Robert S. McElvaine
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Robert S. McElvaine
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Writer, historian, liberal activist, feminist, awake—not “Woke,”traveler. Believer in the ideals of America. NOT GOING BACK.
However mad any Dem is, we need to stop attacking each other and focus on the real culprits. For what it's worth, here is the message I think Democrats should unite around:
open.substack.com/pub/robertsm...
The Democratic Message Should Be Clear: We Care about people suffering; Republicans Couldn’t Care Less
We did not “CAVE” We SAVED Americans from suffering needlessly.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Obviously, ending "Woke AI" wasn't sufficient. He needs to institute "Asleep AI" or "Whatever Trumps Says AI."
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Trump doesn't imbibe, but if he did he wouldn't be "sharing a beer" with his followers—-the people he disdains as fools who would support him even if he killed someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue—it would be the most expensive Scotch and, obviously, he wouldn't share it with anyone.
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Ain't that MAGAmerica somthin' to see?
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
THAT is the last straw ... uh, pasta strand!
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
See my essay on why Dems must not turn against one another and what our message should be (focusing entirely on the Trump "One Big Beautiful-for-Billionaires Bill) at: open.substack.com/pub/robertsm...
The Democratic Message Should Be Clear: We Care about people suffering; Republicans Couldn’t Care Less
We did not “CAVE” We SAVED Americans from suffering needlessly.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I agree, but not because of the vote to end the Shutdown. Trump has made plain that he cares not about millions of people suffering, Democrats faced a choice between two horrible options. Calling other Dems “the surrender caucus” or "Vichy Democrats" plays into Trump's very weak hand. {MORE ...}
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My reaction is it is a tough decision. Letting the shutdown continue would cause great pain to millions of people. That would be blamed on Trump and his party, but should we continue that pain? We need to unite in presenting it as a win and then make it a win by getting the Obamacare extension.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
WTAF?
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is sick. Tucker and Nazi Nick share an underlying worldview based on a belief in the innate inferiority of women. Misogyny is the gateway drug to all other hatreds. They are plugged into the man > woman template. Anyone in the lower position becomes an "=woman."
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM