David Wright
@dwrightvisa.bsky.social
Immigration lawyer in SF. Every generation must fight to move society toward fairness & opportunity, ie, freedom. Our founders include Frederick Douglass, Susan B Anthony, FDR, MLK Jr, Cesar Chavez, not just old yt slaveholders. I don't DM, sorry.
It's certainly true that Putin has successfully captured an astonishing % of media moguls, pundits & politicians.
WTF are they so easy to buy?
WTF are they so easy to buy?
All western politics and politicians seem to have been “captured” by Russia and Russian interests
December 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's certainly true that Putin has successfully captured an astonishing % of media moguls, pundits & politicians.
WTF are they so easy to buy?
WTF are they so easy to buy?
It also make zero sense to charge data centers the same for water and power as the communities they're destroying. We have to stop them from externalizing their costs on us.
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It also make zero sense to charge data centers the same for water and power as the communities they're destroying. We have to stop them from externalizing their costs on us.
Aunt Grizelda is not rude in any way. She asked a perfectly appropriate and rationally stated question.
Please answer her question!
I'll be concrete: most of us oppose violence.
How about you?
Does "any means" include violence?
Please answer her question!
I'll be concrete: most of us oppose violence.
How about you?
Does "any means" include violence?
I'd like a comprehensive and specific list of your "any means necessary." ALL the examples.
Until you present that, *I* need for ("for"?) naive DO SOMETHING screechers to grasp that the rest of us live in the REAL world, in which some shit-- no doubt including many of your demands-- isn't possible.
Until you present that, *I* need for ("for"?) naive DO SOMETHING screechers to grasp that the rest of us live in the REAL world, in which some shit-- no doubt including many of your demands-- isn't possible.
December 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Aunt Grizelda is not rude in any way. She asked a perfectly appropriate and rationally stated question.
Please answer her question!
I'll be concrete: most of us oppose violence.
How about you?
Does "any means" include violence?
Please answer her question!
I'll be concrete: most of us oppose violence.
How about you?
Does "any means" include violence?
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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Thanks Monica, I have followed 🎇🎇 new resisters that I wasn't already following! Hello all! 👋💙usa❤️cdn #TogetherWeRise to become #StrongerTogether
December 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Thanks Monica, I have followed 🎇🎇 new resisters that I wasn't already following! Hello all! 👋💙usa❤️cdn #TogetherWeRise to become #StrongerTogether
Wow, for now he's not an official soldier of the realm, just a freelance occupier & ethnic cleanser.
Palestinian teens who throw rocks at a tank - no one can get hurt - get kidnapped or shot dead.
Palestinian teens who throw rocks at a tank - no one can get hurt - get kidnapped or shot dead.
Why not attempted murder charges?
📌 NBC News: An Israeli reservist soldier has had his military service terminated after he ran a vehicle into a Palestinian man praying on the side of a road in the West Bank, the Israeli military said, an act they called a “severe violation of his authority.”
📌 NBC News: An Israeli reservist soldier has had his military service terminated after he ran a vehicle into a Palestinian man praying on the side of a road in the West Bank, the Israeli military said, an act they called a “severe violation of his authority.”
December 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Wow, for now he's not an official soldier of the realm, just a freelance occupier & ethnic cleanser.
Palestinian teens who throw rocks at a tank - no one can get hurt - get kidnapped or shot dead.
Palestinian teens who throw rocks at a tank - no one can get hurt - get kidnapped or shot dead.
Also Mississippi Goddamn and Strange Fruit
If they hadn't cancelled, they should have instead performed Ornette Coleman's Crisis in its entirety with an encore of an extended free jazz take on Ça Ira!
