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I hope everyone reads this as it takes a bit to explain: MAGA IS NOT DEAD BUT IT IS DIMINISHED. There is a HUGE opportunity before us now to diminish it further. Right now - there are Trump voters all across America - MAGA and non-MAGA alike - tons of them - who are aware of - and tired of - Trump's lies, bombast, divisiveness, whininess, nonsensical riffs, incompetence, and especially: self-centeredness, corruption, grift, and broken promises. Many of them voted against him in the midterms. Some who voted against him, are done with him. Some who voted against him, are just pissed. And some, who may or may not have voted against him - are having doubts - about MAGA, about him, and about the world view which has pummeled their brains since they started watching Fox nonstop. These people - the ones having doubts, now number IN THE MILLIONS. These are the ones I want to speak about. We saw it coming in the polls, especially the "strong approval" numbers, which hovered at 15%. I was lucky. I was told that there were millions having doubts by someone who knew, someone who was there, someone who specifically told me that we would see narrowing margins and even a few flips this election in places we never believed was possible. And I was able to make a plan because I believed him. I want to share more about that, and I will in a minute, but first, I want to be clear what I mean when I say they are having doubts. What they're feeling is called Cognitive Dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is a psychological conflict between established and vested views (Trump is great, Trump is a patriot, Trump will fight for me against the Deep State) and the things they're now seeing and feeling (Trump is a liar, Trump is Unamerican, Trump only cares about himself and he IS the Deep State). Humans strive for internal consistency to function effectively in the world. When confronted with conflicting or "dissonant" information, they experience stress or shame, driving them to resolve dissonance. How will these Trump voters resolve the dissonance? Some did and left. Some are cynical and thinking of leaving. But most will minimize it and rationalize it and go back to being MAGA. It takes a lot of discomfort to get people to change behavior, especially when they feel as "vested in the myth" as many MAGAs have been. I don't want to debate in this post what MAGA is or isn't. Fact is, they're NOT all the same. And I don't want to listen to judgment about them all being stupid or all being racist. This is serious. Some are, some aren't. What I do want to put forward is that we are ALL better off, as Dems, and as Americans, if more of them who are having doubts, leave the "movement." Again, there are many millions of them having doubts now. Holy sh*t, what a huge opportunity. The guy who told me that we would see narrowing margins and even a few flips this election in places we never believed was possible, was Rich Logis. He said to me: "Howard (that's my actual name) - Dems are going to take Texas and at least one state redder than Texas. And they're going to get close in other places. And they're not going to lose one single Blue state." Rich Logis was in MAGA for 7 years. He left MAGA in 2022, wrote a book, and started Leaving MAGA in 2024 to help others leave. He does it the right way, without judgment. It's working. Here's the challenge - we can't break through the echo chambers of Fox and Meta algorithms easily. It needs to happen creatively, organically, a few at a time, and MAGA has to make the first move. Until Rich and Leaving MAGA, there was nothing to make that happen. Now there is. THE single most effective and powerful thing Rich is doing - is putting up BILLBOARDS, so that others who might be having doubts about MAGA that see them, can know - simply - IF they're having doubts, it's ok. And IF they're having doubts, they're not alone. And IF they're having doubts, there is a safe place to go to speak with people who have been there. The more billboards Leaving MAGA puts up, especially NOW, the more people WILL leave, the more people will think about leaving, the more people will know it's ok to leave. I believed Rich when he told me what he predicted for this election. And so, I made plans to help him. Two weeks ago, before the election, I built a page for him on Kickstarter (crowdfunding) and launched a campaign to help him fund more billboards. It's already 50% to its target, but now - after the result of the election - it needs to go way over the target. These billboards need to be everywhere we can get them. Rich says he now knows exactly the places where the billboards can have the biggest effect - he didn't know that before the election for sure, he only thought he knew. Now, he does. THIS is one answer to reaching those in MAGA who are having doubts as it bypasses the echo chambers and algorithms. It's a very good answer - these billboards are huge and they have a behavioral impact. I know people are drained financially and some of that is from supporting candidates. But I'm asking those who follow me and those who follow the people retweeting this to please click the link and go to the page and read about the campaign called LEAVING MAGA - BILLBOARDS. Please support the effort, at any level above zero. Pick a Reward, and let's take a real step to bringing America closer together. If even 10% of MAGA who are having doubts but haven't left yet can resolve their cognitive dissonance by leaving, it's going to bode well for the presidency in 2028. And come on, we all know that Trump will keep overreaching, like he did by appointing Miller. Let these people having doubts see this, on top of their existing doubts, and then see a billboard. Thanks for the time and for the consideration. kickstarter.com/projects/124…