Matthew Sheffield

Many Trump voters actively knew and supported his worst policies like tariffs, pardons for J6 criminals, and millions of deportations. But because he contradicts himself constantly and lies constantly, many people didn't believe or know what Trump's policies were: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/u...

The media cover politicians' agendas so little that the extreme policy views of Republicans receive almost no attention in the public mind. In fact, many Republican leaners literally do not believe you when you tell them what Republicans actually want. We need more media. /end

Many Trump voters actively knew and supported his worst policies like tariffs, pardons for J6 criminals, and millions of deportations. But because he contradicts himself constantly and lies constantly, many people didn't believe or know what Trump's policies were: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/u...

David Fotouhi, the Trumper currently serving as the deputy EPA administrator, decided to announce a new policy today from inside a storage closet. And of course, it's ethanol mandates. They are repealing as many of Trump's policies as possible in swing states.

There are two false claims Flavio Bolsonaro supporters are pushing which are key to their specious attempts to challenge his loss. Refuting them: 1) The judicial ruling to extend voting did not affect the tallies. Less than 0.3% of the ballots were cast after voting was extended. Lula won by 3.6.

2) Lula was the first candidate to win in a runoff after initially placing second. This is unusual but expected given past polling, which placed him ahead of Bolsonaro in the first round. Some Lula supporters only voted in 2nd round. First round polls: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion...

Just two days after this thread, he illustrated my point perfectly. Neoliberalism is simultaneously naive and nihilistic

In the 2024 election, more people who voted backed Trump. But the people who did not also supported him. This is the unpleasant reality that Democrats must confront. We need to be able to persuade more people. What the party has been doing is lacking. We must build. There isn't an alternative.

We claim to live in the reality based community. Well, this is the reality. The majority of Americans are not fascist. And if you are upset by the things I've been saying lately, you are implicitly saying that you think most Americans are fascist. 

Far-right Republicans don't care about women's sports except as a means to terrify women. This ruse was laid bare in humiliating fashion the past two weeks in Atlanta when Phil Kent, an anti-immigrant activist who is a co-host of Fox 5's "Georgia Gang," badly botched two attempts to bash the WNBA.

Far-right Republicans don't care about women's sports except as a means to terrify women. This ruse was laid bare in humiliating fashion the past two weeks in Atlanta when Phil Kent, an anti-immigrant activist who is a co-host of Fox 5's "Georgia Gang," badly botched two attempts to bash the WNBA.

Phil Kent is a perfect example of how racists are still allowed in Southern Republican politics. This guy was Strom Thurmond's press secretary, obviously hates black WNBA player Angel Reese, and runs an anti-immigration group once run by white nationalist Sam Francis. And yet he's on TV every week.

Far-right Republicans don't care about women's sports except as a means to terrify women. This ruse was laid bare in humiliating fashion the past two weeks in Atlanta when Phil Kent, an anti-immigrant activist who is a co-host of Fox 5's "Georgia Gang," badly botched two attempts to bash the WNBA.

In the great news from Brazil, don't sleep on this Reuters investigation which found that Darren Beattie, a racist activist who was fired during the first Trump administration, directly worked to increase tariffs on Brazil to harm the country in hopes that it would elect Flavio Bolsonaro

One of the things most upsetting to me about people who hate on low-information voters is the assumption that they are all idiots. And almost always, it is well-to-do white people who say things like this. In blue-collar America, people don't have leisure time to watch CNN or read party platforms.

Winning a fight is knowing how to throw a punch, and to extend a hand. And knowing when to do each. We don't need to compromise with radical reactionaries. But we do need more people to win this thing. Here's Raphael Warnock on togetherness /end

One of the things most upsetting to me about people who hate on low-information voters is the assumption that they are all idiots. And almost always, it is well-to-do white people who say things like this. In blue-collar America, people don't have leisure time to watch CNN or read party platforms.

No one will always agree, but the politics of amalgamated hatred can only be defeated by a unifying solidarity of love. I disagree that we have to love those who hate us, but we have to see that many of the people we think hate us do not hate us. There is a place for everyone, if they will but sit.

One of the things most upsetting to me about people who hate on low-information voters is the assumption that they are all idiots. And almost always, it is well-to-do white people who say things like this. In blue-collar America, people don't have leisure time to watch CNN or read party platforms.

Hillary Clinton had the right response to Trump supporters. Many of them are indeed horrible and terrible people. And many of them are not. Democratic politicians' job is to get the non-evil ones to switch or stay home. It's ok if you don't want that task. I wouldn't ask you. ☮️

One of the things most upsetting to me about people who hate on low-information voters is the assumption that they are all idiots. And almost always, it is well-to-do white people who say things like this. In blue-collar America, people don't have leisure time to watch CNN or read party platforms.