David Zoltan (he/they)
@wonkicorn.bsky.social
Human Rights Activist specializing in Housing & Disability policy. Queer, multiply disabled, formerly homeless, socialist, abolitionist, anti-Zionist Jew & son of immigrants. Antifa, always.
All opinions are my own, not of any organization, unless stated.
All opinions are my own, not of any organization, unless stated.
Pinned
“Do not be overwhelmed by the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it.” -Rabbi Tarfon
10/10, would giraffe again.
ok, I think we all need a dose of adorableness today like a NEWBORN GIRAFFE www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...
February 10, 2026 at 12:08 AM
10/10, would giraffe again.
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“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
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Kayla Schultz, who recorded the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis from her car, spoke to CNN's Anderson Cooper about why she is speaking out & what's at stake. Her #CupOfJoe has a latte strength & conviction.
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Kayla Schultz, who recorded the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis from her car, spoke to CNN's Anderson Cooper about why she is speaking out & what's at stake. Her #CupOfJoe has a latte strength & conviction.
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Look, all I'm saying is that if you just spent the last six years being frustrated with Durbin and you think there's a chance he's about to be replaced with a guy who thanks ICE for their service and takes AIPAC and crypto money, you should treat it like a very serious emergency
PPP poll | 2/2-2/3 LV
Illinois Senate Democratic primary 2026
🟦Raja Krishamoorthi 34%
🟦Juliana Stratton 23%
🟦Robin Kelly 8%
Illinois Senate Democratic primary 2026
🟦Raja Krishamoorthi 34%
🟦Juliana Stratton 23%
🟦Robin Kelly 8%
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Look, all I'm saying is that if you just spent the last six years being frustrated with Durbin and you think there's a chance he's about to be replaced with a guy who thanks ICE for their service and takes AIPAC and crypto money, you should treat it like a very serious emergency
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“This massive redistribution of wealth continues today. In 2023 alone, $3.9 trillion in wealth was siphoned from working Americans to the richest Americans…”
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
“This massive redistribution of wealth continues today. In 2023 alone, $3.9 trillion in wealth was siphoned from working Americans to the richest Americans…”
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From 1975 to 2023, $79 trillion in wealth was transferred from the bottom 90% to the top 1%.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
Trump, Extreme Wealth Concentration, and Our Societal Crisis | Common Dreams
The US government simply has not done enough to ensure that the livelihoods of all Americans are protected or improved in this new Gilded Age. What it has done is made sure the rich get richer by the ...
www.commondreams.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
From 1975 to 2023, $79 trillion in wealth was transferred from the bottom 90% to the top 1%.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
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I remain shocked by how much work was done after Katrina (subj of my diss) on evacuating pets in disasters relative to evacuating people without cars, or with disabilities, or with poverty, or elderly, or, or, or
I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
February 9, 2026 at 9:19 AM
I remain shocked by how much work was done after Katrina (subj of my diss) on evacuating pets in disasters relative to evacuating people without cars, or with disabilities, or with poverty, or elderly, or, or, or
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As details about Trump’s Board of Peace and its plans for the reconstruction of Gaza trickle out, two things are clear: Palestinians have barely, if at all, been consulted in these plans; and the people in Trump’s orbit stand to benefit from the project the most. buff.ly/YAXPNue
Board of Peace Is a Board of Profits
Corporate interests dominate the organization planning the reconstruction of Gaza.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
As details about Trump’s Board of Peace and its plans for the reconstruction of Gaza trickle out, two things are clear: Palestinians have barely, if at all, been consulted in these plans; and the people in Trump’s orbit stand to benefit from the project the most. buff.ly/YAXPNue
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judge a quarterback by whether or not he defrauds millions of dollars from poor people
February 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
judge a quarterback by whether or not he defrauds millions of dollars from poor people
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Don’t know who needs to hear this but one of the puppies on the Puppy Bowl this year is named Chappell Bone
February 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Don’t know who needs to hear this but one of the puppies on the Puppy Bowl this year is named Chappell Bone
Good. Bye bye.
Artificial intelligence companies are threatening to shun Illinois and build their most advanced data centers in Wisconsin and Indiana if the state doesn’t dilute its privacy law, the toughest in the country.
Amid chaotic data center debates, industry warns Illinois will miss out unless privacy law weakened
Residents already have demands about jobs and the environment. Now data center operators want Illinois to reduce its biometric protections.
trib.al
February 9, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Good. Bye bye.
More importantly, letting anyone interpret the news for you is part of the problem that got us to fascism. Reading comprehension needs to be developed at large. We've lost it because of the decades-long GOP and neoliberal assault on education. Let's be better, all of us, in every generation.
February 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
More importantly, letting anyone interpret the news for you is part of the problem that got us to fascism. Reading comprehension needs to be developed at large. We've lost it because of the decades-long GOP and neoliberal assault on education. Let's be better, all of us, in every generation.
She's gotta go. This is some collaborator bullshit right here. Undermining one of the few concrete things @mayorofchicago.bsky.social is doing to really fight back against fascism is inexcusable.
Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke told her staff Friday that Mayor Brandon Johnson’s executive order targeting federal immigration agents is inappropriate and could jeopardize criminal prosecutions.
