I was bothered by something the congressman said in the video ahout working across the aisle, something that actually isn’t possible anymore. Emotions are hard to navigate right now and sometimes I jump the gun with my heart too much. I’m learning how to be the best fighter like all of you, but this forum is not the best avenue for me. I will take my business elsewhere. Sorry for the disruptions.
If the opposition to Trump could focus on not wanting to turn the clock back but rather suggesting, as Pete Bouttigig did, that correcting the errors in previous programs would be far more effective than constantly using divisive rhetoric to trash every Republican effort. We are all in this together and need to find common ground.
The red states remained red, and the blue states remained blue, the swing states went for Trump in a very narrow margin. The reason Harris lost was the massive misinformation campaign by Trump./musk. We are analyzing this thing ad nauseam. His whole campaign was based on the lie that he would bring prices down. How’s that working so far and it’s only going to get worse.🇨🇦🇩🇪
Thanks for the great interview, Simon! I have nephews and a niece in that part of NY and I'm going to share it with them.
I notice A LOT of media coverage of the poor poll numbers for the Dem party. I think the amount of coverage is a new form of the old "bothsiderism" media tick. It's not as easy right now to present bad info about Democrats, while Trump's corruption, dementia, and destruction of the economy are front and center. But by focusing a lot on the polling data, the media can tell itself that it's being "fair and balanced" and presenting bad info about both sides.
I attended a great presentation last night by local Dems on election numbers and voter registration. I'm writing postcards to Virginia voters today. I called Senators Alsobrooks and Van Hollen to thank them for showing up outside an ICE facility. I called Congressman Raskin to ask him to keep the Epstein issue front and center, especially the information that is coming out about Epstein's finances.
I agree with your thought about the media and bad Dem brand poll numbers! Plus it's something they know how to cover vs the unprecedented destruction of the country by trump and his regime, I guess.
I'm in Riley's district -- gave money and phonebanked for him -- and I'm sorry to say that if you asked people here, he would not poll well. It doesn't mean they will vote for a Republican opponent, but they are disappointed. He always sounds great on interviews like this one, but upstate, he is seen as someone who is trying to attract Republican voters and isn't seen as an effective fighter. Just two examples: 1) his focus on price gouging and silence on the illegal tariffs and their effect on prices, 2) his latest social posts are about how he's fighting for upstate NYers AGAINST NYC democrats. His constituents want more from him -- they see the corruption, the ICE kidnappings, the assault on our democracy. . . Democrats have poor poll numbers as they aren't fighting hard enough. Republicans have poor poll numbers because they are enabling an all-out assault on our country, and they are doing so with such cruelty.
I'd much rather be in the Democrats' position but we need to keep pressure on them. to step up. I called my Senators today to LOUDLY oppose Emil Bove's confirmation, and Riley to demand the release of the Epstein files. And asked them all to pressure the Trump administration to use its leverage with Netanhayu to get food to starving Gazans.
Thanks for your grit Josh Rikey! Still hanging on in Indiana after 20 years of single party rule, thongs are horrible and all our stats are near the bottom of 50. Yay, Republicans! Thanks!🫣🙄
Many of my husband's family lives in OK and several of them are teachers/retired teachers, and that state is 50 out of 50 in education. They are all currently sharing a meme that notes that they have had R leadership for decades with OK education being at/near the bottom, but that, when they had DEM Governor for 8 years 3 decades ago, OK's education improved A LOT.
Asking Sen Booker to put a hold on Bove, vote not started yet, it's still "under consideration." New allegations from another whistleblower per today's Philly Inquirer (gift link): https://share.inquirer.com/vhS7rJ
Also, I'm finding this weekly discussion from the Harvard Ash Ctr (Kennedy School) really helpful, it's Prof. Archon Fung and Sr. Fellow Stephen Richer. It's called "Terms of Engagement," they talk current politics and social issues. https://www.youtube.com/live/fggqqOyTtOY?si=ftqW9LJa1ByUJ186
Sens Booker & Kim will hear from me re tariffs, ICE and vaccine access. Working on postcards.
I'll put it into my ask for Sen. Slotkin and Peter's. Couldn't hurt. Sometimes I think a bigger ask is the way to move them on a smaller action. Like a negotiation tactic.
Related to Epstein, I was posting yesterday some social media analysis by Joohn Choe, where the majority of content shared by right-wing FB sites he's been compiling included activity around their attempts at Obama conspiracy theory responses to Epstein, rather than promoting strongman things trump has done, like hyping his EU tariffs. That means we are driving the narratives for a change, and they are chasing after us trying to make an impact. We should roll with this and not let up.
Excited Roy is in the race. The other candidate is an unknown and just not what we need right now. I already have contributed directly to his campaign and plan to work on it as well. He has an impressive track record and is committed to emphasizing kitchen table issues. Glad hopium is helping. He will be an excellent senator. Lara Trump dropped consideration for the GOP nomination when she heard he was probably going to run. The RNC chair is stepping in but he is not well known in the state.
I don't believe Whatley has ever held elected office (other than RNC chair, which I suppose is elected). Roy Cooper will be hard to beat, thank heavens!
I called my Rep and Senators on stopping Trump's illegal tariffs. I donated to Josh Riley after that great interview. Glad to see that undoing Citizens United is at his top of list.
Made my calls, and also want to share that MoveOn has a great monthly phonebank to call fellow MoveOn members in red states with the ability to patch them through to their representatives’ voicemail to speak up about specific legislation etc. Very cool tech and a very friendly phonebank experience last night. I patched 12 people through to their senators in one hour. You can sign up here for future opportunities.
Finally, I want to recommend a beautiful film I saw last night about the extraordinary citizens of Ukraine. “Soldiers of Song” documents how musicians have taken up the mission to uplift the troops and citizens amidst the bombs and devastation. We can’t let them slip through the cracks of the chaos.
July 29, ‘25 congresspersons call script that anyone can riff off of:
- calling re: Rep. Delia Ramirez’s request for a congressional hearing into the use of federal funds to pay El Salvador to incarcerate people at CECOT.
- I support that. I am furious that my taxpayer money was used to take innocent people like Kilmar Abrego & Andry Romero & disappear them to CECOT for months. That was an act of state terror.
- Incommunicado incarceration is unconstitutional. Beating, starving, and torturing prison inmates is unconstitutional. Sending ppl to prison extrajudicially is unconstitutional. It is unconstitutional to outsource unconstitutionality to a foreign dictator who is willing to do it for a fee.
- Trump said “the homegrowns are next” and Trump & Bukele both publicly said they’d agreed to send US citizens to be incarcerated in the Salvadoran prison system. This is blatantly unconstitutional, so there must be as much organized resistance as possible to prevent it, and that’s why I support Rep. Ramirez’s call for congressional hearings.
- On a related note, it appears that ICE and DHS are attempting to more or less re-create CECOT-style conditions stateside at places like Alligator Auschwitz. Since they are trying to obstruct congressional oversight, perhaps it is appropriate for congressional Democrats to bring suit to enforce right of access.
I like the sentence: "it is unconstitutional to outsource unconstitutionality to a foreign dictator who is willing to do it for a fee." Very clear and to the point, and "outsource" has a negative connotation that works well here.
What’s the point here Chris?
I was bothered by something the congressman said in the video ahout working across the aisle, something that actually isn’t possible anymore. Emotions are hard to navigate right now and sometimes I jump the gun with my heart too much. I’m learning how to be the best fighter like all of you, but this forum is not the best avenue for me. I will take my business elsewhere. Sorry for the disruptions.
It’s always exciting when I click my saved link to this Substack (yes, I still save links) and see the post is barely 10 minutes old, like Christmas!
Thanks, Simon. The polling is so bad for the Orange king.
By the by, this is resonating. Ossoff has found something in terms of messaging & with MAGA. Like Tara McGowan says, meet the voters where they are!!
https://substack.com/@demwinsmedia/note/c-139169622?utm_source=feed-email-digest
Ossoff is awesome!!!
That was great; thank you!!
This is awesome. Thanks for sharing. I love Jon Ossoff.
Thank you so much for this -
Say it Jon!!!! Very glad to learn about this Democratic Wins Media substack too!
