I drafted this yesterday, but never put it up. I’ll preface it by saying that I see today that it looks like the Dems may be getting their act together on the propaganda front.
Yesterday the Democrats in the House did something right. They voted to reinstitute net neutrality, which the Trump appointed telecom industries stooges at the FCC repealed. Mitch McConnell says it’s going nowhere, as I’m sure he won’t even let it come up for a vote, but while that’s yet another symptom of our crumbling democracy, it’s not unexpected.
The question now is whether the Democrats will be able to craft a narrative to take advantage of the refusal of Republicans to vote on, or pass this and other popular measures the Democrats will (hopefully) pass in the House in the next few months.
It should not be that hard for the Democrats to make a little list of those measures, get some trusted Hollywood celebrity type to read them off, and, after each, solemnly intone that the Republican Senate wouldn’t even vote on it (!).
The media is not going to remind people of these things. Only the Democrats can do that, especially on mainstream media. Who knows, maybe the DCCC will take some time off from running an incumbent protection racket and get some commercials produced that will drive this point home. We need to beat the genius in 2020, but it will do us little good if we can’t take the Senate. Without that, we can never turn the tide of autocracy.
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