Some Democrats are showing up for the class war. Others conspicuously are not. The party's prospects rest on advocacy for the economic interests of the working and middle classes, and against opponents who champion the interests of the rich.
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As exhausting as they’ve felt to many Americans, these first months of Trump’s second term fall far short of what Roosevelt accomplished
As economic royalists ally with Trump, we have already seen an example of a rhetorical counter that tells it like it is.
When King George visited Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1939, the White House lunch included hot dogs. It kickstarted an enduring tactic of American international relations: hot-dog diplomacy. The King asked for seconds, accompanied by beer.
Business leaders like JP Morgan and Irénée du Pont were accused of plotting to install a fascist dictator. If the plotters had been held accountable in the 1930s, the forces behind the 6 January coup attempt might never have flourished now.
Is Biden ready to insist that national economic planning is not just ideologically permissible but urgently necessary?
Abigail Spanberger is wrong: Biden campaigned explicitly by comparing his ideas to the New Deal. That’s what millions of people voted for.
Democrats must resist the demands for work requirements and means-testing, if they truly want to build back better. They must resist the idea that government should only help the most destitute among us, not the working class or the middle class.
If Democrats allow corporate-aligned “centrists” to downsize the budget plan, abandoning FDR's legacy, they will lose not just the battle but the war.
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