This is a good point. It is indeed ok to fight battles you might not win! Because much of the point is to drive media coverage and get attention.
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Maybe part of the problem is the Harvard Law effect described by @jeisinger.bsky.social : too many members of Congress have spent their lives chasing the next gold ring, and so they don’t want to take risks or do things that might fail. (Re: @eschatonblog.com comment)
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Can we also acknowledge that there is no media coverage of Dems when they are doing something?! Here are TWO senators in Israel highlighting the starvation in Gaza and no pundit is reposting or commenting on this. Many pundits get more attention attacking Dems rather than highlighting them.
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@vanhollen.senate.gov and @jeff-merkley.bsky.social are great!
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And the messaging happens in the fight. The bad guys are fighting in an open field, all by themselves, winning every battle without opposition. They’ve gained so much ground.
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Look at Booker’s absurd filibuster of nothing. It literally accomplished no legislative or oversight goal whatsoever (peak Dem not to deploy it when it could), but it did drive a lot of coverage and a message. Morons ask “but what could Dems do?” Messaging is the answer. Narratives. Stories.
sep 1, 2025, 1:21 pm • 0 0 • view
Jeez, the Right has been fighting such battles for decades. The point is to move the Overton Window. And it works.
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