“THE RULE OF LAW”
It’s different from “law and order.” Everyone’s for that — the notion that we should feel safe. Indeed, they have that in Putin’s Russia and any other dictatorship you can name.
The rule of law is different.
It’s not that most people have to obey the law. It’s that everyone has to obey the law. No one is above the law. Europe has that. The U.K., Australia, Japan, Costa Rica and others have it. We had it until this year. November is about getting it back.
HOW WE’RE DOING
We are climbing on the “Autocracy Index.”
TAKE HEART!
Democrat wins Louisiana state House special seat Saturday by 24 points in a district Trump won by 13— a swing of 37.
If we all lean in, we will win the House and Senate and pull democracy back from the brink.
“STRONG FLOOR, NO CEILING”
Another four words.
They’re catching on.
Polling in Michigan and Georgia shows a majority of voters like them.
If I had to sum up in a single word what Democrats stand for, it would be: fairness. There are so many things most Americans would agree are unfair — everything from giving billionaires a tax break while taking food from the poor . . . to disparaging whole classes of people as “scum” and “vermin” . . . to shooting a VA nurse ten times in the back.
But given four words: Strong Floor, No Ceiling. A strong social safety net (especially for innocent children); unlimited opportunity (paired with a fair tax code).
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This cartoon made the front page of Le Monde:
Have a great week.
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on February 09, 2026, on andrewtobias.com, syndicated with permission.
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