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Let’s be honest, the Democrats need a media apparatus to compete with the Republicans’
The right lesson from 2024.
Hold Trump voters accountable for their terrible choice
Ignorance is no defense in law. It’s no defense in politics either.
Trump campaigned against reality and won
Lindsay Beyerstein on disinformation, conspiracism and totalitarianism.
The courage to find hope within
Some thoughts and a poem about our future.
Where do we begin bringing light to a new dark age?
We’ll never find out if we don’t first protect our joy.
What do the Democrats do now?
Whatever they do, it better start with better information.
Will Democrats take the House? Will Harris have a mandate? Yes.
And other questions answered on Election Day.
Do you see any warning signs for Kamala Harris? Nope
And other answers to your questions about Election Day.
Lots of voters don’t know who Trump is. Harris is informing them
Young women are just getting the news about “grab them by the pussy.”
Conservatism is dead, conspiracism is all
The Deep State, the Big Lie, and the Great Replacement, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.