On organizing

https://twitter.com/profit_is_theft/status/1367487732126203909?s=20

Interesting thread/comments.

javi studied the blade 🗡 (@profit_is_theft) Tweeted: ✏️an organizing lesson learned over and over again:✏️ (a) you CAN’T post things to a groupchat & expect everybody to read it. even the most invested ppl burn out (b) you MUST reach out individually and talk to people to catch them up, answer q’s, & *ask for their participation*

Another:

https://twitter.com/derzquist/status/1367497627781193730?s=20

Derz  (@derzquist) Tweeted:
@profit_is_theft Whatever title they get, you need to have some sort of shop steward(s) for any group above a half dozen.

Kyrsten Sinema and the Minimum Wage and Moderates

Here, for your delectation and elucidation, is a series of quote tweets and replies. (P.S. Why do I have to unravel this stuff like this?)

Marcus H. Johnson @marcushjohnson

What’s the news for today?

Sinema constituent @cactusinsurance

People screaming and rending their garments at the sausage making process

Sinema brought cake

(Here’s what they’re talking about:)

Marcus H. Johnson @marcushjohnson

Idk why people are so mad at Sinema, a bunch of other Dems didnt vote for the Bernie amendment either. This is on Bernie for not building the coalition he needed for success

minus@metallicpipeli1

They’ve been targeting her in particular for years and will celebrate if their hard work causes her to lose to a Republican in 2024.

Marcus H. Johnson @marcushjohnson

They need to grow up and realize not every electorate is gentrified Brooklyn. You can’t win as a socialist in most places. Sinema, Manchin, etc won their elections precisely because of the politics they hold. And if they didn’t win, GOP has a majority and everyone gets zero.

Dan Martineau @dandandanitup

you don’t think a more liberal candidate could win in AZ? I’m resigned to WV but is AZ that right leaning

Anyway, the answer is to flip more GOP senate seats.

Marcus H. Johnson @marcushjohnson

The Senate has a rural bias, Dems will be relying on moderate Senators for any hope of a majority for the rest of this decade at least.

Grappling with inhumanity @GrownRoom

This is a ridiculous argument. 2/3rds of the population want universal healthcare, cannabis legalization & $15 min wage. We cannot keep saying we have to elect “moderates” to pass these policies. Moderates don’t support these things. It doesn’t matter how many of them we elect.

Marcus H. Johnson @marcushjohnson

Then move a bunch of leftists to Idaho and go win a Senate seat there. The Senate has a rural bias, its purposefully anti majoritarian. To overcome that and have a chance at any majority Dems have to rely on moderates. Its *something* or *nothing* and its an easy choice

Covid job impact

https://twitter.com/WhiteHouseCEA/status/1367845417065582592?s=20

Deb Haaland is approved as interior secretary by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee – The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/04/haaland-interior-secretary-committee/

@bydarrylfears Who wrote this headline? Murkowski “struggled” with her fine electoral calculus. “How many Native American votes do I need and can I lose? That many? Oh, that’s too many.” The fact that she’s on the side of history is PURELY coincidental.

Faithful and Inclusive- The Bible, Sexuality, and the United Methodist Church | Institute For Discipleship

https://www.institutefordiscipleship.org/dvd/

I was fortunate enough to participate in this small-group study, and I really recommend it. It’s not particularly Methodist, and there’s a link to a really good handout with questions to consider. Maybe consider plunking down for this, if you have the cash.

[Update: here. I’ll save you a click: https://www.institutefordiscipleship.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Faithful-and-Inclusive-Participant-Guide-042720.pdf]

Tweet from Minnesota Department of Transportation (@MnDOT)

https://twitter.com/MnDOT/status/1366854004995678208?s=20

I LOVE the one in the middle.

Minnesota Department of Transportation (@MnDOT) Tweeted: The votes are in: After more than 122,000 votes cast, we’re excited to announce the winners of our Name a Snowplow contest! These eight names will soon be on snowplows across the state. Learn more: https://t.co/4BFXpnrtaz https://t.co/4FyIHZrzfc

Mugged by Reality – The Bulwark

https://thebulwark.com/mugged-by-reality/

This. Right here. Is how conservatives too dumb to know what they were doing ran off the rails, starting with “hunt where the ducks are” and continuing through Lee Atwater and beyond.

ÂŤHowever, what I found in the fundraising letters I was being sent to sign were harangues centered on social issues. Waging the culture war was a more effective way of raising money.Âť

Tweet from Marc E. Elias (@marceelias)

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1364786939816271875?s=20

Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) Tweeted: The fact that we are about to be hit with a tidal wave of voter suppression legislation by Republican legislatures throughout the country is the most under reported story right now. The media is unequipped to cover this in clear moral terms and instead prefers to both sides it.

Tweet from Pam Campos-Palma (@_pamcampos)

https://twitter.com/_pamcampos/status/1366257305839370240?s=20

Thread.

Pam Campos-Palma—IMPEACH EXPEL INVESTIGATE🐺 (@_pamcampos) Tweeted: Last note on CPAC

Rep Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) is being primaried by a Latina MAGA nationalist who’s the daughter of immigrants & ran in the GOP primary against Lauren Underwood (D-IL) in what was a close race last cycle

She’s attacking Kinzinger for not backing Trump or MTGreene