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I wrote about the Noam Chomsky and Jeff Epstein thing. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
Noam Chomsky: An Ordinary Person’s Reflection
Noam Chomsky has been in the news lately for titillating and unpleasant reasons. For me, his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is relatively unimportant.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I wrote about the hidden but crucial ways big government has driven economic growth since World War II, including Trump's AI bubble.

www.commondreams.org/opinion/big-...
Memo to MAGA: Big Government Drives Economic Growth | Common Dreams
​Since at least World War II, the most dynamic sectors of the American economy have been developed in large part by federal government planning and heavy financial investment.
www.commondreams.org
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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katestarbird.bsky.social
The rumors about daycare centers are extremely "fit" for virality: having both novelty & familiarity (drawing on anti-immigrant tropes of criminality & exploitation); making emotional/identity appeals; are *participatory* in that ppl can create their own “evidence” by investigating local centers.
What makes an election rumor go viral? Look at these 10 factors
A guide for journalists and news organizations assessing voting- and election-related rumors in the weeks leading up to the 2022 midterms.
www.niemanlab.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I wrote about the housing justice group Tacoma 4 All for Common Dreams.

www.commondreams.org/opinion/taco...

#politics #Tacoma #business #socialism #Mamdani
Tacoma Activists Offer a Model for Building People Power | Common Dreams
With mainstream US politics offering at the moment only Trumpian neofascism and tepid, corporate-friendly Democratic progressivism, a group of left-wing activists in Tacoma, Washington are showing the...
www.commondreams.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.

My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
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December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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lafoule17.bsky.social
I get it’s not personal it’s (bad) drag. That said, I cannot think of a situation where one party accuses the other of basically the worst thing possible and then… this. Presumably owning the libs is the higher cause 🤷
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert not as similar as people think. Greene grew up in Forsyth County, Georgia, which is incredibly upper-class. She went to UGA and inherited her dad's business. Boebert was a dropout, was on Welfare and came from a single family.
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I wrote an article on Trump, Milei and cryptocurrency and referenced Jacob Silverman's new book Gilded Rage.

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Right Wing Populism and Lumpen Capitalism
In his excellent new book Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley, the independent left wing business journalist Jacob Silverman
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November 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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stewartprest.ca
So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate.

Got it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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ndrew.bsky.social
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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gbrockell.bsky.social
It’s funny to see Olivia Reingold complain about her ex-friend who comes from “media royalty” when she herself is media royalty. Dad was NBC Asia top brass and then bought six local CBS stations. She’s a Columbia legacy, and Michael Barbaro interviewed her for a WaPo puff piece when she was 10.
By Michael Barbaro Celia and Olivia Reingold, owners of a District-based toy company, registered for the world's biggest toy show this year, convinced they would make strong connections across the industry. With more than 80 products, their company, they reasoned, was ready to play ball with the toy business's biggest players. The toy fair's organizers didn't see it that way. It turns out Celia, 13, and Olivia, 10, are too young to attend. Citing a longstanding policy, organizers of American International Toy Fair said it does not allow anyone under 18 to enter the conference, which ended yesterday in New York. The girls said they are baffled by the policy. "I don't think it's very fair," Olivia said in an interview yesterday. "We are managing our own business."
October 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
The Fight for Adult Autistic Self-Empowerment in a MAGA World | Common Dreams
My situation is emblematic of a broader problem faced by Autistic people: There is so much public misunderstanding of our condition and, in spite of some progress, nowhere near enough ways for us to a...
www.commondreams.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
Let's talk a bit about the broader context of the DOJ's newly announced investigation of the Portland Police's arrest of "conservative" influencer Nick Sortor. For context, Sortor is one of over a dozen far right "citizen journalists" who has come to Portland. www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...
Arrest of conservative influencer Nick Sortor outside Portland ICE building now under federal investigation | CNN
A conservative influencer who this week posted videos of clashes outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, has been released without bond after he was arrested late...
www.cnn.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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theserfstv.bsky.social
Kangmin Lee (a far right reactionary) claims he was fired simply for calling women psychopaths' if they celebrated Charlie Kirk's death.
He actually demanded that women lose their right to vote and remain as birth vessels so Benny Johnson hired him on the spot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm-7...
Kangmin Lee FIRED for "conservative beliefs" (BENNY JOHNSON HIRE!)
YouTube video by The Serf Times
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October 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I wrote an opinion piece related to Autism.

znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
Autism in the Age of Trump
As a proudly Autistic person, I can say that, rightfully, there has been much ridicule and outrage among decent and thoughtful people about President
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October 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
A quick note about money and comedy and power.

www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
On a more serious note, Collins thinks the Riyadh lineup reflects something dire about both American politics and the bifurcated woke-versus-anti-woke comedy scene. Collins says there’s “a lot of money” behind enticing anti-woke comics to shill for the political project on the right. “I also like money, but I think getting hundreds of thousands of dollars to tell jokes for 10 minutes about ‘airline food is bad’ is actually illustrative of a much larger thing: The stuff that’s getting greenlit is not necessarily popular with the populace. It’s popular with rich people who are sick of being yelled at in the media. They are using some of these people as vehicles for whatever the comedy equivalent of greenwashing is.”
October 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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From Montenegro to northern California, the tech elite dream of building “network states”—cities where they make the rules.

“This is a colonial project, aimed at tech empire ... Colonization 2.0,“ I told @telliotter.bsky.social

via @wired.com

www.wired.com/story/tech-b...
Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings
From Montenegro to Northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?
www.wired.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I wrote about Zohran Mamdani and housing

www.commondreams.org/opinion/mamd...
Stop Red-Baiting Zohran Mamdani on Housing | Common Dreams
​Does Zohran Mamdani represent the second coming of Stalin for New York City? All the red-baiting attacks on him cannot detract from the sensibleness of his call for social housing.
www.commondreams.org
September 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Scoop: CNN's softball interview with far-right conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec drew internal backlash from senior journalists at the network, including Jake Tapper.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-jack-p...
CNN's Posobiec Problem
CNN's interview with Jack Posobiec prompted internal backlash, while raising larger questions about how mainstream outlets cover far-right figures.
www.status.news
September 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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anthonylfisher.bsky.social
"...in reaction to complaints from DHS"

Again, this is the Twitter Files, but way worse and actually real
maxtani.bsky.social max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · Sep 5
New: CBS News has changed its interview format in reaction to complaints from DHS. According to a statement from a network spokesperson, Face The Nation will now only broadcast live or live to tape interviews
September 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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hypercubexl.bsky.social
still the best/worst
a 2022 tweet from nate silver, wrong person extraordinaire, that says: It's probably foolish to think a NYC mayor will successfully translate into being a national political figure, but I still think Eric Adams would be in my top 5 for "who will be the next Democratic presidential nominee after Joe Biden?".
September 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social
I still cannot get over the fact that Rufo is associated with IM-1776—an internet magazine that publishes self-identified fascists who worship people like Leon Degrelle—and nobody cares in the slightest.

Everyone just continues to act like Rufo is just some guy off the street.
amishcatholic.bsky.social The Amish Anglo-Catholic @amishcatholic.bsky.social · Aug 23
This is just textbook 1930’s fascism
August 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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swin24.bsky.social
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August 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I wrote something listing manifestations of MAGA misogyny, including the embrace of Andrew Tate and Trump's nomination of the self-styled Alpha Male Nick Adams to be US ambassador to Malaysia.

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MAGA’s Misogynist Essence
On July 10th, the Trump White House announced the nomination of Nick Adams to be US ambassador to Malaysia.  A native of Australia who became a US
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August 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM