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Anat Shenker-Osorio

@anatosaurus.bsky.social
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Host of Words to Win By, a podcast about progressive wins around the world and how we achieved them. wordstowinby-pod.com Researcher, message maker, campaign strategist to progressive and Democratic causes here and abroad.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 4h
"Civility" is just another word for "capitulation" dressed up as virtue.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 4h
Everyday newly incensed I was called "hyperbolic" and yes "hysterical" for insisting we call their all out attack on us the MAGA Murder Bill and them the MAGA Murder Regime. If anything, that's too sanguine.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 4h
When they go low, and they have never done otherwise, we bury them.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 4h
America's favorite game show! Guess what medical care this was for? Note: we also pay thousands each month for comprehensive insurance and with it the "opportunity" to pay thousands more at ER if shit goes down.
Screenshot of bill from ER for "hospital services" billed at $8,894, with insurance covering $6,846.90, payment of $595 made and $1452.10 due.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 4h
When done with this admittedly high level of expertise, it also forces your opponent onto defense. Now Collins must let charge go uncontested or say something like "I am not like Bull Connor." As with Nixon saying "I am not a crook," this merely cements connection.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 4h
Hoping politicians' need for spotlight will make this approach more widespread. The base is desperate for articulations of moral clarity and real fight - they break thru. And the conflicted (aka "middle") are pulled in by what "common sense" (what's repeated most often) dictates.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 5h
Rule # 1 of winning debates (and elections) is force your opponent to fight on your turf, don't ever wander onto theirs. Pedophile protector party has zero space to talk about people's lives & choices - attack your opponent not the people your opponent shames, blames and reviles.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 5h
Engage the base. Persuade the middle. Alienate the opposition, better yet, expose precisely how sick and evil they are.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We can counter the threats MAGA is lobbing at our elections, but this requires voters know about them and be equipped to respond accordingly. Latest from me and the fabulous @tarabuss.bsky.social anatosaurus.substack.com/p/sounding-t...
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Sounding the Mobilizing Alarm on Election Sabotage
Voters are already hearing about Trump and MAGA Republicans’ attempts to sabotage our election. We need to help them turn awareness of danger into defiance – and prepare them to prevail.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nice of* (sigh)
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Since TEA Party revolt that became MAGA, Republicans ditched their "work hard" "up by your bootstraps" narrative & replaced it fully with the politics of resentment & scapegoating. But story that "those people" are both undeserving failures & took your birthright hard to sustain at once.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nice to Tim Carney to admit white domination is a lie built on and sustained by unearned privilege.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Epstein Regime Child Trafficker says what?
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We can counter the threats MAGA is lobbing at our elections, but this requires voters know about them and be equipped to respond accordingly. Latest from me and the fabulous @tarabuss.bsky.social anatosaurus.substack.com/p/sounding-t...
anatosaurus.substack.com
Sounding the Mobilizing Alarm on Election Sabotage
Voters are already hearing about Trump and MAGA Republicans’ attempts to sabotage our election. We need to help them turn awareness of danger into defiance – and prepare them to prevail.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Authoritarians have the same story the world over. As odious as it is, this also means we can and should be well equipped to counter it. How to beat back right wing populism, the down under edition:
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You haven't yet taken a look at the fabulous feelingsoverfacts.org? Well, you're in for a brain-boosting, persuasion-enhancing treat. Kudos to @jiggygero.bsky.social and Kate Catherall!!!
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Feelings Over Facts | Embracing An Emotions-First Narrative Strategy - Feelings Over Facts
We like to think people are rational actors, and the best way to reach them is with facts and well-reasoned arguments. But the truth is that most of the time,
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Engage the base. Persuade the middle. Marginalize the opposition by exposing precisely the slime they are. Go Angie!
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Huge belated kudos to @dielinkeberlin.bsky.social for their big win in Berlin. This gorgeous ad evokes shared VALUES, calls out clear VILLAINS (thus giving an origin story for people's pain) & paints an enticing VISION. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl0Y...
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Berlin, eine Liebesgeschichte ❤️ | Spot der Partei Die Linke
YouTube video by DieLinke
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The torture and trafficking of immigrant kids continues apace, with plans to remove the 2,500 unaccompanied kids presently held captive. We need a relentless drumbeat: What are they doing to the children? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When @anandwrites.bsky.social writes an anything, you know it will make you see it & possibly yourself in a new light. Today, you have the chance to get his latest book: Man in the Mirror, a deep, unflinching dive into the lives of Jordan Neely & Daniel Penny. bookshop.org/p/books/man-...
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Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City
From acclaimed journalist Anand Giridharadas, a groundbreaking feat of reporting on a tragic encounter in a New York subway car that held up a mirror to a troubled and divided nation “A tour de force ...
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wishing major operative that texts Dem voters for $ would use their lists for good & send an "amber alert" warning for the missing children. Family separation was underway for a year before the public outcry caught up to block it. We simply don't have the time - once kids trafficked, it's too late.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The torture and trafficking of immigrant kids continues apace, with plans to remove the 2,500 unaccompanied kids presently held captive. We need a relentless drumbeat: What are they doing to the children? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You are very kind
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It would be amazing if, given this "strategy," Dems correctly conclude that Republican midterm loss is due to hatred of the regime. But I fear they'll conclude that denouncing "wild" idea like human rights is wise & last 2 years of largely laissez-faire approach to fascism is voter-approved.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Astute and fair.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Democrats suck so vote for me. I am a Democrat and I approve this message."
Line graph of "How candidates talk about their own party in ads" for ads run in House, Senate and statewide elections between Aug. 24 to Sept 22 of each election year 2018-2026. Graph show sharp increase in Dems speaking negatively about Dems in ads and attendant decline in speaking positively in 2024. GOP has much less pronounced increase in positive and decline in negative from 2024-2026.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Throughout 2024, disaffected Dem and swing voter focus group participants told us the same thing: "You told us to turn out in 2020 to protect our freedoms, we did & threats you named happened anyway. Now you're telling us to turn out for same reason & you expect us to believe it?"
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A "loyal opposition," wedded to an order that no longer exists and a continuance of the status quo that helped make faux populist propaganda appealing, is integral to fascism. It gives plausible deniability that crimes against humanity are merely policy differences.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Fascism does not stand alone; it rests upon pillars of enablers who either willingly promote it or tacitly allow its existence by refusing to confront it. #BlockTheMerge
Longhaired child in pale green shirt and pants holding a sign that says "This Merger Is Bari Wrong" with a drawn image of Bari Weiss.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OAKLAND!!! Time to be Too Fabulous for Fascism.
Dark burgundy background photo of soldiers in full gear with a model posing in yellow jumpsuit in foreground and the words "Fashion vs. Fascism" "because democracy should always be in style" "October 3 7pm The Rotunda Oakland" "info at fashionvfascism.org"Mustard yellow background with blurry photo of soldiers in gas mask with a model seen from behind, dressed as a chained up Statue of Liberty with large skirt that features a swastika, ICE agents, Trump and other images.Blue background photo with soldiers in full riot gear and model with large white trench coat and duffel bag in foreground.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
TBC - there are absolutely other motives. This is my most generous explanation. And why I wrote this admittedly long explainer: www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
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Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Very good Q. I attribute it to being poll-pilled, to having accepted the idea that what appears to win a trial heat in a survey translates to what wins an election in the real world. But in the world, getting attention is a BIG DEAL & in a survey you have captive audience.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The willing accomplices to the regime's assaults, abductions and concentration camps are attempting to distance themselves from these crimes against humanity. The "opposition party" should make their plans to end these horrors and bring perpetrators to account focal. Drive the contrast.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The willing accomplices to the regime's assaults, abductions and concentration camps are attempting to distance themselves from these crimes against humanity. The "opposition party" should make their plans to end these horrors and bring perpetrators to account focal. Drive the contrast.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It is authoritarianism 101 to blame all of the ills of society on "those people," a would be tyrant's choose your own adventure of scapegoats depending on time and place. To blame said scapegoats for potential electoral outcomes is more of that same impulse.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You gain & *retain* power running against your opposition and governing for the people - not by adopting your opposition's arguments against you.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Politics is about fighting like hell for immediate wins and also making the long term case for your agenda. How we weather the storm determines whether we can change the weather.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You gain & *retain* power running against your opposition and governing for the people - not by adopting your opposition's arguments against you.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Bravo to the brilliant folks fighting against destruction of the Northern Territories. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey6p...
