Sarah leads one of the largest independent media companies in the US. On the next level she asked why people aren’t in the streets, the we need 3.5% involved.
Isn’t this a chance to take everything she’s learned from the focus groups and get people out and protesting.
JVL’s triad today was good, but probably not dark enough. Could we please get some interviews with people who are into community defense?
Document here
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf
What an incredible miracle! 2cm of cartilage shot off and absolutely no visible damage. He deserves that daily nap during media appearances.
This is something I’ve been trying to figure out and it clicked with the latest focus morons. The Bulwark, Pod Save, the Democrats etc are earnest. They want things to get better. Optimistic even. Hell that’s my default state too.
And yet there’s no evidence to support such an outcome being possible because serious people have no place in their media diet.
This is a deeply unserious time, ballroom, swimming pool, masked agents breaking and entering, insider corruption, massive inflation.
And we give it an air of normalcy by talking about those events. We cement those actions. We don’t derail the. I think JVL is right that the only effective answer is full Joker. In the WWE sense.
The focus group is like the South Park wrestling episode. The only wrestling they want is drama. Trump knows how to create drama daily that the serious people then have to discuss.
I’ll argue Platner has done an okay job breaking that cycle productively. Newsome has at times, but can’t do it regularly and also can’t help his worst instincts for complicated pointless answers.
So that Joker/WWE approach is probably the only way to move the needle. Like JVL I don’t want that, but what if it’s the only realistic option.
I will only need the super wealthy attending dances in White House ballroom to feel we are properly celebrating! Hooray 🎉