Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it.

Yesterday I watched two programs about countries falling into fascism. One was The Sound of Music. The other was the news.

The #BuffaloBills came back from 21-0 to beat NE. Does that show how awesome they are or that they're hanging on by their fingernails? Which version will show up against Cleveland?

It's mid-December, and the #BuffaloSabres still have a realistic chance of making the playoffs. #Christmas miracle?

We have popular consensus on many gun safety measures but a democracy problem preventing passage. So long as one party (insulated by gerrymandering) remains in the thrall of a paranoid anti-government cult allergic to social responsibility, we will be stuck in the endless loop of death and paralysis

I speak for millions of frustrated Democratic voters who wonder why their party always seems to be on the losing side of decisive issues when the Republican Party campaigns on lies and fantasies and proves to be incompetent when it wins power. epurchaseattack.substack.com/p/my-christm...

“I WILL be next if I allow this to happen to other people. That’s what brings me out here, man.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )

My hypothesis is that the Greeks and Romans felt a deep psychological connection with land that disappeared in the Middle Ages and was rediscovered by Europeans suffering the shock of encountering what we typically call “nature” in America. ericpurchase.substack.com/p/four-persp...

On 9/11 people destroyed two buildings, and we turned the world upside down. In 2016, #Russia attacked our #democracy, and we still haven't responded.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social scary times. Seems accurate 🤔 ❌️ 🇺🇲 @lbc.co.uk #LBC

Reminds me of Lenin (via Ezra Pound): Capitalists will sell us the guns with which we will defeat them. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/s...

Even if you’re a good candidate and run a good campaign and there’s an historic blue wave, you’re still going to lose in deep red districts. Look that reality in the face and ask yourself two questions. epurchaseattack.substack.com/p/dems-runni...

“Some evangelicals believe Donald Trump was sent by God to do His work in the world. I agree. Donald Trump was sent by God to test the Republican Party. The Republican Party has failed God’s test." epurchaseattack.substack.com/p/how-to-exp...

I am thankful for this community.

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"Democrats should propose a benchmark for what Republicans must do to return to normal democratic politics. What conditions must Republicans meet before people consider it safe to vote for them again? Here are five." epurchaseattack.substack.com/p/5-conditio...

Voters in 2024: I guess I'll give Trump another try. Dems: It's obvious he's lying about everything. Voters: You guys think you're smarter than everyone else. Well, I'm entitled to my opinion. Dems: [Sigh] Voters in 2025: He lied to us! I'm shocked and angry.

Dems: Everything you like about modern life for the last 10 generations, including capitalism, was advocated by liberals and opposed by conservatives who said they were going too far. Reps: We know that, but liberals today are going too far.

No negotiation is possible with nazi!

Effective sound bites are simple, striking, and assertive. They crystallize perceptions that are vaguely forming in the public mind, or they offer a resolution to people’s worries. Here are eight sound bites for Democrats. epurchaseattack.substack.com/p/democrats-...

Still, the U.S. trade deficit is up so far in 2025, coming in at $713.6 billion through August, compared to $571.1 billion in January-August 2024. https://to.pbs.org/47O8mnE

contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-is-i... Admitting you got it wrong would be confession that you’r a patsy, a liar, or both, but it would also that you’ve hurt many Americans. No wonder MAGA Republicans would prefer the security of nonsensical lies to the gnawing discomfort that facts provoke.

When the #EpsteinFiles are released, instead of piling on Trump, Democrats should attack conservative religious leaders, Republican Congressmen and other right-wing types who sold us Trump with everything they had.

Don't talk about Trump. Talk about Republicans' fawning support for Trump. #EpsteinFiles

After decades of talking about healthcare, education, the environment, and so on, Democrats still haven’t convinced a majority of people that they need what’s being offered. Time for three basic lessons on sales. epurchaseattack.substack.com/p/lessons-on...

The Republican Party is made up of several factions, but they all share four ways of thinking about themselves in relation to the world. If Democrats can invalidate these habits of thinking, they will disorient Republicans and lure some of them away. epurchaseattack.substack.com/p/how-to-sma...

"My assessment from July remains the same: Democrats aren’t doing what it takes to break out of the established pattern where occasional big wins fool them into thinking they’re doing a good job while Republicans slowly get everything they want." epurchaseattack.substack.com/p/dems-still...

Hard-headed realists are more vulnerable to fantasies than romantic idealists.

This is a hoot, and right on. Attack them at their rotten core.

MeidasTouch ad censored by Fox News! #cdnpoli It would be a shame if people kept reposting it over and over.

Yup

Tesla stock doesn't sound like a good investment right now. This is the kind of thing you do to pull out as much money as you can before the company collapses. If the board is smart, it will let Musk go. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/27/t...

Democratic leaders, I’m tired of losing elections we should win to candidates who are incompetent buffoons. You wanna know what I want from you? I’ll tell you. epurchaseattack.substack.com/p/what-i-wan...

Early Dr Seuss cartoon before he started doing children's books. Aged like fine wine.

"It’s great to be passionate about an issue and to have truth on your side, but if that were sufficient, we wouldn’t have to hold No Kings rallies." epurchaseattack.substack.com/p/from-coali...

##NoKings #Buffalo yesterday showed the self-limitation of the Democratic coalition. It can bring thousands onto the street, but each member of the coalition talked about their own particular concerns, like they always do, and did not offer a coherent narrative to move non-Democratic voters.

Drawn by my 16 year old grandson:

Republicans call government programs they don’t like "socialism" to make voters reject them out of hand without a thought. There’s no difference between programs except costs and benefits—defense and Obamacare are not qualitatively different. epurchaseattack.substack.com/p/time-to-po...

Sometimes I wish that some of these people’s great-grandparents, some of whom probably fought the German Nazis in WWII, could be alive today and see what happened to their spoiled rotten spawn. And then deal with them the way parents used to discipline their offspring.

People are saying overseas news organizations are calling GOP the American Fascist Party. And that was before Young Republicans were outed as self declared Nazis.

Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”

Speaking of able-bodied men not working…. 🪞 look in here, Mike Johnson, look in here.