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Give Middle Arm The Middle Finger
YouTube video by 350 Australia Team
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here is the official family-approved Go Fund Me link: www.gofundme.com/f/pierre-dam...
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Donate to Pierre Damas Bel's Family Needs Care After His Loss, organized by Pierres Ronal Bel
In memory of Pierre Damas Bel Pierre Damas Bel was a 20-year… Pierres Ronal Bel needs your support for Pierre Damas Bel's Family Needs Care After His Loss
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Not doubting your experience but comprehensive 2021 analysis showed union members 6 pts more Democratic than non union and white union members 18 pts more than white non union. Still leaves tons of MAGA union members but overall lean is clear. www.americanprogressaction.org/article/unio...
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Unions Are Critical to the Democratic Party’s Electoral Success
New CAP Action analysis finds that union members voted for the Democratic Party presidential candidate in much greater proportions than did nonunion members in 2020, cementing President Biden’s electo...
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There was a time when most working class voters didn't merely vote Democratic by default, being Democratic voters was core to their identity. A time Dems took sides, saying there's capitol & labor; we're with the latter. Where they relished angering the rich. /1
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
wordstowinby-pod.com/working-clas...
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From the Fight for $15 to Hot Labor Summer: Working Class Wins to Win Over the Working Class - Words to Win By
As Democrats struggle to connect to the working class, working people are connecting to each other to win better wages and working conditions. In 2012, the Fight for $15 and a Union launched as 100 fa...
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Anyway...my 2 parter podcast season finale was on precisely this: How Dems lost their way on "economic issues" and how to get it back. wordstowinby-pod.com/dont-buy-it/
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Don't Buy It: The Trouble with Talking Nonsense about the Economy - Words to Win By
The economy is what voters consistently rank as their top issue. And despite the fact the Democratic administrations routinely deliver far better economic outcomes, voters credit Republicans with bett...
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Undeniably, that is a toxic stew that has worked on many. And union members are *still* reliably more Democratic than non members of their same demographic. The experience of solidarity (e.g. negotiating in union) has measurable impact against divisive propaganda.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Now Dems are stuck in endless expensive cycles of testing the magical incantation ("Bidenomics" "opportunity economy" "solid floor no ceiling") to woo working class voters when answer always been there - & some Dems like AES know it - be for unions & take on billionaires & check corporate power.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Easier to claim people's chief beef with Dems is too much attention to marginalized groups & human rights, especially when right has pu$$$hed to make these focal & pundits & some Dems have pitched in by making same argument than to admit something that would actually piss off donors.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Rather than recognize they abandoned working people by giving leg up to rich to steal the wealth we create, & with it created opening for the faux populist politics of resentment right wing authoritarians rely upon, they keep seeking other answers for wooing back the working class. /3
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Then Dems got on neoliberalism bandwagon, undid gains & protections unions, anti-trust, real progressive taxation, public works, delivered & tried selling idea that "rising tide lifts all boats" when in fact yachts soar while rest of us left bailing out leaky paddle boats. /2
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There was a time when most working class voters didn't merely vote Democratic by default, being Democratic voters was core to their identity. A time Dems took sides, saying there's capitol & labor; we're with the latter. Where they relished angering the rich. /1
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