On its face, the Hawley/Cruz challenge to the election results makes no sense. It makes the whole party look ridiculous and probably hurts in Georgia, but it needs to be viewed as pretext for a huge push for more voter suppression laws in the next 2 years messagebox.substack.com/p/whats-really…
To be clear, this effort is no less ridiculous than a bunch of Senators demanding an audit of the moon landing or the roundness of the Earth. messagebox.substack.com/p/whats-really…
Even though McConnell opposes the challenge to the Electoral College certification, he deserves the bulk of the blame. His silence after the election created a vacuum for the nutsos and snake oil salesman to weaponize conspiracy theories messagebox.substack.com/p/whats-really…
If you become a paid subscriber to Message Box today, I will donate the cost of the first month of your subscription to Crooked Media’s Every Last Vote Fund which goes to grassroots organizations in Georgia. messagebox.substack.com/subscribe?utm_…

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22 Dec 20
The COVID Relief deal was woefully insufficient, absolutely necessary, and an indictment of divided government. messagebox.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-…
The success Democrats had in bringing Republicans to the table by hammering them as callous corporatists on the campaign trail is a sign that economic populist arguments against the GOP could have more impact with Trump fading into the background messagebox.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-…
People rarely make a public argument against divided government, but this deal provides Democrats in Georgia with an opportunity to lay out the differences between a Senate that wants to fix things and one that would prefer to watch the world burn. messagebox.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-…
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8 Dec 20
Today's Message Box looks at the state of the Democratic Party brand in 2020 and beyond, whether Dems have a brand problem, and what we can do about it.

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Democratic policies are more popular than Republican policies. The Democratic Party is more popular than the Republican Party, but that hasn't translated into a success down ballot. Here's why and some thoughts on what we can do about it messagebox.substack.com/p/the-democrat…
In an era of declining split-ticket voting, a party’s brand matters a lot. Voters are defaulting to their pre-conceived party preference with less regard for the personal characteristics and policy positions of the individual candidates. messagebox.substack.com/p/the-democrat…
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4 Dec 20
In 2021, Trump is going to do everything to remain the center of attention. There will be a temptation among some Dems to focus on an unpopular, polarizing loser, but that would a mistake. Dems should make McConnell the face of the GOP, not Trump: messagebox.substack.com/p/ignore-trump…
We live in an "attention economy" where the ability to garner eyeballs is power. Who and what we give our attention is a choice. Just because Trump wants our attention, doesn't mean we have to give it to him: messagebox.substack.com/p/ignore-trump…
A top strategic priority for Dems exploiting the tension between the working class GOP base and their corporatists donors. Focusing on McConnell - a corrupt, partisan hack that wants cut Medicare and give tax breaks to Wall Street - is a way to do that: messagebox.substack.com/p/ignore-trump…
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2 Dec 20
There has been a lot of focus on Trump's attempt to steal the 2020 election, but behind the scenes the Republicans are already working on stealing the next 5 elections. Here's how and how we can try to stop them: messagebox.substack.com/p/forget-the-c…
Early next year, the redistricting process is going to kick off and the GOP has already pledged to gerrymander themselves into power for a decade despite representing a shrinking share of the electorate: messagebox.substack.com/p/forget-the-c…
Republicans engage in partisan and racist gerrymandering, because they believe they won't pay a political price for doing so. It doesn't have to be that way. With proper attention, aggressive activism and a compelling message, we can impact the results. messagebox.substack.com/p/forget-the-c…
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30 Nov 20
Despite Biden's huge win, Democratic turnout in a lot of big cities was flat. There are a lot of theories as to why that happened. Given how much the deck is stacked against Democrats, we need to figure out what happened and fix it. Some thoughts here: messagebox.substack.com/p/the-2020-dee…
The most important people to listen to in this conversation are organizers like @staceyabrams, @MsLaToshaBrown and others that have been organizing for years to build political in the face of overwhelming and malicious voter suppression
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Democratic performance in Philly, Milwaukee, and Miami is something we need to look at because in 2022 three of best Democratic Senate pick ups are in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Florida. messagebox.substack.com/p/the-2020-dee…
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29 Nov 20
If I was building a White House staff, a campaign, a think tank or any other endeavor, my first hire would be Brian Deese. He is unquestionably brilliant, a great person, and in politics for all the right reasons.
Brian became a star in the Obama White House at barely 30 years old for spearheading the rescue of the auto industry where he worked with organized labor to save millions of jobs despite not having an office and working from an extra desk designated for an intern.
I was in nearly every economic meeting with President Obama from late 2009 to 2015 and I don't recall ever hearing Brian argue for austerity. He was always pushing for more stimulus, higher taxes on the rich, and creative ways to help the people that needed it the most.
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