The focus on this site and many other Democratic sites where I subscribe is generally on "How do we conserve the Democratic Party coalition?" There is a basic tension between that position and the movements of people filled with holy fire to actualize their utopian visions. The goal to restore an organization of diverse groups is at odds with the goal of the movements that explicitly seek to shatter all containers in their drive to establish their One True Way as the only way.
Everybody, Right and Left, is overinterpreting the results of the election. EC counts magnify the results and Trump winning the fictional popular vote, while novel, in recent history doesn't change the fact that the US is evenly divided. Perhaps there will be some sort of cultural shift but it is too soon to tell. Generally such events can only be determined in hindsight.
While the authors here and the linked articles want very much to lower the temperature, it is not going to happen. You are a tiny sliver of the Left and while a lot of GOPe types agree with you, they are dinosaurs, increasingly irrelevant to the new Republicans. And activists, Right and Left, aren't standing down. Left is currently suffering from PTSD (Post Trump Shock Disorder) and the Right is still drunk on victory, both will recover and the struggle will resume. Trump himself seems to be about the first to recover, hence his cabinet picks which from RFK2 to Gaetz to Gabbard to Hegseth whom all seem intended to outrage the Establishment. The first battles of the new campaign will be about confirmations. The Establishment types, Republican and Democrat, underestimate the appeal that these people, especially RFK2 have to their own bases. His war against Big Food resonates in a lot of places that the Establishment is barely aware of. The lobbyists may buy enough votes to deny him confirmation but you should expect Trump to double down. One Democrat who gets it is Polis.
There is an acronym used by the Right-TWANLOC- which means Those Who Are No Longer Our Countrymen. I have not seen it used by the Left but their actions are in accord with it. This is the logic of a split which hopefully will be peaceful.
Trump conned America can not be denied and the steps he has taken shows he fully intends to decimate the federal bureaucracy once he is sworn in.
And given the esoteric BS the TLP is now peddling he probably will succeed.
The focus on this site and many other Democratic sites where I subscribe is generally on "How do we conserve the Democratic Party coalition?" There is a basic tension between that position and the movements of people filled with holy fire to actualize their utopian visions. The goal to restore an organization of diverse groups is at odds with the goal of the movements that explicitly seek to shatter all containers in their drive to establish their One True Way as the only way.
The Boston Globe piece on art is brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
Everybody, Right and Left, is overinterpreting the results of the election. EC counts magnify the results and Trump winning the fictional popular vote, while novel, in recent history doesn't change the fact that the US is evenly divided. Perhaps there will be some sort of cultural shift but it is too soon to tell. Generally such events can only be determined in hindsight.
While the authors here and the linked articles want very much to lower the temperature, it is not going to happen. You are a tiny sliver of the Left and while a lot of GOPe types agree with you, they are dinosaurs, increasingly irrelevant to the new Republicans. And activists, Right and Left, aren't standing down. Left is currently suffering from PTSD (Post Trump Shock Disorder) and the Right is still drunk on victory, both will recover and the struggle will resume. Trump himself seems to be about the first to recover, hence his cabinet picks which from RFK2 to Gaetz to Gabbard to Hegseth whom all seem intended to outrage the Establishment. The first battles of the new campaign will be about confirmations. The Establishment types, Republican and Democrat, underestimate the appeal that these people, especially RFK2 have to their own bases. His war against Big Food resonates in a lot of places that the Establishment is barely aware of. The lobbyists may buy enough votes to deny him confirmation but you should expect Trump to double down. One Democrat who gets it is Polis.
There is an acronym used by the Right-TWANLOC- which means Those Who Are No Longer Our Countrymen. I have not seen it used by the Left but their actions are in accord with it. This is the logic of a split which hopefully will be peaceful.