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That @passblue.bsky.social endorses more mass death over peace will surprise few who follow it. Passblue now prefers never ending war, death, and destruction to peace. reconciliation, and bridge-building. We need peace.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
That @passblue.bsky.social endorses more mass death over peace will surprise few who follow it. Passblue now prefers never ending war, death, and destruction to peace. reconciliation, and bridge-building. We need peace.
Liberals wanted Medicare for All, and couldn't get it with Obama. Biden opposed it outright. But Medicare is not the answer, for seniors or anyone else. Health care is a human right. The government should provide it. Support economic human rights: housing, health, nutrition, education.
Senior citizens will pay a lot more for Medicare in 2026 | CNN Politics
Senior citizens are the latest group of Americans to face steep increases in their health insurance premiums for 2026.
www.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Liberals wanted Medicare for All, and couldn't get it with Obama. Biden opposed it outright. But Medicare is not the answer, for seniors or anyone else. Health care is a human right. The government should provide it. Support economic human rights: housing, health, nutrition, education.
I am patiently waiting for the liberals to praise Trump's efforts to secure peace in Ukraine. Their beloved leader, Joe Biden, was a warmonger for his entire political career, which he capped by abetting the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in Palestine and Ukraine.
The U.S. Tightens the Vise on an Already Besieged Zelensky
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November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I am patiently waiting for the liberals to praise Trump's efforts to secure peace in Ukraine. Their beloved leader, Joe Biden, was a warmonger for his entire political career, which he capped by abetting the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in Palestine and Ukraine.
It's interesting to revisit this kind of post (part of a longer conversation about my claim that Ukraine has already lost the war). As Zelensky's government is near collapse from corruption scandals, as the EU cannot agree on how to get money to Ukraine, as Trump proposes a 28 point settlement that
The Russian losses are real, and worsening. They're now doing meat wave assaults on motorcycles and ATVs, using donkeys for logistics, etc.
Russia is militarily & economically weakening, while Ukraine is growing stronger - striking deep inside Russia daily.
Ukraine is winning this war of attrition
Russia is militarily & economically weakening, while Ukraine is growing stronger - striking deep inside Russia daily.
Ukraine is winning this war of attrition
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's interesting to revisit this kind of post (part of a longer conversation about my claim that Ukraine has already lost the war). As Zelensky's government is near collapse from corruption scandals, as the EU cannot agree on how to get money to Ukraine, as Trump proposes a 28 point settlement that
China continues to lead the way in combating US and EU bully tactics. They don't cave to Trump's tariffs and they don't cave to EU's US lapdogs. At some point, we can only hope that the West accepts the multipolar world and works with the rest of that world, instead of making it the enemy.
Dutch halt state intervention at Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, paving way for exports to resume
The development appears to bring an end to a bitter dispute between the Netherlands and China.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
China continues to lead the way in combating US and EU bully tactics. They don't cave to Trump's tariffs and they don't cave to EU's US lapdogs. At some point, we can only hope that the West accepts the multipolar world and works with the rest of that world, instead of making it the enemy.
The argument is only that there are lots of reasons that Harris lost, including all the factors I mentioned (not just that Harris is a woman of color). As a follower of your posts (because I generally find them worth reading), I think it's wrong for you to repeatedly (ad infinitum) insist that the
This isn't complicated. Harris lost by 1 fucking percentage point. Did being a Black woman cost her votes? if course it did, but is the argument that it was impossible for her to have picked up 1 pp if she (or Biden) had done things differently? Is that written somewhat in your bible?
Poor Dean Baker: even after agreeing that Biden was incompetent (and was for a long time), he cannot accept that the election wasn't lost by the Democrats because the people just were unable to understand the great economy. Never mentions that Harris is a woman of color and Americans are racist and
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The argument is only that there are lots of reasons that Harris lost, including all the factors I mentioned (not just that Harris is a woman of color). As a follower of your posts (because I generally find them worth reading), I think it's wrong for you to repeatedly (ad infinitum) insist that the
Poor Dean Baker: even after agreeing that Biden was incompetent (and was for a long time), he cannot accept that the election wasn't lost by the Democrats because the people just were unable to understand the great economy. Never mentions that Harris is a woman of color and Americans are racist and
It's not a disqualification -- it costs votes. I could not tell someone with a straight face after his debate that Biden was competent to serve another four years as president.
If mental deterioration were the disqualifier, Kamala Harris's dog-walking of the tertiary syphilitic in the second debate would have changed the news cycle. #complicitmedia simply had it in for Sleepy Joe.
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Poor Dean Baker: even after agreeing that Biden was incompetent (and was for a long time), he cannot accept that the election wasn't lost by the Democrats because the people just were unable to understand the great economy. Never mentions that Harris is a woman of color and Americans are racist and
The liberals obsessed with Trump and Epstein don't even think about posting about Trump and genocide in Palestine,or Trump waging war in Venezuela.In the meantime, the Times publishes Brett Stephens (who somehow passes as someone worthy of respect), while he advocates the utterly unlawful overthrow.
