Tag: Democrats

Democrats have lost a lot of limbs over the last years. They don’t need to repeat the same bluster, and fight the same ways. They need to change.

Opportunities for bridging partisan divides will be rare. Success for Democrats should be defined by laws and appointments denied or delayed.

I’m asking for the Democrats to be ruthless.

I offer this list not with a naive optimism that Obama will actually act on them, but rather to point out how many crucial issues a sitting Democratic president has the power to control but often chooses not to.

Figures like Sanders, Ellison, and Elizabeth Warren embody both the ideas and the integrity Democrats will need to mobilize their base and win back lost voters.

Social movements have every reason to oppose this tendency, to create the political will to filibuster, and to bolster politicians who will break with the discredited neoliberal center.

As Trump’s coalition begins to crumble, will the Democrats propose a more credible (and more widely believed) alternative than what they just put forward?

Millennials were arrested protesting the senate minority leader’s Wall Street ties.

There is an overwhelming need for discussion and activism. Here are some thought-provoking articles to get us started.

“I am saddened, but not surprised, by the outcome.”