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New LA Pod episode is here! @awalkerinla.bsky.social @mikebonin.bsky.social guest co-host @reporterliz.bsky.social of @thelareporter.bsky.social discuss a secretive $2 million payout to LA County’s CEO, who claims she suffered “reputational harm” from Measure G...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
New LA Pod episode is here! @awalkerinla.bsky.social @mikebonin.bsky.social guest co-host @reporterliz.bsky.social of @thelareporter.bsky.social discuss a secretive $2 million payout to LA County’s CEO, who claims she suffered “reputational harm” from Measure G...
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Worth signing! sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
We ♥️ the LA Dodgers! We don’t love ICE! ¡Amamos a los Dodgers! ¡Ni un dólar mas para ICE!
LA loves the Dodgers!
With the World Series headed to the City of Angels, we need to make sure the Dodgers' owner, Mark Walter, loves ALL Angelenos back. 40% of Dodger fans are Latino - the fan...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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the crowd sizes are obviously the highlight here but the fact that *this* is the public statement of the NYPD does not bode well for the regime. or, put another way:
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
ZERO arrests at No Kings in NYC. (And the NYPD isn’t notorious for being sympathetic with people anti-Trump.)
This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.
This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
the crowd sizes are obviously the highlight here but the fact that *this* is the public statement of the NYPD does not bode well for the regime. or, put another way:
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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I found this a really illuminating thread on what demonstrations do and why they matter.
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 2:59 AM
I found this a really illuminating thread on what demonstrations do and why they matter.
In a time when political divisions run deep, genuine dialogue can feel impossible — but it doesn’t have to be.
Learn from a practice called “deep canvassing,” which supports strangers to engage in this challenging yet essential task.
10/21 @7pm on Zoom
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Learn from a practice called “deep canvassing,” which supports strangers to engage in this challenging yet essential task.
10/21 @7pm on Zoom
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October 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
In a time when political divisions run deep, genuine dialogue can feel impossible — but it doesn’t have to be.
Learn from a practice called “deep canvassing,” which supports strangers to engage in this challenging yet essential task.
10/21 @7pm on Zoom
www.laforward.org/events/mm-oc...
Learn from a practice called “deep canvassing,” which supports strangers to engage in this challenging yet essential task.
10/21 @7pm on Zoom
www.laforward.org/events/mm-oc...
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The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets
C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."
October 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets
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So wait when did this meeting happen before or after this little spat
October 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
So wait when did this meeting happen before or after this little spat
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If you love your country, you must find a way to get to a No Kings protest on Saturday, Oct. 18. Go to this link to find an event near you. Bring your family and friends.
These protests are an upper, not a downer. They're proof positive that many of us are determined to defend our democracy.
These protests are an upper, not a downer. They're proof positive that many of us are determined to defend our democracy.
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If you love your country, you must find a way to get to a No Kings protest on Saturday, Oct. 18. Go to this link to find an event near you. Bring your family and friends.
These protests are an upper, not a downer. They're proof positive that many of us are determined to defend our democracy.
These protests are an upper, not a downer. They're proof positive that many of us are determined to defend our democracy.
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A lot of discourse on the left/liberal side is plagued by false dilemmas and binary thinking that gets in the way of creativity and result in stale arguments that do not address what is at hand: authoritarianism *is* a bread and butter issue
Mamdani’s innovation is showing how to emphasize cost-of-living *without* retreating from the defense of immigrants and *without* shirking the mission of centralizing Trump’s authoritarian lawlessness.
He attacks all forms of power, economic *and* authoritarian.
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He attacks all forms of power, economic *and* authoritarian.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A lot of discourse on the left/liberal side is plagued by false dilemmas and binary thinking that gets in the way of creativity and result in stale arguments that do not address what is at hand: authoritarianism *is* a bread and butter issue
SB 634 makes it clear: cities cant block life-saving outreach & services for people experiencing homelessness. Without services + housing, there is no real path forward. #SB634 #EndHomelessness @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social
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Opinion |Cities that ban or criminalize homeless services worsen California’s crisis
A bill on the governor’s desk would stop cities from chasing away supportive services and workers who help unhoused people survive the streets.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
SB 634 makes it clear: cities cant block life-saving outreach & services for people experiencing homelessness. Without services + housing, there is no real path forward. #SB634 #EndHomelessness @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social
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We’re texting for democracy by making sure all of our friends and family vote YES on Prop 50. Join us almost every Tuesday until election day! We’re kicking it off tomorrow 9/30 at 7pm. Join us: www.laforward.org/events/textf...
