The "radical left " had the temerity to object to the hate

Rumors going around that they’re planning to fire live missiles at California out of fear of the protests.

Democrats got legislation to end gerrymandering through the House, but there wasn’t support for ending the filibuster in the Senate to pass it.

The one I was at did training on how to respond. Remember: people are at a protest in their own community

We dont need to flip most of their supporters to change things radically. Flipping 1 in 10 would do it

Where I was we had easy evacuation routes. An attack would have dispersed the crowd, but not done more.

OTOH a massacre would likely destroy Republican legitimacy among a chunk of their supporters

Or what’s actually needed is understanding the scale of change in public opinion that’s needed to actually get somebody like Sanders elected as President.

Up to age 40, not just college-age

He had about 1/3 of Democratic primary voters going for him. In a highly fractured field, this was giving him a majority of delegates in 2020. He hasn’t ever been in a position to actually win, despite all the conspiracy-mongering.

The makeup of the DNC has also changed significantly over time.

Pretty much defines Republicanism today. Way too many people in denial about how extreme they’ve gotten.

Sanders didn’t have the votes to command a majority in the Democratic primaries; only was ahead because the centrists were fragmented. Actually getting somebody like him means doing the outreach and coalition building which enables that, not just snarking about the past

They show people that they’re not alone and that there is broad popular support for their views. This helps get people involved in more meaningful ways; people around me who were not previously active went to the last one and are now knocking on doors for California Prop 50 for example.

Ideally should all be left in the ground, but yes, people should not be exposed to this at all

Had enforced regulations about respirators and dust levels and money for the limited treatment we can do

They’re designed to look visually different from that

Over the past few years, mine owners cut on safety while Republicans blocked regulatory enforcement funding.

Its a lot worse than it was several years back. Mine owners cut safety, Trump stopped the regulatory effort to do something about it, and cut treatment funding.

Yeah, was out canvassing for Yes on 50 in California and that was a common concern among voters. The ICE raids where they sweep people up based on how they look makes people furious

If there’s an edit that alters a detail that doesn’t matter to the witness, it probably isn’t important. And that kind of replacement is hard to do at scale without getting caught.

What you end up stuck doing is deciding to trust particular sources. This makes it a lot harder to establish a shared reality