Democrats are deploying a bold new strategy to hold Donald Trump accountable for his long history of empty promises and blatant lies. By crafting legislation that mirrors Trump’s campaign commitments—such as capping credit card interest rates, supporting unions, and prioritizing American workers—they’re forcing the former president to either back his own words or expose himself as the fraud he is.
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas recently highlighted this approach, describing it as a mix of reverse psychology and legislative traps. “Trump’s campaign was a masterclass in deceit,” Meiselas said. “Now, Democrats are calling his bluff, taking his promises and saying, ‘Here, sign this.’”
This new strategy shift mirrors a plan we suggested recently on the MeidasTouch Podcast; that Democrats must stop being reactive and should instead go on the offense, putting Trump and the GOP in the defensive position of having to explain why they are against policies that most Americans support.
One example of this strategy comes from Senator Bernie Sanders, who is introducing a bill to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. The proposal directly reflects a promise Trump made during his campaign. “Great idea,” Sanders said. “Let’s see if Trump supports it.” Sanders has also been vocal about health care reform, seizing on the momentum of RFK Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” slogan to outline a comprehensive plan addressing the country’s broken health care system.
But this is about more than specific policy proposals—it’s about exposing the hypocrisy and lies that define Trump’s political brand. While Trump claimed to be pro-union, his administration actively worked to dismantle the National Labor Relations Board, undermining workers’ rights to organize and file grievances. His flip-flopping on H-1B visas is another example, with Trump pivoting from promises to protect American jobs to making excuses for billionaires like Elon Musk, who resist paying fair wages to American workers.
Democrats are using this strategy not just to highlight Trump’s failures but also to reclaim the narrative on key issues like health care, labor rights, and economic fairness. “Democrats need to own these issues,” Meiselas said. “Stop letting MAGA hijack them, only to use them as tools to deceive voters. Introduce the legislation, message it relentlessly, and take it directly to the communities.” Republicans can block these popular proposals at their own peril.
This approach also serves as a foundation for future elections, including the 2026 midterms. By repeatedly exposing Trump’s refusal to support legislation that aligns with his campaign rhetoric, Democrats aim to show voters the true nature of his empty populism. Trump is for the billionaires. Not for you. Prove it over and over.
Sanders has been particularly vocal about health care, framing it as a moral imperative for a country as wealthy as the United States. In a recent op-ed, he laid out a vision for universal health care, lower prescription drug costs, and a focus on improving quality of life for all Americans. “If MAGA wants to call this ‘woke,’ let them,” Meiselas said. “This isn’t woke—it’s what Americans want.”
Democrats are also pushing for policies like paid family and medical leave, raising the minimum wage, and combating corporate greed in the food industry. These proposals are designed to address issues that resonate deeply with Americans while exposing the stark contrast between Trump’s rhetoric and his actual policies.
Meiselas emphasized the importance of Democrats staying on the offensive. “Don’t overthink it. Call their bluff. Expose the lies. When they block these bills, make it crystal clear to the American people who’s really standing in the way of progress.”
As Democrats continue to roll out this strategy, they’re not just holding Trump accountable—they’re showing voters what real leadership looks like. By turning Trump’s broken promises into legislative action, they’re making it clear that his populist facade is nothing more than a con job designed to exploit his base. Trump may have fooled many voters in the past, but Democrats are determined to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
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Trump is failing before he even gets inaugurated. Government workers like me save our sacred democracy from Project 2025 MAGAt fascism. While orange menace and muskrat have been squabbling, we have been preparing to undermine both of them: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/resisting-project-2025-from-within-government
RULES FOR RESISTANCE ON JAN. 20 INAUGURATION:
*Media Blackout on Jan 20. Do not watch one second as it will show viewership. Some are boycotting for 4 days all coverage, analysis and commentary on the ceremony.
* Twitter Walk Off at noon Jan. 20. Delete your account. If you are worried someone may steal your handle, reinstate your account but block all comments. Do not interact. The algorithm will still read zero.
* Apply and petition your Senators for tickets to the Inauguraation. You are allowed 2 per person. Then do not show up.
* Place yourself and others along the parade route. Bring a Kazoo. Play the Imperial March from Star Wars as they go by.
Stay tuned for more.
Thanks to Malcolm Nance RESIST! ✊🏼🫶🏼
AND Celebrate Martin Luther King Holiday instead!!! It falls on Monday January 20 as well!
That is what I planned to do, 💯
I like your ideas. I have no intention of watching the inauguration, but I hope it's smaller than his last one. I would like to be in DC to protest, but I can't afford to travel that far.
There is something to be said for knowing the enemy. When I have dialogues with MAGA followers I make sure to use Trump's own words and Trump's own actions to argue my point. I do not want to listen to spin without knowing whZt the primary source material says.
Exactly. When we remove ourselves from the source, we also lose access to our best tools for resistance. I will watch and listen because I want to be ready to resist.
