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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Among voters who could write a coherent, 5-paragraph essay justifying their vote, Harris surely won by double-digits. Unfortunately, most voters are not in the category. It's all vibes for them.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Being a (white, male) pastor insulates him from the "activist" vibes that usually plague pro-immigrant advocates. This is important, because the average voter's feelings towards activists ranges from eyerolling mockery at best to seething rage at worst.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Biden era complaint that "nobody wants to work anymore" is really a complaint that we elevated what was formerly a permanent underclass of low-wage workers into not needing to do those jobs while also contributing to demand (inflation), and everyone lost their shit.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is what Democrats love -- and independents respect -- about Jon Ossoff as well. Too many (older) Democrats are in the decorum/decency mindset that what appeals to independents is being kind to one's opponent. That may have been true in 1990, but today just screams weakness. Throw a punch!

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When Philly ruins my parlay by no-showing against Case f---ing Keenum 😭

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's fine if people don't want to have liberal arts education. Go ahead, have large gaps in understanding the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Live your life ignorant, incomplete, undeveloped, inadequate. You have the right to be a worse citizen, a shallow dullard, a lesser person.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the average person has no idea what their government does on a daily basis. they just dont know. and for decades the right has used this as a launching point to propagandize the idea that the government simply cannot work. yes, being mayor is different from being president. but people need this.

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wu on redistricting if Dems get control: "You do the exact same thing that they did to you until they say mercy" and agree to national, bipartisan reform.

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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Susan Collins has voted to confirm 60+ anti-abortion judges in her time in the Senate, and now she's voted for 3 more just since last week. Nice to see Senator Collins was able to take a break from lying about corruption to give a lifetime appointment to another anti-choice judge.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's stupid and sad and speaks very ill of society that voters care this much about gas prices, but whatever it takes I guess.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We have to hang them with the faux-war in Iran. Not as misuse of funds or as weakening military capacity or even as driving up costs, but as a complete and total embarrassment that should end any ridiculous notion of Trump as a tough and powerful leader.

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 23/09/2026

Local Transphobe Not Sure How Much Longer He Can Pretend to Care About Women’s Sports: tinyurl.com/mry79s75

Man looking panicked, stressed, and burned out with a hand on his forehead at a girls high school basketball game

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The reason you demand she resign isn't so that she resigns, it's so that it becomes the focus of the campaign for the next few weeks!

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Mike Rogers couldn't be bothered to show up to the debate, but here's what I would have asked him if he wasn't such a coward:

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Apparently it's Republican push poll season. My concluding comments below.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The correct response to this is not pearl-clutching about 1st Amendment rights in the face of authoritarianism, it's to point out what a whiny, insecure loser he is.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Been saying this for years! "Trump is a dangerous authoritarian!" makes us sound like losers. "Trump is a complete fucking embarrassment" makes *him* sound like a loser.

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The key to getting low-information voters to vote for Democrats or just to sit out elections is to do everything possible to brand Republicans and especially Trump as stupid losers that are embarrassing to associate with. Make them the NY Jets fans of politics.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think more than that, immediately after January 6, he was a complete embarrassment to be associated with, but instead of saddling Republicans with that embarrassment, we pivoted the message to a high-and-mighty defense of democracy against powerful authoritarianism, which just makes us look weak.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We need to have a reckoning about Dem fundraising communication. Sure, "we're hapless losers and you should panic" probably gets Boomer donors to open their wallets. But "we're hapless losers" is a pretty bad vibe to have around the party when voters are assessing who's a strong, worthy leader.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think that's less of an issue than painting Trump as a feared authority figure instead of an embarrassing loser. Playing the righteous activists/underdogs is a losing proposition when people are looking for cues that you deserve to be in charge.

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Nobody Important @nobody-important.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I like the way you put this, and I think this is exactly right. Playing the underdog, or pointing to your victimization may garner sympathy, but it wont get you support for putting you in charge. Politics is about being winning trust to be put in charge, not winning sympathy.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think I were trying to get AES elected, and I knew that AES would be asked about every new comment of mine, I would shut the fuck up between now and Election Day.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I love the predictable whining of "keep national politics out of local elections!" as soon as my educated suburban area swings hard from red to blue.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

reporters werent “barred” from recording, the powerful people they are covering asked them not to record and they immediately complied and hid whats happening from their audience

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham: I think Americans have absolutely had it. And I think their question, certainly mine, is, why the people around him don’t take his crayons and markers away like you do for toddlers right before bedtime or naps.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026

the sum total of Sam Alito’s jurisprudence on voting adds up to “You have the right to vote for a Republican and if you aren’t likely to vote for a Republican, then Republicans are allowed to disenfranchise you.”

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 15/09/2026

Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

___, (slip op., at 9) (internal quotation marks omitted).
As for the equities, the Government has a strong interest
in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also “en-
hance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail” in order to better
detect election fraud. 91 Fed. Reg. 54972. On the other side
of the balance, the plaintiff States invoke the practical ef-
fects of implementing the rule close to the midterm elec-
tions. I take that problem very seriously, but it is not
enough to convince me to deny the application.
First, as the District Court acknowledged, the States dis-

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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Just once in my life I would like to see a Democrat being interviewed by right wing media like Fox News or right wing media like every single other outlet treat their questions with the contempt they deserve. I know it's not going to fix everything or maybe even anything but how much coverage and how much groundswell of excitement from the base do you think it would inspire if when asked about "boys in girls sports" or some other stupid fucking culture war distraction one of them finally said "What the fuck are you talking about man? You sound like a dumb asshole right now."

What's the worst that's going to happen the New York Times is gonna work overtime to make sure you don't get elected? They were already doing that buddy.

You simply say "Are you stupid? Do you think I am stupid? And do you think all of the people watching at home are stupid? Everyone sees through what you are doing. Using one group as a scapegoat for the very real problems everyone has – all caused by Republicans by the way – unlike this fake one you have made up. Dumb asshole."

Just go on the attack for once instead of sitting there trying to please your enemy who is in the process of trying to humiliate you.

And if you want to say something else true that almost no Democrat ever says for some reason you can top it off with a “Every single Republican in our lifetime has sought to make our lives worse in every way possible. I’d like to try to stop that.”

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robertswartz.bsky.social @robertswartz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Work the refs is one of many things too many Democratic candidates and electeds either feel is beneath them of don't know how to do. Time to learn and stop being prissy.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

underrated part of El-Sayed’s messaging strategy seems to be shaming journalists who ask dumb questions that play into right-wing frames. you can’t answer these in a way that satisfies them, but you can make it embarrassing enough that you impose a toll on asking.

Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The thing about Talarico's answer on transgender participation in sports is that the people making an issue out of this don't care about "fairness" or "safety." They care about making trans people feel unwelcome, unwanted, and other (at the very least). No practical answer will satisfy the bigots.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The operative word, and why this attack is so successful, is "little," not "bigot." People don't care that Republicans are bigots. It's often a feature. But showing that we look down on them, that we disdain them, that we're willing to bully them, makes us look like the rightful ruling party.

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Rev. Col. C.A. Martin, PhD @pataphysicien.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Truman’s 1948 acceptance speech is an all-timer

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This attempt to construct a narrative of persecution around being a white guy in America is at base, an expression of profound jealousy and insecurity towards people who have to overcome challenges they will never face

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Voters judge leaders on how they deal with an enemy. Trump himself became the enemy against whom Democrats' performance is judged. And voters decided that Dems look like losers when dealing with him. This is why "not Trump" only works when Trump is in power and the election is a referendum on him.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Of course they don't care about virtue or integrity. However, assertively sticking up for one's values, while bullying one's opponent, gives the appearance of "toughness," which the ignorant median voter *does* care about (subconsciously and instinctually).

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Lizzy Rose Oliver - Voice Actress @lizzyrosevo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Men crying about "fairness in women's sports" should immediately be questioned on their knowledge about women's sports.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Strong endorse. Will say it again: the pundit class's choice (and it was a choice) to overread 2024 as a seismic cultural shift was a catastrophe for this country, emboldening Trump to go full fascist and encouraging institutional surrender in the face of it. This lives on amid his total collapse.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

i like how effortless it is for el-sayed to trash talk. dems would be so much further ahead if all their candidates could trash talk so easily.

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The reason Republicans lean on transgender issues is because they can bait trans defenders into sounding like annoying activists, who the average voter hates. So just don't sound like an activist! Defend your values by talking like a regular person!

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Michael Rosenberg @mjrosenbergdad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Why is it so hard to say "Going after trans people is pathetic loser shit. Man up, Greg."?

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 08/09/2026

Poor white people are not voting against their own interests! They’re just prioritizing their interests differently than we’d like!

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

MAGA got a huge return on gaslighting the elite into treating Trump's <2 percent popular vote plurality as a permanent repudiation of liberalism. The midterms represent an opportunity to propound an inverse but true narrative of American rejection of MAGA. But Dems have to frame it that way first.

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How To Undo The Great Lie Of 2024

Trump’s second election wasn’t a verdict for all time, but the coming midterms might be one.

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bythepeople1863.bsky.social @bythepeople1863.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If Trump hadn't dodged military service during Vietnam, he wouldn't need memes of him dressed up as a toy soldier. We know he was a pussy, is a pussy and will always be one. Without the presidency he is just a weak, simpering coward, and a 34x felon, so far.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Realizing the extent to which this is true wildly changed my opinions about how to deal with Trumpism, since they're never going to be satisfied unless they're actively dominating everyone else. You can't give them some concessions and go back to the status quo: they're reactionary revolutionaries.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Good stuff here on how media has been using Sister Souljah gotcha moments against Dems for over 20 years as a "rite of passage" that just isn't applied equivalently to Republicans, no matter how loudly media figures deny it. Dems: Choose not to play.

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Darjeeling Tea Ltd @darjeelingltd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We’re gonna have to do the press’ job for them since they’re gonna be tripping over themselves to rehabilitate republicans.

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I've said this a million times and I'll say it a million times more: Attaching EVERY Republican to Trump needs to be a top priority from 2026-2028. The media is going to work tirelessly to normalize Rubio, Vance, & the others.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026

"With the possible exception of the cyclospora outbreak, I fear people haven’t really seen the consequences of the worst things that can result from a government run by and for the trolls." — @ninajankowicz.com

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Nina Jankowicz on the golden age of disinformation

“Memory-holing is core to all of the narrative coups Republicans are achieving right now.”

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