Habermas, the philosopher who shaped Germany's post-war conscience Juergen Habermas, best-known for his theory of political consensus-building, shaped the discourse of post-war Germany more than any other popular intellectual.

“… Defending the uniqueness of Third Reich atrocities, Habermas believed that ‘Vergangenheitsbewältigung’, or coming to terms with the past, had to be central to the country's identity …”

#PastIsNotPast #EndTheCruelty #StopPoisonousFarRightDogmas #BeAntiFascist #DemocracyFirst #Ἐπιστήμη #Courage

Sen. Van Hollen serving his constituents, and the nation.
Proud to call him my Senator.

#TrumpΤύραννος #MakeAmericaCruelAlways #WhiteSupremacy #StopPoisonousFarRightDogmas #DemocracyFirst #JusticeForAll #SayNoToBigotry #Courage

Trump and the MAGA base.

#TrumpΤύραννος #StopStateTerror #MakeAmericaCruelAlways #WhiteSupremacy #DemocracyFirst #KeepTheRepublic #BillOfRights #RuleOfLaw #JusticeForAll #EndTheGrift #TaxTheRich #TheOnePercent #SayNoToBigotry #StopPoisonousFarRightDogmas #Courage

Come on #Indies and #SmartRepublicans, it is time to.put #DemocracyFirst and the #AmericanPeopkeFirst. #Trump and his minions are putting themselves first not country, not the people even those that support no matter how shitty they are treated!

Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.'s daughter, Nancy Pelosi, carries much electoral weight. Her endorsement of Harry Dunn — for Steny Hoyer's old seat — is powerful.

#TrumpΤύραννος #DemocracyFirst #KeepTheRepublic #RuleOfLaw #JusticeForAll #US-CapitolPolice #Jan6 #EndTheGrift #News #Courage

Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years Britain is ending the centuries-old tradition of hereditary aristocrats sitting in Parliament’s House of Lords.

With luck and some number of centuries, Great Britain may finally evolve into a republic, thereby ending misrule by monarchs and aristocrats “behaving badly”.

#DemocracyFirst #WorldNews

Sen. Van Hollen serving his constituents, and the nation.
Proud to call him my Senator.

#TruthMatters #TrumpΤύραννος #MACA #MakeAmericaCruelAlways #EndTheGrift #DemocracyFirst #25thAmendment #IMPEACH #AttSpeakerOfTheHouse #News #Courage

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

If Big Tech's increasingly malicious politics worry you, you may want to consider switching to alternatives less harmful and more beneficial to consumers, climate, the environment, and democracy worldwide.

#EndTheGrift #DemocracyFirst #TheOnePercent #Technology #Courage

Unchecked wealth quietly erodes democracy.
@boricuabc2.bsky.social 

🎧 Listen to the full episode https://youtu.be/mStb9yJj1Ww

#DemocracyFirst #MediaPower #TechRegulation #DigitalEthics #WealthAndPower #CivicResponsibility #PodcastClips #CriticalMedia

I stand with Colbert.

I deleted the CBS app.

I will never be a CBS shareholder.

#NoKings
#NoOverlords
#NoOligarchs
#DemocracyFirst

#DoNothingCongress #ATT-SpeakerOfTheHouse #StopMACAextremism #EndTheCruelty #StopStateTerror #StopPoisonousFarRightDogmas #SayNoToBigotry #DemocracyFirst #KeepTheRepublic #NoVacayGovtShutdown #Courage

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Trade, visas, capital, prestige—every lever should press until pro-Trump strongmen exit public life. Reward rule of law; punish capture. Partnerships require principles, not fealty to demagogues. Pressure works when values are non-negotiable. #NoDealsWithAutocrats #DemocracyFirst

#DemocracyFirst

Elected as a progressive voice, now echoing arguments that undercut his own party’s leverage—Fetterman’s pivot feels less like independence and more like abandonment. Movements are built on solidarity; fracture them from within and only the opposition cheers. #HoldTheLine #DemocracyFirst

