







I was elected Chair of the Democratic National Committee three months after one of the most painful and consequential election losses for Democrats in modern history.
Read the DNC’s 2024 autopsy obtained by CNN | CNN Politics
CNN is publishing a copy of a report into why Democrats lost the 2024 presidential election conducted at the request of Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin.

The real reason Democrats lost in 2024
The DNC "autopsy" omits the biggest reason Democrats lost in 2024. In doing so, it fails to prepare the party for the future

ME SEN Delegate Meeting Results (Nicholas Anastácio/National Journal's Hotline)
ME SEN Delegate Meeting Results (Nicholas Anastácio/National Journal's Hotline)
Let's Rethink the Primary Process for 2028
Primary season is closer than you think—can Democrats avoid their most damaging mistakes of 2020?

Opinion | Trump Offered Men Something That Democrats Never Could (Published 2024)
A set of easy answers that’s a formula for more alienation and anger.

Full Transcript: Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed
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2027 Annual Meeting Presidential Program Theme
SMP-Maine-Senate-Aug-6.pdf
It Appears RFK Jr. Is Having Trouble Finding Anyone To Take The CDC Director Job
All the way back in August of 2025, RFK Jr. made the extraordinary decision to fire his own CDC Director, Susan Monarez, after only a few weeks on the job. Kennedy claimed at the time that he fired…

CID Congress #2: Big DASL
IPFS Project CID Congress #2 29 April 2025 Luma https://lu.ma/03gj3rrb Agenda + Notes https://hackmd.io/1mXZ9HzJQWyFHNaF9yZWKg
Last-Mile Optimism
Reducing Waste. Eliminating Fraud. Promoting Civic Responsibility. At least that’s what the city bureaucrats said.

Things You Might've Missed: July 2026 - Valerie Rayne Writes
You've seen the image, now get the details!
Things You Might've Missed: March 2026 - Valerie Rayne Writes
You've seen the image, now get the details!
I was going to go for a walk, but @rude1.blacksky.team nerd-sniped me into writing this, instead. I'm not upset, though. It turns out collective governance questions are a great lens for grounding/scrupling how we might do on-protocol collective governance.
User Intents as Living Data — A Descriptive Meta-Framework
leaflet.pubIncredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing. (image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)