Everything I've seen about Democrats' version of Project 2029 is far too modest and weak-kneed. Democrats need to look at the precedents Trump is setting (and shattering) and figure out how a progressive can maximally wield the power that this administration is concentrating in the executive branch.
The next Democrat wins by promising America they will release the Epstein files. Then releases them on Day 1.
It’ll depend on which Dem gets in how aggressive the administration will be.
completely agree!! @aoc.bsky.social get tough!!!!!
Pritzker will lead us to glory
And a certain former California Attorney General for US AG. She has the experience and she knows the new rules.
Would Kamala Harris do that ? USA AG? She'd be great
Weak because it's the Democrats. That is their brand. Cater to the donors first and foremost if not solely.
The fact that the Dems didn't do anything on your list while they had 4 years to do it, is exactly why they lost to Trump again.
Agree
Initially I thought two wrongs don’t make a right. Then I thought when the pendulum swings back….. know what I mean?
Jeffries? Schumer? Good luck!
2029!? This democracy is on pace to be wrapped up by Halloween
Dems need to step up, think outside their bubble, build coalitions and consensus, embrace ideological differences instead of doing the same old thing. They are stuck in the mud while everyone passes them by. Their impotence has contributed to this tyrannical takeover. Standing still doesn’t work
Dems need to dream bigger.
This is the way to go. Besides, the pendulum always swings back harder! Let's do it.
Need 2 versions. One to talk about and another that’s the real plan. The real plan should be detailed and aggressive. The plan you communicate should be high-level and should include a lot of criticism of republicans and Trump
Okay. Now tell us how you really feel😁 Isoagreewithyou
no more business as ususal!!
Democrats consistently think they need MAGA to win. Bullshit. 81 million voted for Biden in 2020. 75 million voted for Harris in 2024. Let's get the 6 million back. Project 2029 has to include all of these. Excite us! Motivate us! Give us something to vote for. Give us HOPE!
Yeah. Since Progressive policies never hurt anyone there's no reason not to go all in. Let's get creative with that unitary power.
Exactly why the next Dem candidate has to be comfortable making decisions outside of ‘normal politics’, and handle it aggressively with grace. Meet fire with fire.
Democrats’ biggest problem is they still want to be too nice. Nice is out the window. Everything MAGA has done to liberals, liberals need to do back to MAGA when the time comes
This is exactly why the pendulum is going to swing back so hard that the GOP may actually drink the Kool-Aid and self-deport.
I hear Russia is nice. If you like homophobia and conscription.
A perfect match made in hell.
#1 Pack the Supreme Court and overturn the ridiculous "precedent" that corporations are people. #2 See #1.
And maybe find a better name for what they’re doing?
Absolutely and go through all the laws and get rid of the ones that are obsolete
Democrats should stay within the bounds of the law, which would preclude wielding many of the “powers” Trump is trying to arrogate to himself. You don’t burn the village (nation of laws) to save it.
Need to undo all the damage Trump has done, is doing, and will do. There’s probably no way to do that within the bounds of the law as you appear to understand them.
“As you appear to understand them.” There is no question thatTrump is breaking the law every single day. Imitating Trump means doing the same. Once you give up the law, it’s gone. That’s coup and revolution territory. History shows how destructive that can get, so it’s strictly a last resort.
A couple of questions for you, then: If Dems regain power, how do they ensure that Trump (if he’s still alive) faces legal consequences for all his law-breaking? How do they ensure that all of the elected Republicans who aided and abetted Trump face legal consequences for their law-breaking?
Need a STRONG AG with balls.. to carry thru
They want to play Constitutional hardball, let's play Constitutional hardball.
Rule #1 for Democrats' version of Project 2029: Don't name it Project 2029
Exactly Come up with your own name
Not sure. I think they need to propose laws or amendments that drastically reduce the power of the executive. They need to make a “no dictator” amendment a rallying cry that overturns the unitary executive.
