The way to make the economic tie is to draw through line not compare spending on one thing to another.
"From Epstein to ICE assaults to war in Iran, the MAGA Murder Regime is destroying our lives, assaulting and murdering here and abroad while robbing us of all our families' need."
We must reckon with our "great man" theory of progress. Liberation comes from empowering collective groups to challenge entrenched domination.
It is absolutely not enough to merely block DHS increases. We must liquidate it and the rest of the MAGA Murder Bill, tax kickbacks for billionaires & all. And give our money back to us - for our health, our schools, our communities & our lives.
Pro-tip: If you want people to very easily understand why you're voting hell to the fuck no on funding, call it something ear-catching, focused on harms caused, and accurate: #MAGAMurderBill
No Money for Murder
No Funding for Fascism
No Payouts for Pedophiles
In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
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Many maskers haven’t been sick in years.
Respirators are pretty amazing.
In our short existence, The Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation has issued 58 grants providing healthier indoor air to 30,000 ppl.
The Foundation aims to substantially increase these benefits to under-resourced schools over the next several months.
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A map image from the Flight Radar 24 service shows the flight track of a NOAA P-3 Orion aircraft flying over the Caribbean Sea, where Hurricane Melissa threatens to bring catastrophic rain and flooding to Jamaica and Haiti. Most other aircraft appear to be steering clear of the area.
NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
Fixed link: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Option B: If you want to flip a frame, contest a narrative, put out an entirely different, highly provocative, media-worthy alternative that your core supporters want to spread on social & in real life.
“Voters were struggling with an affordability crisis but had given up hope a mayor could do anything about it. Zohran wasn’t scared of naming villains and proposing solutions.” Morris Katz #Persuasion2025
“There’s no polling [based stance to take] on genocide. Either you’re against it, or you’re one of the bad guys.” @bhavik.bsky.social #Persuasion2025
"There’s a concerted effort... to make sure that Democrats just focus on raising more corporate money, to engage in the failed strategy of then spending a ton of that money on mail and TV at the very last minute." Rep @gregcasar.bsky.social #Persuasion2025
"The thing Mamdani is doing, people think he cares about them. They’ll forgive him the other stuff. The reason they like Trump? They think Trump’s on their side... Democrats can say the right words but if they don't feel it, people don’t believe them.” @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social #Persuasion2025
"You say to voters, fire, fire, the house is on fire, this is a fascist threat. But then you refuse to go into the building with an extinguisher and pull them out, they are left either thinking you’re lying… or you don’t give a shit about them." @anatosaurus.bsky.social #Persuasion2025
Sen. Van Hollen on Kilmar Abrego Garcia: “There were a lot of pollsters and pundits who said I shouldn’t go because we shouldn’t talk about immigration... It’s a false choice to say we have to only talk about the price of eggs and we can’t talk about the assaults on our freedoms.” #Persuasion2025
The core of the argument that ran through the whole day was the need move past defensive politics into a compelling vision that speaks to people’s real lives. Affordability. Security. Stability. As Graham Platner said during the event, “the big things.” And the opposite of what Trump is delivering.
Our inaugural #Persuasion2025 DC event has drawn praise and stirred up opinions across DC. We partnered with the ad testing platform Swayable and invited a spectrum of voices to join us for a day of new thinking and finding a path forward. A 🧵, and stay tuned for clips and session video.
If every candidate is meant to run on their own "heterodox" positions, praised for running against the party agenda, then there is no party agenda against which to run. Also, there's no overarching story to tell - and barriers to low info, votes based on brand, voters to reach.
Magnetism is notion that if you want people to come to your cause, be attractive. This requires having a cause. It also means having a polarity that distinguishes you from opposition. You meet people at the place of their broadly shared values, not their podcast-promoted prejudices.
For the House - this means zero Dem votes for the CR.
For the Senate - it means zero Dem votes for cloture and force Republicans to bust the filibuster.
Put this entirely on MAGA to pass.
Everyday the regime crosses yet another line. Time to say
No financing for fascism.
No dollars for dictators.
No payouts for pedophile protectors.
Thrilled to see growing consensus that Dems must step up in the Continuing Resolution fight. Key to doing so? Refuse to frame this as "shutting down government." Instead, call it what it is - refusing to be an accomplice to turning the government into a weapon against the American people.
In 2024, abortion beat the Democrat on the ballot in Florida (+14), Arizona (+15), Missouri (+11), Nevada (+16). In 2022, it gave us a "blue undertow" that staved off the full red wave.
Congratulations to #UCANR climate scientist & communicator Daniel Swain for being named to the 2025 #Grist50! 👏
He helps the public understand extreme weather and climate change in real time through Weather West, YouTube, and media insights. @weatherwest.bsky.social
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Messaging fascist power grabs as "distraction" fails to recognize politics is a shouting match not a soliloquy. Pivot to "but our prices" means you're not going to be heard. Further, you have to prove not just Trump's hurting you, but that Dems would fight back.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/p...
UPDATE: Lisa Cook says she's not going anywhere and Trump's bid to fire her is baseless. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
