Joe Biden ran on a message of unity. Less than 72 hours into his presidency, the unity message is being weaponized against him with bad faith arguments from Republicans and others. Here's whats happening and what we need to push back on. messagebox.substack.com/p/unity-is-alr…
To be clear,
- Biden pursuing his agenda is not divisive.
- Biden undoing Trump's policies is not divisive
- Biden rooting out Trump hacks burrowed into the govt is not divisive

No one that makes these arguments should be taken seriously messagebox.substack.com/p/unity-is-alr…
Not to mention the fact that Mitch McConnell is currently engaged in a slow motion coup of sorts by preventing the Democrats from taking the majority. The proper response any of the Republican that complains about a lack of unity is to laugh in their face messagebox.substack.com/p/unity-is-alr…
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11 Jan
The insurrection was caused by more than the post-election lies of Trump et al. It is the result of a growing political cancer. We need a comprehensive response to ensure this never happens again. Here are some ideas on what that looks like:
messagebox.substack.com/p/a-proportion…
1. Trump must be impeached and removed. It's an open and shut case. Any member that votes against is putting their narrow partisan interest over their oath of office. messagebox.substack.com/p/a-proportion…
2. A shortened impeachment process cannot replace a thorough accounting of the Trump years. Every crime and abuse of power from 1/20/17 led to this moment. We need something akin to truth and reconciliation commission to investigate, report, and prosecute messagebox.substack.com/p/a-proportion…
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3 Jan
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…
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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.

messagebox.substack.com/p/the-democrat…
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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