They are slowly catching up, but for months I have posted that EVERY Congressional Democrat needs to do town halls. Bernie and AOC understood the importance of controlling the narrative. Magat leadership ordered Congressional Magats to NOT DO town halls which should have been a big tell for Schumer and Jeffries to organize every member to do town halls. Once again they failed to organize this from the top.

Look at the protests that are happening every day all across the country. It seems to me that the majority of protests I have seen have been organized by Indivisible and not by the Democratic party.

I see who is doing the fighting and so even though I get 25 texts every day to donate to the Democratic party, I have been donating to Indivisible and the ACLU.

I have now posted here on DU 137 times this simple but powerful message, DO TOWN HALLS.

It is up to us, the people, to throw out the billionaires.

Democrats, if they have a public relations firm working for them, need to fire them and hire someone else.

Say what you will about what Hogg is doing, I am not sure that he is going about it in the right way, but his main message is that Democrats need fighters to survive. The notion that only moderates can win is a wrong message, the best candidate will win, no matter how progressive he/she is.

necessity being the mother of invention, a political party can no longer be individuals elected to public office by the people of their state. The job description needs to include, going to other states, being a public speaker, being able to draw crowds of people, and appear as often as possible on television. Legislating and serving states in the federal government is done. Perhaps it might be better to do away completely with the apparatus that is our federal government?

Show business! Reality show fans demand entertaining star-leaders! Who cares if they don't know how government works -- the audience doesn't either!

even Donald was a wannabe actor, with some bit parts. Then you only need to pull their strings and control what comes out of their mouths. Cue the canned applause.

Collect Signatures for Letters

"Dear Colleague" letters are also often used to solicit other Members to cosign letters to congressional leadership, committee chairs and executive branch officials. Past analysis of "Dear Colleague" letters found that 20.8% of letters in the 111th Congress asked other Members to sign letters.23 In the 113th Congress, the number of letters asking for signatures increased to 25.4%.

Sending letters to executive branch officials or congressional leadership can be an important tool for Members seeking to influence policymaking and gain more support or awareness for a specific topic.24 A letter to congressional leadership, committee chairs, or the executive branch with multiple signers can be used to express Members' opinion on legislation pending before the House or on executive branch policy implementation. A letter signed by multiple Members can also be used in an effort to gain leverage on a policy issue and to demonstrate broad support for a policy position.25

New to the study of "Dear Colleague" letters in the 113th Congress were a limited number of letters that asked Members to sign an Amicus Curiae brief to the Supreme Court. Amicus Curiae are used by individuals or groups who are not directly involved in a lawsuit, but have an interest in or an opinion about the matter.26 In the 111th Congress, five "Dear Colleague" letters mentioned an amicus brief, but none asked for a Member to join as a signing party. By the 113th Congress, this had changed as several "Dear Colleague" letters were sent to ask other Members to sign an amicus brief.27

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https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R44768

Here is an article that basically shows how it's being done to a degree with the attack on Harvard.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/28/Schumer-letter-april/

When Congress writes these letters (it is one of the things we can use to fight while having very little power). Jamie Raskin talked about this a month or so ago), it puts opinions and official information on the record that may be used in a lawsuit from an outside party.