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Al From

Author and founder of the Democratic Leadership Council.

About Al From

Al From is founder of the Democratic Leadership Council and author of "The New Democrats" and the "Return to Power." He does regular commentary in The Spy Newspapers and The Political Whisperers.

Latest
Giving Up the Senate Confirmation Process? Unthinkable
Al From writes, "If the Senate abdicates it responsibility to confirm presidential appointments, the greatest fears of our founding fathers will have been realized"
November 18, 2024
Admiring Hitler Is Beyond The Pale
Al From weighs in on the stakes in the closing days of the election: "[Trump's statements of fascination and adoration] should be an anathema to patriotic Americans and should on their own disqualify Trump from ever occupying the Oval Office again."
October 24, 2024
Al From: Trump Greatest Source of Violent Rhetoric
Al From discusses in the From and Fuller Podcast how Donald Trump and J.D. Vance are trying to shift blame for attempted political violence to Kamala Harris and Joe Biden.
September 19, 2024
Trump Could Find Himself In Political Trouble
Al From weighs in on JD Vance, what a younger generation opponent could mean for Trump and why he thinks that could place his candidacy in real trouble.
July 19, 2024
A Failed Assassination: The Political Consequences
Al From and Craig Fuller discuss the political consequences of the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and his decision to make U.S. Senator J.D. Vance his running mate. Al and Craig also trade thoughts on the mounting pressure within the Democratic Party to replace President Joe Biden as their nominee.
July 19, 2024
If You’re Against Trump, Vote for Biden
Al From writes: This will be our most important election since the Civil War. Democracy will be on the ballot. That’s because former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, poses an existential threat to the future of American democracy. President Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has made the preservation of democracy the central cause of his campaign.
June 27, 2024
Trump’s Covert Strategy: Encourage Third-Party Candidates
Trump's refusal to expand his electoral coalition reveals the dark path his campaign is mapping to a second Trump Administration. Al From connects the dots between the hoard of third-party candidates to a potential Trump presidency.
March 26, 2024
Why A Third-Party Candidate in 2024 Threatens American Democracy
Al From sets the stakes for why we cannot afford a third-party spoiler this year: "Former President Trump has called for terminating the constitution and retribution against his political opponents. He poses an existential threat to our democracy. President Biden has made the preservation of democracy the central cause of his campaign."
March 12, 2024
Trump Yelling
No Moral Equivalency: Trump Threatens Our Democracy, Biden Does Not
As criminal indictments mount against former President Trump, his Republican allies have embarked on a disingenuous campaign to level spurious, mostly discredited, and often outright false allegations of corruption against President Biden.
August 1, 2023

Topics

The Senate
The Senate
The U.S. Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, together with the House of Representatives they compose the legislature of the United States
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Twice-impeached 45th POTUS and wannabe authoritarian dictator who orchestrated a violent insurrection to overthrow the US Government in order to remain president despite losing re-election to Joseph R. Biden by 7,059,547 votes.
Political Violence
Political Violence
A hallmark of authoritarian and fascist movements is the condoning, encouragement, incitement, and escalation of political violence as an acceptable means of political expression. This has become definitional in today's GOP and it must end.
JD Vance
JD Vance
Attempted Assassination: Donald J. Trump
Attempted Assassination: Donald J. Trump
On Saturday, July 14, 2024, an attempted assassination of the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump occurred at a campaign rally in Butler, PA. The shooter, 20 year old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park in Pennsylvania, was shot and killed by Secret Service. Investigators believe that Crooks, armed with a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle, opened fire at the former president while he was addressing a crowd in Butler, Pennsylvania, leaving one audience member dead and two others wounded.The 20-year-old kitchen worker was shot dead at the scene by a Secret Service sniper, officials said.
2024 Presidential Election
2024 Presidential Election
The 60th quadrennial presidential election, scheduled for Tuesday, November 5, 2024, is considered to be the most consequential election of our lifetimes where Americans will have the opportunity to protect democracy and democratic norms from extreme right-wing policies, racial violence and growing threat of authoritarianism by Republicans.