2/5/17 link roundup

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* Why most of the lawyers you see battling Trump’s immigration order are women (Quartz)

* How Alaskan Activists Got a Key Republican Senator to Oppose Betsy DeVos (Bill Moyers)

* The Simple Psychological Trick to Political Persuasion: Conservatives are more likely to support issues like immigration and Obamacare if the message is “morally reframed” to suit their values. (Atlantic). This seems pretty obvious to me, but it's not easy to do. This article is definitely worth reading and thinking about.

* Progressive activism takes its toll on congressional Republicans (MSNBC)

* RESISTABLE - a weekly newsletter about upcoming protests in major cities

* How Washington State Upended Trump’s Travel Ban (NY Times)

Comments

[conuly]

This seems pretty obvious to me, but it's not easy to do. This article is definitely worth reading and thinking about.

Their suggested "this really works!" lines for getting through to conservatives sound, to me, both bizarre and cheesy. Which maybe proves their point, or maybe is because they actually are objectively bizarre and cheesy.

[independence1776]

My parents are Trump supporters and I was raised as a Republican (I haven't been one for over a decade): they're not cheesy or bizarre. I'd probably rewrite them a bit, but the article isn't wrong about how things probably need to be reframed.

[tanaqui]

Thanks for the link to RESISTABLE - that's a great resource. I'm going to add it to the "What's next?" resource roundup.