Opinion | The Case for Overthrowing Maduro
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November 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The liberals obsessed with Trump and Epstein don't even think about posting about Trump and genocide in Palestine,or Trump waging war in Venezuela.In the meantime, the Times publishes Brett Stephens (who somehow passes as someone worthy of respect), while he advocates the utterly unlawful overthrow.
Classic from Bouie, who labors under the bizarre belief that Democrats are, at their core, different than Republicans. So he thinks of 'normal' as something other than obsequious catering to their party's leader (that's just what Republicans do). But it was the obsequious Democrats who let a senile
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Classic from Bouie, who labors under the bizarre belief that Democrats are, at their core, different than Republicans. So he thinks of 'normal' as something other than obsequious catering to their party's leader (that's just what Republicans do). But it was the obsequious Democrats who let a senile
We don't have a legal system with rule of law. We have a legal system by which capitalists and their powerful allies can maintain their control. The pardons Trump hands out are not the problem. The problem is the carceral state to which we are all oblivious. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
Trump Pardons Runner Who Took Prohibited Shortcut on Grand Teton
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November 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We don't have a legal system with rule of law. We have a legal system by which capitalists and their powerful allies can maintain their control. The pardons Trump hands out are not the problem. The problem is the carceral state to which we are all oblivious. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
No one familiar with @joanwash.bsky.social will be surprised by her column sanctifying Nancy Pelosi (www.thenation.com/article/poli...) Pelosi and Walsh are peas in a pod: nice liberals (although Walsh likes to fancy herself a leftist). Pelosi is the female Joe Biden: Democrats who lead by
The Democrats’ Legislative Mastermind Nancy Pelosi Announces Retirement
She had her flaws, but the 38-year House veteran was the most productive progressive leader of my lifetime.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
No one familiar with @joanwash.bsky.social will be surprised by her column sanctifying Nancy Pelosi (www.thenation.com/article/poli...) Pelosi and Walsh are peas in a pod: nice liberals (although Walsh likes to fancy herself a leftist). Pelosi is the female Joe Biden: Democrats who lead by
60 Minutes is on CBS. CBS is Paramount. It is now no different from Fox: a right wing outlet, attempting to gloss over its right wing beliefs when it presents them to the public. No one should be watching 60 Minutes or any other news-related show on CBS.
CBS’s 60 Minutes has been spreading dangerous pro-war propaganda & lies about China and Venezuela that serve the interests of the U.S. empire.
Join us to demand they stop acting as a mouthpiece for U.S. wars.
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Join us to demand they stop acting as a mouthpiece for U.S. wars.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
60 Minutes is on CBS. CBS is Paramount. It is now no different from Fox: a right wing outlet, attempting to gloss over its right wing beliefs when it presents them to the public. No one should be watching 60 Minutes or any other news-related show on CBS.
Everyone keeps blaming Trump for the collapse of America's mythical democracy. It has NEVER been a democracy. And Trump's attacks on the system we do have could not succeed without the acquiescence of the Democratic Party and the Supreme Court.
"This Week in Democracy – Week 42: Trump Pardons Crooks, Ignores Courts, and Threatens War"
Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.
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Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.
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This Week in Democracy – Week 42: Trump Pardons Crooks, Ignores Courts, and Threatens War
Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Everyone keeps blaming Trump for the collapse of America's mythical democracy. It has NEVER been a democracy. And Trump's attacks on the system we do have could not succeed without the acquiescence of the Democratic Party and the Supreme Court.
U Penn has $24.8 billion endowment, growing at 12%/year. But they still insisted they had to do whatever Trump told them to do. Perhaps they need both better moral compasses and stronger math skills. www.inquirer.com/education/up...
Penn’s endowment grows 12.2% to $24.8 billion
The Penn board of trustees also appointed a new chair for the Wharton Advisory Board, replacing billionaire Marc Rowan.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
U Penn has $24.8 billion endowment, growing at 12%/year. But they still insisted they had to do whatever Trump told them to do. Perhaps they need both better moral compasses and stronger math skills. www.inquirer.com/education/up...
I wrote a little more than could fit in a Bluesky: open.substack.com/pub/dojero/p...
Democrats and the lessons of November 2024 and 2025
In the immediate aftermath of yesterday’s Democratic Party landslide, the media has overwhelmingly decided that the Dems have figured out how to recapture their lost mojo by going after the economy (n...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I wrote a little more than could fit in a Bluesky: open.substack.com/pub/dojero/p...
CNN joins the anti Mamdani propaganda train. Just look at the headline. Of course, the article says that all three candidates want the same police commissioner. Is that what the headline indicates? share.google/zdkRLTojqjtU...
