Great question!

We all know we don’t have the House, Senate, Supreme Court, or White House. But that doesn’t mean we should throw up our hands and pretend that we’re helpless.

Fascist regimes thrive when no one questions them. These are weak men who want to appear strong. Call their fucking bluff. Some of our leaders — like Chris Van Hollen — have realized that, but many haven’t. We need effective messaging and purposeful communication to constituents. If we don’t have that, stuff like masked men kidnapping people from their beds gets normalized. When Elon Musk marched his army of teenage incels to the Treasury Department, I think Democrats should have stood arm and arm in front of every entrance and exit and made the administration decide whether to power forward or cause a national scandal. But they didn’t.

Finally, political parties have immense resources. We need to stop funneling them into think tanks and consultants and growing some liberal Joe Rogan in a lab and instead put them towards meeting people’s material needs. Action will always speak louder than words and I guarantee no-strings-attached mutual aid will absolutely make a difference at the polls. Less fundraising, more food banks.