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Thanks to the caprice of Trump and the eagerness of hangers-on like Colby to devalue U.S. alliances, the world now has good reason to see U.S. power as threatening. The end result is an overall delegitimizing of the United States as a global actor.
Elbridge Colby and the Art of Defending the Indefensible
Trump’s impulsive foreign policy of grudges, threats, and contempt for allies is a self-defeating mess. His suave sophist struggles to spin it as strategically sound.
lnk.thebulwark.com
July 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Thanks to the caprice of Trump and the eagerness of hangers-on like Colby to devalue U.S. alliances, the world now has good reason to see U.S. power as threatening. The end result is an overall delegitimizing of the United States as a global actor.
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The antisemitism problem is a generational one, and one of historical forgetting.
Young Americans Are Turning Antisemitic
A recent survey shows a clear shift toward anti-Jewish sentiment—and it’s worst on the far right.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:30 AM
The antisemitism problem is a generational one, and one of historical forgetting.
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Droppin off my son at college today so I only had time to do a skim plus of this piece. But I recommend it. Gets at the heart of what to do and what not do. www.elizabethspiers.com/why-dems-kee...
Why Dems Keep Screwing Up Media Efforts
Wired has a story by Taylor Lorenz about Chorus, which is a Dem backed influencer agency, attempting to recruit influencers with $8000 a month retainers and contracts that stipulate that they not disc...
www.elizabethspiers.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Droppin off my son at college today so I only had time to do a skim plus of this piece. But I recommend it. Gets at the heart of what to do and what not do. www.elizabethspiers.com/why-dems-kee...
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In the early 2000s, I worked in countries where democracy was fragile, new, or still just an idea.
We didn’t talk about “election years” or “get out the vote.”
We talked about survival
Strategy.
Coalition
Courage
We didn’t always win. But we learned what worked
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
We didn’t talk about “election years” or “get out the vote.”
We talked about survival
Strategy.
Coalition
Courage
We didn’t always win. But we learned what worked
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
The Democracy-Building Toolbox — And Why We Need It Here Now
Tools we used to export. Now we need to use them to save ourselves.
open.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In the early 2000s, I worked in countries where democracy was fragile, new, or still just an idea.
We didn’t talk about “election years” or “get out the vote.”
We talked about survival
Strategy.
Coalition
Courage
We didn’t always win. But we learned what worked
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
We didn’t talk about “election years” or “get out the vote.”
We talked about survival
Strategy.
Coalition
Courage
We didn’t always win. But we learned what worked
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...