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We'll see. I think too many voters still huff MSNBC as their lifeline, and that's not a solution. What is going to be needed is something bigger. We need to flush a lot of the norm-loving Get-Along Gang inside the party and most of all finally, finally start investing in new actually liberal media platforms a la Fox. We've been decades behind on the media war for a long time now and it's wrought a generation of more bigoted, more misogynistic and more intellectually lazy or reactionary youth, along with making many of the rest of us dumber as well.

Too many Dems hate promoting liberal policy achievements, love to preach bipartisanship and then still go hat in hand to Beltway media expecting fair play and honest reportage like these are the days of Tip O'Neill. They're not. The only way through is to revolutionize how we operate to promote ourselves to the public, and stop being bullied by either extreme flank. And while I understand that making the sausage and grinding out the hard work will always be important and it will always be a big tent, I'm done with the institutionalists in the party who don't want to rock the boat with media or systemically inside Congress. We tried it their way and we're staring down the barrel of Germany in the '30s: Now with TikTok.

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At the moment for professional reasons, I can't avoid hearing about them. I'm not surprised because Trump always caves in to his base instinct. There's some people out there are saying this is some of strategic move from Trump to nominate the most outrageous choices to see if the Republicans in Congress will refuse to for them. The "What will the Republicans do to stop Trump" mantra is going to ramp up again.

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Glad I've never had any use for RSW.  I did have sympathy in the past for some of what was said about Freddie Smith but clearly people knew more about him than I did.

https://bsky.app/profile/chipturner.bsky.social/post/3lawb572wok2v

I unfollowed Freddie Smith and it looks like Robert Scott Wilson liked his post so I unfollowed him, too, on IG. anyone that helped Cheeto get elected I want no part of.

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Today I got reminded how unexpected the mourning process can be... Youtube just started playing a Kamala Harris rally clip...  and soon... I was sobbing. I thought I had moved passed it emotionally, but no... the pain is still there. Still terribly disgusted about what happened. I am disappointed in what a portion (and I say this, because I know a huge part of the people are not THAT) of the American people picked. Years ago I planned and wanted to visit USA, it was a childhood dream of mine inspired by the Hollywood movies of course... now... I hope nobody gets offended... I won't come even if someone pays me. At least in the nearest future. 

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