County's top prosecutor calls Mayor Brandon Johnson's ICE executive order 'wholly inappropriate'
chicago.suntimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:27 PM
She's gotta go. This is some collaborator bullshit right here. Undermining one of the few concrete things @mayorofchicago.bsky.social is doing to really fight back against fascism is inexcusable.
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hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
The struggle is real.
February 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
The struggle is real.
This is a fall risk for me & other disabled folks. This is a failure of my landlord to make the sidewalk safe, yes, but also this is the result of @mayorofchicago.bsky.social blocking the Plow the Sidewalks program. The city should be solving this collective action problem. That's government's job.
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
This is a fall risk for me & other disabled folks. This is a failure of my landlord to make the sidewalk safe, yes, but also this is the result of @mayorofchicago.bsky.social blocking the Plow the Sidewalks program. The city should be solving this collective action problem. That's government's job.
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The largest nurses’ union, National Nurses United, demands abolition of ICE.
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nurs... #CE #CBP #fascism
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nurs... #CE #CBP #fascism
Nurses’ union demands abolition of Ice
THE murder in Minneapolis of Alex Pretti, RN, a Veterans Administration intensive care nurse and union member with the Government Employees, by CBP (Customs and Border Patrol) agents has prompted the ...
www.morningstaronline.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The largest nurses’ union, National Nurses United, demands abolition of ICE.
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nurs... #CE #CBP #fascism
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nurs... #CE #CBP #fascism
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
How I will be voting in this primary:
US Senate: @robinlynnekelly.bsky.social
US House: @katmabu.bsky.social
State Comptroller: Karina Villa
Cook County President: @tonipreckwinkle.bsky.social
Cook County Assessor: @fritzforassessor.bsky.social
US Senate: @robinlynnekelly.bsky.social
US House: @katmabu.bsky.social
State Comptroller: Karina Villa
Cook County President: @tonipreckwinkle.bsky.social
Cook County Assessor: @fritzforassessor.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM
How I will be voting in this primary:
US Senate: @robinlynnekelly.bsky.social
US House: @katmabu.bsky.social
State Comptroller: Karina Villa
Cook County President: @tonipreckwinkle.bsky.social
Cook County Assessor: @fritzforassessor.bsky.social
US Senate: @robinlynnekelly.bsky.social
US House: @katmabu.bsky.social
State Comptroller: Karina Villa
Cook County President: @tonipreckwinkle.bsky.social
Cook County Assessor: @fritzforassessor.bsky.social
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I believe in campaign finance reform and public financing of campaigns. My opponents make big promises and then take money from billionaire backers and MAGA donors. The time for lectures is over. It’s time for real campaign finance reform.
February 7, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I believe in campaign finance reform and public financing of campaigns. My opponents make big promises and then take money from billionaire backers and MAGA donors. The time for lectures is over. It’s time for real campaign finance reform.
Love alllll of this!! Let's goooooo!! 💜💜💜
February 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Love alllll of this!! Let's goooooo!! 💜💜💜
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if you would simply go without food for a few days we wouldn’t need to spend so much time at the supermarket. if you would simply stop needing a place to live we could really save on rent payments
Love that Tom Homan’s public strategy is essentially if you sell your neighbors out, we wouldn’t need so many agents. How about you fuck off?
February 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
if you would simply go without food for a few days we wouldn’t need to spend so much time at the supermarket. if you would simply stop needing a place to live we could really save on rent payments
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“Renee and I chose kindness. We believed that every life deserves the same care, treatment, and dignity, no matter who they are or what they look like... That shouldn’t be radical. If it is, then I want Renee and our family to be known for how we practiced radical kindness every day.”
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
nbcnews.to
February 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
“Renee and I chose kindness. We believed that every life deserves the same care, treatment, and dignity, no matter who they are or what they look like... That shouldn’t be radical. If it is, then I want Renee and our family to be known for how we practiced radical kindness every day.”
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'all a tyrant's acts are void' is an ancient (& good) principle
i'd apply this to the supreme court - after reform/packing a blanket overturn of every trump era decision
www.liberalcurrents.com/mamdani-teac...
i'd apply this to the supreme court - after reform/packing a blanket overturn of every trump era decision
www.liberalcurrents.com/mamdani-teac...
Mamdani Teaches Us How to Speak the Language of Illegitimacy
How should the next Democratic government act on the belief that Trump's second term was lawless and illegitimate?
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
'all a tyrant's acts are void' is an ancient (& good) principle
i'd apply this to the supreme court - after reform/packing a blanket overturn of every trump era decision
www.liberalcurrents.com/mamdani-teac...
i'd apply this to the supreme court - after reform/packing a blanket overturn of every trump era decision
www.liberalcurrents.com/mamdani-teac...
That boogeyman status is a major and well-known antisemitic dogwhistle, and anyone using it needs to be called out on it. Ossoff using it is incredibly offensive, and he needs to get set straight, apologize, and make repairs.
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
That boogeyman status is a major and well-known antisemitic dogwhistle, and anyone using it needs to be called out on it. Ossoff using it is incredibly offensive, and he needs to get set straight, apologize, and make repairs.