Jefferson Smith

Yeah…it seems smart.

Democrats campaigned
ON democracy.

We need a campaign
FOR democracy.

The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump. “The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”

Voting Rights Act turns 60 today but under dire threat

-SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law

-Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems

-115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Work in Progress: The Voting Rights Act Work in Progress is a recurring feature on CAMPAIGN TRAILS, in which I share some of the more interesting materials I’ve uncovered in my book-in-progress on the work of John Doar and the Civil Rights ...

Today marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act's passage in Congress.

Here's what happened next:

Finally, a united nation.

American Summers Are Starting to Feel Like Winter — The Atlantic Extreme weather is keeping more people stuck inside.

Your occasional reminder that climate change is real.

“Both of them.”

Let that statistic speak

Oh, the irony.

Democratic senators should ignore GOP attacks over not confirming Trump's nominees, and instead go on the offensive: Attack Republican senators for not voting to release the Epstein files. And urge voters to go to Republican senators' town halls or find them elsewhere to challenge them on this.

Wonderfully said.

"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them."
— Andy Bernard

Kamala Harris has misgivings about government. Some Dems have misgivings about her. There’s a swath of the party that would be glad if Harris doesn’t run in 2028 — or campaign actively in the midterms.

The discourse needs to get smarter. We don’t need national profile
Democrats “campaigning” as much as we need them digging in and building pro-democracy infrastructure.

More grassroots, more media, more solution-making, more fundraising.

And not just (or even mostly) in election season.

That assessment would be grounded in the following truth: That the things which men can do to make themselves more attractive are things which actually improve society.

Third, it would be comfortable talking about the fact that men want to get laid and offer advice for how they might do that if it's something they're struggling with. Finally, it would provide a true assessment of romance and attraction—one in which they were not societally zero-sum, but win-win.

What would a progressive narrative look like? First, it would not be motivated by fear and hatred of women. Second, it would consider masculinity healthy and valuable rather than being ashamed of it.

YouTube video by Road Less Marveled May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications

With news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down due to Trump’s meddling, it’s worth watching Mr. Rogers testifying to the Senate about the real value of what we’ve all lost.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it's shutting down The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels federal money to public media stations, says it's winding down operations after President Trump signed a law rescinding all funding.

www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...

Source: NPR

Trump killed a virtuous thing.

Holy sh*t! That’s amazing.

Trump Administration continues to give Epstein & Maxwell special treatment to help coverup.

Tsunami waves hit Kamchatka and Japan after massive 8.8 earthquake off Russia Entire west coast of U.S. alerted to potential tsunami following massive earthquake off Russia

Warm thoughts and sympathies go to the people of Kamchatka facing the Tsunami.

Dumb thoughts and memories go to why I and other gaming kids of the 80’s know the name of that place so well.

It was the Cons making the argument to release the documents. It was the Cons promising to release the documents.

Either those were lies and distractions all along from them, or there is something they now want to hide. Or both.

See? Not too hard to respond to.

It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.

This Is the Most Panicked Republicans Have Been in Years It’s a political base problem few are willing to admit.

“‘The only political liability is if we don’t push to get it released,’ Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) told me. ‘We got to get it released now…Let’s get the list released. Let’s find out everything about it and then let the public decide.’”

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What’s the most extreme thing Trump might do to distract from his close friendship & party relationship with Epstein?

✅ Threaten to deport US citizen political opponents (Mamdani, etc.)

✅ Sue conservative newspaper

✅ Accuse former President of treason

❓ More & worse? Military conflict?

The new Superman.
Followed by the new Superman.

The “unseal the grand jury records” is so obviously a distraction, time waster, and diversion.

Yes!!

Superman!