Hadas Thier
@hadasthier.bsky.social
Author of A People's Guide to Capitalism. Writing a book about crypto-capitalism. Raising a very young Mets prospect.
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Hadas Thier
@hadasthier.bsky.social
· Jan 31
Ok, finally made the move. Hello Bluesky.
“New Yorkers allowed themselves to hope that the impossible could be made possible.” --Zohran Mamdani
For @hammerandhope.bsky.social I wrote about what comes next.
hammerandhope.org/article/mamd...
For @hammerandhope.bsky.social I wrote about what comes next.
hammerandhope.org/article/mamd...
Zohran Got New Yorkers to Hope. What’s the Plan to Deliver?
Organizers who brought him to the verge of victory are looking ahead to the challenges of democratic governance.
hammerandhope.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“New Yorkers allowed themselves to hope that the impossible could be made possible.” --Zohran Mamdani
For @hammerandhope.bsky.social I wrote about what comes next.
hammerandhope.org/article/mamd...
For @hammerandhope.bsky.social I wrote about what comes next.
hammerandhope.org/article/mamd...
Reposted by Hadas Thier
Mamdani’s ability to deliver transformational policies largely depends on how effectively a left coalition can mobilize for them, writes @hadasthier.bsky.social in our latest issue.
hammerandhope.org/article/mamd...
hammerandhope.org/article/mamd...
Zohran Got New Yorkers to Hope. What’s the Plan to Deliver?
Organizers who brought him to the verge of victory are looking ahead to the challenges of democratic governance.
hammerandhope.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Mamdani’s ability to deliver transformational policies largely depends on how effectively a left coalition can mobilize for them, writes @hadasthier.bsky.social in our latest issue.
hammerandhope.org/article/mamd...
hammerandhope.org/article/mamd...
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Texas is the national epicenter of Bitcoin mining, writes @candicebernd.bsky.social with the @texasobserver.org. There are an estimated 40 crypto mines in Texas, which together consume enough electricity to power 800,000 homes. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Texas’s Crypto-Mining Racket
Public officials are propping up a Texas Bitcoin boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.
www.thenation.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Texas is the national epicenter of Bitcoin mining, writes @candicebernd.bsky.social with the @texasobserver.org. There are an estimated 40 crypto mines in Texas, which together consume enough electricity to power 800,000 homes. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Jamelle Bouie @jamellebouie.net is reading about the Federal Unionists Network, and you should be too.
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
May 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Jamelle Bouie @jamellebouie.net is reading about the Federal Unionists Network, and you should be too.
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
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“Mr. Rodríguez, we’re going to miss you,” a girl told the teacher after singing.
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Fearing deportation, a beloved music teacher gives a final lesson
Jesús Rodríguez, a Venezuelan national whose U.S. humanitarian parole status is set to expire soon, decided to voluntarily leave the United States out of worry of being detained.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“Mr. Rodríguez, we’re going to miss you,” a girl told the teacher after singing.
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Happy May Day!
Here’s some May Day reading for you from the forefront of today’s struggles.
my latest in @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Here’s some May Day reading for you from the forefront of today’s struggles.
my latest in @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
A Spark of Hope From Scrappy Federal Workers
As federal unions engage in lengthy legal battles, the growing Federal Unionists Network has provided a fulcrum for rank-and-file members who don’t want to wait to resist.
hammerandhope.org
May 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Happy May Day!
Here’s some May Day reading for you from the forefront of today’s struggles.
my latest in @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Here’s some May Day reading for you from the forefront of today’s struggles.
my latest in @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Federal workers are providing a spark of hope--
Organizing against the Trump-Musk-Vought troika's slash-and-burn attacks & in the process, potentially laying the groundwork for a more potent labor movement in yrs to come.
My latest for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Organizing against the Trump-Musk-Vought troika's slash-and-burn attacks & in the process, potentially laying the groundwork for a more potent labor movement in yrs to come.
My latest for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
A Spark of Hope From Scrappy Federal Workers
As federal unions engage in lengthy legal battles, the growing Federal Unionists Network has provided a fulcrum for rank-and-file members who don’t want to wait to resist.
hammerandhope.org
April 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Federal workers are providing a spark of hope--
Organizing against the Trump-Musk-Vought troika's slash-and-burn attacks & in the process, potentially laying the groundwork for a more potent labor movement in yrs to come.
My latest for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Organizing against the Trump-Musk-Vought troika's slash-and-burn attacks & in the process, potentially laying the groundwork for a more potent labor movement in yrs to come.
My latest for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Reposted by Hadas Thier
"What began in 2022 as an ad hoc group of fewer than two dozen union members has grown into an org of hundreds of active members, a network of 15,000+ workers, and a developing infrastructure to organize and train leaders within every federal union in the country" hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
A Spark of Hope From Scrappy Federal Workers
As federal unions engage in lengthy legal battles, the growing Federal Unionists Network has provided a fulcrum for rank-and-file members who don’t want to wait to resist.
hammerandhope.org
April 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"What began in 2022 as an ad hoc group of fewer than two dozen union members has grown into an org of hundreds of active members, a network of 15,000+ workers, and a developing infrastructure to organize and train leaders within every federal union in the country" hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
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The sixth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live. It’s morning again in America. Federal agents snatch students off the streets. The White House boasts of banishing hundreds of people to a Salvadoran prison. Head Start and domestic violence shelters await the chopping block. hammerandhope.org
April 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The sixth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live. It’s morning again in America. Federal agents snatch students off the streets. The White House boasts of banishing hundreds of people to a Salvadoran prison. Head Start and domestic violence shelters await the chopping block. hammerandhope.org
Trump's latest EO to completely bust the federal unions -- ending collective bargaining rights for over a million federal workers -- is an open totalitarian call to dismantle any organization or institution that "fights back" or in any way "obstructs" the administration.
