My fabulous Democracy-Ish co-host Danielle Moodie joins me for our first Substack Live, where we make the case for Democrats and powerful institutions to STAND UP AND FIGHT BACK against Donald Trump’s regime and authoritarian takeover.
Numerous recent examples prove that the majority will reward those who refuse to bend the knee. For example, Costco did not cave to MAGA’s anti-DEI measures and has seen an increase in foot traffic for the past 13 weeks. Target? They went along and lost foot traffic. Harvard learned from the shameful capitulation of Columbia University and has decided to resist Trump’s assault on education. Meanwhile, AOC and Bernie are bringing out record numbers in red counties and raising historic money for their campaigns. AOC is leading Senator Chuck “play possum” Schumer in a potential 2028 matchup, according to a Politico poll.
Unfortunately, we still have Democrats who remain utterly fickle, pathetic, and complicit in the face of daily Constitutional crises. Gavin Newsom has decided to throw trans people under the bus and normalize Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk. Bill Maher thinks he’s a hero for “confronting” Trump, even though he praised the vulgarian criminal because he was nice to him. Meanwhile, the Trump Administration has sent an innocent man, Abrego Garcia, to die in an El Salvador Gulag and continues to lie about their self-admitted “administrative error.” James Carville wants to play “possum” for Trump but wants to sue DNC Vice Chair David Hogg for threatening to primary Democrats who remain complicit with Trump’s agenda. A dozen Democratic senators should have joined Senator Van Hollen in his trip to El Salvador, but many of them refuse to lead because they still rely on polls and corporate consultants who tell them not to humanize immigrants.
In this Chai Talk, we unpack all of it and discuss how different communities need to use their respective privileges and talents to show up for each other in this moment.
All hands on deck, folks!
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