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Letters from an American, January 19, 2024 Great post here. I recommend subscribing to this newsletter if you haven’t already.

2024 01 20 A.J. General Comments (0)

new party

I wonder if we’ll ever get a new political party out of all the current mess. Fetterman is an interesting case: Fetterman, Breaking With the Left on Israel, Rejects ‘Progressive’ Label “Can’t it be possible that it’s really appropriate to stand for both?” That quote is out out of context – but the sentiment is […]

2023 12 21 A.J. Comments (0)

Great Article in NYT Opinion – A Lost Manuscript Shows the Fire Barack Obama Couldn’t Reveal on the Campaign Trail

Opinion | A Lost Manuscript Shows the Fire Barack Obama Couldn’t Reveal on the Campaign Trail – The New York Times: That’s a shame, because reading “Transformative Politics” today is a bracing experience. This is a great article – well worth reading.

2022 10 11 A.J. Comments (0)

Democratic Party PAC Email List Insanity

Democrats, Specifically, the ActionNetwork and NGP VAN people. Do better. Look, on one hand, I totally get it. You’ve built out advanced CRM systems for political campaigns in order to help democrats up and down the ballot target people more effectively, raise money, and hopefully win campaigns. Data and contact information help the campaigns spend […]

2021 10 21 A.J. Comments (0)

This is why I don’t blog anymore

This article leaves out the “debate” about net neutrality, but the core thesis applies. Republicans are not making policy for the good of the country, (not to mention the world at large). They are governing for the rich and lying to everyone else. Quite simply, Republican politicians need campaign donations from oil companies and other big […]

2017 12 04 A.J. Comments (0)

Stop Watching Us Rally

Billed by organizers as "the largest rally yet to protest mass surveillance", Stop Watching Us was sponsored by an unusually broad coalition of left- and right-wing groups, including everything from the American Civil Liberties Union, the Green Party, Color of Change and Daily Kos to the Libertarian Party, FreedomWorks and Young Americans for Liberty. via […]

2013 10 27 A.J. Comments (0)

Russell Brand on Revolution

I have never voted. Like most people I am utterly disenchanted by politics. Like most people I regard politicians as frauds and liars and the current political system as nothing more than a bureaucratic means for furthering the augmentation and advantages of economic elites. Billy Connolly said: “Don’t vote, it encourages them,” and, “The desire […]

2013 10 26 A.J. Comments (0)