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So, what did I learn from the 2024 election? I don't mean to be flippant, but if you're going to be a convicted felon with a history of sexually assaulting women who incited a mob to violently prevent the peaceful transfer of power, you praise Hitler and you call for the termination of the Constitution and you still want to be elected president to ... See more

Harris Almost Won

The narrative of Free America shaped the parameters of acceptable thinking for Smart America. Free trade, deregulation, economic concentration, and balanced budgets became the policy of the Democratic Party. Culturally it was cosmopolitan, embracing multiculturalism at home and welcoming an increasingly globalized world. Its donor class on Wall Str

George Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal

What I have learned in my years studying the role of journalism in civic discussion is that democracies are best served when media coverage focuses on issues that affect society and people’s everyday lives and minimizes “horse race” reporting that obsesses over who is ahead in opinion surveys or fundraising.

Jeff South • Are journalists serving Virginia's voters well? Election could offer insights on media on national level

Most important was the idea that grounds much of this book: that antitrust represented a democratic choice of economic structure and a check on the political and economic power of the monopolies.

Tim Wu • The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age

When a nation modifies the elective qualification, it may easily be foreseen that sooner or later that qualification will be entirely abolished. There is no more invariable rule in the history of society: the further electoral rights are extended, the greater is the need of extending them; for after each concession the strength of the democracy inc

Alexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)

Whatever you think of Hillary Clinton as compared to Donald Trump as Presidential candidates, I'd venture that more people can recite Trump's mantra—Make America Great Again—than Clinton's. I don't know if she had a slogan, or if she did I don't remember what it was. Her most memorable turn of phrase from the campaign trail was probably "then

Remains of the Day • Compress to Impress

Kushner and Loeffler: mirror images, elongated, slim-suited, self-seeking dilettantes who entered politics at the highest level because of wealth they never had to earn. Kushner gained admission to Harvard and New York University through his father’s multimillion-dollar donations, married into another fortune, became a slumlord, failed in both news

George Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal

The Rise of Techno-Authoritarianism

Adrienne LaFrance theatlantic.com

We need to make a case where even private companies have a sphere of public obligation and public interest. Right now social media doesn’t have that, and that is a glaring weakness because it has such an effect on democracy. Beyond that, we have to call for true public forums like PBS, but I think a better case can be made for those if they’re seen... See more

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Harris Almost Won

George Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal

Jeff South • Are journalists serving Virginia's voters well? Election could offer insights on media on national level

Tim Wu • The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age

Alexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)

Remains of the Day • Compress to Impress

George Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal

The Rise of Techno-Authoritarianism

ro khanna • Ro Khanna makes the case for digital public space