Know your enemy! Anticipate what they can do versus what they will do.
That kazoo idea is brilliant. I wish my disabilities would allow me to travel to join you but I'll be looking forward to the coverage after the fact. Highlarious. 👏
Addendum: refrain from visiting web pages that support GOP. Advertisers monitor the clicks . I boycott all MSM NOW. BUT…I question how anyone knows what radio or TV you may boycott. As far as I know, there is not metering process, only user surveys? True???
Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) is a technology that identifies content playing on media devices, such as smart TVs and mobile devices. ACR works by analyzing the digital patterns and distinctive characteristics of audio, video, or images. It then compares this content to a repository of recognized media files or signatures.
ACR is used for a variety of applications, including: Content customization, Synchronization, Intellectual property protection, and Collecting user media consumption habits.
ACR is important for advertisers and content creators because it allows them to gather critical information about users' media consumption habits. This data is gathered automatically without any user-based opt-in or input, which offers greater depth and accuracy than user-offered data
Thanks for the information, I’m 84, and have very little understanding of the way technology works. Your explanation makes sense to me, and I will leave my smart tv off for that entire 24 hours.
That is status quo for me, Rose! But it might be fun for a lot of people to go onto a site all at once to crash the site. That's not a tactic for now, but something to keep in mind to protest egregious corporate support. It would take a lot of organizing, perhaps through one or more of the sites we frequent. Works better than boycott, which is absence. Easy to overlook absence. Not so easy to overlook an overloaded system.
Thank you for sharing that information. My plan is to be in *boycott and blackout mode* for several days on TV, radio and internet. I already deleted my Twitter account a few days ago. I will check with my Senator's website regarding tickets, so I can have the pleasure of not attending. My only regret will be to not to witness any kazoo-playing that happens along the parade route!
Yes! Yes! Yes! Roger wilco!
😂😂😂
I will watch the inauguration on my computer through the government feed. I frankly don't care if they know I am watching. I am an American and I have the right to watch. This is not about Trump. It is about my country, and I want to know what is going on that day, and I want to see it myself, not second hand accounts. I am dong this so that I am prepared to resist in the ways I have available to me. Kazoos don't meet my criteria for resistance: they meet my criteris for grade school level behavior. If I were there, I'd want to stand with my back turned to the stage. That comes closer to resistance than childish school pranks.
Happy to hear of your efforts and will check your publication/s out.
He’s a lame duck from day one. He is also a shape shifter too. He says whatever he thinks will bring him money. He lied all through his campaign, as usual.
Trump’s inability to swear in good faith to anything — marriage vows, business contracts, and the Presidential Oath (both times) — means he is unable to be our President. It’s not the vote count — it’s the Oath.
And continues! Says one thing to one group and something diametrically opposite to another. Keep track of this stuff. It's ammunition for us to use against him. (Though I am less concerned about Trump than I am about the peculiar group of rabble behind him trying to scratch each other's eyes out to see who can get closest to the mike.
I hope this is the beginning of a stronger, more “ballsy” Democratic Party. I am really tired of them giving in, trying to be nice, trying to compromise with MAGAs who just want to pillage our country for all it’s worth.
No kidding! The Republicans have been off the rails since well before MAGA -- Nixon's "southern strategy" drove most of the sane Republicans out before Gingrich came along, and Reagan sure didn't help. And too many Democrats have been too nice, i.e., gutless. IMO the increasing number of women and people of color in Congress from the Reagan years onward has been a factor. They tend to be more in touch with how real people actually live, and more responsive to constituents because they're not from gerrymandered districts.
Well, most of them. A few have been real doozies. Did nobody any favors, just distracted media attention from real news.
Elise Stefanik just came up in a book I'm copyediting. IOW -- yep.
Same. We need warriors in the Democratic party.
Exactly. If they don't fight fire with fire they will continue to lose. Enough of this nice guy nonsense.
They’d better step up and fight for us, but no one should be surprised if they don’t: They’re just as compromised as their GOP counterparts are. You really think Nancy Pelosi is better at picking stocks than Warren Buffet? Dems sucked at connecting with voters because they don’t dare tell them the truth — that GOP and Dems alike are in bed with big corporations and Wall Street. But they HAVE made it clear that none of them give a shit that most of their constituents are horrified that our taxes are funding the genocide in Gaza.
Reverse psychology is a good thing to do. Will gain the trust of the MAGA followers as they see things fail, then turn on their leader.
Brilliant strategy! Make him honor his campaign promises!
With every "promise" he made, advertise the proposed legislation on tv, and roll a clip of him making the promise, but call it a pledge.
For the Visas, also state what musk said in one of his promises. Those visas expire, and require higher wages and benefits
Just look at Trump failing! He’s a big lumpy!😂😂😂😂 Him and his clown crew!🤡🤡🤡 The can’t handle the smallest things!
