@jmsbkb.bsky.social
Marxian political theorist, ex-professor & union rep, cook. 2 dogs & 1 cat. Worried about US democracy, inequality, racism, exploitation, climate, covid.
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![Retweet of Dr Thrasher “it’s just all so sad”: on so many fronts, every day. I try to keep reminding myself of Gramsci: optimism of the will [despite the] pessimism of the intellect.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bwiccosumwxmzdq25fmvqsgh/bafkreibyezhejedhcpntvtonndvjg6kwupo2hxrqlrxribqyy5iuvagsvi@jpeg)
"the People... have told us they want pol leaders to fight for econ policies that will benefit EVERYONE, not just the rich... It’s time for Dem Party to decide... who it will fight for"
#mileg #medicareforall #rentcontrol #unionstrong #taxtherich
teamivandiazformi.substack.com/p/the-future...
#mileg #medicareforall #rentcontrol #unionstrong #taxtherich
teamivandiazformi.substack.com/p/the-future...
The future of the Democratic Party is clear for anyone willing to look
A new CBS News/YouGov found that 22% of respondents stated that the Democratic Party should have economic policy positions that have more socialism and socialist ideas, while only 5% of respondents st...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"the People... have told us they want pol leaders to fight for econ policies that will benefit EVERYONE, not just the rich... It’s time for Dem Party to decide... who it will fight for"
#mileg #medicareforall #rentcontrol #unionstrong #taxtherich
teamivandiazformi.substack.com/p/the-future...
#mileg #medicareforall #rentcontrol #unionstrong #taxtherich
teamivandiazformi.substack.com/p/the-future...
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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TODAY Sun Nov 9 1pm
Fountain St church #GrandRapids #michigan #grpd
Hear about ongoing #policeviolence! Contact our reps to demand CHANGE & #communitycontrolofthepolice #abolition
Fountain St church #GrandRapids #michigan #grpd
Hear about ongoing #policeviolence! Contact our reps to demand CHANGE & #communitycontrolofthepolice #abolition
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
TODAY Sun Nov 9 1pm
Fountain St church #GrandRapids #michigan #grpd
Hear about ongoing #policeviolence! Contact our reps to demand CHANGE & #communitycontrolofthepolice #abolition
Fountain St church #GrandRapids #michigan #grpd
Hear about ongoing #policeviolence! Contact our reps to demand CHANGE & #communitycontrolofthepolice #abolition
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TODAY Sun Nov 9 1pm
Fountain St church #GrandRapids #michigan #grpd
Hear about ongoing #policeviolence! Contact our reps to demand CHANGE & #communitycontrolofthepolice #abolition
Fountain St church #GrandRapids #michigan #grpd
Hear about ongoing #policeviolence! Contact our reps to demand CHANGE & #communitycontrolofthepolice #abolition
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
TODAY Sun Nov 9 1pm
Fountain St church #GrandRapids #michigan #grpd
Hear about ongoing #policeviolence! Contact our reps to demand CHANGE & #communitycontrolofthepolice #abolition
Fountain St church #GrandRapids #michigan #grpd
Hear about ongoing #policeviolence! Contact our reps to demand CHANGE & #communitycontrolofthepolice #abolition
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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🧑🌾 🐄“Nearly 80% of voters in farming-dependent counties voted for Trump… Cattle people feel let down by Trump… I’m about to lose my farm, and I blame you (Republicans)….”
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🧑🌾 🐄“Nearly 80% of voters in farming-dependent counties voted for Trump… Cattle people feel let down by Trump… I’m about to lose my farm, and I blame you (Republicans)….”
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Highly recommended for strategy & history!
#marx #stuarthall #racialcapitalism #class #race #armsembargonow #transrights #abolishice #mamdani
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#marx #stuarthall #racialcapitalism #class #race #armsembargonow #transrights #abolishice #mamdani
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November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Highly recommended for strategy & history!
