Paul Crider
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com
Liberal in the Smith-Douglass-Mill-Anderson vein. Writer and editor for Liberal Currents. https://bsky.app/profile/liberalcurrents.com
Pinned
Inheritance of Equals: A Case for Liberal Socialism
Things literally cannot go on as they have before the present democratic crisis—things have been broken and will have to be put back together somehow. Ideas that were unthinkable even a decade ago may...
www.liberalcurrents.com
There is no better time than now—with fascists at the gates across the world and wreaking carnage in the halls of American power—for a liberal-socialist alliance. And a big part of that is bringing liberal socialism into consciousness.
Been thinking about this essay for a while ...🧵
Been thinking about this essay for a while ...🧵
Related: This evening I taught my 11 and 8yo the word "defenestrate."
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Related: This evening I taught my 11 and 8yo the word "defenestrate."
Reposted by Paul Crider
books have no tech tree, no fog of war
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
books have no tech tree, no fog of war
Reposted by Paul Crider
The Anglo consensus of the first half of 2010s was that where continental Europeans were endemically subject to crises and demagoguery, "we" were distinctly were more enlightened. Cameron's Britain. Obama's America. Ponderous essays about Magna Carta and the "golden thread".
How wrong it all was.
How wrong it all was.
I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Anglo consensus of the first half of 2010s was that where continental Europeans were endemically subject to crises and demagoguery, "we" were distinctly were more enlightened. Cameron's Britain. Obama's America. Ponderous essays about Magna Carta and the "golden thread".
How wrong it all was.
How wrong it all was.
Reposted by Paul Crider
i would love to hire someone next year who is just starting out in the youtube/digital media/production world and would be down to work 15-20 hours a week as a production assistant/coordinator on my channel.
you would learn a lot and i wouldn't yell at you.
you would learn a lot and i wouldn't yell at you.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
i would love to hire someone next year who is just starting out in the youtube/digital media/production world and would be down to work 15-20 hours a week as a production assistant/coordinator on my channel.
you would learn a lot and i wouldn't yell at you.
you would learn a lot and i wouldn't yell at you.
Apt response.
Jeffries: “Nobody who's serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously…I'm not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz, who is woefully unqualified to be in whatever position he holds in the administration. He's a joke. These people are all jokes.”
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Apt response.
Reposted by Paul Crider
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Reposted by Paul Crider
Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
Reposted by Paul Crider
Newsom is a bad person and I’ll leave that bubble empty before I vote for him, but if he spends all day on tv tomorrow calling Schumer a coward and it normalizes the call to primary him among lowish information democrats, godspeed.
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Newsom is a bad person and I’ll leave that bubble empty before I vote for him, but if he spends all day on tv tomorrow calling Schumer a coward and it normalizes the call to primary him among lowish information democrats, godspeed.
Reposted by Paul Crider
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
Reposted by Paul Crider
Ohhh, did Alito call and tell him it's not looking good?
The president seems to have been briefed on how the tariffs oral argument at SCOTUS went:
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Ohhh, did Alito call and tell him it's not looking good?
Reposted by Paul Crider
Has anyone done a “you’re not going to believe this but Jesus was friends with a sex worker named Mary” bit yet? Someone should do that bit.
James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate who has put his faith at the forefront of his campaign, follows several adult film performers, escorts and OnlyFans models on Instagram, according to an Axios review.
Faith-forward Texas Senate candidate follows porn actors, escorts online
James Talarico has become a sensation in Texas politics by talking about how his Christianity is the basis for his progressive politics.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Has anyone done a “you’re not going to believe this but Jesus was friends with a sex worker named Mary” bit yet? Someone should do that bit.
Reposted by Paul Crider
Half the Answer #46: Caitlin and Trent check in with attorney and legal scholar Madiba K. Dennie about the Supreme Court and the originalist reading of the US Constitution—and why the originalist reading is a trap. www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
Half the Answer #46: SCOTUS, the Originalism Trap, and the Civil Rights Act
Caitlin and Trent check in with attorney and legal scholar Madiba K. Dennie about the Supreme Court and the originalist reading of the US Constitution—and why the originalist reading is a trap.
