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✍🏽 writer, editor, leftist 🌹 let your naysayers be your wayfarers on the journey to success 🛸 editorial @rooseveltinstitute.org @rooseveltforward.org and member @nyguild.bsky.social
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Writing really is a process of learning in itself. In a year where LLMs continue to cheapen the craft and practice of writing, I'm very grateful to have been able to sustain my passion this year. Here's what I wrote! ✍🏽
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
anti-war is the floor
January 4, 2026 at 1:01 AM
anti-war is the floor
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At least 40 people were killed in the U.S. attack on Venezuela early Saturday, including military personnel and civilians, according to a senior Venezuelan official.
Venezuelan Official Says at Least 40 People Were Killed in U.S. Attack
The official said the dead included civilians and military personnel. At least one of the civilians was killed in a U.S. airstrike outside of Caracas, according to her family.
nyti.ms
January 4, 2026 at 12:25 AM
At least 40 people were killed in the U.S. attack on Venezuela early Saturday, including military personnel and civilians, according to a senior Venezuelan official.
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Hard to process this attack on Venezuela. The greatest political lesson of my youth, one that was hammered home to us all over nearly twenty years, was that the U.S. should stop engaging in regime change and oil wars. And yet, here we are again.
January 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Hard to process this attack on Venezuela. The greatest political lesson of my youth, one that was hammered home to us all over nearly twenty years, was that the U.S. should stop engaging in regime change and oil wars. And yet, here we are again.
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Today, @azohra.bsky.social and Madiha Tahir argue that recent criticism of the Trump administration's bombings in the Caribbean risks repeating a familiar mistake: debating how the United States wages war while leaving unquestioned why it wages it at all.
Beginning with Empire
attacks on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean have been widely condemned for violating international law. Yet much of this criticism, by focusing narrowly on the Trump…
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December 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Today, @azohra.bsky.social and Madiha Tahir argue that recent criticism of the Trump administration's bombings in the Caribbean risks repeating a familiar mistake: debating how the United States wages war while leaving unquestioned why it wages it at all.
disgusting
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
disgusting
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Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
January 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
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Democratic Party Leadership continues to be spineless and complicit.
January 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Democratic Party Leadership continues to be spineless and complicit.
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Disgusting violation of basic sovereignty and I hope everyone who hedges even one bit on this has their careers ruined in the end
January 3, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Disgusting violation of basic sovereignty and I hope everyone who hedges even one bit on this has their careers ruined in the end
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I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.
January 3, 2026 at 7:53 AM
I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.
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The US aggression against Venezuela is naked imperialism. All pretext has been exposed as farce. An invasion would cause tens of thousands of deaths. Every sane person must oppose this madness.
December 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The US aggression against Venezuela is naked imperialism. All pretext has been exposed as farce. An invasion would cause tens of thousands of deaths. Every sane person must oppose this madness.
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As Trump drags us into an Iraq-style war in Venezuela, 312 members of the House — including 115 Democrats — just voted to authorize over $900 billion in military spending.
December 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
As Trump drags us into an Iraq-style war in Venezuela, 312 members of the House — including 115 Democrats — just voted to authorize over $900 billion in military spending.
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Last month, 115 Democrats in the House and 28 in the Senate voted to give Trump $901 billion in military spending.
Dems may stomp their feet about Trump illegally bombing Venezuela and abducting its leader, but if they truly opposed the attack, they wouldn't have voted to fund it.
Dems may stomp their feet about Trump illegally bombing Venezuela and abducting its leader, but if they truly opposed the attack, they wouldn't have voted to fund it.
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Last month, 115 Democrats in the House and 28 in the Senate voted to give Trump $901 billion in military spending.
Dems may stomp their feet about Trump illegally bombing Venezuela and abducting its leader, but if they truly opposed the attack, they wouldn't have voted to fund it.
Dems may stomp their feet about Trump illegally bombing Venezuela and abducting its leader, but if they truly opposed the attack, they wouldn't have voted to fund it.
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Let’s be very clear: Trump’s bombing of Venezuela is not about drugs or democracy. It’s a war crime.
We must stand firmly against this illegal and belligerent act of war. No war with Venezuela!
We must stand firmly against this illegal and belligerent act of war. No war with Venezuela!
January 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Let’s be very clear: Trump’s bombing of Venezuela is not about drugs or democracy. It’s a war crime.
We must stand firmly against this illegal and belligerent act of war. No war with Venezuela!
We must stand firmly against this illegal and belligerent act of war. No war with Venezuela!
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Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
January 3, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
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"I'm no fan of Maduro but..." why do people in the US feel a need to preface things this way in 20-fucking-26
January 3, 2026 at 8:55 AM
"I'm no fan of Maduro but..." why do people in the US feel a need to preface things this way in 20-fucking-26
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There is no moral, legal, or political justification for the US to attack Caracas. None.
Don’t entertain the musings or of those who claim otherwise. This is a city of 3.2 million people, and their lives are not fodder for parlor debates.
Don’t entertain the musings or of those who claim otherwise. This is a city of 3.2 million people, and their lives are not fodder for parlor debates.
January 3, 2026 at 7:19 AM
There is no moral, legal, or political justification for the US to attack Caracas. None.
Don’t entertain the musings or of those who claim otherwise. This is a city of 3.2 million people, and their lives are not fodder for parlor debates.
Don’t entertain the musings or of those who claim otherwise. This is a city of 3.2 million people, and their lives are not fodder for parlor debates.
Spotted around the Mamdani inauguration:
Flyers urging the new mayor to evict from the city-owned Brooklyn Navy Yard two arms manufacturers that have aided Israel's assault on Palestine: Easy Aerial and Crye Precision.
Flyers urging the new mayor to evict from the city-owned Brooklyn Navy Yard two arms manufacturers that have aided Israel's assault on Palestine: Easy Aerial and Crye Precision.
January 2, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Spotted around the Mamdani inauguration:
Flyers urging the new mayor to evict from the city-owned Brooklyn Navy Yard two arms manufacturers that have aided Israel's assault on Palestine: Easy Aerial and Crye Precision.
Flyers urging the new mayor to evict from the city-owned Brooklyn Navy Yard two arms manufacturers that have aided Israel's assault on Palestine: Easy Aerial and Crye Precision.
a copy of politics and the english language
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 2:36 AM
a copy of politics and the english language
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Mamdani won on affordability, but the real keyworld for the left’s challenges and opportunities is SPEED. Biden was slow, opening the door for Trump 2. Mamdani get it though: deliver fast or die.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...
January 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Mamdani won on affordability, but the real keyworld for the left’s challenges and opportunities is SPEED. Biden was slow, opening the door for Trump 2. Mamdani get it though: deliver fast or die.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...
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Mamdani: We will transform City Hall from one of "no" to one of "how"
"I was elected as a democratic socialist and will govern as a democratic socialist"
"I was elected as a democratic socialist and will govern as a democratic socialist"
January 1, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Mamdani: We will transform City Hall from one of "no" to one of "how"
"I was elected as a democratic socialist and will govern as a democratic socialist"
"I was elected as a democratic socialist and will govern as a democratic socialist"
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Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
January 1, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
Jan. 1, 2026 🍞🌹
January 2, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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Our lives shall not be sweated
From birth until life closes
Hearts starve as well as bodies
Give us bread, but give us roses
From birth until life closes
Hearts starve as well as bodies
Give us bread, but give us roses
Lucy Dacus performs "Bread and Roses" - the Labor Anthem - at the Inauguration of Zohran Mamdani.
January 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Our lives shall not be sweated
From birth until life closes
Hearts starve as well as bodies
Give us bread, but give us roses
From birth until life closes
Hearts starve as well as bodies
Give us bread, but give us roses
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Bread and Roses being sung at the inauguration of the largest city in the United States
January 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Bread and Roses being sung at the inauguration of the largest city in the United States