Democracy • Democratic Party • Disinformation • Elections • Executive Power

Jay Kuo — The Status Kuo

Trump’s “Meet the Press” Tantrum Also Revealed His Midterm Plans

His attacks on California’s ongoing vote count are really about challenging the November midterms results.

Culture • Democracy • Democratic Party • Elections • Journalism • Resistance

Andrew Perez — Zeteo

Graham Platner Will Be Maine’s Democratic Senate Nominee

Zeteo broke the news of Platner’s campaign launch. Now the anti-war, anti-Israel oysterman is Democrats’ presumptive Senate nominee in Maine, after Governor Janet Mills suspended her candidacy.

Corruption • Democracy • Democratic Party • Elections • Executive Power • Fascism • Social Justice and Equity • Threat Management

Chris Hedges — The Chris Hedges Report

The Last Election

The presidential election in 2024 may be the last free vote taken in the United States. Dictatorships only hold elections with predetermined outcomes or do not hold them at all. Trump is no exception.

Democracy • Democratic Party • Economy • Elections • Human Rights • Resistance • Social Justice and Equity

The New York Times — The New York Times (Gift)

The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration Speech

"I stand alongside you, the tens of thousands gathered here in Lower Manhattan, warmed against the January chill by the resurgent flame of hope."

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Marianne Williamson — TRANSFORM with Marianne Williamson (12/01/25)

Democrats, Look in the Mirror

Nothing less will be sufficient.

Democracy • Democratic Party • Elections • Resistance • Social Justice and Equity

Katrina Vanden Heuvel, John NIchols for The Nation — The Nation

From Mission Impossible to Mister Mayor

If Zohran Mamdani governs as he campaigned, he will prove that the people have the power to shape their own future.

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Mike Brock — Notes from the Circus

The Democratic Establishment Is a Dead Man Walking

The entire Democratic establishment infrastructure built on donor dependency and focus-group optimization and managing coalitions through accommodation—all of it dead.

Corruption • Democracy • Democratic Party • Elections • Executive Power • Fascism

David A. Graham — The Atlantic (Gift)

Trump's Plan to Subvert the Midterms is Already Under Way

Our election system is reaching a breaking point.

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Michael Beyea Reagan — In These Times

The Biggest Threat to Mamdani’s Agenda Isn’t Trump—It’s Wall Street

Wall Street destroyed New York City’s social welfare economy in 1975. Avoiding that fate under Mayor Mamdani will require popular movements to discipline the super rich.

Democracy • Democratic Party • Social Justice and Equity

Norman Solomon — Tom Dispatch

Victims Without Victimizers

How Corporate Democrats Led to the Trump Era.

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Frank Rich — New York Magazine

The Power Breaker

Why the Democratic Party, the New York Times, and the donor class got Zohran Mamdani so wrong.

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Tom Perkins — The Guardian

Democratic US Senate candidate seeks to replicate Mamdani’s success

Abdul El-Sayed’s bid for Michigan senator centers on bold leftwing populism similar to the NYC mayoral candidate

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Jeff Sharlet — Scenes from a Slow Civil War

Rubber Glue Fascism

A close reading of "NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7: Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence"

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Thom Hartmann — The Hartmann Report

From Silence to Spotlight: How a Democratic Shadow Cabinet Could Break Trump’s Spell

Voters don’t rally behind policy papers: they rally behind leaders they can see and believe in. Democrats must end the era of weak, divided messaging and rise with a chorus of commanding voices…

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Sherrilyn Ifill — Sherrilyn’s Newsletter

Emergency-Gate: Focus on Challenging the Premise of Trump’s Power

There is no trade emergency. There is no migrant emergency. There is no crime emergency. There is only a chilling and determined power grab by the most dangerous man to every occupy the White House. Eyes on 2026.

Democracy • Democratic Party • Elections • Resistance

Micah L. Sifry — The Connector

Keep Calm and Protect Democracy

Instead of "catastrophizing" ourselves into despair, pay attention to the regime's weaknesses, including among the MAGA base.

Corruption • Democracy • Democratic Party • Disinformation • Economy • Executive Power • Fascism • Financial • Human Rights

Garrett Graff — Doomsday Scenario

America Tips Into Fascism

Whether we can come back from this moment is a story yet unknown. But it’s clear today America is different and, even if we fight our way back, it will never be the same again.

