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Right-wing strategist and Fox News contributor Kellyanne Conway has been showing up on various programs to try out her newest line of attack messaging: Democratic politicians don’t say “thoughts ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Apr 04, 2024 at 03:15 PM PDT
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There are grassroots movements in rural America today trying to reverse the effects of conservative groups who have been flooding rural America with conservative propaganda. One such group is Rural Americans United. Rural Americans United was born in...
by Uncle Tom
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on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 03:25 PM PDT
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Democratic policies are wildly popular, yet voters don’t seem to realize it. Republicans are great at using fake outrage and scandals to distract people from their terrible policies. Meanwhile, as noted countless times here on DKos, Democrats struggle...
by voidstuff
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on Wed Feb 28, 2024 at 11:33 AM PST
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It’s time the name of the Democratic Party reflects their most salient feature … and failure. Namely, their failure to communicate or in more modern parlance, “message.” Many complain that the Dems do not tout their successes and are upset when others...
by accumbens
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on Sun Feb 25, 2024 at 12:32 PM PST
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Pick a random Democrat who regularly follows politics to talk about the party’s messaging and you’re likely to get a reply along the lines of “it sucks” together with suggestions on how to do it better. This is usually accompanied by legitimate...
by Meteor Blades
75 comments
on Sun Feb 04, 2024 at 08:00 AM PST
with 150 Recommends
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Four of the five worst stock market crashes in the last 100 years happened under a Republican President: Hoover, Reagan, Bush, Jr. and Trump (the fifth was under Clinton, after a GOP Congress slashed financial regulations). And whatever happened to...
by Chris Conrad
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on Tue Jan 23, 2024 at 12:47 PM PST
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Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel went on Fox Business on Monday and gave some advice to Republicans about how to manage their wildly unpopular abortion positions ahead of next year’s elections. Or at least, she tried to do that. The...
by Walter Einenkel
119 comments
on Wed Dec 20, 2023 at 08:16 AM PST
with 222 Recommends
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Today was an UNBELIEVABLY great day of economic news for our nation: - The Dow hit its ALL-TIME high. Like the highest. Ever. In the history of stocks. - Retail sales beat expectations (which brings a lot of economic Holiday cheer) - The Fed indicated...
by TheMFer
53 comments
on Thu Dec 14, 2023 at 05:01 PM PST
with 27 Recommends
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Republicans are used to hearing their messages in short easy to repeat messaging. Too much Fox news and the Donnie. So here's the message: People may not like abortions but they absolutely FUCKING hate the thought of losing the right to make their own...
by rnmihayden
8 comments
on Fri Nov 10, 2023 at 07:07 AM PST
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Earlier this fall, President Joe Biden's reelection campaign poured millions of early advertising dollars into a handful of swing states in what seemed like a smart effort to gain an early edge in the 2024 presidential race. The combination of TV and...
by Kerry Eleveld
67 comments
on Wed Nov 08, 2023 at 08:35 AM PST
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Tom Sullivan, over at Digby’s Place, points us to this magnificent YouTube video featuring Anand Giridharades who tells us how to frame our story to win the day. His summation comes in the last four minutes. Here is my (edited for meaning, changing...
by wruckusgroink
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on Sat Nov 04, 2023 at 11:27 AM PDT
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What’s the plan, then? If it’s to be Joe Biden (and we do like him!), WHAT’s THE NEW PLAN that’s going to vault him up and over the unthinkable Trump alternative? Because the present profile of the past three years isn’t working very well. ( Trump...
by KKwriter
88 comments
on Wed Nov 01, 2023 at 04:36 PM PDT
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...to paraphrase an old democratic meme. And speaking of democratic messaging, this is something we have GOT TO GET RIGHT, finally. Which is not to say Democrats haven’t tried, but which is to say, not hard enough. And don’t let the progressive bubble...
by StellaRay
23 comments
on Thu Oct 26, 2023 at 09:20 PM PDT
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Stump speech, any district, 2024 "My friends, as Americans, we have always differed in our views of how this great country should be governed.. “Some think the well-off should pay more to support those less fortunate, others feel differently. Some...
by Crashing Vor
93 comments
on Wed Oct 04, 2023 at 06:36 AM PDT
with 208 Recommends
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Mass-market messaging is all about repetition and consistency—telling the same story over and over till it finally sinks in with a media-deluged public. It’s the principle behind the famous “Rule of 7” in advertising (your audience has to hear your...
by MatthewSmith
180 comments
on Mon Oct 02, 2023 at 06:52 PM PDT
with 277 Recommends
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On Thursday, House Republicans were unable to get themselves together and agree to debate a military funding bill, to say nothing of a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown. Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press...
by Walter Einenkel
125 comments
on Thu Sep 21, 2023 at 01:10 PM PDT
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We all like Joe. And agree he’s accomplished a good legislative agenda: climate bills, Chips act for technology, IRA act to reduce inflation and help fund alternate energy, the infrastructure bill, on and on. And yet his approval remains low and he’s...
by KKwriter
36 comments
on Tue Sep 05, 2023 at 06:04 PM PDT
with 11 Recommends
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Let’s get some things out of the way right off the bat. I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 in Massachusetts After voting for Bill Bradley in the Democratic Primary And Al Gore was trying to be Bill 2.0 Had Al been more vocally pro-climate he would have...
by Peter Olandt
40 comments
on Wed Aug 30, 2023 at 10:57 PM PDT
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This is not entirely in the wheelhouse of this newsletter, but, well, it involves words so close enough. � Noah Berlatsky has a typically interesting post on how messaging works. �The takeaway is, ...
by angryea
5 comments
on Mon Aug 28, 2023 at 05:00 AM PDT
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While eight R candidates got ready for last night’s, um, debate? Slangfest? Whine and cheesy anti-wokeness? Nine of the 19 indicted conspirators in Georgia have turned themselves in, and Trump is scheduled to do so today. I hope none of you engaged in...
by Mokurai
69 comments
on Thu Aug 24, 2023 at 04:00 AM PDT
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