What Should the Dems Do Now?

No plea to return to “normality” of the “everyday” is now worthwhile. Only the extraordinary can save us. Gregory Claeys The dog days of summer are in full swing, and Donald Trump’s approval ratings continue to slide, driven by a substantial erosion of support from Independents . The Epstein matter just won’t go away, as JD Vance has slyly kept it alight whenever it threatens … Continue reading What Should the Dems Do Now?

A Different Project for 2025: Finding an Off-Ramp from Trumpism

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. Buckminster Fuller You have to see it to be it. Billie Jean King Today is Martin Luther King Jr Day, and by a cruel twist of fate, Inauguration Day for Donald Trump. As we lurch into this new year and new era, partisans … Continue reading A Different Project for 2025: Finding an Off-Ramp from Trumpism

Bridge to Nowhere: Democrats After the Debate Debacle

Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else. Joe Biden, March 2020 Bridge is nowhere; over the bridge, you feel an emptiness inside you. Bridge is nowhere. Mehmet Murat ildan Disclaimers: First, I am not a registered Democrat. I used to be, but in 2020 I changed over to the Green Party, and I’ve been voting those candidates ever since. Living in … Continue reading Bridge to Nowhere: Democrats After the Debate Debacle