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Time To Organize Against Cheeto and His Nazi Allies

The upcoming Oct 18 No Kings protest is a rallying point around which we can consolidate our voices in dissent of what Cheeto and his Nazi party are trying to do to our government

But as important is to develop a long term strategy for our movement As Marc Elias writes in Democracy Docket(https://bit.ly/4n0Qj1J) there needs to be a long range plan that requires organizing around a set of strategies that ensure the takedown of this radical right wing fascist movement that we have come to know as MAGA which by the way has been in the works for at least 2 decades This is not just about 2026 but there and beyond 2028, 2030, 2032 Apathy doesn’t win

As Elias points out we need to organize for the long term around the protection of voting rights, supporting each other with conviction and energy, and being proactive not reactive So much of what is termed journalism is merely a reporting of what has happened in the day While that’s valuable we need to go on the offensive with a plan to attack MAGA Sadly the DNC is woefully behind the power curve and it’s up to all of us to show up WE the People show up and lead the way but that’s how it should always be

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Marc is really great. I don’t know where we’d be at this point without him. I think that a lot of our readers here at the AM have helped build really good strategies. The biggest hurdle is to get the word out, or to get the attention of some bigger names that can help push these strategies out.

I honestly have no idea how to overcome that hurdle.

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Congrats on your insightful posts One thing that is missing in current journalism in MSM but also in the Substack channels is not just regurgitating daily events which has its value but also creating context about the daily reporting It's easy to get sucked in but the popularity of Rachel Maddow is just that....contextualizing an event with historical perspective In my opinion that's what sets her apart from the average commentator

The "hurdle" is overcome by continuing to do what you do Eventually there's a breakthrough I believe consistently referring back to what is contextualized can be an important step toward greater public reading buy in Once 1% of the population gives buy in it's all down hill

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Siw Heede's avatar

Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones etc made CK possible, and they’ve been spouting hate for decades.

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Aaron Roman's avatar

✊ be loud, be outspoken, and make as big a stink as possible. Nonviolent protests are a corner Stone of Democracy.

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