Good of the Order
Trump-Vance 2025 Budget. The ugly details.
Fix Democracy First has compiled an excellent list of sites with which to expand your activism
Hey New Yorkers — VOTE TOMORROW!
Here’s the New Pledge of Allegiance I Think We All Should Take
Why Today April 30th Should Be a National Holiday
PROTEST EVERYWHERE — Saturday, April 19 — Every city, every county, every town, everywhere! Freedom Against Tyranny!
There Was a Record 5 to 6 Million People Who Took to the Streets to Stop Trump on Saturday! — And the Only Sound of Silence You Hear is from the Media and the Democratic Party
Massive Crowds Everywhere! And Everywhere You Look, You Will See The True Leaders of This Next Revolution
Get Up! Get Out! Get in the Streets! Mass Protests Saturday Near You!
Simon Rosenberg
Veteran Political Analyst, Strategist and Commentator. 2 Presidential campaigns (incl Clinton War Room), senior roles at DNC, DCCC, NDN. One of the only ones who got 2022 right. On Substack at Hopium Chronciles.
Military Leaders Sound The Alarm About Trump’s Retreat From The World And Inward Turn, More Notes On Winning The Fall
A Wonderful Conversation With Randi Weingarten About Her New Book -“Why Fascists Fear Teachers”
We Must Keep The Military Off Our Streets, Schumer and Jeffries Meet With Trump, Moldova Votes For Europe
Sunday Hopium – Rest Up Folks, We Have A Big Week Ahead Of Us
A New Conversation With Allison Gill, We Are Having The Fight With Trump We All Wanted To Have, A Big Week For Jimmy Kimmel And The Opposition
Trump Has A Bad Week And He Takes It Out On All Of Us, New Interview With MA AG Andrea Campbell, Sherrill Up 7 In New Poll
We Are Having The Fight With Trump We All Wanted To Have. Now, We Have To Go Win It (New Video And Analysis)
Kimmel’s Powerful Return, Newsom Rocks Colbert, An Addled Trump Chickens Out, Staying Focused On Winning The Fall
Kimmel Returns, Trump Embarrasses, Dems Are Starting To Lean Hard Into Rising Costs And Tariffs
Sherrill Rocks Her Debate, Rs Have Chosen Shutdown and Chaos, The World Comes To New York And A Very Different America
Trump Enters The Budget Debate In A Weak Position, A Conversation With Alaska Dem Chair Eric Croft
Trump Has Shown Us Who He Is. Time For Us To Show The American People And The World Who We Are (Video and Analysis)
We Must Demand Courage, The People Have Rejected Trump’s Strongman Politics, Terrific New Tariff Ad In Alaska
Launching Hopium’s New Audacious Expansion Fund And A New Discussion With Nikki Fried, The Chair Of The Florida Democratic Part
Some Reflections On Finding A Higher Gear, Building A Stronger Movement, And Winning The Fall
Trump’s Agenda Of Sabotage, Plunder, Chaos, And Betrayal Is Coming For Red States And Red Places Too
Sunday Hopium – Trump Is Unpopular, Weakened, And Losing All The Arguments That Matter
It’s Been A Hard Week – Let’s Take It Easy This Weekend Everyone
Trump Has Failed The Country, And We Desperately Need Something Better
Inflation Surges, Trump’s Economic Plan Has Failed, And A New Video Talk -“Our North Star Must Continue To Be Democracy, Rule Of Law, And Freedom”
Trump’s Disastrous Appeasement Of Putin Has Made America Less Safe, Senator Ruben Gallego On The GOP’s Betrayal Of Latino Families (Video)
“Allow Yourselves To Feel Hope” – An Inspiring Discussion With Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff
Strong New Spanberger Ad On Prices, The Trump-Epstein Affair Takes A Darker Turn, The Robert Court Hacks At Our Liberties
Our Recommendations To Congressional Dems, 2 Brutal Polls For Trump, Trump Is Weak Not Strong
