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“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
-Anne Frank’s Diary
-Anne Frank’s Diary
"When you dismiss everything, you feel like you can do anything; but then you don’t believe in some things that are real: like love, or law, or patriotism." open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Grift Bubble
A Political Theory of American Collapse
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November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"When you dismiss everything, you feel like you can do anything; but then you don’t believe in some things that are real: like love, or law, or patriotism." open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
This morning, I was thinking about this amazing ad from 2016, and how back then there were still corporations willing to stand with us.
www.ispot.tv/ad/AHYF/john...
www.ispot.tv/ad/AHYF/john...
Johnnie Walker TV Spot, 'This Land'
Narrated by Rommel Molina, Woody Guthrie's folk hit "This Land Is Your Land" -- translated as "Está tierra es mía" -- accompanies footage of Americans from all walks of life, ...
www.ispot.tv
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This morning, I was thinking about this amazing ad from 2016, and how back then there were still corporations willing to stand with us.
www.ispot.tv/ad/AHYF/john...
www.ispot.tv/ad/AHYF/john...
“There’s a reason that fascists attack unions first. It’s because the opposite of fascism is solidarity.” -Corey Doctorow
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“There’s a reason that fascists attack unions first. It’s because the opposite of fascism is solidarity.” -Corey Doctorow
@schumer.senate.gov
I didn’t know one-dimensional chess was physically *possible*. Worst game night ever.
And the Baileys fucking agree with me.
I didn’t know one-dimensional chess was physically *possible*. Worst game night ever.
And the Baileys fucking agree with me.
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
@schumer.senate.gov
I didn’t know one-dimensional chess was physically *possible*. Worst game night ever.
And the Baileys fucking agree with me.
I didn’t know one-dimensional chess was physically *possible*. Worst game night ever.
And the Baileys fucking agree with me.
The US needs a Workers’ Party. The Snatching-Defeat-From-The-Jaws-Of-Victory Party is just not getting the job done.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
Senators near deal to reopen government as key Democrats signal willingness to back plan | CNN Politics
The emerging deal would include a stopgap measure to extend government funding until January and be tied to a larger package to fully fund several key agencies.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The US needs a Workers’ Party. The Snatching-Defeat-From-The-Jaws-Of-Victory Party is just not getting the job done.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
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Socialism is not inevitable.
Class consciousness does not arise spontaneously.
We have been trained to accept insitutional hierarchies that are harming us.
We need to educate and organize to tear back the veil.
Class consciousness does not arise spontaneously.
We have been trained to accept insitutional hierarchies that are harming us.
We need to educate and organize to tear back the veil.
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Socialism is not inevitable.
Class consciousness does not arise spontaneously.
We have been trained to accept insitutional hierarchies that are harming us.
We need to educate and organize to tear back the veil.
Class consciousness does not arise spontaneously.
We have been trained to accept insitutional hierarchies that are harming us.
We need to educate and organize to tear back the veil.
“If [@markey.senate.gov] continues on his current trajectory, his legacy may very well be complicity in handing his seat over to a moderate Democrat who has shown a preference for capitulation to Republican framing...”
nebeacon.substack.com/p/opinion-ma...
nebeacon.substack.com/p/opinion-ma...
OPINION: Markey’s Legacy Depends on Letting Go
By: Eoin Carr
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November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“If [@markey.senate.gov] continues on his current trajectory, his legacy may very well be complicity in handing his seat over to a moderate Democrat who has shown a preference for capitulation to Republican framing...”
nebeacon.substack.com/p/opinion-ma...
nebeacon.substack.com/p/opinion-ma...
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People complaining about Socialism always use Capitalism as the example.
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People complaining about Socialism always use Capitalism as the example.
“So to those who opposed Mamdani…stop pretending your loyalty is to working people when it has always been to wealthy donors. The rest of us are building a working class party worthy of its own FDR legacy—one that fights corporate greed rather than serving it.“
He took on a political dynasty, dozens of billionaires, and corporate media hell bent on demonizing him for his faith, ethnicity, immigration, & family.
