So what's going on here?
1) An overall falling birth rate, below replacement level in a rich country like the UK, is a GOOD THING.
2) If poorer families are disproportionately unlikely to have children, that is a BAD THING.
3) #DemographicSlowdown does bring challenges but they can be addressed. Clue: expect lots of
It's good to see someone with experience and a large following raising the issue of the abusive level of #Democratic #fundraising (and the opportunistic #ParasiticPACs scamming people).
And …
It's good to see someone with experience and a large following raising the issue of the abusive level of #Democratic #fundraising (and the opportunistic #ParasiticPACs scamming people).
And …
Trump Is Prosecuting a Democratic Congresswoman. She Isn't Flinching (Tessa Stuart/Rolling Stone)
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/lamonica-mciver-new-jersey-democrat-assault-indictment-1235416765/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250828/p55#a250828p55
Normalized solutions for the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with potentials
Matteo Rizzi, Xueqin Peng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20961 https://arx…
I can’t remember who said the Democratic Party is acting like a •minority party• when what we need is an •opposition party•. The piece below captures that feeling (and its venom is fully justified).
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https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/fucking-fight-you-useless-fucks
I’m rambling, and struggling to figure out the heart of what I’m getting at.
It’s something about how maybe we should view the fecklessness of Democratic politicians the OP laments not as the •source• of the problem, but as the inevitable result of failing to form anti-fascist coalition, and to make that coalition into the other major political party in this country.
I feel like there’s something useful in there, something maybe strategically helpful that gives us a sense of agency. And man do I hate grand political cynicisms that rob us of our sense of agency.
/end
Democratic lawmakers in Congress are furious
after the Trump administration announced plans to
💥limit classified information that is typically shared with both houses of the legislature -- following a leak regarding the U.S.’s recent military strikes on Iran.
After President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet claimed his ordered attacks on three sites in Iran last weekend “obliterated” the country’s nuclear capabilities,
a leaked intelligence document disputed tha…
'The flimsiest of unproven pretexts': Democrats say Trump's attempt to fire Fed governor is illegal (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/26/lisa-cook-fired-democrats-respond-00524432
http://www.memeorandum.com/250826/p77#a250826p77