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How has MAGA grown into this democracy destroying whiny white grievance machine? It turns out that hurt feelings, lack of representation, and political engagement actually do matter in a democracy.
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That the airwaves and etherways are clogged with the detritus of Republican mis and disinformation is no mystery. The only real question is, how to counter it. As it turns out the snarky, sarcasticky, and profaney among us have been right all along! Vicious mockery works, who knew?
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Four minutes and a smile could save our democracy from the #GOPDystopia! #ScienceFact: smiling improves the way you perceive the world. Things don’t seem so big, bad, or terrible when you smile or you see someone smiling!
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The entire country is stuck in a miasmatic malaise of endless government shutdowns, obviously corrupt judicial decisions, legislativeless Congresses, shrinking Civil Rights, and continual climate disasters all against the thunderous backdrop of gun violence, murder, and mayhem, which had eroded our collective mental health.
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The Haudenosaunee taught the Founding Fathers about functional successful democracy, and they can teach us the same lessons again. And, brother do we need them if we are going to save ourselves from the GOP Dystopia and the climate disaster.
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The media insists that both Republicans and Democrats pose violent threats against our democratic norms and traditions when it clearly is only the Republicans that do. This post ties together how elite overproduction and racial animus combine to produce the Republican threat to our democracy.
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There has long been a mismatch between what people tell pollsters on topics like abortion and gun violence and how they vote. Here’s a look at how political scientists explain the difference.
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We’ve all noticed Trump’s increased use of Hitleresque dehumanizing metaphors for immigrants and his perceived opponents. There’s a reason for that. Metaphor is a major brain hack! Find out how.
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We are all influenced by status quo bias, so it is important to understand how it will affect our decision making in the 2024 election. Spoiler: it will drive third party voting
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Like it or not, we have a binary system with only two major parties. You either vote Biden and the Democrats and save our democracy from fascism or you vote Trump and the Republicans, third party, or don’t vote, and help Trump and the Republicans usher in fascism. Remember election 2016 and Dobbs.
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It’s pretty simple, to stop a Nazi, you punch them with votes and the truth. We have to frame the 2024 election as the certain loss of our democracy if not only Trump wins, but Republicans have control of either House of Congress. The electorate must take the risk of returning Biden and the Democrats to office. Always punch a Nazi… with votes.
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The threat to our democracy isn’t just from Trump or MAGA, it is from the entire GOP. The only way to defeat their anti-democratic ways is by voting for Democrats up and down the ballot.
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Voting is our super power. Registering people to vote is amplifying our power. Find out how you can help save democracy by helping to get the vote out in 2024!
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How much does the GOP not give a good goddamn about our democracy? They’re willing to support Tuberville’s blockade of military appointments by blaming it all on Chuck Schumer. They’re willing to circumvent the will of the voters and keep a state supreme on ice for ten years! All of it classic gaslighting.
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With the betting windows open on McCarthy’s time with the Speaker’s gavel, it is hard to imagine that the mess Republicans are making in Congress and in legislators across the country can be good for us, but it is. #ScienceFact. But, there’s math!
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With one third of the population set to have their inner authoritarian meltdown at any moment, what can we do to get them to see democracy as their in-group? How can Democrats continue to peel authoritarians off of the MAGA base?
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The 6 January Committee has released its summary of a report. It should alarm us all. It should light a new fire of urgency to hold Trump et al. accountable before the 2024 elections. Will it?
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The problem with the Republicans and their authoritarian pusch is that voters, and I mean white voters, won’t punish them for their anti-democratic ways. We see it EVERY election, a majority of white voters vote fascist.
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If 2020 was the safe bet election, then 2022 is the fuck around and find out election. The GQP done fucked around with our democracy, our rights, and our climate. It’s about time they found out.
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Why do all of the conservative traits cluster around the fucked up end of the spectrum? Racism, misogyny, homophobia, authoritarianism. All conservative traits. But, history is on our side!
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