Literally too many cooks stirring the soup, and NONE of them have any idea what they're doing. The ignorance, arrogance, and lack of professionalism is appalling. None of them is in lockstep with the others. It's tempting to just stand back, get out of the way, and let them implode.....
or too many crooks
good one!
About time, love using reverse psychology, best way to expose bullies and narcissist. I used this tactics quite a bit as a manager and was amazed how well it works.
Works with small children as well
That's appropriate here. We are dealing with people who act and think like toddlers.
Nice. Put down the people we need to learn to communicate with. Nice start.
It's a GREAT strategy! The trick will be to find and utilize better ways of communicating it to ALL citizens, and ALL the time. Relying on traditional, old school media is NOT going to even be close, as we all learned during the last election.
Corporate legacy TV[ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN]lied like hell for trump. THEY CAN NOT BE TRUSTED. They are, in trumps own words FAKE MEDIA
It's the ONLY THING he never lied about!
I’m afraid his voters don’t pay attention
They pay attn to HIM.... we have to use the same communication approaches. On the other hand, many voters don't pay attn to ANY political news at all. Some, owing to family and/or work demands, simply don't have the time. Others are, sadly, simply not interested. This means we need to find ways to CATCH & HOLD their attention, even if it's regarding only one issue.
I'm tired of hearing that Dems didn't message correctly. I call BS. The red state electorate has been brainwashed to believe that Dems don't deliver and will not listen to any other story. A huge portion of the electorate in Pennsylvania appeared to not be aware of who was on the ballot. That kind of willful ignorance can't be breached by "better messaging." Dem messaging can certainly improve, but some voters are beyond reach. Regular folks in Europe and Australia knew exactly what the Dems stood for just by listening from afar.
I agree 100%! I thought Dems messaging was good; it is just that it wasn't being told through enough channels other than Corp/Legacy media.
Or, to be more accurate, too many of the so-called legacy media weren't doing their job. To a large extent, the best way to get around that is the one-on-one campaigning of getting out and talking to our neighbors. That's where a lot of US let down the campaign. My town is a good example of that: the Dems failed to see that the R's were quietly training and funding hand-picked candidates. Despite being warned, they thought that they could get by with doing the same-old, same- old things they've done for years-the same old clique talking to each other, despite the efforts of some to get them to open their eyes.
Not until the end did they see what they were up against, and it was too late by then. Dems lost soundly, and in the process lost a fine experienced and dedicated rep to our legislature. Her replacement is a right-wing no-new-taxes with NO idea how the legislature decision-making process works. The town was (and remains) split, but now the people who tried to change direction have gone quiet because they were so soundly dissed and discouraged. Our town online forum has gone back to posts about lost dogs, free items to give away, and how wonderful our town is (in the face of plenty of evidence to the contrary).
Me? I'm the former chair of the town Dem committee who finally gave up and started working on trying to save Congressional seats, and soon-to-be former JOP. I am now a resistor, trying to figure out next steps to make a positive difference. Also quietly looking for a different place to live that feels safer. Wish me luck.
Along with getting out & talking to friends/neighbors there needs to be a Democratic left-wing noise machine. The new 'media' square reaches millions which going door to door reaches fewer. No getting around that. I do wish you luck and thank you for all you for our democracy.
I agree. Sadly, so many just don't want to be bothered by Politics. Growing up, all I ever heard was "Politicians are crooks" and that resonates with the kids. They too grow up thinking the same, wondering why bother, the system is rigged! So many don't understand and don't bother to educate themselves. Yes, as we have all seen, many Politicians have succumbed to bribes but as time has gone by, I have realized and come to appreciate just how important our vote is and as a woman, the struggles others overcame to win the vote for us and for people of color. I have not taken it for granted. There is very good reason to mistrust Politicians, as we have seen theoughout the years, and possibly more so in recent years. But isn't that our job? As voters we need to keep them in check, hold them accountable, expect nothing less than what we expect of ourselves. And saying this, makes me wonder about those that voted for him. It saddens me to think so many have such very low expectations.
Best way to get to disillusioned Americans.
Trump made promises to regular people so they would vote for him and then seems to have forgotten everything when Elon funded his campaign. (Didn’t we see that coming?)
Make him keep those promises to regular people. Trump convinced more than his base to vote for him.
No one voted for Elon.
Vivek lost in the primaries.
I love the reverse psychology approach by Dems! When used strategically, reverse psychology can challenge someone's typical thought process, potentially leading to new perspectives and more creative solutions to problems.
Great to hear our Democrats going on the offense, it's about time. I'll be writing my senators and congressional rep. We say no to privatizing Medicare, no, to Medicare Advantage.
The late Roy Cohn’s advice to Trump was, paraphrasing here, Never go on defense — it’s the weaker position. Always go on offense — attack, attack, attack. Might be why Trump answers any threat or criticism with a lawsuit.
Exactly 💯 percent the democratic party I've been waiting for 💙💙🌈🇺🇸😎💪😎🇺🇸🌈💙💙.
As long as they do not depend on legacy TV to spread the story
FINALLY!!
