We are doomed. They are too big, mean, and scary to fight.

Bullies would come to try to disrupt. We always welcomed them, and served them cookies. Most left without a peep.

In another meeting held by Sheila Jackson Lee in Houston to support Obamacare, they arrived en masse to disrupt. I prepared name tags for participants that said "I am uninsurable" - the problem that ACA was working to solve.

Pretty much the whole room wore them to show the need for ACA.

People who tell the truth have an advantage over liars.

So you are saying, well, it's a good idea but we should be afraid of MAGAts showing up to attack our Congressional representatives?

It's that attitude of taking a pillow to a gunfight that has put us in the fix we are in.

To hell with reaching across the aisle, listening to their opinions, don't speak out because they may be mean to us.

This is a war.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

That's why they pull what they pull. There is nary a repercussion for them nor any accountability for them at all actually.

They terrorize us at will and that's never going to stop on its own. It has to be stopped head on.

"This is what he brings. Disruption and chaos. People acting like wild animals. People that can't control themselves. People that worship a human being."

this time, there will be more of us than of them! This is a different time. Obama is not President anymore. Trump the dictator occupies the WH now. Dems are in no mood to suffer any Magas in the crowd. If these Town Halls come to your territory, I advise you take part in one. I think you will find the mood much different than the ones you remember from yore.

We should be intimidated? Just cave in?

MAGA won't let us???? All the more reason to go forward.

Stand up. Speak out. Don't back down.

Good on Indivisible.

My thread still stands. Are our elected Congressional officials contracting out what they could/should be doing?

As far as I know they aren't being disrupted.

Any news after today's emergency meeting of Dems?

about Indivisible. I just signed up for notifications on their web page. Here's a link for anyone who wants to get involved.

https://indivisible.org/

I find it hard to watch anything political like Rachel on TV since my wife is a Trumper and we still manage to have a peaceful coexistence, but I take action where I can.

… there is absolutely no way I could live with a MAGA..

She is a one issue voter: so called "pro-life" (anti choice). We just avoid political discussions. Wish I had been more aware of the whole story before we got married 5 yrs ago. Probably would have made a different decision then. Divorce seems a little extreme but I do think about it, especially now.

they will get coverage from the MSM. I believe these town halls would be significant and draw significant crowds of all persuasions.

These town halls should draw Democrats, Magats, Independents, and people who didn't vote.

And nothing to say we can't take out TV and other ads to bullet point the stupidity and the harm it is or will do

People are hurting out there. They are desperate. Talk to them.

What has happened to the Democratic party?

.... get infront of the messaging,... create the messaging narrative.

Assume the posture of proactive offensive messaging as opposed to habitual defensive responses or worst yet - utter radio, television, and social media silence.

Now is not a good time for the Democratic Party to play dead and/or fading into non-existence.

Otherwise, we can all look forward to more disappointing returns, on future election nights!

170 days left until Project 2025 is scheduled to be implemented.

The old media is not covering the Democratic view. They can get around that by your town hall suggestion but also by having a YouTube channel. The videos would be spread further by MeidasTouch and similar channels.
We need to get our message out there without it being changed by the propaganda channels!

Edited to add: Excerpts from the YouTube videos can be posted on Bluesky, TicToc and any new social media that is neutral and not Maga-centric. This would spread our message further.

We have to get out of the traditional media and its propaganda.

And especially since lots of young people watch YouTube. They should get young folks to set up panels that attract their peers like the maga morons do.

naive to think the “180 day strategy of Project 2025” isn’t going to be accelerated DRAMATICALLY.

And herein lies a big part of the problem.

I got no phone calls. No one came to my county during the past election cycle. The other thing that really makes me mad is that when they do come, it's during the day when most people are at work. I live in Oregon, and live in a very red area. These people want to join the state of Idaho.

I've had the opportunity to meet and chat with them several times each.

Oh Yeah! Town Hall over and over again. Televise. Podcast. Facebook them to death with Town Halls. View on X, BlueSky…..wherever the technology takes you. Empower citizens with facts to illuminate the EVIL machinations.

DO SOMETHING!

without the filters of wealthy donors and corporations.

We NEED them now, more than EVER before! Our reps need to face us in real time, and FREQUENTLY, too.

Republicans have monthly meet ups at diners and halls and bars.

I always wonder where are the Dems.