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Dem campaigns need to proclaim loudly and convincingly that we are ready to take on the powerful to make people’s lives better. This is what we’re about - not a promise of returning to pre-Trump politics or vague pledges to bring about social & racial justice.
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Dem campaigns need to proclaim loudly and convincingly that we are ready to take on the powerful to make people’s lives better. This is what we’re about - not a promise of returning to pre-Trump politics or vague pledges to bring about social & racial justice.
We need to think seriously about post-MAGA policies: comprehensive reforms to protect our democracy and a major rebuild of the social compact. This can’t be done either with nostalgia for the Obama years or populist slogans; we need a thoughtful policy plan and a campaign built around it.
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We need to think seriously about post-MAGA policies: comprehensive reforms to protect our democracy and a major rebuild of the social compact. This can’t be done either with nostalgia for the Obama years or populist slogans; we need a thoughtful policy plan and a campaign built around it.
After MAGA, we must massively reform our government as well as build a new social compact for the modern era. This is not a job for gerontocrats, and it won't be accomplished if we are still refighting the 2016/2020 primaries.
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
After MAGA, we must massively reform our government as well as build a new social compact for the modern era. This is not a job for gerontocrats, and it won't be accomplished if we are still refighting the 2016/2020 primaries.
Mixed feelings on "The Cave". But we face a MAGAfied GOP that does not care how much pain they inflict on the American people, and that intends to hold onto power via gerrymandering and voter suppression rather than winning free & fair elections. We are playing a long game here.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Mixed feelings on "The Cave". But we face a MAGAfied GOP that does not care how much pain they inflict on the American people, and that intends to hold onto power via gerrymandering and voter suppression rather than winning free & fair elections. We are playing a long game here.
The essence IMO of the political “double standard” is that if you are dumb & destructive, you can still succeed, but if your agenda is constructive, you need to be competent & smart to pull it off.
November 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The essence IMO of the political “double standard” is that if you are dumb & destructive, you can still succeed, but if your agenda is constructive, you need to be competent & smart to pull it off.
Too many political figures seem trapped in pre-2024 ideas, attitudes and battles, even as MAGA authoritarianism becomes entrenched. All of us, and leaders especially, need to put old grievances aside and focus on saving our democracy.
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Too many political figures seem trapped in pre-2024 ideas, attitudes and battles, even as MAGA authoritarianism becomes entrenched. All of us, and leaders especially, need to put old grievances aside and focus on saving our democracy.
Ugh. The Schumer wing recruits a septuagenarian whose priority is to preserve the filibuster. The Sanders wing recruits a wholly unvetted populist who apparently didn't realize that he has a Nazi tattoo. Given the two, I pick Mills, but in such a critical time why can't we do better?
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ugh. The Schumer wing recruits a septuagenarian whose priority is to preserve the filibuster. The Sanders wing recruits a wholly unvetted populist who apparently didn't realize that he has a Nazi tattoo. Given the two, I pick Mills, but in such a critical time why can't we do better?
No Kings Boston!
October 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
No Kings Boston!
Post No Kings, we must IMO move towards a soft economic boycott, especially of the tech giants. Buy less from Amazon, keep your phone longer, shop local as much as possible. CEOs need to see that their cowardice is bad for business.
October 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Post No Kings, we must IMO move towards a soft economic boycott, especially of the tech giants. Buy less from Amazon, keep your phone longer, shop local as much as possible. CEOs need to see that their cowardice is bad for business.
IMO, political power can’t make people think or believe different things. Our campaigns need to focus on better jobs, lower costs and safer streets for all Americans, and when we win, we need to deliver. Most voters are exhausted by culture wars, class wars and grievance.
October 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
IMO, political power can’t make people think or believe different things. Our campaigns need to focus on better jobs, lower costs and safer streets for all Americans, and when we win, we need to deliver. Most voters are exhausted by culture wars, class wars and grievance.
If we all cut spending by just 10%, it would send a message to business and political leaders. This Christmas, why not give the gift of resistance?
September 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If we all cut spending by just 10%, it would send a message to business and political leaders. This Christmas, why not give the gift of resistance?
A best-case scenario, perhaps, is that the oligarch takeover of legacy media will drive Democratic campaigns to finally embrace new outlets and approaches.
