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9. The campaign is not next year or 3 years away. It's TODAY.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:02 PM
Jun 15

The party has no constant, consistent and concerted presence delivering its message LOUDLY.

Do you know who's doing that?
Bernie Sanders
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and in congress:
Jasmine Crockett

Rather than ramble, the point of the shitshow referenced in the article is that by flitting about based on this week's or that week's poll results, YOU WIN TODAY, and tomorrow and next year and in 2028 by delivering the message (like the opposition does)

• 24 by 7 by 365
• Consistently, not bouncing around.
• Concerted. Everyone agrees on basic principles and beats the drum on them.


Not "policy by reacting to the latest lies and distortions the others put out there"

Take this message I got from Bernie. (below)
HOW HARD IS IT to push this via our marches, our media posts, and by distinguished former presidents and cabinet members?
And for hopefuls to agree on these rather than dig down for differences?

People attending rallies in huge numbers are saying
YES to raising the minimum wage,
YES to expanding Social Security,
YES to guaranteeing health care as a human right,
YES to cutting the cost of prescription drugs,
YES to paid family and medical leave,
YES to equal pay for equal work,
YES to more affordable housing,
YES to making childcare and higher education affordable to all,
YES to taking on the existential threat of climate change.

And most importantly they are saying
YES to a government and an economy that works for all of us and not just the billionaire class and the Oligarchs.

Didn't we just do that?
And who organized it?
The DNC, busy with their food fight? or
Indivisible.

The micro-poll trackers have COMPLEXITY BIAS.
https://fs.blog/complexity-bias/

The more complex a solution that's adopted, the more necessary the complexifiers are.
The point is to WIN, and constant, consistent, and concerted messaging wins.

A party of paddles or a party in power?
You must choose wisely

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