December 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Also Mississippi Goddamn and Strange Fruit
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I just saw Stephen Miller referred to as PeeWeeHimmler and now I can’t unsee it. 😂😂
December 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I just saw Stephen Miller referred to as PeeWeeHimmler and now I can’t unsee it. 😂😂
Depending on role, location & hrs, ICEies w zero education can earn >$100k-$160k
($50K in signing/retention bonuses, $60K in student loan repayment + 25% Law Enforcement Availability Pay + OT = 25% of salary)
The MAGA economy = grift, surveillance + punishment; no research, science, health, ed, etc
($50K in signing/retention bonuses, $60K in student loan repayment + 25% Law Enforcement Availability Pay + OT = 25% of salary)
The MAGA economy = grift, surveillance + punishment; no research, science, health, ed, etc
Stating the obvious. I hate what ICE is being deployed to do, by this administration. There's "obviously" something devious in where ICE is suddenly finding so many thuggish goons to do its bidding.
December 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Depending on role, location & hrs, ICEies w zero education can earn >$100k-$160k
($50K in signing/retention bonuses, $60K in student loan repayment + 25% Law Enforcement Availability Pay + OT = 25% of salary)
The MAGA economy = grift, surveillance + punishment; no research, science, health, ed, etc
($50K in signing/retention bonuses, $60K in student loan repayment + 25% Law Enforcement Availability Pay + OT = 25% of salary)
The MAGA economy = grift, surveillance + punishment; no research, science, health, ed, etc
How many NYers would have zero nostalgia for their chosen neighborhood?
Would that be a real NYer or just some social climber or real estate flipper?
It's important to keep in mind that the Post is trash that will target anyone who doesn't worship white mega property owners. This is just the start
Would that be a real NYer or just some social climber or real estate flipper?
It's important to keep in mind that the Post is trash that will target anyone who doesn't worship white mega property owners. This is just the start
Insane NY Post column suggesting that the new First Lady who is sad about leaving her longtime neighbors in a not fancy NYC neighborhood is an ungrateful brown woman
December 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
How many NYers would have zero nostalgia for their chosen neighborhood?
Would that be a real NYer or just some social climber or real estate flipper?
It's important to keep in mind that the Post is trash that will target anyone who doesn't worship white mega property owners. This is just the start
Would that be a real NYer or just some social climber or real estate flipper?
It's important to keep in mind that the Post is trash that will target anyone who doesn't worship white mega property owners. This is just the start
Well, he has to create a market somehow for all the oilmen & coal companies who're paying him the big bucks. With renewables cheaper than global warmers, he has to choke them off somehow.
December 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Well, he has to create a market somehow for all the oilmen & coal companies who're paying him the big bucks. With renewables cheaper than global warmers, he has to choke them off somehow.
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
CA law has the same principle which mandates cities & counties to zone & plan for their "fair share" of regional housing growth. If it gets enforced, it can help ensure housing for all income levels, not just high-income residents.
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Good YIMBY Law article urging use of PA’s decades old Fair Share doctrine to attack exclusionary zoning. Fair Housing/Fair Share doctrines are an underutilized, but potentially powerful tool. More of this from YIMBYs please!
drive.google.com/file/d/1GIEz...
drive.google.com/file/d/1GIEz...
Pennsylvania Fair Share Doctrine.pdf
drive.google.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
CA law has the same principle which mandates cities & counties to zone & plan for their "fair share" of regional housing growth. If it gets enforced, it can help ensure housing for all income levels, not just high-income residents.
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Remember, the Secretary of Transportation is absolutely terrified of this subway system. Just mentioning the ACE line will reduce him to tears.
And yet ...
And yet ...
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Remember, the Secretary of Transportation is absolutely terrified of this subway system. Just mentioning the ACE line will reduce him to tears.
And yet ...
And yet ...
#CorporateCapture
It's how we have unlimited $$ for spying, attacking & killing, w zero attempt at efficiency, along w gutting every program that helps ordinary Americans.
Profits -> lobbying & GOP donations -> new contracts for donors -> new profits -> new donations. Rinse & repeat
It's how we have unlimited $$ for spying, attacking & killing, w zero attempt at efficiency, along w gutting every program that helps ordinary Americans.