September 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A best-case scenario, perhaps, is that the oligarch takeover of legacy media will drive Democratic campaigns to finally embrace new outlets and approaches.
In the past 6 days I’ve listened to interviews with Ben Shapiro, Joe Manchin and Spencer Cox; it truly makes me wonder how we can ever feel like one nation again, when our worldviews are so far apart (and these three are all more reasonable than anyone fully of the MAGA right).
September 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In the past 6 days I’ve listened to interviews with Ben Shapiro, Joe Manchin and Spencer Cox; it truly makes me wonder how we can ever feel like one nation again, when our worldviews are so far apart (and these three are all more reasonable than anyone fully of the MAGA right).
The best response to Kirk’s assassination is to work harder at building a world where such events happen less often.
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The best response to Kirk’s assassination is to work harder at building a world where such events happen less often.
IMO, every Dem response to MAGA provocation must presume that MAGA intends an authoritarian takeover. No more presumptions of good faith or conciliatory language. We should dismiss culture war clickbait for what it is but take every serious action as a step towards autocracy.
August 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
IMO, every Dem response to MAGA provocation must presume that MAGA intends an authoritarian takeover. No more presumptions of good faith or conciliatory language. We should dismiss culture war clickbait for what it is but take every serious action as a step towards autocracy.
Left-populism is not, IMO, the best way to fight far-right populism. For too many, it has been a pipeline to MAGA. I think we need to build a different political consciousness for the left - perhaps our next leader will figure out how to do this.
August 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Left-populism is not, IMO, the best way to fight far-right populism. For too many, it has been a pipeline to MAGA. I think we need to build a different political consciousness for the left - perhaps our next leader will figure out how to do this.
Dems need to dismiss silliness like the Sydney Sweeney ad kerfluffle for what it is - culture war clickbait. Tell people the truth: no amount of culture war clickbait is going to make your groceries cheaper or help you find a better job.
August 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Dems need to dismiss silliness like the Sydney Sweeney ad kerfluffle for what it is - culture war clickbait. Tell people the truth: no amount of culture war clickbait is going to make your groceries cheaper or help you find a better job.
Could Senate Dems demand (in exchange for votes on a bipartisan budget) changes to Senate rules that require 60 votes to modify the rules, and that block future rescission votes? Or would Thune simply renege on any deal?
July 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Could Senate Dems demand (in exchange for votes on a bipartisan budget) changes to Senate rules that require 60 votes to modify the rules, and that block future rescission votes? Or would Thune simply renege on any deal?
No Kings in Coolidge Corner, Brookline MA
June 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
No Kings in Coolidge Corner, Brookline MA
IMO we should avoid calling Trump’s outrages “distractions”. We can’t dictate what people find interesting, and it likely comes across as dismissive when we try. Our challenge is to turn the attention he’s stealing against him instead.
June 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
IMO we should avoid calling Trump’s outrages “distractions”. We can’t dictate what people find interesting, and it likely comes across as dismissive when we try. Our challenge is to turn the attention he’s stealing against him instead.
My prediction for the feud's endgame
June 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
My prediction for the feud's endgame
If the two biggest attention trolls in the world are determined to destroy each other, I can only wish them both success
June 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If the two biggest attention trolls in the world are determined to destroy each other, I can only wish them both success
When the agenda is stuck, the economy is sputtering and global politics is ugly, attacking immigrants and wokeness will remind the adoring mob why they love you.
June 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
When the agenda is stuck, the economy is sputtering and global politics is ugly, attacking immigrants and wokeness will remind the adoring mob why they love you.
One path forward on cultural issues is to put more power in the hands of states (vs. the Federal government), but we’d somehow need to also ensure that state governments grant similar cultural autonomy to their cities and counties.
May 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
One path forward on cultural issues is to put more power in the hands of states (vs. the Federal government), but we’d somehow need to also ensure that state governments grant similar cultural autonomy to their cities and counties.
Democrats in 2026/28 represent the most ideologically diverse coalition that our republic has ever seen. Surely there is some branding potential here?
May 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Democrats in 2026/28 represent the most ideologically diverse coalition that our republic has ever seen. Surely there is some branding potential here?