Thanks for sharing. LOVE my GA Senator (and Warnock, too!)!
Yeah, that video was 2 minutes well-spent!
If the opposition to Trump could focus on not wanting to turn the clock back but rather suggesting, as Pete Bouttigig did, that correcting the errors in previous programs would be far more effective than constantly using divisive rhetoric to trash every Republican effort. We are all in this together and need to find common ground.
The red states remained red, and the blue states remained blue, the swing states went for Trump in a very narrow margin. The reason Harris lost was the massive misinformation campaign by Trump./musk. We are analyzing this thing ad nauseam. His whole campaign was based on the lie that he would bring prices down. How’s that working so far and it’s only going to get worse.🇨🇦🇩🇪
Auf geht’s Deutschland ;-)
They put wealthy conservative straight White Christian men in charge, and prices didn’t go down for the rest of us. Go figure!
Thanks for the great interview, Simon! I have nephews and a niece in that part of NY and I'm going to share it with them.
I notice A LOT of media coverage of the poor poll numbers for the Dem party. I think the amount of coverage is a new form of the old "bothsiderism" media tick. It's not as easy right now to present bad info about Democrats, while Trump's corruption, dementia, and destruction of the economy are front and center. But by focusing a lot on the polling data, the media can tell itself that it's being "fair and balanced" and presenting bad info about both sides.
I attended a great presentation last night by local Dems on election numbers and voter registration. I'm writing postcards to Virginia voters today. I called Senators Alsobrooks and Van Hollen to thank them for showing up outside an ICE facility. I called Congressman Raskin to ask him to keep the Epstein issue front and center, especially the information that is coming out about Epstein's finances.
That's an excellent point, Catherine!
I agree with your thought about the media and bad Dem brand poll numbers! Plus it's something they know how to cover vs the unprecedented destruction of the country by trump and his regime, I guess.
Will donate to candidates after payday!
I'm in Riley's district -- gave money and phonebanked for him -- and I'm sorry to say that if you asked people here, he would not poll well. It doesn't mean they will vote for a Republican opponent, but they are disappointed. He always sounds great on interviews like this one, but upstate, he is seen as someone who is trying to attract Republican voters and isn't seen as an effective fighter. Just two examples: 1) his focus on price gouging and silence on the illegal tariffs and their effect on prices, 2) his latest social posts are about how he's fighting for upstate NYers AGAINST NYC democrats. His constituents want more from him -- they see the corruption, the ICE kidnappings, the assault on our democracy. . . Democrats have poor poll numbers as they aren't fighting hard enough. Republicans have poor poll numbers because they are enabling an all-out assault on our country, and they are doing so with such cruelty.
I'd much rather be in the Democrats' position but we need to keep pressure on them. to step up. I called my Senators today to LOUDLY oppose Emil Bove's confirmation, and Riley to demand the release of the Epstein files. And asked them all to pressure the Trump administration to use its leverage with Netanhayu to get food to starving Gazans.
I’m surprised by Riley’s tactics given the influx from NYC following the pandemic! 😷
Thanks for your grit Josh Rikey! Still hanging on in Indiana after 20 years of single party rule, thongs are horrible and all our stats are near the bottom of 50. Yay, Republicans! Thanks!🫣🙄
I'm still hoping and working for a better.
You are not alone, Jo! TN has hit rock bottom. But that hasn't stop anyone, of a certain viewpoint, to fight everyday against the OTHERS.
Many of my husband's family lives in OK and several of them are teachers/retired teachers, and that state is 50 out of 50 in education. They are all currently sharing a meme that notes that they have had R leadership for decades with OK education being at/near the bottom, but that, when they had DEM Governor for 8 years 3 decades ago, OK's education improved A LOT.
Self report WI. Daily sets of calls are in to Rep elected members regarding ICE, tariffs, Epstein files, health/science etc.
Asking Sen Booker to put a hold on Bove, vote not started yet, it's still "under consideration." New allegations from another whistleblower per today's Philly Inquirer (gift link): https://share.inquirer.com/vhS7rJ
Also, I'm finding this weekly discussion from the Harvard Ash Ctr (Kennedy School) really helpful, it's Prof. Archon Fung and Sr. Fellow Stephen Richer. It's called "Terms of Engagement," they talk current politics and social issues. https://www.youtube.com/live/fggqqOyTtOY?si=ftqW9LJa1ByUJ186
Sens Booker & Kim will hear from me re tariffs, ICE and vaccine access. Working on postcards.
