I watched #TheStateOfTheSwamp because I knew it would be more satisfying than continually hitting my head against the wall with excessive applause.
I loved the range of guests, the passion, the frogs, and the overwhelming sense of hope shared by every speaker.
Because a post-Trump world is coming. That was felt on the stage and in the hall. We need to make the entire nation see that the might of our tens of millions will prevail. And the winds in our sails are strong and steady enough to make the necessary changes ahead of schedule.
Our voices can trigger a #BlueHouseOversightRampage EARLY - perhaps in just weeks - if we can convince JUST TWO HOUSE REPUBLICANS to declare as independent, standing as true patriots by caucusing with Dems to end this shift away from democracy towards kleptocratic #RepubloFascism.
We heard a lot of fear for what Trump might do to try to steal the midterms tonight on the SOTS. So why not take that whole process out of play? If we reach our goal with this strategy, the #ImmediateFlipMovement, we can make ALL THEIR ELECTION THEFT IDEAS MOOT. With all that Dems quickly uncover, nothing will stop the blue tsunami on the horizon in November.
In this Daily Kos post I go over how to lower the barriers to making this happen, including encouraging politicians to rebrand as #ConstitutionalConservatives to differentiate from GOP 1.0 and striking a deal with DNC Chair Ken Martin to ensure that this defection isn’t political suicide.
We need Martin to promise NOT to fund or back a candidate against any of these new allies as long as they remain independent and caucusing with Dems into 2027.
My post digs deep into how the previously unthinkable could now be possible. In it I’ve included a link to a previous Substack piece focusing on three MN reps, including three-part meme sets there to put into the X feeds of these Republicans and scripts for calls to their offices.
I ask also that you consider harnessing the collective might of the #50501Movement towards exerting this pressure in a unique way, framing this as asking - as progressives - for these potential defectors to BE OUR HEROES.
Mine is a tiny voice in all this, largely unnoticed. Yours, in championing a similar approach, could be monumentally world-changing. Please know that if you like what I’m proposing, I can recreate 200 more meme sets for potential defectors if called to do so.
Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky could very well be the first domino to fall, frustrated as he is by the continued defiance of the Epstein Files Transparency Act that he helped create.
Thank you for considering what I propose now. Imagine having flipped the House by #NoKings3! By then Dems could have established the #SeditiousConspiracy to undermine our democracy with the smoking gun being the blanket firings of inspectors generals throughout government. That act proves the intent to breach laws, the separation of powers, and the guardrails that a benevolent and functioning government would stay within.
And by spring maybe impeachments and resignations will fly like confetti over a future #2ndIndependenceDay parade. We don’t know the annual date yet to be celebrated, but I hope that the choice is obvious in the next few months as a pivot point is reached where our triumph feels certain throughout a grateful and relieved nation.
Wow. I suppose if everyone who reads this note put our power together to make this happen, we actually could. Are the Dems prepared to go full steam ahead? They’ve been so disappointing.
Also, I've just repackaged this response as a new post on my Substack page. So if you like this idea and want to share it more easily, please go there and pass along the link. And thanks for your interest!
My goal is to not only popularize the idea, but to spread the usage of all my hashtags in support of the #ImmediateFlipMovement.
Did you click on the link to go to my DK post? I flesh out the concept in greater detail there, pairing it with another incentive for potential defectors: supporting and passing the #ForThePeopleAct2. And I put a thought-provoking poll at the end so please add your vote there!
My mind is already so polluted by regime cruelties and ridiculously transparent, vicious lies I chose a police crime solver off Brit Box. Very proud of Meidas Phang Reid Spanburger et al but my opposition does not need any more encouragement!
After speaking with my friend, I decided to tune in just to witness what I knew would be full of lies . Trump is hard to listen too. But I also simultaneously watched the People's SOTU too. Trump was his usual egotistical self absorbed self. Watching Mike Johnson's little evil facial expressions behind Trump was disturbing. He is totally underTrump's spell. I was exhausted at the end and missed Colbert. More chaos and suffering. Nothing makes sense anymore.
It’s frustrating when the multiple deaths due to ICE are reduced to two people - not that their deaths aren’t notable but the endless repetition of the same names and only those names without the recognition of many others is used (1) as a political hammer vs real empathy and (2) allows racism to be present but only visible to those who rarely experience it.
"We won't stand for that!" Needs to be the domocrats rallying cry....
All and all, that clip of Democrats refusing to stand is a good piece of propaganda that will indeed capture minds if unanswered.
It needs to be answered.
Many are too ignorant and lacking the moral compass to even understand what happened there... Democrats have been standing up for their neighbors regardless of their immigration status. They’ve been fighting for the equality that deems "All men are created equal and are endowed with inalienable rights"...
To stand would've acknowledged, from a humanitarian perspective, that some are not worthy of protection and that some humans deserve to be targets for cruelty and injustice simply because they've broken misdemeanor rules for a chance at the American dream... To provide for their families and to work and provide the services that many Americans would never do.
Their humanity weighs heavier than their political affiliations and their Christian/Muslim/Judaic morality is demonstrated rather than parroted.
I too would refuse to stand for that.
Shame on all who stood for lies, division and cruelty.
I didn't watch, read the coverage, still convinced Trump is beyond description. He is sinking in the mess of his own making and will eventually drown. So voters, don't despair, stand strong in refusing to surrender. The honor is defending our freedoms, not following a degenerate into a pit of amorality. We out number the whole lot of the administration and the oligarchs in power. So don't give up, never give up.
I watched #TheStateOfTheSwamp because I knew it would be more satisfying than continually hitting my head against the wall with excessive applause.
I loved the range of guests, the passion, the frogs, and the overwhelming sense of hope shared by every speaker.
Because a post-Trump world is coming. That was felt on the stage and in the hall. We need to make the entire nation see that the might of our tens of millions will prevail. And the winds in our sails are strong and steady enough to make the necessary changes ahead of schedule.
Our voices can trigger a #BlueHouseOversightRampage EARLY - perhaps in just weeks - if we can convince JUST TWO HOUSE REPUBLICANS to declare as independent, standing as true patriots by caucusing with Dems to end this shift away from democracy towards kleptocratic #RepubloFascism.
We heard a lot of fear for what Trump might do to try to steal the midterms tonight on the SOTS. So why not take that whole process out of play? If we reach our goal with this strategy, the #ImmediateFlipMovement, we can make ALL THEIR ELECTION THEFT IDEAS MOOT. With all that Dems quickly uncover, nothing will stop the blue tsunami on the horizon in November.
In this Daily Kos post I go over how to lower the barriers to making this happen, including encouraging politicians to rebrand as #ConstitutionalConservatives to differentiate from GOP 1.0 and striking a deal with DNC Chair Ken Martin to ensure that this defection isn’t political suicide.
We need Martin to promise NOT to fund or back a candidate against any of these new allies as long as they remain independent and caucusing with Dems into 2027.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/2/22/2369827/-Let-s-Recruit-2-House-Republican-Defectors-to-FlipTheHouseEARLY-and-Pass-ForThePeopleAct2
My post digs deep into how the previously unthinkable could now be possible. In it I’ve included a link to a previous Substack piece focusing on three MN reps, including three-part meme sets there to put into the X feeds of these Republicans and scripts for calls to their offices.
I ask also that you consider harnessing the collective might of the #50501Movement towards exerting this pressure in a unique way, framing this as asking - as progressives - for these potential defectors to BE OUR HEROES.
Mine is a tiny voice in all this, largely unnoticed. Yours, in championing a similar approach, could be monumentally world-changing. Please know that if you like what I’m proposing, I can recreate 200 more meme sets for potential defectors if called to do so.
Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky could very well be the first domino to fall, frustrated as he is by the continued defiance of the Epstein Files Transparency Act that he helped create.
Thank you for considering what I propose now. Imagine having flipped the House by #NoKings3! By then Dems could have established the #SeditiousConspiracy to undermine our democracy with the smoking gun being the blanket firings of inspectors generals throughout government. That act proves the intent to breach laws, the separation of powers, and the guardrails that a benevolent and functioning government would stay within.
