Positioning Democrats to Earn the Support and Confidence of More Voters - michaelnill.com Defeating MAGA and healing the country will be up to Democrats but they need more support and trust from the electorate. This post explores a two-fold strategy to gain that: (1) a vision statement cap...

Positioning Democrats to Earn the Support and Confidence of More Voters michaelnill.com/positioning-... With art by Irene Cohen.

Why a Democratic Senate, Once Unthinkable, Is a Real Possibility

Why a Democratic Senate, Once Unthinkable, Is a Real Possibility www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...

Tim Cook Will Step Down as Apple C.E.O.

Tim Cook Will Step Down as Apple C.E.O. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/t...

Opinion | None of This Is Going Putin’s Way

None of This Is Going Putin’s Way www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/o... Putin's invasion of Ukraine will haunt him for life.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. —Mark Twain

Opinion | The Warmongers Are Getting History All Wrong

The Warmongers Are Getting History All Wrong www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/o... Trump's war is an unfolding disaster.

Iran War Live Updates: Tehran Sends Mixed Signals on Talks After U.S. Seizes Ship

Iran War Live Updates: Tehran Sends Mixed Signals on Talks After U.S. Seizes Ship www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Opinion | The Pope Bedevils Trump

The Pope Bedevils Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/o...

For Iran, Flexing Control Over Waterway Is New Deterrent

For Iran, Flexing Control Over Waterway Is New Deterrent www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Prosecutor Withdraws From Trump Team’s Investigation of Ex-C.I.A. Chief

Prosecutor Withdraws From Trump Team’s Investigation of Ex-C.I.A. Chief www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

Trump’s Dispute With Pope Leo Deepens Divisions on the Right

Trump’s Dispute With Pope Leo Deepens Divisions on the Right www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u... Well, the right chose this disastrous, incompetent president.

Birth of a Memoir This is a belated, atypical birth announcement, but so is the substance of it. A few years ago I gave birth to a memoir that I decided to call Cold Turkey at Nine: The Memoir of a Problem Child. Se…

Birth of a Memoir – Cold Turkey at Nine >>>Life after a shattering crime in the family. buff.ly/17wlOKe

Iran War Live Updates: Iran’s Military Says It Has Reimposed ‘Strict Control’ of Strait of Hormuz

Iran War Live Updates: Iran’s Military Says It Has Reimposed ‘Strict Control’ of Strait of Hormuz www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04... Trump thought his war would be so simple.

Opinion | The Second Coming of Donald Trump

The Second Coming of Donald Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/o...

NPR Receives $113 Million From 2 Gifts

NPR Receives $113 Million From 2 Gifts www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/b...

White House Shrugs Off Shaky Economy as War Exceeds Trump’s Timeline

White House Shrugs Off Shaky Economy as War Exceeds Trump’s Timeline www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u... Trump incompetence at work.

Opinion | This Is Not a Man in Control of Himself

This Is Not a Man in Control of Himself www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...

Trump and Meloni Split Amid Growing Dispute Over Pope and Iran

Trump and Meloni Split Amid Growing Dispute Over Pope and Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/w...

Done and Dusted? Trump’s Portrayal of the War in Iran Collides With Reality.

Done and Dusted? Trump’s Portrayal of the War in Iran Collides With Reality. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u... Trump is mired in his own war.

Opinion | Here’s How to Defeat Trumpism

Here’s How to Defeat Trumpism www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o... Lessons from Hungary.

Trump’s Blockade Risks Upending an Emerging Détente With China

Trump’s Blockade Risks Upending an Emerging Détente With China www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u... Another Trump miscalculation.

Doubt is not paralysis. Certainty is. Doubt keeps the doors and windows open. Belief is one room with no way out. —John Patrick Shanley

Opinion | Orban’s Fall Is an Astounding Achievement

Orban’s Fall Is an Astounding Achievement www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/o... Trump next?

Opinion | Israel’s War Strategy is to Avoid Peace If war is the status quo, the job is never done, and you can never lose.

For Israel, War Is the Only Answer www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/o... Their Netanyahu is our Trump, both unhinged.

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against The Wall Street Journal

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against The Wall Street Journal www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/b...

‘We Finally Have Democracy’: Hungarians Erupt in Joy and Relief

‘We Finally Have Democracy’: Hungarians Erupt in Joy and Relief www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/w... Trump should go next--and soon! Americans like to party, too.

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u... Invoke the 25th Amendment. Bring in Vance.

Opinion | Four Ways Trump’s War Is Weakening America

Four Ways Trump’s War Is Weakening America www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/o...

The ‘Annoyance Economy’ Is More Than Just Annoying

The ‘Annoyance Economy’ Is More Than Just Annoying www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/b... There's a lot of annoying stuff going around these days.

China’s Electrostate Is Poised to Win From War in the Middle East

China’s Electrostate Is Poised to Win From War in the Middle East www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/b...