If we want Reconstruction 2.0, we should demand Reconstruction 2.0. It's within our reach, especially with an increasingly diverse younger voter base.
Dems are not being bullied enough
Because I personally know the Black women who have been telling them this since at least 2010!
Keep your foot on they necks and we can all have nice things. Like voting rights, tran rights, ending gerrymandering and the Electoral College.
You must keep bullying!
Because I personally know the Black women who have been telling them this since at least 2010!
Keep your foot on they necks and we can all have nice things. Like voting rights, tran rights, ending gerrymandering and the Electoral College.
You must keep bullying!
there is a way they could hold it...if the Dems actually commit to proper organizing year round and rebuild the party's grassroots structures.
I know, I know, wishful thinking...
I know, I know, wishful thinking...
November 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
If we want Reconstruction 2.0, we should demand Reconstruction 2.0. It's within our reach, especially with an increasingly diverse younger voter base.
Also, remember that Reconstruction was aimed not primarily at the enfranchisement of Black people, but rebuilding a south that had been smashed by the war. Black people weren't even secondary in reconstruction.
November 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Also, remember that Reconstruction was aimed not primarily at the enfranchisement of Black people, but rebuilding a south that had been smashed by the war. Black people weren't even secondary in reconstruction.
Gonna say this one more fucking time.
You can't have "Reconstruction 2" or whatever if you don't understand why "Reconstruction" failed and the ways that those systems persist into modernity.
No, I'm not just talking about the explicit racism of it all, though that's part.
You can't have "Reconstruction 2" or whatever if you don't understand why "Reconstruction" failed and the ways that those systems persist into modernity.
No, I'm not just talking about the explicit racism of it all, though that's part.
November 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Gonna say this one more fucking time.
You can't have "Reconstruction 2" or whatever if you don't understand why "Reconstruction" failed and the ways that those systems persist into modernity.
No, I'm not just talking about the explicit racism of it all, though that's part.
You can't have "Reconstruction 2" or whatever if you don't understand why "Reconstruction" failed and the ways that those systems persist into modernity.
No, I'm not just talking about the explicit racism of it all, though that's part.
If we want MAGA to be the last breath of the confederacy, then we need to ensure that we see through Reconstruction completely this time around.
November 7, 2026 at 3:37 PM
If we want MAGA to be the last breath of the confederacy, then we need to ensure that we see through Reconstruction completely this time around.
Get in losers, we're doing the Third Reconstruction
Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom has flipped Forrest County, a once reliably Republican County named for Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest
Scott Colom Flips County Named for Ku Klux Klan Founder Nathan Bedford Forrest
Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom has flipped Forrest County, named for Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 6, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Get in losers, we're doing the Third Reconstruction
“.. DEMs' net gain in the TX House is the largest since Reconstruction ended.”
November 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“.. DEMs' net gain in the TX House is the largest since Reconstruction ended.”
We should have no mercy or pity for Republicans during Reconstruction 2.0
November 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
We should have no mercy or pity for Republicans during Reconstruction 2.0
"A Second Reconstruction begins in the states, all states, north and south. And that Second Reconstruction is a necessary precondition to winning votes for Democrats in 2028 that can cap the effort in DC."
Reup, the most important thing I've written this week (but not yet the most read). THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING you can do to support democracy is pick an issue in your state and try to advance it.
At the state YOU can have an effect on Dem success.
emptywheel.net/2026/11/06/w...
At the state YOU can have an effect on Dem success.
emptywheel.net/2026/11/06/w...
WSJ's Tears and a 2-Year Plan to Save Democracy - emptywheel
The Great Blue Tsunami of 2026 brought democracy back to states where it hasn't been seen for decades, if not a century. And we need to focus at the state level to ensure we complete the project in 20...
emptywheel.net
November 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
"A Second Reconstruction begins in the states, all states, north and south. And that Second Reconstruction is a necessary precondition to winning votes for Democrats in 2028 that can cap the effort in DC."
you don’t like your ‘6¢ off every $4000 reconstruction’ coupons?
November 11, 2026 at 3:24 AM
you don’t like your ‘6¢ off every $4000 reconstruction’ coupons?
Want a Third Reconstruction? Give America more Stephen Miller.
November 6, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Want a Third Reconstruction? Give America more Stephen Miller.
#tdih 1898 in Wilmington, NC:
— massacre of African Americans by white supremacists
— Black press & businesses burned
— coup d’etat of elected, interracial Reconstruction-era government #terrorism 💔
🧵 including Reconstruction lessons & @pbs.org doc ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/wi...
— massacre of African Americans by white supremacists
— Black press & businesses burned
— coup d’etat of elected, interracial Reconstruction-era government #terrorism 💔
🧵 including Reconstruction lessons & @pbs.org doc ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/wi...
Nov. 10, 1898: Wilmington Massacre
The elected and interracial Reconstruction era local government was deposed in a coup d’etat in Wilmington, North Carolina.
www.zinnedproject.org
November 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM
#tdih 1898 in Wilmington, NC:
— massacre of African Americans by white supremacists
— Black press & businesses burned
— coup d’etat of elected, interracial Reconstruction-era government #terrorism 💔
🧵 including Reconstruction lessons & @pbs.org doc ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/wi...
— massacre of African Americans by white supremacists
— Black press & businesses burned
— coup d’etat of elected, interracial Reconstruction-era government #terrorism 💔
🧵 including Reconstruction lessons & @pbs.org doc ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/wi...
Is Reconstruction 2.0 Possible?!
youtu.be/ZqjlmnyG-IU
youtu.be/ZqjlmnyG-IU
Is Reconstruction 2.0 Possible?!
YouTube video by Danielle Moodie
youtu.be
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Is Reconstruction 2.0 Possible?!
youtu.be/ZqjlmnyG-IU
youtu.be/ZqjlmnyG-IU
Cough cough RECONSTRUCTION cough
Oh, hello! I didn’t see you there. Anyway “healing the nation” by doing nothing has not only never worked, it also always sends the message to evil people that the only consequences they will ever face for selling out their own country will be mild inconvenience
November 5, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Cough cough RECONSTRUCTION cough
idk if you realize how badly we need reconstruction 2 and reconstruction 1 did involve that
November 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
idk if you realize how badly we need reconstruction 2 and reconstruction 1 did involve that
Disappointingly inaccurate headline in the FT. (They had two Black senators during Reconstruction - Colom would be the first in 145 years).
November 7, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Disappointingly inaccurate headline in the FT. (They had two Black senators during Reconstruction - Colom would be the first in 145 years).
NYT: Colom “appears to be edging toward becoming the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction ..
.. The deadline for certification to the state is Friday.”
@nytimes.com #MSsen
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/u...
.. The deadline for certification to the state is Friday.”
@nytimes.com #MSsen
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/u...
November 8, 2026 at 12:39 PM
NYT: Colom “appears to be edging toward becoming the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction ..
.. The deadline for certification to the state is Friday.”
@nytimes.com #MSsen
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/u...
.. The deadline for certification to the state is Friday.”
@nytimes.com #MSsen
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/u...
of *not following through with reconstruction* to be clear
November 10, 2026 at 9:37 PM
of *not following through with reconstruction* to be clear
When Democrats have the power, we have to use it.
Universal childcare. Paid leave. Medicare for All. Abolishing ICE.
No more incrementalism or moderating our aspirations.
We need to do the work of repair, restoration, and reconstruction.
Universal childcare. Paid leave. Medicare for All. Abolishing ICE.
No more incrementalism or moderating our aspirations.
We need to do the work of repair, restoration, and reconstruction.
November 6, 2026 at 11:19 PM
When Democrats have the power, we have to use it.
Universal childcare. Paid leave. Medicare for All. Abolishing ICE.
No more incrementalism or moderating our aspirations.
We need to do the work of repair, restoration, and reconstruction.
Universal childcare. Paid leave. Medicare for All. Abolishing ICE.
No more incrementalism or moderating our aspirations.
We need to do the work of repair, restoration, and reconstruction.
in woke 3 we are finishing reconstruction
November 9, 2026 at 12:54 AM
in woke 3 we are finishing reconstruction
You want a Reconstruction but want your news sources and leaders to be people who said “Woke 1.0 was crazy” ?!?
You want a reconstruction but don’t want to employ Black people again ?!
You want a reconstruction but don’t want to employ Black people again ?!
November 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
You want a Reconstruction but want your news sources and leaders to be people who said “Woke 1.0 was crazy” ?!?
You want a reconstruction but don’t want to employ Black people again ?!
You want a reconstruction but don’t want to employ Black people again ?!
They lost the civil war but won reconstruction
November 9, 2026 at 6:26 AM
They lost the civil war but won reconstruction
And he just helped elect the first black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction. ✊💙
November 9, 2026 at 3:46 AM
And he just helped elect the first black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction. ✊💙
An enlightening thread and I will be striking "Reconstruction 2" from my posting vocabulary
Gonna say this one more fucking time.
You can't have "Reconstruction 2" or whatever if you don't understand why "Reconstruction" failed and the ways that those systems persist into modernity.
No, I'm not just talking about the explicit racism of it all, though that's part.
You can't have "Reconstruction 2" or whatever if you don't understand why "Reconstruction" failed and the ways that those systems persist into modernity.
No, I'm not just talking about the explicit racism of it all, though that's part.
November 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM
An enlightening thread and I will be striking "Reconstruction 2" from my posting vocabulary
It might be useful to think abt this as a moment of reconstruction & to recall that early Reconstruction in 1865-1866 was immediately undermined by police violence & their allies in the courts.
November 7, 2026 at 7:27 PM
It might be useful to think abt this as a moment of reconstruction & to recall that early Reconstruction in 1865-1866 was immediately undermined by police violence & their allies in the courts.
In Louisiana, there's a Jefferson Davis Parish but also a Grants Parish that was founded by freed people during Reconstruction.
Mississippi Senate: 80 new votes from Jefferson Davis County
🔵 Colom: +59 (73.8%)
🔴 Hyde-Smith: +19 (23.8%)
⚪ Pinkins: +2 (2.5%)
Colom nets 40 votes, expanding his statewide lead to 2,575.
🔵 Colom: +59 (73.8%)
🔴 Hyde-Smith: +19 (23.8%)
⚪ Pinkins: +2 (2.5%)
Colom nets 40 votes, expanding his statewide lead to 2,575.
November 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
In Louisiana, there's a Jefferson Davis Parish but also a Grants Parish that was founded by freed people during Reconstruction.