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Hey, Dems: You know what fits on a hat?

DO THE THING.

Housing? DO THE THING: build housing.

High-speed rail? DO THE THING: build high-speed rail.

Renewable energy? DO THE THING: build solar & wind.

Social Security? DO THE THING: tax the rich — eliminate the cap — and save social security.
Listening to Tim Miller interview Michigan's Tracy Alloway on yesterday's edition of The Bulwark and she said...
April 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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"Everything is a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works."

So, do your part to explain how stuff works or is supposed to work, in ways that are actually accessible and engaging and referenceable to a low literacy audience.

Easy? No. Possible, necessary? Yes.
March 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Once you’re done reading that Schumer interview (Lord, what an idiot) you can read my latest newsletter. Actually, fuck, that’s not gonna cheer you up any. Might actually make you feel worse. Maybe just go get a donut. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
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This is from 2022, I think. 18×24. This week’s question comes to us anonymously: Has it always been this bad or is the bad stuff just more exposed now? A...
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March 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.

Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.

Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM