Anand went to the U.S. Open this weekend, and saw in Jannik Sinner’s reflections on his loss to Carlos Alcaraz an object lesson for the Democratic Party — which is where today’s conversation with readers kicked off.
Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are as stuck in their ways as Jannik Sinner now realizes he was, except they haven’t woken up to the fact. They need to break out of their fatal political culture and support candidates like Zohran Mamdani — and show up ready to shut down the government in the upcoming budget debate. Right now, they seem more worried about looking silly than they are about becoming citizens of a fascist state — and that spells doom.
But our readers aren’t so stuck. We got some great questions, and talked to Liz and Julie about their everyday activism (and Julie shared some of her signs she’s been using to make connections in her neighborhood. And we talked a lot about how the biggest obstacle to change isn’t the people who like what Trump is doing, but the ones who aren’t paying attention.
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