Freedom, Justice and Opportunity
We are thrilled that the Harris campaign has picked up Freedom, Justice, and Opportunity as a major campaign theme. Thrilled, but not surprised. Those three words hold power, but the ideas that underly them are even more powerful. And they’re ours. The values in the Democratic Creed, the definitions of Freedom, Justice, and Opportunity that are embedded with it are powerful. The vision of a just society .. as long as it takes appeals to everybody. These things inspire universally because they stem from the opening words of the Declaration of Independence. And those words .. those ideas .. have been empowering our party since 1932. They are literally the soul of our party.
a special message from dems101
It’s time for women, and men, to stand up and celebrate .. celebrate and demand. August 26th is the 104th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. That event establishing the right to vote for women was historic, one in a line of historic American moments in our march towards true Democracy, towards the goal of a just society .. as long as it takes.
That century-old concept of fundamental rights is under attack. Dobbs is just the latest example of what has become a relentless assault, an attempt to turn back the clock. The moment to stand up for these rights .. for women’s rights and everyone else’s .. is now, and there is no better opportunity than August 26th, the very symbol of a woman’s basic right to equality.
One If by land, two if by sea
The British aren’t coming this time, but something else is. It’s dark, and it’s dangerous, and it’s definitely out there.
Hope is still leading the race .. the recent votes in Ohio and Kansas demonstrate it clearly .. but Fear, and Confusion, and Hate are right behind, spreading their wings, and their tentacles. But this isn’t a race between us and MAGA, that’s what we desperately have to realize. This is a race between us and ourselves. Are we going to focus on what’s ahead, on the bright light that is our country’s future? Are we going to seize this pivotal moment in American history, when the very direction of our national soul is at stake? Are we going to become the champions of hope? Is our mission going to be setting this country firmly on the road to a just society? Or are we going to remain obsessed with the dark shape that lies behind, the one that always seems to be gaining on us? Are we going to be lost into endlessly defending?
2024: Chaos, or unity?
The chaos part is easy. “2024” means November 5th, and that means fear. Trump. That one word. And we’re all determined to stand against him. All the way. But is that enough? Is that even the right way to look at it? If we attack him relentlessly, then defeat him again the same way we did in 2020 .. by the same margins .. what changes? What will another 51% victory leave in its wake?
The forces that created Trump will still be there. MAGA and its adherents, and the vast money machine that created them, will still exist. So will the deep tribalism they have managed to create. Their ability to take fear and hate and a coordinated campaign of lies, and turn it into a political machine capable of challenging for control of government, that will still be there as well.
And once we’ve defeated Trump permanently .. and losing a second Presidential election will do just that .. what do we do? Once we are no longer united by fear of Trump, what becomes of us? Do we go back to fighting each other, Progressives versus Moderates, elites versus the heartland? Do we go back to pushing this policy and that while regular Democrats, the lifeblood of our party, go back to feeling alienated and demoralized? Fear of Trump has united us. What will unite us once he’s gone?
A special letter to every angry Democrat in this country
Two counties in rural Georgia have just sent a message, and they’ve sent it to you. There’s nowhere redder than Oglethorpe and Gilmer Counties, no people more surrounded by MAGA hats and giant Trump flags and endless personal harassment .. no Democrats more angry and fed up. And now they’ve taken a stand. They’ve said enough! They’ve adopted the Democratic Creed officially, and with it they’ve sent a message