Antonia Scatton
@antoniascatton.bsky.social
Writer, ReframingAmerica.Substack.com
Protege of George Lakoff. Working to make basic human decency popular again and help communities build political agency.
Protege of George Lakoff. Working to make basic human decency popular again and help communities build political agency.
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Hello Bluesky! Please join me in my two missions: fix the messaging and brand of the Democratic Party through reframing, and do an end run around money in politics by building real political capacity in communities. Also, please subscribe to my newsletter! 💙 reframingamerica.substack.com
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The Chandler City Council has voted unanimously to reject this AI data center that Kyrsten Sinema was paid to lobby for.
🔗: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/kyrsten-sinema-is-getting-paid-to-push-for-a-chandler-data-center-40625888/
When the ex-senator threatened Chandler over a data center, she was working as a paid lobbyist. She might suck at it.
When the ex-senator threatened Chandler over a data center, she was working as a paid lobbyist. She might suck at it.
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Chandler City Council has voted unanimously to reject this AI data center that Kyrsten Sinema was paid to lobby for.
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Trump's FTC leaders bad-mouthed Lina Khan when they dropped this lawsuit, claiming that they were cleaning up her mess. Now that it's been unsealed, we can see that was a total lie. This was a coverup to protect Pepsi and Walmart.
1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
December 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Trump's FTC leaders bad-mouthed Lina Khan when they dropped this lawsuit, claiming that they were cleaning up her mess. Now that it's been unsealed, we can see that was a total lie. This was a coverup to protect Pepsi and Walmart.
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The appropriations measure that ended the shutdown in November says explicitly that none of the spending can be used to carry out reductions in force. This is mostly canceling unfilled positions, but cutting the regional offices would seem to conflict with the appropriations ban.
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The appropriations measure that ended the shutdown in November says explicitly that none of the spending can be used to carry out reductions in force. This is mostly canceling unfilled positions, but cutting the regional offices would seem to conflict with the appropriations ban.
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The delta between what Biden did and how much anger he got for it and the absolute crickets Trump has gotten for making the student loan landscape *magnitudes worse than it was before* is absolutely one of the most enraging things about this entirely enraging era.
Congrats again to the people who continuously said Biden did nothing about student loans for four years! www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/s...
Trump officials move to end student loan payment pause for millions of borrowers
The Trump administration announced a proposed joint settlement with Missouri that would soon force millions of student loan borrowers into repayment.
www.cnbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The delta between what Biden did and how much anger he got for it and the absolute crickets Trump has gotten for making the student loan landscape *magnitudes worse than it was before* is absolutely one of the most enraging things about this entirely enraging era.
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Seems like Trump and his groupies think starting a regime change war of conquest out of nowhere is a political masterstroke that will get them back on the front foot, but I don’t think that’s how it will play out.
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Seems like Trump and his groupies think starting a regime change war of conquest out of nowhere is a political masterstroke that will get them back on the front foot, but I don’t think that’s how it will play out.
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I asked @aoc.bsky.social about why she posted this tweet, and she said “because JD Vance is a goober, man.”
December 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I asked @aoc.bsky.social about why she posted this tweet, and she said “because JD Vance is a goober, man.”
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i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
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Teens turn to a variety of online platforms, but YouTube continues to stand out. Roughly nine-in-ten teens report ever using it. TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are the next most widely used platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Teens turn to a variety of online platforms, but YouTube continues to stand out. Roughly nine-in-ten teens report ever using it. TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are the next most widely used platforms.
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
People think Dems are weak, that we don’t fight for what we believe in. Moderating or “running away from the Party” only proves them right. Taking votes we might not win shows that we’re fighting. Occasionally losing shows that we’re not afraid of tough battles.
It's Better to Have Fought
Taking a hit and not backing down is how we show we’re tough.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
People think Dems are weak, that we don’t fight for what we believe in. Moderating or “running away from the Party” only proves them right. Taking votes we might not win shows that we’re fighting. Occasionally losing shows that we’re not afraid of tough battles.
