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VERY IMPORTANT EMAIL FROM OUR EDITORIAL TEAM:
"Health 👏 care 👏 is 👏 two 👏 words. Yes, even when you’re using it as a modifier (e.g., “health care coverage”). Even when spellcheck tells you it’s one word. They’re lying. It’s two."
Samuel Lau retweeted
This was one of the lowest attacks I’ve ever seen in politics and is not indicative of a campaign that thinks it’s winning #OHGov
The NYT has a full account of the attack ad using Amy Acton's mother, her brother's response, and the 1978 indictment of her stepfather on rape charges when she was a child
nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/po…
Samuel Lau retweeted
This is the way. The average voter doesn’t want to hear hot takes on their kid’s soccer practice from politicians who can’t figure out how to balance a budget or keep the President from bankrupting us.
Forstag on the transgender debate: “[My mom] taught me that government has no business sticking its nose into our personal lives, whether that's a gun safe, whether that's a doctor's office. I don't want a politician anywhere near it. So, let's leave sports to the leagues that actually run them. Let's let people live their lives with dignity and make their own private personal decisions and let's keep politics the heck out of it. Because what I see with that kind of anger and rhetoric…they're singing and dancing while they pick our pockets.”
News alert: bullying trans kids is not a solution to voters' main concerns. Even Republicans are catching on.
Fascinating tidbit in this interview with @DadePhelan: The former Republican speaker says that Texas Republicans anti-transgender ads aren't "resonating."
"What Republicans are talking about is just not what the swing voter is really interested in."
Samuel Lau retweeted
Reminder: When Democrats are trying to address affordability, republicans pivot to culture wars to protect the billionaires they serve.
Forstag on the transgender debate: “[My mom] taught me that government has no business sticking its nose into our personal lives, whether that's a gun safe, whether that's a doctor's office. I don't want a politician anywhere near it. So, let's leave sports to the leagues that actually run them. Let's let people live their lives with dignity and make their own private personal decisions and let's keep politics the heck out of it. Because what I see with that kind of anger and rhetoric…they're singing and dancing while they pick our pockets.”
MT-01's @SamForstag showing exactly how you push back on shameless anti-trans attacks by leaning into bio, lifting up values in line with your constituents, and going on offense.
Bravo.
Forstag on the transgender debate: “[My mom] taught me that government has no business sticking its nose into our personal lives, whether that's a gun safe, whether that's a doctor's office. I don't want a politician anywhere near it. So, let's leave sports to the leagues that actually run them. Let's let people live their lives with dignity and make their own private personal decisions and let's keep politics the heck out of it. Because what I see with that kind of anger and rhetoric…they're singing and dancing while they pick our pockets.”
THIS IS HOW YOU GO ON OFFENSE.
#OHSen: Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) is up on TV with this response/contrast spot --
Male voiceover:
"Seen these ads? They're a complete lie. Records show not only is this woman actually from Texas, she didn't have any surgery as a minor"
"But, Jon Husted? He protected men who abused young girls by voting in the Senate to block the release of the Epstein files"
The MAGA $$ machine is scared they're going to lose, so they've infused millions in anti-trans ads to try and get their base out.
Yes--a response is necessary. But there's a better way than repeating GOP Talking points--it just legitimizes their side and weakens you.
Samuel Lau retweeted
David Valadao disregards stolen health care from Valley families as "the Medicaid issue" and about his deciding vote? "We're excited about that bill."
Do you stand by your vote? "Yes."
Cruel, and utterly disqualifying. #CA22
Samuel Lau retweeted
As Republicans demonize @AngieNixon, and JD Vance tells her "you don't belong in America," they run the risk of having it backfire. Nixon can be a compelling figure. Here she is getting emotional when I asked her to tell voters something personal about herself. @CBSMiami
Samuel Lau retweeted
And I just renamed Lake Michigan Lake Wisconsin. See, I can sign napkins that say things, too.
ALT Gov. Evers hold up a napkin that says “Lake Wisconsin” and his signature
JUST IN: President Trump has signed an executive order changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America." The name change is "effective immediately," Trump said. abcnews.link/82a4Sl7
Samuel Lau retweeted
These posts from America First Policy Institute show that @EnesFreedom not only colluded with the Trump grift on his WNBA stunt but is also on the take from MAGA. He's literally the paid protester Republicans scream about.
(h/t @Timodc for pointing this out on his shows)
📸 @EnesFreedom interacts with fans as he sits COURTSIDE at tonight’s @WNBA game in Chicago
LET FREEDOM PLAY!