Writer, producer, director - thirtysomething, Last Samurai, My So-Called Life, Dangerous Beauty. Let's build a future for our children - and their children. LA, PDXhttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mljeblh7kk2p1) Huge admirer of French, but I think he's wrong in his attack on Platner. There are many American men like Platner, with a history of saying and doing wrong things, and condemning them is ironically more a left wing problem than a conservative one, yet here-- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/opinion/graham-platner-democrats-senate-maine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hVA.Fkxc.OKI5sXQiFoJM&smid=bs-share10 May 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljeblh7kk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mljbji4kic2jDoesn't matter how many seats the GOP steals, Democrats will simply have to work harder. They've spent a year-and-a-half whining in passivity instead of presenting a muscular vision to all Americans of freedom, prosperity, ending corruption, and igniting hope. We need another Greatest Generation.10 May 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljbji4kic2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mlbooxktws2pPerhaps the most misunderstood word in today’s political universe. Time to reclaim what it really means. New piece on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/marshallherskovitz/p/on-liberalism?r=7fqpl&utm_medium=ios07 May 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbooxktws2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3ml7xvebjds2cON LIBERALISM Thoughts On An Endangered Word My first essay on Substack. Hope you enjoy it! https://open.substack.com/pub/marshallherskovitz/p/on-liberalism?r=7fqpl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true07 May 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7xvebjds2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3ml7ncfmuis2k1) Wow. Ruy Teixeira is appalled by Dem candidates having the temerity to raise millions in small donations instead of the corporate money that has corrupted both parties. Talk about out of touch. I agree Democrats must come to grips with-- https://www.thefp.com/p/how-the-far-left-tapped-into-a-money?r=7fqpl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web06 May 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7ncfmuis2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3ml4yp5xlck2nLikely unpopular take, but watching Marco Rubio’s confident, good-humored performance in today’s press conference, I can’t help but think if the GOP is smart enough to nominate him in ‘28 it’ll be hard for any Democrat to beat him. Dem hopefuls need to start upping their game right now.05 May 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4yp5xlck2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mkqlbu3ygc2j1) Mostly excellent exploration of AI's looming societal effects still suffers from neoliberalism's 45-year effect on the elite imagination: The Market is not God, and AI is not an asteroid heading for earth. It's a choice. A choice made by a very small group of-- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/opinion/ai-labor-work-force-silicon-valley.html?unlocked_article_code=1.e1A.lvwv.ZlGwsnilNSK9&smid=bs-share30 Apr 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqlbu3ygc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mkoavtings2lThanks again to @lincolnsquare.media and @theintellectualist.bsky.social for inviting me on. Americans have the power to create the life they want. But in a passive age it’s hard for people to know that. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoavtings2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mklhpdd4t22jCatch-26: "Take that man out and arrest him!" "On what charge, General Dreedle, sir?" "That bastard arranged seashells in the sand!" "Is that illegal, sir?" "It is if I say it is!" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/us/politics/james-comey-indictment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eVA.PKv6.n5O-yeT7PiNx&smid=bs-share28 Apr 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklhpdd4t22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mkg6e3zuxk2eTake a few minutes from doomscrolling to read what may be the most important piece in any newspaper today... wapo.st/4mRZTFD https://wapo.st/4mRZTFD26 Apr 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkg6e3zuxk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mkg55zgnck2pThis entire sanctimonious Free Press piece is invalidated by one simple fact: Democrats would vote tomorrow for a national ban on partisan gerrymandering. Republicans wouldn't. "Virginia Failed the Basic Test of Our Democracy" https://www.thefp.com/p/virginia-failed-the-basic-test-of?r=7fqpl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web26 Apr 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkg55zgnck2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mkdra57sys2w1) I have no reason to doubt Ayaan Hirsi Ali's word that the mission of SPLC has been corrupted, and for that it should be condemned. But the DOJ's indictment is another matter entirely. Ali cites SPLC paying a leader of-- https://www.thefp.com/p/ayaan-hirsi-ali-the-splc-targeted?r=7fqpl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web25 Apr 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdra57sys2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mkaxgjdwis2u2023 - AI CEOs issue a dire warning about the dangers of their technology and call for an unprecedented pause in its development. 2026 - the same CEOs race toward implementation, heedless of increasing evidence the dangers are real. What changed between then and now - besides greed?24 Apr 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaxgjdwis2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mk7jlxfwnc2v“…the SPLC was sharing the intelligence it gathered with the FBI for years.” We are living under the most corrupt administration in American history.24 Apr 2026 02:54 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7jlxfwnc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mk6wq26rds2iAI's job-killing spree has begun where it was born, in software and tech. Thousands of workers forced to train AI to replace them, ordered to dig their own figurative graves before their bosses shoot them. If you don't want this future for America, time to do something about it.23 Apr 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6wq26rds2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mk4fakkyfk2d1) Forty-five years of neoliberalism - the belief in profit without regard to the Common Good - has trapped millions of workers in future-less jobs and is now blithely destroying an entire generation just joining the workforce. Both parties in Washington are-- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/opinion/gen-z-job-ladder.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c1A.LCe8.sbroZWnMRFJY&smid=bs-share22 Apr 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4fakkyfk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mk2ia3yb4c2iIn the unlikely event Democrats are permitted to retake both House and Senate, their first bill should be a ban on gerrymandering, with redistricting mandated to be conducted by nonpartisan commissions. The fact that this wasn't done 100 years ago is a stain on our democracy.22 Apr 2026 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2ia3yb4c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mjzoilnrvs27American capitalism used to be about creating jobs. Now it's about destroying them. Bank of America's CEO gleefully joins the herd running toward the cliff. Doesn't yet see that when 1000's of other companies do what he's doing, his bank will be dead. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/business/ai-job-cuts-wall-street.html?unlocked_article_code=1.clA.VU4K.7eKqr6xEVtTK&smid=bs-share21 Apr 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzoilnrvs27https://bsky.app/profile/mherskovitz.bsky.social/post/3mjvnxcyzbs2nSo excited to be back with my dear friends Jim and Tiffany Drastic - @thedangerousones.com! We talked about the looming AI disaster. Please watch! https://youtu.be/m8UpEcWZQAo?si=X6xdm39Dutf9Flhp20 Apr 2026 04:46 +0000at://did:plc:mcypsc2vfpgopsp7nc2tp363/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvnxcyzbs2n