Yes, and importantly, "us" includes a lot of T and Vance/Husted/Moreno.
May I suggest that an effective message when talking to them might be #HeLiedToYOU
May I suggest that an effective message when talking to them might be #HeLiedToYOU
January 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Yes, and importantly, "us" includes a lot of T and Vance/Husted/Moreno.
May I suggest that an effective message when talking to them might be #HeLiedToYOU
May I suggest that an effective message when talking to them might be #HeLiedToYOU
Exactly, and that should be a focus of every D campaign:
#HeLiedToYOU
The challenge is getting marginal voters to realize he wasn't actually lying on their behalf.
bsky.app/profile/dbon...
#HeLiedToYOU
The challenge is getting marginal voters to realize he wasn't actually lying on their behalf.
bsky.app/profile/dbon...
Not sure it's a matter of short memory. As I've said since 2016, we should think of T as a con.
- In a successful con, the grifter gets away before the mark realizes he was taken.
- In a great con, the mark never realizes.
- But in an exceptional con, like this one, the mark thinks he was in on it.
- In a successful con, the grifter gets away before the mark realizes he was taken.
- In a great con, the mark never realizes.
- But in an exceptional con, like this one, the mark thinks he was in on it.
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Exactly, and that should be a focus of every D campaign:
#HeLiedToYOU
The challenge is getting marginal voters to realize he wasn't actually lying on their behalf.
bsky.app/profile/dbon...
#HeLiedToYOU
The challenge is getting marginal voters to realize he wasn't actually lying on their behalf.
bsky.app/profile/dbon...
Yes, and then she lost ALL SEVEN swing states. This TRUE doomcasting was the main flaw of her otherwise solid campaign & it will hurt us again if we repeat it in 2026. It does not win votes.
NOT: "She was right."
Instead: #HeLiedTOYOU, and "___ wouldn't say No to T, so you need to say No to ___."
NOT: "She was right."
Instead: #HeLiedTOYOU, and "___ wouldn't say No to T, so you need to say No to ___."
January 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Yes, and then she lost ALL SEVEN swing states. This TRUE doomcasting was the main flaw of her otherwise solid campaign & it will hurt us again if we repeat it in 2026. It does not win votes.
NOT: "She was right."
Instead: #HeLiedTOYOU, and "___ wouldn't say No to T, so you need to say No to ___."
NOT: "She was right."
Instead: #HeLiedTOYOU, and "___ wouldn't say No to T, so you need to say No to ___."
A serious question for Trump supporters: He's been back in power for a year; why hasn't he shown you PROOF that the 2020 election was stolen? Why hasn't his DoJ arrested those who stole the election?? #HeLiedtoYou
🧐 “I started to realize how much planning must have gone into this" listening to members of extremist militias on Zello chat planning the #Jan6 assault on the Capitol #Insurrection
January 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
A serious question for Trump supporters: He's been back in power for a year; why hasn't he shown you PROOF that the 2020 election was stolen? Why hasn't his DoJ arrested those who stole the election?? #HeLiedtoYou
A potent campaign message: #HeLiedToYOU
December 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A potent campaign message: #HeLiedToYOU
A good thread. If I understand it, it seems very much like what I've been moaning about since last year: For campaigning Dems & advocates, the most important part of #HeLiedToYOU is not fact-checking the lie, but focusing on the fact that he took advantage of YOU, the normie I'm talking to.
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
December 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A good thread. If I understand it, it seems very much like what I've been moaning about since last year: For campaigning Dems & advocates, the most important part of #HeLiedToYOU is not fact-checking the lie, but focusing on the fact that he took advantage of YOU, the normie I'm talking to.
Good Q. An idea I still have faith in: Americans don't prioritize truth, but they do understand victimhood. One way to reach some voters might be to show them they, themselves, have been victimized by lies. Focus on the act of lying and on the victim, not on the fact checking. Message: #HeLiedToYOU.
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Good Q. An idea I still have faith in: Americans don't prioritize truth, but they do understand victimhood. One way to reach some voters might be to show them they, themselves, have been victimized by lies. Focus on the act of lying and on the victim, not on the fact checking. Message: #HeLiedToYOU.
He basically said so in a 2016 debate. Paraphrasing:
Clinton: He cheats on his taxes.
T: That makes me smart.
IOW: Everyone who's anyone cheats. Playing by the rules is for suckers.
And to anyone who thought his special "smarts" were going to help him "drain the swamp," #HeLiedToYOU
Clinton: He cheats on his taxes.
T: That makes me smart.
IOW: Everyone who's anyone cheats. Playing by the rules is for suckers.
And to anyone who thought his special "smarts" were going to help him "drain the swamp," #HeLiedToYOU
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
He basically said so in a 2016 debate. Paraphrasing:
Clinton: He cheats on his taxes.
T: That makes me smart.
IOW: Everyone who's anyone cheats. Playing by the rules is for suckers.
And to anyone who thought his special "smarts" were going to help him "drain the swamp," #HeLiedToYOU
Clinton: He cheats on his taxes.
T: That makes me smart.
IOW: Everyone who's anyone cheats. Playing by the rules is for suckers.
And to anyone who thought his special "smarts" were going to help him "drain the swamp," #HeLiedToYOU
This is a stronger message if it's personalized for a persuadable T voter -- exactly the people whose votes we need. Don't debate whether it's really a lie or not. Instead, point out that he was cheating THEM out of THEIR vote.
#HeLiedToYOU
#HeLiedToYOU
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is a stronger message if it's personalized for a persuadable T voter -- exactly the people whose votes we need. Don't debate whether it's really a lie or not. Instead, point out that he was cheating THEM out of THEIR vote.
