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@bigtentsocialist.bsky.social
· Feb 10
The things we should be doing to fight Trump are things we should be doing anyway. We’re in a technological revolution comparable to the early 1800s Industrial Revolution.
Organize. Unionize. Withhold our labor. Use our economic power. These are tried and true ways for people to protect ourselves.
Organize. Unionize. Withhold our labor. Use our economic power. These are tried and true ways for people to protect ourselves.
There are lots of things wrong with Medicare Advantage (which now encompasses over half of Medicare enrollment) but one of the worst is that plans are constantly leaving unprofitable markets which allows remaining plans to raise premiums and cut benefits. The MA plan often then re-enter the market.
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 AM
There are lots of things wrong with Medicare Advantage (which now encompasses over half of Medicare enrollment) but one of the worst is that plans are constantly leaving unprofitable markets which allows remaining plans to raise premiums and cut benefits. The MA plan often then re-enter the market.
Dems should at least run on a Medicare buy-in for people who don’t have access to affordable private insurance. It would give the system time to adapt and possibly blunt some of the opposition, although the industry is now on constant alert against any steps toward M4A. jacobin.com/2025/11/medi...
Medicare for All Disappeared. Its Popularity Didn’t.
The demand for Medicare for All went from the center of the discourse to political exile in record time. But the policy's popularity never faded. A new poll finds strong majority support for the negle...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Dems should at least run on a Medicare buy-in for people who don’t have access to affordable private insurance. It would give the system time to adapt and possibly blunt some of the opposition, although the industry is now on constant alert against any steps toward M4A. jacobin.com/2025/11/medi...
So the video on TMZ shows that it was untrue that cops discontinued their dangerous high-speed pursuit of Kneeland before his suicide, as they claimed to the NYT and others. High-speed pursuits are always dangerous and should only be done in rare circumstances. www.tmz.com/2025/11/26/m...
Police Video Shows Marshawn Kneeland Chase, Search Before Death
New footage has been released from the night of Marshawn Kneeland's death.
www.tmz.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
So the video on TMZ shows that it was untrue that cops discontinued their dangerous high-speed pursuit of Kneeland before his suicide, as they claimed to the NYT and others. High-speed pursuits are always dangerous and should only be done in rare circumstances. www.tmz.com/2025/11/26/m...
There are two Ukraine peace plans being separately negotiated: The original 28-point plan that is essentially Putin’s original war aims plus using frozen Russian funds for reconstruction, and a “revised” plan that only deals with the points Ukraine likes. www.foxnews.com/world/russia...
Ukraine agrees to peace deal, US official says
Ukraine agreed to a peace deal that, if finalized, will end the years-long war with Russia
www.foxnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
There are two Ukraine peace plans being separately negotiated: The original 28-point plan that is essentially Putin’s original war aims plus using frozen Russian funds for reconstruction, and a “revised” plan that only deals with the points Ukraine likes. www.foxnews.com/world/russia...
I find it hard to believe the Trump administration is really going to undertake the rebuilding of Gaza as a master-planned community, but this shows that they knew how to disarm Hamas without killing over 70,000 people and they chose to do so anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
U.S. Plans Compounds to House Palestinians in Israeli-Held Half of Gaza
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I find it hard to believe the Trump administration is really going to undertake the rebuilding of Gaza as a master-planned community, but this shows that they knew how to disarm Hamas without killing over 70,000 people and they chose to do so anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Like most Democratic voters, most Democratic Senators identify as liberal, so why does the NYT use the term to describe what would more appropriately be called a group of progressive or social democratic senators? (Don’t get me wrong, it’s great they’re going public.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Like most Democratic voters, most Democratic Senators identify as liberal, so why does the NYT use the term to describe what would more appropriately be called a group of progressive or social democratic senators? (Don’t get me wrong, it’s great they’re going public.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Collins has long treated LGBT+ rights as a state issue, which for Republicans is enough to get praise from LGBT+ advocacy groups. Within her own state, she’s usually on the wrong side until it’s no longer tenable. Are Maine voters tired of this double dealing? www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
Collins' office said she signed onto the petition because she agrees with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of Title IX.
www.bangordailynews.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Collins has long treated LGBT+ rights as a state issue, which for Republicans is enough to get praise from LGBT+ advocacy groups. Within her own state, she’s usually on the wrong side until it’s no longer tenable. Are Maine voters tired of this double dealing? www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Do think that if the Muslim Brotherhood actually were a “terrorist organization” that the US Government would have waited until now to declare them one? Trump’s argument is they provided “material support” to Hamas. Are those who gave “material support” to MB next? www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Trump orders blacklisting Muslim Brotherhood branches as ‘terrorist’ groups
White House cites groups' alleged support for Hamas, accusing them of waging campaign against US interests and allies.
www.aljazeera.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Do think that if the Muslim Brotherhood actually were a “terrorist organization” that the US Government would have waited until now to declare them one? Trump’s argument is they provided “material support” to Hamas. Are those who gave “material support” to MB next? www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
The thing to watch on the possible Republican capitulation on ACA subsidies is how high subsidies go. Under Biden there was no income limit—no one would ever pay >8.5% of income. This will be important in the future because premiums increase much faster than income. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
White House to pitch a Trump Obamacare extension with limits
Republicans have been eager for Trump to reveal his preferences on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The thing to watch on the possible Republican capitulation on ACA subsidies is how high subsidies go. Under Biden there was no income limit—no one would ever pay >8.5% of income. This will be important in the future because premiums increase much faster than income. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I’m not opposed to an agreement that involves losing the Donbas, given that Western powers have no plan to turn the tide. But it must be paired with integration with Europe, a massive reconstruction effort, and a European military build-up sufficient to deter Putin. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...
Putin’s Win-Win: Take a Russia-Friendly Peace Deal, or Fight On
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I’m not opposed to an agreement that involves losing the Donbas, given that Western powers have no plan to turn the tide. But it must be paired with integration with Europe, a massive reconstruction effort, and a European military build-up sufficient to deter Putin. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...
California lobbyists are useless slimeballs and it’s not surprising that revolving door officials are also corrupt, or that some officials see the millions their friends on the other side are pulling and feel a bit entitled. It’s long past time to clean up Sacramento. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
F.B.I. Letters Send Shivers Through California’s Political Inner Circle
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
California lobbyists are useless slimeballs and it’s not surprising that revolving door officials are also corrupt, or that some officials see the millions their friends on the other side are pulling and feel a bit entitled. It’s long past time to clean up Sacramento. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
My take: By the time children get to school they are well aware of socioeconomic disparities and developing their own ideas about them. If they’re asking you as a parent it’s mainly to see what you think because their survival depends on knowing how you see the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/b...
Their Kids Had Questions About Wealth Inequality. How Did They Respond?
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
My take: By the time children get to school they are well aware of socioeconomic disparities and developing their own ideas about them. If they’re asking you as a parent it’s mainly to see what you think because their survival depends on knowing how you see the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/b...
Today’s edition of Make The Opposing Party Take A Divisive Vote: “Denouncing the horrors of socialism”. The Bolshevik revolution is the 10th deadliest war in history and the top 9 had nothing to do with socialism. War is bad. Founding fathers mixed. Socialism is good. www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Today’s edition of Make The Opposing Party Take A Divisive Vote: “Denouncing the horrors of socialism”. The Bolshevik revolution is the 10th deadliest war in history and the top 9 had nothing to do with socialism. War is bad. Founding fathers mixed. Socialism is good. www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
Schumer signed off on an amendment (now law) to allow Senators, and only Senators, to sue everyone involved if their phone records are subpoenaed and they aren’t notified. This would compromise legitimate investigations of Senate corruption. www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Schumer signed off on an amendment (now law) to allow Senators, and only Senators, to sue everyone involved if their phone records are subpoenaed and they aren’t notified. This would compromise legitimate investigations of Senate corruption. www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
The E3 “reassure Ukraine of their continued and full support on the path to a lasting and just peace” sounds like something you’d say to the dying. They never prepared for this war and never rose to the fight. What reason is there to believe future will be different? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
European Leaders Back Zelensky After U.S. Plan Leaves Them Out
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The E3 “reassure Ukraine of their continued and full support on the path to a lasting and just peace” sounds like something you’d say to the dying. They never prepared for this war and never rose to the fight. What reason is there to believe future will be different? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
California Dem elites have found their 4th (or 5th?) vehicle to try to defeat Katie Porter in next years’ Governor’s race. That would be Eric Swalwell who has A LOT in common with Adam Schiff, who infamously beat Porter in the 2024 Senate race by running to her right. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
A Former Trump Impeachment Manager Will Run for California Governor
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
California Dem elites have found their 4th (or 5th?) vehicle to try to defeat Katie Porter in next years’ Governor’s race. That would be Eric Swalwell who has A LOT in common with Adam Schiff, who infamously beat Porter in the 2024 Senate race by running to her right. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Klein™️ has a much larger audience than Jacobin (sadly). When a little account interviews a big account they tend to lob softballs in hope of appealing to the latter’s audience. I think that’s what happened here. Just a business transaction. jacobin.com/2025/11/klei...
Abundance and the Left
Ezra Klein talks with Bhaskar Sunkara about Abundance, Zohran Mamdani’s victory, and why progressives need a state that works at the speed of their ambitions.
jacobin.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Klein™️ has a much larger audience than Jacobin (sadly). When a little account interviews a big account they tend to lob softballs in hope of appealing to the latter’s audience. I think that’s what happened here. Just a business transaction. jacobin.com/2025/11/klei...