Dems are figuring out how to expose Trump‘s practice of lying and misinformation about what he stands for and what he says he’s going to do to help the MAGA mushrooms - but the next challenge is going to be whether the media actually covers this and how do you counter the propaganda that’s gonna be put out by FAUX news
Bernie’s purpose in Congress is to kick Democrats in the behind when they need it.
Republicans don’t want the poor and elderly to live longer lives. They believe these populations cost too much. Narcissistic people would rather let them die than assist in feeding, or even care for them. They only want young, strong workers they can use for slave labor.
A heartless way to cull the herd.
I didn’t pay attention to many of his promises knowing they’d be lies. However this is a brilliant idea. We should find a list of them and ask for legislation on them starting day one. Always great ideas coming from Meidas +. And Senator Sanders of course!
This is good news.
Ben
Off the topic
MTN is gaining quotes from other sites that I am on
Also gaining a lot of “criticism”, with a couple of people responding to the criticism that they were going to check out MTN and decide for themselves.
Just kudos to you brothers, your staff, moderators and most of all Ron who was the person quoted in the discussion.
Also great article pod cast, glad the democrats and Bernie are calling out Trump on his lies.
Best way to treat a bully/ narcissist.
Trust me, I have unfortunately in my life a lot of experience with this type of person.
They can’t stand it when you call them out.
I love Bernie, always have. Must be that independent streak in me. ! 😂
A lot of that American talent is female. Probably most of it. That's part of why they don't want American engineers fresh from 20 years of "women/girls in STEM" initiatives.
I love this!!!!!!! We need to get all democratic leaders to introduce legislation. Each democratic leader take one of trumps lies introduce legislation on it and hammer it relentlessly like they do with their lies snd propaganda all at once. They will be inundated and wont know which way to turn and which lie to defend because all of them will be hammered at them at the same time. Whoever thought of this I bow to you. You made my year!! I really hope they stick to this.
Thank God Republican haters are finally doing somerhing about me using the rest room. It’s only been about 30 years without a single incident of fear or revulsion. But finally these coursgious law makers come to the rescue of somen zi might have peed with !
I am excited to find out that their are people out there (Sanders-Dems) that are willing to expose Trump for all of his campaign Trash Talk and empty promises! He is a straight up liar that is willing to do and say ANYTHING for a buck. Honestly, i dont know how he's going to please Elon and The Heritage group at the same time. Someone's about to get f$^%#@! Hopefully because of people like Sanders that are willing to fight for the American people, it wont be US.
How about they enforce the laws we do have. First, don’t seat insurrectionists in Congress… the number of insurrectionists in the GOP means the democrats have the majority. They must claim the majority status & refuse to seat the republicans who supported & were involved with the insurrection. Then they can get to work for the people. Both as legislators with a mission of holding insurrectionists accountable and as a legislative body that needs to create a budget & other work for the government. This will free their hands to begin the impeachment process for the 6 insurrectionists on the supreme court as well. There are a few other things that can be done but I’d start there. We don’t have to let Trump back in the house… especially with the members of what I would call a slow moving coup (or seditious conspiracy) that involves 3 different factions working directly with Trump.
This is awesome.
January 20 is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Find a local activity to join and ignore the news of the orange turd.
Help celebrate someone who genuinely cared about people. It would be great if a huge number of people started reaching out that the news media got wind of it.
Excellent idea, make Donnie put his money where his mouth is. Introduce a bill for every single promise he made and hold the GOP responsible for the monster they created.
Btw you guys are missing the big picture of a larger conspiracy that has been slowly weaving its way into our politics for 50+ years. It started with Nixon & has continued under every Republican president. That’s why the federalist society & heritage foundation were created. If you look into Roger Stone, Roy Cohn, Roger Ayles & and few other Nixon folks and follow their through line to the present, you should see a pattern of involvement that brings the larger picture into focus.
I like it. Call them on the promises made. Draft the legislation and then blast it when it isn’t passed.
Great article. Our con man President elect needs to be held acckuntable.
BOYCOTT THE INAUGURATION!!!! Do not watch any live coverage, the lower ratings will infuriate him.
Great news but I do not believe that the message is getting out in significant enough media channels. MTN yes, but where else? And- we need loud young leaders in governance. So far, who?
You are correct. The problem is; is that we tell the Truthful Information but we are telling it to ourselves, what is it that 'they' say.., 'preaching to the choir'. Then when we go to 'Right Wing' sites and post, we get Blocked, then Deleted, and our message of Informational Truth is removed. We need to think of a better way to get the message to 'The Little People of Republican Land'. Sadly, I have no idea how to do that.😢
Some suggestions: Neighbor to neighbor. Friend to friend. If you can, join at least one non-political community organization to get to know people outside your usual circle. Ask about concerns. Listen with respect and try to hear what's underneath emotion. Don't try to "convert". It takes multiple interactions to build relationships. If you are able, run for a local low-level office or commission and use the platform to ask reasonable questions and ask people to talk about options in the framework of that role. Little things add up, but it takes persistence, patience, and time. Small successes add up. Good luck.
