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Brad Willis's avatar

Thank you, Doug.

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Jeoffry Gordon, MD, MPH's avatar

Well said. I think the supine passivity of the Democratic Party is as great a threat to the survival of democracy as is DJT. In fact, I think it reflects the fact that since Clinton, Democratic neoliberalism and accommodation to forms contributed as much to MAGA as Project 2025.

Here's the solution: CREATE A PROGRESSIVE SHADOW GOVERNMENT. The lively and articulate well chosen policies (and their well chosen spokespersons) would capture public attention and force the media to cover these issues, changing the narrative and the dynamic as well as nurturing the next government. I have proposed this idea to several DC folks I know and it was turned down. To me it is a "no-brainer."

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