Hotly contested mayoral election isn’t just about the candidates. The NYPD’s future is also at stake | CNN Politics
With the high-stakes New York mayoral contest hanging in the balance, the largest police department in the country may find itself caught between the promise of reform and the stability that followed ...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
CNN joins the anti Mamdani propaganda train. Just look at the headline. Of course, the article says that all three candidates want the same police commissioner. Is that what the headline indicates? share.google/zdkRLTojqjtU...
For those willing to read state sponsored media, as opposed to the jingoism of propaganda systems like the NY Times or CBS news, this is a good summary of the vague, feel good moments that Xi had with Trump. The West is going to have to accept China's power, like it or not.
Xi says ready to work with Trump to build solid foundation for bilateral ties
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October 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
For those willing to read state sponsored media, as opposed to the jingoism of propaganda systems like the NY Times or CBS news, this is a good summary of the vague, feel good moments that Xi had with Trump. The West is going to have to accept China's power, like it or not.
While American politicians and universities and law firms cave to Trump, Xi and Lula show that he's all silly bluster. aje.io/87q5tj
Trump meets Brazil’s Lula at ASEAN summit, touts ‘pretty good deals’
Both countries' negotiating teams will start working 'immediately' to address US tariffs and sanctions, says Lula.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
While American politicians and universities and law firms cave to Trump, Xi and Lula show that he's all silly bluster. aje.io/87q5tj
Von der Leyen refers to a confrontational world, ignoring the fact that it is the West that has insisted on confrontation, instead of cooperation, as the nations of the Global South have sought.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
EU seeks to end dependency on China for rare earths
Through the RESourceEU plan, the European Union seeks to end its reliance on China for its critical raw materials, which are essential for Europe's automotive, defence, Greentech and digital sectors.
www.euronews.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Von der Leyen refers to a confrontational world, ignoring the fact that it is the West that has insisted on confrontation, instead of cooperation, as the nations of the Global South have sought.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Why are Southern states huge supporters of the Republican Party? Is the distrust of Federal government so powerful? share.google/NihXI381XEsu...
In the rural South where Medicaid has been a lifeline, residents brace for cuts
With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Why are Southern states huge supporters of the Republican Party? Is the distrust of Federal government so powerful? share.google/NihXI381XEsu...
This is not an indication of anything more than Jeffries' political calculus: he wants to back the winner, and he wants to cut the legs out of any leftist who runs against him in a primary. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/n...
Hakeem Jeffries Gives Mamdani Last-Minute Endorsement for N.Y.C. Mayor
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October 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is not an indication of anything more than Jeffries' political calculus: he wants to back the winner, and he wants to cut the legs out of any leftist who runs against him in a primary. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/n...
David Todd's review of Melenchon's book offers valuable ways to consider the left's problems, not just in France, but throughout the West. One interesting theory is that we're living through a cult-of-personality era that makes leftist collective aspirations far more difficult. Perhaps the answer
October 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
David Todd's review of Melenchon's book offers valuable ways to consider the left's problems, not just in France, but throughout the West. One interesting theory is that we're living through a cult-of-personality era that makes leftist collective aspirations far more difficult. Perhaps the answer
The EU, Switzerland, the US, the UK... All pretend to promote freedoms of privacy, speech, various cultural orientations. All pretend that they are superior to the rest of the world because of these. None of it is true. share.google/8aI3XrrpBMx5...
“A first step in Europe” – Proton slams Switzerland's new surveillance bill at the United Nations Forum
An amendment to the law could soon force VPNs and messaging apps to identify and retain user data
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October 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The EU, Switzerland, the US, the UK... All pretend to promote freedoms of privacy, speech, various cultural orientations. All pretend that they are superior to the rest of the world because of these. None of it is true. share.google/8aI3XrrpBMx5...
The Court is unequivocal in its condemnation of genocidal Israel and its American supporters. Sadly, it won't have much impact on the ground. But it is still a triumph for anyone opposed to the horrible massacre of a people by a powerful state: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/w...
World Court Tells Israel to Facilitate Aid to Gaza
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October 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The Court is unequivocal in its condemnation of genocidal Israel and its American supporters. Sadly, it won't have much impact on the ground. But it is still a triumph for anyone opposed to the horrible massacre of a people by a powerful state: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/w...
The EU continues to shove its collective nose up the US ass. And continues to mouth the same silly claims that it is somehow needed more by China than the reverse. As this latest fiasco shows, nothing could be further from the truth. share.google/3ybwRQhxhXvX...
China agrees to crisis talks in Brussels to discuss rare earths compromise
EU trade chief to meet Chinese counterpart to find ‘urgent solutions’ to China’s tightening of its restrictions on rare earth exports.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The EU continues to shove its collective nose up the US ass. And continues to mouth the same silly claims that it is somehow needed more by China than the reverse. As this latest fiasco shows, nothing could be further from the truth. share.google/3ybwRQhxhXvX...