Hungary's inspiring example--proving citizens can reclaim their country from autocrats--should encourage democrats everywhere & clearly show #Trump, #Vance and their ilk that days are numbered! washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/07/t...
#Ungarn Nach Autokratisierung nun "democratic frontsliding" @chrishillion.bsky.social @tommasopavone.bsky.social @ascherz.bsky.social. Zum Beitrag d Lokalpolitik (Bsp #Budapest) transatlant Dialog mit @benspeggen.bsky.social @jcaustin.bsky.social @aia-nrw.bsky.social www.jeserie.org/events/detai...
#Orban's defeat in Hungary shows a corrupt kleptocracy that ignores the real needs of the people--will be turned out of office. A triumph for democracy portends a similar result in US and elsewhere! Read my piece in the @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/07/t...
Twenty years after we first made real the multi-billion dollar funding for #GreatLakes Restoration, in part by pointing out the tremendous potential economic impact for this industrial heartland region, we see the results all around us! www.healthylakes.org/latest-news/...
We will know soon if "illiberal democracy" playbook, undermining free institutions like press & universities, while enriching family & cronies, will be Viktor Orban's undoing in Hungary! Could foretell end awaiting Trump & Vance as well. Read why via @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social lnkd.in/g2VcBurk
Not content to menace democracy only here at home, the President dispatched sidekick JD Vance to try & prop-up anti-democratic leader of Hungary Viktor Orban. Good News! Public is rejecting them both! Read via @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/07/t...
Disturbing that JD Vance is in Hungary helping authoritarian leader Viktor Orban cling to power. The good news is that the public in Hungary, just as in the US, is sick and tired of strongman kleptocracies that make life harder, not easier for their citizens. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/07/t...
As our President contemplates initiating war crimes against the Iranian people, his No. 2 JD Vance heads to #Hungary to try & prop up the chances of another friend of #Putin & enemy of democracy Viktor #Orban. Now wonder voters want to get rid of both!
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Viktor Orban has so wrecked Hungary's economy voters are ready to cast him out--which could happen in elections this weekend. #Trump, copying Orban's democracy-destroying playbook, has also turned public against him. Read my @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social
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Local leaders can push back against authoritarians! Join us in our next Heartlands Transformation Network virtual discussion April 15, and learn how local leaders across our countries are building more resilient democracies. Hosted by Jefferson Educational Society.
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Learn how Mayors, local elected officials, civic & education leaders can push back against anti-democratic forces. Join us in this transatlantic discussion: April 15, 2026 10 am ET, 16:00 CET: Local Leaders Build Engaged Citizenry and Resilient Democracies –
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Democratic nations must keep making big investments in people & places that struggle - to bring renewed optimism & pride to people left-behind by economic & social change. Read how from @jefeja.bsky.social @andywestwood.bsky.social heartlandstransformationnetwork.substack.com/p/the-new-po...
As some nations walk away from investments in heartland regions, how do leaders at the local and regional level keep these needed efforts going across our democracies? Read latest from @andywestwood.bsky.social @jefeja.bsky.social
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"Climate diplomacy has become one of the defining arenas of global cooperation in the twenty-first century. When the US retreats from that cooperation, it weakens the collective ability of democratic nations to address shared challenges." heartlandstransformationnetwork.substack.com/p/buried-vil...
When national leadership is occupied with international damage-doing, local leaders can still link arms with peers & across Atlantic & continue the purposeful work of economic opportunity building & constructive community change. Read @postindustrial.bsky.social postindustrial.com/stories/voic...
Chemical, coal & historic manufacturing communities across the heartlands of the US and Europe face similar challenges in rebooting economies to find new prosperity today. Read how they succeed, my latest just out in @postindustrial.bsky.social postindustrial.com/stories/voic...
In our latest substack, Athens, Ohio Mayor Steve Patterson shares how local leaders in US & Europe, whipsawed by changing national economic & climate policy--can stay the course on economic transformation & the clean energy revolution!
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Catch this latest about our work with partners in Europe to build a new economy, and bring a new round of economic prosperity to former industrial regions on both sides of the Atlantic. Out in @postindustrial.bsky.social From my work @gettysburg2024.bsky.social
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Catch our latest Heartland Transformation Network Substack from Athens, Ohio Mayor Steve Patterson. As we face a carbon crossroads, must choose to keep building a clean, green and more prosperous future! heartlandstransformationnetwork.substack.com/p/buried-vil...
As US national leadership takes many wrong turns, leaders from US states and cities can join with peers in Germany and Europe to keep advancing, not retreating, on economic transformation, ameliorating climate change, and building more cohesive societies. In Halle, Germany with my US Mayors!
Catch this good analysis in @crainschicago.bsky.social by on depth & breadth of the damage-doing by the current Administration to the people and the economies states like Illinois (that just happen to be on the other side of an unfortunate partisan divide). www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/tru...
Get our Heartlands Transformation Substack! Here colleague @tamaraehs.bsky.social illustrates how local leaders across democracies push back against authoritarians & preserve freedoms! @aia-nrw.bsky.social @gettysburg2024.bsky.social heartlandstransformationnetwork.substack.com/p/local-lead...
Timely insights around how Mayors & other local leaders can "authoritarian-proof" democracy - effectively push back against the rising tide of autocracy which can & must be repelled. From @tamaraehs.bsky.social heartlandstransformationnetwork.substack.com/p/local-lead...
In our latest Substack post from the #Heartlands Transformation Network, Austrian colleague & #democracy defender Tamara Ehs details how local leaders can and are pushing back successfully against authoritarians. heartlandstransformationnetwork.substack.com/p/local-lead...
It seems like the world is reeling from threats to democracy, sovereignty & rule of law. Yet through the smoke & fire there are signs that decency & democracy are repelling the encroachment. Read my latest heartlandstransformationnetwork.substack.com/p/through-th...
As bad as the current Administration's civil rights abuses and assaults on democracy are, the achilles heel is the pocketbook issues like rising costs & fewer good-paying jobs, Read how policies like tariffs are hurting working people & Midwest businesses. www.brookings.edu/articles/not...
As young people go, so go our economy & society. Listen to the voices of young US & German Leaders around how to make communities across democracies places where young people thrive, flock to & don't run-away from. @dpzberlin.bsky.social heartlandstransformationnetwork.substack.com/p/young-lead...
Not only is current US regime's reliance on #tariffs likely illegal, but they damage the very people they are claimed to help, the hard-working men & women who make Michigan & industrial #Midwest #manufacturing go! Read my latest via @brookings.edu www.brookings.edu/articles/not...
Our terrific group of US & German Leaders organized by @dpzberlin.bsky.social just out with recommendations to bring hope &opportunity to people and places feeling neglected and ignored. Catch it all on our #Heartlands Transformation Substack. @aia-nrw.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...