And he rose above it all and won—proving the many is stronger than the money.
Here's what must come next: www.qasimrashid.com/p/zohran-mam...
And he rose above it all and won—proving the many is stronger than the money.
Here's what must come next: www.qasimrashid.com/p/zohran-mam...
Zohran Mamdani Makes History As New York City's First American Muslim Mayor
Zohran Mamdani’s Win Is Not the Finish Line — It’s the Starting Gun
www.qasimrashid.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
“So to those who opposed Mamdani…stop pretending your loyalty is to working people when it has always been to wealthy donors. The rest of us are building a working class party worthy of its own FDR legacy—one that fights corporate greed rather than serving it.“
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I'd respect Schumer more if he simply said, "Look, if I vote for & support Mamdani, then we lose immense funding from billionaire donors. I can't take that risk."
That way, while still abject cowardice, at least his view is honest. As low as the bar is, I prefer an honest coward to a deceptive one.
That way, while still abject cowardice, at least his view is honest. As low as the bar is, I prefer an honest coward to a deceptive one.
November 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'd respect Schumer more if he simply said, "Look, if I vote for & support Mamdani, then we lose immense funding from billionaire donors. I can't take that risk."
That way, while still abject cowardice, at least his view is honest. As low as the bar is, I prefer an honest coward to a deceptive one.
That way, while still abject cowardice, at least his view is honest. As low as the bar is, I prefer an honest coward to a deceptive one.
youtu.be/v0yGTV3OsUM?...
I’m trying to only put positive energy out into the world. But I can still find time to take a break to say: Fuck you @schumer.senate.gov . Fuck you too @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social .
I’m trying to only put positive energy out into the world. But I can still find time to take a break to say: Fuck you @schumer.senate.gov . Fuck you too @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social .
Zohran Is Teaching the Left How to Win
YouTube video by Adam Conover
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November 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
youtu.be/v0yGTV3OsUM?...
I’m trying to only put positive energy out into the world. But I can still find time to take a break to say: Fuck you @schumer.senate.gov . Fuck you too @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social .
I’m trying to only put positive energy out into the world. But I can still find time to take a break to say: Fuck you @schumer.senate.gov . Fuck you too @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social .
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The average American family has ~$6000 of their taxes go to corporate subsidies and ~$100 of their taxes go to SNAP for 42 million hungry Americans.
Remember—we don't lack money to serve our neighbors in need, we lack the money needed to satisfy billionaire greed.
Remember—we don't lack money to serve our neighbors in need, we lack the money needed to satisfy billionaire greed.
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The average American family has ~$6000 of their taxes go to corporate subsidies and ~$100 of their taxes go to SNAP for 42 million hungry Americans.
Remember—we don't lack money to serve our neighbors in need, we lack the money needed to satisfy billionaire greed.
Remember—we don't lack money to serve our neighbors in need, we lack the money needed to satisfy billionaire greed.
> AWS debuted a new sustainability campaign in November 2022 called “Water Positive”, with a commitment to “return more water than it uses” by 2030.
Kudos to The Guardian for making it all the way through this article without using the phrase “taking the piss”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Kudos to The Guardian for making it all the way through this article without using the phrase “taking the piss”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
> AWS debuted a new sustainability campaign in November 2022 called “Water Positive”, with a commitment to “return more water than it uses” by 2030.
Kudos to The Guardian for making it all the way through this article without using the phrase “taking the piss”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Kudos to The Guardian for making it all the way through this article without using the phrase “taking the piss”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The Peace President is sending the Ford carrier strike group to illegally murder Venezuelan, Colombian, Trinidadian etc fishermen. Let’s see if the Ford commander is going to obey illegal orders
October 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Peace President is sending the Ford carrier strike group to illegally murder Venezuelan, Colombian, Trinidadian etc fishermen. Let’s see if the Ford commander is going to obey illegal orders
Seriously. Does WaPo get dizzy from all that spinning?
