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"You can't detain someone for being Latino" is a law worth shutting down the government for

The Democratic Party once again cannot decide if it should fight Trump, and if so, what about.

Sep 10 •

March 2025

Crisis is the solution to the public attention problem

Liberals should not fear crisis in the Trump era. They should understand it is their only tool against him.

Mar 15 •

February 2025

The big picture: we are witnessing the subversion of the US constitutional system by a crackpot oligarch

The US government is in crisis, and core realities of the American system are changing almost hourly.

Feb 9 •

January 2025

Volume, variety, vehemence

Democratic messaging instincts are shaped around a media ecosystem that no longer exists. Time for something different

Jan 31 •

The Internet made Donald Trump

Democracies must fight back against social media, or perish

Jan 28 •

Democrats are terrible at understanding how narratives work

Seriously, it's not rocket science. Unless you're a US Senator, apparently

Jan 22 •

Don't tell lies about Donald Trump

You will be asked to participate in the conspiracy to make the abnormal normal. Do not do it.

Jan 21 •

Trumpism is the politics of total emotional indulgence

Thinking is hard and uncomfortable. Far right extremism promises you can stop.

Jan 8 •

All politics lies downstream of the psyche of individuals — individual thoughts, decisions, and reactions are the building block of all political…

Jan 4 •

December 2024

Politics is a popularity contest and Democrats are losing

Voters don't care about their own conditions, beliefs, or wealth. They care what everyone else thinks.

Dec 29, 2024 •

December 2023

A Message for Joe Biden

Dec 8, 2023 •

August 2023

We need to think harder about solar and wind energy

The path of least resistance doesn't always lead where you want to go

Aug 25, 2023 •

May 2023

Is Joe Biden Good at Politics?

A successful midterms is not proof positive of political genius.

May 13, 2023 •

Murder Is Not a Policy Outcome

How Jordan Neely lived does not explain how Jordan Neely died.

May 9, 2023 •

April 2023

I made a Substack.

I’ve been pretty resistant to this, but Twitter’s ongoing collapse has left me wanting a better hub for assorted thoughts and writing.

Apr 26, 2023 •

January 2022

Vaccine Politics

The existence of effective vaccines has reduced the overall threat that the COVID-19 poses to American society. But it has also…

Jan 4, 2022 •

December 2021

The Four Ways Democrats Screwed Up the Build Back Better Negotiation

I don’t know if Build Back Better becomes law. It seems that if Democrats cut enough out of it, eventually Manchin will come on board and…

Dec 18, 2021 •

November 2021

Vibes in Politics

What are vibes?

Nov 20, 2021 •

February 2020

How bad will the coronavirus pandemic get? My back-of-the-envelope panic attack.

First of all, let me say I’m not a doctor, not an epidemiologist, and I have no expertise in this subject matter at all. I’m an attorney…

Feb 29, 2020 •

March 2019

The Fundamental Question of the Mueller Report (It’s Not Election Interference)

There’s an assumption in much of the media coverage of the Mueller report that has been nagging me for quite a while. With the report…

Mar 23, 2019 •

March 2018

Opportunity-Based Affirmative Action

Race-based affirmative action policies are likely to remain under threat through at least 2020. Fortunately, there is an alternative policy…

Mar 7, 2018 •

October 2017

Will Donald Trump Win Reelection?

Because being depressed about the future is cool on the internet, many people are saying that Donald Trump will probably win reelection. In…

Oct 9, 2017 •

April 2017

For want of a nail.

Apr 24, 2017 •

January 2017

Trump Is Colluding With Russia

There’s a striking myth that when Columbus arrived in the New World, the natives were incapable of seeing his ships. The ships were so far…

Jan 15, 2017 •

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