You are so right Mike! I have been baffled by the failure of Dems to scream from the hilltops that Repubs are lying, this is NOT about getting health care for illegals but it IS about preventing Obamacare premiums from becoming sky high eff. 2026 as they currently scheduled to do.
Basically I agree with you, Mike. But we have three real problems here.
The Republicans don’t mind about lying, deceiving, and leading people on.
The Democratic Party refuses to play hardball. The closest we have to it is Gavin Newsom.
The MAGAtous base only cares about being told to believe everything they already think. But at this point, it’s impossible to tell the difference between people who are simply incredibly ignorant, paid liars, people lost in the cult, or watch-it-all-burn psychopaths.
I don’t have an answer to this, maybe the only way they will learn is if it does all burn and it hurts them terribly. But even then, I’m not sure anything will get through. A million or more deaths from COVID was not enough to get through to them..
I am pissed too. Every time I hear Hakeem speak I yell "get mad" I want to hear you have some passion! The REASONS are all there! RIGHT is there. Sad to say, the most passion I get from the Democrats is when they are (daily) asking me for MORE money.
I understand that “narrative dominance” is important. But grassroots messengers are not a footnote, they're the headline.
Narrative dominance isn’t built on a thousand press hits from leaders. It’s built on a million conversations between ordinary people. That’s the infrastructure Democrats already have, if we choose to use it.
What we need are the tools (video clips, frames, one-liners). Give those to grassroots messengers, neighbors, coworkers, family members, and then let us be.
The October 18, 2025 protest is drawing nigh. I made a batch of 126 protest signs for you and your group. Please share, restack, copy and paste the link. Have a printing company do these for you! Subscribe for updates. Here they are:
We have to find ways to stop the insanity that’s rampant in our country. I wish for the America I found as an immigrant child joining my mother in America. Please keep speaking truth. It is very important. There are so many people with their heads up their asses touting the benefits of this Trump presidency.
This regime starting with Donald Trump and the Republicans are doing NOTHING but hurting and harming every single American. And everyone in America, including MAGA supporters must hear this loud and clear also, no matter what they believe. Everyone is getting burned and the house is already on fire and fire was started by Trump and the Republicans and the Billionaires and the Roberts 6.
It’s surprising you working with the Democratic Party and not have heard the term “narrative dominance.” That’s what the Republican Party has done for decades and Democrats have failed to meet the moment. If people hold Democrats responsible for the shut down, when it’s ALWAYS been on the party in control, then Democrats don’t deserve to ever be in power!
The problem is still that the Democratic Party is infected by Neoliberalism.
The Democratic establishment is conflicted (at best) about doing what desperately needs to be done, which is to raise funds to do the stuff that needs to get done. We raise those funds by reworking our grotesquely unfair tax system. Jeff Bezos is reported to pay a tax rate of around 1.2% A 10% tax on wealth would do a lot!
Once Democrats have gotten themselves comfortable answering the Obvious Question ("how are you going to pay for all these programs?") I think they will find the answers come easily. What needs to be rebalanced? Equitable wages, decent medical care for all, good education, affordable housing, great public transportation, free energy from the sun. t
But, first, the status quo guys like Schumer and Jeffries and too many others, have to wean themselves off of the "neoliberal" addiction to Big Money.
People still seem to be operating under the delusion the New Democrats are at all interested in preventing that spending bill from going through, ignoring 30+ years of their participation in the exact same neoliberal economics cult that's responsible for it. Here's a fact: The fundamental tenet of neoliberalism is the elimination of ALL government functions not required for the protection of private property.
Ask yourself why, if the Democrats are serious about anything other than yet another piece of political performance art that will hopefully make them look good while not really accomplishing much of anything for the masses, they opted to focus not on the gutting of SNAP and its attendant programs but instead the program the financial benefit of which GOES TO INSURANCE COMPANIES.
When this whole bit of theater was starting, the entire narrative was about retaining the ACA subsidies and credits. It didn't even include the rest of Medicaid. Someone on somebody's social media staff must have seen that point being mentioned more times than was comfortable so lately the story is they're trying to refund Medicaid, too.
Yes, the Republicans are good at manipulating their base—hell, they've had Frank Luntz on their payroll for decades. But make no mistake. The Democrats are just as good at manipulating their base; it's just that their base consists of PMC liberals so deeply convinced they on the side of the angels they're incapable of critically analyzing the actual message within all that platitudinous rhubarb they're handed.
A lot of folks, e.g., federal workers, have real skin in this fight and are trusting the Dems with their livelyhoods here. If Dems fail to deliver or lose the narrative battle, it'll be time for everyone to rise up and demand leadership resignations.
We're fighting for a shutdown while goons are arresting and harassing and purposely throwing citizens on the ground, arresting everyone. This is I fear the start of our 2nd civil war. At least we can ID them with their black bandanas tied around their mouths - dammn I'm mad as hell.
"They want to give health insurance to Illegal immigrants..."
You know ICE would be using the health insurance info to pick up "illegals" like they do with court hearings, if any of this he said was true.
You are so right Mike! I have been baffled by the failure of Dems to scream from the hilltops that Repubs are lying, this is NOT about getting health care for illegals but it IS about preventing Obamacare premiums from becoming sky high eff. 2026 as they currently scheduled to do.
