andré crombie
@andrecrombie.bsky.social
— mgmt, organizing, and comms (among other things) for campaigns/orgs
— enthusiast of books, birding, music, and basketball (among other things)
— a better world is possible!
https://mixtapemonday.substack.com/
— enthusiast of books, birding, music, and basketball (among other things)
— a better world is possible!
https://mixtapemonday.substack.com/
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”If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, re-created from the Bible in song by a slave, is upon us: God gave Noah the rainbow sign, No more water, the fire next time!” – James Baldwin, LETTER FROM A REGION IN MY MIND (1962)
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This ought to be unthinkable. Instead, it's Saturday katemanne.substack.com/p/katie-john...
Katie Johnson is Still at the Heart of the Epstein/Trump Story
Plus what the new files released tell us and what they don’t
katemanne.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:41 PM
This ought to be unthinkable. Instead, it's Saturday katemanne.substack.com/p/katie-john...
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It’s time to *do politics* again. Stop being led by the nose on polling. Stop trying to perfect your rhetoric.
It’s time to think in heterodox, bold, and creative ways. That’s not a left-right prescription. It’s about moving beyond the tinkering approach we’ve had for decades. That’s dead.
It’s time to think in heterodox, bold, and creative ways. That’s not a left-right prescription. It’s about moving beyond the tinkering approach we’ve had for decades. That’s dead.
There's massive opposition to Trump. Yet our institutions don't act as sufficient constraints on a president when he's determined to plunge us into authoritarian lawlessness.
Elrod and I end up agreeing this should inform what's next (discussing @jvl.bsky.social):
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
Elrod and I end up agreeing this should inform what's next (discussing @jvl.bsky.social):
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
It’s time to *do politics* again. Stop being led by the nose on polling. Stop trying to perfect your rhetoric.
It’s time to think in heterodox, bold, and creative ways. That’s not a left-right prescription. It’s about moving beyond the tinkering approach we’ve had for decades. That’s dead.
It’s time to think in heterodox, bold, and creative ways. That’s not a left-right prescription. It’s about moving beyond the tinkering approach we’ve had for decades. That’s dead.
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
this isn't just the stupidest timeline, it's the ur-stupidest timeline. the stupidest timeline singularity. all other stupidest timelines are mere copies.
that’s enough internet for today
that’s enough internet for forever
that’s enough internet for forever
thought this was a shitpost and oh jesus
January 31, 2026 at 6:18 AM
this isn't just the stupidest timeline, it's the ur-stupidest timeline. the stupidest timeline singularity. all other stupidest timelines are mere copies.
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Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
rip to comedy legend catherine o'hara / trivia legend margaret meehan. dewey decimal system?
Catherine O'Hara as Margaret Meehan (SCTV/"High Q")
YouTube video by RW Scott
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:57 PM
rip to comedy legend catherine o'hara / trivia legend margaret meehan. dewey decimal system?
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Lots of good points in here about pushing when you have the advantage, but also this key point, which essentially boils down to “You want our votes. You solve it.”
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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“Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people.”
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:36 AM
“Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people.”
folks, you can't give a gangster a suitcase full of money with a sticky note that says “do not use for crimes” on it and expect the money to not be used for crimes. the demand has to be “no more money for the criminal gang.”
"Tighten the rules on warrants" is just "make crime illegal."
Who is going to enforce these new rules because I promise you they're simply not going to follow them?
The problem of the president deploying a private police force is not solved by telling them to behave better.
Who is going to enforce these new rules because I promise you they're simply not going to follow them?
The problem of the president deploying a private police force is not solved by telling them to behave better.
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
folks, you can't give a gangster a suitcase full of money with a sticky note that says “do not use for crimes” on it and expect the money to not be used for crimes. the demand has to be “no more money for the criminal gang.”
senate democrats — there's already a law requiring warrants issued upon probable cause (see below — sorry if it's hard to read, it's from 1789), and the administration is already violating it hourly.
January 28, 2026 at 11:59 PM
senate democrats — there's already a law requiring warrants issued upon probable cause (see below — sorry if it's hard to read, it's from 1789), and the administration is already violating it hourly.
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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But Ahab’s glance was averted; like a blighted fruit tree he shook, and cast his last, cindered apple to the soil.
January 27, 2026 at 11:47 PM
But Ahab’s glance was averted; like a blighted fruit tree he shook, and cast his last, cindered apple to the soil.
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It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
confronted with so much horror, death, and cruelty (and it isn't close to over yet), we mustn't forget that our actions matter, and can, in fact, bend history in the direction of justice.
not over yet, but I literally cannot express the depth of my gratitude for the all the observers, patrollers, plate checkers, dispatchers, commuters who continue to successfully protect this city, sometimes at the cost of their wellbeing or lives. so many neighbors were not stolen, because of you
January 26, 2026 at 9:50 PM
confronted with so much horror, death, and cruelty (and it isn't close to over yet), we mustn't forget that our actions matter, and can, in fact, bend history in the direction of justice.
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with my own hand I ply my own shuttle and weave my own destiny into these unalterable threads
January 26, 2026 at 1:47 AM
with my own hand I ply my own shuttle and weave my own destiny into these unalterable threads
we are going to win.
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 9:05 PM
we are going to win.
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Protester in Minnesota: I’m 70 years old and I’m fucking angry *disappears into gas*
January 24, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Protester in Minnesota: I’m 70 years old and I’m fucking angry *disappears into gas*
”If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, re-created from the Bible in song by a slave, is upon us: God gave Noah the rainbow sign, No more water, the fire next time!” – James Baldwin, LETTER FROM A REGION IN MY MIND (1962)
January 24, 2026 at 5:21 PM
”If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, re-created from the Bible in song by a slave, is upon us: God gave Noah the rainbow sign, No more water, the fire next time!” – James Baldwin, LETTER FROM A REGION IN MY MIND (1962)
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The last few years have seen the largest wave of immigration in American history. All those images we carry in our heads about people arriving at Ellis Island — we just surpassed that. Crime went down. Real wages went up. This is a fake problem. Enough is enough.
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The last few years have seen the largest wave of immigration in American history. All those images we carry in our heads about people arriving at Ellis Island — we just surpassed that. Crime went down. Real wages went up. This is a fake problem. Enough is enough.
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Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
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What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
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Look at the structural reasons for why Nordic cultures were and remain highly resistant to radicalization, and why Americans remain vulnerable to radicalization. Nordic societies don't avoid extremism because they are morally superior; they do so because they built institutional shock absorbers. 1/
January 24, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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