If You're Not Arguing, Your Coalition Isn't

And Most Of All, It Means Continually Drawing Connections Among These Seemingly Disparate Struggles—asserting, For Instance, That The Logic That Would Cut Pensions, Food Stamps, And Health Care Before Increasing Taxes On The Rich Is The Same Logic That Would Blast The Bedrock Of The Earth To Get The Last Vapors Of Gas And The Last Drops Of Oil Before Making The Shift To Renewable Energy.

Live Shows Are Where I Can Just Go Off, I Do The Most. I Can Recreate Songs Live And Take One Element And Build On That That For Like 40 Minutes And I Like Seeing People's Faces When I'm Making Something Live.

Politics Hates A Vacuum. If It Isn't Filled With Hope, Someone Will Fill It With Fear.

Our Economy Is At War With Many Forms Of Life On Earth, Including Human Life. What The Climate Needs To Avoid Collapse Is A Contraction Of Humanity's Use Of Resources; What Our Economic Model Demands To Avoid Collapse Is Unfettered Expansion. Only One Of These Sets Of Rules Can Be Changed, And It's Not The Laws Of Nature

I Do Believe That Our Ability To Jam The Trump Brand Is Somewhat Limited. I Think We Can Chip Away At It, But Ultimately The Way To Undermine The Trump Brand Is A Better Product In The Political Marketplace, If You'll Forgive The Capitalist Metaphor. I Do Think That The Negative Messaging On Trump Is Severely Limited Because He Is Tapping Into A Very Deep, And In Many A Rightful, Desire For Deep Change, And A Feeling That The Whole System Is So Broken And So Corrupt That You Might As Well Raise A Middle Finger As Some Kind Of Act Of Agency.