And racism is central to Miller’s project and of a piece with the broader Trumpist/JD Vance (who recently said, “You don’t have to apologize for being white anymore.”) view that white people are an oppressed group deserving of compensatory treatment by the state.

The whole Make America Great movement claims to be nostalgic for the New Deal era in which Trump grew up, but they seek to undo the progressive taxation, labor-friendly policies, and robust welfare state (including social security, Medicare, investments in higher education) that lay at its core.

Sargent is exactly right here. The Trumpist vision is, as Howard Lutnick said, “the army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones, that kind of thing is going to come to America.” But these workers will lack union protections and a compensatory state…

i call this the "joker test." in the comic crossover, joker suddenly discovers he has been unwittingly working with the red skull. he gets really angry and starts blasting

They can have the Representative of their choosing once they ratify the New Reconstruction Amendments.

Campaigns are not endlessly flush with money! If you make candidates buy food for the community, that means staff getting screwed, less clarity about what candidates stand for, more advantages for wealthy candidates. And you’ll never make a dent compared to orgs actually built for the purpose

Possibly Kat can get away with this since she can virtually print money. But 99% of candidates do not have massive out-of-district fundraising machines and expecting them to isn’t going to raise the quality of Dems we get.

also this bsky.app/profile/donz...