Reposted by Rachel Koteen
ned is exactly right. the challenge is reconnecting the democratic party to a mass constituency and building real affinity between voters and the party. it would be more worthwhole to put $10 million into piloting democratic clubs and associated newspapers bsky.app/profile/resn...
This is the whole thing right here. All these tired fights about whether Dems should moderate are ways of dancing around the real problem, which is the that political parties no longer have any mass constituency.
In many countries, (esp. white, male) workers increasingly vote for radical right parties. Still, a sole focus on right-wing ideology only captures a narrow part of working class consciousness. Most workers, including many right-wing voters, are politically demobilized and distant from all politics.
September 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
ned is exactly right. the challenge is reconnecting the democratic party to a mass constituency and building real affinity between voters and the party. it would be more worthwhole to put $10 million into piloting democratic clubs and associated newspapers bsky.app/profile/resn...
Also wondering if it’s only the IA+ they object to, or should we drop the Q? I know they’re against the T. So maybe LGB? Or should we just not say ‘gay’ at all? Trying to think where I’ve seen that one before
August 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Also wondering if it’s only the IA+ they object to, or should we drop the Q? I know they’re against the T. So maybe LGB? Or should we just not say ‘gay’ at all? Trying to think where I’ve seen that one before
Reposted by Rachel Koteen
This is a moment where it is historically, epically important to see the forest through the trees.
Talking about what sweatshirt a guy was wearing or even the plight of his children misses the point.
The president is disappearing people to a foreign detention camp with no normal legal process.
Talking about what sweatshirt a guy was wearing or even the plight of his children misses the point.
The president is disappearing people to a foreign detention camp with no normal legal process.
April 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This is a moment where it is historically, epically important to see the forest through the trees.
Talking about what sweatshirt a guy was wearing or even the plight of his children misses the point.
The president is disappearing people to a foreign detention camp with no normal legal process.
Talking about what sweatshirt a guy was wearing or even the plight of his children misses the point.
The president is disappearing people to a foreign detention camp with no normal legal process.
Reposted by Rachel Koteen
Stop using “First Amendment” as a metonym for “anything, official or unofficial, that may make me think twice before speaking.”
Social limits on speech are REALLY REALLY DIFFERENT than, say, being harassed at the border by a CBP agent who doesn’t like your political posts.
Social limits on speech are REALLY REALLY DIFFERENT than, say, being harassed at the border by a CBP agent who doesn’t like your political posts.
April 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Stop using “First Amendment” as a metonym for “anything, official or unofficial, that may make me think twice before speaking.”
Social limits on speech are REALLY REALLY DIFFERENT than, say, being harassed at the border by a CBP agent who doesn’t like your political posts.
Social limits on speech are REALLY REALLY DIFFERENT than, say, being harassed at the border by a CBP agent who doesn’t like your political posts.
Reposted by Rachel Koteen
very excited to see what this does to the lives and livelhoods of my friends and family. also excited to live through, what, the third economic collapse that is the direct product of republican governance?
April 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
very excited to see what this does to the lives and livelhoods of my friends and family. also excited to live through, what, the third economic collapse that is the direct product of republican governance?
Reposted by Rachel Koteen
congress right now has all the power it needs to put an end to MAGA despotism. they just don’t want to. and there is no set of rules you could devise that could overcome that obstacle.
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
congress right now has all the power it needs to put an end to MAGA despotism. they just don’t want to. and there is no set of rules you could devise that could overcome that obstacle.