Indivisible Mass Coalition

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[Indivisible Mass Coalition @MAIndivisible]

So energizing to spend the afternoon with @EzraLevin and Indivisibles from across the Massachusetts at today's #IndivisiGather in Worcester!

[Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 @RachelBitecofer]

Until we make it clear that Republican policy causes their economic woes, Americans will continue to believe Republicans are better on the economy.

It’s not about the issues. Biden delivered big for the working class but none of it mattered bc of ingrained perceptions.

[ACLU Massachusetts @ACLU_Mass]

The ACLU has never been more prepared for the fight ahead. We have the playbook to fight back — and we, the people, are ready to defend our fundamental freedoms.

Here’s how Massachusetts leaders can take action TODAY to build a firewall for freedom: https://t.co/5sI0aB4EUO

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.

[Matt Stout @MattPStout]

NEW: Without releasing details, Mass. lawmakers say they have a deal on a sweeping economic development package, with plans to “bring it to the floor next week.” That would mean the House schedules a formal session then, when it also could take up a stalled climate change bill.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Here @nytimes we fixed this for you

[Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson]

@AshaRangappa_ It has been an information war since 2015. Most people just didn't realize it.

[Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood]

Despair is not an option. It helps no one.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

My message about the election results:

[Mikel Jollett @Mikel_Jollett]

I think it's tempting to think of this election as if everyone was working from the same information and the country just made a very dark choice. How could all these women vote for someone who hates women? How could all these latino men vote for someone who hates latino men? Et. Cetera.

But the data doesn't really support this. Everywhere (except the Dakotas) that abortion rights were on the ballot, it won a majority. Which means there were people who voted for Trump (who took away abortion rights) while voting highly in favor of abortion rights.

Same with the economy. There are people (most Trump voters!) who say the economy was the biggest issue. Yet, Biden built the best economy in the world and endless economists agree Trump's policies (such as one can discern them) would crash the economy.

Finally, no, latino men are not voting for their own deportation. They're just not. There's something more complicated going on.

In all of these cases, PROPAGANDA WON. Trump said he would protect women (he won't). Republicans said they would build a better economy (they won't). Et cetera.

So this gets to the heart of the matter: the issue is the INFORMATION. By large majorities, voters are pro-choice, they are pro-Bidenomics and anti-deporting millions of people. Poll after poll said this and statewide measure results confirm it. Yet the anti-choice, anti-Bidenomics, pro-deporting millions of people candidate won.

The only logical conclusion one is left with is that we are simply not reaching voters with the information they need to vote their interests.

Some of this is no doubt the right-wing media propaganda machine. Some of it is that we have always been bad at messaging these voters.

And if there's some soul searching we should earnestly do in the coming months, it can't just be doomsday, "America hates women! America wants inflation!" stuff, tempting as it may be.

And instead, to start asking the question which can turn the tide, which is: How do we COUNTERACT the right-wing media propaganda machine? How do we reach voters who care about Democratic priorities and basic American values with messaging that speaks to them?

That is a question with an answer. That is an answer which change the direction of the country.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Montana, Nevada, Arizona, and Missouri voted for a woman's right to choose while simultaneously voting for the guy who stripped them of that right. Wild times.

[Indivisible Guide ❌👑 @IndivisibleTeam]

We are going to have a lot more to say about how we respond to this moment, but we’re in a race against the clock to pull out wins in narrow House and Senate races. The most important thing you can do right now is help make sure that every vote is counted in these tight races.

[Leah Greenberg says NO KINGS ❌👑 @Leahgreenb]

I'm devastated and I know you are too.

And I'm holding on to this: the fight for American democracy is bigger than any one election.

We were fighting for a just democracy yesterday. We'll be fighting for a just democracy tomorrow.

The fight will be harder. We will hold each other up.

It will be frightening. We will have each others' backs.

It will be longer than we hoped. We'll rest when we need to.

I wish so very badly that we were celebrating today. I don’t think any of us can claim we’ll have all the answers immediately.

But we will rise to this moment - with love for each other, with ferocious determination to protect everything we can, and with every ounce of the power that we still have and the power that we will build.

And I believe that we will win.

[Ezra Levin @ezralevin]

My post-election note. Short version: this is devastating. But Americans did *not* suddenly embrace fascism. Project 2025 is deeply unpopular. They want us to feel powerless. We're not. We have a choice: surrender or organize. I choose to organize. https://t.co/QuMsFWxCKZ

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Don’t ask whose fault this was. Plenty of time for second-guessing and recriminations. Ask instead, what can you do? For my part, that means telling the truth as I see it, as long as I can. The media will be under a lot of pressure to toe the line; don’t capitulate in advance

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

usa by the numbers

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

“Tech companies + Rupert Murdoch’s news outlets have combined to bring us here… You may be tired & heartbroken, but that does not mean we can rest for long… We are not going away and we will not be quiet.”

🇺🇸 Kara Swisher’s thread is worth your time: https://t.co/gGTqA6U3Gs

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

It’s actually the reverse, of course. The only way a convicted criminal, found liable for sexual abuse, who incited an armed insurrection could win again is because millions of Americans live in an information bubble and believe things that are manifestly and demonstrably untrue.

[Will Doran @will_doran]

Weird election night in North Carolina. Trump won, as did Republican judges. But at the same time Democrats won every major executive branch race (governor, AG, superintendent of schools), the only competitive US House race, and even broke the GOP supermajority in the legislature