Category: Electoralism/Democratism

Bye Bye Bidenomics

Brent Cebul Bidenomics: Farewell to an Idea? Joe Biden pursued as transparently assertive an industrial policy as any since the mobilization for World War II. Why did it fail to win over voters?   Andrew Katzenstein ‘Haunted, Haunted’ The characters in Mike Leigh’s new feature, anchored by a […]

So long, Biden

Krystal Kyle & Friends Jan 17, 2025 A deep dive from your hosts this week on the ceasefire deal, Biden’s farewell speech, Bill Burr on right wing LA fire conspiracies, and the latest escapades of our tech-company overlords. Watch below: As the sun sets on the Biden admin, […]

Trump Goes A-Conquerin’

by Peter Zeihan on January 14, 2025 Today’s video was originally released on Patreon 1 week ago. If you want to see the videos as soon as they come out, join the Patreon! You’ll get early access to videos and newsletters, as well as exclusive perks like live Q&A sessions, […]

“Do Not Obey in Advance”: Timothy Snyder on How Corporate America Is Bending to Trump

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-de… We speak with Yale historian and author Timothy Snyder, an expert on authoritarianism, about how corporate America has responded to Donald Trump’s reelection. Snyder’s 2017 book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century came out just a month after Trump began his first […]

I Was Right

The Dish did not lead readers astray on what was really happening in 2024. Andrew Sullivan Dec 20, 2024 (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) “To see what is in front of our nose is a constant struggle.” No one who writes about the world in real time can get […]

How to Save Democracy

Was Nov 5, 2024 the day American democracy died? Was Trump’s victory the start of an American handmaid’s tale, beckoning in a dystopian future of authoritarianism? What if I told you things are both worse AND better than most people realize. I’ll explain in this video which of […]

The Dumb Luck Of Donald Trump

Russia’s economy is finally cratering. Can we get a better deal for Ukraine? Andrew Sullivan Dec 13, 2024 Donald Trump in Paris on December 7. (Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images) One of the more remarkable attributes of our president-elect is his preternatural luck. It’s not every candidate who gets to […]

Would Bernie Have Won?

There are a lot of different opinions about how the Democratic Party should rebuild after the blow of Donald Trump’s victory. And for the next two episodes, we’re going to showcase two very different ones. Faiz Shakir was Bernie Sanders’s 2020 campaign manager, and he believes that Democrats […]

The Pardon Power Vs The Republic

Trump found an Achilles heel in the Constitution. Biden just legitimized it. Andrew Sullivan Dec 06, 2024 Joe Biden and Hunter stepping out of a bookstore in Nantucket on November 29, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty) “Precedents do not stop where they begin, but, however narrow the path […]

Predictions and Expectations for Trump’s 2nd Term on Culture, Ideology, Policy, & The Economy

Robert Stark Dec 05, 2024 While Trump’s comeback was historically unprecedented, the election was not a mandate for Trump but rather a referendum against the Democrats and the establishment. The Democrats lost because of their arrogance, anti-democratic strategies like suspending the primary, downplaying economic hardship, too much focus […]

President Biden Pardons His Son

NATIONAL REVIEW DECEMBER 06, 2024 ◼ In fairness, they did say if Trump won there’d be martial law.   ◼ President Biden repeatedly vowed, and his White House indignantly insisted, that he would never pardon his adult son Hunter, then claimed he had changed his mind out of fatherly love. […]

Trump Picks A War Cabinet

By Rev. Chuck Baldwin Published: Thursday, December 5, 2024 Download free computerized mp3 audio file of this column (To subscribe to my columns at no cost, click here.) The Trump toadies who are convinced that Donald Trump is going to “drain the swamp” and “make America great again” […]