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January 2025

A Dark and Deadly Valley
When the roundups start, who will speak up? What makes ordinary people take a stand? And what do they possess that’s somehow different from those who go…
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Fear Itself
What can you do? Give no quarter and find a way to enjoy the fight. It will be a long one. American democracy itself is at stake.
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Wishcasting and Hopium Won't Save Us - No One Is Riding to the Rescue (But Us)
Four years ago today, everyone saw a brutal crisis of democracy, failed and complicit leadership, and an ideology based on white supremacy and gang…
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December 2024

Democrats Are the Guardrails of Democracy - And Must Act Like It
A stronger, sharper-elbowed and more disciplined Opposition is needed to save our institutions of liberal democracy - until we can win them back.
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Christmas is About the Past
Christmas is the ageless celebration of goodwill, relived in tales of death and redemption, and carried by the spirits who walk among the living.
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Arise, Democrats - and Lift Your Voices in Opposition
Rank and file Democrats want an opposition, not a collaboration. Don't kiss the ring - and demoralize the party even further.
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Goodbye Resistance, Hello Opposition
For those of us who refuse to get in line, to accommodate the rollback of civil and human rights, what is our choice? I think the answer is opposition.
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