DNC Chair Ken Martin Launches “People’s Cabinet” to Fiercely Counter Trump Administration Chaos and Lies

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https://democrats.org/news/dnc-chair-ken-martin-launches-peoples-cabinet-to-fiercely-counter-trump-administration-chaos-and-lies/

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[u/oscsmom]

Tim Walz has been advocating for a “shadow” admin to counter misinformation, love this!

[u/Shambler9019 → u/oscsmom]

Shadow cabinet is an official thing in Australia. It makes sense - they provide alternatives to the government's cabinets proposals (which can sometimes become real thanks to crossbench or cross floor support).

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Today, DNC Chair Ken Martin announced the launch of the “People’s Cabinet,” a new project from the DNC that will leverage a deep bench of qualified policy experts, national and local leaders, as well as community voices who – all working together – will cut through the lies and speak directly to the American people about the reality of the Trump administration’s reckless and dangerous agenda.

While Donald Trump stacks his administration with out-of-touch billionaires, Fox News hosts, conspiracy theorists, and unqualified loyalists, the People’s Cabinet will provide the American people with real facts and accurate information about the devastating impact of Trump’s agenda for working families. The People’s Cabinet will include a wide array of national, state, and local experts on the economy, health care, working families and communities, public safety, national security, and foreign policy.

“I’ve been traveling across the country nonstop since I started this job, and what I hear over and over is that Americans want us to challenge Trump’s unimpeded lies, confront his reckless agenda, and offer a better alternative,” said DNC Chair Ken Martin. “Trump has stacked his Cabinet with out-of-touch billionaires and know-nothing loyalists who are wreaking havoc on the lives of working people across this country, with total disregard for the harm they’re causing our families – from stripping away their health care coverage, to jacking up their costs at the grocery store, to putting the lives of service members at risk. The People’s Cabinet is made up of experts, leaders, and everyday Americans from across the country who will equip communities with the reliable, accurate information they need to fight back against the worst of the Trump and Republican agenda.”

In order to reach the American people, the Cabinet will conduct briefings with media and coalition partners, speak directly with Americans across the country at town halls as part of the DNC’s People’s Town Hall initiative, produce digital content to reach Americans across the platforms where they get their news, engage in rapid response to counter the lies and disinformation from the Trump administration, and serve as thought leaders for the Democratic ecosystem on effective strategy and tactics in countering the worst of the Republican agenda.

The DNC will continue to announce additional members and programming in the coming weeks. Initial programming from the People’s Cabinet includes:

Press briefing on the Trump-Musk attacks on Social Security last week with former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley to detail the devastating impact of DOGE cuts to Social Security for millions of Americans.

Jobs Day and economic press briefing today with former Labor Secretary and co-founder of Inequality Media Civic Action Robert Reich and Former Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su to highlight the Trump administration’s reckless economic agenda and attacks on labor.

Content and programming with former Virginia Delegate, and national security and cyber security expert, Hala Ayala. Content and programming from former Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes outlining the impact of the Trump administration’s policies on local communities.

Virtual roundtable on the impact of Trump’s economic agenda on farmers and rural communities with former U.S. Senator from North Dakota Heidi Heitkamp and farmer, rural advocate, and co-founder of The Back Forty Will Westmoreland.

[u/FeeMany6752]

This sounds like a massive step in the right direction!!

[u/g8biggaymo]

Finally. Can we get Pete Buttigieg doing weekly infrastructure updates? (Wiped out weather and environmental technology, defunded transport and power updates, gutting USDA, OSHA, collapse of supply chains etc.) It would be really nice to be able to get all of the new/current impacts to everyday life in one place with clear explanations.

[u/gerzzy]

I’ve been thinking something like this is needed for a long time. Like 30 minutes to an hour of “here’s how shit actually works”. A return to civics class, for anyone, but especially adults. Back in the 90s, Ross Perot had this concept of an “electronic town hall” with Congress members and leadership, but the technology was still a little out of reach for interactivity. It’s something that could absolutely be done now.

[u/earlydaysoftomorrow → u/gerzzy]

Yes, finally! Regarding “electronic townhall technology” there is a bunch of really interesting tools and strategies described by Audrey Lang, Taiwanese Digital Ambassador, in this episode of the great simplification: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1N3ZmPvYw19hDXNVbX4Txe?si=np49ouZUReS92qZGlfxKjg

[u/gerzzy → u/earlydaysoftomorrow]

I look forward to checking that out. Thanks for sharing!

[u/strange-vida]

The average person thinks listening to “local leaders and experts” is boring unless it is entertaining. Dems need to make an attempt like this ENTERTAINING. They need to make it a spectacle (with the substance of course) in some way. That is the only way to counter Trump/MAGA.

When Kamala Harris did her speech at the ellipse where Trump did his Jan 6 speech, I thought she chose the ellipse because was going to do something out if the box finally, some performance art to get attention on how terrible a trump was on Jan 6.

I thought it would be awesome if she focused in some creative way on that 187 minutes. I imagined a huge countdown clock on above her counting down the 187 minutes Trump did nothing to quell the riot. Sadly she did nothing out of the ordinary and she ran a campaign not much different from if Trump didn’t do these horrible things and Jan 6 didn’t happen. She had an opportunity to be creative (Trump gave us loads of fodder) and sadly she still ran a status quo campaign.

Unfortunately most Americans need to be entertained to pay attention to the substantive (“boring”) stuff.

It’s extremely strange to me that in a country of 300,000 million people, that the dems cannot find ONE person who sticks out as a NEMESIS against Trump; one who can get just as many eyeballs on them as Trump and spit the stats, facts and reality of the situation to the average person in an entertaining way. Where/who is Trump’s Nemesis? We need them.

[u/Zoe_118]

This is fantastic!!!

[u/PresentMammoth5188]

Yes! We need people to constantly spread what they say online too. They have so many bots on their side and most of us are online, we must combat them in comment sections and whatever else has a major presence online.