This book is really special.

See the Q&A for the deep-state provocations. Our overarching claim regarding the contemporary crisis is summed up in a concluding line from the book:

'Saving American democracy requires not transcending parties but doing party politics better than democracy’s adversaries.'

In their new book, political scientists Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld explain why the major parties are weaker than voters realize, and why that's bad for America.
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Mothers. They care. They feed. They inspire. They make the world go round. All of us owe them literally everything. What gift could possibly measure up to all that?

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Strapped down, blindfolded, held in diapers: Israeli whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention center cnn.com/2024/05/10/mid…

Previously made the claim that these lazy children were using litter boxes in schools. Obvious bipartisan policy solution: mandate litter boxes at job sites.

This builds and builds.

🟡NEW: Freedomworks collapse marks the end of the Tea Party era.

David Weigel eulogizes the libertarian group that couldn't adjust to the right (or escape its baggage with the left) once Trump showed up

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Curtains for one of the prominent Obama-era 'tea party' groups. Trump's rise proved that conservative voters don't really care about supply-side economics or the size of government, which forces tea party orgs to rebrand as MAGA outfits focused on cultural issues — or shut down.

Gotta get Trump back in office so we can Make America Build Back Better Again.

I’m thrilled to be in discussion with Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld about their brilliant, instructive, and incredibly timely book, “The Hollow Parties.”

Join us Free Library of Philadelphia’s Parkway Central Branch on May 21st, 7:30 PM!

.Sam Rosenfeld and I wrote a big book about American political parties and it's out today. We offer a wide-angle account of how the parties got here. You should buy it and read it: press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

Very excited to discuss The Hollow Parties with Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld at the n+1 office on May 22! nplusonemag.com/online-only/ev…

Who among us has avoided a tenth contempt citation in state court? I ask you.

a continued funding crisis means the DC public defender’s offices is furloughing all staff one day a week, causing big problems and delays in the court system — including for indigent people being detained pretrial. nbcwashington.com/investigations…

A commencement would have reflected what most Columbia faculty and students think, and maybe reveal truths that many are still denying.

If it had been the administration’s actions were broadly popular, but a small minority would disrupt, likely a different decision.