IdeaLog
How to talk about the Trump indictment
Posted on April 5, 2023
It’s not the indictment that’s unprecedented, it’s the criminality. We’ve never before had a president like Trump—he’s a one-man crime wave. First, let us consider who we’re trying to persuade. The great majority of...
Don’t say “woke” and other idiocy
Posted on March 22, 2023
Here we go again. The rightwing adopts absurd messaging, it dominates the conversation for a time, and then their leaders move on to other, similar absurdities. The directors of the rightwing noise machine know...
For truth, not triangulation, on crime
Posted on March 9, 2023
With the blessing of President Biden, most Democrats in the U.S. Senate joined Republicans in voting to overturn the District of Columbia’s recodification of local criminal laws. This is because the Administration “believes criticism...
The imminent threat of Christian nationalism
Posted on February 22, 2023
PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute) recently published a groundbreaking poll with analysis entitled “Understanding the Threat of Christian Nationalism to American Democracy and Culture.” The topline of the PRRI/Brookings poll received considerable coverage by...
This Big Lie is more dangerous than the one about the 2020 election
Posted on February 8, 2023
Most Republicans now believe that average Democrats are “extreme,” “immoral” and “dishonest.” This results from years of right-wing propaganda. Rank-and-file conservatives now live in a carefully curated alternate reality. According to Pew Research, 72...
Five more new model bills for 2023
Posted on January 25, 2023
Our 2023 Progressive Agenda for the States & Localities recommends 50 bills for this year, many of them brand new. Our last IdeaLog suggested five innovative model bills on a variety of subjects. Here...
Five new model bills for 2023
Posted on January 11, 2023
Our 2023 Progressive Agenda for the States & Localities recommends 50 bills for this year, many of them brand new. Here are five innovative model bills on a variety of subjects. Fight back against...
Five lessons of the 2022 midterm election
Posted on December 14, 2022
Was 2022 a turnout election? Which groups are trending toward one of the parties? How important was inflation? Do voters even like the Democratic Party? In short, what mattered to voters in the midterms?...
Ballot initiatives are trending progressive
Posted on November 30, 2022
Progressive ballot measures did quite well in 2022. In contrast, before the last decade or so, conservatives largely dominated ballot measures, using them to energize their base with an anti-tax, anti-labor and anti-LGBT agenda....
Start planning abortion rights ballot measures for 2024
Posted on November 16, 2022
There were six state referenda on abortion this year (CA, KS, KY, MI, MT, VT) and abortion rights won all of them. Proactive ballot measures not only enshrine good laws, they drive turnout and...