Rae
@dassie.bsky.social
Podcast: This Is The Delaware Way
Wannabe permaculturist, dancer, writer, poet, jiu jitsu hobbyist.
Running for state House because we all need to do our part to replace establishment Dems: raefordelaware.com
https://linktr.ee/rae.in.de
Wannabe permaculturist, dancer, writer, poet, jiu jitsu hobbyist.
Running for state House because we all need to do our part to replace establishment Dems: raefordelaware.com
https://linktr.ee/rae.in.de
This is heartbreaking on so many levels.
I wrote about the man Florida plans to kill tonight and how the death penalty impacts people in ways we might never imagine.
At 17, She Gave Up Her Son. Sixty Years Later, She Found Him on Death Row.
Richard Randolph, now Malik Abdul-Sajjad, is scheduled to die tonight. His biological mother will never get a chance to meet him.
theintercept.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is heartbreaking on so many levels.
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Just because someone is in a position of power does not make them smarter than even the average person. It does not bestow a magical anointing on them that makes all their thoughts holy and just.
It just makes them powerful.
It just makes them powerful.
Plus, publications themselves are now run by callous editors and publishers (often from England inexplicably) who do not invest in reporter development and are fine with waves of devastating layoffs. I have friends who were recently fired by Emma Tucker of the Wall Street Journal for no reason
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Just because someone is in a position of power does not make them smarter than even the average person. It does not bestow a magical anointing on them that makes all their thoughts holy and just.
It just makes them powerful.
It just makes them powerful.
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Standing up to corruption and gross abuse of power is painful. It has always required and will continue to require sacrifice.
It’s hard. But if we don’t make the hard decisions now, things will continue getting worse until they’re nearly insurmountable.
It’s hard. But if we don’t make the hard decisions now, things will continue getting worse until they’re nearly insurmountable.
It’s an honor for GW to be on this list of schools to be banned from State Dept programs for having decent hiring and ethical practices. Hope it stays that way. Complying with Trump’s bigoted demands and open racism is shameful.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
State department to cut 38 universities from research program over DEI policies
Trump administration proposal would exclude elite schools that use diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Standing up to corruption and gross abuse of power is painful. It has always required and will continue to require sacrifice.
It’s hard. But if we don’t make the hard decisions now, things will continue getting worse until they’re nearly insurmountable.
It’s hard. But if we don’t make the hard decisions now, things will continue getting worse until they’re nearly insurmountable.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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"Our actions are working, and they are not enough.
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Our actions are working, and they are not enough.
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
May we learn from this that someone being rich does not make them smarter, or more noble, or wiser than any one of us.
It just means they have more money.
It just means they have more money.
So help me understand this again:
There’s OTHER stuff that they don’t want us to see? Stuff other THAN THIS STUFF?!?!?!
There’s OTHER stuff that they don’t want us to see? Stuff other THAN THIS STUFF?!?!?!
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
May we learn from this that someone being rich does not make them smarter, or more noble, or wiser than any one of us.
It just means they have more money.
It just means they have more money.
Another example where the default should have been opt-in.
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Another example where the default should have been opt-in.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
I agree with the intent of this post but think it’s too limited. ALL Dem Senators sold us out, by keeping Schumer as leader. Schumer orchestrated this deal. The Senators worked together to select people whose elections were furthest away or who are retiring.
This was a group project.
This was a group project.
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I agree with the intent of this post but think it’s too limited. ALL Dem Senators sold us out, by keeping Schumer as leader. Schumer orchestrated this deal. The Senators worked together to select people whose elections were furthest away or who are retiring.
This was a group project.
This was a group project.
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
The only action I can imagine possibly helping is to call ALL Dem senators and let them know not another dime in donations or another vote for them unless they vote to oust Schumer as leader.
Blame *all* Democratic incumbents for this surrender. Not just the ones voting for it. The others could have voted to remove Schumer long ago and install a leader capable of formulating a strategy and holding his people together. They were content to stay with a proven loser.
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The only action I can imagine possibly helping is to call ALL Dem senators and let them know not another dime in donations or another vote for them unless they vote to oust Schumer as leader.
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Blame *all* Democratic incumbents for this surrender. Not just the ones voting for it. The others could have voted to remove Schumer long ago and install a leader capable of formulating a strategy and holding his people together. They were content to stay with a proven loser.
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Blame *all* Democratic incumbents for this surrender. Not just the ones voting for it. The others could have voted to remove Schumer long ago and install a leader capable of formulating a strategy and holding his people together. They were content to stay with a proven loser.
I have been talking to a lot of voters these past few weeks, and a pretty high percentage of them:
- are registered Dems but eager to change to Independent
- used to be a Dem, are now Independent, and don’t see themselves ever being a Dem again
And this kind of weak nonsense is why.
