You asked, and we're bringing back our briefings. Today: Why Trump wants to make pregnancy debilitating again, Judith Butler on beating fascism, and guitarist Mary Halvorson at the outer limits
I like this format. I hope this won’t give us fewer opportunities to interface with your writings and thought processes. I enjoyed watching you on Morning Joe but I don’t watch anymore. I wouldn’t want to lose another contact point. Enjoy your work
Let’s partner up red states and blue states and get the facts out about Trump lies within this budget bill so NO REPUBLICANS CAN SAY THEY DIDNT KNOW ABOUT AN END TO MEDICARE MEDICAID AND FEEDING HUNGRY CHILDREN HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD!
What account are we on the left giving them? Do we acknowledge the fears with which they're living? Do we give them another interpretive framework?…--> YES to this. If we could genuinely acknowledge the fears of the right AND the left and clearly place the blame for most of these fears where it truly lies - unchecked corporate power, harm, and gaslighting - wouldn't that help? Especially if we pair it with pushing for community connection, organizing, and power as a counter to corporate power (plus life-giving in its own right!). This is the movement I am trying to be a part of with GASLIT (www.gaslitbycorporations.com) but I am very curious about folks' thoughts on whether this is a narrative that can resonate across communities + whether there is another "account" we on the left could provide that would be more compelling (while still being accurate). Would love your thoughts on this!
Comments unrelated to today’s short and sweet AG post. Stream of consciousness, I guess. I would love to see No Kings day Oct18 to include No King Makers messaging as well. The supreme court’s thuggery created the king. They need to feel the heat. They’ve been flying under the radar with their illegal rulings. NO KING MAKERS! Lets out these thugs.
And another thing…perhaps magical thinking but I don’t think so. What keeps me energized is the thought that Trump is the catalyst for the leapfrogging change this country needs in this moment rather than shuffling slowly toward existential survival. We’ve just been baby baby baby stepping toward renewable energy, gunsense, and all the things that help us all do better when we all do better. This regime has clarified for us how much power oligarchs have and how corporations do not care about human beings. Without Trump, the greater part of our populace would not have thought about this. And we would still be baby-step-shuffling. For me, this is useful thinking and keeps me in the shallow end rather than the deep end.
Love this format. Thanks! On the state of MAGA, I come from a family that is mostly MAGA. For us, I know exactly where the fear and anger comes from: a lower middle class household with parents who knew nothing about parenting except what they experienced from their parents who knew nothing about parenting. The result? The children did not get the love and support they needed and grew into believing in a sad, negative view of the world. Yet support for children’s education outside the family is being drastically reduced. A Grave Error!
I don't mean to be difficult, but don't people on the right think the rest of us are living with fears too? Why are theirs so special? What am I missing here?
women should just bear pain was the first thing I thought of. SURELY there is similar "evidence" out there that painkillers cause erectile disfunction. Don't think we'll see trump trumpeting that multiple times.
Did we know that all of the elected officials in Congress have better health and retirement benefits than all of us? Now that is a reason to want to keep your job as well as corrupt personal financial campaign “gifts”.
Fear- job tech and AI transformation, loss of good paying oil, weapons sales and manufacturing. poor job training, community college, medical training, massive public education needs and finally a critical lack of understanding of economics and expertise in basic accounting. What’s AI going to do with lies? Repeated lies, belief in lies are overcoming fears and pulling desperate communities together.
I like this format. I hope this won’t give us fewer opportunities to interface with your writings and thought processes. I enjoyed watching you on Morning Joe but I don’t watch anymore. I wouldn’t want to lose another contact point. Enjoy your work
Let’s partner up red states and blue states and get the facts out about Trump lies within this budget bill so NO REPUBLICANS CAN SAY THEY DIDNT KNOW ABOUT AN END TO MEDICARE MEDICAID AND FEEDING HUNGRY CHILDREN HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD!
What account are we on the left giving them? Do we acknowledge the fears with which they're living? Do we give them another interpretive framework?…--> YES to this. If we could genuinely acknowledge the fears of the right AND the left and clearly place the blame for most of these fears where it truly lies - unchecked corporate power, harm, and gaslighting - wouldn't that help? Especially if we pair it with pushing for community connection, organizing, and power as a counter to corporate power (plus life-giving in its own right!). This is the movement I am trying to be a part of with GASLIT (www.gaslitbycorporations.com) but I am very curious about folks' thoughts on whether this is a narrative that can resonate across communities + whether there is another "account" we on the left could provide that would be more compelling (while still being accurate). Would love your thoughts on this!
Comments unrelated to today’s short and sweet AG post. Stream of consciousness, I guess. I would love to see No Kings day Oct18 to include No King Makers messaging as well. The supreme court’s thuggery created the king. They need to feel the heat. They’ve been flying under the radar with their illegal rulings. NO KING MAKERS! Lets out these thugs.
And another thing…perhaps magical thinking but I don’t think so. What keeps me energized is the thought that Trump is the catalyst for the leapfrogging change this country needs in this moment rather than shuffling slowly toward existential survival. We’ve just been baby baby baby stepping toward renewable energy, gunsense, and all the things that help us all do better when we all do better. This regime has clarified for us how much power oligarchs have and how corporations do not care about human beings. Without Trump, the greater part of our populace would not have thought about this. And we would still be baby-step-shuffling. For me, this is useful thinking and keeps me in the shallow end rather than the deep end.
Love this format. Thanks! On the state of MAGA, I come from a family that is mostly MAGA. For us, I know exactly where the fear and anger comes from: a lower middle class household with parents who knew nothing about parenting except what they experienced from their parents who knew nothing about parenting. The result? The children did not get the love and support they needed and grew into believing in a sad, negative view of the world. Yet support for children’s education outside the family is being drastically reduced. A Grave Error!
I don't mean to be difficult, but don't people on the right think the rest of us are living with fears too? Why are theirs so special? What am I missing here?
women should just bear pain was the first thing I thought of. SURELY there is similar "evidence" out there that painkillers cause erectile disfunction. Don't think we'll see trump trumpeting that multiple times.
Love this format, as well as everyone's comments.
Did we know that all of the elected officials in Congress have better health and retirement benefits than all of us? Now that is a reason to want to keep your job as well as corrupt personal financial campaign “gifts”.
Fear- job tech and AI transformation, loss of good paying oil, weapons sales and manufacturing. poor job training, community college, medical training, massive public education needs and finally a critical lack of understanding of economics and expertise in basic accounting. What’s AI going to do with lies? Repeated lies, belief in lies are overcoming fears and pulling desperate communities together.
Yes, this format works for me!
We can’t trust anyone.