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ReadItnWeep

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28. Really smart idea!
Wed Mar 19, 2025, 10:46 PM
Mar 2025

I really like your idea! It's well thought out and hits all the main points that should keep it fresh, informative, but most importantly something that ought to get media coverage!
I think it's also important to have it mostly focused on the facts. If there are too many rips on the "insanity, immorality, greediness and idiocy" (even though all that applies) then it will all come across as opinion. And I am talking about no insults just for this daily briefing. Jasmine Crockett and Raskin and AOC and the rest should absolutely keep doing what they're doing everywhere and every day!
One more thing that they can say each and every time is something along the lines of: Republicans hold the majority in both houses right now. There is no reason for the laws to be broken, as Musk and Trump are doing. We welcome the house to come and do the work the way it's been done for the last 200 years, legally. It *is* time to reevaluate these various agencies to make sure that the programs still reflect what's most important to today's people. We have no objection to working on this together, thoughtfully and lawfully. So that the changes do not harm this country and its citizens unnecessarily, or worse irreversibly.

I know there's not a whole lot of things the dems can do, but I wish they'd be a little smarter and do something like this!

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I am now of the mind that the average Dem politician is just senseandsensibility Mar 2025 #1
Yes. Immersed in the beltway bubble... pat_k Mar 2025 #5
Jeff Jackson, NC's (newly elected) progressive dem AG. He's really good at plain speaking. ms liberty Mar 2025 #10
AGs are stepping up for sure, and I need to check out Jackson. pat_k Mar 2025 #19
Not only that DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #12
Yes, you've hit on another essential problem in the party. pat_k Mar 2025 #21
You're not hearing it because Republicans OWN the majority of media in America. live love laugh Mar 2025 #2
While that is true pat_k Mar 2025 #3
If you hear a democratic pol on a lefty podcast, you'll hear what you're asking for unblock Mar 2025 #6
I've heard a lot of simple statements that... pat_k Mar 2025 #7
The msm always creates that sort of framing unblock Mar 2025 #11
The whole "he said, she said"... pat_k Mar 2025 #25
Agreed. First and foremost, we need to revamp our media strategy unblock Mar 2025 #29
I think more and more of our "old dog" electeds are learning new tricks. pat_k Mar 2025 #30
I totally agree with your ideas on messaging. Republicans have used "license plate language" for a decades. live love laugh Mar 2025 #33
Exactly ReadItnWeep Mar 2025 #17
From a post above... pat_k Mar 2025 #26
Really smart idea! ReadItnWeep Mar 2025 #28
Perfect capper! pat_k Mar 2025 #31
Oh, and a follow up. Thought I should mention... pat_k Mar 2025 #32
Yup DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #13
Totally agree Krazy_Kat Mar 2025 #4
I made my wife remove DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #22
This turns my stomach. pat_k Mar 2025 #24
Also constantly bring up how he is a convicted felon (34 times over) Sanity Claws Mar 2025 #8
While that is true, the Americans we must reach pat_k Mar 2025 #16
Sure. But what media will carry these simple messages. ancianita Mar 2025 #9
The only reason DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #14
Their are ways to get attention even in our current pat_k Mar 2025 #34
kick Demovictory9 Mar 2025 #15
what some deride as sound bites is normal talking styles by most people. get to the point asap msongs Mar 2025 #18
Absolutely! pat_k Mar 2025 #27
I've been saying it simply since this whole thing started back when the jerk took office NJCher Mar 2025 #20
It is. However, I think that is heard as... pat_k Mar 2025 #23
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