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Nick Coccoma
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Founder of AssembleAmerica.org. Using Citizen Assemblies to put power in the hands of everyday people. Join a movement for Democracy by Assembly! #DxA
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Nick Coccoma @nickcoccoma.bsky.social · Apr 5
Time to save America. Citizens Assemblies are the way. Join @assembleamerica.org and our movement for Democracy by Assembly! #DxA
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If you ever wondered what you would do in 1930s Germany, you have your answer. This is a spiritual emergency and we have to summon all our courage. We know what happens inside #Broadview is torture. For me it’s simple - I wouldn’t stay silent if they locked Jesus up there, and I won’t be silent now
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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."

Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Our very own @nickcoccoma.bsky.social joined The Democratic Constitution Blog to ask a basic question: what is democracy? (Hint: It's not elections, parties, or parliament.)

#democracy #citizensassembly #sortition #constitution

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What is Democracy?
Sortition is fundamental
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September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Episode 469: We need to stop having all elections and elect leaders through a random lottery!! Feat @Riz Ahmed
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August 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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👏👏👏

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Riz Ahmed Suggests ‘Randomized Lottery System’ Should Take Place of Traditional Elections
Here's what he said...
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August 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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#Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly

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#stitch with @leasyweasy#sortition #assembleamerica #politicians #elections
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August 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Stanford’s Jim Fishkin contrasts the ills of elections with the virtues of deliberative democracy:“In a healthy democracy, politics shouldn’t just be a contest of strength between parties — it should be a battle of ideas.”

#Democracy #Sortition

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Trust in the Demos Isn’t Naive — It’s Empirical
Democratic deliberation asks us to meet as moral equals, exchange reasons for our beliefs, consider evidence, and remain open to changing our minds. Evidence from real-world examples shows that it can...
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July 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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It was a pleasure to talk to Colin Pugh about Democracy by Assembly. Part I gets into the weeds—have a listen!
#Democracy #Sortition #CitizensAssembly
July 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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There is No Meritocracy without Lottocracy
Why random selection is necessary to create stable meritocratic institutions
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July 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Gonna further wager that if you used lotteries to pick everyday people from around the world to populate the UN, and made them equals inside the chamber, they’d resolve most global conflicts peacefully. #Sortition #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #Democracy
June 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Gonna go out on a limb here: an assembly of everyday American citizens—picked by lottery, given the actual evidence and full range of options, and time to deliberate toward rough consensus—would not have decided to start a war with Iran. #Sortition #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
June 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Citizens Assemblies could legally constrain delegates at an Article V (some say "constitutional") convention, building democratic accountability into the amending process. So incredibly happy this truth is finally breaking through. Excellent article in the Fulcrum.

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How Citizens’ Assemblies Can Rebuild the House of American Democracy—Before It’s Demolished
The house of the American republic is tottering. Once unthinkable, it’s now undeniable that our shared home has deteriorated the same way you go broke: gradually, then suddenly. At the time it was…
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June 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Honored to write this piece for @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social, with Roshan Bliss of the NCDD
June 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Ian Troesoyer on why it's time to upgrade the Constitution.

#Democracy #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssembly #Sortition #PeoplesConvention
assembleamerica.org Assemble America @assembleamerica.org · May 23
"When fundamental changes to a government are needed, who should get to make them? Elites and politicians who benefit from keeping things as they are? Or We the People?"

#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly

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The People's Convention
It's Time to Upgrade the Constitution
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May 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Incisive post from @paul-melman.bsky.social: "Only by systematically building up our civilizational coordination capacity can we achieve the solarpunk yogurt commercial utopia we dream of." Amen!

#Democracy #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssembly #Sortition #AI #AGI
May 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Fascinating new post from @paul-melman.bsky.social about the way citizen assemblies can help government "see" reality better.

#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy
assembleamerica.org Assemble America @assembleamerica.org · May 12
"Sortition does not merely offer a more demographically representative body," writes our team member, Paul.
"It provides a superior epistemic engine."

Read all of his enlightening new piece!

#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy

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Seeing the Forest and the Trees
How Randomly Selected Citizens Can Fix Government's Hazy Vision
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May 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The papal #conclave would be so much easier and free of factionalism if they used #sortition. Not to mention divinely inspired:

“Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.”

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Bible Gateway passage: Acts 1:23-26 - New International Version
So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen to take over this...
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May 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
nickcoccoma.bsky.social
With Terry Bouricius coming out with a new book, now’s a good time to revisit my conversation with him in 2023.
assembleamerica.org Assemble America @assembleamerica.org · May 5
Terry Bouricius is one of most visionary thinkers on democracy. On this podcast episode, he explains how he discovered citizen assemblies and why he now considers himself a "recovering politician." Check it out!

#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssemby

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Terry Bouricius on Democracy
The Theory and Practice of Sortition
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May 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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America needs to build a new house of our republic. Athenian democracy shows us how to do it.

#CitizensAssembly #Sortition #DemocracyByAssembly
April 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Sortition: a whole new spin on gig work.

#DemocracyByAssembly
#DxA
#CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
April 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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🔥TOXIC TRIBALISM🔥

Partisan politics turn neighbors into enemies:

• Family dinners ruined by arguments

• Communities divided by signs

• Issues reduced to slogans

Citizen Assemblies bring Americans together to listen

Imagine politics that heals, not hurts

#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
April 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Politicians posture. Citizens assemble.

#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention
April 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
nickcoccoma.bsky.social
Time for a new house. Time for a real democracy.

#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention
assembleamerica.org Assemble America @assembleamerica.org · Apr 17
The house of the American Republic was built for the People. Now it's crumbling:

• Constitutional foundations weakened by corruption

• Institutional walls eroded by extremists

• Democratic roof leaking away our rights and freedom
April 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
nickcoccoma.bsky.social
This is what democracy actually looks like.

#CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention #DemocracyByAssembly
assembleamerica.org Assemble America @assembleamerica.org · Apr 16
CITIZENS' ASSEMBLIES: Democracy's upgrade

From Ireland to Oregon, everyday people are solving problems politicians can't:

• Ireland's Assembly broke decades of constitutional deadlock, with recommendations on marriage equality and abortion passing national referendums with 62-66% support
April 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Citizen Assemblies break this cycle through democratic lottery — like jury duty but for ideas.

Teachers. Veterans. Nurses. People like us, deciding for us.

Join our quest for a People's Convention by 2030

#DemocracyByAssembly #TakeBackOurHouse #CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
April 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Bypass politicians. Democracy by Assembly.

#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention #TakeBackOurHouse
assembleamerica.org Assemble America @assembleamerica.org · Apr 15
⚠️ DEMOCRACY WARNING ⚠️

• Congress: 80% millionaires. America: >5% millionaires.

• Members spend 70% of time fundraising instead of solving problems

• When donors and voters disagree on policy, donors win

Who's really in charge? (Hint: Not you)
April 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM