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Projection perfection: “Trump was saying, in effect: The hate you saw was really love, and if you can’t see that, you’re the hateful one. It’s the kind of upside-down logic commonly found in abusive relationships…” By Paul Rosenberg Paul Rosenberg salon.com/2024/11/09/six…

"And here comes this loose cannon, who has terrible ideas and would be a horrible president" -Bryan Cranston #Trump #Election2024 #BreakingBad

Better than Jefferson to promote the interview, here's the cover of "American Dark Age":

.Paul Rosenberg: "“American Dark Age” should become a watershed in our understanding of a crucial cohort of actors in American history, and also in rethinking the liberal political tradition." salon.com/2024/11/10/how… #UnitedStates

In 2016, a group of former Capitol Hill staffers wrote a report that planted the seeds for the organization Indivisible. Here, a description of realistic threats, and the beginnings of a playbook for how to respond. Call it a Counterproject 2025. degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/swept-into-t…

.CARB tells the press they voted for this proposal because of climate. The ? the press should ask: Why did every environmental + EJ group - plus climate scientists from Princeton, Yale, Penn, Davis, Stanford, PLUS the former program manager, oppose? Were they ALL wrong?

"The LCFS is a failed policy, and the communities most impacted by air pollution in California will be the ones breathing the price for it,” - Adrian L. Martinez canarymedia.com/articles/polic…

"Action is the antidote to despair," Mikey Weinstein founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation quotes Joan Baez, declaring his org & supporters aren't going anywhere in the fight ahead: dailykos.com/stories/2024/1…

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation dives deep into the Christian dominionist language in Trump's Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth's book "American Crusade: Our Fight to Stay Free." He represents everything they've been fighting against for ~20 years: dailykos.com/stories/2024/1…

Why Kamala Harris lost: Around the world, incumbents are in trouble. "If your kid is failing in school, that’s your kid's problem (and yours, of course). But if everyone’s kid is struggling, you’ve got a different kind of problem on your hands. " salon.com/2024/11/29/why…

Want to fight Trump? Then act now to strengthen democracy. Deporting Dreamers is opposed 3-1. That's just the tip of the iceberg. 4 ways of making what people actually want central to our politics in the process of fighting back: salon.com/2024/12/07/wan…

Transforming the party: Democrats have failed us — it's time to rebuild from the ground up Empowering the grassroots with a politics of care (from childcare to the planet) & deliberation (what specifically do people want?) salon.com/2024/12/22/tra…

How economics wrecked the world — and how we can escape from "Ricardo's Dream" Ricardo's famous model of 2-nation trade erased the background that made it work--including the slave trade. But unreal model-making was the more basic problem. salon.com/2025/02/01/how…

What can US foreign aid accomplish? Let Fred Burkle explain how much In his memoir, the father of disaster medicine shows the best of what America can be in the world, at a time we need it most. salon.com/2025/02/08/wha…

You can't reason with Trump. But you can create common ground, which insists you can't: In the midst of a coup, can we create dialogue and heal division? Kurt Gray says yes salon.com/2025/03/01/in-…

How the left can win: Drop the statistics and tell real people's stories Progressives see gov't as a way to solve problems. Conservatives see gov't as the problem. So it's harder for the left to build coalitions. Sociologist Jess Calarco explains: salon.com/2025/03/15/how…

Musk is understandably grabbing spotlight attention. But he's a REALLY late arrival to the movement with Trump as its current figurehead that's out to destroy our democracy. Katherine Stewart (@katherinestewart.bsky.social) presents a full-spectrum picture of what that movement's made of:

"A tragedy for the world": How the Trump-Musk takeover is sowing global chaos. Insights from Michael Bang Petersen who is leading Denmark's 4-year assessment of it's own democratic health. salon.com/2025/03/22/a-t…

Can we imagine a progressive version of DOGE? Almost: Here's how it would work. EFFECTIVENSS, not efficiency should be the core concern, supported by accountability, realism, building on what already works & redressing unequal power. salon.com/2025/04/12/can…

Why the world stopped making sense: How the neoliberal "class war" fueled global chaos. In "The Unacountability Machine Dan Davies draws on the forgotten legacy of management cybernetics to make sense of how we got here. Interview: salon.com/2025/04/26/why…