Trump may not be headed to next week's Republican debate, but Democrats will be there
Source: NBC News
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump still hasn't said whether he will show up for the first Republican primary debate in Milwaukee next week, but Democrats plan to be there and talk about the former president either way. President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign will have a significant presence on the ground and on the airwaves, according to plans top officials shared exclusively with NBC News.
The Democrats' message will be simple: Regardless of whether Trump participates, the rest of the GOP field has already embraced his worldview. In a statement, campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodriguez said she believes the showdown “will put on display just how extreme and out of touch the Republican candidates are with the American people.” “The 2024 Republican primary is a race for the MAGA base, not an effort to earn the support of the voters they’ll need to win in November 2024 — and our campaign will be making that stark contrast and the important choice before voters very clear,” Chávez Rodriguez said.
Contested primaries to challenge sitting presidents give the party that is out of power more airtime to go on the attack against an incumbent. While the Republicans on Wednesday night's debate stage will be competing against one another, it's likely that most of their criticism will be focused on Biden. Letting the criticism go unanswered, particularly in an important swing state like Wisconsin, risks letting the Republicans make their case without pushback.
On Wednesday, the day of the debate, Biden's team will start running its third major paid media buy of the re-election cycle in key battleground states, including the first ads targeting Hispanic and Black media, the campaign said. In addition, Biden campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond and DNC Chair Jamie Harrison will be in Milwaukee to speak directly with the media.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-biden-republican-debate-rcna100289
This is Democratic Party "messaging". I repeat "This is Democratic Party 'messaging'". Don't say we are not "messaging".
I've been seeing Democratic party super PAC ads on MSNBC here in Philly on Comcast (from Future Forward PAC) the past couple days that I have been watching and also saw one that included an Emily's List affiliated ad with Forward PAC.
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And I have heard Biden use that phrase "extreme MAGA Republicans" - and he has been doing it for some time. I remember when he initially broached that when he gave that evening speech here in Philly at Independence Hall in September 2022.
We are "messaging" but the media refuses to report it or they'll report it and bury the story among dozens of other links. 
However they decided to follow Turtle's exhortation during that term -
which has been focusing on the "economics" messaging -
1.) Jobs for Americans ( "insource" vs "outsource" )
>Infrastructure bill
>CHIPS bill
2.) Focus on well being of working/middle class families
> push for fair tax reform
> reduce costs of everyday things (prescription drugs, get rid of "junk fees" )
> student loan forgiveness
> encourage development of training/apprenticeship programs & partnerships with labor organizations and others
> public housing reforms that remove barriers
And then other subjects have been broached through various events and have also been showing up as ads on TV as well as reforms enacted (including revisions of Rules) -
3.) Clean energy/climate
> transition away from fossil fuels for transportation and move to EV (IRA)
> protect environment including clean air/water (e.g., Rules for dealing with PFAS in drinking water, etc)
> set aside land for nature and not development/mining
4.) Immigration Reform
> infrastructure for and mechanism to enable a streamlined process for applying for asylum/entry/citizenship
And then the big subjects of Roe, Voting Rights, Gun control...
5.) Health and well-being
> preservation of healthcare for all who need it without artificial ideological restrictions
(this covers women/choice, LGBTQ+/gender-affirming, low income/seniors, disabled/differently-abled, vets)
> lowering the costs of healthcare
> addressing the growing lack of facilities providing healthcare in both rural and urban areas (including maternity)
> addressing working conditions for safety (including climate-change induced heat mitigation)
6.) Defending Democracy
> ensuring the right to the franchise is not hindered - make it easier to vote not harder
7.) Gun Control
> continue to enact common sense gun reform including an AWB
> remove loopholes that allow untraceable firearms like "ghost guns" (weapons assembled from individual parts)
> safety in schools
8.) Education
> strategize ways to provide a high quality education despite the divisive rhetoric that has trashed the system
This is just off the top of my head and since I'm a newsy, I try to dig for and post articles that update what the administration is doing. You have the VP out doing events along with the various Cabinet Secretaries.
(can you tell I used to be a fed? 
)
at least for that aspect that is being pushed at the moment.
WaPo had an article on 8/12/23 that mentioned "5 pillars" -
By Jeff Stein
August 12, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
President Biden has defined “Bidenomics” as encompassing almost everything good in the U.S. economy — falling unemployment, robust wage growth, new small business creation. And he’s planning to make the concept central to his bid for a second term.
(snip)
Since taking office, the president has pushed through dozens of changes and personnel appointments that have upended everything from how workers unionize to how large corporations merge. Biden and his aides have sought to revive domestic manufacturing through a clean energy boom, while also trying — with mixed success — to expand the federal safety net.
Biden’s advisers say the president wants an attempt to move beyond the “trickle-down economics” that defined the last four decades in Washington. Biden frequently says past administrations focused on tax breaks for rich people and corporations, but that he aims instead for “growing the economy from the bottom up and middle out.”
The underlying idea is that new government investment “crowds in” additional investments from private companies, a break from past belief that constraining the public sector would free the private sector to grow more. The result is a federal government that intervenes directly much more than it’s done in decades — to boost unions, block corporate monopolies, and spur economic and industrial growth, among other goals.
(snip)
Run the economy hot
(snip)
Make unions stronger
(snip)
Revive domestic manufacturing through green energy
(snip)
Rein in corporate power
(snip)
Expand the safety net
(snip)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/12/biden-economic-plan-pillars-impact/
Although would definitely throw is Save the planet and Curb gun death
Think everyone has changed. Can't listen to more than a couple sentences 
attention span shortened!
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