Will Friedman
@willfriedman.bsky.social
Democracy researcher/writer/advocate focused on the idea that we can’t defend democracy without renewing democracy. Former president, Public Agenda. NYC born, Brooklyn based.
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
"there’s a case to be made that Democrats’ prospects in the Senate are better than commonly predicted."
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Opinion | A Surprising State Could Help Democrats Win the Senate
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November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"there’s a case to be made that Democrats’ prospects in the Senate are better than commonly predicted."
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Good for you, my man.
“I would rather just stand on my morals and ethics,” said State Representative Fairchild, a conservative Republican, who said redistricting went against the intent of the founders. “That way I can actually look at myself in the mirror.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
“I would rather just stand on my morals and ethics,” said State Representative Fairchild, a conservative Republican, who said redistricting went against the intent of the founders. “That way I can actually look at myself in the mirror.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
Kansas Redistricting Was on the Fast Track. Then Some Republicans Said No.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Good for you, my man.
“I would rather just stand on my morals and ethics,” said State Representative Fairchild, a conservative Republican, who said redistricting went against the intent of the founders. “That way I can actually look at myself in the mirror.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
“I would rather just stand on my morals and ethics,” said State Representative Fairchild, a conservative Republican, who said redistricting went against the intent of the founders. “That way I can actually look at myself in the mirror.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump violated the Constitution and federal law by ordering hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Portland, Oregon, earlier this year, a federal judge ruled Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump-Appointed Judge Rules His Portland Military Takeover Was Unconstitutional
Read more here.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump violated the Constitution and federal law by ordering hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Portland, Oregon, earlier this year, a federal judge ruled Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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the whole article could have just been ten pages of “Brilliant Things Eleanor O’Brien Said,” and some gold was left on the cutting room floor, but this is such a banger of a closer and it’s so very much the theme of today
October 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
the whole article could have just been ten pages of “Brilliant Things Eleanor O’Brien Said,” and some gold was left on the cutting room floor, but this is such a banger of a closer and it’s so very much the theme of today
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “ANCHOR EVENT: NYC SAYS NO KINGS!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
ANCHOR EVENT: NYC SAYS NO KINGS! · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
📍 Where: Father Duffy Square, 47th st. and Broadway
📅 When: 11:00 AM ET, October 18, 2025
NOTE: this will be a march, not a rally! Enter from the...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “ANCHOR EVENT: NYC SAYS NO KINGS!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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October 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
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Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
October 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
Important speech on the essential task of creating the conditions that make democratic conversation and judgment possible.
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
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We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
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October 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Important speech on the essential task of creating the conditions that make democratic conversation and judgment possible.
Useful reflections and suggestions on engaging young men in public life.
What Charlie Kirk Understood That Democrats Need to Learn www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
What Charlie Kirk Understood That Democrats Need to Learn www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
Opinion | What Charlie Kirk Understood That Democrats Need to Learn
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September 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Useful reflections and suggestions on engaging young men in public life.
What Charlie Kirk Understood That Democrats Need to Learn www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
What Charlie Kirk Understood That Democrats Need to Learn www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
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Thank you British Resistance!
September 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Thank you British Resistance!
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Thrilled to see growing consensus that Dems must step up in the Continuing Resolution fight. Key to doing so? Refuse to frame this as "shutting down government." Instead, call it what it is - refusing to be an accomplice to turning the government into a weapon against the American people.
September 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Thrilled to see growing consensus that Dems must step up in the Continuing Resolution fight. Key to doing so? Refuse to frame this as "shutting down government." Instead, call it what it is - refusing to be an accomplice to turning the government into a weapon against the American people.
The basic point here by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social is this: If the Democrats' plan is to keep playing dead, they need new leadership. Many of us concluded this long ago, but the argument is strongly made if anyone still needs convincing.
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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
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September 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The basic point here by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social is this: If the Democrats' plan is to keep playing dead, they need new leadership. Many of us concluded this long ago, but the argument is strongly made if anyone still needs convincing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
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Read our statement released in response to the introduction of the Restore Trust in Congress Act, which would put an end to the corrupt practice that Americans across the political spectrum favor banning: issueone.org/press/introd...
