Eric Purchase
@ericpurchase.bsky.social
Reader, writer, democracy
Advice from a professional writer on how to take down the Republican Party. Don't react, attack. https://epurchaseattack.substack.com/
Advice from a professional writer on how to take down the Republican Party. Don't react, attack. https://epurchaseattack.substack.com/
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My Christmas Wish for Democrats
My wish for the Democratic Party is not to accept politics as it is today.
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I speak for millions of frustrated Democratic voters who wonder why their party always seems to be on the losing side of decisive issues when the Republican Party campaigns on lies and fantasies and proves to be incompetent when it wins power.
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I want to live in a country where there's a broad range of opinions. I don't want to live in a country where the opinions of the right side of the political spectrum are based on fantasies that have been disproved many times.
December 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I want to live in a country where there's a broad range of opinions. I don't want to live in a country where the opinions of the right side of the political spectrum are based on fantasies that have been disproved many times.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it.
December 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it.
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Yesterday I watched two programs about countries falling into fascism. One was The Sound of Music. The other was the news.
December 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Yesterday I watched two programs about countries falling into fascism. One was The Sound of Music. The other was the news.
The #BuffaloBills came back from 21-0 to beat NE. Does that show how awesome they are or that they're hanging on by their fingernails? Which version will show up against Cleveland?
December 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The #BuffaloBills came back from 21-0 to beat NE. Does that show how awesome they are or that they're hanging on by their fingernails? Which version will show up against Cleveland?
It's mid-December, and the #BuffaloSabres still have a realistic chance of making the playoffs. #Christmas miracle?
December 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's mid-December, and the #BuffaloSabres still have a realistic chance of making the playoffs. #Christmas miracle?
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We have popular consensus on many gun safety measures but a democracy problem preventing passage. So long as one party (insulated by gerrymandering) remains in the thrall of a paranoid anti-government cult allergic to social responsibility, we will be stuck in the endless loop of death and paralysis
the gun lobby only partially accounts for failure to enact national common sense gun laws. We cannot ignore the role played by a reactionary ideology antithetical to US progress and reform, badly ignorant of our history and dependent on judicial fiat to get its way.
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Two Countries
Two responses to gun massacres
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December 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We have popular consensus on many gun safety measures but a democracy problem preventing passage. So long as one party (insulated by gerrymandering) remains in the thrall of a paranoid anti-government cult allergic to social responsibility, we will be stuck in the endless loop of death and paralysis
I speak for millions of frustrated Democratic voters who wonder why their party always seems to be on the losing side of decisive issues when the Republican Party campaigns on lies and fantasies and proves to be incompetent when it wins power.
epurchaseattack.substack.com/p/my-christm...
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My Christmas Wish for Democrats
My wish for the Democratic Party is not to accept politics as it is today.
epurchaseattack.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I speak for millions of frustrated Democratic voters who wonder why their party always seems to be on the losing side of decisive issues when the Republican Party campaigns on lies and fantasies and proves to be incompetent when it wins power.
epurchaseattack.substack.com/p/my-christm...
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“I WILL be next if I allow this to happen to other people. That’s what brings me out here, man.”
(From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )
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December 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“I WILL be next if I allow this to happen to other people. That’s what brings me out here, man.”
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(From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )
My hypothesis is that the Greeks and Romans felt a deep psychological connection with land that disappeared in the Middle Ages and was rediscovered by Europeans suffering the shock of encountering what we typically call “nature” in America.
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Four Perspectives on Ancient Greek Landscape
I’m interested in ancient landscape as a way to better understand American landscape.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My hypothesis is that the Greeks and Romans felt a deep psychological connection with land that disappeared in the Middle Ages and was rediscovered by Europeans suffering the shock of encountering what we typically call “nature” in America.
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On 9/11 people destroyed two buildings, and we turned the world upside down.
In 2016, #Russia attacked our #democracy, and we still haven't responded.
In 2016, #Russia attacked our #democracy, and we still haven't responded.
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
On 9/11 people destroyed two buildings, and we turned the world upside down.
In 2016, #Russia attacked our #democracy, and we still haven't responded.
In 2016, #Russia attacked our #democracy, and we still haven't responded.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Reminds me of Lenin (via Ezra Pound): Capitalists will sell us the guns with which we will defeat them.