Elected as a progressive voice, now echoing arguments that undercut his own party’s leverage—Fetterman’s pivot feels less like independence and more like abandonment. Movements are built on solidarity; fracture them from within and only the opposition cheers. #HoldTheLine #DemocracyFirst

Trump tells soldiers to vote GOP in campaign-style rally at Fort Bragg Army policy prohibits partisan displays, and most service members refrained from cheering.

wapo.st/4ri84g9
Hosting a campaign rally on an active military base with uniformed troops is not “leadership” — it’s politicizing the armed forces. Civilians control the military — not campaigns. Our troops deserve better. 🇺🇸 #ProtectNonpartisanship #DemocracyFirst

#EndTheGrift #EndTheGreed #TaxTheRich #DemocracyFirst

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History does not forgive cowardice dressed as compromise. Fund DHS before binding reform, and you legitimize unchecked force with taxpayer dollars. Democracies rot when fear outruns law. Stand immovable until accountability is carved into statute. #HoldTheLine #DemocracyFirst

He digs into healthcare, democracy, and what it means to fight for the common good.

#NY23 #aaron4ny23 #AaronForNY23 #DemocracyFirst #HealthcareForAll #CommonGood #UpstateNY #SouthernTier #ImNotRunningForCongress

#TrumpΤύραννος #StopStateTerror #MACA #StopPoisonousFarRightDogmas #DemocracyFirst #SayNoToBigotry #Courage

Property taxes that are a school district's main source of funding and "silent" redlining is legalized segregation.

I grew with it around me.
Things haven't changed much.
So, prove me wrong.

America is always a democratic work in progress.
#DemocracyFirst

Note to Trump Administration, your bus is coming in …

#TrumpΤύραννος #EndTheChaos #SayNoToBigotry #StopMAGAextremism #StopPoisonousFarRightDogmas #DemocracyFirst #KeepTheRepublic #RuleOfLaw #EndTheGrift #LetAmericaBeAmericaAgain

Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.

A Paean to the Minneapolis Résistance.

#GiftArticle #TrumpΤύραννος #EndTheKilling #StopStateTerror #ProsecuteICE #StopMAGAextremism #StopPoisonousFarRightDogmas #DemocracyFirst #KeepTheRepublic #ImmigrantsMakeAmericaGreat #LetAmericaBeAmericaAgain #NoKings #BringDecencyBack #WordsOfHope #Courage

All cities in all 50 states are with you, Minneapolis, as well as any other targeted areas. We condemn the killing of innocent civilians by unidentified federal agents and the refusal of DHS to be transparent and accountable about the investigations. #DemocracyFirst #LoveYourNeighbor

Five-Minute Fix: A Bench for the Bench A concise, 5-minute overview of a longer essay examining Supreme Court succession as a systems-design problem. This summary outlines the core idea behind A Bench for the Bench: how separating confirma...

Restarting my Substack to address broken political systems. 5-min quick reads backed by full essays from the perspective of a career systems consultant. First up, a rework of:

Five-Minute Fix: A Bench for the Bench

theartofbeingdave.substack.com/p/five-minut...

#DemocracyFirst
#LetsFixThisThing

Among Trump's claimed accomplishments for 2025 was the end of the use of paper straws. I miss paper straws.

#TrumpΤύραννος #StopMAGAextremism #StopPoisonousFarRightDogmas #DemocracyFirst #KeepTheRepublic #LetAmericaBeAmericaAgain

See “365 WINS IN 365 DAYS” list, No. 245.

“When Ordinary Albertans Do Extraordinary Things: Brittany, Anna and Betty Stand in Medicine Hat”

These three women are showing what real civic leadership looks like.

#AlbertaToday
#MedicineHat
#RecallDanielleSmith
#GrassrootsAlberta
#AccountabilityMatters
#DemocracyFirst
#AlbertansDeserveBetter

It's time for by elections in the traitors seats, the people voted conservative (not for Reform) as a result the will of the people in our democracy is not being upheld 🇬🇧
#Democracyfirst #BritishDemocracy

About time.

#DefundICE
#EndTheGOP
#DemocracyFirst