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The Bottom Up Approach
Why State Legislatures are way more critical than Congress
8 hrs ago • 
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We Gotta Stop Buying So Much Broadcast TV
Time to roll with the changes.
Oct 6 • 
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A Crisis of Their Own Making
Special Post: The Republicans Own This
Oct 2 • 
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September 2025

The Regressive Evangelism of America, Part 1: Digital Witness
The Incels, the TradWives, and the Popular Digitalization of White Christian Nationalism
Sep 29 • 
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Buy it. Use it. Break it. Fix it.
The Conservative Takeover of the Media.
Sep 21 • 
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Political Cage Matches
Will the kayfabe of political theater ever be too much, or will all the true believers take over?
Sep 15 • 
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The Myth of the Perfect Candidate
We’re chasing ghosts with impossible litmus tests
Sep 8 • 
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It’s All Semantics
When we get weighed down by words, we lose the meaning of our message.
Sep 1 • 
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August 2025

Special Post: JamesPod w/ James Abrenio
Guest Appearance on JamesPod 08/26/2025
Aug 27 • 
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Tough on What Crime Exactly?
Is our politics of fear dominating our reality?
Aug 25 • 
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Back to School: Flipping Districts 101
Why College Campuses Are Key to Flipping State Legislature Districts
Aug 18 • 
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The Privatized Murder of Public Discourse
How shows like Jubilee’s Surrounded and bad-faith social media guises stoke tribalism and falsely mirror “both sides.”
Aug 11 • 
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