Tom
@tomrade.bsky.social
Latin and democratic socialist organizer from the Midwest. He/him/el.
Rob was a titan of the Milwaukee nerd community. One of the nicest, kindest people I ever met. Very sad news
Devastated to hear about Rob Wieland's passing - a wonderful, golden-hearted man, a brilliant writer and journalist, and a passionate advocate for games and the people who play and make them. Sending nothing but the utmost love and deepest condolences to his friends and family.
October 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Rob was a titan of the Milwaukee nerd community. One of the nicest, kindest people I ever met. Very sad news
Been saying for a long time that there's a real base here in the Midwest for a democratic socialist politics that is relentlessly focused on building a better life for working people. Politics should be about helping people, not hating people.
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Report: Economic Populism Has Broad Appeal in the Rust Belt
An exhaustive new survey from the Center for Working-Class Politics and its partners finds that strong economic populism resonates across Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — and that indepen...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Been saying for a long time that there's a real base here in the Midwest for a democratic socialist politics that is relentlessly focused on building a better life for working people. Politics should be about helping people, not hating people.
jacobin.com/2025/10/econ...
jacobin.com/2025/10/econ...
Democracy Commission's package passing was one of the biggest developments at DSA convention. It was an intervention pushing DSA towards pluralism in national decision-making. I predict national leaders will need to compromise and collaborate more with each other to get things done in the future.
August 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Democracy Commission's package passing was one of the biggest developments at DSA convention. It was an intervention pushing DSA towards pluralism in national decision-making. I predict national leaders will need to compromise and collaborate more with each other to get things done in the future.
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📣 DSA WIN! 📣
Alex Brower has just secured his seat to Milwaukee Common Council! Brower is a tireless advocate for public utilities, tenants rights, and public education.
Congrats to @voteforalexbrower.bsky.social, his team, and @mkedsa.bsky.social for this win! 🌹
Alex Brower has just secured his seat to Milwaukee Common Council! Brower is a tireless advocate for public utilities, tenants rights, and public education.
Congrats to @voteforalexbrower.bsky.social, his team, and @mkedsa.bsky.social for this win! 🌹
April 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
📣 DSA WIN! 📣
Alex Brower has just secured his seat to Milwaukee Common Council! Brower is a tireless advocate for public utilities, tenants rights, and public education.
Congrats to @voteforalexbrower.bsky.social, his team, and @mkedsa.bsky.social for this win! 🌹
Alex Brower has just secured his seat to Milwaukee Common Council! Brower is a tireless advocate for public utilities, tenants rights, and public education.
Congrats to @voteforalexbrower.bsky.social, his team, and @mkedsa.bsky.social for this win! 🌹
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First place for MKE DSA endorsed candidate @voteforalexbrower.bsky.social! On to the next round !Stay tuned for more updates
@demsocialists.bsky.social We're about to get this DSA diva in office as our freaking alderman!!!🌹 Just one more election to go before he's official.
Bring back sewer socialism w/ Alex Brower 4 MKE District 3 Common Council @mkedsa.bsky.social @voteforalexbrower.bsky.social #milwaukee #mke #dsa
Bring back sewer socialism w/ Alex Brower 4 MKE District 3 Common Council @mkedsa.bsky.social @voteforalexbrower.bsky.social #milwaukee #mke #dsa
February 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
First place for MKE DSA endorsed candidate @voteforalexbrower.bsky.social! On to the next round !Stay tuned for more updates
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The struggle of working people for an equitable society free from injustice and oppression has sharpened in recent months, taking center stage through headlines on everything from the devastating climate catastrophe to anti-immigration raids.
January 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The struggle of working people for an equitable society free from injustice and oppression has sharpened in recent months, taking center stage through headlines on everything from the devastating climate catastrophe to anti-immigration raids.
"Trump Admin Accused of Using AI to Draft Executive Orders"
That's it. That's the post
That's it. That's the post
January 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"Trump Admin Accused of Using AI to Draft Executive Orders"
That's it. That's the post
That's it. That's the post
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Join DSA. Become a member today.
Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in continuing the political revolution for the long term. As a democratic, grassroots organization, DSA is ...
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January 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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January 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Indiana GOP state legislators want to redraw the map with Illinois to absorb downstate rural counties. This is an actual headline, not a Simpsons episode.
January 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Indiana GOP state legislators want to redraw the map with Illinois to absorb downstate rural counties. This is an actual headline, not a Simpsons episode.
The craziest story you haven't heard of today is the MN GOP appointing a speaker in the state assembly without the votes to do it. Insane stuff
January 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The craziest story you haven't heard of today is the MN GOP appointing a speaker in the state assembly without the votes to do it. Insane stuff
Very excited about this one! This is a DSA-led campaign that is carrying on the work that Milwaukee DSA has done on public power, housing, and public schools.
Donate to build working class power in Milwaukee! secure.actblue.com/donate/alex-...
Donate to build working class power in Milwaukee! secure.actblue.com/donate/alex-...
January 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Very excited about this one! This is a DSA-led campaign that is carrying on the work that Milwaukee DSA has done on public power, housing, and public schools.
