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Have you ever had students create memes as part of a classroom assignment? They’re a great way to bring humor into the classroom and allow students to connect to topics in a relatable way. Connect to character relationships in ELA, poke harmless fun at historical figures, create math puns, and so much more. Laughter in the classroom can help strengthen student relationships and bring joy into your lessons. There are plenty of ways to encourage lightheartedness and laughter, and this meme generator for students is a great tool to help accomplish that.

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• You’ll receive a copy of the meme generator in your Google Drive, making sharing with students super easy.
• Images are preselected to make sure everything used is school-appropriate!
• Students simply choose the meme image they’d like, drag it onto the main screen, and add their caption.

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• Our meme generator ensures that students are using approved and appropriate images. Once you get the template, feel free to add your own meme image options and share with your students.
• It may be helpful to set guidelines on creating captions or have a quick conversation about keeping captions school-appropriate.
• Check out these 7 creative ways to use memes in the classroom to spark some inspiration.

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Creating and Using Memes in Your Classroom

Who would have thought that memes—those images, videos, and pieces of text that are copied, often modified, and spread via internet—have roots in ancient Greek? The term ‘meme’ was introduced in 1976 by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, in his work The Selfish Gene, and it comes from the Greek mimema , meaning ‘imitated.’ 1

Today, memes are a vehicle used to express commentary on a phenomenon or a relatable event. They’re typically shared on social media to capture attention or get a laugh. As numerous blog posts reflect, educators are using them in class and, in the case of Sharon Serano, receiving them in good fun from family members. As Sharon prepped lesson plans one night, her 14-year-old son made this meme for her:

Sharon is one of many educators who have found that memes can be effective teaching tools, whether they’re created for students or by them. 2 Read on to explore ways to create and use classroom memes.

Meme Creation

A basic meme shows an image and text; more involved ones include animation, audio, or video. These elements can be original, duplicated, or modified. Many meme elements are based on or lifted from culturally familiar sources, such as Sharon Serano’s Star Trek: The Next Generation -inspired gift from her son.

The internet is replete with meme-creation tools, including apps that your students may already have on their phones. Most are free, but some charge small fees and some allow users access to adult content, so choose carefully before assigning creation tasks.

Each creation tool walks you through a few simple meme-making steps. Every site is unique, but the typical steps are these:

• Choose your meme’s size and orientation (portrait or landscape).
• Choose from preset templates and icons or design your own from scratch.
• Choose or upload the images, photos, and/or artwork you’d like to include.
• Add your text, choosing the text font you prefer.
• Customize the background and color scheme as you like.
• Save your work! Download and save it as a PNG, JPG, or GIF file.
• Always share—via email, text message, social media, or through your classroom file-sharing system.

Memes for Students

Memes quickly communicate information on any subject—often with humor, which can make the shared facts more memorable. Consider this excerpt from The Lord of the Rings …

… adapted to reinforce a class rule:

Beyoncé can help you get a point across …

… as can a baby’s photo:

Think of educational messages you can deliver in this concise, humorous way:

Memes by Students

A quick internet search will yield countless school-related memes, including many submitted as homework assignments. Before issuing a meme-creation assignment, teach a lesson on memes. Go over their key elements and offer some common examples. Most of your students are familiar with them, but your introduction will help level the playing field for your class.

Activities and learning objectives will vary by class, subject, and grade level, of course. As an example, consider the specifics of a meme project that challenged students to demonstrate their understanding of irony: 3

Object Use this activity for a unit learning about irony through a given novel—in this case, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies . Faculty sought a creative assessment tool that a) differed from previous assessment tools, and b) would be enjoyable for the students to use.

Tasks In addition to creating a meme, students were expected to include a supporting paragraph detailing the type of irony the meme conveyed and explaining why they chose the image that they did. In writing this paragraph, they practiced their writing and grammar skills.

Pedagogy To create this product and an effective message within it, students had to choose imagery and text carefully. Doing so using an online tool demonstrated their knowledge of technology and technological content .

As memes tend to include very few words, a meme that successfully conveys a message must use strong, highly descriptive language. Students were called upon to think critically about their word choices, which supports word study and improves vocabularies.

Inclusion Meme creation uses but does not require a computer and internet access. Options for this activity enabled learners with varied degrees of technological access to complete it.

