Like asking a cow not to continuously fart…
Kindler
@kindler.bsky.social
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After decades working in public policy on sustainability, gaining advanced degrees in Poli Sci & Environmental Policy, blogging on Virginia politics at Blue Virginia and more, I’ve launched my own journal on Substack (https://kindler.substack.com)
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No crook, thief or con man left behind!
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These people live in a fantasy world but none of us need to join them there.
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We need to keep underlining the point that it’s not just Trump - the ENTIRE Republican Party has gone full-on fascist.
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Here's the menu of reforms Dems will need to push through in order to reverse/avoid future fascism. We're not going to get 60 Dem Senators given our institutions now. So, the only answer is "somehow, a few Republicans pick democracy over power" or "magical 🦄 landslide election wins forever."
- Enlarge the House
- Add DC/PR/USVI as states
- Multi-member districts
- Automatic universal voter registration
- A new VRA
- Adding seats to SCOTUS + term limits
Presidentialism was a mistake & amending our Constitution is ~impossible, but there are ways to make 🇺🇸 an actual multiparty democracy
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Bring on the Stalinist show trials!
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Excellent @newrepublic.com piece on how the NYT and its imitators continue to normalize Trump’s demolition of the country by endlessly watering down their coverage.
The Media’s Urge to Be “Fair” to Trump Is Killing the Republic
70 percent of Republicans understand that Trump’s tariffs will raise prices. Why is the press acting like they’re a huge success?
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Following y’all from now on. Do not surrender!
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My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
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When it comes to energy policy, the current U.S. federal government is trying to take us in exactly the opposite direction of the rest of the world. It'll be an uphill battle, and it is a completely unnecessary one: www.eenews.net/articles/ren...
Renewables to beat coal for first time as top global power source — IEA
The International Energy Agency also said demand is expected to grow 3.3 percent next year because of artificial intelligence and electrification.
