American Constitutional Front
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Reconstructing a new popular Constitution that serves the modern United States through presidential accountability and a more active Congress
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The Flag of the American Constitutional Front, Explained
The meaning of the design, and the inspiration.
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What does the flag mean?
The Preamble outlines six specific purposes for the Constitution, represented by the six vertical red and white stripes.
The Preamble outlines six specific purposes for the Constitution, represented by the six vertical red and white stripes.
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"Republicans did not do issue polling to decide if they wanted to demonize immigrants and trans people." www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset
We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"Republicans did not do issue polling to decide if they wanted to demonize immigrants and trans people." www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
I wrote about this kind of question using an analogy of an unclear property line:
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November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I wrote about this kind of question using an analogy of an unclear property line:
americanconstitutionalfront.substack.com/i/176789318/...
americanconstitutionalfront.substack.com/i/176789318/...
decide to win dot org in shambles
if you didn't follow the VA governor race you didn't know that Earle-Sears ran like a billion anti-trans campaign ads and Spanberger didn't flinch or pull a Newsom.
going all-in against trans people is a losing move, especially when the federal government has made harming and killing us a priority.
going all-in against trans people is a losing move, especially when the federal government has made harming and killing us a priority.
Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
decide to win dot org in shambles
I think this is a good take and it's worth highlighting in contrast to the almost mythological "tough on crime" question for Democrats. First is the very obvious "what does that even mean?" in the sense that being anything on crime, tough or not, has TONS of moving parts.
i do think Dems should moderate on immigration in the sense that Dems should redesign our immigration policy to work like people think it works: you wait for a while (but not forever) to get into the country and then you wait for a while (but not forever) to become a citizen.
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I think this is a good take and it's worth highlighting in contrast to the almost mythological "tough on crime" question for Democrats. First is the very obvious "what does that even mean?" in the sense that being anything on crime, tough or not, has TONS of moving parts.
The volume of people who think that having convictions is a political weakness is staggering. Politicians can lie on issues, but voters can tell when you don't believe things generally. Mamdani's victory in the primary is obvious evidence of this.
To be blunt about it, there are some things we can never concede in the search for votes. This includes people’s basic rights. And it includes protecting kids from being shot at school. If Trump can win by promising massively unpopular, hateful policy, we can win (and have!) on good policy.
Thing is, Dems have conceded this. Kids are massacred at school day after day after day. Gun control is politically popular. But DC Dems don’t act on it when they have majorities. They don’t run presidential campaigns on it. And still they lose.
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The volume of people who think that having convictions is a political weakness is staggering. Politicians can lie on issues, but voters can tell when you don't believe things generally. Mamdani's victory in the primary is obvious evidence of this.
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Currently reading Eric Foner's Reconstruction and it's unbelievable how popular it was to argue that you couldn't redistribute land from plantation owners to freedmen because then they wouldn't know the value of hard work. Who in the world could know that value better than someone who was enslaved?
October 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Currently reading Eric Foner's Reconstruction and it's unbelievable how popular it was to argue that you couldn't redistribute land from plantation owners to freedmen because then they wouldn't know the value of hard work. Who in the world could know that value better than someone who was enslaved?
This essay from last week dives into how the Constitution *really* works. At the end of the day, there's a lot in there that's not clear. The final adjudicator of that clarity isn't the Supreme Court, and it certainly isn't the President.
It's the People.
It's the People.
A Tale of Two Constitutions
What happens when two different visions of the Constitution go to bat against each other? Does it always end up before the Supreme Court?
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October 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This essay from last week dives into how the Constitution *really* works. At the end of the day, there's a lot in there that's not clear. The final adjudicator of that clarity isn't the Supreme Court, and it certainly isn't the President.
It's the People.
It's the People.
