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Dan Swinehart's avatar

It's time to complete the safety net, shore up voting rights by putting them back into law, and pass the sensible immigration plans that have stalled before. If possible, we should also restore Roe v Wade or better. Then we can sit back and worry about cultural issues again.

I think Trump will sign any bill that is named after him, so we should be able to pass the TrumpCare single payer plan, the TrumpVote, TrumpAmnesty, and so on. Let's clean up the guy before we kick him out.

Just dreaming, I suppose.

Barbara Perra's avatar

One of the infamous 11 who missed Hegseth's impeachment vote was from WA State. She isn't my Rep, but I wrote to admonish her that we sent Dems to Washington, DC, to get results and we expect them to put in the time to get their a_ _es there to vote especially on something so important. Suggest you Check the list online and write to your Rep if they missed the vote.

Mike's avatar

I think too much is being made of this

Fact is, an impeachment with THIS House is 50/50 at best

But it’s 100% guaranteed to fail in the Senate.

In January, all that changes

kb miller's avatar

What's your take on the Ban Superintelligence bill? It appears to also ban safety and ethics research. Olivia, I trust your opinion.

Andrew Gaines's avatar

Hi Olvia,

I am pleased to be on your Substack; your insights are interesting.

That noted, I would like to introduce you to a new possibility.

On current trends, it appears that we are headed both for ecological collapse and potentially nuclear war. There is a saying: To change the system change the thinking.

The new possibility is to inspire regular people to act as communicators and influencers in their own right, and provide tools to enable folks to be effective communicators catalyzing systems change.

‘The DNA of a transformational social change movement’ spells out how we might work on this. It integrates ideas from the DesignShop process of developing innovative business solutions, along with Feldenkrais insights into the neurology of improving skilled performance.

https://andrewgaines.substack.com/p/the-dna-of-a-transformative-social

The League of Evolutionary Catalysts is a community of practice working on this. We are tiny, but I like to think that our thinking is robust.

If you think the approach outlined there has some merit, I’d be pleased to have a Zoom conversation to get acquainted and consider possibilities. I live in the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney.

The challenge of our time is to evolve a compassionate ecologically sustainable world!

Andrew Gaines FRSA

https://www.evolutionarycatalyst.net

andrew.gaines@evolutionarycatalyst.net

Ken Bertrand's avatar

Olivia.........I have an idea but do not know how to insert it into the national Democrat conversation about 2027 issues. Based on the huge margins each house will assume, my ideas is to use that membership to design either a joint or separate select committees to examine "immigration deportation". Not examine immigration but specifically IMMIGRANT DEPORTATION. Agree? If you do, can you generate some interest within the Democrat Congress or suggest a pathway? Thanks.

P J Johnston's avatar

I LOVE what you do always Olivia you always to a great job!

Kathi Carlson's avatar

I loved this interview. Thanks for sharing it.

Stephen C Nickerson's avatar

Sorry, I wanted to respond but:

Watch the conversation here:

A lot of you follow me mostly through your inbox and don’t catch the....

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Cherae Stone's avatar

I enjoyed this, Olivia. Thanks for parking it here for us.

Dawn Gehde's avatar

Love you and your content Olivia! Thank you!

Michael A Goldberg's avatar

Keep up the wonderful work.

Cabby Capshaw's avatar

Thanks, Olivia, for doing what you’re doing!! I wish I had known you would be in El Paso right before the election!!

John David Hall's avatar

Thank you Olivia Troye!

Thomas Woody's avatar

I really wish you had made it through to the finals and have gotten a seat in Congress but I still relish reading your information every week