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Micah Sifry ❌👑

@msifry.bsky.social

Writer, organizer, theconnector.substack.com

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Center for Ballot Freedom@centerforballotfreedom.org · last wk.

A noted civil rights lawyer and law professor makes the constitutional case for reviving fusion voting (and fusion parties) — and explains why he thinks the timing is right. @sbagen.bsky.social @msifry.bsky.social Read more: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Podcast: Sam Bagenstos on litigating our way to a multi-party system in Michigan

A noted civil rights lawyer and law professor makes the constitutional case for reviving fusion voting (and fusion parties) — and explains why he thinks the timing is right.

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Micah Sifry ❌👑@msifry.bsky.social · last wk.

Going out on a limb here. But if Ken Martin steps down, I predict the next DNC chair will be another ex-corporate lobbyist like Jaime Harrison. If the main metric for judging the chair is the DNC bank account, that is.

Micah Sifry ❌👑@msifry.bsky.social · 2w ago

A huge number of Americans are deeply alienated from politics. Many question the value of voting, and indeed, about 90M out of the total potential electorate of 245M didn’t bother to vote in '24. But here’s what’s interesting: not voting doesn’t correspond to not participating in civic life. (1/2)

Micah Sifry ❌👑@msifry.bsky.social · 3w ago

if there’s one strategy that captured the imagination of most grassroots opponents of Trump II, it was the effort to build mass protest towards the goal of mobilizing something like 12 million Americans (ie 3.5%) in coordinated action. And sadly, that effort has not worked, giving people false hope.

Micah Sifry ❌👑@msifry.bsky.social · last mo.

Everyone's debating what New York's primaries say about the Democratic Party's ideological future as if Israel or socialism were the top issues on voters minds--and all sides of those debates have good reasons to hype things out of proportion--it's good for clicks or fundraising! (1/3)

Micah Sifry ❌👑@msifry.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In some other timeline, the last Democratic president didn't spend the last decade vacuuming up nearly a billion dollars to raise an edifice to himself and instead grassroots groups got the money they needed to do the organizing that could have tipped 2024 the other way (1/3)

Center for Ballot Freedom@centerforballotfreedom.org · 2mo ago

What gives us hope? Movements that expand democracy instead of shrinking it. We support fusion voting, which gives voters more choices, encourages coalition-building, and creates a politics that’s less polarized and more representative. @msifry.bsky.social theconnector.substack.com/p/what-gives...

What Gives Us Hope?

Seventeen organizers, politicians, academics and media makers from my "This Old Democracy" on how they are coping with our challenging times.

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Micah Sifry ❌👑@msifry.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If fish need to be their own oceanographers, consider this my contribution to mapping what the whole school of Democratic-aligned committees, PACs, orgs and independents is up to right now, through the open porthole view provided by Mobilize. open.substack.com/pub/theconne...

How the Democratic Party "Blob" Rolls

Exploring thousands of upcoming local events on Mobilize.us to see who is doing what to engage voters, and how, as we approach the midterms and deal with Trump's brazen corruption and authoritarianism

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Micah Sifry ❌👑@msifry.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Meanwhile, in supposedly "blue" Westchester County, NY, this is what our Democratic congressman thinks is a good idea. www.eventbrite.com/e/navigating... Trump is helicoptering into NY this Friday to boost Lawler's campaign. Latimer's office #: (202) 225-2464.

Navigating Global Challenges Across the Aisle

Come hear Congressmen George Latimer (Democrat, NY-16) and Mike Lawler (Republican, NY-17) share their views on foreign policy challenges.

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Micah Sifry ❌👑@msifry.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Really loved this convo for the historical perspective Bob brings, from how he helped write the Community Reinvestment Act of 1975 to how Dems lost their way by embracing neoliberalism instead of becoming better New Dealers. Many “Notes for Next Time,” for which his new book by that title is a must.

Center for Ballot Freedom@centerforballotfreedom.org · 3mo ago

In a wide-ranging conversation with @msifry.bsky.social, longtime political columnist Robert Kuttner takes stock of what went wrong, why the guardrails may be holding, and what it will actually take to rebuild democracy from what he sees as the wreckage of the neoliberal era.

Micah Sifry ❌👑@msifry.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In a country where only 48% know what Memorial Day represents, I wonder what % knows what May Day is talkerresearch.com/research-rev... So do we meet people where they are or insist on a historical term that few recognize? #MayDayStrong

Research reveals over half of Americans don’t know what Memorial Day is - Talker Research

A Talker Research poll found that only 48% of respondents knew that Memorial Day is a holiday honoring military personnel who died in service to their country.

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