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Completely agree. There’s definitely agency on the Dems side to shift the conversation and if it’s not shifting, they should be more combative with the media to keep drawing attention to it.
January 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Completely agree. There’s definitely agency on the Dems side to shift the conversation and if it’s not shifting, they should be more combative with the media to keep drawing attention to it.
Agreed. They were also definitely not going to learn about democracy within the 6 months after Harris became the nominee.
January 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Agreed. They were also definitely not going to learn about democracy within the 6 months after Harris became the nominee.
From this NYT article, it wasn’t until two weeks before the election that they were running ads explicitly calling Trump a fascist. Everything flows from this simple fact so start with it. You can’t be like, “oh also he’s a fascist.” That’s bad messaging strategy. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/u...
Harris Campaign Uses John Kelly’s Words in Stark New Ads (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:22 PM
From this NYT article, it wasn’t until two weeks before the election that they were running ads explicitly calling Trump a fascist. Everything flows from this simple fact so start with it. You can’t be like, “oh also he’s a fascist.” That’s bad messaging strategy. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/u...
Did Dems really attempt to run a focused campaign on protecting democracy though? I feel like it was pretty scattered. There was not a relentless, focused message saying, “Trump is a criminal. He will violate laws to enrich his friends. He will not help regular people like you.”
January 20, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Did Dems really attempt to run a focused campaign on protecting democracy though? I feel like it was pretty scattered. There was not a relentless, focused message saying, “Trump is a criminal. He will violate laws to enrich his friends. He will not help regular people like you.”
That is the biggest problem, by far. It is not their job to let Trump ramble — he does that all the time! He talks all. the. time.
But if you are a reporter/news org and you get him in a room, you cannot just let him talk and then brag about how many words he says. He’s a documented liar
But if you are a reporter/news org and you get him in a room, you cannot just let him talk and then brag about how many words he says. He’s a documented liar
January 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
That is the biggest problem, by far. It is not their job to let Trump ramble — he does that all the time! He talks all. the. time.
But if you are a reporter/news org and you get him in a room, you cannot just let him talk and then brag about how many words he says. He’s a documented liar
But if you are a reporter/news org and you get him in a room, you cannot just let him talk and then brag about how many words he says. He’s a documented liar
Yeah I guess that’s possible. But he’s trying to tell Sanger that oil played no part in the decision to invade Venezuela (Sanger’s original question and Trump’s response — “The oil happened to be there”) which is ludicrous.
Trump is on record saying they briefed the oil companies before the raid
Trump is on record saying they briefed the oil companies before the raid
January 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Yeah I guess that’s possible. But he’s trying to tell Sanger that oil played no part in the decision to invade Venezuela (Sanger’s original question and Trump’s response — “The oil happened to be there”) which is ludicrous.
Trump is on record saying they briefed the oil companies before the raid
Trump is on record saying they briefed the oil companies before the raid
“I mean, I can do fast agreements” is just a hysterical phrase.
It’s also crystal clear that this is the first time Trump is hearing about this expiring arms control agreement.
“Well it sounds like it’s something that is due very quickly and I’ll have no problem taking care of it by tomorrow!”
It’s also crystal clear that this is the first time Trump is hearing about this expiring arms control agreement.
“Well it sounds like it’s something that is due very quickly and I’ll have no problem taking care of it by tomorrow!”
January 12, 2026 at 5:27 AM
“I mean, I can do fast agreements” is just a hysterical phrase.
It’s also crystal clear that this is the first time Trump is hearing about this expiring arms control agreement.
“Well it sounds like it’s something that is due very quickly and I’ll have no problem taking care of it by tomorrow!”
It’s also crystal clear that this is the first time Trump is hearing about this expiring arms control agreement.
“Well it sounds like it’s something that is due very quickly and I’ll have no problem taking care of it by tomorrow!”
This exchange is bonkers. And I do think it’s worth repeating that this is the President of the United States and he’s indisputably dumber than bricks.
January 12, 2026 at 5:20 AM
This exchange is bonkers. And I do think it’s worth repeating that this is the President of the United States and he’s indisputably dumber than bricks.
Oh lookie here — a back and forth discussion about the Venezuelan oil that Trump just recently found about
January 12, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Oh lookie here — a back and forth discussion about the Venezuelan oil that Trump just recently found about
Don’t think they would have ran the fawning front page photo that they used for Trump!
January 12, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Don’t think they would have ran the fawning front page photo that they used for Trump!
In the first two minutes of the interview Trump tries to say he didn’t even know Venezuela had any oil and Sanger doesn’t even flinch
January 12, 2026 at 4:29 AM
In the first two minutes of the interview Trump tries to say he didn’t even know Venezuela had any oil and Sanger doesn’t even flinch
“Above all else, do not make Republicans mad” is the guiding principle for all of American life
January 10, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Good thread about the interview itself bsky.app/profile/larr...
This fawning characterization of the meeting between Trump and 4 NY Times reporters is remarkable in either spinning every issue in Trump’s favor or in giving him the last word, even when it is a non sequitur./1
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
The Many Faces of Trump: What We Saw When We Interviewed the President
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Good thread about the interview itself bsky.app/profile/larr...
Even just skimming the headlines and sub headlines, the editorial choice is to present a man who has it all figured out — someone in complete control. And that’s not even close to the truth, bordering on fictional. Just an embarrassing front page that will age terribly
January 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Even just skimming the headlines and sub headlines, the editorial choice is to present a man who has it all figured out — someone in complete control. And that’s not even close to the truth, bordering on fictional. Just an embarrassing front page that will age terribly