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@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.comReposted by @theunpopulist.netMy biggest complaint about the book is that we didn't get any footnotes from @jvl.bsky.social, assessing the virtues of focus group voters. I didn't include this in the review, however.
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.comReposted by @theunpopulist.netBut I also defend @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social from critics on the left like the @majorityreport.bsky.social who suffer from Bulwark Derangement Syndrome.
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.comReposted by @theunpopulist.netI am critical in one respect. Longwell seems to throw all her own advice out the window when it comes to immigration. After preaching to her readers the power of fear-fueled narrative, she recommends weak sauce from liberals that largely cedes the narrative to MAGA.
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.comReposted by @theunpopulist.netI reviewed @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social for @theunpopulist.net. As a woke liberal socialist, my politics differ somewhat from Longwell's, yet the advice she offers is solid. Distilled: Be authentic, always be communicating, and always be attacking MAGA to drive narrative.
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@walterolson.bsky.socialReposted by @theunpopulist.netYou can listen to my brief remarks (followed by Jonathan Rauch's and Bill Kristol's) at the fifth anniversary party for @shikhadalmia.bsky.social's The UnPopulist, explaining why I see it as a worthy successor to the "little magazines" that once shaped national debate over great issues.
@masnick.comReposted by @theunpopulist.netArticle was also republished here: www.theunpopulist.net/p/how-the-in...
@jacobtlevy.bsky.socialReposted by @theunpopulist.netReposted at @theunpopulist.net , my panel with @profmsinha.bsky.social UConn’s Manisha Sinha, Boston College’s Devin Pendas, and Adam Bodnar, Poland’s former minister of justice, on accountability after authoritarianism.
@skrca.bsky.socialReposted by @theunpopulist.netThis is critically important if laws & constitution are to retain any meaning in the US
@gailwaldby.bsky.socialReposted by @theunpopulist.net@theunpopulist.netHow to Hold Authoritarians Accountable Without Fueling a Backlash
Reconstruction, postwar Germany, and Poland’s recent democratic restoration offer lessons for a post-Trump America
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/how-to-hold-authoritarians-accountable
@theunpopulist.netAmerica’s promise has always been unfinished work. Explore historical voices and struggles for freedom, equality, and national renewal.
@theunpopulist.netTrump Eyes China Arms Sales. We Toast the 5th: A Video Roundup
Our mid-October collection of clips
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-eyes-china-arms-sales-we-toast
@theunpopulist.netAdam Serwer argues that people who break the law for an administration must face accountability—and that failing to act invites another attempt.
@theunpopulist.netLate last year, U.S. Catholic bishops voted 216 to 5 to oppose indiscriminate mass deportation, and Pope Leo XIV backed them. Now DHS has itself a Catholic theologian as a spokesman.
@theunpopulist.netA Former Right-Winger’s Guide on How to Defeat Her Old Side
Democrats will ignore Sarah Longwell’s communication advice at their peril
By Paul Crider
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/a-former-right-wingers-guide-on-how
@theunpopulist.netSouth Korea votes on presidential impeachment by anonymous ballot, and that rule has removed two presidents, including one who declared martial law.
The U.S. Senate could do the same.
@theunpopulist.net"Starve the universities, feed the churches." The Trump administration is using IRS rules to punish institutions it sees as hostile and reward the ones it sees as friendly.
@theunpopulist.netThe shadow docket lets the Supreme Court reshape abortion law, immigration enforcement, and elections through unsigned orders. Congress has the power to demand more transparency.
@theunpopulist.netOn Wednesday, at a speakeasy in Washington, D.C., we toasted five years of The UnPopulist. Thank you to everyone who came out, and to our readers, who are the reason there is anything to celebrate. Here’s to many more.