Ben, could not agree more with strategy of calling Felon 47’s bluffs with actual legislation and then communicating RELENTLESSLY when he and MAGA congresspeople squirm out of voting for it. Onward!
I am almost shocked at the strategy! Go Dems! Spread the word MeidasMighty, regular media won't.
The problem that needs to be addressed is the UNEDUCATED that Trump loves. They don’t tune into your great you. How do we get the idiots to listen to this.?
Well, the first thing to do is stop looking down on them and stop calling them names. They are human beings with human emotions. Try thinking of them in those terms and look for the things you might have in common.
lol that’s pretty much word for word that I said on another thread except it was Joe Trump calls everybody names. He has derogatory names for almost everybody !
Don’t know how Joe name got in there. Trump is the one known for calling everyone names. UNEDUCATED was a quote basically because he actually said he loves the uneducated.
The Democrats NEED to fight fire with fire. I’m not giving another dime until the Democrats call out the lies especially the election lies. Don’t count on anymore election Ben, at least honestly won elections. They know how to cheat to win, now!
Lots of great info, Ben. I feel so helpless but what can ‘we the people’ do? Don’t say vote. Look how that went! He won’t like that a’tall as Forrest Gump said. Even though he’s an a$$hole here and every planet in the solar system, he doesn’t like his bluff being called.
Ben! Best reporting ever, thanks!! Best thing I've heard in the past year! The Dems are finally making an effective move to make Trump show his real colors to the world. And to help the American people, preserve our Democracy. Hallelujah, this is doable! 💙💙
No one says anything about the fact that SCOTUS does NOT make law! They have not been doing their job which is to interpret the Constitution. One of the justices said about abortion “It’s the law of the land.” Both women and men pursuant to the to the Constitution have the right to the “Blessings of Liberty”. Which I take as freedom over our own lives therefore women’s healthcare decisions the same as men’s healthcare decisions are our rights given to us by the Constitution. Therefore, in my opinion, SCOTUS did not interpret the Constitution correctly about a woman’s healthcare decisions.
It's about time. And it doesn't matter if some of them are unreachable, use every media form from Tik Tok to rural radio to mention that Trump is ruining their lives, not helping them. Use the media every day. Just like Trump did/does.
Agreed. Own the woke. Here’s what woke looks like - fair wages, end to “medical bankruptcies”, no more grocery price gouging.
Boycott Trump inauguration. Trump lies to peoples he is not a president for all.
Huh, making sense, what a concept.
It's about time! Go after him democrats! If he wants to do these things let's help him show up! He made promises that sounded good so let's help him prove that he is a "man of the people."
Finally!!! YES.
That’s great to make him keep his word…isn’t that what Government is supposed to do? Why are we giving paychecks and benefits to politicians that aren’t doing these things? Why are we having to do this through a podcast (no disrespect to Ben). This is just common sense. We shouldn’t have to be looking for outside influences when we already pay people to do this work. I just removed over 5,500 requests from politicians for money to do some of these same things. Does anybody’s word mean anything?
I agree with this strategy. It needs to be blasted over social media as never before and resisters will write letters, postcards whatever is needed to call the trump/GOP/Musk/MAGA promises out immediately. Finally, some ideas as to how to manage the DEM messaging. It may be all negative but what else has worked better with liars, insurrectionists, felons except telling the truth on them.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk combined have 17 children from 6 different wives. Now THERE’S family values for you.
Great observation although I missed the names of other “Dems” introducing legislation or even publicly calling anything out aside from Senator Sanders (Independent).
Awesome!!!!
Why was this not done a long long time ago
Suggestion:
Join the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, SPCA, SPCA International, register as a democrat, support your local library, Meduza.io (support Ukraine and free press), VOTE, donate thru to Actblue
Brilliant strategy!! Thank you for sharing!!
Wow! I love this strategy, REALLY!!! Bluff away and make America healthy and wealthy and wise to tRUMP 's BS all in one fell swoop 😂❣️
The only ‘news’ I watch is MTN. I know it’s real.
All well and good. All clever. But Maga doesn't pay attention to what Congress does unless it appears on Fox. This needs to be louder than Fox and broadcast where maga can't avoid seeing it. It must appear on maga radio, maga billboards, maga e-media; letting them know they've been betrayed yet again.
Good idea! Feet to the fire. Make them squeal!
When you interview Suozzi, it’ll be interesting to hear his view on what he said that appeared to be accommodationist. Hold them accountable, certainly. Hold their feet to the fire. There should be no give a lot to get a little, no “gentlemanly discussions,”, no quarter…this is war, nothing less.
Love the idea but not so sure it will work. We tried this regarding trump's bluff about immigration and came up with a bipartisan bill.. which trump promptly killed. Did it change any Republican's minds?
