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Alice Gallin-Dwyer

Alice Gallin-Dwyer

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Deputy Director, Washington Monthly; non-profit executive, advocate, proud mom of three young adults.

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Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · 1d

Believe it or not, the standoff over the shutdown is only the first of many budget battles ahead.

As economist Rob Shapiro points out @washingtonmonthly.com, we haven't even begun to discuss the horror show that is Trump's proposed 2026 budget:

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The budget bombs yet to come

Believe it or not, the government shutdown is only a prelude to the real battles facing Congress, says economist Rob Shapiro

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 1d

To rebuild their coalition—and democracy itself—Democrats must do what FDR once did: listen to, invest in, and organize the places they’ve long neglected.

By Suzanne Mettler (@smettler.bsky.social) and Trevor Brown, in our November/December issue.

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Democrats lost rural America—but with real investment and local rebuilding, they could start to win it back.

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 1d

The Constitution remains on display in the National Archives today, reverently viewed by visitors, "much as Mao Zedong sleeps in his tomb in Tiananmen Square," @garrettepps.bsky.social writes. But the most revolutionary part of the document is its capacity for change: bit.ly/4omReLy

Constitution in Progress

In We the People, Jill Lepore argues the Constitution isn’t the parchment paper, but the evolving democratic imagination of the people.

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 1d

The coming population bust won’t be solved by right-wing pronatalism or left-wing subsidies. It will require confronting how modern life puts parenting out of reach @suzmkahn.bsky.social

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Running Out of People

In After the Spike, two economists make a provocative case that population decline could stall innovation and human progress.

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 1d

By presenting judging as pure law untainted by politics, Amy Coney Barrett offers a picture so implausible it makes cynics of us all @mgraber1.bsky.social

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Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography

Amy Coney Barrett’s book, "Listening to the Law," claims the Supreme Court is above politics. Its very existence proves otherwise.

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 1d

We say taxes make citizens equal before the state. In practice, they divide them—between those whose income is tracked at the source and those whose wealth is invisible.

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How America’s Tax Code Built an Aristocracy

In "The Second Estate," Boston College law professor Ray Madoff argues that America’s tax code has birthed a modern aristocracy.

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 1d

The result is generous, original, and fascinating—de-emphasizing the stories of the so-called Founding Fathers, and forwarding those of ordinary people, some of whom made constitutions of their own. We the People is also profoundly, indeed joyously, subversive.
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Constitution in Progress

In We the People, Jill Lepore argues the Constitution isn’t the parchment paper, but the evolving democratic imagination of the people.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 21h

Mark Graber has a terrific review of Amy Coney Barrett's memoir in the @washingtonmonthly.com : washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...

Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography

Amy Coney Barrett’s book, "Listening to the Law," claims the Supreme Court is above politics. Its very existence proves otherwise.

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Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 1d

On why judicial biographies are almost always bad, unless you collect cliches. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...

Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography

Amy Coney Barrett’s book, "Listening to the Law," claims the Supreme Court is above politics. Its very existence proves otherwise.

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Ian Masters @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social · 14h

We are joined by @glastris.bsky.social to discuss how Democrats can win back voters by creating their own response to Project 2025. We discuss this new series at The Washington Monthly, including his article, “How the Democrats Can Play Offense” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

Trump Has Project 2025 But the Democrats Have No Plan and They Need to Go On the Offensive With One

November 3, 2025 - Paul Glastris backgroundbriefing.org/donate x.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 1d

And a group of writers lays out a post-Trump industrial policy for America that incorporates positive aspects of the administration’s approach while rejecting what’s insane:

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 1d

Zach Marcus makes the case that instead of fighting MAGA in today’s poisonous digital political ecosystem, Democrats should challenge that environment as the root cause of our dysfunctional politics, and vow to be the party that cleans it up.

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Draining the Online Swamp

Instead of chasing MAGA-style virality, Democrats should lead the fight to reform the toxic online world politics now depends on.

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 1d

Suzanne Mettler and Trevor Brown argue that by exacerbating the suffering of rural Americans with tariffs and health care cuts, Trump is creating the same conditions that allowed FDR and Barack Obama to win substantial numbers of rural votes.

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Democrats lost rural America—but with real investment and local rebuilding, they could start to win it back.

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 1d

Phil Longman and Gillen Tener Martin (@gillenmartin.bsky.social) offer a creative plan to save Social Security that avoids raising taxes on average Americans, boosts benefits to retirees who need it, and promotes a healthier and more productive America.

