#dan pfeiffer

[tomorrowusa]

In the past, Republicans have been more effective than we have been at using culture wars as a political weapon. However they just shot themselves in their gonads with the insane right wing conspiracy theories regarding Taylor Swift. If we do not use this like a cudgel against them repeatedly then we probably need to take a remedial Politics 101 class.

President Obama's former communications director Dan Pfeiffer gives us some perspective.

[B]y picking these culture war fights, Republicans demonstrate how disconnected they are from typical American life. While this whole Taylor Swift psyop thing has gotten some attention, most voters don’t know just how far from the mainstream Republicans have wandered. Therefore, it’s our job to tell them. Two tips for doing so: First, when taking on an extremist faction, particularly one with authoritarian leanings, it’s always helpful to remind the public that this faction is a minority in the country. This helps isolate the threat and rob them of their power. It’s also empowering to the rest of us to be reminded that we are the majority. We are not in this fight alone, and we are joined by most of our fellow citizens. Second, having a bizarre meltdown over Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, and the Super Bowl is fucking weird and Americans don’t elect fucking weirdos. Just ask Ron DeSantis, whose candidacy was doomed the minute people discovered that he eats pudding with his fingers. The Right picking fights with Bud Light is weird. Their opposition to vaccines (which is why they hate Kelce) is weird. Their obsession with trans kids is weird. The fact that the Right focuses on all of the wrong and weirdest things makes them unrelatable to most people. In 2016, Trump re-appropriated Richard Nixon’s racially tinged “silent majority” language. In 2024, he is leading an extremist minority of weirdos.

Remind people whenever you can slip it into a conversation, and not just with fellow Dems, that Republicans are extremist weirdos who are far out of the American mainstream; the GOP's wacko preoccupation with Taylor Swift should be cited. And do not be squeamish about repetition. Repetition is your ally – ask any successful advertiser.

#taylor swift #travis kelce #super bowl lviii #vaccines #deep state #psyop #republicans #far right conspiracy theories #maga extremists #republicans are weird #culture wars #donald trump #dan pfeiffer #vote blue no matter who #election 2024

[marvelsmostwanted]

This.

They want to wear us down. They want us to stay home and not vote in November. It makes things so much easier for them.

Get mad, stay mad, fight back. Stay engaged.

#abortion #roe v wade #mine #dan pfeiffer #my dry humor reasonable worry don’t panic podsa host ❤️🥲 he’s my fave for a reason

[yeahiwasintheshit]

“One of the problems for republicans is the people who make their ads have had their brains pickled but the right wing media so they constantly make ads that are relevant to a world created by the right wing media and not the world experienced by the voters they need.”

- Dan Pfeiffer

#dan pfeiffer

[textingaboutprometheus]

Dan doesn't get enough love.

#pod save america #podsa #dan pfeiffer #never enough dan

[some-gold-can-stay]

Getting to see them love filled me with so much joy. The dopamine I got from that. The pure adoration I felt for all of them. It was strong.

The best part of Nashville was seeing how much love and respect people have for these guys. A stranger who sat next to me during the show said she drove 7 hours from Virginia because she wanted to see Lovett and the boys in person and of course Al Gore.

The standing ovations the boys got. The energy in the crowd. It was fucking amazing. I wish I could have shared that with everyone in this wonderful community. The chemistry between those men is even more present in person. They flowed together.

They were beautiful. I will absolutely be seeing them again, assuming they continue to do this. I have so much I want to say to them

#pod save america #tommy vietor #jon favreau #jon favs #jon lovett #dan pfeiffer #i am still on cloud nine

[filosofablogger]

Making Lunacy Seem ... Normal?

Is the upcoming election in the hands of the media?  Sometimes it seems so.  The following piece by Dan Pfeiffer in SubStack gives me food for thought.  Doesn’t the ‘free press’ include the responsibility for truth, for honesty, for unbiased reporting? Why is the Press Making Trump Seem More Normal? Believe it or not, much of the political press has an inadvertent pro-Trump bias By Dan…

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#Dan Pfeiffer #Donald Trump #Lies lies and more lies #President Biden&039;s State of the Union Address #Responsibility of the press

[thatstormygeek]

Trump’s continued political resilience has caused people to lose control of their faculties. The stakes of this election are so damned high that our anxiety has infected the political chattering class with brain worms. Of course, Donald Trump getting convicted will not make him more popular. A felony conviction is not a net positive. I don’t care what Trump or any clout-chasing wannabe pundit says.

#us politics #dan pfeiffer

[louhastings]

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#reading #books #politics #dan pfeiffer

[broughtabooktothedance]

Wants to make Dan Pfeiffer’s “Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again” required reading for all Democratic politicians and candidates.

