Battle Plans for the Left -- It's Our Country, Too

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Wednesday December 07, 2016 · 1:43 PM PST

2016/12/07 · 13:43

I’ve also read Kos’s cathartic purge from November 30th, “Yes, I’m angry . . .” www.dailykos.com/...

and Stormkrow’s clarion blog piece, “It’s time for all out War . . .” www.dailykos.com/...

and I have a bit more to add to these thoughts as we develop a strategy to fight back.

There are at least two other things we must do here on Daily Kos and elsewhere:

(1) Profile and promote young, progressive candidates at every government level on this website. We need a portion of the Daily Kos website devoted to this. We must take back the statehouses. And we must start now.

(2) Demand that the press be more vigilant investigators and defenders of truth. We can condemn the lower/middle class, blue-collar workers all we want. But, they have legitimate concerns. The real problem is that they are overly influenced by sources of misinformation — misinformation that skews their view of the world — especially their view of the progressive agenda. We have witnessed the fact-free environment that permeates Fox News and which even contaminates other parts of the media (including its crippling penchant for false equivalencies — for example, Hillary’s emails vs. Trump’s outright racism). We must demand (and provide) a countervailing voice that is loud enough to neutralize the Hannitys and O’Reillys of the media. We have allowed the right to set the agenda and dominate the conversation for too long.

Republicans' Worst Nightmare

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Tuesday February 16, 2016 · 8:47 AM PST

2016/02/16 · 08:47

The Republicans ought to be careful what they wish for. Imagine this scenario:

The Republican-controlled Senate succeeds in blocking any Supreme Court nominee by President Obama for the remainder of his term in office. The vacancy left by Justice Scalia’s death remains unfilled throughout that time. Republicans are gleeful.

Then, one of the two Democratic candidates for president wins the election in November. And in the first month in office, the new Democratic president announces his/her nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. And it is . . . . . . . (you guessed it) Barack Obama.

Seem unlikely? I believe President Obama has commented that a Supreme Court appointment is one post-presidency job that he would consider. And even if the Republicans hold onto control of the Senate, how could they not confirm Obama? His credentials are unassailable: former state senator, former U.S. senator, former two-term president, president of the Harvard Law Review.

Of course, if the Republicans wouldn’t confirm President Obama for the Court, the new president could always nominate . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Clinton.

Dems’ Historic Opportunity

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 · 10:48 AM PDT

2008/09/24 · 10:48

The financial crisis on Wall Street and the impending bailout look to many like a tragedy slowly unfolding. The Bush Administration’s rush to pass legislation bailing out the financial markets has the Democrats scrambling to figure out how much of the proposal they can accept and what concessions will make it palatable to the American taxpayer.

But, what if the Democrats viewed it differently – as an opportunity?

And I mean an opportunity not just to plug the hole in the dike. But, an opportunity to reform the financial markets by returning to sound, appropriate regulation. What a concept!

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