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The Age of John Crow: the Fall of the Fourth American Republic, 2000-2028 (available May 2070).
The Third Reconstruction: the Birth of Multiracial Democracy, 2029-2036 (March 2072).
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The Age of John Crow: the Fall of the Fourth American Republic, 2000-2028 (available May 2070).
The Third Reconstruction: the Birth of Multiracial Democracy, 2029-2036 (March 2072).
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this week has made me the most optimistic that I've been since the election that we're going to get out of this intact, or some vague approximation thereof
(whether we can successfully rebuild from there, I am more skeptical about, but first things first)
a thread
(whether we can successfully rebuild from there, I am more skeptical about, but first things first)
a thread
The number one job of all small-d democrats over the next 11-35 months is to build a controlling majority within the Democratic coalition for radical political and constitutional reform. A Democratic federal government is coming, we have to be ready to end this war.
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All I can think about is in Deep Space Nine when Chief O’Brien complains
“Engage, retreat. Engage, retreat…”
Which episode is that? I might want to post full quote or screencap
“Engage, retreat. Engage, retreat…”
Which episode is that? I might want to post full quote or screencap
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
All I can think about is in Deep Space Nine when Chief O’Brien complains
“Engage, retreat. Engage, retreat…”
Which episode is that? I might want to post full quote or screencap
“Engage, retreat. Engage, retreat…”
Which episode is that? I might want to post full quote or screencap
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i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
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this was basically a defeatist capitulation in the name of harm reduction
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
this was basically a defeatist capitulation in the name of harm reduction
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The complete lack of interest in slightly covering up the fact that this was a top-down decision to make 8 people who won't be up soon the villains is genuinely insulting. They think we are morons
KILMEADE: Schumer says he's voting no. Did you do this outside leadership?
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The complete lack of interest in slightly covering up the fact that this was a top-down decision to make 8 people who won't be up soon the villains is genuinely insulting. They think we are morons
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Our leadership class is being outfoxed by a bunch of whiny babies
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Our leadership class is being outfoxed by a bunch of whiny babies
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Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
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To repeat: I have studied a lot of cases of autocratization over the past 15 years. Wrote about them, taught about them, consulting about them.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
March 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
To repeat: I have studied a lot of cases of autocratization over the past 15 years. Wrote about them, taught about them, consulting about them.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
Doing a therapeutic(?) dive into Civil War history has really underscored how unprincipled modern federal politicians are, particularly moderate Senators.
Politicians have always been calculating, self-serving bastards. But a lot of those bastards historically *also* had genuine convictions.
Politicians have always been calculating, self-serving bastards. But a lot of those bastards historically *also* had genuine convictions.
There will be some "Wow you can't make these people happy" sentiment but what's really happening is the Dems are beginning to reap the consequences of not really believing in anything. Choreographed maneuvers, too clever by half talking points. People have just had it
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Doing a therapeutic(?) dive into Civil War history has really underscored how unprincipled modern federal politicians are, particularly moderate Senators.
Politicians have always been calculating, self-serving bastards. But a lot of those bastards historically *also* had genuine convictions.
Politicians have always been calculating, self-serving bastards. But a lot of those bastards historically *also* had genuine convictions.
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It is important to note that anyone other than probably CCM who has any interest in being relevant in dem party politics and isn't retiring soon noted out of this deal.
This was a grenade fall, which means leadership almost certainly blessed it.
This was a grenade fall, which means leadership almost certainly blessed it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It is important to note that anyone other than probably CCM who has any interest in being relevant in dem party politics and isn't retiring soon noted out of this deal.
This was a grenade fall, which means leadership almost certainly blessed it.
This was a grenade fall, which means leadership almost certainly blessed it.
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Schumer either planned it or lost control of the caucus. It doesn’t matter. He needs to be out as leader now, and primaried now. Primary all of them with people who will one day vote to abolish the senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Schumer either planned it or lost control of the caucus. It doesn’t matter. He needs to be out as leader now, and primaried now. Primary all of them with people who will one day vote to abolish the senate.
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If only one actor in the political system has an agenda they're willing to use the levers of power available to them to advance, & no one else is willing to shoulder the costs to stop them using the leverage they have, then that actor is sovereign—king in all but name—and his will is law.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
If only one actor in the political system has an agenda they're willing to use the levers of power available to them to advance, & no one else is willing to shoulder the costs to stop them using the leverage they have, then that actor is sovereign—king in all but name—and his will is law.
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This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame:
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame:
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
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Basically: I think the political point scoring arguments right now are missing the point pretty seriously. We absolutely have to assert the constitutional order, and you cannot open the government if the other party refuses.
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Basically: I think the political point scoring arguments right now are missing the point pretty seriously. We absolutely have to assert the constitutional order, and you cannot open the government if the other party refuses.
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if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
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Unless they remove Schumer, primaries for everyone in 2026:
Booker - NJ
Coons - DE
Hickenlooper - CO
Lujan - NM
Markey - MA
Merkley- OR
Ossoff - GA
Reed - RI
Warner - VA
A no vote is not enough
Booker - NJ
Coons - DE
Hickenlooper - CO
Lujan - NM
Markey - MA
Merkley- OR
Ossoff - GA
Reed - RI
Warner - VA
A no vote is not enough
Blame *all* Democratic incumbents for this surrender. Not just the ones voting for it. The others could have voted to remove Schumer long ago and install a leader capable of formulating a strategy and holding his people together. They were content to stay with a proven loser.
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Unless they remove Schumer, primaries for everyone in 2026:
Booker - NJ
Coons - DE
Hickenlooper - CO
Lujan - NM
Markey - MA
Merkley- OR
Ossoff - GA
Reed - RI
Warner - VA
A no vote is not enough
Booker - NJ
Coons - DE
Hickenlooper - CO
Lujan - NM
Markey - MA
Merkley- OR
Ossoff - GA
Reed - RI
Warner - VA
A no vote is not enough
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
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in any case it is wild that voters just sent a huge message and a bunch of senate democrats are all, “it doesn’t look like anything to me”
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
in any case it is wild that voters just sent a huge message and a bunch of senate democrats are all, “it doesn’t look like anything to me”
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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This is part of the tragedy of a surrender now. It invites more pain and suffering by emboldening the regime. Why should they listen to a weak opposition?
Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is part of the tragedy of a surrender now. It invites more pain and suffering by emboldening the regime. Why should they listen to a weak opposition?
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Every disaffected Dem & swing focus group we do begins with people asking what's real. They hear, at times, this is authoritarian takeover threatening lives & livelihoods. But perceive most "leaders" not acting as if this were so.
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Every disaffected Dem & swing focus group we do begins with people asking what's real. They hear, at times, this is authoritarian takeover threatening lives & livelihoods. But perceive most "leaders" not acting as if this were so.
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I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.