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Husband, Father, Public School Teacher, Union Leader, Proud Democrat.
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And then pulled Al Greens one at a time with statements that cover the bases and irritate Trump “Hillary won the pop vote by more than you!” When the mandate came up. “DOGE is canceling child cancer research!” after they used that boy as a prop. When kicked out, join the rally.
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Totally. Monday morning quarterbacking, here, but they should’ve coordinated with activist organizations to have an enormous rally in the mall at the same time as SOTU.
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As a strategy to run-up electoral
margins in 2026 (which will require winning swing districts), I think it’s generally sound (although, individual districts require tailor-made strategies). As a strategy to slow down the MAGA arson campaign in the meantime (which we need to do), not so much.
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Angry Dems/Libs: we were not Slotkin’s audience. Non-affiliateds were. Those guys, in all the polling, are turning on Trump, and she’s trying to keep them in our tent. We need them.
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Every Democrat walking out, to a waiting group of thousands of everyday Americans, and holding a massive demonstration against this reckless and lawless administration, would be powerful. Unfortunately, that would take some planning and coordination by Congressional and activist leadership…
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It’s time for her to become an independent who caucuses with the Democrats. Susan Collins, too.
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*moves*, not lives.
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If he actually lives to do these things (impose tariffs, buy Gaza, annex Panama, etc.), we def push back. But catastrophizing about these issues works against the project of exposing the illusory nature of his power.
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I hear that. But any of these lunatic proposals get real traction only if MAGA holds power. The perception of that power degrades when we push back on the initiatives actually being implemented, not the ones being fantasized about from the Rose Garden.
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Any eventual defection from MAGA is gravy (we don’t need to even think about persuading these guys). We need to tell the real-time stories of pain being inflicted by inept mismanagement. If we do that, we win.
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… when school districts have to fire reading specialists and special education teachers because of federal funding freezes/cuts, and IF we can get these stories to the normy masses (orchestrating local news media press coverage, picking fights on Fox, etc.), then we get there.
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We’re looking no for 50%+ 1. That will largely come not from the 30% of peeps who voted for Trump, but from the 30% of peeps who voted for the couch. When research facilities close and nurses and custodians are laid off, or when inflation grows unabated and interest rates inch upward, or…
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I get it. PA should primary him if this keeps up. But the reason Bondi is heading Justice is because of 53 Republicans, not one Democrat. When the inevitable retribution investigations roll out, *that* is the story we need to amplify.