And by spring maybe impeachments and resignations will fly like confetti over a future #2ndIndependenceDay parade. We don’t know the annual date yet to be celebrated, but I hope that the choice is obvious in the next few months as a pivot point is reached where our triumph feels certain throughout a grateful and relieved nation.
Are you in the 50501 National discord server by chance?
Wow. I suppose if everyone who reads this note put our power together to make this happen, we actually could. Are the Dems prepared to go full steam ahead? They’ve been so disappointing.
Also, I've just repackaged this response as a new post on my Substack page. So if you like this idea and want to share it more easily, please go there and pass along the link. And thanks for your interest!
My goal is to not only popularize the idea, but to spread the usage of all my hashtags in support of the #ImmediateFlipMovement.
Did you click on the link to go to my DK post? I flesh out the concept in greater detail there, pairing it with another incentive for potential defectors: supporting and passing the #ForThePeopleAct2. And I put a thought-provoking poll at the end so please add your vote there!
I am post carding and will continue to do so.
How can I get started postcarding?
My mind is already so polluted by regime cruelties and ridiculously transparent, vicious lies I chose a police crime solver off Brit Box. Very proud of Meidas Phang Reid Spanburger et al but my opposition does not need any more encouragement!
I can’t stand the sound of the whiny toddlers voice. I could not listen to the felons lies, lies, lies. I tuned into the People’s SOTU.
After speaking with my friend, I decided to tune in just to witness what I knew would be full of lies . Trump is hard to listen too. But I also simultaneously watched the People's SOTU too. Trump was his usual egotistical self absorbed self. Watching Mike Johnson's little evil facial expressions behind Trump was disturbing. He is totally underTrump's spell. I was exhausted at the end and missed Colbert. More chaos and suffering. Nothing makes sense anymore.
I’m curious about the omission of how many people watched last night in comparison to Biden’s last and Clinton’s first.
I can’t find any figures at all for viewership on Google.
We watched the State of the Swamp.
TV off in complete protest.
I knew it would be long and full of lies, why bother watching. Will catch up on some of the recaps today.
I actually streamed both the "State of The Swamp" & "The People's State of The Union"...
I had no use for additional word vomit from a killer of American people, rapist, vile, grotesque blob of crap and lies.
It’s frustrating when the multiple deaths due to ICE are reduced to two people - not that their deaths aren’t notable but the endless repetition of the same names and only those names without the recognition of many others is used (1) as a political hammer vs real empathy and (2) allows racism to be present but only visible to those who rarely experience it.
Only invisible to those who don’t experience it.
"We won't stand for that!" Needs to be the domocrats rallying cry....
All and all, that clip of Democrats refusing to stand is a good piece of propaganda that will indeed capture minds if unanswered.
It needs to be answered.
Many are too ignorant and lacking the moral compass to even understand what happened there... Democrats have been standing up for their neighbors regardless of their immigration status. They’ve been fighting for the equality that deems "All men are created equal and are endowed with inalienable rights"...
To stand would've acknowledged, from a humanitarian perspective, that some are not worthy of protection and that some humans deserve to be targets for cruelty and injustice simply because they've broken misdemeanor rules for a chance at the American dream... To provide for their families and to work and provide the services that many Americans would never do.
Their humanity weighs heavier than their political affiliations and their Christian/Muslim/Judaic morality is demonstrated rather than parroted.
I too would refuse to stand for that.
Shame on all who stood for lies, division and cruelty.
MTG screamed out loud during Joe Biden s SOTU! They let her remain. I think this is purely Racist. Give 'Em Hell, Al !!!!! 🇺🇲🫂💪🏼
I didn't watch, read the coverage, still convinced Trump is beyond description. He is sinking in the mess of his own making and will eventually drown. So voters, don't despair, stand strong in refusing to surrender. The honor is defending our freedoms, not following a degenerate into a pit of amorality. We out number the whole lot of the administration and the oligarchs in power. So don't give up, never give up.
I didn't watch. I enjoyed Alternative TRUTHFUL Oppo programming. Thank You All…✌🏼🐸✌🏼