• Students could draw their memes by hand, keeping in mind the elements of a meme and ensuring that their final product contained them
• If students had access to a computer but not to the internet, they could use a program such as Microsoft Paint or PowerPoint to create a meme

Evidence of Learning Outcomes Faculty assessed the students’ memes based on the level of sophistication in their use of irony and its connection to Lord of the Flies .

The supporting paragraph helped faculty assess:

• Comprehension of the type of irony chosen
• Written communication skill regarding the rationale for each selected image

Response Students were extremely motivated to come up with creative ideas for their memes and complete the assignment because it incorporated a type of social media that they were used to seeing outside of the classroom.

“I was shocked and impressed at how keen and willing the students were to complete this assignment,” concluded their teacher. “It made me excited to continue to explore new and innovative ways to use technology and relevant social media … to connect with and motivate all students.”

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The first week of school is an exhilarating rollercoaster ride filled with emotions that can leave your head spinning. From the excitement of fresh starts and the buzz of reconnecting with friends to the inevitable chaos of figuring out your schedule and finding your way back into the swing of campus life—it’s a wild time! To capture the essence of this whirlwind experience, we’ve rounded up ten memes that hilariously encapsulate the highs, lows, and everything in between during those first few days of classes. Get ready to laugh, relate, and maybe even shed a tear as you navigate this crazy, unforgettable week!

1. Ice Breakers Must be Stopped

There’s nothing worse than starting your first day of classes and having to do icebreakers. Answering some of these questions might be harder than the actual course material.

2. There are two main things to look forward to:

The first week of school is great for a few reasons – It’s exciting to be back, and you get to wear all of your fresh new back-to-school outfits. But let’s be real: going from summer mode to sitting in classrooms all day is an entire lifestyle change. While gearing up for a new semester of learning is great and all, there is no better feeling than heading home after a long day on campus and taking a post-class nap.

3. When the Syllabus Hits You Like A Truck:

When you open the syllabus and realize you just signed up for 14 weeks of hard work… *Sigh*.

4. When “Syllabus Week” Ends After 15 Minutes:

But Professor, isn’t the first class supposed to end early?!?! Although that’s what you may expect, every professor is different. We hope you’re ready to hit the ground running this fall!

5. Day One: Procrastination begins.

Working on your first assignment of the year is usually a mix of ambition and procrastination. It’s hard to get yourself to actually do it, but once you do, you’ll definitely feel proud of yourself. It’s the first step to recovering from “Summer Mode.”

6. Transcribing your Professor’s every “Um” and “Ah”:

First years, we promise, as long as you understand the gist of what the professor is saying in your notes, you’ll be more than okay. Don’t stress too much about getting every word!

7. For Seniors, this may hit a little close to home:

For many seniors, this first week of school will be their last first week ever. Naturally, people will start asking the dooming question: “What’s your plan after you leave here?” Reality check: most seniors in their first week are unsure what they’re having for dinner that night. So, please, take it easy on ’em.

8. The college journey be like:

For underclassman, there are so many fun things to experience. It has you feeling excited and ready to take on college. As time goes on, you may find yourself counting down the days until homework will be behind you.

9. Where is the time going?

Be careful, Terriers. You may blink, and suddenly, you’re a senior taking graduation photos, stepping on the seal. Or, that’s what it’ll feel like. Cherish every moment, from the first day of school to your last, or you may look a lot like this meme.

10. Which one are you?

This screams, “I don’t always lay on the floor distraught, but when I do, just know it’s the first day of school.”

We’ve all experienced both moods.

And there you have it—10 memes that perfectly capture the rollercoaster of emotions during the first week of school. Whether you’re a freshman finding your way or a senior counting down the days until graduation, we all share these relatable moments. So, as you tackle this new semester, remember to laugh through the chaos, embrace the craziness, and know that you’re not alone in the whirlwind that is the start of a new school year!

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Create a Meme Assignment: English 150

Activity Summary:

This activity works well between Assignments 4 and 5 in English 150. Use it to help students bridge the divide between writing about a place and designing text and images about that place.

Instructions:

This activity is perfect for a computer lab day (or any day in a laptop classroom) after students have completed Assignment #4 and before they are full swing into Assignment #5. It serves as a good transition between the two assignments. I personally make this a graded, small assignment ( see grading below ), but you may want to use it as a participation activity. Please click here to download the PowerPoint that you may use to introduce this assignment to your students. Click here for the assignment sheet that I use for this activity.