Maybe because they know a progressive agenda is a losing agenda mark. Your advice would be for them to use the same progressive blueprint as Cuba or Venezuela?
Maybe throw in some fun stuff too... nationwide high speed rail map for the elder millennials?
2 wrongs don’t make a right. Executive orders are not the answer. Legislation is. Especially legislation that limits executive power. I agree with undoing Trump’s authoritarian EOs but at that point, lawmaking power needs to return to Congress. Supreme Court expansion might be required…
GOP controlled Congress has the power...they don't want it
All those egos most definitely “want” power, they are just terrified to cross the madman and risk losing the tiny bit they have retained.
Absolutely. We actually have a *real* flight 93 situation as they are seeking to destroy our democracy in favor of a Christian nationalist autocracy.
Unfortunately the consultants will not allow this, at least not allow it to be campaigned on. They are still too focused on trying to win over boomer republicans.
The consultants can suck it. We didn’t elect them. This is ultimately on the elected officials who choose to listen to consultants over what their constituents actually are saying.
Agreed. Unilaterally disarming for norms that aren’t respected by both sides in this moment is being an authoritarian enabler rather than a leader. We need a new reconstruction of the country to build a democratic republic capable of lasting if we want any democratic tendencies to survive.
When they go low, we…
Amen!
US Democrats are not liberal. They're not progressive. Compared to other developed countries, Democrats are actually right-leaning centrists. It is no wonder they aren't fighting for us and don't put forth progressive policy. They are literally one step above Republicans and that's not a compliment
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Dems will be calling meetings to address the issue as stormtroopers are busting down the door.
Even the name, "Project 2029," is milquetoast. We should be calling it Second Reconstruction.
Reconstruction 2.0?
Democrats need to devise a plan to build safeguards which will prevent another Republican shitshow.
I saw this today - looks like it has some teeth if anyone would be willing to campaign on it!
Thank you for posting this “lil” gem. Truth to power.
Couldn't disagree more (but I am a moderate). I agree with the Democrats engaging on the redistricting fight, no choice. But I would generally prefer the Democrats to embrace moderation (which does not mean inaction, but it does mean avoiding leftward extremism). Can there be a party for moderates?!
1/ I'm usually a moderate, too, but here is the problem with where we are at. Let's say on a spectrum -10 is far right, +10 is far left. You want balance - approximately 0. So R's come in and govern at a -6. We get back in, restore some sanity by governing at 0, and after those 2 terms. . . >>
2/ . . . the Country averages out at a -3. R's get back in and again and feel they can govern -6 from that: a whopping -9, and so on. Each time we recover we can't make it back to center because we've let them move too far. To simply undo what they've done and get the starting point back . . . >>
3/. . . to "center" requires that we go significantly to the left. Otherwise, the right-leaning infrastructure will still be there and we'll perpetually be more autocratic than democratic, more oligarchic than egalitarian.
The "center" does not mean do nothing. I would be for Constitutional Amendments to reign in executive power and eliminate gerrymandering. I would be for raising taxes on the super wealthy, but to bring down our deficit, not to spend it on public grocery stores.
I pick on this not because it bothers me that much, but because it is an example of far to the left ideas I don't want to see at the national level. NYC can do what they want. Lots of busy bodies that have never set foot in NYC trying to tell them what to do.
1/ No amendments should be needed -- the Constitutional already prohibits what this Admin is doing, and in any fair reading should preclude gerrymandering. If you have a Chief Executive who simply ignores the Constitution, and a Court that shapes its interpretations to favor the exec, >>
2/ . . . they will do the same post-Amendment. The real issue of course is that in the current environment no amendments will ever pass, but a bullheaded exec will run roughshod over the Constitution much faster than you can amend it. The only feasible counterbalance is to use the same techniques.
If Democrats win the Presidency in 2028 and Republicans are finally out from under the thumb of Trump, they might more willing to consider restrictions on the executive (though probably not gerrymandering). Clear explicit Amendments have a better chance of working than laws would.
