As Trump removes competent civil servants, Dems should work with those civil servants to get their stories out.

[highplainsdem]

Give them a voice along with Democratic lawmakers. Maybe a regular podcast, letting people know exactly who is being fired, how well qualified they are, and what is being dismantled and lost.

It's important that we remind people these are not just faceless bureaucrats doing jobs of no importance at all.

And having lots of Democratic members of Congress on such a podcast with them would give those members plenty of opportunity to talk about what Trump is destroying.

A podcast like this would provide lots of quotes and video clips to circulate on social media as well.

We can't count on traditional media alone to cover all the important stories in this assault on our government and all it does for the people.

[LearnedHand]

1. This is actually a great idea!

I hope an enterprising podcaster picks it up!

Time to read The Hunger Games Again! Amazingly, in The Mockinjgay (3rd book in the trilogy), the rebels did exactly this to increase resistance against the oppressors. They began a broadcast series called “We Remember” about the Tributes and others who lost their lives to Panem. It was highly successful.

[Meowmee]

2. Good idea

[RockRaven]

3. It is worth trying.

OTOH don't expect much from the public, and be prepared for disappointment, they just showed their ass in the worst way voting for this orange menace.

[oldmanlynn]

4. Great idea.

We need good positive ideas and then get after it

[dgauss]

5. This is a good idea.

At this point there is pretty much a consensus that Democrats need to evolve. No one has the silver bullet answer but we need to start trying things. Maybe they don't pan out but you never know when one idea might lead to another, then another maybe even better idea, then something really good that no one even saw coming. This is a good idea to start with.

[Lucky Luciano]

9. When they go low, we need to start going lower.

Evidently, that’s interpreted as tough and strong or something.

When Kamala was nominated, I said here on DU that I hope she decides to go for a mean campaign. I got poo poo-ed…but I clearly was right. We are way too nice which makes no sense when you’re fighting demonic debauchery,

[ancianita]

6. Absolutely.

Bob Woodward can use that material for the beginning of his next book, Fear II.

[orleans]

7. your last sentence is right on the money! nt

[calimary]

12. Totally!

[NoMoreRepugs]

8. Traditional media helped to get us where we are today. Do not count on them.

[A Clearing]

10. If you really want it, you should do it.

It’s not likely to happen otherwise.

[Silver Gaia]

11. Great idea!

You should put this out there on Bluesky! There are lots of podcasters on there, some well-known, some new. It's a damn good idea, and they've already got the infrastructure in place to do it. Just a thought...

[jmbar2]

13. Excellent idea

They should also try to preserve any essential knowledge about the agency and its operations that may be destroyed so that evidence can be gathered, or knowledge rebuilt after they fail.

[highplainsdem]

15. Yes. We can expect the Trump admin to try to erase whatever they're unhappy with.

[arthritisR_US]

14. I totally agree with you and everyone here who responded!👍🏼

[travelingthrulife]

16. Good idea. Could add Government Departments being eliminated and radical

changes to those departments that survive.

[edhopper]

17. I am sorry

this will reach no voter who went for Trump. Outside of liberal political junkies, who do you think would listen to this podcast?

[highplainsdem]

18. It will reach people as they're affected by government breaking down. And that breakdown will

happen almost immediately if Trump and Musk follow the example of Argentina's Milei, as they've said they plan to do.

They're also planning a propaganda war to brag about their cost-cutting. It looks as though Musk's DOGE, with a related podcast, and the House subcommittee MTG will head will be the focus of that.

What I'm suggesting could be a Democratic response in real time.

[edhopper]

19. I don't think the people who voted for Trump

who have ignored all he has done for eight years will take the time for such a podcast.

I think we are just fucked.

[highplainsdem]

20. Well, we're certainly fucked if we give up and allow them to dismantle our government without any

pushback or even an attempt to show the American people what they're losing.

[edhopper]

21. Pushback from us is not something that will mean anything

I see no pushback from the Media and I see Dems with any power rolling over.

I see a podcast in the face of fascism a leaf in a tornado.

[highplainsdem]

23. Despair never saved anyone or anything. If you want to give up, that's your choice. But please

don't try to talk others into giving up.

You can retreat into a personal bubble, or flee to another country and try to tune out what's happening here, but that won't help anyone other than yourself, and then only if you can convince yourself no one else matters.

Trump is a threat not just to our democracy but to the world, its democracies, and the environment.

The same is true of Musk and rightwing tech bros like him. Musk is already planning to use his money and platform to bring down liberal governments in other countries. Not opposing what he and Trump are doing here just makes it easier for them to try to undermine democracy elsewhere.

And there's plenty of pushback from the media still, even if some have already caved.

[edhopper]

24. Your second sentence

is where I am at currently.

It's not that no one matters, we fought, and on Nov, 5th, we lost. There is little I can do now except make myself feel better thinking anything I do means anything.