This just might possibly have something to do with why Democrats have lost 1000 seats over the past eight years. — “There’s nothing in the middle of the road except yellow stripes and dead armadillos.” -Jim Hightower “When all else fails, blame the consultants.” -Apocryphal Because I enjoy many forms of suffering, I’ve been going through all the ads I can find online for the GA 6 special election. I’m limiting…

Last week, a new novel book by a moderately well-known conservative author launched, and Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris Climate Accords. These things are connected. This about sums up the Paris Accords decision: I’m not going to give the conservative author the free promotion by…

Listening to the coverage of Trumpcare yesterday, something hit me: every single dang idea the Republicans are basing their backwards health care system reform on are truly, awfully terrible. A lot of the arguments they are making are completely awful, too. …

Quick summary: check out and share alwaysforwardus.com, a new multi-issue organizing hub for research, meeting with elected representatives, and replacing the ones that refuse to act on climate, strengthening the safety net, fair economics, gun safety, privacy, and other issues. Read on for more details! How This All Started Two summers ago, I had…

Dear family members that are still considering voting for Trump, Please, think twice about this. I’m going to try to politely and substantively make the case here as to why you shouldn’t. I apologize up front if I fail to be either substantive or polite. …

He’s been great news for the progressive movement. She could be even better. — I vigorously endorse both Bernie and Hillary. I love both of them, and I love their supporters. But it’s time to vote. I was genuinely undecided until the argument here clicked for me this weekend. …

“Yeah, so about that. How’s it going.” Julietta was quiet. “The Sludge thing is a little intense. You doing ok?” “Oh, you know.” She stared out the window. “Fuck that guy, seriously. But I do keep thinking about it. What he said, not so much. But the death threats and…

Please enjoy the beginning of chapter 1 of my new novel, 2063: Project Weedpatch, a story about systemic, transformative change that’s kind of a diverse, sexy, grassroots West Wing. This excerpt is the first third or so of the chapter; you can get the rest in PDF, iBooks and Kindle…

There has been a ton written about #VANghazi so far. I started writing this for publication but it got a bit long, so I’ve given it a quick edit, broken it up into four parts and posted it here. …