Basically I agree with you, Mike. But we have three real problems here.
The Republicans don’t mind about lying, deceiving, and leading people on.
The Democratic Party refuses to play hardball. The closest we have to it is Gavin Newsom.
The MAGAtous base only cares about being told to believe everything they already think. But at this point, it’s impossible to tell the difference between people who are simply incredibly ignorant, paid liars, people lost in the cult, or watch-it-all-burn psychopaths.
I don’t have an answer to this, maybe the only way they will learn is if it does all burn and it hurts them terribly. But even then, I’m not sure anything will get through. A million or more deaths from COVID was not enough to get through to them..
I respect Schumer & Jeffries, but I feel we need an aggressive response team…Pete Buttegieg for example…
I am pissed too. Every time I hear Hakeem speak I yell "get mad" I want to hear you have some passion! The REASONS are all there! RIGHT is there. Sad to say, the most passion I get from the Democrats is when they are (daily) asking me for MORE money.
I understand that “narrative dominance” is important. But grassroots messengers are not a footnote, they're the headline.
Narrative dominance isn’t built on a thousand press hits from leaders. It’s built on a million conversations between ordinary people. That’s the infrastructure Democrats already have, if we choose to use it.
What we need are the tools (video clips, frames, one-liners). Give those to grassroots messengers, neighbors, coworkers, family members, and then let us be.
The October 18, 2025 protest is drawing nigh. I made a batch of 126 protest signs for you and your group. Please share, restack, copy and paste the link. Have a printing company do these for you! Subscribe for updates. Here they are:
http://bit.ly/483Qrd4
We have to find ways to stop the insanity that’s rampant in our country. I wish for the America I found as an immigrant child joining my mother in America. Please keep speaking truth. It is very important. There are so many people with their heads up their asses touting the benefits of this Trump presidency.
This regime starting with Donald Trump and the Republicans are doing NOTHING but hurting and harming every single American. And everyone in America, including MAGA supporters must hear this loud and clear also, no matter what they believe. Everyone is getting burned and the house is already on fire and fire was started by Trump and the Republicans and the Billionaires and the Roberts 6.
It’s surprising you working with the Democratic Party and not have heard the term “narrative dominance.” That’s what the Republican Party has done for decades and Democrats have failed to meet the moment. If people hold Democrats responsible for the shut down, when it’s ALWAYS been on the party in control, then Democrats don’t deserve to ever be in power!
Obviously I was familiar with the concept, just not the term itself
So, what IS the narrative?
The problem is still that the Democratic Party is infected by Neoliberalism.
The Democratic establishment is conflicted (at best) about doing what desperately needs to be done, which is to raise funds to do the stuff that needs to get done. We raise those funds by reworking our grotesquely unfair tax system. Jeff Bezos is reported to pay a tax rate of around 1.2% A 10% tax on wealth would do a lot!
Once Democrats have gotten themselves comfortable answering the Obvious Question ("how are you going to pay for all these programs?") I think they will find the answers come easily. What needs to be rebalanced? Equitable wages, decent medical care for all, good education, affordable housing, great public transportation, free energy from the sun. t
But, first, the status quo guys like Schumer and Jeffries and too many others, have to wean themselves off of the "neoliberal" addiction to Big Money.
People still seem to be operating under the delusion the New Democrats are at all interested in preventing that spending bill from going through, ignoring 30+ years of their participation in the exact same neoliberal economics cult that's responsible for it. Here's a fact: The fundamental tenet of neoliberalism is the elimination of ALL government functions not required for the protection of private property.
Ask yourself why, if the Democrats are serious about anything other than yet another piece of political performance art that will hopefully make them look good while not really accomplishing much of anything for the masses, they opted to focus not on the gutting of SNAP and its attendant programs but instead the program the financial benefit of which GOES TO INSURANCE COMPANIES.
When this whole bit of theater was starting, the entire narrative was about retaining the ACA subsidies and credits. It didn't even include the rest of Medicaid. Someone on somebody's social media staff must have seen that point being mentioned more times than was comfortable so lately the story is they're trying to refund Medicaid, too.
Yes, the Republicans are good at manipulating their base—hell, they've had Frank Luntz on their payroll for decades. But make no mistake. The Democrats are just as good at manipulating their base; it's just that their base consists of PMC liberals so deeply convinced they on the side of the angels they're incapable of critically analyzing the actual message within all that platitudinous rhubarb they're handed.
A lot of folks, e.g., federal workers, have real skin in this fight and are trusting the Dems with their livelyhoods here. If Dems fail to deliver or lose the narrative battle, it'll be time for everyone to rise up and demand leadership resignations.
We're fighting for a shutdown while goons are arresting and harassing and purposely throwing citizens on the ground, arresting everyone. This is I fear the start of our 2nd civil war. At least we can ID them with their black bandanas tied around their mouths - dammn I'm mad as hell.
How do we get the message into the Republican sphere? Start accounts in right wing social media?
Check HUD.gov website for disgusting message. What is Dem response to this?? How can it possibly be legal???
Yeah I saw that. bullshit
Go to website feedback and respond.
Done
done
That is some 🦇💩crazy propaganda on HUD website!