"The real risk this system poses is that a situation could arise, for example this year, where sixty-five percent of voters support a Democratic candidate for governor, but a Republican is elected." My new Kibitzing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/california...
These are my closing remarks at a panel last week about San Francisco, but these comments are relevant to the broader fights against oligarchy and fascism.
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"What Lurie is doing now is notable because he is using his wealth, along with the wealth of the conservative tech and real estate moguls who now support him, to remake the city." My new Kibitzing with Lincoln. lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/daniel-lur...
I was very pleased to be part of this panel along with Tom Ammiano and @romalynschmaltz.bsky.social hosted by ShapingSF discussing liberal oligarchy in San Francisco.
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"Another major lesson the resistance can learn from Hungary is that elections and mass mobilizations are deeply intertwined in these efforts to bring down authoritarian regimes." My new Kibitzing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/a-defeat-f...
“Ceasefire is Trump-speak for lose because that is what happened in this war in Iran.”
I was a guest on the Attitude with Arnie Arnesen today. www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sta...
My new Kibitzing with Lincoln is the first time I have used A Fish Called Wanda to explain international relations. Please subscribe.lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/ceasefire-is-trump-spe...
“This war in Iran is making China more powerful and Russia richer.” I was a guest on The Attitude with @pchowder.bsky.social today. @stephenpimpare.bsky.social www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sta...
"Chan, on the other hand, represents a Democratic Party that keeps its focus on working people and immigrants, and that sees affordability and progressive economic policies as more than just talking points." New Kibitzing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/the-race-f...
Lincoln Mitchell says even if Trump fades, MAGA’s core beliefs won’t. He argues America can’t return to 2014 politics and a few Democratic wins won’t fix it. The country will be reshaped either way.
I am looking forward to being on this panel with @romalynschmaltz.bsky.social and the legendary Tom Ammiano hosted by Shaping San Francisco. If you are in San Francisco that evening, please join us.
"Hope and imagination, the ability to both believe that things will get better and to think creatively about how to get from here to there, are essential for defeating any form of authoritarianism." My new Kibitzing with Lincoln. Please subsribe. lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/american-p...
"Despite the risky strategy Mamdani may be pursuing, there is something that can be learned from it." My new Kibitzing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/zohran-mam...
"According to very methodologically rigorous estimates, since USAID was abolished slightly over a year ago 762,000 people are now dead who would be alive today if USAID still existed." My new Kibitzing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/ending-usa...
"Turns out we are now learning that Epstein’s ring of sexual predation had a strong Republican bent, but also knew no ideological or partisan boundaries and ranged from Noam Chomsky to Donald Trump." My new Kibitzing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
“So much of America, what’s being built is AI processing centers, warehouses for Amazon and concentration camps…This is what this regime is building.” I was a guest on the Attitude today with Arnie Arnesen today. www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sta...
“We’re in this kind of cycle with this regime where we say ‘they can’t do that, they can’t do that, they can’t do that,’ then they do it and we start in with the next thing ‘they can’t do that.’” I was a guest on the Attitude with Arnie Arnesen today. www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sta...
“Donald Trump is afraid of free and fair elections. That’s been evident for some time now…Remember, this is someone who cheered on a violent riot at the Capitol because he couldn’t accept that he lost the 2020 election.” I was interviewed on WION India today. youtu.be/etUEbNfhH0M?...
