Websites, radio stations, podcasts, and so forth ought to be stood up by party members with access to money—the Harris campaign and associated groups, by the way, spent about $5 billion losing this election—particularly if they can replace genuine local news that has been gutted by private equity and Facebook, or if they are centered on subjects typically neglected by liberals like sports or gaming. The core strategy is to set up publications with progressive views but likely to have broader appeal. Honest partisanship should be the standard, rather than a pretend above-it-all “objective journalism” that in practice means bending reality completely beyond recognition to benefit Donald Trump.

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    115 days ago

    Do what? Reach more people than we would if we stick purely to our little safe spaces?

    Yes. It’s trivially provable:

    10M views:

    https://x.com/tayrilivia/status/1854207409717428564

    16M views:

    https://x.com/RoseSensu/status/1854215333243949203

    94M views:

    https://x.com/BarackObama/status/1854284022731669530

    Etc. Etc.

    Those 2 posts have probably gotten more views than everything you and I have ever posted online combined.

    Again, it’s not about being louder than Elon Musk and whatever bullshit shenanigans, it’s just about not 100% conceding the information spaces like because they aren’t fair. Nothing is going to be fair for the next 4 years, but that doesn’t mean we give up.

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      215 days ago

      I’m not about conceding the information space.

      What I’m saying is that without an allied media that you can actually trust to get the big news out, then people will be wondering about When Did Biden Drop Out again.

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        115 days ago

        No disagreement there, just suggesting we additionally continue to do everything and anything to get word out to other less-savory platforms as well.