Notes: 1 / 1 month ago
"it’s co-opting by absorbing opposition, a skill that this admin has honed well. get voters to sign a petition, make a call, then blame them in part when the effort is unsuccessful. there were dem-led groups calling for voter phonebanks to congress to pass the grand bargain last summer, which would have had devastating effects on social spending"
- here is another good point about online petitions.