Dana
@thequeenbean.bsky.social
Deep state marxist 🌴 Los Angeles
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In a Democratic club meeting, LA Mayor Karen Bass pronounced herself "flabbergasted" by Nithya Raman's entry into the mayor's race. "I’ve worked closely with Nithya, helped her gain the Democratic endorsement, helped her clear an encampment in her district," she said. "I am going to fight."
February 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
In a Democratic club meeting, LA Mayor Karen Bass pronounced herself "flabbergasted" by Nithya Raman's entry into the mayor's race. "I’ve worked closely with Nithya, helped her gain the Democratic endorsement, helped her clear an encampment in her district," she said. "I am going to fight."
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Democratic Socialists of America — We are at 100,000 members!
🌹 dsausa.org/join
🌹 dsausa.org/join
February 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Democratic Socialists of America — We are at 100,000 members!
🌹 dsausa.org/join
🌹 dsausa.org/join
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
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reactionaries learning they serve capital
February 3, 2026 at 7:07 AM
reactionaries learning they serve capital
insights about 2026 America in the guise of insights about 3rd century Rome (written in 2010)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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096- The Most Aptly Named Emperor
Podcast Episode · The History of Rome · 05/31/2010 · 26m
podcasts.apple.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 AM
insights about 2026 America in the guise of insights about 3rd century Rome (written in 2010)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Sign up here to join May Day Strong's call this Sunday, February 1: www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
January 30, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Sign up here to join May Day Strong's call this Sunday, February 1: www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
Yeah my sense is today is more in the hands of an aggregation of activist orgs and small business owners. Some lefty union locals have endorsed locally (but have they organized? Not clear.) This is the PSL/vanguardist strategy at work.
Boycotts are necessary! Big protests are necessary! Economic blackouts are necessary! Workers calling out sick or taking time off to support these causes is necessary! Mutual aid is BEYOND necessary! But they are not strikes.
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Yeah my sense is today is more in the hands of an aggregation of activist orgs and small business owners. Some lefty union locals have endorsed locally (but have they organized? Not clear.) This is the PSL/vanguardist strategy at work.
Used to phone bank this guy. Chicago DSA member 🫡
“I’m really mad so thank you for letting me vent.
Abolish ICE.
We keep us safe.”
@seandoolittle.bsky.social and other athletes opened up to us about the DHS murders and the campaign of state terror being waged in Minneapolis and beyond.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Abolish ICE.
We keep us safe.”
@seandoolittle.bsky.social and other athletes opened up to us about the DHS murders and the campaign of state terror being waged in Minneapolis and beyond.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
‘Fascism is here now’: the US athletes pushing back on Trump’s America
World Series winner Sean Doolittle, Super Bowl champion Doug Baldwin and college star McKenzie Forbes have strong opinions on a troubled era
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Used to phone bank this guy. Chicago DSA member 🫡
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DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol and ICE Raid Almost 20 L.A. Communities, Almost 30 Total in SoCal in Record Numbers
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 AM
DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol and ICE Raid Almost 20 L.A. Communities, Almost 30 Total in SoCal in Record Numbers
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
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These are the Haitians attacked by Vance in 2024 at the urging of Canadian neo-Nazi Geoff Martin, aka "Captive Dreamer," who he appears to follow closely.
They're currently here legally. The admin is abruptly making them illegal, then removing them in a 1940s-style militarized cleansing campaign.
They're currently here legally. The admin is abruptly making them illegal, then removing them in a 1940s-style militarized cleansing campaign.
January 28, 2026 at 11:43 PM
These are the Haitians attacked by Vance in 2024 at the urging of Canadian neo-Nazi Geoff Martin, aka "Captive Dreamer," who he appears to follow closely.
They're currently here legally. The admin is abruptly making them illegal, then removing them in a 1940s-style militarized cleansing campaign.
They're currently here legally. The admin is abruptly making them illegal, then removing them in a 1940s-style militarized cleansing campaign.
