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...