Half ...
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Half the Answer #46: Caitlin and Trent check in with attorney and legal scholar Madiba K. Dennie about the Supreme Court and the originalist reading of the US Constitution—and why the originalist reading is a trap. www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
Reposted by Paul Crider
Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
Reposted by Paul Crider
Another gift link on.ft.com/43GAHtJ
Has Trump passed his peak?
[FREE TO READ] One thing is for sure: the opening act of the US president’s second term is over
on.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Another gift link on.ft.com/43GAHtJ
Frightened, Low Energy Trump Begs Senate Republicans To Capitulate To Democrats
Trump on truth social The United States Senate should not leave town until they have a Deal to end the Democrat Shutdown. If they can’t reach a Deal, the Republicans should terminate the Filibuster, IMMEDIATELY, and take care of our Great American Workers!
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Frightened, Low Energy Trump Begs Senate Republicans To Capitulate To Democrats
Reposted by Paul Crider
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I don't mind the Schumer move. I think it reinforces the image of Democrats as willing to talk, GOP not. But to most of the public, the government = Trump.
Trump take SNAP
Trump take air travel
Trump Shutdown
Trump take SNAP
Trump take air travel
Trump Shutdown
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I don't mind the Schumer move. I think it reinforces the image of Democrats as willing to talk, GOP not. But to most of the public, the government = Trump.
Trump take SNAP
Trump take air travel
Trump Shutdown
Trump take SNAP
Trump take air travel
Trump Shutdown
I am reskeeting *respectfully* and *patriotically*.
Strength training is political. We have a right-wing which has taken over physical fitness spaces, and hijacked “warrior culture”.
We need a muscular progressivist visions. We need to be strong to build the world we want.
Building my guns for the revolution. 💪🏾✊🏾 #Swoletariat #ResistanceTraining”
We need a muscular progressivist visions. We need to be strong to build the world we want.
Building my guns for the revolution. 💪🏾✊🏾 #Swoletariat #ResistanceTraining”
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I am reskeeting *respectfully* and *patriotically*.
Reposted by Paul Crider
Donald Trump simply does not care that Americans can’t afford to put food on the table, pay rent, or go to the doctor.
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Donald Trump simply does not care that Americans can’t afford to put food on the table, pay rent, or go to the doctor.
Reposted by Paul Crider
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
Reposted by Paul Crider
this has been one of my central arguments the past ten years. the theory underpinning the anti-democratic elements of the american constitutional order is wrong!
The more democratic elements of the American constitutional and economic order are actually throwing up road blocks to Trumpism. Protests and boycotts and low level courts and juries and cetera. Elite actors on the other hand are all too frequently caving. Fascinating study in who actually cares!
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
this has been one of my central arguments the past ten years. the theory underpinning the anti-democratic elements of the american constitutional order is wrong!
Reposted by Paul Crider
Who would win, a normie cringelib yelling "don't comply in advance!!!!!" or a savvy, jaded Politics Knower sagely pronouncing that a Better World Isn't Possible.
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Who would win, a normie cringelib yelling "don't comply in advance!!!!!" or a savvy, jaded Politics Knower sagely pronouncing that a Better World Isn't Possible.
Someone else on this site is currently insisting it is "delusional" to think Democrats will arrest or even fire anyone in ICE.
I prefer Mr Kristol's approach. Stake out the bold, principled position, and build demand for Democrats to do the right thing.
There will be no justice if we don't TRY.
I prefer Mr Kristol's approach. Stake out the bold, principled position, and build demand for Democrats to do the right thing.
There will be no justice if we don't TRY.
Abolish Border Patrol.
Trump deportation agent: "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Someone else on this site is currently insisting it is "delusional" to think Democrats will arrest or even fire anyone in ICE.
I prefer Mr Kristol's approach. Stake out the bold, principled position, and build demand for Democrats to do the right thing.
There will be no justice if we don't TRY.
I prefer Mr Kristol's approach. Stake out the bold, principled position, and build demand for Democrats to do the right thing.
There will be no justice if we don't TRY.
Reposted by Paul Crider
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*