Shahrzad Arasteh
@careerconsult.bsky.social
Holistic Career Counselor, Trainer & Author of Nourish Your Career. Specialize in social good people & orgs. Animal Advocate. She/her. https://careerconsultmd.com/
"The best response to hate is solidarity." -Zack Polanski
Is left-wing populism having a moment? This Green Party leader in UK hopes so | CNN
David Polanski, Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, speaks with Christiane Amanpour about left-wing populism and Zohran Mamdani becoming the next mayor of New York City.
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"The best response to hate is solidarity." -Zack Polanski
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Don't miss this week's opportunities to get involved locally:
📚 The grand opening of a worker-owned bookstore
👣 A walking tour of potential upzoning in Ward 3
🤝 A virtual mutual aid open house
🔮 A workshop exploring D.C.'s possible futures
📚 The grand opening of a worker-owned bookstore
👣 A walking tour of potential upzoning in Ward 3
🤝 A virtual mutual aid open house
🔮 A workshop exploring D.C.'s possible futures
Your weekly roundup of ways to get involved in D.C.
Plus, plug into mutual aid, or learn jiu jitsu for a cause.
51st.news
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Don't miss this week's opportunities to get involved locally:
📚 The grand opening of a worker-owned bookstore
👣 A walking tour of potential upzoning in Ward 3
🤝 A virtual mutual aid open house
🔮 A workshop exploring D.C.'s possible futures
📚 The grand opening of a worker-owned bookstore
👣 A walking tour of potential upzoning in Ward 3
🤝 A virtual mutual aid open house
🔮 A workshop exploring D.C.'s possible futures
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November 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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We only rate dogs. This is a family of Suburban Gold Fairies. It's rare for them to travel together like this. Very magical but please only send dogs. Thank you... 13/10 for all (TT: hdbrosriley)
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We only rate dogs. This is a family of Suburban Gold Fairies. It's rare for them to travel together like this. Very magical but please only send dogs. Thank you... 13/10 for all (TT: hdbrosriley)
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
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aaaaand we are back to private sector job losses in ADP, 4-wk avg loss of 11k in the week ending Oct 25 implying a sharp deterioration at the end of the month given the 42k monthly gain for October. This new data series is basically averaging zero net private sector job creation since August
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
aaaaand we are back to private sector job losses in ADP, 4-wk avg loss of 11k in the week ending Oct 25 implying a sharp deterioration at the end of the month given the 42k monthly gain for October. This new data series is basically averaging zero net private sector job creation since August
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Call your senators.
NOW.
NOW.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Call your senators.
NOW.
NOW.
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
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called both Washington Senators.
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
called both Washington Senators.
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Decided to book a train to Boston as a backup in case my upcoming flight gets cancelled and found that many of the trains were sold out. Not surprised, but just a note that you should book your train tickets well in advance.
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Decided to book a train to Boston as a backup in case my upcoming flight gets cancelled and found that many of the trains were sold out. Not surprised, but just a note that you should book your train tickets well in advance.
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It's the first Friday of the month, which means we've gone 2 months now without a jobs report. For Trump, this is a feature of the shutdown, not a bug, since private surveys show the job market slowing dramatically. But without official data he's able to keep lying about it.
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It's the first Friday of the month, which means we've gone 2 months now without a jobs report. For Trump, this is a feature of the shutdown, not a bug, since private surveys show the job market slowing dramatically. But without official data he's able to keep lying about it.
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billionaires have invested in media not because they support journalism but because they want to control it. there is only downside to a free press for people with that level of wealth. journalism is a great equalizer and they don’t want us to be equal.
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
billionaires have invested in media not because they support journalism but because they want to control it. there is only downside to a free press for people with that level of wealth. journalism is a great equalizer and they don’t want us to be equal.
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In the face of this cruel government shutdown, we’re taking another significant step to protect Maryland families and children:
I’ve signed an executive order releasing $62 million to help Marylanders who rely on SNAP benefits put food on the table.
I’ve signed an executive order releasing $62 million to help Marylanders who rely on SNAP benefits put food on the table.
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
In the face of this cruel government shutdown, we’re taking another significant step to protect Maryland families and children:
I’ve signed an executive order releasing $62 million to help Marylanders who rely on SNAP benefits put food on the table.
I’ve signed an executive order releasing $62 million to help Marylanders who rely on SNAP benefits put food on the table.
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Let's hear it for the farm workers who harvested the pumpkins that are decorating homes across America for #Halloween today. #WeFeedYou
Que se oiga para los campesinos que cosecharon las calabazas que hoy decoran los hogares en todo los Estados Unidos. #SoyEsencial
Que se oiga para los campesinos que cosecharon las calabazas que hoy decoran los hogares en todo los Estados Unidos. #SoyEsencial
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Let's hear it for the farm workers who harvested the pumpkins that are decorating homes across America for #Halloween today. #WeFeedYou
Que se oiga para los campesinos que cosecharon las calabazas que hoy decoran los hogares en todo los Estados Unidos. #SoyEsencial
Que se oiga para los campesinos que cosecharon las calabazas que hoy decoran los hogares en todo los Estados Unidos. #SoyEsencial
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Speaker Johnson & MAGA are hellbent on raising health insurance premiums for millions while RFK Jr. spreads vaccine misinformation & pulls the plug on vaccination programs.
We can't continue down this deadly path. Let’s reverse the health care cuts AND reopen the government.
We can't continue down this deadly path. Let’s reverse the health care cuts AND reopen the government.
October 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Speaker Johnson & MAGA are hellbent on raising health insurance premiums for millions while RFK Jr. spreads vaccine misinformation & pulls the plug on vaccination programs.
We can't continue down this deadly path. Let’s reverse the health care cuts AND reopen the government.
We can't continue down this deadly path. Let’s reverse the health care cuts AND reopen the government.
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NEW: I spoke with the inestimable Terry Gross (!) on @nprfreshair.bsky.social about my year-long investigation of Russ Vought, the "shadow president" of Trump's second presidency.
Listen here: www.npr.org/2025/10/30/n...
Listen here: www.npr.org/2025/10/30/n...
Who's the man behind President Trump's dismantling of the federal government?
In a New Yorker article co-published with ProPublica, reporter Andy Kroll describes Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, as a "shadow president" with oversized influence.
www.npr.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
NEW: I spoke with the inestimable Terry Gross (!) on @nprfreshair.bsky.social about my year-long investigation of Russ Vought, the "shadow president" of Trump's second presidency.
Listen here: www.npr.org/2025/10/30/n...
Listen here: www.npr.org/2025/10/30/n...
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Your now-mandatory reminder that Republicans in Congress are just fine with this
Breaking news: The DOJ placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they filed a document in court that referred to the Jan. 6. attack on the U.S. Capitol as a “riot” carried out by a “mob,” two people familiar with the matter said.
Two U.S. prosecutors suspended after describing Jan. 6 attack as ‘mob’
The suspensions come in the case of a 2021 Capitol rioter who faces sentencing for unrelated weapons charges.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Your now-mandatory reminder that Republicans in Congress are just fine with this
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Yes, I remember when Zignal was pitching its media monitoring services to progressive organizations and campaigns. Its "social listening" reports were quoted in the SF Chronicle and other papers. And now, backed by venture capital, it assumes its final form as a tool of authoritarianism.
"Zignal Labs, founded in Silicon Valley in 2011, initially catered to public relations firms and political campaigns, advertising data analytics and media monitoring to help identify and respond to narrative trends online.
...
...
San Francisco-based Zignal Labs is aiding ICE’s crackdown on free speech.
Its AI surveillance program monitors 8 billion social media posts a day. Clients include the Israeli military and the Pentagon.
Surveillance as a service, authoritarianism as a business model.
truthout.org/articles/ice...
Its AI surveillance program monitors 8 billion social media posts a day. Clients include the Israeli military and the Pentagon.
Surveillance as a service, authoritarianism as a business model.
truthout.org/articles/ice...
October 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Yes, I remember when Zignal was pitching its media monitoring services to progressive organizations and campaigns. Its "social listening" reports were quoted in the SF Chronicle and other papers. And now, backed by venture capital, it assumes its final form as a tool of authoritarianism.
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Weekly tradition time: finding some color no matter how gray the skies.
Tell me something good.
What good thing happened in your life this week?
Got in the fall spirit or made plans for winter, both work. Just something good.
Tell me something good.
What good thing happened in your life this week?
Got in the fall spirit or made plans for winter, both work. Just something good.
October 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Weekly tradition time: finding some color no matter how gray the skies.
Tell me something good.
What good thing happened in your life this week?
Got in the fall spirit or made plans for winter, both work. Just something good.
Tell me something good.
What good thing happened in your life this week?
Got in the fall spirit or made plans for winter, both work. Just something good.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.