Theoretical Background

First, here is a little theoretical justification for having students create memes in the classroom (refer to the PowerPoint attached to this activity for what you can tell your students). Although Internet memes may seem silly and not worth serious attention, they do serve an important role in discourse on the Internet. Internet users hesitate when they encounter a wall of text. Even a well-reasoned and well-written argument can be glossed over if the text seems too long and not worth the investment. You may have hesitated to read this section of this activity, for example. A short, pithy response to such texts is “tl;dr”, which stand for “too long; didn’t read.”

Internet memes, specifically image macro or still image with super-imposed text memes, like this activity calls for, provide rhetors on the Internet with a visually engaging device for drawing readers into a discussion. Image macros refer to a prior-existing discourse, much like McGee’s ideograph (1980), and have the power to instantly call on an inside joke and discussion surrounding the image.

This activity asks students to construct such a discussion about their organization (Assignment #3) or artifact (#4) by using an image that they have collected and referring to what they have learned through the research they conducted.

Since your students will have either taken photographs or collected images of their organization (#3) or artifact (#4), they should have a decent selection of pictures to work with for this assignment . Ask students to bring or have access to (such as through Google Drive or CyBox) their Assignment #3 and #4 papers and any other picture files they may want to use.

Use the PowerPoint  to explain

• What a meme is. I’ve found that once I’ve explained the term meme and shown students a few examples, they quickly realize that they’ve seen them all over the Internet before, typically on social media sites. This comes fairly naturally.
• How to create a meme. Although the process is fairly simple, the video below, which is also embedded in the PowerPoint, demonstrates how to do it in Adobe Photoshop, which will help students gain familiarity with a powerful image editing program. Encourage students not to use imgur, createameme, or any of the easy-to-use meme creators on the Internet; these programs detract from the design skills students can otherwise learn through this activity. If I can tell that a student has used one of these simpler tools, I give them a 1 out of 2 for the assignment.
• Ways to come up with a clever or insightful phrase about the organization or artifact. Your students do not have to be funny or witty with this project (though most feel compelled to be anyway). The text they choose to super-impose should be relevant to their topic, however.

After students understand the activity, allow them time in class to create their meme. For those struggling to come up with a clever statement, offer freewriting and other creative thinking ideas. I recommend allowing students a couple of days to complete the assignment outside of class in case they can’t come up with something on the spot. Also consider lecturing on this assignment before your lab day to allow time for students to prepare ideas.

Video Demonstration of Photoshop

The PowerPoint  includes a screencasted video demonstration of creating a meme in Photoshop. You may also watch it or download it here:

After students submit their memes, I tend to go through them quickly and grade them on a two point scale. This becomes part of the student’s participation grade.

0 = Didn’t do it/two class periods late

1 = The text is irrelevant/the student used an easy editor (the name of the service is displayed on the meme)/one class period late

2 = The text is relevant and the meme looks like the student’s own work

If students take the effort to make a meme that was created with an easy online meme generator  look  like it wasn’t, I figure they have at least learned something about image manipulation, which is the point of the assignment. So no, I don’t worry that much about cheating.

Assignment #5

Now students have an image that they can truly call their own. Their memes should work well in a brochure or poster because the text discusses the organization or artifact that the brochure or poster is about. The memes can add some humor, interest, and/or creativity to their documents. Concise visual messages like memes can also serve as a sort of summary statement for a larger document; see the discussion about tl;dr above. Encourage students to use their memes in Assignment #5; however, you may choose to make this optional. (Some students may not be satisfied with how their memes turned out, for instance.) Also encourage students to include their meme with their -OVE artifacts in their portfolios.

Thank you for taking the time to read through and consider using this activity. Since this all comes out of and is part of my dissertation project, I am happy to consult with you about it. Please email me at [email protected] if you have any questions about this assignment, and I’m happy to consult with you further on using this fun and engaging activity in your classroom.

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Is It Really That Bad To Put Ice In Your Wine?

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You do it with soft drinks, iced tea, water and all sorts of summer cocktails. So why do wine snobs turn up their noses when they see you adding a few cubes to a warm glass of rosé?

There are some logical reasons given by true oenophiles, but there’s also a changing wine culture that rules it to be acceptable, at least in some more relaxed circles.

This is your wine on ice.