YES on 50: Text Your Friends for Democracy — LA Forward
Want to help defend democracy? Passing Prop 50 will cancel out the congressional seats Trump and Texas Republicans are trying to steal. The most powerful way to get out the vote is by you making...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
We’re texting for democracy by making sure all of our friends and family vote YES on Prop 50. Join us almost every Tuesday until election day! We’re kicking it off tomorrow 9/30 at 7pm. Join us: www.laforward.org/events/textf...
As @awalkerinla.bsky.social wrote "We recorded this Friday morning, before the council voted to approve... but I'm amazed at how much we got right. @mikebonin.bsky.social even guessed the vote would be 10-5 which was almost correct"
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts!
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts!
LA Podcast - May We Have Your Convention Please
Alissa, Mike, and David discuss a contentious vote about expanding LA’s neglected convention center. The ULA transfer tax is making $387 million available for affordable housing right as a backroom de...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
As @awalkerinla.bsky.social wrote "We recorded this Friday morning, before the council voted to approve... but I'm amazed at how much we got right. @mikebonin.bsky.social even guessed the vote would be 10-5 which was almost correct"
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts!
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts!
The most powerful way to get out the vote is by making sure your friends and family across California cast their ballots by Nov 4. That’s what relational organizing is all about — and we’re making it simple and fun. This Weds 9/24 at 6pm, we’re kicking off our campaign and we want you there!
YES on 50: Text Your Friends for Democracy — LA Forward
Want to help defend democracy? Passing Prop 50 will cancel out the congressional seats Trump and Texas Republicans are trying to steal. The most powerful way to get out the vote is by you making...
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September 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The most powerful way to get out the vote is by making sure your friends and family across California cast their ballots by Nov 4. That’s what relational organizing is all about — and we’re making it simple and fun. This Weds 9/24 at 6pm, we’re kicking off our campaign and we want you there!
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Morning Updates!!!
1. Disney & Kimmel have been in negotiations according to Variety.
2. The bit.ly/boycottdisneyabc is being reworked and will have new updates this afternoon.
3. Tuesday at 8PM EST we are jamming up the #DWTS hashtags/algorithm with our cancellations & more
#BoycottDisneyABC
1. Disney & Kimmel have been in negotiations according to Variety.
2. The bit.ly/boycottdisneyabc is being reworked and will have new updates this afternoon.
3. Tuesday at 8PM EST we are jamming up the #DWTS hashtags/algorithm with our cancellations & more
#BoycottDisneyABC
TAKE ACTION AGAINST DISNEY-ABC STOP BENDING TO THE ADMIN
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September 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Morning Updates!!!
1. Disney & Kimmel have been in negotiations according to Variety.
2. The bit.ly/boycottdisneyabc is being reworked and will have new updates this afternoon.
3. Tuesday at 8PM EST we are jamming up the #DWTS hashtags/algorithm with our cancellations & more
#BoycottDisneyABC
1. Disney & Kimmel have been in negotiations according to Variety.
2. The bit.ly/boycottdisneyabc is being reworked and will have new updates this afternoon.
3. Tuesday at 8PM EST we are jamming up the #DWTS hashtags/algorithm with our cancellations & more
#BoycottDisneyABC
A must-read piece and a must-watch video
I had a whole story ready to publish about this convention center vote, but Yaroslavsky's speech — one of the most powerful I’ve ever seen on the council floor — said it better than I ever could. It's a must-read, and I also included a link to the video
"This expansion is unrealistic, unaffordable, and fiscally irresponsible"
Katy Yaroslavsky's words are about the city's convention center — but they are really about the city
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September 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A must-read piece and a must-watch video
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ned is exactly right. the challenge is reconnecting the democratic party to a mass constituency and building real affinity between voters and the party. it would be more worthwhole to put $10 million into piloting democratic clubs and associated newspapers bsky.app/profile/resn...
This is the whole thing right here. All these tired fights about whether Dems should moderate are ways of dancing around the real problem, which is the that political parties no longer have any mass constituency.
In many countries, (esp. white, male) workers increasingly vote for radical right parties. Still, a sole focus on right-wing ideology only captures a narrow part of working class consciousness. Most workers, including many right-wing voters, are politically demobilized and distant from all politics.
September 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
ned is exactly right. the challenge is reconnecting the democratic party to a mass constituency and building real affinity between voters and the party. it would be more worthwhole to put $10 million into piloting democratic clubs and associated newspapers bsky.app/profile/resn...
