Adam Cardais
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Here's to #TimWalz: Always a class act. www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
Tim Walz Might Run for President in 2028 if You Ask Him Nicely
Kamala Harris’s running mate describes losing in 2024, opposing Donald Trump now, and his future.
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March 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Here's to #TimWalz: Always a class act. www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
I'm increasingly convinced that we're now in some sort of "post-data" political era where passions supersede policy considerations. Tapping into resonant narratives and emotions seems key to moving voters—not technocracy—so I hope the dems are hunting around for some good storytellers. We need em.
February 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I'm increasingly convinced that we're now in some sort of "post-data" political era where passions supersede policy considerations. Tapping into resonant narratives and emotions seems key to moving voters—not technocracy—so I hope the dems are hunting around for some good storytellers. We need em.
Interesting point by #larrydiamond: To defeat authoritarians, act fast. "Because the longer they go on, the more power they have ... " His is a strong counterpoint to the view that since new presidents typically enjoy a 100-day honeymoon, we should bide our time with Trump 2.0. shorturl.at/q5FQz
What Stops Democracy from Backsliding?
“The earlier the intervention, the earlier the mobilization, the earlier the forthright exercise of countervailing power, the better the prospect of saving democracy,” the Stanford University politica...
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February 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Interesting point by #larrydiamond: To defeat authoritarians, act fast. "Because the longer they go on, the more power they have ... " His is a strong counterpoint to the view that since new presidents typically enjoy a 100-day honeymoon, we should bide our time with Trump 2.0. shorturl.at/q5FQz
Amid all the talk about legacy media reform these days, here's a question for #NYT, etc., top brass: Are Ivy League grads the only people capable of reporting on America? I'm exaggerating for effect, of course. But maybe it's time to consider letting some new members into the club. shorturl.at/ThcrU
Is The New York Times’ newsroom just a bunch of Ivy Leaguers? (Kinda, sorta.)
They're not a majority, based on a new look at education data, but they are wildly overrepresented.
www.niemanlab.org
February 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Amid all the talk about legacy media reform these days, here's a question for #NYT, etc., top brass: Are Ivy League grads the only people capable of reporting on America? I'm exaggerating for effect, of course. But maybe it's time to consider letting some new members into the club. shorturl.at/ThcrU
Why are American workers so gloomy about their economic prospects? Easy. The deck is stacked against them. One example: An entrenched corporate culture that excuses any mistreatment of employees as "Hey, that's just business" while attacking even the slightest employee pushback as "unprofessional."
February 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Why are American workers so gloomy about their economic prospects? Easy. The deck is stacked against them. One example: An entrenched corporate culture that excuses any mistreatment of employees as "Hey, that's just business" while attacking even the slightest employee pushback as "unprofessional."
I have many friends from Eastern Europe whose parents fled the Soviet Union for the West in the late 1980s without a hint that Communist bloc was mere years away from collapse. Point being: Power, even entrenched power, is often weaker than it seems. Good lesson to remember 10 years into Trump.
February 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I have many friends from Eastern Europe whose parents fled the Soviet Union for the West in the late 1980s without a hint that Communist bloc was mere years away from collapse. Point being: Power, even entrenched power, is often weaker than it seems. Good lesson to remember 10 years into Trump.
Here is my message for billionaires. I don't have a beef with you being rich. I don't have a beef with you being super rich. But you can't have everything. As I often tell my six-year-old nephew: You have to share.
February 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Here is my message for billionaires. I don't have a beef with you being rich. I don't have a beef with you being super rich. But you can't have everything. As I often tell my six-year-old nephew: You have to share.