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"You can't policy your way out of a propaganda problem" is such a good line. Policy matters, but how you communicate stuff matters more right now.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

I'm kind of shocked that anyone is still proposing technocratic solutions to the "debate" over immigration. Even if this were a good idea (and it is not), Republican elites and media will never tell their base about it. You can't policy your way out of a propaganda problem!

6/9/25, 9:56 pm423 reposts2.1K likes

@chbarts.bsky.social

You can't communicate your way out of a censorship problem. There's a massive rally in DC. How is CNN covering it? Find me a single article on the rally on CNN's main website. Then read this CNN piece on the ICE raid in Georgia:

cnn.comInside the raid: How a monthslong federal immigration operation lead to 475 arrests at a Hyundai plant in Georgia | CNNA sprawling Hyundai manufacturing plant in a quiet southeast Georgia community became ground zero on Thursday for one of the most extensive immigration raids in recent US history. The operation, month...

@rondubin.bsky.social

Democratic “leadership” is failing and flailing. Jeffries was supposed to be “new blood” but apparently he just looks good for 80.

@shawnconnery.bsky.social

And, I might add, this policy idea is patently insane.

@johnvoltz.bsky.social

The only policy solution to falsehoods is — start telling the truth.

sidbark.bsky.social

@sidbark.bsky.social

Yes, they already think we’re only going after criminals under Trump and that Biden let in everyone.