Sunday Hopium – Winning The Fall And A New Check-in With Mikie Sherrill
Surrender Not War, Trump Rebukes Kennedy On Vaccines, Rep. Dan Goldman Shares His Thoughts On Where We Are Now (Resend)
The Reckoning For Trump’s Idiocy, Extremism, And Betrayal Has Begun
As Trump’s Powers Ebb We Must Fight To Win The Fall And Send A Clear Message The Tide Is Turning Against Him (New Video, Analysis)
“Kennedy Is Too Dangerous For The Country”- A New Conversation With Senator Angela Alsobrooks On Fighting Their War On Science and Public Health
On Trump’s Escalating Madness, Epstein, Compromise And The Unsustainable Path He Has Chosen
Welcome Back Everyone. It’s Time To Fight, And To Win
Sunday Hopium – A Quiet News Weekend? Exciting Resolutions Project Update, Winning The Fall
A Court Rules Trump’s Terrible Tariffs Are Illegal (Again), Dems Need To Fight The Battle In Front Us This Fall – Not The Battle We Wish We Had
Ernst Is Out, FIRE HIM, Leon Krauze On Challenging Trump Far More Directly, Every Day
FIRE HIM, Trump’s Powers Of Persuasion Are Ebbing, Congress Needs To Hear From Us Next Week
The Resignation Letter Of Dr. Demetre C. Daskalakis Of The Centers For Disease Control
An Encouraging Win In Iowa, National Security Moms, Some Thoughts On Trump’s Occupation Of The Capital Of The United States of America
Fighting Trump Now – Some Recommendations For Congressional Democrats
Democrats Need To Get Serious About Partisan Voter Registration – Some Notes And A Presentation From Tom Bonier
Sunday Hopium – Reflecting On The Greatness Of The Four Freedoms
Winning In Red States And Red Places – A Conversation With Rita Hart, Iowa Dem Party Chair
Bringing Our Resolutions Project To Communities Across The Country – An Uplifting Discussion With Dr. Deborah Potter and Rachel Poliner
Rep. Jamie Raskin: “We should view his increasing desperation as a reflection of our growing strength”
Trump’s Maniacal Drive To Build An Oppressive Police State – A New Conversation With Greg Sargent
“Fighting For North Carolina” – A Conversation With Roy Cooper, Our Great Candidate For Senate In North Carolina
Sunday Hopium – As Trump’s Powers Ebb He’s Growing More Wild, Desperate And Dangerous
Trump, A Very Useful Idiot, Buckles In Alaska, Disastrously Sells Out Ukraine And The West
What’s Next In Texas – My New Interview With TX Dem Chair Kendall Scudder
Newsom Leads, Trump Betrays, A New Conversation With Jen Rubin
As Trump Desperately Spirals And Escalates, We Must Keep Finding A Higher Gear (New Video, Analysis)
The Vicious Cycle Of A Failing Strongman
Inflation Comes In Hot (Again), Trump Is Descending Further Into Authoritarianism And Madness
“The Illusion Of A Middle Ground Is Evaporating” – A Discussion With Stuart Stevens On Trump’s Escalating Authoritarianism
Working To Distract From Epstein, Rising Prices, His Traitorous Fealty To Putin, Trump Starts Terrorizing Another American City
Sunday Hopium – Can Bring Needed Change, Leaning Hard Into The Terrible Tariffs, Standing With Ukraine Not Putin
I Stand With Ukraine, Europe, and Freedom. I Stand Against Putin, Trump, and Authoritarianism
We Must Lean In Much Harder Against Trump’s Terrible Tariffs, A New Lively Conversation With Michael Steele (Former RNC Chair, Current MSNBC Host)
As Voters Reject Trump Dems Are Finding A Higher Gear (New Video), The Terrible Tariffs Have Taken Effect And His Betrayal Of The American People Deepens
“You Have To Be Willing To Fight”
“The Ambience Of Information” – A Very Compelling Conversation With Nathan Heller
Fighting Trump’s Madman Agenda Of Sabotage, Plunder and Betrayal And Some Coffee with The Contrarians
Try As He Might Trump Cannot Escape Epstein, His Terrible Tariffs And His Failed Economic Agenda
Sunday Hopium – Some Notes On Where We Are Today And The Path Forward
Trump, Our Mad Leader, Is Angry Because He And His Plan Are Failing
The Trump Slowdown Is Here, The Tariff Madness Escalates, Dems Lead In Party ID And Generic Ballot
Trump’s Tariff Madness Makes It Clear He Doesn’t Give A Sh-t About The American People (New Video, Analysis)
Fighting Trump’s War On Science With Colette Delawalla and Dr. Jeremy Berg
Trump’s Escalating Tariff Madness, Roy Cooper Breaks Fundraising Records, Senator Alex Padilla On ICE, The Budget, Rescissions And More
How The Roberts Court Is Betraying The Country – My New Interview With Professor Leah Litman
Roy Cooper’s Launch Video, Trump’s Ongoing Tariff Fiasco, Voters Want Epstein Files Released, New Discussion w/Rep. Josh Riley (NY-19)
Roy Cooper Jumps Into The NC Senate Race, Trump Imposes A 15% Tariff On Europe, It’s The Zealotry, Stupid
Sunday Hopium – The Last Best Hope Of Earth
Epstein Is A Huge Problem For Trump. So Are His Tariffs, And The Upcoming Budget Fight
As Trump’s Powers Ebb We Must Keep Fighting For “The Last Best Hope Of Earth”
Things Are Bad For Trump Now. They Are Likely To Get Worse (New Video And Analysis)
“Trump’s Budget Could Break The Economy” – A New Conversation With Dr. Rob Shapiro
It’s Time For The “Just Locker Room Talk” And Sanewashing To End – Trump Is Pushing The Country To The Brink
Looking Ahead I See Far More Peril Than Promise For Trump and Republicans
Trump’s Struggles Have Given Us A Big Opportunity – We Need To Seize It
Sunday Hopium – Six Months In The Country Is Not Buying What Trump Is Selling
“Trump” The Brand Is Failing, New Interview With Ken Martin, And Dems Open Up A Big Enthusiasm Advantage
“Organize Everywhere, Win Anywhere” – My Conversation With DNC Chair Ken Martin
“A Pal Is A Wonderful Thing” – Why We Must Lean Into, Not Run From, The Epstein Scandal
New Analysis -“Trump” As Strongman Brand Is Failing (Video and Memo)
Epstein, Musk, Putin, Rising Inflation, Ongoing Tariff Fiasco – The World Just Isn’t Bending The Knee To Trump
Inflation Is Rising And Trump’s Agenda Is Failing
Trump’s Rancid Agenda Of Sabotage, Plunder and Betrayal Has Given The Pro-Democracy Movement A Big Opportunity
Sunday Hopium – Trump Is Struggling And We Need To Get Very, Very Loud Now
Trump’s Dangerous Tariff Madness, A Judge Restrains ICE in LA, “It’s A War on Due Process” – My Conversation With David Leopold
Trump Is Weak Not Strong, Brutal New Gallup Poll For Rs, Colorado’s Phil Weiser On Success of Dem AGs
The Passage Of The Big Ugly Has Given Us A Big Opportunity. We Need To Seize It (New Video & Political Analysis)
Trump Is Making America Poorer, Weaker, Less Safe and Less Free And The American People Are Unhappy About It
COURIER at 6, Winning The Info Wars – My Conversation With Tara McGowan
Trump’s Assault On Our Health Care, Explained – A Conversation With Charles Gaba
3 What’s Next Events This Week, Trump Drops 4 Points In 1st Post-Big Ugly Poll, Trump’s “Polluted Heart”
Some Early Thoughts On What Comes Next After The Big Ugly Bill
Sunday Hopium – Grateful To Be In This Community With All Of You
“Our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor”
Leader Jeffries Takes To The Floor Of The House, My New Video On The Republican Party’s Unprecedented And Dangerous Betrayal Of The Country
The House Needs To Hear A Roar Of Disapproval From The American People Today – Let’s Get To Work Everyone!
While Trump And Republicans Have Given Up On America This Community Never Will
Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill Will Make America Poorer, Weaker, Less Safe and Less Free – My Conversation With Stuart Stevens (Video)
America Is Not Winning Under Trump, We Are Losing. Today Is A Day Of Action. We Need To Be Very, Very Loud Today!!!!!
Signing This Terrible Bill Will Be A Loss For Trump – And America – Not A Win
“Time For Democrats To Go On Offense” – My Conversation With Senator Elissa Slotkin
A Corrupt SCOTUS Comes To A Struggling Trump’s Rescue (Again), Their Assault On Our Public Health Escalates, Let’s Keep Fighting To Stop Their Terrible Budget Bill
“Boundless Optimism” – My Interview with Mikie Sherrill, Our Great Candidate for Governor of New Jersey
Folks Aren’t Buying What Trump Is Selling, Dems Are Hurtling Into A New Era (New Video)
On Trump’s “Spectacle of Power” – A New Interview With Anne Applebaum
Folks Ain’t Buying What Trump Is Selling, Mamdani Wins, Our NM Resolutions Advance, Keep Working Vs. The Big, Ugly Bill Everyone!
New Interview With MI AG Dana Nessel, Folks Just Ain’t Bending The Knee, Initial Iran Polling Bad For Trump
Trump Warming To “Regime Change”, Budget Bill Takes Big Hits In The Senate, Our Resolutions Advance In New Mexico
Is Trump STRONG Now? An Uplifting Story From New Mexico, “I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To”
Struggling And Unpopular, Trump Goes To War With Iran – My Conversation With Rep. Adam Smith (Video)
Dems Need To Get Serious About Partisan Voter Registration – My Conversation With Tom Bonier (And A Presentation Too)
Delusional Trump Thought The World And America Would Bend The Knee – He Was Wrong, Seriously Wrong (New Video And Analysis)
Struggling And Unpopular, Trump Considers War With Iran – My New Conversation With Rep. Adam Smith (Video)
Celebrating Juneteenth And Our Fight For Freedom, All Eyes On Virginia Now, “A Big, Beautiful Bust”
Trump Is Wagging All The Dogs He Can Find (Video), Double TACOs, Hawley On Trump’s Budget Bill: “It’s very bad policy, and it hurts poor people”
Double TACOS, Dropped Papers, Declining Poll Numbers – Monty Python Or American President?
A New Conversation With Senator Chris Van Hollen (Video), More Bad Polling For Trump, Next Steps After No Kings Day
Celebrating No Kings Day Across America
Good Luck Today Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trump’s Escalating War On Immigrants – My Conversation With Leon Krauze
Trump’s Escalating Migrant Terror Campaign Is Unpopular, Out Of Control, Inhumane And Doing Enormous Harm To The Country
Trump Is Weak, Not Strong (New Video), Hopium Endorses Jon Ossoff, Public Not There On Trump’s Immigration Escalation
Newsom’s Powerful Speech, Hopium Endorses Sherrill in NJ, Standing Up For Science With Colette Delawalla
Trump’s Madness Has Become A National Emergency (New Video)
The Madness Of The Trump Regime Has Become A National Emergency For The United States Of America
Gov. Newsom Fights The Trump Regime, Job One Remains Stopping The Reconciliation Bill, Rallying For The Bethesda Declaration
Sunday Hopium – Musk Wounds Trump And We Get Troops In Los Angeles
Trump’s Immigration Fanaticism Is Creating A Humanitarian Crisis in Florida – My Conversation With Joe Garcia
Trump Is Weaker Today, The Economy Is Slowing, And We Need To Keep Fighting MAGA’s Ruinous Economic Agenda
The Feud – Three Initial Takeaways
Trump Is Putting The American Dream Out Of Reach – And We Have To Fight (New Video), Jolly Jumps In, Trump’s Bill “Losing Steam
Musk Calls Trump’s Budget Bill “A Disgusting Abomination,” Charles Gaba On MAGA’s Savage Assault On Health Care in America
Trump’s Tariffs Slowing US/Global Economies, Ukraine Lands Another Blow, Iowa Heats Up
Congress Is Back And We Have A Big Economic Argument To Go Win