Trump with MBS in the ridiculous gilded Oval Office. One murderer protecting another as the Ghost of Khashoggi makes its inevitable reappearance. I stand with Jamal Khashoggi and against everything that’s happening here.
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Trump with MBS in the ridiculous gilded Oval Office. One murderer protecting another as the Ghost of Khashoggi makes its inevitable reappearance. I stand with Jamal Khashoggi and against everything that’s happening here.
The real value of the F-35 to the Saudis is it strengthens relations with the US. Other than that it’s a boondoggle. Even if they took Chinese scientists on ride-alongs it wouldn’t help much because it’s an evolving software product (which what makes it so lucrative). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Trump Says U.S. Will Sell F-35s to Saudis, Despite Pentagon Concerns
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The real value of the F-35 to the Saudis is it strengthens relations with the US. Other than that it’s a boondoggle. Even if they took Chinese scientists on ride-alongs it wouldn’t help much because it’s an evolving software product (which what makes it so lucrative). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
This seems like a problem the Wall Street whizzes could easily solve if they wanted to, like portable mortgages or mortgage swaps. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/b...
They Rushed to Buy Homes During the Pandemic. Now, Some Feel Trapped.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This seems like a problem the Wall Street whizzes could easily solve if they wanted to, like portable mortgages or mortgage swaps. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/b...
Are socialism and egalitarian liberalism the same thing? Where they meet on political spectrum they certainly are, but the former can accommodate degrees of collectivism that the latter cannot. jacobin.com/2024/09/libe...
No, Liberalism Hasn’t Buried Marxism
As liberal thought has evolved to address capitalism's flaws, some argue it has caught up with Marxism, rendering it irrelevant. Vivek Chibber argues that liberalism may diagnose capitalism’s injustic...
jacobin.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Are socialism and egalitarian liberalism the same thing? Where they meet on political spectrum they certainly are, but the former can accommodate degrees of collectivism that the latter cannot. jacobin.com/2024/09/libe...
Pete Davidson really racking up the health challenges at a young age with dual diagnosis, Crohn’s and a partner with endometriosis and hEDS. Wish them well! www.tmz.com/2025/11/16/e...
Pete Davidson's Girlfriend Elsie Hewitt Details '24/7' Pregnancy Pain
Pete Davidson's girlfriend Elsie Hewitt is revealing the brutal reality behind her first pregnancy ... saying she's been pushed to her physical limit and is living in nonstop, debilitating pain.
www.tmz.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Pete Davidson really racking up the health challenges at a young age with dual diagnosis, Crohn’s and a partner with endometriosis and hEDS. Wish them well! www.tmz.com/2025/11/16/e...
Trump has already ruined the ACA marketplace for 2025 at least. Not knowing how to price risk, insurers and providers are scrambling to exit their ACA contracts. We need a better way. We should keep the enhanced ACA brackets and let people buy into Medicare or Medicaid at no more than those amounts.
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Trump has already ruined the ACA marketplace for 2025 at least. Not knowing how to price risk, insurers and providers are scrambling to exit their ACA contracts. We need a better way. We should keep the enhanced ACA brackets and let people buy into Medicare or Medicaid at no more than those amounts.
Joe Biden, to his credit, did not say to himself, “Gee, I’m unpopular and I’m going to lose reelection to a far-right bigot. I’m going to co-opt his main policy and unleash ICE in America.” That would have been a policy and political failure. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
UK to end ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers in huge policy overhaul
The plans, inspired by Denmark's approach, aim to slash irregular immigration and counter the UK's far right.
www.aljazeera.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Joe Biden, to his credit, did not say to himself, “Gee, I’m unpopular and I’m going to lose reelection to a far-right bigot. I’m going to co-opt his main policy and unleash ICE in America.” That would have been a policy and political failure. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
I don’t necessarily disagree with tech bro predictions for the future, nor do I necessarily think it can or should be up for democratic vote. I care about life right now, as well as what it’ll be like in the future to the extent life exists. Anything else is out of scope. jacobin.com/2025/11/musk...
Tech Capitalists Don’t Care About Humans. Literally.
It’s not just a figure of speech to say tech titans are indifferent to humanity. From Peter Thiel to Elon Musk, many are adherents of a worldview that envisions humans being replaced by digital post-h...
jacobin.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I don’t necessarily disagree with tech bro predictions for the future, nor do I necessarily think it can or should be up for democratic vote. I care about life right now, as well as what it’ll be like in the future to the extent life exists. Anything else is out of scope. jacobin.com/2025/11/musk...