The reality is the Constitution is constraining Trump. Otherwise, you and I wouldn't be able to have this debate. You think they can have debates like this in China?
Absolutely, but make it doable. For example, you can't take the money out of politics. You can pack the court. You can't pass single payer. You can get universal coverage.
first thing would be to limit the excessive power of the executive so this crap doesn't come around again to bite us in the a$$
Our so-called democratic leaders have for the most part given up. It’s time for the party to take on the challenge like AOC, Newsom, Jasmine Crocket and show some life. Where is the democratic discussion of amendment 50 that trumpers are spending TV money on to stop? ITS IMPORTANT! We need it.
The political system is broken. The institutions incapable of saving themselves. You have to take down a tyrant when he’s still in power. Hit the streets. Make the courts feel the heat.
Oh, the courts might object? The courts that the Trump administration has defied with impunity? The Supreme Court that handed Trump a huge win in his battle to unilaterally repeal the 14th Amendment? Give me a break. The norms are gone. There's one rule now: The president does whatever he wants.
this requires establishment Dems (and the legal class more broadly) to fully acknowledge the partisan nature of the Court— something both cohorts remain loath to do.
Supreme hypocrisy! Better call it Supreme Council of the United States, a rightwing council as it is right now.
The rule is it just has to sound "official" Trump puts it on letterhead, its "official" Totally agree with every single one of your posts.
I'm pretty sure that the next congress can either impeach half the SC for their contributions to *waves arms around*. If not that then there are the Harlon Crow, et al, grounds for impeachment.
These two, at minimum, are criminal seditious conspirators and must be run out of our country with the rest. ✊🧱🪟
I don't like this new rule. I much preferred a presidency subject to checks and balances. But thanks to Trump and the Supreme Court, we don't have that anymore. And Democrats aren't going to get it back by acting like the adults in the room. They'll only wind up ceding more power to the arsonists.
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I hope the new group of Democrats take steps to make all of this possible.
We also need to do something about the thugs that are currently ICE agents. They need to be held accountable for the horrors that they are perpetrating.
The ‘that ship has sailed’ approach to governance.
Biden should have arrested the 6 right wing justices on the grounds that he was preserving and protecting the constitution. You are not too radical - I like your ideas but we need to put the boots on their necks. They have declared war and we must fight as hard as we can.
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Just want to repost this for emphasis: "And Democrats aren't going to get it back by acting like the adults in the room. They'll only wind up ceding more power to the arsonists." Republicans are showing us the roadmap to permanent liberal control. Let's grab it while we can.
💯👍 WHY do old fools think that the SOB MAGAt's are people we can do business with or can be trusted anymore!? Fuck that noise! STOP 🛑 bringing your fucking rule books to street flights!
I applause your post👏💥. You are absolutely correct with every point you made. The next Democratic president and his or her Congress best be strong and determined to regain control over our country. Starting with demolishing every illegitimate EO and putting in place JACK SMITH as AG!
And by making the Cons sue we 1) get things done while they wait for the ruling and the appeal [because no more national injunctions!] and 2) get the SCOTUS to eventually rule.
I completely agree.
My stance is that I want checks and balances and separation of powers and that we should steadfastly pursue their restoration — AFTER we've fixed all this. Not before. ABSOLUTELY not before.
Strict regulations for lobbyist. No stock trading for members of Congress or anyone else who would have insider information. Ongoing cognitive testing for all members of Congress and other administration officials over the standard retirement age of 68. Strict enforcement of the emoluments clause.
I keep saying imagine how much support the dems would have if they illegally shoved affordable housing, a living wage, and healthcare down our throats🙄
I am encouraged, a tiny bit, that you think there will be a next Democratic President. Everything that was in place, failed or they ignored.
Yes, why are you the only one saying this? After they've burnt it down, we can't let Republicans keep their structural advantage when we rebuild, dragging them kicking & screaming into modern times again, we must level the playing field to more closely represent the people and population of the US
The further left leaning you are in PR, the more likely you are to be for independence and against statehood. Also, there's no quick fix to the anti-Latino racism that's now state sponsored. Very informative video from the Majority Report with Alberto Medina: youtu.be/ylCvha67EGE?...
Exactly FIGHT this Trump regime Burn it to the ground
Wouldn’t it be good to, uh, repeal the National Emergencies Act? I mean - isn’t the National Emergencies Act just obviously an extremely stupid and probably unconstitutional thing, at this point?
Yeah. This is the disgusting method of the new postmodern right, which is basically: grab as much power as possible, trample all the rules, then when you're not in power anymore try to pretend like the rules are back and the new government has to agree to get refereed by people you installed.
If after all the blatant partisanship the SCOTUS has displayed with the administrative stays, the new Democratic government agrees to get effectively blocked by SCOTUS saying "hey, you have to play by the rules", that means they haven't learned anything.
What is the pathway to a government of checks and balances? Or are we doomed to authoritarianism, as you seem to imply?
The way back to a government of checks and balances is only through destroying the GOP and the right generally.
Unfortunately, the resumption of checks and balances is going to require a settlement in which the right-wing traitors and their enablers over the last two decades are no longer citizens of America, merely nationals, and thus they and their descendents aren't permitted to vote.
That and confiscating the hoarded wealth and assets of the billionaires who've bankrolled the right's descent into autocracy.
The things you’re describing really only take place under an authoritarian government. Removing the right to vote from certain people because of pol affiliation. Taking money and assets by force Just Because (as opposed to taxes). The next POTUS expands SCOTUS, but he’ll just ignore them anyway.
Financial or pandemic catastrophe. Then rebuild from them rubble.
If, big if, he doesn't succeed in breaking up the institutions and infrastructure for a free and fair election!!
I agree but expect they won’t have the courage or even the know how to do this.
I love it, Mark! Everything you listed. I'd like to add that no one can run for president if they're a convicted criminal, pass a test on the Constitution, and they must show their tax returns. Reduce the age constraints, too. I'd love to see a hip wise 30 yr old instead old white men.
YES to Cindy!!! Absolutely it should be unqualified if they’re convicted criminal and definitely show their tax returns!!! And They should be disqualified if they break their oaths . To protect and follow the constitution .
agreed! And the same rules for Congress who are presently allowing the orange to shred the entire Constitution.
I would like to add to your wish list. The full repeal of the Patriot Act and the secret courts it allows. (How the eff are secret courts constitutional?) The ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment enshrining women into the constitution as equals. Repeal of prison privatization.
We won't gain anything by tanking our economy either. We have to restore the rule of law for the American economy to thrive. If the dollar is still the reserve currency, we must restore global faith in our government. Going to more extremes will only make things worse, not better.
I'm not so sure -- as long as the Democratic moves were in support of evidence-based policies and were to help the broader economy rather than to enrich a small corrupt oligarchy through grift and graft, I think the markets (including currency markets) would react just fine.
There is *claiming* to be the adult in the room, and there is *acting* like one. bsky.app/profile/gamz...
But will we ever have a Democratic president again? Judge Luttig terrified me by saying it’s too late, that the damage is done.
Oh, I’m sure the Congress will find their balls again once a Dem is in the Oval. There’ll be all sorts of bipartisan legislation passed to limit presidential power, which the next Rep prez will then immediately run roughshod over. We need to impeach Trump’s judicial appointees. Every single one.
But this isn’t exactly true; bc the current Court would distinguish what a Democratic president does (unconstitutional) from what a Republican president does (constitutional).
That's why the first move is returning the Court to its original makeup - a bunch of circuit judges.
It's only a major question when the President is a Democrat.
Your thread is an astonishing argument for Republicans ensuring that there are no more free and fair elections. Pandora’s Box is open. The US can’t go back in time and repair the Constitution, so what is next?
So, will you run for office?
