MDliberalAtty

(he/him) Secret ID of @qstor2, MD attorney, dyed in the wool liberal, #lacrosse fan, #GoTerps MD alum #trumpisajoke - Opinions are my own not employer

[MDliberalAtty @MDliberalAtty]

Thinking about ditching X

[Tzedek DC @TzedekDC]

“Positive” #MedicalDebt credit reporting would not help consumers & would nullify protective state laws. “There is no legal need for this bill.” Read more from @NCLC4consumers's @ChiChiWu8 in @thehill:
https://t.co/7BRKxFcule

[Ezra Klein @ezraklein]

Sunday column: How the Democrat's 2022 victory set up their 2024 defeat.

[Ezra Klein @ezraklein]

A few thoughts from the conversations I’ve been having and hearing over the last week:

The hard question isn’t the 2 points that would’ve decided the election. It’s how to build a Democratic Party that isn’t always 2 points away from losing to Donald Trump — or worse.

The Democratic Party is supposed to represent the working class. If it isn’t doing that, it is failing. That’s true even even if it can still win elections.

Democrats don’t need to build a new informational ecosystem. Dems need to show up in the informational ecosystems that already exist. They need to be natural and enthusiastic participants in these cultures. Harris should’ve gone on Rogan, but the damage here was done over years and wouldn’t have been reversed in one October appearance.

Building a media ecosystem isn’t something you do through nonprofit grants or rich donors (remember Air America?). Joe Rogan and Theo Von aren’t a Koch-funded psy-op. What makes these spaces matter is that they aren’t built on politics. (Democrats already win voters who pay close attention to politics.)

That there’s more affinity between Democrats and the Cheneys than Democrats and the Rogans and Theo Vons of the world says a lot.

Economic populism is not just about making your economic policy more and more redistributive. People care about fairness. They admire success. People have economic identities in addition to material needs.

Trump — and in a different way, Musk — understand the identity side of this. What they share isn’t that they are rich and successful, it’s that they made themselves into the public’s idea of what it means to be rich and successful.

Policy matters, but it has to be real to the candidate. Policy is a way candidates tell voters who they are. But people can tell what politicians really care about and what they’re mouthing because it polls well.

Governing matters. If housing is more affordable, and homelessness far less of a crisis, in Texas and Florida than California and New York, that’s a *huge* problem.

If people are leaving California and New York for Texas and Florida, that’s a *huge* problem.

Democrats need to take seriously how much scarcity harms them. Housing scarcity became a core Trump-Vance argument against immigrants. Too little clean energy becomes the argument for rapidly building out more fossil fuels. A successful liberalism needs to believe in *and deliver* abundance of the things people need most.

That Democrats aren’t trusted on the cost of living harmed them much more than any ad. If Dems want to “Sister Soulja” some part of their coalition, start with the parts that have made it so much more expensive to build and live where Democrats govern.

More than a “Sister Soulja” moment, Democrats need to rebuild a culture of saying no inside their own coalition.

Democrats don’t just have to move right or left. They need to better reflect the texture of worlds they’ve lost touch with and those worlds are complex and contradictory.

The most important question in politics isn’t whether a politician is well liked. It’s whether voters think a politician — or a political coalition — likes them.

[Ezra Klein @ezraklein]

I really think it’s important to stop using “the party” this way. Hakeem Jeffries is not trying to push Seth Moulton out!

I’m 75% serious here:
Dems need to name their factions so people could describe which faction is doing what.

(And often, in these cases. we’re not even describing anything as organized as a faction, much less a whole party!)

[ProPublica @propublica]

In February, 2-month-old Onyxx Cooley died unexpectedly. The elected county coroner, Rick Taylor, simply decided the death was an unsolvable mystery. “We did basically what I call a ‘paperwork autopsy,’” he said.
https://t.co/jKY7KfoSJk

[Earthjustice @Earthjustice]

We know what's on your mind: with Trump’s return to office, where do we find hope for environmental progress? Earthjustice plans to double down on our state-based and regional work – because no election result will extend the planet’s climate deadlines. https://t.co/m0BCPnCju1

[Andy Fella - 🇦🇺 🇺🇦 🌻🇬🇪 @malleegirl57]

How long before those who voted for Trump will realise it's the worse thing they've done in their lives?

[Stu Cameron @stucam7771]

Record turnout and the Democratic vote goes down by 15M

While "I don't need the votes" Trump still loses votes and wins every battleground State.

Something isn't right.

Harris shouldn't concede yet.

Biden should demand independent checks ASAP

Fight back god dammit...

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

From my dear friend @5GW_HotTakes who is leaving this website.
She has my eternal respect, love and admiration. No one will ever know how hard she’s worked, how much she’s risked, and how effective she’s been. She is a true American patriot.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Now we know why Washington Post was muzzled by Bezos.

[•spooki•girl•cassiopeia•™ @sadgirlcassi]

well, everyone who couldn’t vote for Kamala because of Gaza: congratulations.
Kushner wanted it turned into beach front property.
Donald will make sure that you forget it ever existed.

[ACLU @ACLU]

BREAKING: The AP just called the 2024 presidential election for Donald Trump.

We’re clear-eyed about the chaos and destruction a second Trump administration will cause to our nation.

That’s why we’re done with handwringing, admiring the problem, or waiting anxiously to see which unlawful action President-elect Trump will take on Day One. We are ready to take action the minute Trump takes the oath of office.

[ACLU @ACLU]

President-elect Trump has been crystal clear about plans to deport one million immigrants every year. Past attempts at immigration raids have shown there is no way to deport one million immigrants without violating due process and engaging in racial discrimination.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

FLASHBACK

Trump defends his comments about grabbing women “by the pu$$y”:

“Historically, that’s true with stars…If you look over the last million years, I guess that’s been largely true…Unfortunately or fortunately.”

[Republican Accountability @AccountableGOP]

We are rolling out a new six-figure campaign to cover the sides of main roads in Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Detroit, with back-to-back billboards featuring former Trump voters who refuse to vote for him again.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

NEW swing states poll by Marist (A+)

Michigan: Harris 51%. Trump 48%
Pensilvanya: Harris 50%. Trump 48%
Wisconsin: Harris 50%. Trump 48%

[Delegate Sheila Ruth, District 44B @SheilaRuthD44B]

Donald Trump says he will protect women whether we like it or not. "Protection" is code for control. We don't need paternalistic protection, we just need our rights as full citizens of this country so we can protect ourselves.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

This is the most consequential election in our lifetimes.

Many of you have differences of opinion with @KamalaHarris on Gaza. So do I.

But we cannot sit this election out. Trump has got to be defeated.

https://t.co/RU9vzQygJw

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

I am proud of the significant progress we have made with the Harris-Biden administration in taking on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry.

If Congress has the guts to listen to the American people, we can continue to substantially lower prescription drug prices for all.