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July 29, 2019 By Susan C. Strong

Use Smart Words to Stop #NukeDoomsday

During this Democratic primary season and even before, a great many longstanding injustices in American life have become high profile: #MeToo, police violence against people of color, the climate crisis, to name just a few. But there’s one still under the public radar: the nuclear threat. The climate crisis will make life on earth increasingly […]

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Filed Under: American Politics, Still Featured Tagged With: #2020Campaign, #2020Candidates, #birddogging, #Ellsberg, #ForeignPolicy, #Iran, #NorthKorea, #nuclear, #NuclearDrones, #NuclearOmnicide, #NuclearWar, #NuclearWinter, #NukeDoomsday, #nukes, #Pentagon, #PoliticalFraming, #RedButton, #Russia, #TheDoomsdayMachine, 2020Election, Congress, House, organizing

July 6, 2019 By Susan C. Strong

Springing the GOP Trap

 This post was originally written during the Trump presidency but all of the advice in it still applies, no matter who is your opponent. These days every morning brings a new shock to the republic, as Mr. Trump and the GOP drive Americans into bigger and bigger traps. Trump’s most outrageous caper yet, the federal […]

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Filed Under: American Politics, Sticky Featured Tagged With: #AmericanPoliticalFraming, #PoliticalFraming, 2020Election, AffordableCareAct, bipartisan, ChangeCourse, Congress, CounterFraming, GOP, Left, legislation, McConnell, MedicareForAll, organizing, progressve, Shutdown, SinglePayer, SmartWall, TheWall, TrainWreck, Trump

April 14, 2018 By Susan C. Strong

How to use “#SharedSecurityWorks. #PreemptiveWarFails!” Now

With President Trump’s choice of Bolton as National Security Adviser and Pompeo for State, our country has reached a more dangerous place than ever, especially in the light of new U.S. air strikes on Syria. A wide range of Americans, even Republicans, have been appalled by the choice of Bolton, an open supporter of preemptive […]

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Filed Under: Peace Tagged With: #Bolton, #ColdWar, #Doomsday, #GulfStream, #HybridWarfare, #NationalSecurity, #negotiation, #nukes, #omnicide, #PeaceMovement, #Pompeo, #PreemptiveWar, #Senate, #SharedSecurity, #Syria, ClimateChange, Congress, framing, organizing, War

September 22, 2017 By Susan C. Strong

Reframe “climate change,” in 3 Steps!

When hurricanes Harvey and Irma blew into Houston, the entire state of Florida, and the Caribbean, they also blew a big hole in the EPA’s attack on clean energy. Pruitt’s claim that it was “insensitive” to talk about what actually caused so much damage fell flat too. Everyone who accepts climate science is more determined […]

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Filed Under: Environment & Sustainability Tagged With: BringBacktheRulesthatProtectUs, BringBacktheRulesthatSlowClimateChaos, ChangeCourseonFossil-Fueled ClimateChaos, ClimateChange, ClimateChaosInsurance, Congress, EPA, FFGang, GOP, Harvey, Irma, Maria, Pruitt, The100by50Act, TheOFFAct, Trump

January 30, 2017 By Susan C. Strong

Getting Heard Beyond the Choir

Getting Heard Beyond the Choir by Susan C. Strong Foreword: Although events are moving faster every minute in our country right now, it is still true that we need to get heard well beyond the choir, even as the “choir” swells with each new outrage. For example, impeachment will require very broad public pressure to […]

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Filed Under: American Politics Tagged With: AmericanValues, ClimateChange, Congress, Dictatorship, framing, GOP, Impeachment, Language, organizing, Resistance, Trump, voters

December 3, 2016 By Susan C. Strong

Say: “Clean Energy Jobs Now!”

Right now we’re in the aftermath of Election 2016, with President-Elect Trump heading for the Oval Office.   Added to what’s happened to Congress, climate protection is likely to be under heavy attack. Who, then, is our audience for doing what? And how should we talk to them about the issue? First, a little more context. […]

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Filed Under: American Politics Tagged With: CanDo, clean, climate, coal, competition, Congress, economy, energy, fossilfuels, framing, innovation, Jacobson, jobs, organizing, Paris, poisoning, pollution, solar, technology, Trump, voters, wind

October 2, 2015 By Susan C. Strong

“Corporate Welfare:” Kidnapped and Brainwashed

Now that Speaker Boehner is stepping out of the picture, we can expect even more slash and burn tactics from the House, promoted with truly alarming language. But more dangerous, in my view, is the way already familiar language will be hijacked to fit the Right’s agenda.  For example, not too long ago I noticed […]

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Filed Under: American Politics Tagged With: big oil, Buffett, climate chaos, Congress, corporate welfare, energy, framing, hijacking, Kochs, organizing, regulations, subsidy, taxpayers, wind turbines

March 26, 2015 By Susan C. Strong

Countering the GOP “Sabotage America” Campaign

As everybody knows, our GOP-dominated Congress is deep into a full scale “sabotage America” campaign. Everything is under massive attack, from our negotiations with Iran to the perfectly legal way Social Security Disability Insurance has always been funded. (More  info here in 1. below.)  Their full scale demolition derby could dismantle almost everything about America […]

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Filed Under: American Politics, Still Featured Tagged With: austerity government, budget, climate damage, Congress, framing, mainstream media, minimum wage, Minnesota, Social Security, Social Security Disability Insurance

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