The singular goal of all future US politics is to ensure Trumpism is defeated and cannot again take root here, and everything that serves that end is to be considered and prioritized. It's a holistic organizing principle, from a Green New Deal to Nuremberg 2 to expanding the court to Reconstruction.

April 08, 2026 - 05:31 UTC

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We need a new Republic altogether.
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We had a shot at "replace the lawbreaking president with the center of the opposition" and it failed in the singular goal of preventing a second Trump term even though it took office mere days after his attempted coup. We cannot afford a second failure, nor really can the world.
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In a country that self-conciously modeled itself on the Late Roman Republic, latent fascism might be a permanent feature rather than an aberration.
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There are historical precedents for a country transforming itself in pursuit of its own myths, but it usually involves dissolving the institutions those myths originally justified.
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Said it before but we are talking about an investment that puts the original New Deal to shame and anyone who balks at it for the cost or size needs to be ostracized and ignored forever.
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There also needs to be vigilance baked in against these forces. My read of history is that after FDR the capitalist class slowly chipped away at every foundation to lead us to this point.
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So the challenge here is that the center of gravity of Trumpism is the voters. How do you defeat the voters?
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There may be some things fundamentally wrong with the voters, but their leadership shapes their political ideas
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We gotta make being a white supremacist out loud the absolute worst thing you can be. You say one word, you lose your friends, job, kid, house, community. We gotta hold the people who voted for this responsible, every single one. No redemption without contrition. Otherwise we will be back here.
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"It's a holistic organizing principle, from a Green New Deal to Nuremberg 2 to expanding the court to Reconstruction." So well said, I hope for an organized truth and reconciliation plan as well
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published this in 2018, always on my mind fellowtravelersblog.com/2018/03/13/a-case-for-transitional-justice/
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