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A Platform for America
A platform to empower individuals, strengthen communities, and ensure government accountability. This vision is rooted in principles of fairness, innovation, and shared responsibility.
Notes: This is a template against which to compare party and candidate platforms in future election cycles. I welcome feedback and critique.
This is only a high-level overview—I will post later about individual sections. Continue reading
Navigating the Trump Reaction
We are in a new political and cultural landscape outside the middle zone of liberal democracy that we established over the last two centuries. We are here because that established area became optimized for elites and inhospitable to addressing the needs of average citizens.
If we fail to repair that overarching problem—both nationally and at more local levels—we will get pushed clear off the field of liberal democracy. Continue reading
Fixing the Disinformation Age
Solving the problem of the corruptibility of our social media ecosystem (as so ably demonstrated by Elon Musk) is an important step in healing our public discourse.
Somehow users need to have simultaneous access to the advantages of the Fediverse (primarily decentralization) and Bluesky (no confusion to get started) or else users of both ecosystems need to be able to interact across that divide more fully.
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From Mourning to Morning
I’m finished with my bout of pessimism. No, things aren’t any better than they were when it became clear that Trump would win, but I am focusing on the proactive work that we need to do. I’ll spend my energy building the America around me that is still/always within reach.
And if you still need to do some grieving I’ll be over here—working with those who are ready but not judging anyone—until you are in the headspace to join in the proactive work.
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Trump’s deportation priority
Come see a teenager demonstrate a better grasp of the intersection between immigration and our economy than our president elect seems to have. Continue reading
Setting Expectations
My plan with regard to Platform 2028 is to outline the main points before inauguration day in January and then spend the months and years after that drilling down to specifics, modifying as needed with changing circumstances, and pointing out … Continue reading
Crafting Platform 2028
We need to start the process now of formulating a policy platform that strengthens America and addresses the prevailing concerns of voters. (Prevailing concerns means it will have to shift over time as conditions evolve.)
Please join me in this process by challenging my assumptions and helping me hone my thinking as I try to identify a platform that would help us move toward the promise of America rather than leaving voters so hungry for change that they’d vote in someone who would trample on our Constitution to get what he wants.
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What if Trump was right?
Provocative title but I think it’s important to challenge assumptions about polarizing issues because if our assumptions are faulty we will find it very difficult to find resolutions as we try to tackle them.
So, what if Trump was right that a majority of voters are willing to address restrictive abortion bans at the state level? Continue reading
Assigning blame
In any rational world Donald Trump would never have been returned to power after repeatedly shooting himself in the foot between his nonsensical COVID response, January 6th, and stealing classified documents when he left office.
Instead, 3 men made choices that set up the ideal conditions to make his return possible. In chronological order they are:
• Kevin McCarthy
• Mitch McConnell
• Joe Biden
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