Before you get too heavy-handed with the Sonic-style nuggets in the chardonnay, it might help to realize the “why” behind the long-standing edict of serving wine only at a prescribed temperature.

Ashley Herzberg , a winemaker for Avaline Wine, offered this explanation: “Ice does change the character of wine in many ways. It can alter the mouthfeel by diluting the alcohol, modify the acidity by increasing the pH and, of course, it can dilute the flavors. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it does change the wine from the vision the winemaker had on bottling day.”

Even with that proviso, Herzberg feels it’s time to remove the stigma. “The beauty and drawback of something with as much history as wine is all the perceived etiquette that comes along with it,” she said. “The rules are too rigid, and we should be able to be more creative and tailor a drinking experience to our own preferences.”

While water molecules dilute alcohol and flavors, there are other ways ice can affect the beverage, according to Art di DeCaro , certified sommelier and director of training and cellar master at Waters Edge Wineries. “Temperatures cooler than a wine’s regular service temperature make a wine ‘tight’ and reduce aromas, which in turn further reduces overall flavor perception,” he said. “Essentially, you might lose some of the complexities and nuances that make the wine special in the first place.” Even with that caution, he noted that it’s good to keep your objective in mind: “Ultimately, it’s about finding what works for each individual.”

Some somms say “no way.”

Some wine experts are firmly in the “bad idea” camp. Sommelier Billy Turner , who works at Atlanta’s Kimpton Shane Hotel , said he normally advises “you do you” when it comes to wine, but added, “that doesn’t extend to putting ice in your wine. I believe this is the only hard, fast and rigid wine rule.”

He painted a picture of the best possible drinking experience: “Have you ever had a glass of chardonnay right out of the cooler, nicely chilled to the proper temperature, between 45 to 55ºF? You get all these bright citrus and tropical fruit notes, with just slight hints of oak and vanilla. As you slowly sip and it begins to warm up just a bit, you start to pick up on more of the creaminess, and the oak starts to come through more with hints of vanilla.

“That’s because some flavors are more prominent than others at a higher temperature. You’d lose all of that with a super chilled, ice-filled wine. Not to mention, unless you chug the whole glass, your final sip is going to be mainly melted ice water, and no one wants that to be the last taste you remember.”

Others say it’s just fine.

“Wine culture is evolving, and there’s a growing acceptance of personal preferences,” said Mari Coyle , vice president of winemaking at Foley Family Wines and winemaker at Chateau St. Jean. “While understanding traditional practices behind wine can enhance appreciation, your own preference should always guide your choices,” she said. “If putting ice in wine enhances your enjoyment, then it’s the right choice for you. Wine culture should be inclusive and flexible, allowing everyone to find their own path to enjoyment.”

Malek Amrani , founder and winemaker at The Vice Wine, said that adding ice is perfectly OK, explaining it this way: “Most wine made around the world has an alcohol by volume (ABV) of 12 to 14%, so the rest of the liquid in wine, about 85%, is water, and ice is water.” The way he sees it, “it all mixes together inside, so why not?” he asked. ”Plus, it helps you stay hydrated.”

Alex Ring , the Michelin Guide Chicago 2023 sommelier award winner and wine director at restaurants Sepia and Proxi , both in Chicago, takes a flexible approach: “To me, the question of ice in wine is really just a question of context,” he said. “Teasing out the nuances of a fine wine is a fun pursuit, but I think it’s also important to step back and enjoy an everyday wine for what it is — a beverage. My goal is to get people to enjoy their wine as much as possible. If that means providing some ice, I’m happy to facilitate.”

Do experts ever add ice to their own glass of wine?

“I can honestly say that I’ve put ice in a glass or two of rosé in my lifetime,” Herzberg said. “On a warm day, I don’t mind the dilution, and I still get many of the flavors to shine through. I also know our co-founder of Avaline, Cameron Diaz, enjoys ice in her wine on occasion. Wine is such a personal experience, and we have customers who prefer their wine over ice for one reason or another, and I think that’s totally fine. Tailoring your drink to your own palate is always a great approach.”

I enjoy ice in my wine spritzers,” DeCaro said. “During the warm summer months, I might add a couple of large cubes, or a large cocktail cube — which reduces overall surface area and makes the ice melt more slowly — to chill a crisp white or rosé wine with a splash or spritz of sparkling water. It’s a refreshing way to enjoy wine by the pool or on the beach without compromising too much on flavor.”

