The Liberal Patriot Shuts Its Doors

The prophetic, under-appreciated, and altogether invaluable publication The Liberal Patriot is shutting its doors, the funding having dried up like a Voice of America outlet in a land run by barbarians. In this case it’s our land that’s being impoverished, with one less source of truth to breathe life into the movement to defend American democracy.

Fortunately the political scientists who staff T.L.P. are still alive and well, and will (hopefully) continue writing elsewhere.

Ruy Teixeira, one of its founders, and whose work the last five years warned with remarkable prescience about how Democrats were hemorrhaging support from minorities, immigrants, and the working class, signs off with a summary of the ways the left continues “trading short-term gain for long-term pain,” failing to confront the identitarian madness that’s preventing it from building a majoritarian coalition that can win lasting victories.

In a sane world, The Liberal Patriot wouldn’t have been necessary; those who recognize the threat MAGA poses would never have lost sight of the moral imperative of winning elections. This five-year-old project will stay visible on Substack, as a kind of time capsule to remind us that things don’t have to be this way, if we find the courage to confront difficult truths.

You can read Teixeira’s final piece here.