#reading list #library book #dan pfeiffer #untrumping America

[gwydionmisha]

#Dan Pfeiffer #Democrats #Election #News

[goodwilltemptation]

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[tomorrowusa]

NO great outcome was possible in the debt limit negotiations with Republicans. But Biden ended up with one which was far less bad than many people had feared.

Even though this crisis was provoked by House Republicans, many voters would have blamed Biden if the US had defaulted. As it turned out, Biden ended up with just a little dust on his jacket while McCarthy ends up with a self-made shit sandwich. 💩

Dan Pfeiffer was an aide to President Obama and has witnessed GOP blackmail close up. He writes...

Let’s be clear, this is shitty public policy foisted on the nation by a radical Republican House willing to blow up the economy and cause millions of jobs to vanish. Efforts to deal with deficits that do not include asking the wealthy and corporations to pay what they owe are cruel and wholly unserious. The tightening of access to aid for the most vulnerable Americans serves no purpose other than performative cruelty to appease the MAGA base.

But this could have been way worse in so many ways. The devil is very much in the details, but it seems like President Biden and his team outplayed McCarthy.

Republicans like to portray Joe Biden as doddering and totally out of it; never mind that Trump is only slightly younger and shows obvious signs of hysteria. But even if you don't grade Biden on a curve, he still comes out ahead of the GOP.

The far right MAGA fanatics absolutely hate the deal.

Jordan Weissmann at Semafor writes...

Afterwards, a quick consensus formed among much of the right and left: Republicans got blanked.

The agreement would temporarily freeze a portion of non-defense spending, while temporarily tightening the food stamp program’s work requireme​​nts for childless adults, and enacting modest changes to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

The early details prompted furious reactions from members of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, who’d hoped to extract vastly more sweeping budget cuts and changes to the federal safety net in return for hiking the borrowing limit.

[ ... ]

As Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo put it, it’s a bit like they walked into a Denny’s with a gun, demanded all the money in the cash register, and left with a breakfast instead. Extraordinary threats at the start, an ordinary transaction at the finish.

While this was not a great deal for anybody, Speaker McCarthy will likely suffer the most because of it.

Timothy Noah at The New Republic writes...

When this debt ceiling mess is concluded, Biden will stay president at least until January 20, 2025. McCarthy, I predict, will be gone by Christmas, and possibly before Labor Day. Should he somehow hang on to his speakership, he’ll be so diminished that you’ll barely notice he’s still there. He won’t be able to get anything done. So either way, McCarthy is toast.

McCarthy will probably have to rely on Democratic votes for the debt deal to pass. That will infuriate the far right even more.

Let's remember that one of McCarthy's concessions to the far right during the marathon election for Speaker in January was to make it possible for any member to introduce a motion to "vacate the chair". So any GOP members dissatisfied with the debt ceiling agreement could theoretically topple McCarthy – if Democrats decided to go along.

So while Republicans make a public spectacle of themselves, Dems can stock up on popcorn and collect crazy soundbites from Republicans who are more interested in nihilism than in governance.

#debt ceiling agreement #joe biden #kevin mccarthy #mccarthy is toast #us house of representatives #republican blackmail #house freedom caucus #republicans #biden outmaneuvers the gop #dan pfeiffer #jordan weissmann #josh marshall #timothy noah #election 2024

[80smovies]

#Into the Night #John Landis #Ron Koslow #Jeff Goldblum #Michelle Pfeiffer #David Bowie #Dan Aykroyd #80s

[some-gold-can-stay]

#pod save america #dan pfeiffer #i have a crappy android phone

[filosofablogger]

Words of Wisdom ...

What I am about to share with you is just over two weeks old, so some things, such as the House Speaker fiasco, are a bit dated, but the tone and point of this newsletter from Robert Hubbell dated October 19th, remain as relevant today as they were two weeks ago.  Hubbell is intelligent and insightful, and I found his newsletter encouraging.  No, it didn’t convince me that all will end well, but…

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#civil rights #Dan Pfeiffer #maga extremism #PEW Research #political exhaustion #Robert Hubbell

[hitchell-mope]

Hypothetical titles for season seven of 88

Down below. Part one. Six months after the previous season’s finale. Findlay is bored with being dead and asks Devon to help her return home. Guest starring Bernard Curry as Devon Christensen

Middle ground. Part two. In the land of the living. Sidney’s mourning period is interrupted by a brewing gangland war between Staten Island brownies and Central Park fairies.

Up top. Part three. Devon manages to get in contact with Lucia who convinces their father to help with Findlay’s plan. But it comes with a steep cost. Guest starring Eric Bana as Godfrey Christensen.