March 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Trump's latest EO to completely bust the federal unions -- ending collective bargaining rights for over a million federal workers -- is an open totalitarian call to dismantle any organization or institution that "fights back" or in any way "obstructs" the administration.
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The ADL would back the Klan if the leadership thought it might, even indirectly, help Israel in some way
The Anti-Defamation League is making a big last-minute push for an anti-masking law in New York under the woefully and historically misguided belief that the law will fight antisemitism. This email went out to the organization's mailing list this afternoon.
March 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The ADL would back the Klan if the leadership thought it might, even indirectly, help Israel in some way
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"A terrified young student, snatched off the street by a masked police force taken thousands of miles across the country without anyone knowing. It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's detention.
March 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"A terrified young student, snatched off the street by a masked police force taken thousands of miles across the country without anyone knowing. It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's detention.
Reposted by Hadas Thier
March 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Rebuilding a powerful labor movement is THE key to defeating Trumpism & the billionaires
Had a great conversation about the stakes & potential of widescale worker-to-worker organizing with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social on the new episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social
thedigradio.com/podcast/work...
Had a great conversation about the stakes & potential of widescale worker-to-worker organizing with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social on the new episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social
thedigradio.com/podcast/work...
Workers Organizing Workers w/ Eric Blanc
Featuring Eric Blanc on We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big. Interview conducted by guest host Gabriel Winant.
thedigradio.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Rebuilding a powerful labor movement is THE key to defeating Trumpism & the billionaires
Had a great conversation about the stakes & potential of widescale worker-to-worker organizing with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social on the new episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social
thedigradio.com/podcast/work...
Had a great conversation about the stakes & potential of widescale worker-to-worker organizing with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social on the new episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social
thedigradio.com/podcast/work...
when satire is more truthful than news
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
when satire is more truthful than news
Today in "Up is Down and Down is Up" news...
Government advocates for crypto are tearing down every regulatory responsibility that they have in the name of "transparency."
The entire purpose of crypto is to operate in the dark, outside of government or democratic oversight.
Government advocates for crypto are tearing down every regulatory responsibility that they have in the name of "transparency."
The entire purpose of crypto is to operate in the dark, outside of government or democratic oversight.
February 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Today in "Up is Down and Down is Up" news...
Government advocates for crypto are tearing down every regulatory responsibility that they have in the name of "transparency."
The entire purpose of crypto is to operate in the dark, outside of government or democratic oversight.
Government advocates for crypto are tearing down every regulatory responsibility that they have in the name of "transparency."
The entire purpose of crypto is to operate in the dark, outside of government or democratic oversight.
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Here's what's happened, if you're just tuning in:
1. Musk ally Tom Krause told the Treasury career staff to cut off USAID payments
2. The career staffer resisted, saying doing so is illegal
3. The career staffer was ousted by Trump team
4. Krause has now been installed as head of the payments system
1. Musk ally Tom Krause told the Treasury career staff to cut off USAID payments
2. The career staffer resisted, saying doing so is illegal
3. The career staffer was ousted by Trump team
4. Krause has now been installed as head of the payments system
BREAKING: The Treasury Department has installed DOGE ally Tom Krause as fiscal assistant secretary, placing the Musk ally in a powerful position over the nation's +$5 trillion payment network
Musk continues to demand unilateral cessation of payments
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Musk continues to demand unilateral cessation of payments
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Treasury installs ally of Musk’s DOGE as head of payment system
Tom Krause, an ally of Elon Musk’s, is expected to take over the key position.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Here's what's happened, if you're just tuning in:
1. Musk ally Tom Krause told the Treasury career staff to cut off USAID payments
2. The career staffer resisted, saying doing so is illegal
3. The career staffer was ousted by Trump team
4. Krause has now been installed as head of the payments system
1. Musk ally Tom Krause told the Treasury career staff to cut off USAID payments
2. The career staffer resisted, saying doing so is illegal
3. The career staffer was ousted by Trump team
4. Krause has now been installed as head of the payments system
Reposted by Hadas Thier
EMERGENCY PIECE: Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous. Worse, exclusive new information revealed here explicate how Musk’s actions relate to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
(Link at the end)
(Link at the end)
February 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
EMERGENCY PIECE: Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous. Worse, exclusive new information revealed here explicate how Musk’s actions relate to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
(Link at the end)
(Link at the end)
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Philly Whole Foods workers made history last Monday:
Their win was only the second time US workers have ever beaten Amazon in a union election
But it won't be the last 🧵
Their win was only the second time US workers have ever beaten Amazon in a union election
But it won't be the last 🧵
February 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Philly Whole Foods workers made history last Monday:
Their win was only the second time US workers have ever beaten Amazon in a union election
But it won't be the last 🧵
Their win was only the second time US workers have ever beaten Amazon in a union election
But it won't be the last 🧵
Reposted by Hadas Thier
If you want guidance on how to start a union in your workplace just like the Whole Foods workers did, fill out this form and our organizers will be in touch! workerorganizing.org/support/
February 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If you want guidance on how to start a union in your workplace just like the Whole Foods workers did, fill out this form and our organizers will be in touch! workerorganizing.org/support/
Ok, finally made the move. Hello Bluesky.
January 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ok, finally made the move. Hello Bluesky.