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We forgot the lessons of the Great Depression, undid regulations that prevented another, and got hit with the Global Financial Crisis. But we responded to the 21st century version much better, limiting the damage. Maybe something similar will happen with this century's echo of 20th century fascism.

The DNC didn't win last night; the fired-up Democratic voters did.

If you live in these states, here's where to vote -- Virginia: www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ba... New Jersey: voter.svrs.nj.gov/polling-plac... Pennsylvania: www.pa.gov/services/vot... California: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po... New York: vote.nyc/page/find-yo...

Hey folks-- I've been asked to pin this link here, so here you go. The lectures and podcast episodes for "America at 250," the lecture course that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage are at this link. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

This much is true …

Today is Election Day. There are no off years. Local elections are consequential. Your vote matters. Make a plan to vote; be a voter in every election! www.vote.org

The reason why Social Security will be insolvent by 2033 is because the rich don't pay their fair share into it. For a person making $175,100/year, they pay $10,918 of taxes. For a person making $100M a year, they also pay $10,918 in taxes. Abolish the Maximum tax! SS will be good until after 3000.

Hey hey, ho ho.

Free and fair elections are good for business. Having a stable rule of law is important to the economy. Not having people afraid to go to work because they might be beaten up or disappeared is essential to a productive workforce. Democracy is essential for a strong economy.

Great article from @virginiagewin.bsky.social showing that across the Federal science ecosystem, research that benefits the American public is being delayed or completely halted, and remaining programs are being consolidated under close partisan political control. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It's pretty shitty to witness who's desperately engaging in unbridled, unapologetic racism in these final 24 hours before the polls close in NYC, but it's also illuminating. Masks are coming off. Takes notes for posterity. Someday, they'll pretend it was all a misunderstanding.

Have you voted yet? If not, make a plan and bring a friend! If you've already voted, remind your friends, neighbors, and colleagues to vote.

The U.S. is experiencing its highest wave of layoffs since 2020, with close to a million workers losing their jobs this year.

When I explain that boycotting an election over an issue has never once forced a politician to embrace that issue, I'm not "scolding people to vote." I'm explaining reality. Feel free to sit on your ass! Just don't pretend that your lazy apathy is somehow going to advance your agenda.

We should have punished the Confederates.

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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Reagan: "It's Morning Again in America" GHWB: "A thousand points of light" Clinton: "A Place called Hope"/"Putting people first" GWB: "Compassionate conservativism" Obama: "Yes we can" Trump: "MAGA" Biden: "Build back better" Harris: "We are not going back" JDV:

AOC: There was a day before his presidency, and there will be a day after — and it belongs to us.

Some are mad because people are on SNAP and not working. I’m mad because people are on SNAP even though they are working.

The White House’s campaign against elections isn’t exactly subtle: - DOJ election monitors in blue states - gerrymandering schemes - fighting to acquire voter registration lists & election data in several states - election deniers in key federal election posts www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]

In case facts still matter

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Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight

Check out our voter guide at nyc2025.com to learn more about what’s on your ballot and get ready to go vote!

Happy first day of Early Voting! Not only are we voting for the folks who will lead our city for the coming years, don’t forget to flip your ballot to vote YES on the charter amendments!

If this didn’t happen domestically, it would be a war crime. It should be a crime to fire at civilians within the United States within certain distances. We have never seen civil disobedience *or even outright riots* in which short-range is anything but punitive and cruel—it doesn’t aid control.

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Spotify is running ICE advertisements and refuses to address it. Might be because their founder is basically another Elon Musk. It’s time to cancel your subscription, and we made it easy for you—just go to BoycottSpotify.com.

The End of a Hard Week by @dandrezner.bsky.social who put into words how I felt about this past week. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

this is disgusting.

One thing that is fairly clear at this point is that the entire point of whisking people out of the country with no due process in defiance of a judge's orders to put them into a foreign gulag *was so they could produce fascist content*.

I guess my question is: did nobody count House seats before today?

The ADL has always struggled - sometimes productively, sometimes not - to balance its particularist commitment to Jewish peoplehood with its universal commitment to fighting bias and discrimination. Now it no longer even seems to be trying to balance those poles. jewishcurrents.org/adl-shutters...

✅ A shocking Senate flip! Democrat James Malone flipped a PA State Senate seat in a district that went for Trump by 15 points in November and had a 23-point Republican voter registration advantage.” 3/3

“Tues night was a resounding victory for democracy in PA! Amidst the challenges we face, let’s take a moment to celebrate these major wins ✅ Dems held the Pennsylvania State House! Dan Goughnour, for whom we wrote postcards, won, retaining the 1-seat Democratic majority in the PA State House. 2/3

People always ask me if writing postcards to voters works, the answer is yes! Come join us @markers4democracy.bsky.social You can do as much or as little as you have time for. 1/3 markersfordemocracy.org

This Paul Weiss capitulation is the most disgraceful action by a major law firm in my lifetime, so appalling that I couldn’t believe it at first. Any lawyers at that firm—partners or associates—who don’t promptly resign will defile their moral and professional reputations beyond repair.

@markers4democracy.bsky.social also has a couple of local elections to write for. Every bit helps, especially these local ones. Candidates running for local offices are usually on their own.

So excited for this collab with @refcreatives.bsky.social. Check out their postcards while you’re shopping for @markers4democracy.bsky.social stickers.

NEWS: After an emergency meeting of Indivisible groups across the country, Indivisible is officially calling on Senate Minority Leader Schumer to step down from his leadership position. indivisible.org/statements/i...

This was not a close vote. 91% of group leaders voted for national to make this all. 7% said probably, but they needed more time. 2% opposed. We are a locally led movement. When local leaders speak, we listen. We encouage Demorats to rally around someone who can lead the opposition forward.

I stopped donating at the national level and give to States Project through @markers4democracy.bsky.social money goes infinitely further at the local level.

Good point. Now’s a great time to invite more folks to 💙 join your local indivisible.org/groups 💙want a virtual Indivisible group? Join @markers4democracy.bsky.social 💙 learn about the Working Families Party’s work to organize progressives @workingfamilies.org! 💙 the DSA @socialists.nyc

The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.