Donate to build working class power in Milwaukee! secure.actblue.com/donate/alex-...
Donate to build working class power in Milwaukee! secure.actblue.com/donate/alex-...
Big if true!
Hey gang, check this out... "Democratic SNOW-cialism"
December 19, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Big if true!
Mike Siegel won by less than 300 votes! That's another race where DSA's powerful ground game swung the whole election.
HUGE win for @mikesiegeltx.bsky.social and @austindsa.bsky.social in City Council District 7. Yesterday we saw Austin voters stand up for workers, tenants, green energy & transit, real police oversight, and a ceasefire in Palestine and Lebanon. We say: together we win!
December 16, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Mike Siegel won by less than 300 votes! That's another race where DSA's powerful ground game swung the whole election.
I’d be proud to be half as successful as Emil Seidel!
Happy 160th birthday to the 1st socialist mayor of any major American city: Emil Seidel
Seidel cleaned up the corruption of his predecessor & kicked off the era of Milwaukee’s greatest prosperity (in health & wealth) under three socialist mayors for the majority of 1910 to 1960
Seidel cleaned up the corruption of his predecessor & kicked off the era of Milwaukee’s greatest prosperity (in health & wealth) under three socialist mayors for the majority of 1910 to 1960
December 14, 2024 at 5:15 AM
I’d be proud to be half as successful as Emil Seidel!
Hopefully this saves a lot of people from a preventable, crippling disease. But maybe the GOP shouldn’t have spent the last hundred years working to “drown government in the bathtub” if they didn’t want to bring all the medieval diseases back - just a thought.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, the former Republican leader and a polio survivor, issued a statement in support of the polio vaccine, hours after The New York Times reported that the lawyer for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned regulators to withdraw the vaccine from the market. nyti.ms/4iwSCbV
McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to RFK Jr.
“Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” said the former Republican leader, who is a polio survivor.
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December 13, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Hopefully this saves a lot of people from a preventable, crippling disease. But maybe the GOP shouldn’t have spent the last hundred years working to “drown government in the bathtub” if they didn’t want to bring all the medieval diseases back - just a thought.
I was hoping for the Star Trek future but it looks like we’re on track for Blade Runner instead
gitched sign + one of those pointless TikTok-style ads = unintentional cyberpunk at the Whole Foods
December 12, 2024 at 1:54 PM
I was hoping for the Star Trek future but it looks like we’re on track for Blade Runner instead
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Damning Federal Review of Housing Authority Released
Damning Federal Review of Housing Authority Released
Broken governance, poor financial controls and building management issues plague agency.
urbanmilwaukee.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Damning Federal Review of Housing Authority Released
Any day that ends in “y”
Dems in Disarray
December 12, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Any day that ends in “y”
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Incredible news! Montana’s Supreme Court just affirmed that the state’s gender affirming care ban is likely unconstitutional.
This makes the state the first state Supreme Court to rule that trans medical care is protected.
This applies REGARDLESS of what the US Supreme Court does.
This makes the state the first state Supreme Court to rule that trans medical care is protected.
This applies REGARDLESS of what the US Supreme Court does.
December 11, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Incredible news! Montana’s Supreme Court just affirmed that the state’s gender affirming care ban is likely unconstitutional.
This makes the state the first state Supreme Court to rule that trans medical care is protected.
This applies REGARDLESS of what the US Supreme Court does.
This makes the state the first state Supreme Court to rule that trans medical care is protected.
This applies REGARDLESS of what the US Supreme Court does.
I love watching escapist Batman movies about a dystopian, violent, highly unequal society and the difficulty of ending the cycle of trauma, prejudice, and greed. Great to unplug from the real world
December 11, 2024 at 3:43 AM
I love watching escapist Batman movies about a dystopian, violent, highly unequal society and the difficulty of ending the cycle of trauma, prejudice, and greed. Great to unplug from the real world
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Join us in rejecting this assault on trans youth: Use our letter writing tool to contact your Congressional representatives and demand that they protect trans youth: mdcdsa.org/ndaa
Tell Congress to Remove the Trans Healthcare Ban in the National Defense Authorization Act
The Senate and House bill that funds the military and Department of Defense for 2025 is coming up for vote in both chambers this week. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and other bigoted right-wing ex...
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December 10, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Join us in rejecting this assault on trans youth: Use our letter writing tool to contact your Congressional representatives and demand that they protect trans youth: mdcdsa.org/ndaa
Shout out to Common Ground WI for this W!
In case you missed the news that conveniently came out Friday night
A+ Friday news dump urbanmilwaukee.com/2024/12/06/e...
December 9, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Shout out to Common Ground WI for this W!
I wonder how many illegal firearms used in crimes across the Midwest were first obtained and sold by small town police chiefs. The answer is undoubtedly more than 0, which is a scandal in and of itself.
This story is uh, insane www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...
December 5, 2024 at 3:57 PM
I wonder how many illegal firearms used in crimes across the Midwest were first obtained and sold by small town police chiefs. The answer is undoubtedly more than 0, which is a scandal in and of itself.