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Shocking. Frustrating. I'm white-hot angry again after reading this. I'm despairing at whether we can ever again win the messaging wars; I think we missed that boat decades ago, sadly, going back to AM radio and 24/7 propaganda. Wall-to-wall.

I truly believed that after what Trump (and Mitch) did with the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade, that WOMEN EVERYWHERE would rise up (except for the evangelicals where abortion is murder) and vote Republicans out, WAY OUT -- up and down the ballot. That the GOP would be punished at the ballot box for taking such an extreme stance, forcing women back decades.

I believed that women of all ages, races, education levels, rural /urban/suburban -red state, blue state -- would not STAND for this massive assault on their bodies & choices and fundamental freedoms. I WAS WRONG. WE WERE ALL WRONG. Even women believed Trump - yes, that Trump (with 30,000+ documented lies in his first term) was more CREDIBLE to these women than Kamala Harris on the issue of a national abortion ban. Let THAT sink it.

And the House!?!?! After the clown show that was the House under GOP control ... how could the American voters not turn control over to the Dems with their new, young leadership?

I was especially shocked that in races like Scott Kelly's in PA that he could not be beaten by a moderate, well-known and likable Dem after Kelly's strong ties to Jan 6th. Nope, Jan 6th was a FEATURE for Kelly, certainly not a "bug". Jan 6th just simply didn't matter to a majority of Americans. Now Jan 6th may be declared a national holiday! Trump was handed zero accountability and he'll pardon the felons.

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God help us. I am simply not sure what to do to fight the pervasive propaganda all around us.

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Ditto to all you wrote.

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I get your anger and despair. 100%. Yet we must keep on keeping on, and we will. Hang in there. This is all very baffling but the story isn't over yet.

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It's not an accident that they were misinformed, either. Just when I thought I couldn't hate Elongated Muskrat any more than I already do, I read the below. Imagine equating trump's views on abortion with those of RBG, but that's exactly what this disinformation PAC did.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/elon-musk-spent-quarter-billion-dollars-electing-trump-financing-myste-rcna182922

Follow the fucking money. Always.

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Yup. It's abhorrent.

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Let’s just be honest. These people voted for Trump because they wanted to vote for a man rather than voting for a black woman. Then they tried to find any reason they could to justify it to themselves and others so they didn’t have to just admit the truth. I know what the truth is, though, because I live among these people and my daughter goes to school with their children. And you know what their children tell my daughter? “Women can’t be president. Especially black women.” This came from two of her female classmates in group discussions and was quickly agreed with by their male peers. These kids didn’t come to this conclusion on their own- they hear it at home. I don’t think people realize that their kids will ALWAYS out them. And do you know how I know what’s happening politically where I live? It’s a very small county that voted overwhelmingly to enshrine abortion rights in our state constitution and then, in the next election, voted overwhelmingly for Trump. Did they vote for democrats in the down ballots? Nope, because we don’t have any democrats who bother running here anymore.

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Ooof. Hard truths in there.

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WOW! So, that many voters chose to believe that the felonious, twice impreached, leader of the insurrection, and pathological liar was telling the truth about abortion and believed that the Harris/Walz team was lying?!? How could so many people be such a poor judge of character? That’s simply outrageous! 🤦‍♀️

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I think misogyny is the answer myself.

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I’m not going to continue to “fight” for a country full of idiots.

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I get that. Remember, though, that 70M + of us worked our hearts out to stop him. We are not all idiots.

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Writing postcards for VA right now! Very easy and it’s a short deadline, so I only got 15 addresses. Hopefully lots of us do this! Easy peasy script. I keep postcards and stamps on hand to jump in and out of campaigns.

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Thank you!

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They don’t know how government works and they don’t know that “leaving abortion up to the states” has resulted in abortion bans where it had been legal under Roe. Women are dying and these voters don’t have any idea who is responsible.

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Yep.

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This made my day along with Rubert Murdoch news! 🤸🏻🤸🏻

“MeidasTouch Network is now beating Fox once again in the latest Playboard chart. We also lead CNN and MSNBC—and it’s not even close.”

An easy action is to subscribe(for free) and share Medias.📣

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/fox-interns-crying-over-meidasglorious

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Wow that's great.

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I wrote to President Biden and I’ll do again.

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It is really hard to keep plugging away when this is country is so full of people who are just downright dumb. I’m sorry to say that but C’MON. We lived through four horrific years of his abuse and you’d have to live under a rock to not have heard him crow about terminating Roe V Wade. I am completely disillusioned by the results of this election. I feel like I don’t recognize my country and as far as my fellow Americans, WTF. They don’t seem to care about how government works or how it impacts their lives and they sure don’t seem to care about democracy.

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I understand your frustration. And yet I won't stop working to improve the lives of the tens of Americans who DID do the right thing. I hope you'll stay with us.

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"There is a small but reputable contingent of activists and feminists who believe that this is a counterproductive effort." re: the ERA. Could someone explain this please, or link me to more information? I wasn't able to find much via Googling. Thank you.

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So this is what I got from a reader (and I've heard similar from others):

There is a woman in our activist group who is a friend of both Gloria Steinem and Ellie Smeal, who responded to the ERA discussion in our group with this:

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This will only backfire, as I was told and wrote some weeks ago. I just talked to Eliie (Smeal) again tonight. They have consulted many well known and respected constitutional lawyers about this. They all agree. Publishing it does not make it law. Biden is on our side on this. He is not the problem.

2. It will backfire, b/c Trump will take it to the courts and then it will be dead on arrival. The current supreme court will kill the ERA and then it would have no chance. The only chance we have for the ERA to pass would be to wait until the next election and hopefully have enough votes in congress to pass it. It has to be done by congress, not the president. Ellie [Smeal} knows all this stuff better than anyone, as she has been involved with the ERA since the 70s and worked harder than anyone I know.

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Thank you for the information! I guess it's out of my hands and up to the politicians at this point.

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People hear and believe what they want to hear and believe, and there is plenty of billionnaire-funded propaganda to back them up. 🤬

Letters have been sent via People Power United.

Thanks, Jess.

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Thank you!

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We're entering a dark tunnel on Jan 20th. Within six months after, Trump, his cabinet and his MAGA/GOP allies will have done so much damage to his base and his new voters, his popularity will be below 30%. The country will be yearning for a restart. Then we can get some useful work done to block the policy plans and new candidates for 2026.

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I agree.

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He caused thousands of needless deaths and tanked the economy, and the idiots still reelected him bc they're brainwashed. Don't count on a logical response to what he does next. Our only hope is to somehow compete with the right wing propaganda machine, which is backed by billionaires and which Republicans have been investing in for decades. It's a long shot and would require real leadership.

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Saw you were on the MVP zoom today!

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I was!

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Please, President Biden. Can you something?

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This Jon Stewart/Bernie Sanders interview was very inspiring. We need to get the big money out of government so it can function. The corruption is so extensive now that government has ceased to work, so people no longer believe in it…

https://youtu.be/B4vtiiIo_Bc

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