Random thoughts on America from my home in Appalachia.

When I talk about the Appalachia that I know and love or the southern heritage that I am proud of this is what it looks like. #southernpride #Appalachia we are not @jdvancescouch.bsky.social

Healthcare is a human right, not a corporate profit center Community ownership can reduce medical costs by 30-40% Eliminate insurance company bureaucracy and profit margins Prioritize patient care over shareholder returns

We're witnessing a transformative moment where infrastructure isn't just about roads and bridges - it's about reimagining economic power. Community-owned infrastructure represents our most potent strategy for creating generational economic sovereignty, putting working people at the center of develop

There is a concerted effort from the Trump administration to shut down any voices that oppose them, especially those of journalists and media outlets. I went on Fox News to make the case.

Imagine A Super Bowl Without Immigrants. Imagina Un Super Bowl Sin Inmigrantes. 想象一个没有移民的超级碗。 Isipin Ang Isang Super Bowl na Walang mga Imigrante. Hãy tưởng tượng một Super Bowl không có người nhập cư. تخيل سوبر بول بدون مهاجرين. Imaginez Un Super Bowl Sans Immigrants. 이민자 없는 슈퍼볼을 상상해 보세요.

We need to shut it down. Now. Before we can’t.

Protester in Minnesota: I’m 70 years old and I’m fucking angry *disappears into gas*

As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.

Democrats have the power and the duty to shut this government down before January 30. They must do so to stop this authoritarian regime. A government Weaponized against its own people should not be funded.

Just dropped a new podcast episode with @matthewcooke.bsky.social, writer and director behind How to Make Money Selling Drugs and Survivors' Guide to Prison. #Politics #TN #EastTN #America #PoliticalClimate

A Simple, Very Hard Thing to Do substack.com/@americasund...

FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now? Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests? Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face

Talking live on Substack tonight with @corbintrent.bsky.social at 7pm EST, tune in: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

🚨TONIGHT🚨 Join the Blue TN and Every State Blue team for a conversation with @corbintrent.bsky.social about the results in TN-07. Corbin is an insightful thinker, powerful political writer, and former AOC/Bernie staffer. You should come! 7:30EST. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Imagine if the entire energy and machinery that just won a mayoral race with 2 million voters doesn’t go dormant. @corbintrent.bsky.social @commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/opinion/less...

This week: @corbintrent.bsky.social on "America's Undoing" and why Democrats are being too timid in pushing for a popular, populist progressive agenda. Also: How the right-wing media outrage machine works, and a memoriam for the late great Arkansas drag queen and club owner Norman Jones.

I’ve watched progressive victories turn into governing failures from the inside. It’s not about courage. It’s about power. Zohran has to build it or become another casualty. www.americasundoing.com/p/winning-is...

Dems Finally Have Power Over Trump—Will They Use It? Trump is more terrified of the Epstein files than anything before. My view on the moment. www.americasundoing.com/p/dems-final...

This conversation with @corbintrent.bsky.social & @graceblakeley.substack.com was filled with hope, deep thought, & conversation that is so needed for real, systemic change. Beyond the Politics of Spectacle: Conversation with Grace Blakeley www.americasundoing.com/p/beyond-the...

People hoping for real change in America should read this. @corbintrent.bsky.social was AOCs comms director and has more experience in this than most of us. "The failing was not building a team or a vision with others before she won."

Actually an NBC headline.

Does Iran have a right to defend itself?

Zohran Mamdani — AOC‑endorsed democratic socialist — is surging in the polls, even overtaking Cuomo in a recent survey. He’s talking free transit, rent freezes & childcare. The establishment is terrified. Time to build something real. #NYCMayor www.commondreams.org/opinion/nyc-...

The cops I talked to estimated 5k in the bright red streets of eastern today. I was in Knoxville talking to a few folks. Link to more in the comment.

Measuring Corporate Power by the Number of Marines in Los Angeles www.commondreams.org/opinion/meas...

Democrats should say: "You want to cut waste? Let's cut the 30% of every healthcare dollar that goes to administration, while Japan manages with 1.6%. That alone would save us $21.87 trillion in administrative waste over 10 years. www.americasundoing.com/p/will-the-r...

On my Substack, America’s Undoing, I’ve been talking a lot lately about how Democrats need a stronger, clearer vision—heading into the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election.

The Democratic Party is completely ill-equipped to handle this moment in American history. And I know this not by conjecture, but by watching their performance in real-time. "We sent him [Trump] a very strong letter just the other day." — Chuck Schumer www.americasundoing.com/p/hall-monit...

The 2026 midterms aren’t just about beating MAGA. They’re about replacing it—with a national vision. www.americasundoing.com/p/you-say-yo...

Lately, I've been thinking about my grandparents and how they built things that genuinely changed our family's trajectory. In the 70s, they built a furniture factory. By the 2000s, I watched it crumble away—lost to trade deals dreamed up by folks who'd never seen inside a factory.

My former colleague @corbintrent.bsky.social is not holding back with some much needed honesty. "The only thing we still know how to manufacture at scale is denial and US dollars...We are a hollowed-out empire with a bunch of guns, mountains of debt, and an odd sense of invincibility."

Cory Booker talked for 25 hours and failed to get a single headline for anything he said. Meanwhile, RAND says the bottom 90% of Americans have lost $79 trillion since 1975. While Democrats perform, the system collapses. This is the lie we’re living inside. www.americasundoing.com/p/the-79-tri...

The American Dream has been stripped for parts, and the people who dismantled it now expect us to defend what’s left. They’ve got it backward. We don’t need to save a broken system—we need to build something better. We’ve been fed the lie that markets... www.americasundoing.com/p/we-cant-be...

Here’s the truth Democrats won’t face: Americans have lost faith in a system that has failed them. Working people don’t believe our institutions work for them anymore—and they’re right. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Trump isn’t breaking the government—he’s just stopped pretending it works. Democrats don’t need better messaging. They need to rebuild the party from the ground up. Public systems. Real power. A plan that actually delivers. 2028 is already behind schedule. www.americasundoing.com/p/the-2028-e...

The Democratic Party has abandoned its role as the builder of American prosperity. I know because I lived it — from my family's working-class roots in East Tennessee to watching my own business collapse under policies that Democrats... read the piece?... www.americasundoing.com/p/the-democr...

Why Millions of Americans Are Cheering the Undoing of Their Own Country www.americasundoing.com/p/why-millio...