Say: "Smart on Prison Dollars” not "Smart on Crime”
Say: "Smart on Prison Dollars” not "Smart on Crime” by Susan C. StrongWith recent reports that aspiring presidential candidates Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin and Senator Marco Rubio, have both...
View ArticleCommercials you won't see on TV #01: Deeds, not words
Typically, campaign commercials focus on a single candidate and are either a) attack ads, or b) pretty boring.I think we can do better. In the media, we should be differentiating ourselves, picking the...
View ArticleA black man threatens whites and it's labeled terrorism. But not when a white...
Dylann Roof and Floyd Lee Corkins Are you familiar with the Family Research Council? It's the conservative anti-gay group that Josh Duggar worked for before he stepped down recently after admitting he...
View ArticleDistribute it right to begin with
Corporate special interest groups have hit upon a very powerful framing of the economy and government that involves something they call “redistribution”.It has been played over and over in the media...
View ArticleCommercials I'd like to see on TV #02: Democracy
Corporate special interest groups blanket the airwaves with a conceptual model of our economy as a machine that should be left alone and not tampered with. This model, or frame, encourages inaction and...
View ArticleIntro to Spin: The Granddaddy of All Propaganda
The first in a multi-part series on Propaganda Tactcis All Magicians know that every magic trick comes down to accomplishing one thing:You have to make sure that the audience is looking in one place,...
View ArticleAnger Politics: thoughts on a Blast from the Past from Robert Reich
In a piece for the NY Times back in 2013, Reich talked of "American Bile". It seems time to take another look since Donald Trump has A) resorted to plain language instead of dog whistling to the...
View ArticleDonald Trump Is Fighting For The Right Of White Males To Be Racists And Pigs
Merriam Webster: Politically Correct adjective agreeing with the idea that people should be careful to not use language or behave in a way that could offend a particular group of people Over and over...
View ArticleMedia sexism starts early with female candidates in 2016 race
While too much of the political world breathlessly awaits the next meaningless poll on the 2016 presidential race — still almost 15 months away — it's worth taking a look at how sexism has already...
View ArticleThe GOP Rherotic is Scary
Recent GOP rhetoric about repealing or simply ignoring the Fourteenth Amendment, house to house searches for illegal immigrants, mass deportations and forced labor camps is frightening. One might be...
View ArticleKansas Democrats Should Work to Solve Their Messaging Problem
Last week, Larry Meeker, Chairman of the Democratic Party in Kansas, discussed with the media an idea to “rebrand” the Kansas Democratic Party. He said that Democrats are more conservative and,...
View ArticleCarly Fiorina - Holy $h*T - 10 Lies on Climate Change in Less Than 5 Minutes
Katie Couric interviewed Carly Fiorina the other day and the subject of climate change came up. In less than five minutes she spouted off ten lies albeit in a very slick manner. After watching this...
View ArticleWhither the vaunted GOP "message discipline"?
Republicans have gained the support that they've enjoyed in the last couple of decades through strict "message discipline." Led most recently by Frank Luntz, whose focus-group testing of specific...
View ArticleThe State of the Nation
I’ve been watching Fox News of late. Let me rephrase that. On visits to my neighbors place Fox News is always on. He’s a good decent man and I like him. Fox News is the only news he feels he can...
View ArticleWe Are Losing the Media War
As Democrats, we have a problem right now. For the last few months, every time I've heard the chestnut, "Can you believe how well Trump is doing? Could he really be our next president?" my response has...
View ArticleTrump sends 'cease and desist' letter to Club for Growth for being mean
The ongoing feud between Donald Trump and the Club for Growth—the best feud of the Republican primary by far—is now multitudes better, which we pretty much knew would happen once CfG decided to spend...
View ArticleReverend Barber suggests Daily Kos team up with Moral Monday Movement and go...
Those of us who made our way to Asheville on Friday, September 25 to hear The Rev. William Barber II, president of the NC NAACP, welcome Daily Kos to Asheville had one of the most wonderful...
View Article“Corporate Welfare:” Kidnapped and Brainwashed
“Corporate Welfare:” Kidnapped and Brainwashed by Susan C. Strong Now that Speaker Boehner is stepping out of the picture, we can expect even more slash and burn tactics from the House, promoted with...
View ArticleSinclair Broadcasting Gives Sharyl Attkisson 30 min. show to broadcast...
Thanks to Sinclair Broadcast Group now each Sunday immediately following "This Week" my TV suddenly is transformed into Fox News for thirty minutes with a new show named "Full Measure" hosted by...
View ArticlePopulist Revolution Kept Hidden by Mainstream Media
Can you feel the populist revolution spreading across the political landscape of America, reshaping the consciousness of both Left and Right? Can you see it, can you hear it?No?That's hardly...
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