The Liberal Patriot
@TheLibPatriot
Political and policy analysis from the vital center. (Tweets by the editor.)
Time for a new political party. One built on freedom of speech and worship & freedom from want and fear. A pro-worker, pro-family, pro-America party w/ equal dignity and rights for all. A party of economic abundance and social protections. Let’s call it the Democratic Party.
New biography of Xi Jinping's father, presidential immunity, the “four quadrants” of American politics, D-Day spies, and Father John Misty—in TLP Weekend. liberalpatriot.com/p/tlp-weekend-…
Thanks @TheLibPatriot for putting my biography of Xi Jinping's father and my ChinaTalk podcast about it with @jordanschnyc and @JonathonPSine on the "what we're reading and checking out" list for Weekend Edition liberalpatriot.com/p/tlp-weekend-…
Resistance 2.0 flop: “The Democratic brand is so bad that they don’t have the credibility to be a critic of Trump...Until they reconnect with working people on who they’re for and what their economic message is, they’re going to have problems.” politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
In @TheLibPatriot, I argue that we should all learn from the examples of @SohrabAhmari, @JustinEGiboney, and @DestinyHDLR who have mastered the art of communicating about hot button issues in a way that transcends ideological conventions liberalpatriot.com/p/in-praise-of…
I was first turned on to what I call "code-switching" in a class with @CCamosy, who taught me to find versatile ways to communicate about controversial ideas in order to reach across partisan divides. in @TheLibPatriot liberalpatriot.com/p/in-praise-of…
In praise of genuinely trying to see the world as others do: better understanding, more civil discourse, and actual political persuasion. @stephengadubato in TLP theliberalpatriot.substack.com/p/in-praise-of…
How contemporary "progressives" gave up true progressive values centered on universalism, colorblindness, equal rights for all, merit, free speech, and working-class prosperity. Ruy Teixeira in TLP. liberalpatriot.com/p/todays-non-p…
Democratic factions can ill afford to drum out anyone and need to get over their differences, coalesce around a working-class economic agenda, jettison their worst cultural ideas, and do more to win over indies, disengaged, and Obama/Biden-Trump voters. theliberalpatriot.substack.com/p/can-democrat…
Two weeks after he performed in Sabbath's incredible final show event! RIP Sweet Leaf🤘🏼
BREAKING: Ozzy Osbourne has died pitchfork.visitlink.me/YBbLhI
How is Trump doing six months into his second term? @mbaharaeen lays out his strengths and weaknesses in a detailed piece cross-posted in @JoinPersuasion. Check it out and please subscribe to both TLP and Persuasion! liberalpatriot.com/p/six-months-i…
Megyn Kelly: “Can a man become a woman?” Rahm Emanuel: “No.” @megynkelly: “That’s so easy! Why don’t more people in your party just say that?” @RahmEmanuel: “Because I’m now going to go into a witness protection plan.”
Like a director's cut of one of Jay's rants from Clerks
Hunter Biden just went off on the Democratic Party: "Fuck him and everybody around him... George Clooney is not a fucking an actor. He's a brand." "James Carville hasn't won a race in 40 fucking years." "David Axelrod had one success in his political life and that was Barack…
The American Dream is IMPOSSIBLE without home ownership and home ownership has become impossible for so many Americans. It wasn't always this way in the USA. Let's talk about it, and some things we could do to fix it for your kids and mine. 🧵
The economic populists are having difficulty convincing people to trust their "affordability" focus precisely b/c they so eagerly jumped in on racial justice, Green New Deal, "gender-affirming care," and open asylum. Populism can work. But not paired w/ cultural radicalism.
Current state of Democrats is so bad internally that a bruising 2028 primary will likely result in either moderates bolting or leftists bolting -- no vote, third party, temporary party switch. Net result = President Vance. Left-liberal-centrist alliance doesn't exist anymore.
With tariffs driving the debate over re-industrialization, it is easy to reduce industrial policy to a few mechanisms. But Dems should not cede the issue to Trump--rather, they need to think more creatively about supporting Made in the USA @TheLibPatriot liberalpatriot.com/p/the-liberal-…
"Any endeavor that strengthens the self-direction of inner-city kids, encourages family formation, or boosts the labor participation rate of prime-age men contributes in some way to the country’s development." @jhv85 in TLP. theliberalpatriot.substack.com/p/the-liberal-…
New stadium…at the old RFK site…with the team named the Redskins. Triple crown!
This could be a disaster. Or maybe he will forget about this tweet and move on to something else tomorrow. Only in DC does trying to get a stadium involve so many egregious twists and turns and the involvement of so many law-makers playing politics. So exasperating for fans.
This Irish kid Logan Kelly is ace. Loves music, does really interesting record reviews. youtu.be/72T0RnuswQw?si…