Despite historically low approval ratings, 1/3 of the country still supports Trump. Republicans get reporting from their "news" sources that hides the truth. We need people with smarts & resources to create honest news sources that appeal to Republican voters.

Anne Applebaum's 2024 book, Autocracy Inc., reveals how anti-democratic countries like China, Russia, etc are undermining democracy throughout the world. She concludes with recommendations about what democratic countries can do to defend democracy. At 176 pages, an interesting and valuable read.

Many Republicans in Congress refuse to hold Donald Trump accountable out of fear that he’ll make them lose their next primary election. An election reform called Final Five Voting would change that dynamic. Learn more here: gregfalk.substack.com/p/final-five....

An election reform known as final five voting could make a dramatic improvement in American politics: open.substack.com/pub/gregfalk...

Amazing transcript of Hillary Clinton's testimony to the Congressional committee supposedly investigating the Epstein scandal. open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

I'm attending Arizona Democratic Party's event, “Saddle Up Saturdays! Party Leaders Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/azdems/event...

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NO KINGS New Philadelphia, Ohio Saturday, October 18

Another day, another delay from Speaker Johnson. Southern Arizona deserves a voice in Congress now, not just once it’s politically convenient for the House GOP. Administer the oath to Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva now.

Andersen, Evil Geniuses: In 1965 top CEO pay was 20 times that of average employees. By 2003 it was 219 times as much. John Bogle, founder of Vanguard Investments, thought this meant that CEOs controlled their boards of directors, hurting small investors and workers. Democrats need to fix this.

Hochschild: "Although life expectancy for nearly every other group rose, between 1990 and 2008 the life expectancy of older white men without high school diplomas was shortened by three years." These people are hurting. Democrats need to help them.

Hochschild, Strangers in Their Own Land: "Real wages of high school–educated American men fell 40% from 1970." So they vote MAGA. Democrats need to improve these people's lives, not condemn them.

Good to have the facts.... apnews.com/article/trum...

Donald Trump is turning America into a sh*thole country. What a heart-breaking tragedy.

I just watched this 80 min interview by Ezra Klein from a month ago. I've been an admirer, but my respect for Ezra Klein soared while watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa_P...

Cheap, clean energy is the path to stronger growth, lower household bills, and lasting prosperity. We need elected leaders who are prepared to win the future and keep America competitive for generations to come. I am committed to doing my part.

This!

Democrat Adelita Grijalva won the by-election of southern Arizona. Once sworn in, the Democrats will have 214 seats to the GOP’s 219. She will be the 218th signature on Massie's bipartisan petition demanding a House vote to release all unclassified Epstein’s files. #ProudBlue #DemVoice1

This is worth a watch and a listen. Succinct and powerful. www.youtube.com/shorts/Oustp...

Trump has been the worst president ever for farmers. Twice. But they voted for him three times. Now they want the rest of America to give them welfare. When they did it to themselves. But they don’t like socialism.

I wonder how many things Donald Trump has done this 2nd term that are clearly impeachable offenses.

Here's hoping. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-sleepi...

Someone recently said that Epstein's estate probably has a trove of videos and documents that are the Epstein files and that the estate, which released the birthday book, might well release the other files. Would someone please ask the Epstein estate to release the Epstein files?

Jimmy Kimmel wasn't suspended for his comments about Charlie Kirk. He was suspended for the threats to disapprove a corporate merger unless he was taken off the air, threats that came from the Trump administration .

My wife introduced me to this YouTube video. It's wonderful. Apparently it's also now a podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I_D...

See ya, Hulu.

Bill Cassidy behaved today as he should have behaved during RFK Jr.’s confirmation. The problem is that now he can’t unring the bell. His actions in confirming Kennedy and convincing others to do so has already caused irreparable damage to science and public health in the United States.

The best thing Kimmel could do right now is do what the Right does when it is deplatformed: replatform yourself on another service, go live, and dunk on the administration harder than ABC would ever have allowed him to. Go full South Park on them. Do an hour on Patel lying under oath about Epstein.

I stand with @jimmykimmel.com 💯🗽💙

America and Americans are too strong to be cowed by Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Their assaults on decency and on our system of government "by the people and for the people" will not stand. These are dark days. We must do what we can to make tomorrow a brighter day.

Hiding the truth.

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Trust your primary care provider! Vaccines are safe, effective and save lives! No child should have to suffer the death from measles! No parents should have to watch their child die from measles! ~ Just an old RN that cares.

#AZ07 needs a leader who will celebrate everyone and knows our diversity is our strength. If you aren't aware of all that @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social has already done in her 20+ yrs working for Southern AZ - please educate yourself. Her experience makes her ready on day one in D.C.

WIN: The Utah Supreme Court has refused to bail out and revive the GOP legislatures’ gerrymandered congressional map. The 2021 map stays blocked and lawmakers must present a new, fairer map by Sept. 25. www.democracydocket.com/cases/utah-c...

OK, here's a blatantly liberal idea. People who do harmful things are often people in pain. Once we've intervened to stop the harmful behavior, the next step is to understand the perpetrator's pain and help them find a way to end it. This works in relationships and it will work in politics.

Latin America & the Caribbean consistently register the highest homicide rates in the Americas, & among the highest in the world... But, paradoxically, the perpetrators respect the schools because the violence comes from organized crime, not from people with mental health problems like in US...

It's good to see that the mainstream media has become frank about what we're experiencing. apnews.com/article/dona...

Authoritarianism thrives on fear and intimidation. But courage is contagious and people are standing up everywhere against the onslaught.

We need an anti-Fox News network that tells the truth and strongly appeals to people with less education. Anyone know a TV news exec I could talk to about this?

In the long run, CO2 emissions will devastate the planet even more than Trump. We need to elect leaders who will solve this problem. apnews.com/article/phyt...

Ezra Klein to Democrats: It's time for forceful action around (dis)continuing govt funding. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3-0...

Sinner & Alcaraz, tennis stars, so gracious at such a young age. Much different from some of the top players in the 70s & 80s. Gives me hope for the future, the sense that young people today are more emotionally mature than past generations. Thanks, guys.

“They’re taking our jobs” was always a lie. Alabama proved it. Alabama tried a “tough” immigration law, and it backfired hard. Immigrants fled, crops rotted, and farms collapsed. Americans tried to step in but couldn’t last a day. They’re not taking your jobs; they’re doing the jobs you won’t do.