#marx #stuarthall #racialcapitalism #class #race #armsembargonow #transrights #abolishice #mamdani
hammerandhope.org
@hammerandhope.bsky.social
#marx #stuarthall #racialcapitalism #class #race #armsembargonow #transrights #abolishice #mamdani
hammerandhope.org
@hammerandhope.bsky.social
TODAY Sun Nov 9 1pm
Fountain St church #GrandRapids #michigan #grpd
Hear about ongoing #policeviolence! Contact our reps to demand CHANGE & #communitycontrolofthepolice #abolition
Fountain St church #GrandRapids #michigan #grpd
Hear about ongoing #policeviolence! Contact our reps to demand CHANGE & #communitycontrolofthepolice #abolition
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
TODAY Sun Nov 9 1pm
Fountain St church #GrandRapids #michigan #grpd
Hear about ongoing #policeviolence! Contact our reps to demand CHANGE & #communitycontrolofthepolice #abolition
Fountain St church #GrandRapids #michigan #grpd
Hear about ongoing #policeviolence! Contact our reps to demand CHANGE & #communitycontrolofthepolice #abolition
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Per @nlgchicago.bsky.social, feds arrested nine people in total in Little Village today. CPD arrested an additional four people, and police at Broadview arrested two others: instagram.com/p/DQ0dwLODcMr/
Every level of law enforcement involved in some way today
Every level of law enforcement involved in some way today
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Per @nlgchicago.bsky.social, feds arrested nine people in total in Little Village today. CPD arrested an additional four people, and police at Broadview arrested two others: instagram.com/p/DQ0dwLODcMr/
Every level of law enforcement involved in some way today
Every level of law enforcement involved in some way today
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Tlaib announced her backing of El-Sayed, former director of Wayne County's health department, during a town hall in Detroit.
Tlaib endorses El-Sayed for Michigan's U.S. Senate seat
Tlaib announced her backing of El-Sayed, former director of Wayne County's health department, during a town hall in Detroit.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Tlaib announced her backing of El-Sayed, former director of Wayne County's health department, during a town hall in Detroit.
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There are so many whistles in my apartment.
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
There are so many whistles in my apartment.
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We sold out 2 tamale vendors, bought out 2 more vendors, and absolutely swarmed a family owned bakery. It was a good day with some the very best of #BikeChi 🥰 for the 4th installment of the Street Vendor Bike Tour. We persist. ✊🏽
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
We sold out 2 tamale vendors, bought out 2 more vendors, and absolutely swarmed a family owned bakery. It was a good day with some the very best of #BikeChi 🥰 for the 4th installment of the Street Vendor Bike Tour. We persist. ✊🏽
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I believe this 1000% now and I was a skeptic for a long time.
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump
Details in the files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I believe this 1000% now and I was a skeptic for a long time.
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Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.
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Chicagoans never stop. I was just watching a live stream of a press conference held by community members in front of FBI headquarters. In the rain in the dark. Umbrellas at hand they are calling for the release of 6 people taken by ICE, 3 also arrested by CPD. They never stop fighting.
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Chicagoans never stop. I was just watching a live stream of a press conference held by community members in front of FBI headquarters. In the rain in the dark. Umbrellas at hand they are calling for the release of 6 people taken by ICE, 3 also arrested by CPD. They never stop fighting.
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one thing to note is that it is very good that dems/centrists see that an affordability agenda from a leftist/collectivist perspective is very much winnable but if they campaign on it and do not follow through on making it a reality, that is going to drive people to the far right fast as hell
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 AM
one thing to note is that it is very good that dems/centrists see that an affordability agenda from a leftist/collectivist perspective is very much winnable but if they campaign on it and do not follow through on making it a reality, that is going to drive people to the far right fast as hell
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🚨🚨 INFANT FORMULA RECALL 🚨🚨
Please share widely
👇
Please share widely
👇
ALERT: Baby Formula
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025
Details on an outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula, November 2025.
www.cdc.gov
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
🚨🚨 INFANT FORMULA RECALL 🚨🚨
Please share widely
👇
Please share widely
👇
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Shutting it down for the night with this post from a comrade in Chicago:
🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶
🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Shutting it down for the night with this post from a comrade in Chicago:
🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶
🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶
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Virginia House seats won by Democrats this century, out of the chamber's 100 seats:
in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51
2025, i.e. this week: 64
in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51
2025, i.e. this week: 64
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Virginia House seats won by Democrats this century, out of the chamber's 100 seats:
in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51
2025, i.e. this week: 64
in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51
2025, i.e. this week: 64
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Trump is ordering Republicans to end the filibuster? Yes. YES!! Dems will never have the balls to do this unless Republicans do it first.
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Trump is ordering Republicans to end the filibuster? Yes. YES!! Dems will never have the balls to do this unless Republicans do it first.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Highly recommended for strategy & history!
#marx #stuarthall #racialcapitalism #class #race #armsembargonow #transrights #abolishice #mamdani
hammerandhope.org
@hammerandhope.bsky.social
#marx #stuarthall #racialcapitalism #class #race #armsembargonow #transrights #abolishice #mamdani
hammerandhope.org
@hammerandhope.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Highly recommended for strategy & history!
#marx #stuarthall #racialcapitalism #class #race #armsembargonow #transrights #abolishice #mamdani
hammerandhope.org
@hammerandhope.bsky.social
#marx #stuarthall #racialcapitalism #class #race #armsembargonow #transrights #abolishice #mamdani
hammerandhope.org
@hammerandhope.bsky.social