Love this strategy and the fact they’re implementing it.
Musk and Trump wanting to import labor in the tech industry because they "believe Americans are too dumb" they forget that all these "intelligent" workers come from countries where education is free to those who qualify. Not from countries that want to abolish the dept of education, not fund universities and students earning their education. Shows that the real dummies are Musk, Trump Vance, Swami, and the entire Republican Party. But we have been exposing this for years now.
Let’s force them to explain why not working is a moral hazard for the poor, but not the rich.
Our last ditch effort. “The upshot is that Donald Trump remains constitutionally disqualified from the presidency and may not lawfully serve in that office or any other unless Congress removes the disqualification by two-thirds majorities of both houses. Nothing in Trump v. Anderson changes that legal reality.”
William Baude and Michael Paulsen, Harvard Law Review, Sweeping Section Three under the Rug: A Comment on Trump v. Anderson
Takes 20% of members of Congress to shift the burden to Trump.
Please send this link to every democrat in the house and senate!
Stoopid is as stoopid duz.
But they are dangerous and inept stoopid.
I think this is a great idea. Finally, put him on the spot in plain language and expose all his lies. I'm in!
Bernie is a smart communicator, but I can't say that about most dems who can't sell water in the desert. Dems will come up with some 500 page policy report describing the economic ramifications of the rich getting richer instead of saying we are lowering Rx prices but GOP will not allow us to cut prices further.
He’ll just convince them there’s a lot of pork in it and they’ll believe him.
Great stuff. We need Dems to do more of this.
F YES! This is the type of game I’ve been waiting for!!!
What do we do Ben get in touch with our representatives? I will do anything to hold this felon accountable anything!!!
The schools are performing sex changes during the school day! Really I taught middle school for over 30 years and not one student came back the next as the opposite sex. We couldn't even get money for supplies for God's sake 💙
Don't forget lowering grocery prices on day one!
mmmhhhmmm…. Blah, blah, blah the forward thinking DEMs will say THIS. Then the stupid 200 year old DEMS will hire DIRTY CONSULTANTS (See Lindy Li, Doug Schoen who are ACTUALLY NAZ1G0P) who tell them to message “unity” and move CENTER. Well, I got the “center” of my butt in response to THAT.
NO.
NOPE.
NEVER.
Women are not going to hug and sing kumbaya with PATRIARCHISTS WHO DE-CONSTITUTIONALIZED our bodies. How many ways do the DEMS have to be told? The numbers are in.
The Harris campaign messaging went from WE WILL NOT GO BACK to “unity.” Which dirty consultant did that?
‘Cuz that was when the 18-40 years old voters —highest risk due to Dobbs— decided to stay home.
DUH. -Just fking DUH.
After DECADES of fighting for democracy with the DEMs I am now in camp workingfamilies.org .
Good luck DEMs. LOTS of skilled, activist, crone-powered btches like me are passing our skills on to the next Gen of voters and democracy fighters. You did not listen. Now kiss my cracked azz.
No Democrat really cares. Think of that. The Democrats cannot be bothered enough to uphold the 14th Amendment. Trump should not be certified because in order for an insurrectionist (of which he was found guilty) to be ‘forgiven’ for being in violation of the 14th amendment and therefore be allowed to the Office of the President, Congress must vote to breach the Constitution and make an exception for Trump. Congress has done no such thing. Therefore, he cannot be certified as President.
FYI: Ben, the felon is telling the truth regarding no tax on overtime - however they are presently cutting overtime (OT) hours for workers in the MTA (transportation) in NYS - so the felon is correct. There will be no tax on OT because there will be no overtime.
Many more people including Meidas should have been listening to Bernie Sanders years ago, and the country and 99% of citizens would be in a different place now.
I have questions regarding the framing of this article as "Dems" calling the bluff of the returning orange sh!t-gibbon. The bluff calling seems to be coming from Senator Sanders who while caucusing with the Democratic Party in the Senate is in fact an Independent. Are there any actual members of the Democratic Party in the Senate active in the effort? Or more specifically, where the bleep is Chuck Schumer? I mean I seriously wish the actual Dem Party would grow a F'ing spine already but can anyone point to that genuinely happening in its core institutional (corporate) power structure?
I feel the fight for the truth and passing legislation is very important, but I am more concerned about his nominees and their damage to every US department of government.
I remember several months ago when a Republican judge blocked Biden’s cap on credit card late fees. I also remember when I qualified for Biden’s student loan forgiveness at the beginning of the program ( I only owe 9000.00 more)and a Republican judge in Texas blocked that as well. Biden reinstated the forgiveness but it’s been more limited and I have been able to qualify.
STOP PRETENDING BEING “WOKE” IS BAD. IT IS GOOD.
