Project 2026

Starting today, file suits to prevent biased gerrymandering. Fight harder for the right to vote than the GOP has fought to suppress the votes of Americans MAGA dislikes. Craft a Democratic party platform focused on equal rights, equal justice, fair wages, and affordable housing. Win the Midterms, shifting the balance of power in congress. Upon gaining control of the House and Senate, do as many of the following as possible:

Restore and expand women’s rights.

Overturn laws and policies that were motivated by anti-Black or other racial animus. Take them one by one.

Restore queer and trans rights.

Dissolve ICE.

Immediately halt deportations, freeing all prisoners who were denied due process. Provide reparations to them and their families. Use ICE money to restore veterans services, children’s lunch programs, and other essential services that were cut to give billionaires an extra tax break.

Close and tear down Trump’s concentration camps. Educate the public about what happened in those camps, so it never happens again.

Restore the department of education and all other departments that were defunded during Trump’s moronic reign.

Take aggressive action to fight climate change. Lead on it.

Strongly and firmly support Ukraine with no strings attached.

Halt arms shipments to Israel while that country pursues its genocidal project in Gaza. Do whatever is possible to insist on peace and justice.

To the greatest extent possible, lay the groundwork for America to rejoin the family of nations after the Trump presidency.

Restore the “equal time” rules about TV news coverage.

Aggressively prosecute FOX “News” when it deliberately misleads the public.

Create affordable housing programs.

Revive FEMA and other essential services.

Restore Biden’s student loan forgiveness program.

Replace Trump’s hacks with professionals.

Arrest and aggressively prosecute Trump for all the crimes he has committed as president. Use a prosecutorial carrot and stick approach to encourage cooperation from White House staffers who can best roll over on their boss. Hold televised trials so Americans will see Trump and his minions testify to their crimes under oath.

Nullify the Supreme Court’s worst rulings, e.g. Donny’s crimes while president cannot be prosecuted; corporations are human beings; no limits on dark money, etc.

Expand the Supreme Court and impose term limits.

Impose term limits on congress itself.

Forbid senators and congresspeople from profiteering by buying and selling stocks based on inside knowledge. Arrest and prosecute as you would any other insider trader.

Increase the taxes billionaires pay and use those funds to pay down the national debt.

Do everything the legislative branch can do on its own to fix the economy, support small businesses, create jobs, and restore the rights and dignity of all Americans and make America a welcoming place for visitors from other lands.

Having built a strong Democratic party platform that most Americans can get behind, and proven that you mean it by doing as much of the above as you can achieve despite a hostile Executive branch, take back the presidency in 2028.

Immediately limit the power of the presidency so that no future would-be Caesar will seek that office again. 

What have I omitted?

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