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Harvey J Kaye

Harvey J Kaye

@harveyjkaye.bsky.social

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Professor Emeritus of Democracy @UWGB #AFTunion & Award-winning #Author/editor of 18 books + CoAuthor of 21C Economic Bill of Rights https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/economic-bill-of-rights 🌹🇺🇸

Harvey J. Kaye is an American historian. He has written and edited over a dozen books, many of which focus on the radical tradition in American history and thought.

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 3d

#FDR "I have always believed and frequently have stated that my own party (the Democrats) can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant liberalism “ (1938)

Militant liberalism = social democracy!

#FDR "I have always believed and frequently have stated that my own party (the Democrats) can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant liberalism “ (1938)

Militant liberalism = social democracy!

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David Borer @daborer.bsky.social · 5h

If we can build off this to win the next 2 or 3 election cycles, we can permanently banish the GOP from national prominence. Within 20 yrs current demographic trends will erode their ability to ever win another national election. So, don't look back; fight forward.

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David Borer @daborer.bsky.social · 5h

We can use this to win the midterms and take back both houses of Congress. We can springboard from their to winn back the WH in 2028. We cannot (MUST not) let Dems wallow in recriminations and infighting.

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David Borer @daborer.bsky.social · 5h

The recent elections showed clearly that voters don't approve of GOP policies and tactics. We need to build on that. We need to organize around it. We need to turn out voters who were appalled by what the GOP did (and by ICE raids and the Epstein files).

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David Borer @daborer.bsky.social · 5h

So, it's clear for all to see: the GOP doesn't care if you can eat, they don't care if you die for lack of health care, they don't care if your flight home to see grandma crashes. The don't give a sh!t about anyone but their wealthy donors. We all need to keep the focus on the brutality of the GOP.

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David Borer @daborer.bsky.social · 5h

The GOP made it a fight betw/ food and healthcare as their way to force passage of a continuing resolution to fund the budget. They made millions of federal workers & contractors work for free, like a return to slavery. And, they nearly destroyed the airline industry to demand their way.

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David Borer @daborer.bsky.social · 5h

The shutdown, and the our attempts to secure an extension of ACA health care subsidies, demonstrated for all to see: Republicans are so violently opposed to allowing millions to keep their health care they were willing to fight all the way to the Supreme Court to deny food to those in need.

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David Borer @daborer.bsky.social · 5h

We shouldn't make the mistake of thinking the Dems could have "won" this fight in the short term. You can't shame the GOP when they're shameless, you can't appeal to their morality when they're amoral. The real stakes here involve pinning the impact of the shutdown on the GOP. FOREVER.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 9h

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

What Was the American Revolution For?

Amid plans to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, many are asking whether or not the people really do rule, and whether the law is still king.

www.newyorker.com

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 10h

📌 Trump's America 😪 Grateful

This woman wasn't MAGA 🪄🐥

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 1d

Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.

They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.

Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 1d

@jeff-merkley.bsky.social and @wyden.senate.gov held strong for us.

Senators, it's beyond time: I am asking you to please call for a vote for new Senate leadership.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.

Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.

Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown

Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.

www.politico.com

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1d

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 2d

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 3d

From Eleanor Roosevelt:
The 4 Equalities

From Eleanor Roosevelt:
The 4 Equalities

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 3d

Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...

Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work

www.nytimes.com

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 3d

Stress is a KILLER. Chronic stress CONTRIBUTES to numerous serious health problems that shorten lifespan, such as heart disease, stroke and weakened immune function. What RFK Jr. & this Administration has contributed to daily STRESS for Americans is DISGUSTING & SO DEADLY.

MAHA is pure DELUSION. 😡

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 3d

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 4d

Check this out so we can learn again how to win against fascism

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 4d

#FDR "I have always believed and frequently have stated that my own party (the Democrats) can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant liberalism “ (1938)

Militant liberalism = social democracy!

#FDR "I have always believed and frequently have stated that my own party (the Democrats) can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant liberalism “ (1938)

Militant liberalism = social democracy!

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 4d

#FDR "I have always believed and frequently have stated that my own party (the Democrats) can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant liberalism “ (1938)

Militant liberalism = social democracy!

#FDR "I have always believed and frequently have stated that my own party (the Democrats) can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant liberalism “ (1938)

Militant liberalism = social democracy!

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 5d

The People know what they do not want… and continue to yearn for social democracy…
billmoyers.com/2015/07/03/s...

Social Democracy Is 100-Percent American | BillMoyers.com

On this Fourth of July weekend, anyone who thinks social democracy is un-American doesn't know their history.

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 6d

Dems won big… now if only they knew who they were and what is to be done! My advice… study up on FDR, the New Deal, and social democracy.

Dems won big… now if only they knew who they were and what is to be done! My advice… study up on FDR, the New Deal, and social democracy.

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 7d

The 2025 Election’s Hudson River Divide prospect.org/2025/11/03/2...

The 2025 Election’s Hudson River Divide - The American Prospect

Through the campaigns of Zohran Mamdani and Mikie Sherrill, we can see a path that tenuously unites both social democrats and moderates. Future Democratic electoral successes will rest on a foundation...

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 7d

Haunting tne Right
www.nationalmemo.com/tucker-carls...

Behind Carlson And Fuentes, Neo-Nazi Skeletons Haunt The MAGA Right

Only on the American right would anyone feign dismay when Tucker Carlson welcomed the frothing neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes last week for a cozy and caressing interview. Long before Carlson began to establis...

www.nationalmemo.com

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 7d

Election Day is tomorrow & @prospect.org is your source for the most critical races. Here's our lineup:
Harold Meyerson on the urban-to-rural ideological continuum that runs left to right, how it takes a range of Democrats to win in a range of political terrains, & how some Dems don't get that.

The 2025 Election’s Hudson River Divide - The American Prospect

Through the campaigns of Zohran Mamdani and Mikie Sherrill, we can see a path that tenuously unites both social democrats and moderates. Future Democratic electoral successes will rest on a foundation...