A Shutdown Must Be Tied to a Strategy to Fight Fascism
A Shutdown Must Be Tied to a Strategy to Fight Fascism  
Podcast: Ball of Thread
Published On: Sun Sep 14 2025
Description: While much of the left is pushing for a shutdown later this month, almost none are talking about how a shutdown ties to any articulable strategy to fight fascism. Indeed, the hope it will be an "attentional" event simply outsources the agency of fixing the Democrats' attentional problems generally.   Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/GH7kzWO2c1s?si=4QVJ4DX1Fvi2MU9H   Read more: https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/09/the-education-of-ezra-klein/   Support emptywheel: https://www.emptywheel.net/about/support/