Since 2024, I’ve seen socialists and liberals change in unexpected ways. Socialists are becoming more mainstream, and with that, more image-conscious. Liberals, furious in nearly equal amount at the Trump administration and their own Democratic leadership’s inability or unwillingness to fight back, are sounding more radical than they
This Monday, as on most Mondays, there was a new report repackaging neoliberal Democratic policy as common sense, moderate thinking that will Win Elections. Their thinking takes the standard three-step pundit progression: 1. Decide what policies should be enacted by the government. 2. Show polls that show the pundit'
Earlier today, I saw a poll that said people dislike the president being advised by billionaires. One of the reactions to this on BlueSky (where I waste my non-video game time), as is the reaction to many news items, is that the Democrats should capitalize on this. The Democrats should
There are three places in Las Vegas I truly liked: two of them were bars, and the third was Writer’s Block, a wonderful bookstore shaped like a literal block. It was here, a couple days into a job with the Nevada State Democratic Party, that I picked up Chomsky’
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