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Stock futures are little changed as Trump approves Nvidia chips sales to China: Live updates
Out of the 11 S&P 500 sectors, the tech sector was the only one that closed in the green on Monday.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Reminds me of Lenin (via Ezra Pound): Capitalists will sell us the guns with which we will defeat them.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/s...
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Even if you’re a good candidate and run a good campaign and there’s an historic blue wave, you’re still going to lose in deep red districts. Look that reality in the face and ask yourself two questions.
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Dems Running in Deep Red Districts
Democrats running in Congressional districts or states that are R+10, R+20, R+30 should ask themselves two questions.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Even if you’re a good candidate and run a good campaign and there’s an historic blue wave, you’re still going to lose in deep red districts. Look that reality in the face and ask yourself two questions.
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“Some evangelicals believe Donald Trump was sent by God to do His work in the world. I agree. Donald Trump was sent by God to test the Republican Party. The Republican Party has failed God’s test."
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How to Exploit Trump
Donald Trump is as relevant to the security and prosperity of the United States as an infestation of mice is to your family’s well-being.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“Some evangelicals believe Donald Trump was sent by God to do His work in the world. I agree. Donald Trump was sent by God to test the Republican Party. The Republican Party has failed God’s test."
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I am thankful for this community.
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I am thankful for this community.
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"Democrats should propose a benchmark for what Republicans must do to return to normal democratic politics. What conditions must Republicans meet before people consider it safe to vote for them again? Here are five."
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5 Conditions for Republicans' Rehabilitation
Even Republican voters are starting to notice the Trump administration is a disaster.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Democrats should propose a benchmark for what Republicans must do to return to normal democratic politics. What conditions must Republicans meet before people consider it safe to vote for them again? Here are five."
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Voters in 2024: I guess I'll give Trump another try.
Dems: It's obvious he's lying about everything.
Voters: You guys think you're smarter than everyone else. Well, I'm entitled to my opinion.
Dems: [Sigh]
Voters in 2025: He lied to us! I'm shocked and angry.
Dems: It's obvious he's lying about everything.
Voters: You guys think you're smarter than everyone else. Well, I'm entitled to my opinion.
Dems: [Sigh]
Voters in 2025: He lied to us! I'm shocked and angry.
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Voters in 2024: I guess I'll give Trump another try.
Dems: It's obvious he's lying about everything.
Voters: You guys think you're smarter than everyone else. Well, I'm entitled to my opinion.
Dems: [Sigh]
Voters in 2025: He lied to us! I'm shocked and angry.
Dems: It's obvious he's lying about everything.
Voters: You guys think you're smarter than everyone else. Well, I'm entitled to my opinion.
Dems: [Sigh]
Voters in 2025: He lied to us! I'm shocked and angry.
Dems: Everything you like about modern life for the last 10 generations, including capitalism, was advocated by liberals and opposed by conservatives who said they were going too far.
Reps: We know that, but liberals today are going too far.
Reps: We know that, but liberals today are going too far.
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Dems: Everything you like about modern life for the last 10 generations, including capitalism, was advocated by liberals and opposed by conservatives who said they were going too far.
Reps: We know that, but liberals today are going too far.
Reps: We know that, but liberals today are going too far.
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No negotiation is possible with nazi!
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
No negotiation is possible with nazi!
Effective sound bites are simple, striking, and assertive. They crystallize perceptions that are vaguely forming in the public mind, or they offer a resolution to people’s worries. Here are eight sound bites for Democrats.
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Democrats, Repeat These 8 Lines
We all scorn sound bites and slogans, but they work.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Effective sound bites are simple, striking, and assertive. They crystallize perceptions that are vaguely forming in the public mind, or they offer a resolution to people’s worries. Here are eight sound bites for Democrats.
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Still, the U.S. trade deficit is up so far in 2025, coming in at $713.6 billion through August, compared to $571.1 billion in January-August 2024. https://to.pbs.org/47O8mnE
U.S. trade deficit dropped nearly 24% in August as Trump's tariffs reduce imports
In a report delayed for more than seven weeks by the federal government shutdown, the Commerce Department said Wednesday that the the gap between what the United States buys from other countries and w...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Still, the U.S. trade deficit is up so far in 2025, coming in at $713.6 billion through August, compared to $571.1 billion in January-August 2024. https://to.pbs.org/47O8mnE