democracy in crisis means that mainstream progressivism is on hold for that much longer. moderates are going to win in november simply by being pro-life. we’re going to be in recovery mode for a very long time, just trying to get back to when things weren’t all that good.
I also put out a plan to fix our judiciary and save our democracy today, including:
- Term limits for SCOTUS judges
- Court expansion
- Filibuster abolition
- Electoral college reform
We need leaders willing to have bold ideas AND take bold action. https://t.co/XsorhSWR4Q
the democratic establishment is a joke and there is no road to victory for a third party. we need to mobilize to assure a progressive wins the democratic primary in 2024. i’m looking at 2024 because there is no possibility that anything positive will happen until then.
there are those who use religion to convince themselves to do good, and that’s cool.
then there are those who use religion to convince themselves that fascism is good, and that is, well, very not cool.
Larry Summers -- who the president said he spoke with today -- publicly saying a 5% unemployment rate is necessary to combat inflation. To state the obvious, a 5% unemployment rate would mean devastating joblessness for millions of poor American workers