Issue One praises introduction of bipartisan stock trading ban in the House - Issue One
In reaction to today’s introduction of the Restore Trust in Congress Act, bipartisan legislation that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks while in office, representatives from Issue One’...
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September 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Read our statement released in response to the introduction of the Restore Trust in Congress Act, which would put an end to the corrupt practice that Americans across the political spectrum favor banning: issueone.org/press/introd...
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I expected the hardliners in the early days of the administration to try to slow walk people from "why do we need to know about Harriet Tubman?" to "how bad is extrajudicial killing really?" but they have opened the bidding at "how bad is cancer really?"
March 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I expected the hardliners in the early days of the administration to try to slow walk people from "why do we need to know about Harriet Tubman?" to "how bad is extrajudicial killing really?" but they have opened the bidding at "how bad is cancer really?"
In 2018 I spearheaded the still-active Hidden Common Ground project (tinyurl.com/3j2ss4bb) to explore & amplify solutions that cut across partisanship/race/age. This new research adds fresh insights, potentially useful for building coalitions to strengthen #democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
Opinion | Politicians Are Polarized. American Voters, Not So Much.
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August 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In 2018 I spearheaded the still-active Hidden Common Ground project (tinyurl.com/3j2ss4bb) to explore & amplify solutions that cut across partisanship/race/age. This new research adds fresh insights, potentially useful for building coalitions to strengthen #democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
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"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now."
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The 'Mozart of Math' rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that.
UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.
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August 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now."
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With misinformation nearly everywhere, one professor tested a simple fix of 150 minutes of fact-checking homework – and it worked, boosting the students’ ability to spot misinformation by nearly 20%.
College students are bombarded by misinformation, so this professor taught them fact-checking 101 − here’s what happened
Just 2½ hours of online instruction made students a lot better at identifying misinformation on YouTube and TikTok.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
With misinformation nearly everywhere, one professor tested a simple fix of 150 minutes of fact-checking homework – and it worked, boosting the students’ ability to spot misinformation by nearly 20%.
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📣 Call for Papers- International Conference 📣 We’re excited to announce our upcoming conference: "Democracy Reimagined: Advancing Democratic Resilience and Renewal"
🗓 17–18 November 2025
📍 University of Canberra, Australia
📥 Abstracts due by 8 August 2025
Details 👇
🗓 17–18 November 2025
📍 University of Canberra, Australia
📥 Abstracts due by 8 August 2025
Details 👇
July 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
📣 Call for Papers- International Conference 📣 We’re excited to announce our upcoming conference: "Democracy Reimagined: Advancing Democratic Resilience and Renewal"
🗓 17–18 November 2025
📍 University of Canberra, Australia
📥 Abstracts due by 8 August 2025
Details 👇
🗓 17–18 November 2025
📍 University of Canberra, Australia
📥 Abstracts due by 8 August 2025
Details 👇
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Seattle voters just approved a renewal of the city's pioneering Democracy Voucher program, with 56% in favor.
A new book from @drjenh.bsky.social found that the program, created to counter Big Money in elections, has increased local donor participation and diversified Seattle's candidate pool.
A new book from @drjenh.bsky.social found that the program, created to counter Big Money in elections, has increased local donor participation and diversified Seattle's candidate pool.
New Book Examines Seattle Democracy Voucher Program’s Success
An interview with Dr. Jen Heerwig, co-author of a book researching how Seattle's pioneering program has helped boost voter participation and local representation
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August 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Seattle voters just approved a renewal of the city's pioneering Democracy Voucher program, with 56% in favor.
A new book from @drjenh.bsky.social found that the program, created to counter Big Money in elections, has increased local donor participation and diversified Seattle's candidate pool.
A new book from @drjenh.bsky.social found that the program, created to counter Big Money in elections, has increased local donor participation and diversified Seattle's candidate pool.