Bill Hogseth
@billhogseth.bsky.social
building independent political power at https://gro-ww.org
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“The latest and most flagrant example of the government’s enabling private sector companies to expand and entrench their power under the guise of protecting American tech supremacy was the launch of Project Stargate,” Singh’s writes. trib.al/5ZCV68J
AI rivals like OpenAI, Nvidia, and Oracle are collaborating to build ‘Stargate’—but a Yale expert says it violates 135 years of antitrust law | Fortune
Six AI leaders are uniting to form a single company. How is this possibly legal, asks Madhavi Singh of Yale’s Thurman Arnold Project, an initiative dedicated to antitrust issues.
trib.al
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“The latest and most flagrant example of the government’s enabling private sector companies to expand and entrench their power under the guise of protecting American tech supremacy was the launch of Project Stargate,” Singh’s writes. trib.al/5ZCV68J
This month, our members stood up at county budget hearings across four counties in western WI to warn how HR1 (aka One Big Beautiful Bill) will create a fiscal crisis for our county govts and threaten the local services our loved ones rely on every day. Western WI cannot afford HR1.
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This month, our members stood up at county budget hearings across four counties in western WI to warn how HR1 (aka One Big Beautiful Bill) will create a fiscal crisis for our county govts and threaten the local services our loved ones rely on every day. Western WI cannot afford HR1.
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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Bernie Sanders says on The Axios Show that OpenAI should be broken up.
He is the first prominent Democrat to suggest that the government should intervene in OpenAI, potentially opening a key fault line in 2028 politics.
He is the first prominent Democrat to suggest that the government should intervene in OpenAI, potentially opening a key fault line in 2028 politics.
"The Axios Show": Sanders says OpenAI should be broken up
His comments signal that antitrust scrutiny of AI giants could become a key dividing line in 2028 politics.
www.axios.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Bernie Sanders says on The Axios Show that OpenAI should be broken up.
He is the first prominent Democrat to suggest that the government should intervene in OpenAI, potentially opening a key fault line in 2028 politics.
He is the first prominent Democrat to suggest that the government should intervene in OpenAI, potentially opening a key fault line in 2028 politics.
“The answer to federal threats is municipalism. Doubling down on protecting our communities and making sure we have the resources to keep our neighbors safe”
Portland city council member @counciloravalos.bsky.social on how cities, in concert, can stand against Trump. "Not in our city"
October 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“The answer to federal threats is municipalism. Doubling down on protecting our communities and making sure we have the resources to keep our neighbors safe”
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One of the most brutal days in American history, on the brink of 17M losing Medicaid, 3.2M losing SNAP, massive wealth transfer to billionaires, 20x expansion of ICE.
But the National Apartment Association (landlord lobby) celebrates this cruel bill as a "95% win for the housing industry."
But the National Apartment Association (landlord lobby) celebrates this cruel bill as a "95% win for the housing industry."
July 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
One of the most brutal days in American history, on the brink of 17M losing Medicaid, 3.2M losing SNAP, massive wealth transfer to billionaires, 20x expansion of ICE.
But the National Apartment Association (landlord lobby) celebrates this cruel bill as a "95% win for the housing industry."
But the National Apartment Association (landlord lobby) celebrates this cruel bill as a "95% win for the housing industry."
“It takes more muscular forms of protest and noncooperation, like walkouts, labor strikes, and economic boycotts, to stop autocrats in their tracks…. Coordinating mass action, including organized noncooperation across different sectors and pillars, takes a commitment to big-tent organizing.”
Big Tents and Collective Action Can Defeat Authoritarianism
The journey from individual angst to collective action takes time, vision, and commitment. It is also the pathway to victory.
www.justsecurity.org
June 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“It takes more muscular forms of protest and noncooperation, like walkouts, labor strikes, and economic boycotts, to stop autocrats in their tracks…. Coordinating mass action, including organized noncooperation across different sectors and pillars, takes a commitment to big-tent organizing.”
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Via "One First," my quick write-up of President Trump's "Presidential Memorandum" purporting to federalize 2000 California National Guard troops; the relevant legal authorities for doing so; and how the move is both a modest *and* dangerous escalation of what's going on in and around Los Angeles:
156. Federalizing the California National Guard
President Trump's Saturday night "memorandum" federalizing 2000 California National Guard troops is a tentative step toward abusing authorities for domestic use of the military, but a dangerous one.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Via "One First," my quick write-up of President Trump's "Presidential Memorandum" purporting to federalize 2000 California National Guard troops; the relevant legal authorities for doing so; and how the move is both a modest *and* dangerous escalation of what's going on in and around Los Angeles:
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On this day in 1920, the Ku Klux Klan hired publicists to grow membership for the white supremacist organization. Within 16 months, nearly 100,000 new members had joined, and by 1924, there were three million active members nationwide.
