Bmink
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Bmink
@bmink.bsky.social
· Oct 5
“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.” -Anne Frank, 1/13/43
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n.... My friend @zillahe.bsky.social called my attention to this- stark warning for digitally based young people on what it really takes to organize. And of course, misogyny.
Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’
The long read: The leftist party exploded out of Spain’s anti-austerity protests in 2011 and upended Spain’s entrenched two-party system. I was instantly captivated – and for the next decade, I worked...
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n.... My friend @zillahe.bsky.social called my attention to this- stark warning for digitally based young people on what it really takes to organize. And of course, misogyny.
Exactly.
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Exactly.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/moral-i.... Don’t let this get lost in the discussion of the shooting of National guardsmen by an Afghan immigrant
‘Moral injury’ officially recognized as mental health condition | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Moral injury—psychological harm incurred from committing, witnessing, or being subject to actions that violate one’s moral code—has officially been added to the DSM, thanks to research led by Harvard ...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
hsph.harvard.edu/news/moral-i.... Don’t let this get lost in the discussion of the shooting of National guardsmen by an Afghan immigrant
“You can’t deport half of America”. Oh yeah? Great look at context of National Conservatism which has given rise to today’s misogyny, bellicosity and mendacity. Does MAGA Have Ideas? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
Does MAGA Have Ideas?
A new book traces the intellectual origins of Trumpism—straight into the void.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
“You can’t deport half of America”. Oh yeah? Great look at context of National Conservatism which has given rise to today’s misogyny, bellicosity and mendacity. Does MAGA Have Ideas? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
What a stupid unnecessary move. newrepublic.com/maz/post/203...
In addition to the 86 Democrats who voted with Republicans, two Democrats voted “present.”
newrepublic.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
What a stupid unnecessary move. newrepublic.com/maz/post/203...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv.... Sobering and smart take- why I can’t help but despair for the next 50 years..
College-Educated Professionals Are Capitalism’s Useful Idiots
How I got co-opted into helping the rich prevail at the expense of everybody else
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv.... Sobering and smart take- why I can’t help but despair for the next 50 years..
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan.... All I can say is:wow!
Trump Got Venezuela Intel from Team Behind 2020 Election-Theft “Witness”
The two men who brought Sidney Powell her "holy grail" witness in 2020 are feeding Trump info to justify his Venezuela crusade
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan.... All I can say is:wow!
open.substack.com/pub/wkamaube.... SUCH a good take!
Did The New York Times Ruin Opinions?
Or have they just hired people whose opinions ain’t worth the paper The New York Times is printed on?
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
open.substack.com/pub/wkamaube.... SUCH a good take!
I respect The Economist and its center- right European orientation but there’s a lot of sloppiness in coverage of Mamdani’s win. (Won’t bother to platform WaPo editorial board’s horrific take).
Zohran Mamdani lost in parts of NYC that look most like America
economist.com/graphic-deta...
Zohran Mamdani lost in parts of NYC that look most like America
economist.com/graphic-deta...
Zohran Mamdani lost in parts of NYC that look most like America
Our analysis shows why his victory is no model for Democrats elsewhere
economist.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I respect The Economist and its center- right European orientation but there’s a lot of sloppiness in coverage of Mamdani’s win. (Won’t bother to platform WaPo editorial board’s horrific take).
Zohran Mamdani lost in parts of NYC that look most like America
economist.com/graphic-deta...
Zohran Mamdani lost in parts of NYC that look most like America
economist.com/graphic-deta...
This the most shocking, if not surprising, evidence of Bari Weiss’s influence. Unbelievable. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Zohran Mamdani drops the mask
The mayor-elect divides New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This the most shocking, if not surprising, evidence of Bari Weiss’s influence. Unbelievable. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
As usual, @mgessen61 cuts to the heart of what is such an important issue for many of us. How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As usual, @mgessen61 cuts to the heart of what is such an important issue for many of us. How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc.... Well worth reading to have an expert analysis in your pocket before Thanksgiving discussions…
President for Life
Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc.... Well worth reading to have an expert analysis in your pocket before Thanksgiving discussions…
Almost too on the nose…
October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Almost too on the nose…
theofficialurban.substack.com/p/whats-the-.... Never heard of this. Glad it’s available.
Trump: What's the Deal? (Full 1991 BANNED Documentary)
The film was commissioned in 1988 by Leonard Stern. Donald threatened to sue any broadcaster or distributor that took on the film. It was screen only twice & subsequently suppressed.
theofficialurban.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
theofficialurban.substack.com/p/whats-the-.... Never heard of this. Glad it’s available.
NB- we all have to be less credulous and help familynir friends who are. newrepublic.com/maz/post/201...
The White House is using footage from Florida to make propaganda about the supposed “chaos” in Chicago, Illinois.
newrepublic.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
NB- we all have to be less credulous and help familynir friends who are. newrepublic.com/maz/post/201...
“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.” -Anne Frank, 1/13/43
October 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.” -Anne Frank, 1/13/43
I find this kind of overview bracing, however sad it is to acknowledge. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
Opinion | The West Is Lost
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I find this kind of overview bracing, however sad it is to acknowledge. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
Wonderful nuanced but firm essay. What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Wonderful nuanced but firm essay. What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
Wonderful article by my niece Karen Chernick. www.artnews.com/list/art-new...
Interest in Early Modern Women Artists Continues to Grow
Museum exhibitions, scholarly publications, and auctions have increasingly featured women Old Masters.
www.artnews.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Wonderful article by my niece Karen Chernick. www.artnews.com/list/art-new...
@timmiller.bsky.social beautiful opening on Monday show. Thank you.
September 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
@timmiller.bsky.social beautiful opening on Monday show. Thank you.
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New Mexico's economy is a fraction of the size of New York City's.
If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too.
It's just a question of political will.
If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too.
It's just a question of political will.
New Mexico will be the first state to make child care free
The program, which is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income.
19thnews.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New Mexico's economy is a fraction of the size of New York City's.
If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too.
It's just a question of political will.
If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too.
It's just a question of political will.
Balanced brilliliant obit. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Charlie Kirk obituary
Activist and star of the US Republican right with a direct line to President Trump
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Balanced brilliliant obit. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...