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How Democrats Can Save Social Security—and Win Elections

Republican tax cuts and immigration crackdowns have deepened Social Security’s crisis. How to fix it without punishing working Americans.

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 1d

Polls show Democrats are about as unpopular as Republicans. That’s not a messaging issue, it’s policy. Both parties oversaw a system that left the bottom 60% sliding downward. Trump rose by promising to fix it. Democrats can win only by truly doing so: bit.ly/3JcXdDu

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Open Markets Institute @openmarkets.bsky.social · 3d

Defending social security is about more than just opposing cuts. As policy director Phil Longman explains in his latest piece for the @washingtonmonthly.com, there are a suite of reforms Democrats could embrace to stabilize the program while expanding benefits. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/31/h...

How Democrats Can Save Social Security—and Win Elections

Republican tax cuts and immigration crackdowns have deepened Social Security’s crisis. How to fix it without punishing working Americans.

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 3d

How Democrats Can Save Social Security—and Win Elections
The trust fund can be rescued from insolvency without unpopular taxes on workers, and with significant benefit to economic productivity and the security of the middle class. Here's how.

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How Democrats Can Save Social Security—and Win Elections

Republican tax cuts and immigration crackdowns have deepened Social Security’s crisis. How to fix it without punishing working Americans.

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 3d

The Trump Administration Weaponizes Food...

Senate Majority Leader Thune is trying to blame the Democrats for the termination of food assistance, but it’s Trump and his USDA’s fault for shutting down the program.

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SNAP Cuts: The Trump Administration Weaponizes Food

Republicans are blaming Democrats for SNAP food assistance ending, but blame lies with President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Rollins

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Nate Weisberg @nateweisberg.bsky.social · 6d

The profile of Democrats who can win in Red and Purple states isn’t simply “moderate.” They’re economic populists who speak to people’s kitchen-table concerns.

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The Rise of the Populist Moderates

Pundits call them centrists. In reality, Democrats like Pat Ryan and Ruben Gallego are populists taking on corporate power—and winning.

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Paul Glastris @glastris.bsky.social · 6d

The new Trump policy of sinking suspected drug boats (rather than boarding them and arresting the traffickers) is illegal, risky, a cover for abandoning allies, and destined to fail in stopping the flow of narcotics. See this @washingtonmonthly.com Q&A. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/27/t...

Sinking Boats Off Venezuela, Colombia. What Could Go Wrong?

U.S. forces are sinking drug boats off Venezuela and Colombia. A defense expert warns Trump’s new strikes won’t even stop the drug trade.

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Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · 6d

Nearly 1 in 6 Americans lives in a "distressed community," and the gap between distressed and prosperous communities is growing.

I talked to @kenanfikri.bsky.social at EIG about the geography of distress for @washingtonmonthly.com

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How Regional Inequality Explains Our Polarized Politics

Nearly 1 in 6 Americans lives in a “distressed” community. Where they live and what they experience could explain a lot about our politics.

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 6d

For once, the opposition party has the upper hand in a shutdown showdown. The new statement from the American Federation of Government Employees doesn’t change that.

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Democrats Have Every Reason to Dig in Their Heels

Democrats have something the opposition party in a shutdown showdown has never had: the upper hand. Why give it up now?

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 6d

The nation’s largest nutrition education program helped millions of low-income Americans make healthier food choices. So naturally, Trump and Republicans defunded it:

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SNAP-Ed’s Demise Exposes MAHA’s Hypocrisy

Despite the Trump administration's MAHA rhetoric, Republicans defunded America's largest nutrition education program: SNAP-Ed.

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Scholars Strategy Network-Maine @mainessn.bsky.social · 5d

Maine SSN chapter member Amy Fried (@asfried.bsky.social) and Luisa S. Deprez discuss the upcoming Senate vote in Maine, as well as the intricacies surrounding the candidates in a Washington Monthly article. (@washingtonmonthly.com)

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Campaign 2026: As Maine Goes…

Tattooed Graham Platner and a challenger to Jared Golden are roiling their races. How Maine’s political tradition shapes these contests.

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 4d

While the root causes of modern authoritarianism have been hotly debated, studies increasingly point to income inequality as the prime culprit.

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Tyranny Is Downstream From the Economy

While the causes of modern authoritarianism have been hotly debated, studies increasingly point to income inequality as the prime culprit.

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