That's because Elon Musk thinks he's a Lord. Actually he's a scum and he's much lower than a peasant. No integrity, no brain, no character, He's got money but you can't take that with you... so what's left??? A very bad reputation
you could probably do an entire segment just on the H1B. I've been in winter vacation, so maybe you have, lol. My $0.03 from years in IT.... The Indian contracting companies use the H1B to snare talent, and often dangle a "we will sponsor you for a green-card" to keep them underpaid and overworked for years. The number of actual green-card sponsorships I've seen can be counter on one finger across the hundred+ Indian H1B contractors I've worked with.
Years ago, there were many contracting companies offering US citizen / green-carded workers alongside the off-shore companies. Prices, services and skill abilities varied, and the price per hour reflected that. Most of the Us-talent companies have disappeared as clients signed big exclusive contracts with big offshore and near-shore contracting companies. Very often, managers of individual contributors no longer can solicit for contractors outside of the single contracting company.
I can think of 3 reasons why clients went this way:
1- one throat to choke. When the work output sucks, blame rotates to one contracting company rather than the blame game of FTE's and multiple contracting companies pointing fingers at each other.
2- laziness. Rather than maintain a large pool of contracting contacts, you only need to make one phone call/email.
3- cheaper. This one's obvious. Pay indentured servant wages for someone who doesn't want to get put on a plane back to India on a moment's notice or pay upper-end US wages to someone who could get another gig tomorrow if your project turns to shit?
The net result is that upper management is enabling the indentured servant model while choosing to keep the most skilled persons in technology threatened with replacement for "a cheaper alternative". Over the years, the work produced is worse, releases less often and costs considerably more. The H1B model doesn't work well for anyone, and my heart hurts for my Indian friends who may not have the threat of ICE knocking on their door, but the threat of losing their visa is just as real, and just as present in their daily lives.
Spot on, Ben!
Way to go Bernie and Meidas
You can still boycott the live production. Watch replays on different channels.
Hey Ben, I'm one of those people who will stop reading a book, simply because the style irritates me. And right now, I'm finding the way you refer to yourself in the 3rd-person in these posts, really - REALLY - annoying. It's like you're trying way too hard to mimic mainstream media. WAY TOO HARD!
I love the MeidasTouch videos and will continue to watch those, but your Substack posts are doing my head in, and I'm sorry, but this is the last one I'll be reading. True, I'm not a paid subscriber, so you've not lost anything - except, maybe a paying subscriber of the future.
Thank you, good luck and keep up the great work.
P.S. Yeah, the above probably comes across as petty - but... I'm already subscribed to some excellent Substacks that provide the same information and slant, with a much less annoying style. So, I'm going to stick with them.
The idea of forcing trump to back up his promises for the positive things he promised is fabulous. It’s a fruitful approach to handling the coming trump presidency. If it works by getting the legislation passed, the people get the high tech jobs, or get the 10% cap on interest rates, etc. If it doesn’t work, we ride the GOP with a never ending publicizing of the broken promises on things that Americans really care about.
Please note that I think the H-1B issue should be legislated along with the free education ideas.
Bernie Sanders has always been for the people of the US, but the Democratic Party has turned into a fundraising machine. They have consistently shut down his campaigns for president, not because they didn’t think he could win, but because they were afraid of losing their fundraising opportunities by holding the wealthy accountable. As a result, we have ended up with another president who claims to be an outsider to politics, but was really just a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
If the Democratic Party is truly going to win elections, they need to propose bills that Americans support and force the MAGA party to vote against them. Then through independent media like Meidas Touch, we can spread the word of these bills that support Americans that MAGA and Trump are against. Especially those that Trump campaigned on but lied about.
Be patient. Dems will keep on fighting back. He is an insurrectionist so the 14th amendement section 3 should be addressed to block him from taking office. Don't underestimate the Dems women, Raskin and Jack Smith. Dumpy shouldnt have been on the ballot. The supreme court will have to rule in favour of the Dems this time. They won't be able to elect their speaker on the 3rd. The game is on. The certification will be delayed. Delay delay delay Dumpy! In the meantime The truth will be revealed. Justice will prevail. His downfall is inevitable. There will be victory in 2025.
Cut the Crap already, Donald J. Trump is a Substance Abuser in a Drug War with Mexico and Canada 🇨🇦.
Can you please not read entire articles we already read, a summary is plenty.
I agree, wholeheartedly, Ben; but how are we reaching the magas who need to see the results of the Dems tactics. They read and listen to Fox, etc. who will never tell them the truth.
Why do we think the Repub majorities in the House and Senate will even let these issues get to the floor for a vote, much less passed to draw presidential action???
YES! Go on the offensive. Also, do the short simple lawsuit against fox whenever they lie, like I recommended, every day!
Captain Kangaroo, I am dating myself.
I would replace your word "drugs" with the clearer "prescriptions". Just a thought.
