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BumRushDaShow

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30. "Singing to the Choir is the Problem"
Sun May 1, 2022, 01:54 PM
May 2022

What choir? DU "isn't the microphone".

There is a post upthread that lists the suite of legislation and E.O.s that have been enacted so far - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2910268

So you don't consider that "meaningful" or are not "wins"?

"Free speech" for Democrats is NOT FREE because we don't own the "microphone", so the list of what has been done will need to be in the form of paid advertising in every major media market, whether broadcast, print, or digital. And what happens when you have a list like that, people keel over because it's "too much". We saw that happen with Obama.

Biden, Harris, every Department/Agency head, and many in Congress have gone around the country and the world (and/or have spoken in their Districts/states) describing what has been done and it's not covered. The only mention might be as a footnote to a traffic report alerting commuters to "a motorcade" about to come through.

Did you know that last week, OSHA started hearings on creating a "permanent" standard to protect workers in healthcare environments - as a replacement for the recently expired ETS (Emergency Temporary Standard) that expired? I watched the 3 sessions last week and a 4th is due to happen tomorrow. Do you think Shmuck Toad is going to mention that?

The first two were heartbreaking. Link to the series here (they won't embed correctly for playback here) - https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/healthcare/rulemaking

DOE Head Jennifer Granholm is going to her "home" state tomorrow to attend several events and tout manufacturing there -

Energy Secretary Granholm to visit Michigan on Monday

Ex-Michigan gov. to attend events in East Lansing, Detroit on May 2



FILE - US Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm speaks during the closing media conference at the International Energy Agency (IEA) ministerial meeting in Paris, on March 24, 2022. Granholm said Wednesday, April 27, 2022, that Russia's war on Ukraine screams that the world needs to stop importing oil and gas from Russia and instead move toward other forms of energy. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File) (Michel Euler, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

DETROIT – Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm will pay a visit to Michigan this week, where she served as governor for years, to “support American manufacturing” and promote clean energy initiatives and legislation.

The former Michigan governor, who served from 2003-2010, is scheduled to attend events in East Lansing and Detroit on Monday, May 2. The visit is meant to underscore the administration’s push toward clean energy, driving down energy costs and “prioritizing the historically underserved communities that have been at the center of the fight against climate change,” officials said.

Secretary Granholm will first visit East Lansing for a ribbon cutting event at 10 a.m. at Michigan State University, officials said. There, the university will unveil its new Facility for Rare Isotope Beams -- a user facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science where scientists study the “properties of rare isotopes (that is, short-lived nuclei not normally found on Earth), nuclear astrophysics, fundamental interactions, and applications for society.”

The facility is home to the most powerful heavy-ion accelerator in the world. Granholm will be joined by other Michigan lawmakers, including Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Rep. Elissa Slotkin, in East Lansing,

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/04/30/energy-secretary-granholm-to-visit-michigan-on-monday/


Do you think Wolf Blitzer or David Muir are going to mention this?

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Low marks for Biden, pukes trusted more? My head hurts at the insane inversion. niyad May 2022 #1
I know. I mean... seriously? ananda May 2022 #6
Thanks, WAPO, for attempting to 'normalize' the QOP and lead people to somehow abqtommy May 2022 #2
So you don't want to know what people actually think? brooklynite May 2022 #10
I don't think it's that ppl don't want to know, they just don't buy what they're putting out there PortTack May 2022 #25
Messaging, messaging bucolic_frolic May 2022 #3
Well, that smear piece is not blatant at all, is it? OldBaldy1701E May 2022 #4
a standard approval poll is a "smear piece"? brooklynite May 2022 #11
The inference that rethugs are more trusted OldBaldy1701E May 2022 #31
I agree that polled voters think so; the DNC said the same thing. brooklynite May 2022 #32
Republicans are significantly more trusted than Democrats on both (the economy and inflation) SledDriver May 2022 #5
Poll Conclusion: Roy Rolling May 2022 #7
Boy you nailed it! PortTack May 2022 #20
The party that wants to give all your money to billionaires has the advantage on the economy Mysterian May 2022 #8
Biden's First Hundred Days. pazzyanne May 2022 #9
Thank you for posting BumRushDaShow May 2022 #12
Ah, but the GOP gets tax breaks and shifts the burden Eyeball_Kid May 2022 #14
The best President of my lifetime Botany May 2022 #17
They couldn't spend the time researching what you said in this thread.... turbinetree May 2022 #18
Not smart ck4829 May 2022 #13
Wait what is the GOP doing on the economy??? Historic NY May 2022 #15
If only the DNC would get out front, Historic NY May 2022 #16
Well us oldsters may not realize it BumRushDaShow May 2022 #19
Joe went from 19 underwater to 10 867-5309. May 2022 #21
Bullshit....they keep forgetting that there is a fascist loving party that is whining about people turbinetree May 2022 #22
Our side really needs to take credit for the jobs and low unemployment IronLionZion May 2022 #23
Where will the "horn be tooted"? BumRushDaShow May 2022 #26
our side should ask Repubs what they've done on inflation IronLionZion May 2022 #27
And they have done that BumRushDaShow May 2022 #28
Ridiculous. The Republicans have NO PLAN heckles65 May 2022 #24
Singing to the Choir is the Problem PennyPenny May 2022 #29
"Singing to the Choir is the Problem" BumRushDaShow May 2022 #30
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