Demon? Scheming!
Rebranding the Disarray Party
In the wake of the ongoing disaster that is Trump 2.0 (see above) I’ve consumed dozens of articles/podcasts about how the Democrats need to course-correct, re-invent themselves and figure out how to win back working class voters. I can help here. I’m a White, Working Class, Non-College Democrat and spent a dozen years speaking daily with truck drivers, so allow me to offer some unsolicited advice to the DNC:
DEMON-STRATE
Democrats, you’ve long been labeled Demonrats by MAGA-world, so why not lean into it? Commission a great logo combining a DEMON (personally, I’m a big fan of the old Dodge Demon logo and even based my store logo on it) and a RAT (Rat Fink comes to mind), then slap that sucker on EVERYTHING. Hats. T-shirts. Onesies. Tractors. Add catchy slogans, like…
I’m BATS for DEMONRATS
Better DEMONRAT than AUTOCRAT
I’ll shit in a HAT for a DEMONRAT
Maybe not that last one (I’m workshopping here). Do the same with Libtard. Life too HARD? Vote LIBTARD! Can’t get a green CARD? You need a LIBTARD! (like I said, workshopping… Libtard is an admittedly heavier lift). Here's my AI prompt to generate some artwork:
Fuse Dodge Demon logo & Rat Fink. Style influenced by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's artwork. Bold outlines, exaggerated features, vibrant color palette of red, black, green, yellow. Aesthetic is gritty, rebellious, humorous.
And here are the initial horrid results:
I stuck at it, rewrote the prompt the bit and ended up with this...
...which was even worse. More rewriting and tweaking of the prompt generated this...
Getting closer. With one more attempt I landed on this...
Not sure why "Demonrats" is in there twice but you get the idea. And that will have to do for now. Fuck AI, I'm finding a living, breathing illustrator. Now, more great ideas for the DNC:
GO TRUCK YOURSELF
Trump thinks he has all the truckers but did you know not all truckers are MAGA? There are some out there who haven’t utterly lost their senses. Rent a booth at the upcoming Mid-America Trucking Show (AKA MATS – new slogan: MATS loves DEMONRATS) where you can rock your new logo merch and find independent drivers who’ll spread the word about how the Demonrats fixed the roads and bridges, brought us affordable healthcare and lower prescription prices and are fighting to eliminate junk fees, protect Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, etc.
THE PRICE IS (NOT) RIGHT
Governors, create a new regulation: everything Trump fucks up economically – instituting stupid tariffs, rounding up migrants who do most of the back-breaking labor for a pittance, etc. – should be converted into a dollar figure and displayed as the TRUMP TAX on all price tags, stickers, etc.
These are just off the top of my head… can you believe it?! For more, follow me on Bluesky.
And, speaking of, Bluesky is the only social media app I’m using these days. I stopped posting on Facebook (I haven’t posted on X in forever but can’t cut ties until I transfer all my followers to Bluesky) on Feb. 1 but haven’t left entirely. Why? I’m still waiting on my data from Meta. Something tells me I’ll never see it but I plan to reach out again soon and prod those data-scrapin’, large-language model trainin’ democracy-dismantling asswipes. The data isn’t the only reason I haven’t pulled out of Dodge just yet: I’m also suffering major FOMO, knowing that many of my friends see no reason to communicate through any other medium but Facebook (kudos to those of you who’ve emailed, texted or –YIKES! – picked up the phone and called out of the blue, this era’s equivalent of dropping in unannounced). While I may be missing out on all that’s personally newsworthy (seriously, if I hadn’t been trolling on Facebook I might not have heard about the acquaintance who suffered a stroke or the friend who lost his wife to cancer), I’m not sure we were meant to be holding a flat rectangle all fucking day and can do without all the I’M SO ANGRY I COULD SCREAM! posts that don’t move the ball down the field. I’m also finding a bit more equilibrium when it comes to what Brad Delp sang about.