What History Teaches Us and What We Can Do Now Democracies like ours don’t suddenly collapse into cruelty. They slide there, step by step, through normalization, legal framing, and public exhaustion. Looking at historical comparisons is useful not because it repeats exactly, but because people under pressure and influence tend to behave in predictable ways. Why some Germans went along with the Nazis When we imagine Nazi Germany, it’s tempting to picture a country full of fana

By Marlene Reiss, Scottsdale North Field Director It’s that time of year to look back on 2025 and recap the good, the bad, and the ugly, the winners, and the losers of the past verrry long year, and then look ahead to 2026. But where to begin? At least until very recently, the winners clearly were the Trump crime family and its cabal of misfits and billioniares, and the losers were the rest of us. Every time we thought we were at the bottom, the floor opened beneath our fe

I AM SO MAD AT THE DEMOCRATS! My feed and inbox are just covered with that sentiment. And I get it. But I have some thoughts about how people are reacting. You no longer want to support the DNC? I understand that decision. Please consider instead donating to your local Legislative District Democrats! We are down here on the ground without DNC support, doing the work reaching out to voters, supporting local candidates, and trying to win elections. We'd love your support. If y

By Marlene Reiss, Scottsdale North Field Director “So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.” Zohran Mamdani said this in the closing remarks of his victory speech on Tuesday night. His win in the New York mayoral race was resounding, as were the Democrat results in virtually every race across the country. Regardless of what one’s personal thoughts and opinions of Mamdani may be, his ability to inspire, energ