If you want to add ice, this is how to do it.

Just as you shouldn’t salt your food before tasting it, you’ll want to take a few sips before doing anything. Herzberg said, “I would always recommend tasting a wine first, so you know what the starting flavors and characters are before adding ice. Another tip I share with customers is to try to have your wine already chilled so the ice melts slower and the dilution doesn’t happen too quickly.”

“When I’m dining out or at an event at which I’m served a warm glass of wine, I always slip an ice cube into my wine glass,” said Amrani . “I never pour wine over ice, but rather add the ice to the wine. I like to start with an ice cube or two and go from there.”

Here’s how to get wine chilled faster.

If you’re trying to avoid the effect of adding ice, there are still quick ways to cool wine down, no cubes required. Herzberg shared this hack: “I like to wet down a kitchen towel, wrap it around a bottle of wine and stick it in the freezer for 20 minutes.”

If you need something faster, give the bottle an ice bath. “Adding salt to the ice bath also causes what we call freezing-point depression, or decreasing the freezing point of water, which makes the ice melt more slowly, chilling the bottle more effectively and quickly,” DeCaro said. “Spin the bottle periodically to increase the chilling effect.”

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I'm stuck trying to append a meme to the page for an assignment I have, here are the requirements for the assignment:

Meme Generator For this assignment, you’ll be building a meme generator in the browser using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Your generator should consist of a form that accepts a link to an image, text for the top of the meme, and text for the bottom of the meme. When the user submits the form, use JavaScript to append to the DOM a div which contains the meme, including the image and its text.

Requirements

User should be able to submit a form on the page to generate a new meme on the page, and should be able to add multiple memes to the page by submitting the form multiple times. Users should be able to click on a button to remove a meme from the page. When the meme form is submitted, values in the form inputs should be cleared.

here's what I have so far, I'm getting an error:

memeproject.js:13 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'add') at HTMLFormElement. (memeproject.js:13)

• 2 It's typo error, it should be classList not classlist with capital L. –  Mina Commented Aug 1, 2022 at 19:15

You did not find topText by querySelector which is not defined.

That is why you got error in line 13

• got it, thank you!!! had a couple other syntax errors as well I got it kind of working now –  wrserne Commented Aug 1, 2022 at 19:21

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In this week’s Hang Up and Listen bonus episode, Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin discuss Raygun, the Australian academic and breaker whose performance in the sport’s Olympics debut lit up the internet and raised questions about her intent .

About the Show

A weekly sports discussion show from Slate. Hang Up and Listen features Slate personalities Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis.

Josh Levin  is the editorial director of the Slow Burn and One Year podcasts. He is the host of One Year and Season 4 of Slow Burn and co-hosts the sports podcast Hang Up and Listen. He is the author of  The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth .

Stefan Fatsis is a panelist on Hang Up and Listen and the author of Word Freak and  A Few Seconds of Panic .

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House Democrat Eric Swalwell Teams With Showbiz Insiders to Craft Meme-Friendly Political Ads: ‘This Election Is About Freedom Over Fear’

Newly released 'Trump School Bus' spot is an effort to frame the issues at stake in the race for the White House and Congress

The final scoring session was done in under 30 minutes. The only question to be sorted out: Should the first ominous note hit just before or after the reveal of Trump?

On Aug. 5, writer-producer David Grae, editor Michael Lim and composer W.G. Snuffy Walden gathered via Zoom with Rep. Eric Swalwell , D-Calif., to study a cut of a pointed political ad created as part of a larger campaign to keep former President Donald Trump from retaking the White House.

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Walden had no trouble with the fix. “Sometimes, if you go too early, you jump the moment,” he explained.

Jaunty music invoking a bucolic setting plays as a mother walks her daughter to the bus stop on the first day of school. As soon as the school-bus door opens, the driver is revealed to be Trump, raving about “Being a dictator on day one” and “Roe v. Wade overturned.” The mother looks at him in shock and then back at her daughter. “You know what, honey? I’m going to drive you today,” she says. The spot closes with Trump slamming the bus into trash cans while he taps out an X post declaring himself “A Very Stable Genius!!!!!” The final tagline: “You wouldn’t trust him with your kid. Why would you trust him with our country?”

