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A system that's truly broken cannot simply be tweaked. It must be repaired.
Bubblicious
Anthropic’s investor pitch can only mean one thing
When the deficit hawks come home to roost
The party of “fiscal responsibility” has exploded our national debt, but if Democrats take back Congress and t…
Why Not Hakeem?
My thoughts on why he's a bad choice and another fundraising ask
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My last essay: Only Trump Can Solve This
A system that's truly broken cannot simply be tweaked. It must be repaired.
Bubblicious
Anthropic’s investor pitch can only mean one thing
When the deficit hawks come home to roost
The party of “fiscal responsibility” has exploded our national debt, but if Democrats take back Congress and t…
Why Not Hakeem?
My thoughts on why he's a bad choice and another fundraising ask
$40T in Savings from Medicare for All
Right-wing think tank the Cato Institute calculates $40 trillion in savings from Medicare for All
A Ferrari in Every Driveway
Medicare for all won't work. Throwing cash at health insurance can't give us healthcare.
$100,000 in 7 days to keep the doors open
100k in 7 days keeps us going through the November elections
Did America Deserve 9/11?
Sorry y’all, but we’re going to hear about 9/11 at least until November.
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Republicans repurpose Jewish dual-loyalty trope for El-Sayed
Republicans repurpose Jewish dual-loyalty trope for El-Sayed
Desperate Republicans repurpose old Jewish dual-loyalty tropes
Desperate Republicans repurpose old Jewish dual-loyalty tropes
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WATCH: GOP stan lies about clip we all just saw
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October 9, 2026 · 4 min read
$485K IN, $436K OUT. WHERE DID IT ALL GO?
This email explains exactly how I've spent every dollar so far and why I need you to donate. If you're already in, click here and get right to it. We're 25 days away from election night, and we've…
October 8, 2026 · 9 min read
WHY KATIE PORTER IS WRONG TO BE AGAINST THE CALIFORNIA BILLIONAIRE WEALTH TAX
Below is a piece from my long-time friend and colleague Saikat Chakrabarti. He outlines the importance of a wealth tax in the US and why he thinks Prop 40 in CA is an important step towards getting…
October 6, 2026 · 4 min read
YOU HELPED BUILD THIS! UPDATES AND INFO.
This is the first email I've sent you from outside Substack, and I need a little help from you to make it land. Substack was sending you all kinds of emails that weren't from me, and that's not…
AU
September 8, 2026 · 7 min read
MY LAST ESSAY: ONLY TRUMP CAN SOLVE THIS
> This will be my last essay from Substack. Starting Thursday, I will be sending the essays from a different service, so keep an eye on your inbox. Moving everyone over is a 3-week process. If you…
August 30, 2026 · 8 min read
BUBBLICIOUS
Anthropic is about to go public, and according to Wall Street Journal reporting, the pitch to investors includes a number. The total addressable market for what they sell is more than $30 trillion a…
August 25, 2026 · 8 min read
WHEN THE DEFICIT HAWKS COME HOME TO ROOST
Unlike people, not all debt is created equal. A few days ago the United States passed forty trillion dollars in national debt, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. American households are…
August 19, 2026 · 4 min read
WHY NOT HAKEEM?
Y’all see Hakeem this past Sunday disavowing one of the most popular policies that the Democratic Party has? The man that everybody reckons is gonna be the Speaker of the House if Dems take it back…
August 16, 2026 · 3 min read
$40T IN SAVINGS FROM MEDICARE FOR ALL
A Right-wing libertarian think tank has confirmed that Medicare for All would provide massive savings. Savings that could be as high as $40 trillion with Medicare for all. That’s right, folks. The…
August 13, 2026 · 6 min read
A FERRARI IN EVERY DRIVEWAY
And like clockwork, we’re already starting to hear the reasons why Medicare for All will not work. We’re starting to hear people say that we need to back off of Medicare for All. I want to be clear…
AU
August 13, 2026 · 7 min read
A FERRARI IN EVERY DRIVEWAY
A Ferrari in Every Driveway Insurance isn’t healthcare. And like clockwork, we’re already starting to hear the reasons why Medicare for All will not work. We’re starting to hear people say that we…
August 11, 2026 · 2 min read
$100,000 IN 7 DAYS TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN
If you’re getting this, you’ve given to A Fight Worth Having or you support my writing over at America’s Undoing. Maybe both. Either way, I’m going to be straight with you, because that’s the deal…
August 8, 2026 · 5 min read
DID AMERICA DESERVE 9/11?
Sorry y’all, but we’re going to hear about 9/11 at least until November. Why? Islamophobia. Because a Muslim, Abdul El-Sayed, just became the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, and because a…
August 6, 2026 · 5 min read
THE ESTABLISHMENT IS NOT INVINCIBLE
Michigan voted Tuesday, and it told us something. Abdul El-Sayed won a narrow victory over Haley Stevens with mountains of AIPAC money pouring in against him. Donovan McKinney, a Justice Democrats…
August 4, 2026 · 3 min read
POLITICAL REVOLUTION
Tonight we will see how much power we’ve been able to build as a movement.
August 2, 2026 · 5 min read
LIKE A DEER IN HEADLIGHTS
There’s far too much reward in our system for inaction.
July 30, 2026 · 3 min read
A STRONG COMMUNIST PARTY
Economic and political competition create gravity. Authoritarianism and fascism are not the only competitors we want.
