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ISMA @ismapolicy.bsky.social. The UnPopulist www.theunpopulist.net. Classically liberal. Hate dogmas, esp my own. Views personal, not institutional.
@theunpopulist.netReposted by @shikhadalmia.bsky.socialDemocratic Voters Have Become More Anti-Elite but Not More Populist
ISMA’s survey finds that they are not showing a greater attachment to a political leader or tolerance for strong-arm tactics right now
By Thomas Shull
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/democratic-voters-have-become-more
@theunpopulist.netReposted by @shikhadalmia.bsky.socialHis father swam for days to escape Mao's China. Decades later, Nathan Law fled the city that took his father in. His LibCon2026 dinner address on exile, courage, and why liberal democracy has to keep making its case.
@shikhadalmia.bsky.social"I think of her as a political sin-eater." Epic opening by @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com to describe @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social in his respectful but fair review of her book @theunpopulist.net: open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
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@liberalcurrents.comReposted by @shikhadalmia.bsky.social"Yesterday evening in New York City, ICE officers surrounded and fired shots into a car. One of their shots hit the driver, Oscal Belgal, in the neck. ... His five-year-old son was in the backseat of the car that masked agents of the state surrounded and fired their guns into."
@shikhadalmia.bsky.socialDemocratic voters are in a good place: Appropriately more cynical about the governing elites, given who's in power, but not therefore going populist, a survey by @theunpopulist.net's publisher finds!
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
@shikhadalmia.bsky.socialThis is fucking medieval with a hightech twist. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
@shikhadalmia.bsky.socialThis is so dismaying and spooky!
@shikhadalmia.bsky.socialWho will charge the Trump administration for ordering the killing of Venezuelans on boats? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/n...
@theunpopulist.netReposted by @shikhadalmia.bsky.socialGetting ready for The UnPopulist’s 5th birthday party at 6:30.
@texasgeologist.bsky.socialReposted by @shikhadalmia.bsky.social
@shikhadalmia.bsky.socialTrump and MAGAistas say they are fighting communism! Actually, they are communism. Trump is grabbing the means of production and they are saying "you go, sir!" Great piece at @theunpopulist.net by Tad Dehaven of @cato.org
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
@shikhadalmia.bsky.socialLibCon2026 highlights! If you attended, maybe you are in the reel. Meanwhile, @theunpopulist.net turned 5! Celebrate with us tmrw with our team and special guests @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social @jonrauch.bsky.social @walterolson.bsky.social. Write to [email protected] for details
@shikhadalmia.bsky.socialAnd you thought that you had rights just because the Constitution says you do!
@abeanchi.bsky.socialReposted by @shikhadalmia.bsky.social... why didn't they fucking do this 6 years ago?!
@shikhadalmia.bsky.socialYes, more the merrier @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com. @andycraig.bsky.social and I have been banging the idea around for a few months now, mentioning it here: www.thebulwark.com/p/after-trum...
@shikhadalmia.bsky.socialTotally!! They need to come up with a strategy for rule changes and get buyin now so that they can hit the ground running in Jan if the stars align
@w1ts3nd555.bsky.socialReposted by @shikhadalmia.bsky.social@senatedemocrats.bsky.social , form an actual plan, please.
@shikhadalmia.bsky.socialTrump will be even more dangerous in the remaining two years since he can't run again and has nothing to lose. So it is vital we protect ourselves through an effective impeachment option through a secret ballot says @andycraig.bsky.social at @theunpopulist.net :
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
@gregsargent.bsky.socialReposted by @shikhadalmia.bsky.socialNew Fox poll shows Trump coalition collapsing in Texas. GOP is sinking money into Iowa and Kansas. The horrors of Late-Stage Trumpism are creating space for a new anti-corruption, anti-cruelty politics to emerge.
On the pod, @aselrod.bsky.social is brilliant on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2161...
@walterolson.bsky.socialReposted by @shikhadalmia.bsky.social"South Korea has already run the experiment. Its law requires the National Assembly to vote on presidential impeachment by anonymous ballot, and that rule has now removed two presidents." [@andycraig.bsky.social]
