Lessons to be learned:

1. Centrists align with far-right to look tough on immigration
2. Centrists gain nothing
3. Far-right wins more power

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

Why should anyone act like, say, DC statehood or single-payer health care is impossible when Trump is floating the idea of annexing a foreign country and people are taking it seriously? Why consider anything off the table? It’s shoot for the moon time.