Confrontation Works
For those pining to restore a pre-Trumpian order, a world whose Mitt Romneys and Joe Bidens share cordial dinners together behind a theatrical facade of faux partisan rivalry, my advice is to go home and wait this out.
Now It Gets Ugly: Attack the Money
As Trump and the Republicans scramble to escape the consequences of their crimes, we should ensure that this fight extends all the way to their bank accounts. Make bigotry expensive and it will recede from public life.
1994 in Reverse
The story of the night is that Democrats appear to have reached a key pivot point in their suburban expansion. Meanwhile, America’s angry losers are embracing Fascism with an openness we’ve never before seen.
Link Roundup, 11/4/2018
A political orphan’s guide to current events.
How Democrats and Republicans Switched Sides on Immigration
The man who stood at the Berlin Wall and taunted a dictator believed a world with fewer barriers was a world Americans would dominate. That was the Republican Party I joined as soon as I was old enough to vote.
A Catalogue of Activism
I’d like to build a catalogue of opportunities for engagement and maintain it here in the OffTopic Forum.
Corporate Class Consciousness
Now that the government at the center of the “Free World” has been bought off by a corrupt global kleptocrats, who is standing up for liberal democratic values? Corporations, of course. Get used to it, because this is the strange new shape of liberal democracy.
The Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes: 2022
Yes, the stakes are high and yes, every vote counts and yes, we need to take this very seriously. But no, this is not the most important election of our lifetimes and we’d be wise to remember that.
“Heads Must Fall”: Trump and the Billion Dollar Whale
If we want to avoid a path from Trump I to Trump II, heads must fall.
Link Roundup, 10/11/2018
A political orphan’s guide to current events.