I worry about disinformation operations, election shenanigans, and all the rest, but the thing we really have to worry about is making an excellent case to American voters, including some Trump voters, in enough numbers to beat the Electoral College and win the Senate
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The short-term reality is that we have to win elections in an environment where there is a built in structural 3% handicap against us, and an incredibly effective propaganda machine that makes many people unreachable. It is incredibly frustrating and unfair, but that's the truth
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I understand the temptation to say "screw it" and run left. Why must *we* always be the ones to compromise? Doesn't that reward the bullying? If anyone running on democratic socialism wins a Republican CD, in any state, I promise to hoist the red flag. But I don't think it works
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In return, I ask people to look at evidence, not their feelings, and if bold, unapologetic progressivism doesn't win us power, grit their teeth and make common cause with the candidates who can actually win.
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Also, I can't overstress the importance of volunteering on any campaign, anywhere in the US, that talks to a variety of voters on both sides of the ideological chasm. I promise you it will be fascinating and unsettling, because you'll come out understanding less than you started
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@mattblaze's advice and volunteer to be an election monitor! You'll unlearn a lot about elections, too! Democracy is way weirder than it seemsShow this thread
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Bathe them in welfare checks
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Fairness doctrine is far from a cure-all but it's a start. The Fox News Cinematic Universe isn't something that can be worked around, it needs to be confronted on a legal, policy and procedural level.
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Fairness Doctrine only ever applied — constitutionally only ever *could* apply — to broadcasting. Fox News is not a broadcaster; FD would not have applied to them regardless. It would apply to Limbaugh.
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On the Fox/Hannity set, this is only half-serious, but why don't we just wait for them to die?pic.twitter.com/dNBk1Jmhke
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here to work on this if you find good outlets for it
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