Keep Going!
Should I be doing that with Sen.. Klobuchar? I'm not sure what the procedure is (or when the vote starts)
Welp, technically it doesn't last forever, but it does delay things. Throwing a wrench is not necessarily a bad thing.
I'll put it into my ask for Sen. Slotkin and Peter's. Couldn't hurt. Sometimes I think a bigger ask is the way to move them on a smaller action. Like a negotiation tactic.
Looks your call worked. I’ll ask Amy to keep it up. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/29/congress/emil-bove-doj-inspector-general-00481131
Related to Epstein, I was posting yesterday some social media analysis by Joohn Choe, where the majority of content shared by right-wing FB sites he's been compiling included activity around their attempts at Obama conspiracy theory responses to Epstein, rather than promoting strongman things trump has done, like hyping his EU tariffs. That means we are driving the narratives for a change, and they are chasing after us trying to make an impact. We should roll with this and not let up.
Excited Roy is in the race. The other candidate is an unknown and just not what we need right now. I already have contributed directly to his campaign and plan to work on it as well. He has an impressive track record and is committed to emphasizing kitchen table issues. Glad hopium is helping. He will be an excellent senator. Lara Trump dropped consideration for the GOP nomination when she heard he was probably going to run. The RNC chair is stepping in but he is not well known in the state.
I don't believe Whatley has ever held elected office (other than RNC chair, which I suppose is elected). Roy Cooper will be hard to beat, thank heavens!
I called my Rep and Senators on stopping Trump's illegal tariffs. I donated to Josh Riley after that great interview. Glad to see that undoing Citizens United is at his top of list.
If anyone takes corporate money I want that disclosure so we never vote for them.
Simon - I’ve coached two seasons of YMCA basketball and counting. Agree that it’s probably the highlight of my parenting experience lol
Made my calls, and also want to share that MoveOn has a great monthly phonebank to call fellow MoveOn members in red states with the ability to patch them through to their representatives’ voicemail to speak up about specific legislation etc. Very cool tech and a very friendly phonebank experience last night. I patched 12 people through to their senators in one hour. You can sign up here for future opportunities.
https://www.mobilize.us/moveon/event/796084/
Finally, I want to recommend a beautiful film I saw last night about the extraordinary citizens of Ukraine. “Soldiers of Song” documents how musicians have taken up the mission to uplift the troops and citizens amidst the bombs and devastation. We can’t let them slip through the cracks of the chaos.
July 29, ‘25 congresspersons call script that anyone can riff off of:
- calling re: Rep. Delia Ramirez’s request for a congressional hearing into the use of federal funds to pay El Salvador to incarcerate people at CECOT.
- I support that. I am furious that my taxpayer money was used to take innocent people like Kilmar Abrego & Andry Romero & disappear them to CECOT for months. That was an act of state terror.
- Incommunicado incarceration is unconstitutional. Beating, starving, and torturing prison inmates is unconstitutional. Sending ppl to prison extrajudicially is unconstitutional. It is unconstitutional to outsource unconstitutionality to a foreign dictator who is willing to do it for a fee.
- Trump said “the homegrowns are next” and Trump & Bukele both publicly said they’d agreed to send US citizens to be incarcerated in the Salvadoran prison system. This is blatantly unconstitutional, so there must be as much organized resistance as possible to prevent it, and that’s why I support Rep. Ramirez’s call for congressional hearings.
- On a related note, it appears that ICE and DHS are attempting to more or less re-create CECOT-style conditions stateside at places like Alligator Auschwitz. Since they are trying to obstruct congressional oversight, perhaps it is appropriate for congressional Democrats to bring suit to enforce right of access.
Appreciate this so much. Will use it.
I like the sentence: "it is unconstitutional to outsource unconstitutionality to a foreign dictator who is willing to do it for a fee." Very clear and to the point, and "outsource" has a negative connotation that works well here.