July 28, 2026 · 4 min read
RED SCARE VS ROBOTS AND AI
Is public ownership the only common sense solution to our changing economy?
July 26, 2026 · 8 min read
REAPING WITHOUT SOWING
Anybody who's ever farmed can tell you how that ends and how fast.
July 23, 2026 · 8 min read
INEQUALITY MASKS A LACK OF SUPPLY
Redistribution of wealth won't cure what ails us.
July 21, 2026 · 6 min read
BEN AND JERRY'S, ENEMY OF THE STATE?
When the government starts making lists, nothin good ever comes.
July 15, 2026 · 8 min read
WE CAN’T SHOOT OUR WAY OUT
The 2nd Amendment Won’t Cure This Disease
July 12, 2026 · 8 min read
WHAT DO VOTERS WANT WHEN THEY SAY AFFORDABILITY, SECURITY, ACCOUNTABILITY?
There is a vision for a new kind of America coming into focus.
July 9, 2026 · 3 min read
IN 12 DAYS, ANOTHER BAD DEM INCUMBENT CAN BE REPLACED.
This race has been flying under the radar. It's close, and we can win it.
July 5, 2026 · 8 min read
FOR 250 YEARS (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!) AMERICA HAS BEEN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST COUNTRY
Our socialist programs were responsible for the biggest middle class the world has ever seen
July 2, 2026 · 9 min read
WE NEED A GREAT TALKER AS OUR NEXT SPEAKER
This moment calls for more than just decent legislators.
June 30, 2026 · 6 min read
KICK ‘EM WHEN THEY’RE DOWN
Momentum means push harder.
June 28, 2026 · 6 min read
WILL SOCIALISM KILL THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
Can you be a socialist and a Democrat?
June 25, 2026 · 6 min read
THE FUTURE, PARTY AND COUNTRY
Time for the Democrats to be Born Again
June 23, 2026 · 2 min read
IT'S ELECTION DAY!
Races to watch.
June 21, 2026 · 6 min read
MISSING PIECES: DSA, ABUNDANCE, MAGA, AND STATUS QUO DEMOCRATS
There's a lot of talk about the future, but one piece is missing.
podcastJune 19, 2026 · 1 min read
YOU DESERVE BETTER AMERICA
Graham Platner on the Democratic Party's Biggest challenge: choosing between working people and corporate interests.
June 18, 2026 · 10 min read
BUILDING HOUSING REQUIRES THINKING INSIDE THE BOX
How America can build and afford the housing we need.
June 16, 2026 · 2 min read
A FRIEND’S BOOK
First of the “Lucky Bastard” Book Series
June 14, 2026 · 6 min read
WINNING AIN’T VICTORY WITHOUT REAL CHANGE
Lessons from the UK. Centrists who didn't deliver sent voters into the waiting arms of the right.
June 11, 2026 · 10 min read
TODAY A WELFARE TRILLIONAIRE IS BORN
SpaceX goes public today. Bubbles and public assets are creating the first trillionaire in human history.
podcastJune 9, 2026 · 1 min read
QASIM, CORBIN TRENT, & THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
A recording from A Fight Worth Having and Qasim Rashid, Esq.'s live video
June 9, 2026 · 5 min read
SPARE ME THE LECTURE ON GRAHAM PLATNER
I spoke to Graham Platner a while back.
May 28, 2026 · 9 min read
THE ECONOMY IS NOT THE WEATHER
We have agency.
May 22, 2026 · 6 min read
THE LEAST CURIOUS PEOPLE IN AMERICA
DNC Autopsy and NYT Poll: Two documents that could have asked useful questions but refused.
May 20, 2026 · 7 min read
TO SOLVE AFFORDABILITY WE MUST END SCARCITY
To do so Democrats will need new ideas and new leaders.
May 7, 2026 · 9 min read
WE FORGOT HOW TO BE USEFUL
Being useful is a superpower we need to revive.
May 5, 2026 · 8 min read
THE POLITICIANS ARE PICKING VOTERS.
Today the Tennessee legislature carves up Memphis. Here’s the door the Court opened, and how we walk through it.
May 3, 2026 · 4 min read
WHO IS THREATENING OUR WAY OF LIFE?
We are told to fear the Iranians. We are told that they hate us because we're free.
April 30, 2026 · 7 min read
BUILDING POWER AND PROGRESS.
How we get more of what we want and need.
April 28, 2026 · 8 min read
OOPS! I SENT THE WRONG DRAFT OF STAR TREK OR MAD MAX: WE GET TO CHOOSE
AI is like when the engine replaced the horse. This time, we’re the horse.
April 28, 2026 · 8 min read
STAR TREK OR MAD MAX: WE GET TO CHOOSE
AI is like when the engine replaced the horse. This time, we’re the horse.
April 22, 2026 · 9 min read
TO WAR OR NOT TO WAR?
That was our question. We chose wrong. Again.
April 14, 2026 · 6 min read
53 CANDIDATES. 20 STATES. ONE IDEA.
What if they worked together?
April 12, 2026 · 5 min read
A SOLUTION MENU WITH PRICES
The filibuster, the supermajority, the constitutional amendment. The prices are seat.
April 9, 2026 · 8 min read
FAIRY DUST AND RAINBOWS ARE OUR ONLY HOPE
A lack of imagination led us here, where an American president would suggest ending an entire civilization.