- are registered Dems but eager to change to Independent
- used to be a Dem, are now Independent, and don’t see themselves ever being a Dem again
And this kind of weak nonsense is why.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I have been talking to a lot of voters these past few weeks, and a pretty high percentage of them:
- are registered Dems but eager to change to Independent
- used to be a Dem, are now Independent, and don’t see themselves ever being a Dem again
And this kind of weak nonsense is why.
- are registered Dems but eager to change to Independent
- used to be a Dem, are now Independent, and don’t see themselves ever being a Dem again
And this kind of weak nonsense is why.
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The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
We definitely deserve better than someone who votes for Trump’s nominees and got his start in the Senate as a fall guy.
2. Chris Coons. This guy sucks! This guy has always sucked! Wanted to go home for valentine's day rather than call witnesses after J6. Delaware is incredibly safe and deserves better. Easy primary.
3. Dick Durbin. Retiring. Still want to primary him just out of general principle.
3. Dick Durbin. Retiring. Still want to primary him just out of general principle.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
We definitely deserve better than someone who votes for Trump’s nominees and got his start in the Senate as a fall guy.
I'm reading this, and it really sounds like they want shopping to become like the stock market.
Where computer programs will analyze data (us, our words, our thoughts, our habits, our past behaviors) and make decisions for us. Wait for a dip in price, then buy buy buy.
www.shopify.com/blog/ai-agents
Where computer programs will analyze data (us, our words, our thoughts, our habits, our past behaviors) and make decisions for us. Wait for a dip in price, then buy buy buy.
www.shopify.com/blog/ai-agents
AI Agents: How They’re Transforming Ecommerce in 2025 - Shopify
Discover how AI agents are revolutionizing ecommerce in 2025. Learn how to implement them to boost sales and enhance customer experiences.
www.shopify.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I'm reading this, and it really sounds like they want shopping to become like the stock market.
Where computer programs will analyze data (us, our words, our thoughts, our habits, our past behaviors) and make decisions for us. Wait for a dip in price, then buy buy buy.
www.shopify.com/blog/ai-agents
Where computer programs will analyze data (us, our words, our thoughts, our habits, our past behaviors) and make decisions for us. Wait for a dip in price, then buy buy buy.
www.shopify.com/blog/ai-agents
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I'm doing the thing I hate which is to suggest something that I can't take on myself but I would absolutely amplify, make calls and donate.
It would help to have a National Day of Action re: SNAP - perhaps on November 1. It would take rapid response but houses of worship could take the lead in mobilizing their members. Educate everyone about the cuts, encourage local donations, pressure Congress, etc...
October 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm doing the thing I hate which is to suggest something that I can't take on myself but I would absolutely amplify, make calls and donate.
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The NYT does not believe in covering the views of the people, just their elite friends:
It's less than 24 hours after 5-8 million Americans marched against a president who called them domestic terrorists, and there is zero reference to it on the current NYT home page, except for a Bouie op/ed that came out several days earlier.
October 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The NYT does not believe in covering the views of the people, just their elite friends:
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
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Folks fleeing to Canada to escape persecution in Delaware is one of the oldest stories in First State.
And the wickedness of that tradition isn’t any less rotten for being recreated anew in this generation.
And the wickedness of that tradition isn’t any less rotten for being recreated anew in this generation.
Delaware Haitians flee to Canada as temporary protections end
With the U.S. government’s hostility toward Haitian immigrants on the rise, many have moved to Canada, leaving behind communities in central Delaware.
https://spotlightdelaware.org/2025/10/17/delaware-haitians-flee-to-canada-as-temporary-protections-end/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=🗃%EF%B8%8F%20As%20TPS%20winds%20down%2C%20Delaware%20Haitians%20flee%3B%20Marijuana%20shop%20challenges%20Milford%20prohibition&utm_campaign=10%2016%2025%20Newsletter%20%28Copy%29
October 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Folks fleeing to Canada to escape persecution in Delaware is one of the oldest stories in First State.
And the wickedness of that tradition isn’t any less rotten for being recreated anew in this generation.
And the wickedness of that tradition isn’t any less rotten for being recreated anew in this generation.
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A main organizer of VC Defensa in Ventura County was rammed in his vehicle by federal agents and taken into custody this morning. This video is from VC Defensa IG and shows the ramming. Organizers are thinking he’ll be taken to LA MDC—headed there now
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A main organizer of VC Defensa in Ventura County was rammed in his vehicle by federal agents and taken into custody this morning. This video is from VC Defensa IG and shows the ramming. Organizers are thinking he’ll be taken to LA MDC—headed there now