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"It’s the Democratic brand that’s unpopular, not the populism." #ABlueView🧵1/4

A survey of working class, Rust Belt voters reveals there's a Dem Party PENALTY of 8%: a candidate id'd as a Democrat did 8% worse than an id'd Independent even though they had identical economic ...

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Democratic Leaders, Look to Future Issues Not Past Ones #ABlueView

tinyurl.com/4a4x8kwm makes a strong case that the 20th-century policy fights of the Dem Party (such as health care) aren't sufficient or relevant enough now & it really needs to update it's playbook.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi "Testifies" Before Congress #ABlueView🧵1/2

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🧵2/2 Attorney General Pam Bondi "Testifies" Before Congress

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 11h

Attorney General Pam Bondi "Testifies" Before Congress #ABlueView🧵1/2

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 14h

Democratic Leaders, Look to Future Issues Not Past Ones #ABlueView

tinyurl.com/4a4x8kwm makes a strong case that the 20th-century policy fights of the Dem Party (such as health care) aren't sufficient or relevant enough now & it really needs to update it's playbook.

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 17h

🧵4/4 "It’s the D brand that’s unpopular not the populism"

Mamdani lopsided win & ongoing popularity proves this isn't limited to the Rust Belt.

The Schumer & Jeffries "pot" are calling the Mamdani "kettle black" when they are the ones who risk tanking the D's in the midterms!

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 17h

🧵3/4 "It’s the D brand that’s unpopular not the populism"

"Rust belt voters aren’t gullibly distracted by culture wars but, rather, are frustrated that D's haven’t delivered. What does resonate with them is a tougher, more credible economic message."

Democratic candidates can win Rust Belt voters by … attacking the Democratic party | Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara

Voters support progressive economic populism, our survey shows. They just don’t trust Democrats to deliver it

www.theguardian.com

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 17h

🧵2/4 "It’s the D brand that’s unpopular not the populism"

... populist platforms.

This helps explain why OH's "Brown can run as tough economic populists & still struggle, while Indep's like Dan Osborne in NE dramatically overperformed expectations on nearly identical platforms.

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 17h

"It’s the Democratic brand that’s unpopular, not the populism." #ABlueView🧵1/4

A survey of working class, Rust Belt voters reveals there's a Dem Party PENALTY of 8%: a candidate id'd as a Democrat did 8% worse than an id'd Independent even though they had identical economic ...

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 1d

The America I Knew Has Been Shattered By These #ABlueView🧵1/2

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Invades America #ABlueView🧵1/3

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 1d

The Best Way to Oppose Trump: #NoKings on Oct 18

A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 1d

The America I Knew Has Been Shattered By These #ABlueView🧵1/2

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 1d

🧵2/3 Trump Invades America

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Invades America #ABlueView🧵1/3

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 1d

🧵2/2 On Oct 18th We Can Together Help Bring it Back

10 days till the MOST powerful way YOU can constrain Trump & his henchman at SCOTUS: The nationwide #NoKings rallies

Find one: #map.nokings.org/#map" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.nokings.org/#map & bring as many as you can, especially folks who have been hesitant before

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 1d

The America I Knew Has Been Shattered By These #ABlueView🧵1/2

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 2d

Trump Invades America #ABlueView🧵1/3

#NoKings Oct 18
Find one near you: #map.nokings.org/#map" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.nokings.org/#map

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is a Socialist. MAGA are Welfare Queens. #ABlueView🧵1/3

During Trump 1, 92% of his China Tariff Revenue ($66B) was used as corporate welfare ($61B) to buy off farmers angry at their loss of sales: tinyurl.com/2xt7wn8k

And he's about to do it again.

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 2d

This is false: www.reuters.com/fact-check/m...

Fact Check: Maine Governor Janet Mills did not threaten to stop paying federal taxes

The Democratic governor of Maine, Janet Mills, has not threatened to stop paying federal taxes if U.S. President Donald Trump stops federal funding for the state, contrary to online posts, a spokesperson for the governor said.

www.reuters.com

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 2d

🧵3/3 The Opposition

A pivotal moment for the Nazis: They claimed a Feb '33 fire at the Parliament was set by Communists, that there were further plots, & they induced the president to issue the Reichstag Fire Decree suspending civil liberties. en.wikipedia.org/wik... #NoKings

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 2d

🧵2/3 Trump Invades America

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 2d

Trump Invades America #ABlueView🧵1/3

#NoKings Oct 18
Find one near you: #map.nokings.org/#map" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.nokings.org/#map

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 2d

🧵3/3 Trump is a Socialist

Besides the Trump regime redistributing tarriff revenue to supporters, it is increasingly buying the "means of production" as he increasingly takes ownership of private, American companies. (Ok, maybe he's more of a State Capitalist than Socialist.)

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 2d

🧵2/3 MAGA are Welfare Queens

GOP "lawmakers have estimated that, this time around, farmers could need as much as $50B in" support. www.nytimes.com/2025...

Why Trump loves 'em: tarriffs & corporate welfare empowers him by choosing winners & losers (and increases his bribes).

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