Amanda Carpenter

They just want a big bill, just like the Republicans and Tea Party people have traditionally criticized the Democrats for doing, doing a big bill where everyone has a gun to their head, where they have to absolutely pass everything and a massive, reckless, unsustainable spending bill or get nothing at all. I mean, those dynamics have not changed.

They just want a big bill, just like the Republicans and Tea Party people have traditionally criticized the Democrats for doing, doing a big bill where everyone has a gun to their head, where they have to absolutely pass everything and a massive, reckless, unsustainable spending bill or get nothing at all. I mean, those dynamics have not changed.

They just want a big bill, just like the Republicans and Tea Party people have traditionally criticized the Democrats for doing, doing a big bill where everyone has a gun to their head, where they have to absolutely pass everything and a massive, reckless, unsustainable spending bill or get nothing at all. I mean, those dynamics have not changed.

And a bad Massey sometimes. And like, I still, I feel the same way about Rand Paul. Like Rand Paul pushes some really great policies sometimes, like with emergency use and abuse and that kind of stuff. But then, you know, we just got to find a way to keep them on that. Like, listen, like you believe the debt is out of control. You have to do something about it.

And a bad Massey sometimes. And like, I still, I feel the same way about Rand Paul. Like Rand Paul pushes some really great policies sometimes, like with emergency use and abuse and that kind of stuff. But then, you know, we just got to find a way to keep them on that. Like, listen, like you believe the debt is out of control. You have to do something about it.

And a bad Massey sometimes. And like, I still, I feel the same way about Rand Paul. Like Rand Paul pushes some really great policies sometimes, like with emergency use and abuse and that kind of stuff. But then, you know, we just got to find a way to keep them on that. Like, listen, like you believe the debt is out of control. You have to do something about it.

He's done it before. Chip has done it before. They've done it before.

He's done it before. Chip has done it before. They've done it before.

He's done it before. Chip has done it before. They've done it before.

It's just a licensing agreement.

It's just a licensing agreement.

It's just a licensing agreement.

Yeah, so this is something that I've been contemplating, and I expect to launch a newsletter through Protect Democracy. We have a free newsletter. Please subscribe. It's called If You Can Keep It. But the biggest challenge we have ahead is, number one, distinguishing between what are real threats and what's just noise, right? Like, you know, I wrote a book.

Yeah, so this is something that I've been contemplating, and I expect to launch a newsletter through Protect Democracy. We have a free newsletter. Please subscribe. It's called If You Can Keep It. But the biggest challenge we have ahead is, number one, distinguishing between what are real threats and what's just noise, right? Like, you know, I wrote a book.

Yeah, so this is something that I've been contemplating, and I expect to launch a newsletter through Protect Democracy. We have a free newsletter. Please subscribe. It's called If You Can Keep It. But the biggest challenge we have ahead is, number one, distinguishing between what are real threats and what's just noise, right? Like, you know, I wrote a book.

God, it was 2018, Gaslighting America, Why We Love It and Trump Lies. And we know, just because we've lived in Trump's America, how he deliberately manufactures chaos to create confusion, to polarize people, to give himself operating distance and create opacity between himself and the press. so that nobody can really understand what he's up to and that all accrues to his benefit.

God, it was 2018, Gaslighting America, Why We Love It and Trump Lies. And we know, just because we've lived in Trump's America, how he deliberately manufactures chaos to create confusion, to polarize people, to give himself operating distance and create opacity between himself and the press. so that nobody can really understand what he's up to and that all accrues to his benefit.

God, it was 2018, Gaslighting America, Why We Love It and Trump Lies. And we know, just because we've lived in Trump's America, how he deliberately manufactures chaos to create confusion, to polarize people, to give himself operating distance and create opacity between himself and the press. so that nobody can really understand what he's up to and that all accrues to his benefit.

So that's like the first layer task. But the second layer task is that He's going to have immense power. He expects to use it. So how do we focus on the things that really do matter in a productive way? And so what me and my colleagues at PD have been talking about is, okay, well, what is the most important thing that we can do going forward?

So that's like the first layer task. But the second layer task is that He's going to have immense power. He expects to use it. So how do we focus on the things that really do matter in a productive way? And so what me and my colleagues at PD have been talking about is, okay, well, what is the most important thing that we can do going forward?