would Biden accomplish all he did, knowing it would be destroyed when Trump got in?
Dems are beginning daily briefings on Capitol Hill, to inform and counter DISinfo (fact check the WH).
Pete Buttigeig will receive $1.9M over next 5 months to conduct briefings.
That covers him and his staff.
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This would be brilliant. Start with daily briefing from the hill and the White House, start a show with opponents, and have intelligent debate
A spokesperson is something else.
If you're a bit of an insomniac, record onto audio one of his speeches and have it playing softly in the background beside your bed. It would be interesting in finding out how long it is before you're asleep.
Please have Mayor Pete communicate to the American people every day!!!!!
He’s the one that should lead the uprising
No Democrats are leading it. They missed to boat.
If Biden had done a monthly (or bi-monthlu) "fireside chat," combined with a DNC, 50 state grassroots information/action network, the Dems would likely have won.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/07/trumps-collaborators/612250/
I mean the silence, aside from some of the younger Dems, speaks volumes.
But Vance "Europe is leaving its values" yesterday, is a perfect oppprtunity to address the bullshit.
So, it must be excruciating to suffer Dems' silence on all this.
5000 pages that have “Unfuck This”on repeat.
Never have any of these 'humbled' GOP put the blame for Trump where it belongs
Campaign later.
They could have stopped Trump from taking office after he confessed to hacking election.
They could have disrupted sham confirmations.
They could have been screaming from the rooftops or marching in the streets today.
Time after time, Democrats failed.
And where are they now?
At home editing a strongly written letter while the nation is destroyed law by law, department by department, brick by brick?
#FAFO is REAL
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Nothing? No mumbo jumbo?
Denials? Excuses? A bigger plan?
Thank you for concern, time & attention to this matter?
It doesn't fit their agenda.
of Pete might be a priority to the #BlueMagaCult but it is secondary to fighting Fascism....to me. #MetaPete 🤷♂️ #JustSaying 🤔
We still need you!!
It’s a. Great idea. I will contact my representatives and suggest it.
Contact yours.
#WeNeedPete
Why are the good people so bad at being good??? And the bad people to good at being bad?
https://bsky.app/profile/flyonsomewall.bsky.social/post/3lgdlh7fvzk23
Republicans only hear about democrats from other republicans. It’s a problem.
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@democrats-judiciary.house.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social
@democrats.org
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This!!!! Yes!!!! Do it!!!!
He would nail that role
I think we need a shadow government, not a primary in 2028. Someone needs the authority to speak for the Democratic Party.
After thinking a bit, Mayor Pete is insanely good at destroying the press, but you're right, he does speak on a higher plain.
This effort would need someone that could speak to centrists on both sides.
We don’t need someone to appeal to college-educated Democrats, like most of the people here.
@kenmartin.bsky.social
@davidhogg.bsky.social
@democrats.org
@sanders.senate.gov
@booker.senate.gov
@schiff.senate.gov
@whitehouse.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@ericswalwell.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
@repjasmine.bsky.social
Buy ads and volunteer for interviews on FOX.
Gear the social media messages to Republicans.
Mail flyers to red states with website and QR code that sends them to an easy-to-comprehend guide to what is happening.
Start postcard campaigns to red states.
If I've made mistakes I'm new to Bluesky
Take Care 🫢
@dncstaffunion.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.org
Make this happen.
Take back the narrative.
May I suggest to @petebuttigieg.bsky.social to hire you if that happens?
I've followed you for 8 years and I usually say "Damn straight" after most of your "Tweets" now posts. The times I didn't were when you were attacking Merrick Garland...I was wrong, you were spot on.
👏👏👏 please ❤️
Yes!This is a fabulous idea!Republicans have been very vocal and used any and all platforms to reach people.Democrats have been failing in this area.They need to be out there all the time, being loud and clear with the message.Repeat over and over until you're truly heard
I have been thinking about that for a while now. This idea is excellent if we make sure to repeatedly tell it to all & sundry.
Feel free to call them bozos while you do it.
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov
and Harris/Walz
#CommunicationIsKey
#TalkingPoints
#Democracy
#FactCheck
Everytime I hear them talk I think it's "Opposite Day."
Plus, when they start pointing 👉fingers there's 3 more pointing back👈at them
I agree the GOP is spineless, though.
I love the idea, too.
We don’t need to fact check, debate, or get into policy weeds.
This would be great.
Can someone please do something?
THAT'S LEADERSHIP.
THEY'VE FAILED!!
Failure FAILURE at every turn.
NEVER.