@daisywillow.bsky.social
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I absolutely think that forcing out both Dem leaders in Congress could have the effect of galvanizing so many people who are paralyzed in this moment. If they can’t lead an opposition party, it’s time to get out!
February 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I absolutely think that forcing out both Dem leaders in Congress could have the effect of galvanizing so many people who are paralyzed in this moment. If they can’t lead an opposition party, it’s time to get out!
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one thing I've become very convinced of is the need for the civil service to do waaayyyy more propaganda. like you should know about how NOAA makes the weather app on your phone work. you should know that Uncle Sam runs GPS. you should know how impressive the US census data collection effort is, etc
March 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
one thing I've become very convinced of is the need for the civil service to do waaayyyy more propaganda. like you should know about how NOAA makes the weather app on your phone work. you should know that Uncle Sam runs GPS. you should know how impressive the US census data collection effort is, etc
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Farmers are going to run to Congress for another handout to deal with the retaliatory tariffs and the answer from Dems has to be "no."
This isn't out of retribution, it's because we can't keep creating escape hatches for GOP members of Congress. For the benefit of all, keep the pressure on them.
This isn't out of retribution, it's because we can't keep creating escape hatches for GOP members of Congress. For the benefit of all, keep the pressure on them.
March 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Farmers are going to run to Congress for another handout to deal with the retaliatory tariffs and the answer from Dems has to be "no."
This isn't out of retribution, it's because we can't keep creating escape hatches for GOP members of Congress. For the benefit of all, keep the pressure on them.
This isn't out of retribution, it's because we can't keep creating escape hatches for GOP members of Congress. For the benefit of all, keep the pressure on them.
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"democrats plan to color coordinate to communicate opposition" is the biggest loser shit i've ever heard. School Spirit Week-ass action. "I do not give facebook my permission"-ass action. are they hitting themselves in the head with hammers at every DNC event
March 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"democrats plan to color coordinate to communicate opposition" is the biggest loser shit i've ever heard. School Spirit Week-ass action. "I do not give facebook my permission"-ass action. are they hitting themselves in the head with hammers at every DNC event
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Oh... they just got matching clothes? I'm getting texts about people being FIRED from research firms because of illegally cancelled contracts and your plan is to pretend it's a family reunion?
March 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Oh... they just got matching clothes? I'm getting texts about people being FIRED from research firms because of illegally cancelled contracts and your plan is to pretend it's a family reunion?
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Giant corporations are using Donald Trump’s haphazard tariff announcements as an excuse to raise prices.
The Trump Administration has no plan to stop it – and working families will unfairly foot the bill.
The Trump Administration has no plan to stop it – and working families will unfairly foot the bill.
March 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Giant corporations are using Donald Trump’s haphazard tariff announcements as an excuse to raise prices.
The Trump Administration has no plan to stop it – and working families will unfairly foot the bill.
The Trump Administration has no plan to stop it – and working families will unfairly foot the bill.
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To bring those victimized by Trump's policies to tonight's speech and ask them to sit respectfully while he tells lie after lie and escapes consequences for his dangerous policies and literal crimes is a terrible model for showing the country what to do in this moment. I hope the Democrats boycott.
March 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
To bring those victimized by Trump's policies to tonight's speech and ask them to sit respectfully while he tells lie after lie and escapes consequences for his dangerous policies and literal crimes is a terrible model for showing the country what to do in this moment. I hope the Democrats boycott.
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As a society we came together and told young people not to protest genocide or we'd violently suppress them and ruin their futures, and now a lot of liberals are looking around like "Why aren't they in the streets right now?"
It's because we completely abandoned them last year, when they needed us.
It's because we completely abandoned them last year, when they needed us.
March 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As a society we came together and told young people not to protest genocide or we'd violently suppress them and ruin their futures, and now a lot of liberals are looking around like "Why aren't they in the streets right now?"
It's because we completely abandoned them last year, when they needed us.
It's because we completely abandoned them last year, when they needed us.
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Narrator: “public service was, in fact, done with Rahm Emanuel.”
Rahm Emanuel didn't rule out another mayoral run as his post-Japan media tour continues.
“I’m not done with public service and I hope public service is not done with me." buff.ly/QMvMNbW
“I’m not done with public service and I hope public service is not done with me." buff.ly/QMvMNbW
March 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Narrator: “public service was, in fact, done with Rahm Emanuel.”
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Glad to see @kevinmkruse.bsky.social moved off Substack. I beg of everyone else to transition now, while it is relatively easy.
It took a lot longer than I'd hoped, but I've finally made the move away from Substack and set up shop on Ghost instead.
The newish and improvedish CAMPAIGN TRAILS:
campaign-trails.ghost.io/post-to-the-...
The newish and improvedish CAMPAIGN TRAILS:
campaign-trails.ghost.io/post-to-the-...
Post to the Ghost
I'm delighted to announce that, at long last, I've finally managed to move CAMPAIGN TRAILS away from Substack over to its new home at Ghost.
This move has been a long time coming. More than a year ag...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
March 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Glad to see @kevinmkruse.bsky.social moved off Substack. I beg of everyone else to transition now, while it is relatively easy.
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One thing I am puzzled about is AARP’s weak response to this. In addition to your reps, I’d suggest registering your displeasure with AARP. They have the capacity to mobilize millions of older adults to prevent this. It’s why they’re there! www.aarp.org/social-secur...
March 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
One thing I am puzzled about is AARP’s weak response to this. In addition to your reps, I’d suggest registering your displeasure with AARP. They have the capacity to mobilize millions of older adults to prevent this. It’s why they’re there! www.aarp.org/social-secur...
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Georgia residents impacted by the toxic BioLab fire say they've been left behind by the government—and forgotten by the media.
Georgia Residents Left Behind After Toxic BioLab Fire
Residents of Conyers, GA affected by toxic chemical fire say the media and government have swept the incident under the rug.
inthesetimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Georgia residents impacted by the toxic BioLab fire say they've been left behind by the government—and forgotten by the media.
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Almost everyone. I have an MBA from Georgia Tech and was writing white papers on crypto in 2016.
The problem isn't finding journalists who understand crypto and the grift. It's finding one who isn't making more money on their own than legacy media will offer in salary.
The problem isn't finding journalists who understand crypto and the grift. It's finding one who isn't making more money on their own than legacy media will offer in salary.
My best recommendation to huge legacy media companies right now is to hire a reporter who understands crypto, the law, and politics - and how they are currently intersecting in an incredibly corrupt way that almost everyone is ignoring.
March 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Almost everyone. I have an MBA from Georgia Tech and was writing white papers on crypto in 2016.
The problem isn't finding journalists who understand crypto and the grift. It's finding one who isn't making more money on their own than legacy media will offer in salary.
The problem isn't finding journalists who understand crypto and the grift. It's finding one who isn't making more money on their own than legacy media will offer in salary.
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Democrats should boycott the State of the Union. Democrats keep calling this man a unique and dangerous threat, but never ACT like it.
For once, Democrats' *actions* should match their words.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
For once, Democrats' *actions* should match their words.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Democrats Should Boycott Trump’s Speech to Congress This Week
Refusing to attend the speech would be the first indication that Democrats are not just playing politics—and playing them badly—but resisting.
www.thenation.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Democrats should boycott the State of the Union. Democrats keep calling this man a unique and dangerous threat, but never ACT like it.
For once, Democrats' *actions* should match their words.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
For once, Democrats' *actions* should match their words.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Abolition was an unpopular position for a few decades. A struggle made votes for women, civil rights, marriage equality popular enough to become law. On the other hand the KKK had its popular periods. Popularity is bunk. The question is if you lead or follow.
the thing about “democrats should take popular cultural positions” is that what constitutes popular is a function of an interaction between the public and elites. if a faction of elites start screaming about a vulnerable minority and another faction says they have a point, this shapes the public.
In a leaked recording, State Senator Elena Parent (D-42) said she’d vote for Republican transgender healthcare bans because trans rights are too “unpopular."
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
March 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Abolition was an unpopular position for a few decades. A struggle made votes for women, civil rights, marriage equality popular enough to become law. On the other hand the KKK had its popular periods. Popularity is bunk. The question is if you lead or follow.
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here is the thing, if you are thinking pragmatically, the response to trans health bans is to change the subject! “these people are targeting children so they can con you into stealing your social security and health care.” easy peasy! need a specific answer: “keep the government out of my family.”
March 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
here is the thing, if you are thinking pragmatically, the response to trans health bans is to change the subject! “these people are targeting children so they can con you into stealing your social security and health care.” easy peasy! need a specific answer: “keep the government out of my family.”
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So much ahistorical liberal implicit racism on here. Think before posting. Does your statement of supposed lost US goodness (e.g. "founding fathers" romanticism) forget about the violence & disrespect the US has long done to non Europeans/non-whites, their/our peoples, leaders, lands, governance?
March 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
So much ahistorical liberal implicit racism on here. Think before posting. Does your statement of supposed lost US goodness (e.g. "founding fathers" romanticism) forget about the violence & disrespect the US has long done to non Europeans/non-whites, their/our peoples, leaders, lands, governance?
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Again, when someone says "Why aren't Americans in the streets, protesting?" what they really mean is "Why isn't anyone I know personally in the streets protesting?" and honestly that says more about you than the American people in general.
Protesters at all U.S. national parks on Saturday decried the firing of 1,000 National Park Service employees and 3,400 Forest Service employees — including rangers, scientists, wildland firefighters, trail crews and more — by the Trump administration.
Protesters at Yosemite, Presidio and Muir Woods decry park firings on national day of action
Saturday’s protests spanned all 433 national park sites in response to the Trump administration’s dismissals of National Park Service and Forest Service employe
www.sfchronicle.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Again, when someone says "Why aren't Americans in the streets, protesting?" what they really mean is "Why isn't anyone I know personally in the streets protesting?" and honestly that says more about you than the American people in general.
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‘Move fast and break things’ only works for people who have never had to clean up after themselves.
March 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
‘Move fast and break things’ only works for people who have never had to clean up after themselves.
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Some supposed "leftists" are parroting various rightwing talking points about #Ukraine, such as claiming the popular 2014 Maidan uprising was some kind of U.S. coup. Please check out my article which--while not uncritical of U.S. policy--tells the actual story. truthout.org/articles/get...
Getting Ukraine’s History Right Is Crucial for Anti-Imperialist Politics
Ten years after Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution, what should the left make of it?
truthout.org
March 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Some supposed "leftists" are parroting various rightwing talking points about #Ukraine, such as claiming the popular 2014 Maidan uprising was some kind of U.S. coup. Please check out my article which--while not uncritical of U.S. policy--tells the actual story. truthout.org/articles/get...
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March 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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I've seen three different articles on this, because the guy who owns the company that makes this stuff reached out to the press. He's got 400,000 boxes of life-saving goo sitting in a warehouse, and if USAID won't accept it, he's going to have to throw it out.
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
Georgia Nonprofit That Produces Life-Saving Food For Kids Has Federal Contract Cut
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
www.huffpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I've seen three different articles on this, because the guy who owns the company that makes this stuff reached out to the press. He's got 400,000 boxes of life-saving goo sitting in a warehouse, and if USAID won't accept it, he's going to have to throw it out.