I was subscribed to the White House email newsletter in 2013. When Trump took office, I realized I was still subscribed, and decided (after a few months of shock) to keep reading them. I'm glad I did. They do not represent reality, but they do help me understand something. 1/
If you read these every day, Trump seems kind of awesome. Obviously, I read a lot of other things every day, so I draw a very different conclusion. But whoever writes these does a great job of making everything that happens sound somewhere between pretty reasonable and great. 2/
I'm glad I still get them because it helps me understand why many people support this President. And it helps me understand why the fracturing of the media landscape is so incredibly bad for democracy. We can live in different worlds. 3/
I don't recommend that everyone sign up for the email list. But for some, it can be enlightening, if also very challenging. This week in particular, knowing the true human consequences of his actions. Sadly, though, this is most true weeks. 4/
But if you think you can learn something from them, here is where you sign up: whitehouse.gov/get-involved/ 5/
Today's headline, for example: Syria ceasefire a ‘great day for civilization’ "Instead of American lives, the President is using “tough love” to bring other countries to the table and achieve positive outcomes." 6/
This summer: Under President Trump, America is respected again. When world leaders sit down with President Trump over the next few days, they know they’re meeting with a negotiating partner who isn’t bluffing when he says he’ll take tough action to protect American workers. 7/
The author(s) of these newsletters speak eloquently about the opioid crisis, and the need to address it. They speak of real people affected by it. They effectively combine compelling statistics and personal stories. You feel like they really get it, really care. 8/
Makes me think of something @hondanhon said after the election:
Advertising, focus groups and quantitative polling don’t work anymore.
1) Understand your users’ needs
2) Show — don’t tell — that you understand those needs
3) Meet your users’ needs
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Advertising, focus groups and quantitative polling don’t work anymore.
1) Understand your users’ needs
2) Show — don’t tell — that you understand those needs
3) Meet your users’ needs
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@hondanhon I can't find the original context for what Dan said (I quoted it here bit.ly/2nZf0nY) but I think his point was, what if someone is REALLY good and 1 and 2?
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@hondanhon I don't know what happens next in this country, but I do know that what's happening in Syria (and on our border, and everywhere else we are committing crimes) is happening in our name. 11/
@hondanhon And if we want to change that, we'd better understand how the other people who get to decide what happens in our name think about what's going on. end/
