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

washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/r...
Rural Revival
Democrats lost rural America—but with real investment and local rebuilding, they could start to win it back.
washingtonmonthly.com
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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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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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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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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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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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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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