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Which is why they shouldn’t court more schmucks like him; these people have no principles

Waiting for the 10 billion dollar influencer that gets 2k views per video

Why the fuck should we copy their models if we don’t want to be like them? This is stupid.

I would be a LOT more willing to on a Spotify-style pay model. There is no way in the world I would give Taylor Swift another $60+ annually.

Exactly.

Because most of the organic left wing media is too left for them. They want the chuck Schumer of media so they can keep the left in check

Or they could just try being more active on social media

TBH someone needs to ELI5 why Paul Krugman needs to charge for his substack. I mean, good for him, but he doesn't exactly *need* the money.

DNC are you listening to us!!!!

It’s like they don’t realize I want them to pump this shit into my veins. Willingly.

If they’ve got the money, how about buying all the Sinclair TV stations that are indoctrinating the red states?

Hold up. People always forget that Air America was integral in getting John Kerry elected president.

The Dems are two years out from setting up an AI podcasting network.

Not that it matters, but is Joe Rogan really that stupid or is he just continuing his character from News Radio?

They could just hire someone to set Joe Rogan up, get it on video and blackmail him into becoming blue MAGA.

True story, accidentally fell deep into Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and was pretty good at it when I was a CTO in the Bay Area. Really cool people, but.... Most get all information from Facebook. Had one person keep telling all new fathers at gym to not vax baby because a "doctor" on Facebook (quack)

You think Republicans aren't throwing money and catching it? That's so ignorant and pathetic. Politics is all hate greed and the ultimate perversion. That's who owns the government; Democrats and Republicans alike. They're all blackmailed, bribed, or just out and proud nazis.

What’s the magic number to elicit change, 12 million people?

Maybe if they vote for enough fascist stuff the “moderate right” will vote for them 🙄

Libraries need to do a far better job promoting what they offer — which often includes free access to major and local publications (newspapers, etc.). And that’s just the snowflake on top of the iceberg. Signed, A Librarian

No. Fuck that. Site your sources or get the hell out of here with your opinion-based nonsense. Grow up and start thinking for yourselves. Open some books and learn to search engines and the library. Trust no one about anything unless you read the facts from the sources.

Or buy some tv news stations. And newspapers.

Liberals don't slavishly follow newsletters. I don't need a newsletter when I can read a book.

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...a January 6th clone

... a Thomas Matthew Crooks clone, ...

Or pay an assassin

EVERYTHING EXCEPT WHAT WE WANT. I hate it so much. Why are they so fucking dumb? It's CHEAP compared to what they spend on buying Democrats.

Exactly

Not everything has to be fucking workshopped! This isn’t a fucking movie or reality show please just talk to regular ass people! I don’t need politics* in my podcasts and I don’t need podcasts in my politics stop it!! *silly jokes and lamentations are exempt

But the consultants need their spreadsheets to justify their next payday. That new boat won't pay for itself

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Subscribing to factual news sources is part of the Resistance. The Atlantic, New York Times. The podcast Medias Touch just won a Webbie award for their truthful, podcast that is listened to all over the world. Support ACLU and SPLC.

Pick me! Pick me! Okay, pick Brooke.

No one reads newspapers, they've been on the decline for 30 years. Who wants yesterdays news today?

Cohen Bryan Tyler?? lol

Not sure there has ever been a party more out of touch with main stream members than this version of the Democratic party.

Or fund politicians who want to make people's lives better and just let them fucking talk instead of making them use your consultant pals.

Dumb fucking assholes

1. 100% right. Shows you what circles ‘Dem Mega Donors’ run in (or search in) that they didn’t think of that themselves. 2. Meidas Touch is beating Mr. Midlife Crisis on Steroids. They didn’t need the money.

more people need to put their newsletters on the not-nazi newsletter platform :\

The liberal Joe Rogan wouldn’t support the hypocrisy that is the weak neoliberal corporatist Democratic Party

Rachel Maddow is my source for sanity in this time of WTFisms all day every day.

I’ve become a fan of the Meidas Touch podcast. They pull no punches and are not afraid to call out Trump and his corrupt administration.

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Feels like we live in The Onion more each day theonion.com/dnc-aiming-t...

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This is the simple solution.

As long as most are substacks anyway it’s kinda self-defeating. But if these megadonors gave some money maybe they could convince newsletters to move.

Wait wait….you mean like TV?!?! Problem solved, buy Fox News and implode it

Seems like Courier solves both the local reporting and digital content creation need, no?

The people you need to reach are obsessed by "manly" stuff and lack critical thinking: Military, Martial Arts, even Graduate Data Science programs. Don't ask why I know...

Oh for sure, I don't think it'll reach the audience, but neither will their strategy. It's just that at least this way the rest of us have something nice to read.

Newsletters read over cat videos

Whenever I try watching a video with two people (and, typically, their huge stupid microphones) after about three minutes of their introductory chit/chat back n forth, laughing, nose-scratching, blah blah, off I go for some concise and pertinent print news.

And not the news. Mainly reality shows.

Video is terrible! I want to reeeead!

TikTok and YouTube in 30 second bites, endlessly.

Takes *way* more than that to counter the right-wing behemoth that is alternative media.

Volume + Repetition + Reach = maga controlling narratives Maga BLASTED North Carolina/Hawaii fema checks "ONLY $750!".... Missouri tornadoes = crickets

And their gatekeepers for media investments are usually political operatives. They should be people who have media expertise and experience.

Nah, let's do Air America again. Look at what that brought us. Like RFK, Jr

This also means that instead of howling into an echo chamber, he's pushing your talking points to people who are demonstrably persuadable, who already listen to him, and who evangelize for his talking points.

They try to over complicate everything. Some things are organic and can't be manufactured. Stop with the old fashioned gaming in politics. Just be fucking authentic, legitimately care about human beings, esp marginalized ones, and ACT in their interests. Enough with the talking heads

I wish you were right, but we’d end up with strongly worded newsletters and newspapers.

Nah.... I've voted Dem every election. I've poll watched, knocked on doors... etc... But.. as my 90+ yr-old Dad said, "the only thing Dems will are getting from me anymore is my vote." I am DONE with the party. They are in bed with big$, even in this crisis, most of Dems are not stepping up.🤷🏻‍♀️

Like the RNC buying boxes of books their pols write, but for good!!

Yepppppp! But state parties are wildly underfunded and the start up costs for those are so high it’s nearly impossible to imagine. 🤷‍♀️

Once I graduate next spring this is one of the things I plan to look into as an extension of the game dev co-op I'll be starting in PA. Central PA especially needs more investment in both community spaces and tech education.

Side note. Kat Abughazaleh bends towards your thinking.

*with no strings attached

🥛 cheers

Omigod, I’d be amazing at this.

Yeah they actually like all the conservative news tho.

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You could have Gannet, which is USA Today plus dozens of local papers for a mere half billion.

Best we can do is Liz Cheney in a tik tok.

Run on one message: Arresting, convicting, and jailing trump. But actually following through on it and not letting him squirm out of it. It can’t be “political” if he can’t run again.