Jun. 7, 1920 | Ku Klux Klan Mounts Publicity Campaign to Attract Members
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
June 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On this day in 1920, the Ku Klux Klan hired publicists to grow membership for the white supremacist organization. Within 16 months, nearly 100,000 new members had joined, and by 1924, there were three million active members nationwide.
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The pro-democracy establishment talks about threats and norms, but rarely about the material conditions people are living in.
This piece isn’t an attack. It’s a structural critique of a system managing decline while blaming the public for noticing.
www.compactmag.com/article/why-...
This piece isn’t an attack. It’s a structural critique of a system managing decline while blaming the public for noticing.
www.compactmag.com/article/why-...
Why the ‘Pro-Democracy’ Center Can’t Save America
Donald Trump is back in the White House, and the “pro-democracy” movement that emerged during his first term is warning once again that America is on the brink.
www.compactmag.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The pro-democracy establishment talks about threats and norms, but rarely about the material conditions people are living in.
This piece isn’t an attack. It’s a structural critique of a system managing decline while blaming the public for noticing.
www.compactmag.com/article/why-...
This piece isn’t an attack. It’s a structural critique of a system managing decline while blaming the public for noticing.
www.compactmag.com/article/why-...
Learning how to practice democracy at a small scale can teach us how to rebuild it at a large scale
Yesterday, over 30 people in Menomonie WI gathered to discuss, plan & commit to win tenant protections in our town
This is what it looks like to build an independent political home in your backyard
Yesterday, over 30 people in Menomonie WI gathered to discuss, plan & commit to win tenant protections in our town
This is what it looks like to build an independent political home in your backyard
March 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Learning how to practice democracy at a small scale can teach us how to rebuild it at a large scale
Yesterday, over 30 people in Menomonie WI gathered to discuss, plan & commit to win tenant protections in our town
This is what it looks like to build an independent political home in your backyard
Yesterday, over 30 people in Menomonie WI gathered to discuss, plan & commit to win tenant protections in our town
This is what it looks like to build an independent political home in your backyard
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That means we must recalibrate what we expect going forward. The political conflict isn’t over, nor is the outcome determined, or democracy destined to be extinguished for good.
But let’s finally discard whatever residual notion of “It cannot happen here” is still floating around.
But let’s finally discard whatever residual notion of “It cannot happen here” is still floating around.
March 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
That means we must recalibrate what we expect going forward. The political conflict isn’t over, nor is the outcome determined, or democracy destined to be extinguished for good.
But let’s finally discard whatever residual notion of “It cannot happen here” is still floating around.
But let’s finally discard whatever residual notion of “It cannot happen here” is still floating around.
This is our local food pantry here in Dunn County, WI.
Last year, 5,000 people used the food pantry’s services. More than 10% of the 45,000 people who live here.
Don’t tell me this isn’t class war.
Last year, 5,000 people used the food pantry’s services. More than 10% of the 45,000 people who live here.
Don’t tell me this isn’t class war.
March 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is our local food pantry here in Dunn County, WI.
Last year, 5,000 people used the food pantry’s services. More than 10% of the 45,000 people who live here.
Don’t tell me this isn’t class war.
Last year, 5,000 people used the food pantry’s services. More than 10% of the 45,000 people who live here.
Don’t tell me this isn’t class war.
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
The ruling class wants us hopeless. Because hopeless people don’t fight back.
At GROWW, we organize working-class people in small towns & rural areas to win real fights in western WI. Hope is a skill. We build it through action.
That’s why I stood with Bernie Sanders yesterday in Altoona, WI
At GROWW, we organize working-class people in small towns & rural areas to win real fights in western WI. Hope is a skill. We build it through action.
That’s why I stood with Bernie Sanders yesterday in Altoona, WI
Bill Hogseth on Hope
YouTube video by John Calabrese
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March 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The ruling class wants us hopeless. Because hopeless people don’t fight back.
At GROWW, we organize working-class people in small towns & rural areas to win real fights in western WI. Hope is a skill. We build it through action.
That’s why I stood with Bernie Sanders yesterday in Altoona, WI
At GROWW, we organize working-class people in small towns & rural areas to win real fights in western WI. Hope is a skill. We build it through action.
That’s why I stood with Bernie Sanders yesterday in Altoona, WI
Make no mistake that corporate media is a mouthpiece for the billionaire class.
When they say "personal liberties and free markets" what they really mean is "an ideology that rationalizes the suffocation of working people for the benefit of the super-rich"
When they say "personal liberties and free markets" what they really mean is "an ideology that rationalizes the suffocation of working people for the benefit of the super-rich"
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
February 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Make no mistake that corporate media is a mouthpiece for the billionaire class.
When they say "personal liberties and free markets" what they really mean is "an ideology that rationalizes the suffocation of working people for the benefit of the super-rich"
When they say "personal liberties and free markets" what they really mean is "an ideology that rationalizes the suffocation of working people for the benefit of the super-rich"
Wisconsin is the Dairy State. Today, that means corporate “farms” extract wealth and leave behind poisoned wells while big dairy lobbyists & their politician friends gut regulations that keep our communities safe. If the DNR won’t do its job, then we’ll do ours. We’ll organize to protect our homes
DNR approves permit for controversial Pierce Co. CAFO • Wisconsin Examiner
The Wisconsin DNR approved a permit allowing the Ridge Breeze Dairy in Pierce County to expand despite heavy local opposition.
wisconsinexaminer.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Wisconsin is the Dairy State. Today, that means corporate “farms” extract wealth and leave behind poisoned wells while big dairy lobbyists & their politician friends gut regulations that keep our communities safe. If the DNR won’t do its job, then we’ll do ours. We’ll organize to protect our homes
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You have questions. Mostly of the "What Can I Do to Resist This Coup?" variety. Choose Democracy has answers. Here's a really handy guide to the how/what/why of organizing... Share widely. Link here: choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
February 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
You have questions. Mostly of the "What Can I Do to Resist This Coup?" variety. Choose Democracy has answers. Here's a really handy guide to the how/what/why of organizing... Share widely. Link here: choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
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A first excerpt from @chrislhayes.bsky.social terrific new book, published this morning:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
January 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A first excerpt from @chrislhayes.bsky.social terrific new book, published this morning:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I can think of no other way to properly eulogize Garth Hudson’s passing than to put on Chest Fever, turn the volume up, and allow the full-throated power of his organ intro to wash over me in waves
Breaking News: Garth Hudson, the last surviving original member of the Band, died in Woodstock, New York, at 87. The Band was one of the most influential rock groups of the 1960s and ’70s.
Garth Hudson, Multifaceted Musician With the Band, Dies at 87
He was the last surviving original member of one of the most influential groups of the 1960s and ’70s, with its blend of rock, r&b and country.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I can think of no other way to properly eulogize Garth Hudson’s passing than to put on Chest Fever, turn the volume up, and allow the full-throated power of his organ intro to wash over me in waves
MLK was a great man, but he was just one man. Today, I’m reflecting on the entire movement of people who struggled, strategized, took risks, faced violence, all while keeping a laser focus on human dignity, justice, forgiveness, and truth. Let’s take a moment to let their examples sink in.
January 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
MLK was a great man, but he was just one man. Today, I’m reflecting on the entire movement of people who struggled, strategized, took risks, faced violence, all while keeping a laser focus on human dignity, justice, forgiveness, and truth. Let’s take a moment to let their examples sink in.
The notion of there “being good billionaires who share our values” is an excellent example of why the Democratic Party is currently a failed political institution
Leading Democratic Party Chair candidate Ken Martin says that Democrats won't take money from "those bad billionaires" but will take money from "good billionaires"
January 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The notion of there “being good billionaires who share our values” is an excellent example of why the Democratic Party is currently a failed political institution
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The family of David Lynch announced that a worldwide meditation is set for Monday, January 20th, to celebrate the legendary filmmaker's life. Here's what you need to know... / #DavidLynch
The family of David Lynch announced that a worldwide meditation is set for Monday, January 20th, to celebrate the legendary filmmaker's life. Here's what you need to know... / #DavidLynch
The family of David Lynch announced that a worldwide meditation is set for Monday, January 20th, to celebrate the legendary filmmaker's life.
dlvr.it
January 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The family of David Lynch announced that a worldwide meditation is set for Monday, January 20th, to celebrate the legendary filmmaker's life. Here's what you need to know... / #DavidLynch
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Costco workers affiliated with the Teamsters have voted in favor of going on strike if no deal is made ahead of a January 31 contract deadline.
Costco's unionized workers vote to authorize a strike
Costco workers affiliated with the Teamsters have voted in favor of going on strike if no deal is made ahead of a January 31 contract deadline.
www.businessinsider.com
January 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Costco workers affiliated with the Teamsters have voted in favor of going on strike if no deal is made ahead of a January 31 contract deadline.