the opportunities have to be made, but it would be nice for some people disinterested in creating them, and with records of failure, to get out of the way (e.g. Schumer/Tanden/Establishment trying to block Graham Platner)
The kind of stuff that Arpaio was doing ended up being politically toxic for Arizona Republicans because of how it outraged US citizen Latinos, leading to consequential political changes in AZ. I think there are underappreciated potential parallels now with national immigration enforcement.
for @slate.com I wrote about Joe Arpaio's view on the SCOTUS shadow docket decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, the case in which Kavanaugh said it was okay to racially profile people. “I was vindicated by the Supreme Court of all this shit.” slate.com/news-and-pol...
-Mexico is willing and able to effectively cooperate with the U.S. on managing irregular migration (especially on individuals from outside North America) -Mexico is becoming a country of immigration, not emigration -Mexicans are culturally and socially proximate in many ways
“There’s a generation of children who’ve lost faith in the predictability of life, and lost faith in normality remaining the same,” said Anne Longfield, former children's commissioner for England. theweek.com/education/co...
Honestly, we should probably go all the way back to 2019 and 2020 -- and encourage those responsible for Biden's first term to reflect on their responsibility for Trump's second. It was obvious then that Biden was not capable of bringing 100% to the job.
One of the things I hope Biden defenders recognize when listening to [insert national Democrat here] is how utterly insane it was for the Democratic Party to try and argue that a man who literally couldn't communicate was capable of governing the country until January 2029.
“We were wrong to downplay the importance of what was happening on the border. It’s clear that we thought some of what we were hearing was overblown when actually it was impacting people in a real way.”
"But what is clear is that a party that prides itself on being concerned with making sure low-income people get ahead did not command the support of the people it thinks of itself as helping. That’s a huge problem." @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Excellent discussion from @petebuttigieg.bsky.social about identity politics: "If it seems that all we can see is one group at a time, then we’re not really telling a story that speaks to everybody or one that people can see themselves belonging in, whatever group or identity they might claim."
"I think investing in what’s sometimes called social infrastructure — I literally mean things like parks and recreation. If you have more safe, physical spaces for your kids to play in and for people to gather in, that really matters." @petebuttigieg.bsky.socialwww.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...
Good point from @petebuttigieg.bsky.social on national renewal: "And it means the Democratic Party needs to get more interested in what we can do next than in preserving the status quo that’s being smashed to pieces." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...
All countries need government employees tasked with enforcing immigration laws. I do not personally think ICE should continue in its current form. I have also never thought that DHS should exist -- and believe there's a bipartisan majority that could address it under a more sane president.
-Reform asylum laws -And, lastly, maintain strong cooperation with regional partners (who are eager for American support to prevent another Biden-type crisis)
You significantly reduce the need for "doling out harsh punishment" while also making immigration policy more fair, on balance. (2/2)
Democrats must use this time in the wilderness to decide who will enjoy immigration privileges and who won't.
If you:
-Regularize long-standing, non-criminal migrants without status (who've been here 10 years or more) -Incrementally liberalize mobility for Mexicans and Central Americans (1/2)
Like most progressive-minded people, the idea of doling out harsh treatment to people who've done nothing other than break immigration laws is instinctively repulsive to me.
But "don't be mean to anyone sympathetic" is not really a workable policy idea.
