My god, Anat is so adept at distilling what is happening and what we need to be doing and saying. THANK YOU, you are so correct. I will be mindful of your words and your wisdom.
I always appreciate your analysis and advice. Thank you. I want to let the folks here know that if they know a person running for school board or thinking of running for school board, they should tell them about Democracy and Education, which has information and community for school board candidates and the folks who are helping them stand up for public education and democracy. www.democracy-education.org No dues. No fundraising. Just free resources.
I think many Republican voters care about child rape of girls, all girls but this case is clear and stark and involves SO MANY girls, powerful people and so on. Yes, they were told it was only Dems but like Elie Wiesel being deeply wounded that Bernie Madoff stole money from him, too, MAGA will be upset that “their side” was heavily involved. You can only fool people for so long!
Years ago my republican voting mother was deeply upset over the imbalance of coverage that Jon Benet Ramsey got vs. “Girl X” a black girl in Chicago who was lured into a man’s apt. over a banana and then brutalized. She was angry and she cared about this 9 year old girl.
I also think this is the knife we twist in the heart of MAGA. We don’t get to choose which issues resonate, because truthfully, this movement should have stopped the moment DJT mocked the reporter with CP (or long before that even!)
Tying the GOP Reps who voted to protect pedophiles is also a good use of billboards in rural areas. Yes we should throw a dance party and yes we need joy but we also need to hammer at this crack.
I respectfully submit that your second bullet misses a critical point by a mile. The point of "process" arguments, i.e., "criticiz[ing] the unconstitutional and illegal actions" is that it helps people see (and prove) how public officials are not "manag[ing] to legally destroy people’s lives." The actions of our public servants often are illegal because they are unconstitutional.
Article VI emphasized that our Constitution is "the supreme Law of the Land" and all legislators and "all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of" all "States" are "bound" to "support this Constitution." The Fifth Amendment emphasized that our Constitution secures more than mere "process of law." It expressly secures all the "process of law" that is "due" to any person before such person can be deprived of "life" or any "liberty" or "property." People who don't understand process, very often won't know what they are due.
I like the billboard idea. Put things blatantly in people's faces (like the three billboards movie, at least it should get some attention). Even a big one with a little girl saying ... What is Trump hiding? or which of these is really the victim? Or Who died and made him Jesus? You need to touch people's emotions to get to their inner decency. Or one asking ... Who's stealing your vote? Or Who's kidnapping your friends and neighbors? Giant pics of Alligator Aushwich showing a hurricane approaching. Public enemy posters with ICE agent's photos on them. Or grannie sitting in her wheelchair in the middle of a homeless camp because her Care facility has been closed. We can't be nice or demure about this since it is a matter of life or death. I also think a giant sign pointing to the dangers of measels and the results of no vaccines. It is not God's will that children die of preventable disease. God (if that's your belief) made it possible for man to discover vaccines.
The Regime is taking NYC to court over its sanctuary legislation going back to Bush 1. Concerned City's Corp Counsel might bend to the compromised Mayor.
Under the supervision of Rubio, the administration is destroying warehouses of contraception, originally intended to be distributed to poor countries...because of US "abortion policy ".
Before the end of Trump's term, birth control will be criminalized in many states as a form of abortion.
It sounds insane, but this is the next step in the Christian Nationalist war.
The lack of imagination on the broader Left is why we're losing.
My god, Anat is so adept at distilling what is happening and what we need to be doing and saying. THANK YOU, you are so correct. I will be mindful of your words and your wisdom.
I always appreciate your analysis and advice. Thank you. I want to let the folks here know that if they know a person running for school board or thinking of running for school board, they should tell them about Democracy and Education, which has information and community for school board candidates and the folks who are helping them stand up for public education and democracy. www.democracy-education.org No dues. No fundraising. Just free resources.
Great and important reframing of Epstein. I always add new messaging phrases to my notes after each new program. Thank you!
Excellent point. Give the victims credit & those that came forward support.
I think many Republican voters care about child rape of girls, all girls but this case is clear and stark and involves SO MANY girls, powerful people and so on. Yes, they were told it was only Dems but like Elie Wiesel being deeply wounded that Bernie Madoff stole money from him, too, MAGA will be upset that “their side” was heavily involved. You can only fool people for so long!
Years ago my republican voting mother was deeply upset over the imbalance of coverage that Jon Benet Ramsey got vs. “Girl X” a black girl in Chicago who was lured into a man’s apt. over a banana and then brutalized. She was angry and she cared about this 9 year old girl.
I also think this is the knife we twist in the heart of MAGA. We don’t get to choose which issues resonate, because truthfully, this movement should have stopped the moment DJT mocked the reporter with CP (or long before that even!)
Tying the GOP Reps who voted to protect pedophiles is also a good use of billboards in rural areas. Yes we should throw a dance party and yes we need joy but we also need to hammer at this crack.
I respectfully submit that your second bullet misses a critical point by a mile. The point of "process" arguments, i.e., "criticiz[ing] the unconstitutional and illegal actions" is that it helps people see (and prove) how public officials are not "manag[ing] to legally destroy people’s lives." The actions of our public servants often are illegal because they are unconstitutional.
Article VI emphasized that our Constitution is "the supreme Law of the Land" and all legislators and "all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of" all "States" are "bound" to "support this Constitution." The Fifth Amendment emphasized that our Constitution secures more than mere "process of law." It expressly secures all the "process of law" that is "due" to any person before such person can be deprived of "life" or any "liberty" or "property." People who don't understand process, very often won't know what they are due.
I agree about all you wrote. What Trump has done and is doing each and every day should not ever be spoken of as normal or good for anyone.
Anat is the best at new words & messages!
I like the billboard idea. Put things blatantly in people's faces (like the three billboards movie, at least it should get some attention). Even a big one with a little girl saying ... What is Trump hiding? or which of these is really the victim? Or Who died and made him Jesus? You need to touch people's emotions to get to their inner decency. Or one asking ... Who's stealing your vote? Or Who's kidnapping your friends and neighbors? Giant pics of Alligator Aushwich showing a hurricane approaching. Public enemy posters with ICE agent's photos on them. Or grannie sitting in her wheelchair in the middle of a homeless camp because her Care facility has been closed. We can't be nice or demure about this since it is a matter of life or death. I also think a giant sign pointing to the dangers of measels and the results of no vaccines. It is not God's will that children die of preventable disease. God (if that's your belief) made it possible for man to discover vaccines.
The Regime is taking NYC to court over its sanctuary legislation going back to Bush 1. Concerned City's Corp Counsel might bend to the compromised Mayor.
I’ve heard a lot about the deaths because of USAID cuts.
Under the supervision of Rubio, the administration is destroying warehouses of contraception, originally intended to be distributed to poor countries...because of US "abortion policy ".
Before the end of Trump's term, birth control will be criminalized in many states as a form of abortion.
It sounds insane, but this is the next step in the Christian Nationalist war.
The lack of imagination on the broader Left is why we're losing.