Hello The Economist! It seems you're having trouble reading. I know the 22nd Amendment is a doozy at 162 words long, but fear not! All you need to read is the first 14 words: "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
Trump 2028
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
econ.st
October 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Hello The Economist! It seems you're having trouble reading. I know the 22nd Amendment is a doozy at 162 words long, but fear not! All you need to read is the first 14 words: "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
one of jamelle bouie's best posts is how he is constantly telling people that politics is not about trying to do something that people would care about, but trying to make people care about the thing you want to do
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
one of jamelle bouie's best posts is how he is constantly telling people that politics is not about trying to do something that people would care about, but trying to make people care about the thing you want to do
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Net favorability among Dem primary voters
AOC +68
Kamala Harris +68
Joe Biden +56
Democratic Socialists +48
Chuck Schumer +8
(Districts polled: IL02, IL03, IL07, IL08, IL09, PA03, PA12, MI11, MN05)
AOC +68
Kamala Harris +68
Joe Biden +56
Democratic Socialists +48
Chuck Schumer +8
(Districts polled: IL02, IL03, IL07, IL08, IL09, PA03, PA12, MI11, MN05)
October 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Net favorability among Dem primary voters
AOC +68
Kamala Harris +68
Joe Biden +56
Democratic Socialists +48
Chuck Schumer +8
(Districts polled: IL02, IL03, IL07, IL08, IL09, PA03, PA12, MI11, MN05)
AOC +68
Kamala Harris +68
Joe Biden +56
Democratic Socialists +48
Chuck Schumer +8
(Districts polled: IL02, IL03, IL07, IL08, IL09, PA03, PA12, MI11, MN05)
What does the flag mean?
The Preamble outlines six specific purposes for the Constitution, represented by the six vertical red and white stripes.
The Preamble outlines six specific purposes for the Constitution, represented by the six vertical red and white stripes.
The Flag of the American Constitutional Front, Explained
The meaning of the design, and the inspiration.
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What does the flag mean?
The Preamble outlines six specific purposes for the Constitution, represented by the six vertical red and white stripes.
The Preamble outlines six specific purposes for the Constitution, represented by the six vertical red and white stripes.
No Kings
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
No Kings
The history of this being wrong stretches all the way back to the English Parliament in the 1600s. It's so wrong that Bessent should have to write a 15-page essay about how wrong it is and if it isn't sincere enough he should get an F and have to do it again.
October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The history of this being wrong stretches all the way back to the English Parliament in the 1600s. It's so wrong that Bessent should have to write a 15-page essay about how wrong it is and if it isn't sincere enough he should get an F and have to do it again.
The more people stand up, and the more people put their finger on the scale, the better chance we have of making a better outcome. Every person who chooses not to be involved is handing another small victory to the other side.
And with times as volatile as they are, small victories pile up quick!
And with times as volatile as they are, small victories pile up quick!
I keep telling people who want prognostications that we're at a moment of extremely high variance. The future could plausibly go in a wider variety of directions--from full-on authoritarianism to backlash promoting a Third Reconstruction--than at any time in recent history.
October 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The more people stand up, and the more people put their finger on the scale, the better chance we have of making a better outcome. Every person who chooses not to be involved is handing another small victory to the other side.
And with times as volatile as they are, small victories pile up quick!
And with times as volatile as they are, small victories pile up quick!
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I keep telling people who want prognostications that we're at a moment of extremely high variance. The future could plausibly go in a wider variety of directions--from full-on authoritarianism to backlash promoting a Third Reconstruction--than at any time in recent history.
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I keep telling people who want prognostications that we're at a moment of extremely high variance. The future could plausibly go in a wider variety of directions--from full-on authoritarianism to backlash promoting a Third Reconstruction--than at any time in recent history.
Woodrow Wilson had a fundamentally warped understanding of what democracy is, and he built his tyranny on that foundation. He believed that his version of social order was more important than democracy, and because of that, both were damaged.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Woodrow Wilson had a fundamentally warped understanding of what democracy is, and he built his tyranny on that foundation. He believed that his version of social order was more important than democracy, and because of that, both were damaged.
americanconstitutionalfront.substack.com/p/friction-p...
americanconstitutionalfront.substack.com/p/friction-p...
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the number of elected dems who actually understand the republican party is shockingly small. rather than giving them better insight, knowing and working alongside republicans has blinded them. it’d be fascinating if it wasn’t such an existential threat
NEW: Sen. Angus King admits he made "a mistake" when he voted Tuesday to confirm Josh Divine, an 35-year-old archconservative with a long record of attacking abortion rights, to a lifetime federal judgeship.
“I took Josh Hawley’s advice." www.huffpost.com/entry/angus-... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social
“I took Josh Hawley’s advice." www.huffpost.com/entry/angus-... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social
Oops! Pro-Choice Senator Admits Vote For Anti-Abortion Judge Was ‘A Mistake’
The Maine senator says he was "not fully” aware of Josh Divine’s record, but "took Josh Hawley’s advice” to confirm him to a lifetime federal judgeship.
www.huffpost.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
the number of elected dems who actually understand the republican party is shockingly small. rather than giving them better insight, knowing and working alongside republicans has blinded them. it’d be fascinating if it wasn’t such an existential threat
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imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?
July 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?