I know there is animosity between us because I left MAGA and ended my support for Trump. The journey I chose wasn’t an
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Dear Jaime Harrison, First off, I would like to thank you for our exchange on Twitter showing that you care about the voices that do not belong to the Democratic Party. I don’t know if you are aware of my
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Why has the political invective become so much more toxic? While advocating for America and protesting against candidates in my own Republican Party over the last five years, it’s been interesting to
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Mapping the plot to steal the Presidency Follow Trump’s plot to steal the Presidency with the help of MAGA Republican accomplices. The story of what caused the Jan. 6 attack on the
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How to demolish extremist MAGA Republican arguments Fight back with this three step tactic straight from their playbook: Connect. Pivot. Counterattack. How do you respond to this gem from Ted Cruz for
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By Bryan Watson The speech is a lesson in the tactics, large and small, that hold a message together and burn your ideas into your audience’s consciousness. Repetition. Litanies. Framing. Promoting your
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One of my earliest childhood memories was watching Elvis Presley sing on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in the fall of 1956. I sat in front of the family black-and-white TV in my
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Don’t fall for STRONGMAN playing the VICTIM CARD Authoritarians pose as persecuted individuals to justify their violence and crimes. Trump has built his appeal by casting himself and his supporters as political outsiders and persecuted
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“Unfortunately, the hearings will be dismissed as ‘theatrics,’ and the MAGA morons aren’t watching anyway.” I’ve been hearing some version of that from friends and family who are sure that the Jan.
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Despite growing up in a Midwestern, quintessential American small town in Ohio, I have never felt deeply connected to the term patriot. Don’t get me wrong — while I have not always
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It’s hard to understand how any legislator who was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 could vote against an investigation of the events of that day, but Republicans consistently put their lust
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We do still talk about him, the Former Guy, those of us who hated his presidency and feared that to which it portended. The more hushed tones are neither harsh nor bitter.
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