Messaging guru Anat Shenker-Osorio on how Democrats are talking -- and should talk -- about the GOP budget and more. Plus, we analyze Beyoncé's patriotism
I just used MAGA Murder budget when I called my Senator (Tillis) and I think the Democrats should be a police dog... protective and gentle with the weak, but able to attack and take down a predator... that is what I want.
I agree with what Anat says about the repetition of the message being effective with those people who are receptive to change. My younger brother has never ever been political and always nodded his head and changed the subject when I was strident about my beliefs. But he moved to Florida and lives around a new set of people and suddenly he is very anti-Trump and sends me all these memes. It is so gratifying that I can finally discuss politics with him after all this time
for what it’s worth, I call out any post about the budget bill as being the MAGA Murder budget… it also goes well with all sorts of other moves this administration is making - such as cutting funding for cancer research, abducting people and putting them in gulags, restricting access to health care for women, and so on!
I write a weekly political newsletter that goes out to all my friends and family each week... Anat - after you previous chat on the INK I started using the MAGA MURDER BUDGET in my newsletter.......
At the very LEAST, diminishing their daily lives, + yes, jeopardizing their healthcare should they fall ill + need medicine, doctors, + home care + risking death shld
Speaking of death and dying. Joni Ernst has earned her latest stripe for mean spirtedness.
My Senator, it seems, has been infected by a particularly virulent strain of generalized meanness, a contagion against which she clearly hasn't taken the necessary public servant's vaccine. Her "we all are going to die" comment, a bitter fruit from this infection, serves as a stark reminder that some elected officials are overdue for their booster shots of basic human empathy and accountability. All who serve the public should be regularly immunized against such callousness, a process that genuine interaction with constituents, rather than the isolating influence of big donor contributions, can often facilitate. For those already showing symptoms of this contagion, perhaps the most honorable path is to resign, admit their error, and prevent further spread.
Meanwhile, every elected official and candidate, regardless of party, should be pressed to answer a simple, mortal question: Do they believe that policy choices leading to reduced access to healthcare and vital services are acceptable, even if they result in preventable deaths? Their responses, much like Senator Ernst's, may expose their own political mortality and the true human cost of their platforms.
The uproar against Ernst's comment, while valid, must not overshadow the underlying issue: the very real, life-and-death consequences of the legislation she champions. Opponents should not merely decry the callousness, but relentlessly highlight that such bills, in effect, kill people.
This indecent serves as a stark reminder that some elected officials are overdue for their booster shots of basic human empathy and accountability.
Fab! Democrats as Black Bears is my answer too, for all the reasons Anat described, and because they are smart and crafty. I'm about to take my dog for a walk and have the bear spray because it's momma bear and new cubs time and no one messes with her cubs. We need that kind of fight within us now.
I feel that what they are doing is genocide. The more I see what they are doing and planning, the more I believe they want the poor and old to die.
Yes! MAGA murder bill. Not to mention the impact of USAID deconstruction. Republican politicians should be ridden hard and put up wet on this one!!
Instead of 30 different clever signs at protest. Should be 100 signs saying MAGA murder budget.
I just used MAGA Murder budget when I called my Senator (Tillis) and I think the Democrats should be a police dog... protective and gentle with the weak, but able to attack and take down a predator... that is what I want.
I agree with what Anat says about the repetition of the message being effective with those people who are receptive to change. My younger brother has never ever been political and always nodded his head and changed the subject when I was strident about my beliefs. But he moved to Florida and lives around a new set of people and suddenly he is very anti-Trump and sends me all these memes. It is so gratifying that I can finally discuss politics with him after all this time
for what it’s worth, I call out any post about the budget bill as being the MAGA Murder budget… it also goes well with all sorts of other moves this administration is making - such as cutting funding for cancer research, abducting people and putting them in gulags, restricting access to health care for women, and so on!
so Anand, what's your Democrat ideal sandwich?
I always get so much from the conversation with Anat! Thank you!
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Anat is the best at messaging! MAGA Murder Bill is absolutely perfect. That's exactly what it is.
I write a weekly political newsletter that goes out to all my friends and family each week... Anat - after you previous chat on the INK I started using the MAGA MURDER BUDGET in my newsletter.......
At the very LEAST, diminishing their daily lives, + yes, jeopardizing their healthcare should they fall ill + need medicine, doctors, + home care + risking death shld
illnesses be neglected.
My fave duo! 🔥:🔥
Fabulous! MAGA murder budget. Well done kids. Love it.
yay 'MAGA murder budget'!
Speaking of death and dying. Joni Ernst has earned her latest stripe for mean spirtedness.
My Senator, it seems, has been infected by a particularly virulent strain of generalized meanness, a contagion against which she clearly hasn't taken the necessary public servant's vaccine. Her "we all are going to die" comment, a bitter fruit from this infection, serves as a stark reminder that some elected officials are overdue for their booster shots of basic human empathy and accountability. All who serve the public should be regularly immunized against such callousness, a process that genuine interaction with constituents, rather than the isolating influence of big donor contributions, can often facilitate. For those already showing symptoms of this contagion, perhaps the most honorable path is to resign, admit their error, and prevent further spread.
Meanwhile, every elected official and candidate, regardless of party, should be pressed to answer a simple, mortal question: Do they believe that policy choices leading to reduced access to healthcare and vital services are acceptable, even if they result in preventable deaths? Their responses, much like Senator Ernst's, may expose their own political mortality and the true human cost of their platforms.
The uproar against Ernst's comment, while valid, must not overshadow the underlying issue: the very real, life-and-death consequences of the legislation she champions. Opponents should not merely decry the callousness, but relentlessly highlight that such bills, in effect, kill people.
This indecent serves as a stark reminder that some elected officials are overdue for their booster shots of basic human empathy and accountability.
Fab! Democrats as Black Bears is my answer too, for all the reasons Anat described, and because they are smart and crafty. I'm about to take my dog for a walk and have the bear spray because it's momma bear and new cubs time and no one messes with her cubs. We need that kind of fight within us now.