That is an excellent strategy and make sure to be exposing Deadbeat Donnie on their own media outlets. If voters who didn't hear the Harris Walz messages during the election they weren't on the media that showed it. We have to figure out how to peel them off one by one and where to reach them. MSNBC isn't gonna cut it, but it sounds like CSPAN does reach some of the older MAGA'S. If it doesn't why do so many GOP reps perform on it after most of congress has left 🙄
That is the dems job! They haven’t been doing it and that is why we have drumf!
Why is it necessary to pay for health insurance in another country (if available) when you are a US citizen, paying into medicare, paying US taxes as well as US tax on money earned in that country as well as capitol gains tax to US on property sold in that foreign country? That's my point.
As we say in BROOKLYNEASE “BOSS!!” (Great!!)
ABC should be the new DNC slogan. Great idea, Ben!
Taking Trump's own campaign promises and putting them into legislation is brilliant. Bernie's bill to cap credit card interest at 10% will be the first demonstration of whether Trump is going to walk the walk or whether he's all BS. Make every day Put UP Or Shut Up Day for Donold.
This is precisely what Dems should be doing: use this opportunity to advance a true reform agenda.
💙 so true on all counts!!! Call their bluff!!
Yes! Perfect strategy! Make him accountable, which he will never be. BUT! It's a grand playbook. Stop playing nice, flip his empty promises by shifting them from flim flam into solid policy working FOR THE PEOPLE. Doesn't matter who gets credit if the work actually gets done.
“Trump may have fooled many voters in the past, but Democrats are determined to ensure it doesn’t happen again.” Better late than never I guess.
PS regarding medicare abroad imagine you're on vacation in France and you have a heart attack!!
During the campaign my Congressman Steven Horsford introduced legislation to stop taxing tips.
Why do some Americans think that the government helping its people is socialism? I don't really care what they call it, but to me it's just common sense and the right thing to do. Isn't that why we vote these people in?
Does anyone else think that Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok should, as a team, run for Office in the next US election? I think that the two of them (they can decide who gets the Top Job) would be amazing at righting the wrongs we are experiencing with Trump & Co. They could even train their replacements from their Network because Democrats will need a minimum of 16 to 20 years to get the USA progressively moving forward so that it will never again be destroyed by the Republican Party.
I'd like to see legislation to protect federal pensions for civil servants, military retirees, and social security. Our older citizens depend upon these programs they invested in, contributed to, and were promised to have by our government.
Democrats managed to maintain full employment, low interest rates, and a growing stock exchange all through the pandemic with the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure bill. All the republicans voted against these initiatives, then claimed credit for their success. It makes me crazy that dems allow them to get away with this stuff over and over!
I wonder why medicare is not available to US citizens abroad. Those who are living in other countries cannot use medicare even though those countries would be at a lower cost. So they must either find alternative insurance or return to the states for coverage.
I would think that if they are living legally in said Country, they would already have Health Care under their system, I know that I do. I am just thankful that I am able to collect my Social Security payments. That is an amazing Country/World agreement that I hope that Dump never learns about.
Makes perfect sense to me, Ben!
I know you hate giving trump face time and yes I can't stand his voice either but I have had to prove to my family that I heard the words coming out of his mouth... when you don't show him saying that crap he says then I only have you saying what he says ..Ben you need to start showing him again...we need to hear that idiot saying all the lies and misinformation...I can't share your videos with only your voice...I need the proof of the TRUTH so I can try to get my family to face what kind of man he really is 😞 I don't want to have to look for another news source 😕
What the Dems are doing now is very laudable, however, some 1st time Trump voters may wonder why the Biden administration/ democratic legislators didn’t do this sooner.
Call Trump's bluff-Just do it.
YES - hope the Democrats will follow through loudly! It's pretty much up to Congress.
Remember his first campaign promise?
Tax forms could be simplified to “just a postcard, it would be so easy.”
This is excellent and a good blueprint for a way forward! Great work
These are excellent strategies Ben laid out. Call their bluff! Then when they don’t do what they said they’d do, call them liars. It’s so simple, it could work!
OMG! everyone after you watch this vid, start watching Mighty Meidas interview with Ben & Michael Cohen new years 2024. This battles to save this American experiment is on 100%...
...and dumpy will say "Good idea. I'll get to that next month.
And his supporters will say "Sounds good" and then forget about it, as will the media.
As they do these things they need to be out front talking about them. And talking about how they align with the campaign promises made by Trump. And I am referring to the representatives them selves. Whether it be MSM Social Media, Independent Media, Emails Txt or otherwise. They need to take the time to talk to Americans while they do these things. Make the entire process transparent.
Good!!
Brilliant!!👏
Brilliant!!
The big question is will enough MAGATS admit to themselves that they have been bamboozeled and accept the reality as presented.
Some are slowly but surely realizing that they've been had. If Dems follow through on their pledge to write bills for every trump promise we will either: improve our lives with the passing of these bills OR prove to the magas that chump doesn't care about them when Republicans block the bills.
No, they will not; they are unreachable.
This is too obvious, but I guess it needs to be said: The President has no power to remove Supreme Court Justices from the bench. That's it. Period.