Person to watch--Neera Tanden, Center for American Progress

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/us/politics/neera-tanden-trump-center-for-american-progress.html

(This is a gift article--it should open. LMK if it doesn't and I'll figure it out.)

A Leading Anti-Trump Voice Returns to Democrats’ Top Think Tank
Neera Tanden, a fierce antagonist to President Trump during his first administration, will again lead the Center for American Progress, a major engine of Democratic policy in Washington.

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Now, Ms. Tanden said, is the time for Democrats to not just fight back against Mr. Trump but also offer ideas of their own before the 2026 midterm elections and the 2028 presidential contest.

“We should have reflection for sure, but a level of self-doubt that basically puts people in catatonic positions is not helpful in a moment where Trump is threatening this level of harm to millions upon millions of Americans,” she said in an interview on Wednesday. “A critical purpose of the Center for American Progress is to develop an alternative, not just a critique.”

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“We have been at moments — Trump’s first term, Bush’s second term — where people were like, ‘Democrats are in the wilderness, and they don’t have a response, and the country is radically changed,’” she said. “We have to get up, dust ourselves off, criticize what we think is wrong and offer better alternatives.

“There is a competition for ideas, and maybe some of Trump’s strength is, if we’re not solving a problem, he will offer a radical solution,” she continued. “And that just makes it more incumbent upon us to offer solutions.”

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1. Link did not work for me, signed out of my account and tried the link.Thx for the article. nt