Laura in MN

@laurainmn.bsky.social

minnesota sports, lgbt rights, fuck ICE

My lovely friend had the audacity to schedule a Sunday spa day for her birthday this weekend, but how am I supposed to relax at a spa while the Vikings with QB Kirk Cousins are playing the Packers at Lambeau!?

It is extremely funny to watch the far-right do the exact same, “Actually if we took even MORE extreme positions, that would have made more people vote for us!!! All the people who stayed home are just mad we didn’t go further!!!” that the far-left has been doing for years.

I love being a normie lib!! I love well-regulated capitalist innovation, I love taxes and social services, I love infrastructure, I love democracy and classical liberalism, I love freedom and religious pluralism, and most of all I love prioritizing pragmatic political power over idealistic purity!!!

Messaging is everything and 1 major scandal is 1000x more effective than 1000 little scandals when it comes to voter persuasion. Having too many scandals to track has actually helped Trump immensely over the past ten years. The best thing Dems could do is pick one and hammer it home.

Laura in MN@laurainmn.bsky.social · last wk.

The best strategy Dems can take is to pick 1-2 layup corruption scandals with easy sound bites to hammer Trump on while also writing tons of legislation focused on affordability. Show America that Congress works when Dems are in power and stand up to corruption without making it look like revenge.

The best strategy Dems can take is to pick 1-2 layup corruption scandals with easy sound bites to hammer Trump on while also writing tons of legislation focused on affordability. Show America that Congress works when Dems are in power and stand up to corruption without making it look like revenge.

Listen to me. Look into my eyes. You are going to let those red state Democrats take turns voting no. You are not going to be mad about it. You are going to remember what states they are representing. You are going to be grateful they won at all. You are going to help them get a chance to win again.

My vibes based read is that tonight will be good but not great for Democrats. Like, not heart-breaking overall. But there will be some disappointments and a reinforcement of how effective Republican fear-mongering propaganda is, even with everything they’ve done. But, I could be wrong. I hope I am.