"Largely peaceful." Well, WaPo, I just read the story and didn't see a single act of violence or anything close to it cited.
How 'bout simply, "Peaceful"?
How 'bout simply, "Peaceful"?
October 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Seriously. Does WaPo get dizzy from all that spinning?
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More than 7M people took part in No Kings rallies across the nation today, making it the largest single-day protest in U.S. history and surpassing the June demonstration, which drew just over 5M. In only 4 months, millions more Americans have decided that they’ve had enough.
October 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
More than 7M people took part in No Kings rallies across the nation today, making it the largest single-day protest in U.S. history and surpassing the June demonstration, which drew just over 5M. In only 4 months, millions more Americans have decided that they’ve had enough.
I’m a little tired of reading headlines today that juxtapose Israeli “hostages” with Palestinian “detainees”.
October 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I’m a little tired of reading headlines today that juxtapose Israeli “hostages” with Palestinian “detainees”.
These individual acts of moral courage may seem insignificant. Collectively, they are what will save us.
"WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters)—An FBI agent was relieved of duty for declining to arrange a 'perp walk' of the bureau's former director, James Comey, in front of news media cameras after Comey was federally charged last month, four people briefed on the matter said."
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
www.reuters.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
These individual acts of moral courage may seem insignificant. Collectively, they are what will save us.
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Don't sleep on Michelle Wu, one of this country's most quietly effective climate leaders, cruising to a second term in Boston. It's telling that business interests tried and failed to stop her and are pouting about it now
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Boston Mayor’s Blowout Victory Jilts CEOs Seeking New Direction
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is coasting to reelection after her main opponent quit the race, giving her a commanding mandate that’s putting city business leaders on edge.
www.bloomberg.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Don't sleep on Michelle Wu, one of this country's most quietly effective climate leaders, cruising to a second term in Boston. It's telling that business interests tried and failed to stop her and are pouting about it now
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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a Schumer or gillibrand sticker would be like loudly proclaiming your love for the color beige, except worse because beige is not actively harming anyone
September 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
a Schumer or gillibrand sticker would be like loudly proclaiming your love for the color beige, except worse because beige is not actively harming anyone
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To review: an apparent right wing civil war between white Christian nationalist Groypers and white Christian nationalist college campus activists results in the murder of a leader of the latter; and that will now spark a 1930s-style putsch against liberals by the fascists who run the country.
"Stephen Miller vowed Friday that he and [..] Trump would use this week's assassination of Charlie Kirk to 'dismantle' the organized left using state power."
Miller: "It could be a RICO charge, a conspiracy charge, conspiracy against the United States, insurrection."
#USA #Policing
Miller: "It could be a RICO charge, a conspiracy charge, conspiracy against the United States, insurrection."
#USA #Policing
Miller Says He and Trump Will Use Law Enforcement to 'Dismantle' the Left After Kirk Shooting | Common Dreams
Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff, said that he and the president will use law enforcement to "dismantle" the left, which he called a "domestic terrorism movement" after the Charlie Kirk…
www.commondreams.org
September 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
To review: an apparent right wing civil war between white Christian nationalist Groypers and white Christian nationalist college campus activists results in the murder of a leader of the latter; and that will now spark a 1930s-style putsch against liberals by the fascists who run the country.
This is how it’s done. Take notes, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social 🤡
No one in this country should have to fear gun violence, whether they're in class in high school or attending an event on a college campus.
I strongly condemn the shooting that killed Charlie Kirk today at Utah Valley University.
May his memory be a blessing.
I strongly condemn the shooting that killed Charlie Kirk today at Utah Valley University.
May his memory be a blessing.
September 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This is how it’s done. Take notes, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social 🤡
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White Christian Taliban shit right here.
Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)
Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)
September 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
White Christian Taliban shit right here.
Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)
Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)
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If there were a “Department of War” it would obviously be very very small when we aren’t at war, right?
September 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
If there were a “Department of War” it would obviously be very very small when we aren’t at war, right?