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We Need Anger. We Need Smarts. We Need Project 2029. [1]

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Date: 2025-02-28

We need anger. We need smarts. We need courage. We need to be outrageous. We need Piss and Vinegar.

Here's what the Democrats should do:

FIRST: Set up a repeating press briefing. Every Tuesday through Sunday morning at 0900 Eastern Time. Have a 'Shadow Press Secretary,' the Press Secretary of the Democratic Party, take the lead. Invite the media. Loudly and vigorously counter the lies coming from the Republican president and the Republican Party. Say outrageous things. Make big promises. Get attention. And then use that attention to call out the GOP for the liars and traitors they are. Call them liars and traitors. Don't hold back. It's true.

SECOND: Run like Democracy is at stake. BECAUSE IT IS.

Promise to do your damndest to retake both the House and Senate Promise to impeach Donald Trump. Promise to impeach JD Vance. Promise to impeach the corrupt and spineless Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee

Let the American people know in no uncertain terms that democracy is sacred, that truth and integrity are paramount, and that the interests of the people should come first and foremost.

Yes, this is pie in the sky. Yes, it’s wildly impractical. Yes, many will say this is unrealistic and can’t be done. Don’t let that stop you. Swing for the fences. Let the American people know you are all in and they will join you. Disregard the naysayers, the pundits, the political consultants. Go for it. Go big or go home.

THIRD: Create Project 2029.Write it up and publish it. But unlike Project 2025, run on it. Claim it. Own it every day. Shout it from the rooftops. Fill it with talking points that will help ordinary American people.

Here’s a start:

Women's Rights: Equal Opportunity and Protection Guaranteed access to abortion, contraception and other health care Guaranteed financial independence Equal pay, equal rights



Expand, Enhance, and Protect Civil Rights End mass incarceration Fight race-based policing Require working body cameras by police Reinstitute DEI programs. (Woke is not a dirty word. Racism is.) Include LGBTQ+, the elderly, children, immigrants, asylum seekers

Expand Worker Fairness $25 Minimum Wage by 2034 (So what if it’s outrageous? Good! It’ll get attention.) Eliminate non-compete agreements Encourage work from home

Rein in the Billionaires Break Up Corporate Monopolies Enforce antitrust laws Establish that Corporations are NOT people Establish that Money is NOT SPEECH. Repeal Citizens United

Universal Healthcare Medicare for All, paid for by higher taxes. Citizens will still save money. Single Payer, every citizen is covered. No more bureaucracies denying care, no more excessive costs for marketing, advertising and CEO billionaire salaries. Defined funding requirements, indexed to inflation Defined payment levels, indexed to inflation Uncouple health care coverage from employment; it’s akin to slavery.

REAL Immigration Reform Ensure a fair and efficient path to citizenship for those coming to our shores legally. Ensure a fair and efficient path to justice for those who come here illegally. Grant citizenship to Dreamers, pending a review and a citizenship test. Institute another amnesty program like Reagan did. We were not harmed by that, we won’t be harmed by this!

Fair Voting, Fair Elections Make voting day a national holiday Pass a law guaranteeing the right to vote for all citizens Eliminate gerrymandering by establishing nonpartisan districting commissions in every state. Enforce laws against purging mass groups of voters without independent review, especially in the months before an election Strengthen and protect voting by mail Publicly fund elections. They should be a contest of ideas, not of money. Shorten the length of elections. Limit campaigning to three months before national elections.

Affordable Housing for everyone End corporate purchases of residential homes End foreign ownership of residential homes and apartments Tightly regulate any companies that own large groups of residential properties

Tax the Rich! Tax rates back to 90% for the richest among us Give them tax breaks for doing good things, like they did in the 40s-70s Outrageous? GOOD.

Reform the Supreme Court! Term and Age Limits A ban on ALL contributions or gifts of ANY kind Institute a Code of Conduct with TEETH. Expand the Court to more properly represent our larger, more populous nation

Create the Green New Deal for real Promote Electric Transportation Promote Cleaner Power Call it that! Let them get outraged. IDGAF.

Invest in Public Education More money for schools Teach civics, the arts, and give them equal importance to STEM. No public money should ever go to private school vouchers Make higher education affordable for all. Forgive student loans. (Again, outrageous. GOOD.)

Strengthen Gun Control Buyback programs Mandatory Background Checks No felonies No mental illness No history of violence 21 or older

Fight Corruption in Government Presidents, Senators, Congressmen, Federal Judges cannot accept any gifts or monies. NONE. Presidents, Senators, Congressmen, Federal Judges cannot trade in stocks. Presidents, Senators, Congressmen, Federal Judges must put their business holdings in a blind trust for the duration of their service. Let’s make it unprofitable to serve in Congress or as President; ensure that only those genuinely motivated to do good for the American people will run for office. (Watch the current crop of politicians run for the exits!) Pass laws MANDATING independence on the part of the FBI, DOJ and Federal Courts.



Be loud. Be brash. Be outrageous. Be unapologetic about fighting authoritarianism, fighting fascism, fighting corruption, fighting lying.

You will overreach. You will not achieve it all. But the American people will see. The American people will support this.

Above all, listen to the people. Everything you do, let it be for them.

#Project 2029

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