January Will Be A Consequential Month, The Mamdani Era Begins, Russia Is Not Winning In UkraineRest up folks and get ready to go to work on Monday. January is going to be a very consequential month.....
Morning all. Congress returns from its break next week, and it is going to be a deeply consequential month ahead. If there is no fiscal year 2026 budget the government will run out of money again on January 30th. The lawlessness of the DOJ and a flood of new Epstein files/photos/video will keep this rancid affair front and center. Trump’s tariffs could be struck down by the Supreme Court, throwing the budget negotiations into chaos; or perhaps worse for the Rs, they will be allowed to continue, further weakening the economy and keeping prices too high. Next Tuesday is the 5th anniversary of Trump’s attack on the Capitol in 2021, and Democrats will be marking it with a day long set of events. The fight to prevent Trump from selling out Ukraine and Europe - and our own security - to Putin continues, as does the fight to stop Trump from continuing to commit War Crimes and violate both US and international law in the Americas. Across the country state and local elected officials at all levels of government are returning to govern against the harms Trump has done to their people - higher prices, rising joblessness, the assault on health care and food assistance, soaring utility prices, an out of control DHS/ICE, worker shortages, struggling farmers and small businesses - which will make the ugliness of what they’ve done far more proximate to people all across the country.
It is going to be a very consequential month. Rest up this weekend and get ready to go to work on Monday. The Mamdani era began yesterday in New York City. Professors Pamela Heard and Don Moynihan have a thoughtful early take on his ambitious speech yesterday, Understanding Mamdani’s Vision: His incineration speech challenges the left to to govern. You can watch the speech here, and find a transcript here. Let’s all find time in the coming days to watch/read the speech and share our impressions as the Mamdami era begins……
New York City Comptroller Mark Levine posted this reminder on Bluesky a few days ago. As we’ve often discussed here Democrats should be taking far more credit for having brought down violent crimes of all kinds over the past generation, everywhere. America is much safer today:
I think we are beginning to understand why the Trump regime has been so manic and hurried in its attempt to force Ukraine to surrender these last few weeks, working overtime during the Holidays - Putin’s regime may be in trouble, and he desperately needs a win in Ukraine. Consider:
Fellow patriots, it is time for Congress to step up and pass the bipartisan Russia sanctions package (with 85 cosponsors!!!!!) that Senator Thune has recklessly shelved. For Russia is weak, and getting desperate, as we saw with Putin’s ridiculous lie about Ukraine attempting to kill him a few days ago (though that would be justified in my mind). Russia’s increasingly brazen hybrid war attacks in Europe and the clear pressure they are putting on Trump should perhaps be seen in this light - Russia desperately needs to turn the tide of the war in Ukraine, a war they are not winning. It is why Congress must act forcefully in January and seize the opening now in front of us and further weaken Putin’s dangerous regime. A few other things I’m tracking: The Guardian has a remarkable new interview with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center Board, where he accuses the Trump regime of corruptly running the storied institution. Here’s a passage from ’Their first instinct was to loot’: how Trump’s acolytes are plundering the Kennedy center:
The New York Times has published two remarkable stories in recent days that I strongly recommend (with gift links):
The Washington Post has published an alarming analysis about the decline of vaccination rates among young people across the US. The batshit crazy DHS social media accounts shared this incredible meme about “peace” here in the US after “100 million deportations.” There are only 11-12 million undocumented people living in the US. There are however 68 million Hispanics and 22 million Asians, or 90 million. However they got to 100 million something like this would require forcibly removing close to 90 million citizens and those already legally here.
Now, Let’s Get To Work People!I’m excited to announce that in the last few days of 2025 we hit our most important remaining fundraising goals - $50,000 for our four intrepid House candidates, and $250,000 for the Audacious Expansion Fund - amazing work everyone! As you will see we’ve set new goals for those two critical efforts…. Winning The Midterms - Support Our Candidates
Expanding The Senate and Electoral College Maps, Winning In Red States and Red Places (2026-2032)
Last Tuesday’s post recapped our our very productive year together. In three new essays (here, here, here) I look forward to next year and discuss how one of the ways we win the 2026 midterms is by providing early support to our candidates and parties to allow them to staff up, be loud, define the terms of the debate now, before the inevitable onslaught on AI slop, Russian disinfo, and Trumpian lies funded through bribes and corruption wash across the land. The midterms could be won or lost in these next few months - not in the fall of 2026 - and we need be fighting now with everything we got. Winning The Big Arguments With Trump, Defend Our Democracy - We have two recommended actions today: 1 - Call Your Senators and Member Of The House And Demand They Act Upon Our Five-Part Agenda - We need to be loud people, very, very loud and make the case for our now five part agenda:
2 - Celebrate America, Our Constitution, Our 250th Birthday By Bringing Our Resolutions Project To Your Community - Next year, on July 4th, America celebrates it’s 250th birthday. We need to make this holiday, a celebration of our Declaration Of Independence from a mad king, our day, and not allow it to become his. One way we can do this is by bringing our Resolutions Project to your community or state. Imagine if by July 4th of next year a large number of towns, counties and states had passed formal resolutions, in the spirit of our Declaration of Independence, defending our Constitution and condemning the “injuries,” “abuses,” and “usurpations” of our mad king. For as our Founders wrote in the Declaration:
So far Hopium members have introduced or passed resolutions in 85 communities in 23 states. In the coming days we will be convening to discuss how to bring this campaign to more places and start planning to Own The Fourth next year. Finally, please self-report your activities to our daily paid subscriber chat. These reports help inspire all of us to do more and fight harder! You're currently a free subscriber to Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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