We just fucking cannibalize each other fucking ourselves over and over.

[Music Man]

247. I don't know if the Democratic Socialist brand is the right thing, but the candidates themselves are who will save us.

These are unique times. We have twice lost to Donald Goddamn Trump, which is the height of incompetence. There is a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court. We are continually snookered by Mitch McConnell. Something isn't working.

The whole country may not be New York, but what of Melat Kiros in Colorado and Graham Platner in Maine? These people are catching fire for a reason. In fact, there is a strong tradition of rural progressivism going back to the early 20th century. It's not that strange.

We have been living in Ronald Reagan's world for nearly half a century. Deregulation, tax breaks for the wealthy, shrinking wages. Clinton, Obama, and Biden were all great presidents, but honestly none of them broke through the framework that has shaped our politics for so long. We need bold action to move the needle back to where the political spectrum used to be. I loved Mamdani's line that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are not "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help," but "I worked all day and can't feed my family." That's something every American can relate to--the coast or the plains, urban or rural, white or black, blue collar and white collar. I'm here for it.