#HeLiedToYOU
#HeLiedToYOU
Believe me, I've tried.
I still have some hope for this approach: Not a "reasoned argument," but a personalized fact. "He raised/lowered this thing that YOU hate/love," and just leave it there. Hopefully they add up.
#HeLiedToYOU
I still have some hope for this approach: Not a "reasoned argument," but a personalized fact. "He raised/lowered this thing that YOU hate/love," and just leave it there. Hopefully they add up.
#HeLiedToYOU
November 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Believe me, I've tried.
I still have some hope for this approach: Not a "reasoned argument," but a personalized fact. "He raised/lowered this thing that YOU hate/love," and just leave it there. Hopefully they add up.
#HeLiedToYOU
I still have some hope for this approach: Not a "reasoned argument," but a personalized fact. "He raised/lowered this thing that YOU hate/love," and just leave it there. Hopefully they add up.
#HeLiedToYOU
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When the feature rolled out, it raised the possibility of breaking through the maga wall: not just #HeLiedToYOU, but #YouAreAllLyingToEachOther.
With the backlash around a good chunk of the location data being wrong, it's just affirming the lack of trust & truth that actually fuel maga. smdh.
With the backlash around a good chunk of the location data being wrong, it's just affirming the lack of trust & truth that actually fuel maga. smdh.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
When the feature rolled out, it raised the possibility of breaking through the maga wall: not just #HeLiedToYOU, but #YouAreAllLyingToEachOther.
With the backlash around a good chunk of the location data being wrong, it's just affirming the lack of trust & truth that actually fuel maga. smdh.
With the backlash around a good chunk of the location data being wrong, it's just affirming the lack of trust & truth that actually fuel maga. smdh.
I understand the schadenfreude so common on bsky, but people who regret their vote AND ARE WILLING TO SAY SO are exactly the folks we should be welcoming and encouraging to vote Dem in 2026.
Our ineffective doomcasting in 24: He's lying. You'll see.
Our more effective message now: #HeLiedToYOU
Our ineffective doomcasting in 24: He's lying. You'll see.
Our more effective message now: #HeLiedToYOU
October 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I understand the schadenfreude so common on bsky, but people who regret their vote AND ARE WILLING TO SAY SO are exactly the folks we should be welcoming and encouraging to vote Dem in 2026.
Our ineffective doomcasting in 24: He's lying. You'll see.
Our more effective message now: #HeLiedToYOU
Our ineffective doomcasting in 24: He's lying. You'll see.
Our more effective message now: #HeLiedToYOU
My bad. I was unaware of this quote: "It'll be near it but not touching it." If that's what he said, then we're back to #HeLiedToYOU.
Shocked, SHOCKED.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
Shocked, SHOCKED.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
Bezos' Washington Post publishes photos of the White House demolition that Bezos is helping pay for.
See how democracy works?
Trump: “It won’t interfere with the current building. It won’t be. It’ll be near it but not touching it..."
wapo.st/4hqBNiU
See how democracy works?
Trump: “It won’t interfere with the current building. It won’t be. It’ll be near it but not touching it..."
wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
My bad. I was unaware of this quote: "It'll be near it but not touching it." If that's what he said, then we're back to #HeLiedToYOU.
Shocked, SHOCKED.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
Shocked, SHOCKED.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
October 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Yes. #HeLiedToYOU works as a message, though it's sad that so many had to suffer before their eyes opened.
Another problem: "He" is not on the '26 ballot. So the job is to hang his record around every R congressman's neck like an albatross. "___ wouldn't say No to T, but you can say No to ___."
Another problem: "He" is not on the '26 ballot. So the job is to hang his record around every R congressman's neck like an albatross. "___ wouldn't say No to T, but you can say No to ___."
October 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Yes. #HeLiedToYOU works as a message, though it's sad that so many had to suffer before their eyes opened.
Another problem: "He" is not on the '26 ballot. So the job is to hang his record around every R congressman's neck like an albatross. "___ wouldn't say No to T, but you can say No to ___."
Another problem: "He" is not on the '26 ballot. So the job is to hang his record around every R congressman's neck like an albatross. "___ wouldn't say No to T, but you can say No to ___."
Yes, which is why "He's lying about the future" is never as effective as #HeLiedToYOU.
Unfortunately, for the latter to work, most voters need to feel pain first.
Unfortunately, for the latter to work, most voters need to feel pain first.
September 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yes, which is why "He's lying about the future" is never as effective as #HeLiedToYOU.
Unfortunately, for the latter to work, most voters need to feel pain first.
Unfortunately, for the latter to work, most voters need to feel pain first.
The sarcastic "shocked!" replies to David Ho's post are missing the point (tho maybe Ho was also being sarcastic?).
It's a shame we have to suffer to win votes, but being able to say #HeLiedToYOU, with receipts, will be much more persuasive in '26 than making an accurate prediction was in '24.
It's a shame we have to suffer to win votes, but being able to say #HeLiedToYOU, with receipts, will be much more persuasive in '26 than making an accurate prediction was in '24.
Headline: Trump lied about ability to halve electricity bills to get elected.
Surging US power costs defy Donald Trump’s pledge to halve bills
Electricity price inflation sparks political debate ahead of elections
www.ft.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The sarcastic "shocked!" replies to David Ho's post are missing the point (tho maybe Ho was also being sarcastic?).
It's a shame we have to suffer to win votes, but being able to say #HeLiedToYOU, with receipts, will be much more persuasive in '26 than making an accurate prediction was in '24.
It's a shame we have to suffer to win votes, but being able to say #HeLiedToYOU, with receipts, will be much more persuasive in '26 than making an accurate prediction was in '24.
September 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM