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Link. She's doing the work: "sometimes you gotta dig in and see it to understand and adapt! Even if it makes you want to barf."

It's axiomatic for so many people that government is broken and/or corrupt. We are way, way past the point where incrementalism and strengthening the establishment will appeal to enough voters to win elections. The Dems have been making and breaking the same promises since Obama. People want something new.

Just a tag for things I find on the internet that move me in a WCJ sort of way. These will always be positive or at least motivational; I'll have a different tag for the occasional terrible thing that I want to surface.

Today's entry by the redoubtable Popehat.

I remember the various hot takes in 2016, and a lot of the core ideas haven't changed. Keep fighting in any way you can. Believe in things worth fighting for even when it's hard. Come together but don't insist on uniformity. But this time the sheer magnitude of awful is going to be so much worse. We were incredibly fucking lucky last time because Trump and his party were unprepared to actually win, but this time they have detailed plans. This time they have no guardrails. Some of us have a pretty clear eyed view of what's coming, but so many of us are repeating versions of "Oh, it won't be that bad."

Ken doesn't do that. He keeps the faith but he isn't lying to himself. And I'm grateful for his words.