Profits -> lobbying & GOP donations -> new contracts for donors -> new profits -> new donations. Rinse & repeat
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
December 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
#CorporateCapture
It's how we have unlimited $$ for spying, attacking & killing, w zero attempt at efficiency, along w gutting every program that helps ordinary Americans.
Profits -> lobbying & GOP donations -> new contracts for donors -> new profits -> new donations. Rinse & repeat
It's how we have unlimited $$ for spying, attacking & killing, w zero attempt at efficiency, along w gutting every program that helps ordinary Americans.
Profits -> lobbying & GOP donations -> new contracts for donors -> new profits -> new donations. Rinse & repeat
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This is SO important. People who volunteer to put their lives on the line for all of us are generally people who trust in authority: it's not easy for them to disobey illegal commands. They need sources of reliable information so they can fulfill the oath they proudly swore: to oppose all enemies.
winwithoutwar
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December 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is SO important. People who volunteer to put their lives on the line for all of us are generally people who trust in authority: it's not easy for them to disobey illegal commands. They need sources of reliable information so they can fulfill the oath they proudly swore: to oppose all enemies.
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I fear today we no longer have a democratic republic. We have the appearance of a democracy. Proof? Look at the issues that have +50% public support that Congress won’t act on. When big corporations and wealthy donors want something, Congress jumps.
December 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I fear today we no longer have a democratic republic. We have the appearance of a democracy. Proof? Look at the issues that have +50% public support that Congress won’t act on. When big corporations and wealthy donors want something, Congress jumps.
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This Needs To Stop!🛑
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
December 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This Needs To Stop!🛑
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
The problem is all the billionaires' 'gifts' the MAGA justices 'forget' to mention
Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
Supreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Disclosures — ProPublica
Search Supreme Court financial disclosures for organizations and people that have paid justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.
projects.propublica.org
December 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The problem is all the billionaires' 'gifts' the MAGA justices 'forget' to mention
He won't start w NYT, which is Murdoch-lite.
He'll start w Media Matters, the Nation, independent journalists & academics, esp. naturalized USCs, Black women, Muslims & Latinos.
He just insults NYT to keep them cowering and censoring every article to be as gentle to him as possible.
He'll start w Media Matters, the Nation, independent journalists & academics, esp. naturalized USCs, Black women, Muslims & Latinos.
He just insults NYT to keep them cowering and censoring every article to be as gentle to him as possible.
The NYT is not the Radical Left.
He will start imprisoning journalists and activists en-mass, just wait.
December 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
He won't start w NYT, which is Murdoch-lite.
He'll start w Media Matters, the Nation, independent journalists & academics, esp. naturalized USCs, Black women, Muslims & Latinos.
He just insults NYT to keep them cowering and censoring every article to be as gentle to him as possible.
He'll start w Media Matters, the Nation, independent journalists & academics, esp. naturalized USCs, Black women, Muslims & Latinos.
He just insults NYT to keep them cowering and censoring every article to be as gentle to him as possible.
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At the start of 2025, some people questioned whether the resistance was dead. They doubted that Trump’s authoritarian agenda would be met with defiance and backlash.
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
December 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
At the start of 2025, some people questioned whether the resistance was dead. They doubted that Trump’s authoritarian agenda would be met with defiance and backlash.
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
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PARDONS FOR SALE
Trump has turned presidential pardons into a shopping experience, with lobbyists openly quoting a going rate of $1 million and a faster “track” if you can corner him at Mar-a-Lago or a White House event.
Trump has turned presidential pardons into a shopping experience, with lobbyists openly quoting a going rate of $1 million and a faster “track” if you can corner him at Mar-a-Lago or a White House event.
December 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
PARDONS FOR SALE
Trump has turned presidential pardons into a shopping experience, with lobbyists openly quoting a going rate of $1 million and a faster “track” if you can corner him at Mar-a-Lago or a White House event.
Trump has turned presidential pardons into a shopping experience, with lobbyists openly quoting a going rate of $1 million and a faster “track” if you can corner him at Mar-a-Lago or a White House event.
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America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.