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Also, this is an invitation to international criminals, just like these kinds of program are everywhere else
An insane political move. One of the recurring complaints about immigration in the U.S. is that those seeking asylum jump the line. This is line-jumping — but for rich people, not those in need.
December 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Also, this is an invitation to international criminals, just like these kinds of program are everywhere else
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"We should not let the executive branch and the president get us into another war that the American people don't know about, haven't supported, and there's no transparency for what the president is doing."
@shaheen.senate.gov joins @samsteindc.bsky.social to discuss the latest news on Venezuela.
@shaheen.senate.gov joins @samsteindc.bsky.social to discuss the latest news on Venezuela.
December 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
"We should not let the executive branch and the president get us into another war that the American people don't know about, haven't supported, and there's no transparency for what the president is doing."
@shaheen.senate.gov joins @samsteindc.bsky.social to discuss the latest news on Venezuela.
@shaheen.senate.gov joins @samsteindc.bsky.social to discuss the latest news on Venezuela.
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A tanker? We just doing straight up piracy now?
Trump: "It's been an interesting day from the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Largest one ever seized actually. And other things are happening."
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A tanker? We just doing straight up piracy now?
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Reuters reports U.S. forces just intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela—a major escalation in Trump’s pressure campaign on Maduro and a dangerous step toward open conflict in the Caribbean
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
What Explains Trump’s Aggression Toward Venezuela? Who Knows.
To better understand the president’s foreign policy, one must study the behavior of small children.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Reuters reports U.S. forces just intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela—a major escalation in Trump’s pressure campaign on Maduro and a dangerous step toward open conflict in the Caribbean
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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I would love it if the next Dem president did a 21st century version of FDR style fireside chats. Maybe weekly live streams? The White House feels so disconnected from regular, everyday American life.
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I would love it if the next Dem president did a 21st century version of FDR style fireside chats. Maybe weekly live streams? The White House feels so disconnected from regular, everyday American life.
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Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
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Community health centers were created to be medical safety nets for people who struggle to afford primary care.
But we found that several are suing patients and garnishing their paychecks – which experts say contradicts their mission.
www.propublica.org/article/fede...
But we found that several are suing patients and garnishing their paychecks – which experts say contradicts their mission.
www.propublica.org/article/fede...
These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients’...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Community health centers were created to be medical safety nets for people who struggle to afford primary care.
But we found that several are suing patients and garnishing their paychecks – which experts say contradicts their mission.
www.propublica.org/article/fede...
But we found that several are suing patients and garnishing their paychecks – which experts say contradicts their mission.
www.propublica.org/article/fede...
NEW POST: Trickle up? Middle out? Floors and ceilings? Fair shots? Why do we create messaging that fails to connect with voters? Our messaging fails when we throw words together that do not correspond to the mental models people use to make sense of our world.
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Why Dem Messaging Sounds Like it was Written by A.I.
How we build and use mental models.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
NEW POST: Trickle up? Middle out? Floors and ceilings? Fair shots? Why do we create messaging that fails to connect with voters? Our messaging fails when we throw words together that do not correspond to the mental models people use to make sense of our world.
open.substack.com/pub/reframin...
open.substack.com/pub/reframin...
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At least the last war for oil pretended to be about WMDs.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
At least the last war for oil pretended to be about WMDs.
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I’m sure I’m gonna get dragged for this, but I think AI is bad. AI has completely ruined Google search and it’s created a lot more slop that needs to be avoided on the Internet.
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I’m sure I’m gonna get dragged for this, but I think AI is bad. AI has completely ruined Google search and it’s created a lot more slop that needs to be avoided on the Internet.
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This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
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WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
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Longing for the day
The Media gets COURAGE
Quiet Piggy Potus
The Media gets COURAGE
Quiet Piggy Potus
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Longing for the day
The Media gets COURAGE
Quiet Piggy Potus
The Media gets COURAGE
Quiet Piggy Potus