Back to normal. Part four. The family is overjoyed that Findlay’s back. But Drummond notices that something isn’t quite right.

It’s not about you. Drummond’s suspicions deepen when Findlay loses her temper at a perp linked to a high school students horrific suicide

Family meeting. Drummond confesses his theory to Sidney who has a rather unfortunate, yet understandable, reaction.

Disbarred. Findlay, Jacob and Lucia have a field day when they find out that Phaedra Wilkins, returning guest star Hilary Duff, was fired from her firm for espousing transphobic views to her transgender boss. First appearance of Laverne Cox as Maybelle Archer, Ming Na Wen as Constance Bradley and Jennifer Coolidge as Aida Cambridge; the founding name partners of ABC&Associates

Grandfather clause. Findlay relishes the opportunity to create a profile without seeing the crime scene in person when there’s a murder at a gentleman’s billiards club where women aren’t allowed inside

Do you want the truth? Part one. What little patience Findlay retains disappears when Phaedra Wilkins demands to know what Findlay truly thinks of her.

Lying liar who lies. Part two. Jacob creates his own criminal profile to clear Findlay’s name after she’s blamed for Phaedra’s apparent attempted suicide

Fleabagging it. Findlay and Sidney indulge in some parental investigation when Drummond starts going to a Cabal owned church led by a very magnetic Cupid. Guest starring Hayden Christensen as Reverend Logan Hearst.

Cousin. Midseason finale. Part one. Chambers (Brad Pitt) returns to the shocking reveal that he has a daughter that he never knew about. Guest starring Elle Fanning as Kit Jenkins

Exsanguinated. Midseason premier. Part two. Following Kit’s attack on Chambers and subsequent suicide. Findlay asks her uncle for the full story. Features Dakota Fanning’s return as Arlene Jenkins and a special appearance by Michelle Pfeiffer as Arlene and Kit’s deceased mother Phyllis.

Lack of tact. To appease her father, Findlay willingly goes through an internal affairs investigation and a medical examination to find out why she’s been “off” since she came back from the dead. Featuring the return of Dan Stevens as Alec Moynihan and the first appearance of Audra McDonald as Dr. Corinna Corsica.

Ain’t karma a bitch? Findlay bonds with the child of a family who were burgled as Phaedra begins her community service sentence.

A special request. President Guilroy (Stockard Channing) summons Findlay, Sidney, Drummond, Thornton, Jacob and Lucia to Washington to workshop a secret project she’s planning. Features the return of Jeremy Shada as Robbie Guilroy and the first appearance of Greg Sulkin as Thornton’s brother, Alabaster.

Avast ye swabs. While Thornton, Findlay and Sidney are in Washington. Conrad Rhys (recurring guest star Paul Rudd) has to team up with his ex, Maybelle Archer to protect the rights of a LARPing group in Central Park.

The nanny, the detective and the profiler. Skipper gets very smug when he finds out that Findlay and Sydney might have hooked up with Coleman Tarbh (returning guest star Paul Telfer) after they hired him as the twins nanny

Burn baby burn. A gas explosion at the Changeling home gives Lucia the chance to help Sidney and Findlay add another notch to their bedpost after she realises their thing for the NYFD’s chief of department. Guest starring Robbie Amell as NYFD Chief Solaris Burnett and Idina Menzel.

He belongs to us. Drummond has to rescue Findlay after she’s abducted by his revenge driven biological uncle. Final appearance of Jim Parsons as disgraced Pastor Elmer Carothers.

London calling. Part one. Coronation. The five families are invited to the coronation of the new king of England. Guest starring Meera Syal as Nadine Burton the queen mother, Dev Patel as the soon to be king Reuben Burton and Naomi Scott as Reuben’s wife, Chantelle Burton.

London calling. Part two. Windsor. Findlay butts heads with the prime minister as soon as the families get settled into the castle. Guest starring Gemma Chan as prime minister Eliza Moorcroft.

London calling. Part three. Balmoral. Worried for the heirs life, Findlay succeeds in getting the royal family relocated for the ceremony but Eliza tries to block her at every turn.

London calling. Part four. Coup. Season finale. The coronation finally arrives but Eliza has one final trick up her sleeve that Findlay doesn’t see coming.

#mine #copyright me #modern fantasy #bernard curry #eric bana #hilary duff #laverne cox #ming na wen #jennifer coolidge #hayden christensen #brad pitt #elle fanning #dakota fanning #michelle pfeiffer #dan stevens #audra mcdonald #stockard channing #jeremy shada #greg sulkin #paul rudd #paul telfer #robbie amell #idina menzel #jim parsons #meera syal #dev patel #naomi scott #gemma chan