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Aaron Regunberg — The New Republic

Establishment Democrats Are Going to Torpedo the 2026 Midterms

Having failed to learn the key lesson from last year’s defeat, party leaders are promoting moderate candidates to run against populist progressives in next year’s elections.

Democracy • Democratic Party • Executive Power • Fascism • Resistance • Threat Management

Sam Rosenthal — Progressive Hub

Think Democrats Couldn’t Have Done Anything To Stop Trump’s DC Takeover? Think Again

Democrats could have protected DC by granting statehood when they had the chance.

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Eleanor Klibanoff — The Texas Tribune

Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats' last tool of resistance

“To one degree or another, to be successful as a Republican, you have to emulate Trump’s speech, his attitude and take directions from the White House.”

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Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara — The Guardian

A new generation of populists is showing Democrats how to defeat Trump

In difficult races, Democrats are leaning into economic populism with promising results

Democratic Party • Disinformation • Elections • Fascism • Legal • Russia

Olga Lautman — Olga Lautman Substack

From Campaign Rhetoric to Fascist Threats: Trump Targets Obama

And YES, Russia attacked the 2016 election to install Trump

Democracy • Democratic Party • Elections • Legal

Jen Rice — Democracy Docket

Dems to Fight Texas’ ‘Illegal, Unconstitutional and Egregious Effort to Rig the Elections’

Republicans already hold 25 out of Texas’ 38 congressional seats – a much higher share of seats than their vote-share in the state should net.

Corruption • Democracy • Democratic Party • Economy • Fascism • Financial • Global • Human Rights

Thom Hartmann — The Hartmann Report

America on the Brink

We must call this what it is: a full-scale assault on our economy, our democracy, and the peaceful world order that’s prevented a third world war for nearly 80 years…

Democracy • Democratic Party • Elections • Europe • Fascism • Global • White Supremacy

John Feffer — Common Dreams

Elon Musk's New Far-Right Nazi Party for America

It’s the opposite of Trump, who was interested only in building a vehicle for his own self-advancement. Musk is far more dangerous.

Democracy • Democratic Party • Disinformation • Elections • Journalism • Press Freedom • Social Justice and Equity

Janine Jackson — FAIR

‘Media and Corporate Power Structures See Genuine Democracy as a Terrible Danger’

CounterSpin interview with Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon on Mamdani and the Democrats

Democracy • Democratic Party • Disinformation • Human Rights • Resistance • Social Justice and Equity

Norman Solomon — Roots Action

The Rage of Billionaires and the Frenzy to Stop Zohran Mamdani

The oligarchs accustomed to such governance are furious that the nation’s capital of capitalism is in danger of serving people instead of megaprofits.

Democracy • Democratic Party • Economy • Elections • Social Justice and Equity

Anand Giridharadas — The.Ink

What Zohran Can Teach Democrats

This was not an airwaves campaign. It was a stoop campaign. As obvious as this might seem, it’s a lesson that keeps going unlearned.

Democracy • Democratic Party • Elections • Legal

Ross Rosenfeld — The New Republic

Republicans Are Already Plotting to Steal the Midterms

With Trump’s help, Republicans across the country are sowing doubt about next year’s congressional elections—and gearing up for 2028.

Democracy • Democratic Party • Elections • Resistance

Anand Giridharadas — The.Ink

A cure for Trumpism: Radical empathy and radical change

Some reflections on Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s playbook for a post-Trump America

Democracy • Democratic Party • Elections • Legal

ARI BERMAN — Mother Jones

A Massive Power Grab Could Help North Carolina Republicans Steal an Election

A new GOP majority on the state election board could overturn a state Supreme Court race

Democracy • Democratic Party • Elections • Social Justice and Equity

Sarah van Gelder — How We Rise, with Sarah

Why We Need a Progressive Shadow Cabinet to Counter Trump

A shadow cabinet appointed by “we the people” would show us what it would mean to have a government who put American families ahead of the enrichment of billionaires.

Democracy • Democratic Party • Elections • Resistance

The Center for Ballot Freedom — The Ticket

How to End the Smash-and-Grab

Without a healthy party system, you’re basically left with either violence or autocracy as the way disagreements get resolved.

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