Agree. Shitty place to be in but the alternative is a boot on the neck and women in head coverings. So, whatever it takes to avoid that.
They are more likely to ban women's head coverings than enforce them.
No, they’ll just go with these ones.
That is actually science fiction and real tradwives dress very differently
I’m aware of that. I was in evangelical Christianity for years. I’m simply making a point.
👍. I sat in a pew long enough to not be surprised by where we are. I heard it all from the pulpit for years.
The trad wives will dress as their overlord husbands tell them to. We all know that's a fictional image. But what we're facing isn't and women have legitimate concerns about that...as do men who support women.
Yep. My wife won't be included though because she will force them to take her out. No way in hell she will wear a covering for anyone, including me. I married well...😃
The are more likely to implement the new policy in Afganistan that forbids women from speaking in public. 😒
I know folks who still believe "a woman shall remain silent in the church"...and they would love to see this move beyond the church walls. Not total silence but a near silence where their opinions aren't welcome. Just chit chat and small talk.
The Dominionist Christofascist equivalent would be that women simply ceased to be part of public life. They can be teachers or nurses, or stay at home mothers. That’s what republicans really want.
Bingo! That's definitely what they want. Add secretaries to the list. And short skirts so the church Deacon can pat them on the behind at his office while hiding behind the Bible on Sunday.
Sure. For Muslim women. But they will just force them to wear the same ones they require their "trad" wives to wear.
"Seriously: Why the hell not?" Because most of them simply don't want to and are more comfortable with Trump than with Mamdani or AOC or Bernie.
??? You mean MAGA women or what? Not sure if you agree or disagree with what I posted. Lol. I say we do whatever it takes to defeat this fascist bullshit, even blowing up the norms. Btw, I'm all in with Mamdani, Bernie, AOC, and anyone else who supports workers and opposes fascists.
You asked: Why won't the Democrats learn from Trump's example and pass all kinds of pro-worker, anti-oligarchy policies when the next time in office? My answer: because they don't want to. Most elected Democrats don't share your (and my) enthusiasm for workers over fascists.
Fuck it. I'll follow you. Ha
Right back atchya!
I have noticed at every protest I've attended there's probably more grey haired, middle class folks with Fuck Trump and Fuck Fascism signs than anyone. I think the DNC leaders need to visit these protests more...and get to know their people outside the corporate world.
I was referring to the part about Presidential checks in general. But, I do get your point. However, most Dems I know, even Boomers, support those things. The DNC just can't grasp that...or chooses not to. I don't know many Carville types personally. Lol. I know lots of Bernie types though.
They'll find ways to rule against anything a democratic president will do
And they'll be ignored, because they've proven that there's no rebuttal to the "Fuck You, Make Me" Clause.
And they'll be obeyed because
Working title: Democratic Party Project 2029: A return to norms Sub: Leading the way, guided by a thousand strongly worded letters.
As Gavin NEWSOM keeps saying “Wake up America”. Trump is intent on destroying our democracy and staying in Office until he croaks. He’s in a no holds barred war with us. Time to toss the Marquis of Queensbury rule book.
Atarting with calling it something other than a play on a maga title
NO! We need to go back to what worked for this country for 250 year.
Good luck with that wishful thinking there squire. The pathetic, weak, cringing Democrats aren't even capable of putting harsh language in a press release... let alone, of mounting an effective challenge to Mad King Donald. The battle was lost (for good) on November 5, 2024.
Dems first step -- expand the SC to 17 as part of larger judicial reform. Otherwise, current SC will declare any relevant changes unconstitutional. Second step--make DC and PR states. Eliminate federal control over DC and give Dems more electoral votes. Structural changes have to come first.
Once they set the stage, enact 1) codification of Roe, 2) new Voting Rights Act with teeth, 3) major campaign finance reform overturning Citizens United, 4) near confiscatory estate tax on estates over $100 million, 5) Medicare for all, 6) tax reform recognizing everyday living costs + guts TCJA.
