US is not a reliable NATO partner if their are blackmailing about such a stupid petty thing right out the gate. Kindly tell us to go tuck ourselves Europe.

Keep the disinformation out, that is a bigger threat than military right bow.

Unrelated, but there was another article that showed up when i scrolled down about the Dems holding the PA House that was really interesting:

"Burns, a conservative anti-abortion Democrat, has drawn the ire of the Pennsylvania GOP for some time now, as his seat was viewed as a vulnerable blue dot in a sea of red. But he was able to maintain his seat thanks to an influx of cash ($3.4 million from the Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee) and a potent advertising blitz to keep Democrats in control of the state House.

One ad the Burns campaign ran capitalized on his conservative views, stoking anti-immigration based fear and casting Bradley as against Trump’s draconian immigration plans. “President Trump supports secure borders and putting America first. But Amy Bradley doesn’t,” the ad stated menacingly. It was a successful tactic for Burns in his otherwise deep red district."

That’s a sign to me that people aren’t as huge a fan of MAGA as one would believe and the voting base is more fluid. Not saying Dems should shift to anti-immigration / anti-abortion, but locally they should be more strategic about how they play these things. We don’t have to agree with everything a down-ticket Democrat does… if they need to adjust their positions based on local sentiment we should be open to that as long as nationally we know where we stand.

That’s what MAGA did with abortion…nationally oppose it, but claim to “give the choice to the states” to placate local fears. Localized and targeted messaging. If they don’t want student loan forgiveness, don’t run a single ad about student loan forgiveness in that state/county. If they mainly about immigration, make every ad about what the immigration bill would’ve done, that Trump/MAGA blocked it, that “BLOOD IS ON THEIR HANDS” as MAGA would put it.

Don’t give up our overall ideals but start to better recognize that everyone has different priorities and we need to build a popular movement that connects with everyone.

Every and any avenue should be explored.

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That’s why he wants Hitler’s generals instead. Much more suited to his style of governance.

It is disturbing how accurately this maps to what’s happening today…

Enjoy the holiday season. Spend time with your loved ones. Remind yourselves what keeps you going and stay strong in the coming years.

There are families in Gaza who still manage to endure, citizens of Ukraine who have endured the full strength of the Russian army, families in Sinaloa who go through cartel checkpoints taking their kids to school…

We’ll get through this. Who knows, maybe we’ll even find this to be the catalyst for the changes we always knew would need to happen to thwart the inevitable oligarchy.

You’d have to be if you don’t know what’s in store for you by now.

That or you just have a bootlicking fetish.

No disagreement there, just suggesting we additionally continue to do everything and anything to get word out to other less-savory platforms as well.

None of that will matter if things are still shit when it’s time to vote. Just like with Dems in 2024… we had every reason to blame inflation on COVID and Trump’s horrible response but many people just decide by looking at their grocery bill a couple days before heading to the polls.

We are certainly in a stronger position than woman when they had no right to vote, or black Americans during the civil rights era.

I know this is bad but we can’t be whiny bitches about it and give up the moment the scale tips in their favor.

Freedom is still a strong message that can resonate. Professionalism and sound economic policy too. I suspect they will be even more greatly appreciated by then…

Sure, fake elections are a possibility, but with overwhelming exit polling and local activists doing everything they can to provide accurate vote tallies we can at least make it abundantly clear if 2028 ends up stolen. Illegitimate power leaves MAGA exposed to a broad range of potential challenges.

Or maybe not.

But at least be ready for that moment if it comes and don’t actively discourage others from doing the same. If MAGA can fight this hard for complete bullshit nonsense from some billionaire that openly manipulates them, then we can fight harder for the rights of our children and future generations.

Well we can bend over and spread our cheeks or we can at least make it as difficult as possible and maintain whatever last rays of hope that we can. It’s the least we can do if we really are the last real American citizens.

Trump certainly didn’t roll over and apparently that pays off in surprising ways sometimes.

Do what? Reach more people than we would if we stick purely to our little safe spaces?

Yes. It’s trivially provable:

10M views:

https://x.com/tayrilivia/status/1854207409717428564

16M views:

https://x.com/RoseSensu/status/1854215333243949203

94M views:

https://x.com/BarackObama/status/1854284022731669530

Etc. Etc.

Those 2 posts have probably gotten more views than everything you and I have ever posted online combined.

Again, it’s not about being louder than Elon Musk and whatever bullshit shenanigans, it’s just about not 100% conceding the information spaces like because they aren’t fair. Nothing is going to be fair for the next 4 years, but that doesn’t mean we give up.

The goal is not to win, but to simply make it clear that counter-arguments and opposition do exist so people are not as quick to take those posts as established fact and make up their minds based on poor information.

It’s easy to feel like X is just a fascist wasteland, but guys Medhi Hasan still frequently reach millions of people. Even if we’re yelling into the firehose of BS the reach is still orders of magnitude higher than platforms like this. I still prefer here much greater, but we aren’t the ones that need to hear this stuff.

Interesting they all of a sudden have absolutely zero concerns that our “deep state” will roll in any second now to undo the election

Unfortunately, places like Instagram, X, and Facebook are where all the late-deciders get their political messages from. My wife completely non-political because she didn’t grow up in a democracy and she is constantly surprised and in disbelief when i mention what Trump is up to. She’s used to periodic meme’s about Biden causing inflation and her general takeaway is “Trump is good for economy” even though she knows he is a horrible person who cannot be taken for his word on anything… almost purely thanks to me. Sometimes she thinks I’m the one that has gone extreme and am just talking crazy until I bring the receipts.

At work, she speaks to a lot of customers who are mostly the same. If they get mobilized to vote…they are doing so off similar information avenues.

So i think we should be careful about building ALL our information around sources that are essentially preaching to the choir, and make sure to still actively post to other media even if its not the main/trusted source so it’s not just a firehose of unchecked Republican talking points.

Why look elsewhere when we have perfectly healthy children that could fill in some of the gaps?

Imagine deporting all immigrants and then waging war to bring their countries under your control. It’s just insane enough that I could see MAGA doing it.

I don’t mind the media pointing out them being blatantly-lying shitstains though.

“That includes you, moderate Republicans. Or should I say RINOs”