This Future Forum-inspired drive is also reflected in organizations that function outside Republican and Democratic party hierarchy — like the centrist-right Lincoln Project — which are taking the reins of the all-important media spin game. They understand that loading up TV spots on the evening news won’t cut it anymore as a media strategy.

“We’re electing people, not policies. And so we really need to humanize this race as much as we can with stories,” Swalwell says. “We have 30 seconds, not 120 minutes.”

The nonstop tumult of this year’s presidential race has made the work of Swalwell’s team that much more urgent. The hasty handoff from President Joe Biden, who withdrew his candidacy on July 21, to Vice President Kamala Harris means that Democrats have no time to lose in motivating Americans to vote blue in November.

The spots aim to jolt viewers into realizing the true stakes of Harris v. Trump, as well as what the agenda of a Republican-controlled Congress under a second Trump administration might look like. They’re designed to be hipper than a traditional flag-laden political ad, and they’re engineered to reach younger voters where they live — on online social platforms.

Some of the spots have and will continue to air on local TV stations in battleground states including Michigan. None of the blurbs explicitly support a specific candidate or issue. Instead, they’re laser-focused on hammering a simple message: Trump is a danger to your basic freedoms. The hope is to scare recalcitrant voters into casting a ballot.

“That’s the overriding strategy — keep the focus on Trump,” Swalwell says. “That’s what this ad seeks to accomplish in the bigger narrative of why he is so dangerous and why Kamala Harris is the future,” even though there is no mention of her in the spot.

Swalwell, who joined Congress in 2013, and represents one of the bluest of blue districts just outside of San Francisco, has used his own campaign coffers to fund the production of this series of spots. Swalwell is married to a small business owner, Brittany Swalwell, with whom he has three kids — Nelson, Cricket and Hank — all under the age of 8.

The push to pick up the pace of Democratic messaging in peak campaign periods was an outgrowth of Future Forum activity. The outreach to Hollywood writers, directors and others came after Swalwell had a blunt conversation with screenwriter Billy Ray at a fundraising event.

“Billy told me, ‘Eric, I’m happy to make a contribution. I’ll introduce you to my friends,’” Swalwell recalls. “‘But if you’re walking away from this meeting and you’re not taking ideas from people like me and the best storytellers in the world, you’re really leaving something on the table.’” Swalwell adds, “He’s told the same thing to dozens of my colleagues, and most of them just don’t take him up on it.”

The ads, produced for modest five-figure budgets, are purposefully done as a skunkworks operation outside the apparatus of larger political action committees or the Democratic Party itself. The focus has been on presenting a clear point of view on headline issues to highlight the far-right agenda of enacting a national ban on abortion, restricting birth control, ending no-fault divorce, repealing the Affordable Care Act and more. They’re plainspoken and unabashedly pugnacious.

In the process of working the spots, the congressman who likes to note that he was “raised by Republicans” in the East Bay city of Dublin, Calif., has learned something that he didn’t know early on: Producing high-quality video is hard.

For example, he couldn’t figure out what was missing from one of the earlier spots until Grae pointed to the lack of a soundtrack. For the school bus ad, the right music would be crucial to making the point.

“The score is supporting the shock we want when we see it’s Trump,” Grae pointed out during the scoring session.

Swalwell, who followed in Harris’ footsteps as a prosecutor for the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office before heading to Washington, leans on his training as a litigator to guide his approach to the blood sport of winning elections. He thinks many Democrats have been too timid around difficult issues. He argues that sounding the alarm on “abortion” is more effective than using the words “reproductive rights.” That’s why one of the first spots produced earlier this year was a chilling depiction of a future in which a pregnant woman and her husband have to confront a police officer before going to a hospital.

According to Swalwell, Hakeem Jeffries, the Brooklyn Democrat and minority leader of the House, has expressed a clear vision about the differences in the political messaging of Democrats versus Republicans. “His theory is that Republicans govern in headlines and Democrats govern in fine print,” Swalwell says.

Now, the congressman wants to change the font size.

Swalwell is deeply motivated by Harris’ candidacy — and not just because she predated him as an Alameda County prosecutor. Harris, with the help of her newly minted running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, has a chance to break new ground for the country and at the same time protect it from the political turbulence of Trump’s MAGA movement.

“To me, this election is about freedom over fear,” he says. “We’ve never, as Democrats, leaned in on freedoms before because they’ve never been so at risk. I think freedom is the overriding message. Vote your freedom.”

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