David Kaib
@davidkaib.bsky.social
Political education, socialism, abolition, unions, cats
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David Kaib
@davidkaib.bsky.social
· Jul 12
For what it's worth, if you are a socialist or interested in socialism, it is *my job* to educate you, so ask away.
Maybe it’s the threats that are controversial.
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Maybe it’s the threats that are controversial.
Can’t even stand up to Ben Shapiro
January 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Can’t even stand up to Ben Shapiro
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ICE seems to get completely flummoxed when they’re being yelled at by white men over 35. They kind of put their heads down and shuffle their feet. It’s like their kryptonite.
January 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
ICE seems to get completely flummoxed when they’re being yelled at by white men over 35. They kind of put their heads down and shuffle their feet. It’s like their kryptonite.
Was it one of the Pod Save guys that got very riled up over a kids in cages pic before going silent when he realized the pic was from the Obama years?
January 17, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Was it one of the Pod Save guys that got very riled up over a kids in cages pic before going silent when he realized the pic was from the Obama years?
LOL
January 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
LOL
I think a lot of people need to rethink where the major dangers on society come from.
January 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I think a lot of people need to rethink where the major dangers on society come from.
Why are you paying attention to a thing you can do something about instead of a thing you can’t but could make worse? My latest in the Atlantic.
January 17, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Why are you paying attention to a thing you can do something about instead of a thing you can’t but could make worse? My latest in the Atlantic.
Polling is not a loss of legitimacy. This is.
This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
January 17, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Polling is not a loss of legitimacy. This is.
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People will do literally anything to avoid saying the American left was right
January 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM
People will do literally anything to avoid saying the American left was right
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“your tax dollars are being wasted” talk is for times when you want to get people invested in something that they do not see or are not reacting to
January 17, 2026 at 10:38 AM
“your tax dollars are being wasted” talk is for times when you want to get people invested in something that they do not see or are not reacting to
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“We’re going to train the neo-Nazi who joined ICE in deescalation tactics” says the Democratic consultant who is entirely fine with ICE taking your children and putting three in your forehead
January 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM
“We’re going to train the neo-Nazi who joined ICE in deescalation tactics” says the Democratic consultant who is entirely fine with ICE taking your children and putting three in your forehead
Thinking about 2020 when things were popping off everywhere and the White House, national and local media, and state and local pols told us it was all ‘outside agitators’ bused in from somewhere else.
January 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Thinking about 2020 when things were popping off everywhere and the White House, national and local media, and state and local pols told us it was all ‘outside agitators’ bused in from somewhere else.
‘No funding increases for ICE’ - are you fucking serious
January 17, 2026 at 1:56 PM
‘No funding increases for ICE’ - are you fucking serious
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it is an incredible coincidence that the tech sector going all-in on AI is also owned by people that want to destroy the institutions of democratic life
"If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than artificial intelligence." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How AI Destroys Institutions
Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies
papers.ssrn.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:17 AM
it is an incredible coincidence that the tech sector going all-in on AI is also owned by people that want to destroy the institutions of democratic life
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Saturday’s Sunrise over the Potomac River and DC! #NoFilter @capitalweather.bsky.social @stormhour.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Saturday’s Sunrise over the Potomac River and DC! #NoFilter @capitalweather.bsky.social @stormhour.com
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The Confederates started the Civil War because they couldn't imagine the response of regular people.
January 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The Confederates started the Civil War because they couldn't imagine the response of regular people.
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“How is this legal” is such an odd response to seeing something happen. Illegal things happen all the time! And everyone knows this!
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 AM
“How is this legal” is such an odd response to seeing something happen. Illegal things happen all the time! And everyone knows this!
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I cannot stress enough that the proces IS the punishment. An FBI raid is a punishment. A deposition is a punishment. Pretrial detention is a punishment. A court appearance is a punishment.
it's easy to start an investigation of walz and frey. indictments & convictions are orders of magnitude harder. but the goal is what's important and it's nothing that breaking the power of the states which is the only brake on trump's attempted tyranny
Watch What They’re Doing: Trump Threatens to Make War on the States talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/watch...
January 17, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I cannot stress enough that the proces IS the punishment. An FBI raid is a punishment. A deposition is a punishment. Pretrial detention is a punishment. A court appearance is a punishment.
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I think I should be a professor instead of this guy
January 17, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I think I should be a professor instead of this guy
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We tried to explain that criminalization is the fuel of fascism.
January 17, 2026 at 1:07 AM
We tried to explain that criminalization is the fuel of fascism.
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You don’t have to pretend that obvious pretext isn’t pretextual you can just say what it is
January 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
You don’t have to pretend that obvious pretext isn’t pretextual you can just say what it is
Democrats are going to fund their own prosecutions.
January 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Democrats are going to fund their own prosecutions.
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This is a Trump+8 county led by a Republican county executive.
"Regardless of where you stand on … immigration, we all know that what is happening in the Midwest is a disaster."
Orange County will formally oppose a proposal to build an ICE facility in NY's Hudson Valley
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
Orange County will formally oppose a proposal to build an ICE facility in NY's Hudson Valley
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
‘Catastrophic for the local community’: Orange County exec will oppose Hudson Valley ICE facility
Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus said he would oppose a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Chester that has drawn criticism.
www.timesunion.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
This is a Trump+8 county led by a Republican county executive.
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A reminder that ICE’s budget, $28 billion, is larger than the annual budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons combined. (Via Bernie Sanders)
January 16, 2026 at 12:23 PM
A reminder that ICE’s budget, $28 billion, is larger than the annual budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons combined. (Via Bernie Sanders)