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    Social Media

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• Use the Truth Sandwich* to refute lies and propaganda: State the truth, then the lie, then the truth.

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• Do not post images/words of 47 or his shadow president. Posting amplifies & promotes them & their actions.

 

•  Post sources when posting news items.

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• Check for accuracy before reposting statements. Snopes.com is a reliable site.

 

• Move beyond Description to Prescription.

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• Post productive actions we can take, with contact info. ​

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• Join closed local and statewide activist groups to learn how and where to take collective action, to amplify your voice, and to be part of a community.

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    Elected Officials

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• Call and thank local, state, & federal officials who speak Truth to Power, publicly rebuke white supremacists, and defend Democracy.

 

• Call and thank local, state, & federal officials who make and/or defend policies that help Americans thrive. 

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• Bombard your** local, state, and federal representatives with clear, declarative, brief statements.  My name is ______. I live in _________.  As a constituent, I insist that you renounce Elon Musk. He is an unelected official acting in an official  capacity, engaging in illegal and dangerous acts. This week he sent unofficial agents to threaten and eject ASAID security officials, then stole access to government computers with everyone’s ssn, tax refunds, personal data, medical data. Including yours and your family members. You cannot stand by and watch him break laws of this magnitude that threaten all of us. I expect you to renounce Elon Musk. 

 

    Corporate Media

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• Push the media to focus on actions Democratic representatives take against the 47th president's dangerous and/or unconstitutional acts. 

 

• Publicly censure media every time their headlines mislead, distort, dilute, capitulate, or lie. Ex: Washington Post headline: "USAID security officials on leave after refusing access to Musk allies." A more accurate headline based on the article should read: USAID security officials threatened and removed for refusing Musk access to millions of Americans' personal data. ​​​

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*A Few Resources:

George Lakoff: Framing

Timothy Snyder: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century.

Marc Elias: Democracy Docket​

Historian activist Heather Cox Richardson

Professor Eddie Glaude

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**Elected officials primarily care about what their own constituents think.