Author Archives: Freeman Ng

Bridging the Blue-Red Divide

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I regularly post recommendations on how we ordinary Democrats can best contribute to electoral victories.

Here are some ideas I have about efforts that only those with power, money, or influence might be able to make. If you like any of them, share them as widely as you can, and maybe one or more of them will find their way into the hands of someone who can make it happen.… [more]

Engaging the Right Wing Echo Chamber

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Democrats are beginning to understand the power and extent of the right wing media bubble. For the past three election cycles, many of us have asked, "How could so many people have voted for someone like Trump?" More and more, we're realizing that the answer is not any particular issue or line of reasoning, not anything "deplorable" about the people themselves, but: "Because right wing media was their sole source of the news." [more]

What We Can Do – Between Elections

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I regularly post recommendations for the most effective giving we can do each election season, and more and more, my top choices have featured organizations that do their work all year round — for which, in fact, the most effective work occurs well in advance of any election.

I'm repeating those recommendations here and adding other groups that don't just turn out existing voters to the usual contests, but also grow the electorate and expand the range of challenges we need to make to MAGA extremism at every level of government, in every locality.… [more]