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This was after Colbert was canceled. Which was two months ago.
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
September 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This was after Colbert was canceled. Which was two months ago.
Tonight 6pm! Measure ULA is under threat. Join us: laforward.org/events/ula
September 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Tonight 6pm! Measure ULA is under threat. Join us: laforward.org/events/ula
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Loved having @lataco.bsky.social's @eltragon.bsky.social as a co-host this week along with @mikebonin.bsky.social, the ultimate LA Taco x LA Podcast crossover episode.
Listen and subscribe here: thinkforward.la/la-podcast-82-degrees-and-rising/
Listen and subscribe here: thinkforward.la/la-podcast-82-degrees-and-rising/
September 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Loved having @lataco.bsky.social's @eltragon.bsky.social as a co-host this week along with @mikebonin.bsky.social, the ultimate LA Taco x LA Podcast crossover episode.
Listen and subscribe here: thinkforward.la/la-podcast-82-degrees-and-rising/
Listen and subscribe here: thinkforward.la/la-podcast-82-degrees-and-rising/
BIG NEWS 🎉 Our team doubled in size!
We’re thrilled to welcome Jacqueline Coto, Jillian Burgos and Jason Enright to the LA Forward staff.
Read their bios and learn about their journeys to LA Forward at www.laforward.org/our-team
We’re thrilled to welcome Jacqueline Coto, Jillian Burgos and Jason Enright to the LA Forward staff.
Read their bios and learn about their journeys to LA Forward at www.laforward.org/our-team
September 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
BIG NEWS 🎉 Our team doubled in size!
We’re thrilled to welcome Jacqueline Coto, Jillian Burgos and Jason Enright to the LA Forward staff.
Read their bios and learn about their journeys to LA Forward at www.laforward.org/our-team
We’re thrilled to welcome Jacqueline Coto, Jillian Burgos and Jason Enright to the LA Forward staff.
Read their bios and learn about their journeys to LA Forward at www.laforward.org/our-team
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How did LA go from being a notorious anti-worker city to a stronghold of labor power?
Listen to this re-air of my interview with Kent Wong of UCLA Labor Ctr on What’s Next, Los Angeles. Brought to you in partnership with @laforward.bsky.social . whatsnextlosangeles.buzzsprout.com
Listen to this re-air of my interview with Kent Wong of UCLA Labor Ctr on What’s Next, Los Angeles. Brought to you in partnership with @laforward.bsky.social . whatsnextlosangeles.buzzsprout.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
How did LA go from being a notorious anti-worker city to a stronghold of labor power?
Listen to this re-air of my interview with Kent Wong of UCLA Labor Ctr on What’s Next, Los Angeles. Brought to you in partnership with @laforward.bsky.social . whatsnextlosangeles.buzzsprout.com
Listen to this re-air of my interview with Kent Wong of UCLA Labor Ctr on What’s Next, Los Angeles. Brought to you in partnership with @laforward.bsky.social . whatsnextlosangeles.buzzsprout.com
A Capital Infrastructure Plan (CIP) for LA could change lives! the City of LA is the only major city in the United States without a CIP. Learn more at one of our 3 upcoming teach-ins: www.laforward.org/cip
September 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A Capital Infrastructure Plan (CIP) for LA could change lives! the City of LA is the only major city in the United States without a CIP. Learn more at one of our 3 upcoming teach-ins: www.laforward.org/cip
As CA's '25 legislative season nears its close, the work to ensure that renters and affordable housing advocates win in 2026 has already begun! Find out more with reps from @housingnowca.bsky.social during this meeting of our Housing Justice group. www.laforward.org/events/hj-20...
September 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
As CA's '25 legislative season nears its close, the work to ensure that renters and affordable housing advocates win in 2026 has already begun! Find out more with reps from @housingnowca.bsky.social during this meeting of our Housing Justice group. www.laforward.org/events/hj-20...
New LA Pod episode! @awalkerinla.bsky.social @mikebonin.bsky.social & @rachelreyes.bsky.social talk about how LAUSD plans to protect students from their federal government. ICE crashes Gov Newsom’s redistricting press conference. DC is invaded by Trump, just like LA leaders warned would happen...
August 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New LA Pod episode! @awalkerinla.bsky.social @mikebonin.bsky.social & @rachelreyes.bsky.social talk about how LAUSD plans to protect students from their federal government. ICE crashes Gov Newsom’s redistricting press conference. DC is invaded by Trump, just like LA leaders warned would happen...