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Gotta remind yourself not to cry when you see the kid's signs.
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
January 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Gotta remind yourself not to cry when you see the kid's signs.
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
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I complain that constitutional reform is never taken seriously by the UK left but it pales in comparison to how little discussion within elite US liberal and left circles about serious constitutional reform.
It just now strikes me that the United States, unlike every other democracy in the world, has never ever ever had an early presidential election. This seems like a problem? Like you need to have an institutionalized path for designating an entire administration illegitimate and voting for a new one?
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I complain that constitutional reform is never taken seriously by the UK left but it pales in comparison to how little discussion within elite US liberal and left circles about serious constitutional reform.
The moment, I think, that I radicalized for good.
Today I'm remembering Philando Castile, shot in 2016 by police in the Minneapolis suburbs after being pulled over for a broken brake light. "Sir, I have to tell you that I do have a firearm on me," he said. Ten seconds later one of the cops had shot him five times. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing...
Killing of Philando Castile - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 24, 2026 at 10:45 PM
The moment, I think, that I radicalized for good.
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This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
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It is amazing to see it continuing even now! What is ironic is that of course, this self-preservation will not continue to be functional for much longer now even for this cosseted group. But it is shameful anyway. Truly no sense of belonging to a society beyond a narrow social class
January 24, 2026 at 8:20 PM
It is amazing to see it continuing even now! What is ironic is that of course, this self-preservation will not continue to be functional for much longer now even for this cosseted group. But it is shameful anyway. Truly no sense of belonging to a society beyond a narrow social class
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I'm really sorry to say it but the attitude and posture of elite institutions has been a massive problem. Reproducing their comfortable social worlds has come above everything else. An inconsistently applied set of epistemic or other professional values has been in the internal justification for it.
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I'm really sorry to say it but the attitude and posture of elite institutions has been a massive problem. Reproducing their comfortable social worlds has come above everything else. An inconsistently applied set of epistemic or other professional values has been in the internal justification for it.
this so called government wants more and more and more blood in the streets
again, five days ago in front of SCOTUS the administration’s official position was that it is illegal to prohibit firearms in public places
Where's the NRA at?
Carrying a weapon in public is now an indication of seeking to "massacre law enforcement"?
Carrying a weapon in public is now an indication of seeking to "massacre law enforcement"?
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
this so called government wants more and more and more blood in the streets
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Any org security is only as secure as your trust with one another and the best way to keep people safe is to organize in public. Heavy opsec culture makes it easier for bad actors to fuck with your organizing.
Opsec culture in activism legitimately needs to die
January 23, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Any org security is only as secure as your trust with one another and the best way to keep people safe is to organize in public. Heavy opsec culture makes it easier for bad actors to fuck with your organizing.
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in part this because los angeles is not actually a city, but the holy roman empire in a trench coat with portfolio of headshots
Los Angeles is almost certainly the worst governed major blue city in the entire country at this point
L.A. Metro, the main transit operator for Los Angeles, just voted to oppose SB 79, a law legalizing the construction of housing near stations. You can't make this stuff up. Legislators should remember this the next time they come to Sacramento begging for more money.
laist.com/news/housing...
laist.com/news/housing...
January 23, 2026 at 12:33 AM
in part this because los angeles is not actually a city, but the holy roman empire in a trench coat with portfolio of headshots
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Fucking incredible.
Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
January 22, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Fucking incredible.
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Sometimes it’s a good idea to step back and ask yourself whether you’re arguing with someone’s political position or their personality disorder
January 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Sometimes it’s a good idea to step back and ask yourself whether you’re arguing with someone’s political position or their personality disorder
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“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
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They expect - they NEED - the people they threaten to fall in line, like the law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress did. If you say “No, make me,” they simply do not have a Plan B. TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO MAKE YOU.
January 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
They expect - they NEED - the people they threaten to fall in line, like the law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress did. If you say “No, make me,” they simply do not have a Plan B. TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO MAKE YOU.