Thank you, @PragPapers, for publishing our new piece: American Democracy is in Crisis.
"Americans are not losing faith because democracy has failed. They are losing faith because representation has become too distant. Representative government is built on relationships, and relationships require proximity."
Thank you @PragPapers for publishing our newest piece from @Jmayhugh28 and @RileyTopping
"This crisis of confidence poses a concrete question about the future of our Democracy. Americans must ask themselves: Can that trust be repaired?"
David French suggests TRIPLING the size of the House of Representatives at the Aspen Ideas Festival
"I strongly believe in expanding the House. I strongly believe in ranked-choice voting and/or multi-member districts to try to increase American representation."
Speaker Johnson recently presented the DSA’s endorsement of a larger House as one of their crazy left wing ideas. Because this is an entirely non-partisan solution, it doesn’t help if it gets cast that way. This essay wasn’t easy to write, as I was trying to run a non-partisan thread through several very partisan needles. The point is: Regardless of our personal political views, we all need to emphasize wherever possible that representational enlargement is a truly non-partisan solution that should become common ground for all factions… https://t.co/g8wcQBZDUg
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New Substack on Supreme Court rulings out now!
“The Supreme Court has become so politically consequential precisely because Congress has become so politically incapable. We have spent decades asking nine unelected justices to resolve questions that our elected representatives should be debating and deciding.”
"Strong leaders don’t dismiss ideas just because they come from those with whom we have ideological differences; instead, they recognize when Americans from across the political spectrum raise real concerns."
Most Americans agree: Congress is broken.
Yet the Speaker of the House is in denial. Instead of looking for where we disagree, he should be finding common ground with those seeking reform.
Johnson: The DSA… this is their platform. They put this on paper!
Abolish the electoral college or replace the two-party system with a multi-party democracy, expand the House of Representatives, implement proportional representation and rank choice voting in all elections… End all military and economic aid to Israel, prosecute US and Israeli leaders responsible for the genocide in Gaza