Hal Philip Walker
@dionysusdisco.bsky.social
"Number one: all of us are equally involved with politics whether we know it or not and whether we like it or not. And number two: we can do something about it." - H.P.W. (1975)
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Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis
The movement’s success was never a given. It took much longer and required tremendous sacrifice without certainty it would work
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud
December 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud
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Spain aired a split-screen showing scenes of destruction in Gaza alongside Israel’s Eurovision performance, underscoring why the Spanish broadcaster withdrew after the competition refused to allow a vote on excluding Israel.
Video: Trita Parsi via X (X: @tparsi, @tparsi.bsky.social)
Video: Trita Parsi via X (X: @tparsi, @tparsi.bsky.social)
December 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Spain aired a split-screen showing scenes of destruction in Gaza alongside Israel’s Eurovision performance, underscoring why the Spanish broadcaster withdrew after the competition refused to allow a vote on excluding Israel.
Video: Trita Parsi via X (X: @tparsi, @tparsi.bsky.social)
Video: Trita Parsi via X (X: @tparsi, @tparsi.bsky.social)
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There's a subset of GOPer that seems to have entered politics almost entirely for the potential to be adjacent to killing people and well imo that sort of person probably shouldn't be in office
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
There's a subset of GOPer that seems to have entered politics almost entirely for the potential to be adjacent to killing people and well imo that sort of person probably shouldn't be in office
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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The federal government was all over the morning shows today claiming this doesn’t happen (with little pushback from any of the hosts)
The Post identified cases of U.S. citizens being targeted by immigration enforcement agents that are documented in video and witness accounts. Lawyers and community leaders said there are many others involving people too frightened to come forward.
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The federal government was all over the morning shows today claiming this doesn’t happen (with little pushback from any of the hosts)
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Watch our full sit-down with Reverend Beth.
The Chicago Pastor Protecting Her Community Against ICE | ACLU
YouTube video by ACLU
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Watch our full sit-down with Reverend Beth.
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In every corner of the country, community leaders like Reverend Dr. Beth Brown are meeting the moment and protecting their immigrant neighbors and loved ones from aggressive immigration enforcement.
December 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In every corner of the country, community leaders like Reverend Dr. Beth Brown are meeting the moment and protecting their immigrant neighbors and loved ones from aggressive immigration enforcement.
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Gene Boy Came Home (2007). Another rich if upsetting one. It's about a 17yo who moved from the Odanak Indian Reserve to NY for work, joined the marines, and fought in Vietnam. Despite a gentle tone, the man's memories combine with documentary evidence to create a searing indictment of the US army.
December 7, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Gene Boy Came Home (2007). Another rich if upsetting one. It's about a 17yo who moved from the Odanak Indian Reserve to NY for work, joined the marines, and fought in Vietnam. Despite a gentle tone, the man's memories combine with documentary evidence to create a searing indictment of the US army.
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Not including Border Patrol, ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
The figures do not include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Not including Border Patrol, ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
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Forgot to post here!
Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd.
Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right.
He has not previously commented on the community defense.
Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd.
Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right.
He has not previously commented on the community defense.
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Forgot to post here!
Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd.
Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right.
He has not previously commented on the community defense.
Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd.
Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right.
He has not previously commented on the community defense.
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Tascha didn’t just build a volunteer team of more than 100,000 people, she built a community across our city.
And there’s no one better suited to tell you how she did it than her.
thedigradio.com/podcast/thre...
And there’s no one better suited to tell you how she did it than her.
thedigradio.com/podcast/thre...
Three Million Doors w/ Tascha Van Auken
Featuring Tascha Van Auken on how Zohran’s campaign mobilized an army of 100,000 volunteers to knock three million doors. Van Auken has been an architect of NYC-DSA’s field operation and its general e...
thedigradio.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Tascha didn’t just build a volunteer team of more than 100,000 people, she built a community across our city.
And there’s no one better suited to tell you how she did it than her.
thedigradio.com/podcast/thre...
And there’s no one better suited to tell you how she did it than her.
thedigradio.com/podcast/thre...
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San Francisco has its problems. But I grew up in the city in the ‘70s when it had the headquarters of what would become a notorious suicide cult, the Embarcadero was a double deck freeway and the mayor and a city supervisor were assassinated by a former cop. Get a grip.
December 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
San Francisco has its problems. But I grew up in the city in the ‘70s when it had the headquarters of what would become a notorious suicide cult, the Embarcadero was a double deck freeway and the mayor and a city supervisor were assassinated by a former cop. Get a grip.
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LA Public Library cancels Read Palestine Week event set for Saturday at Central Library thelareporter.la/p/la-public-...
LA Public Library cancels Read Palestine Week event set for Saturday at Central Library
Jenan Matari, author of the children's book Everything Grows in Jiddo's Garden, and Nora Lester Murad, who wrote the young adult book Ida in the Middle, say that library officials cancelling their tal...
thelareporter.la
December 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
LA Public Library cancels Read Palestine Week event set for Saturday at Central Library thelareporter.la/p/la-public-...
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This is a really cool fundraising idea by @boltsmag.org and @russ41.bsky.social! I love creative ideas like this. (Also go follow Bolts. I already was or I would have joined in the effort here).
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is a really cool fundraising idea by @boltsmag.org and @russ41.bsky.social! I love creative ideas like this. (Also go follow Bolts. I already was or I would have joined in the effort here).
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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I mean, also the whole 'covering up a murder' thing, and turning on the state's largest union after they endorsed him lol.
Josh Shapiro believes he is uniquely suited to win over Trump voters—but he’ll need to overcome distrust among some in his own party first, Tim Alberta reports: theatln.tc/mR9AHSG4
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I mean, also the whole 'covering up a murder' thing, and turning on the state's largest union after they endorsed him lol.
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And the winner for the First Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence is...
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
And the winner for the First Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence is...
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Glad Van Hollen will say what's true.
"Instead of representing the diversity of views that, in the Senator’s experience, are held by the Jewish community of Maryland, Ron Halber has become an apologist for the Netanyahu government," said a spokesperson for Sen. Chris Van Hollen.
Sen. Van Hollen attacks Maryland Jewish community liaison Ron Halber as Netanyahu 'apologist'
Halber, at a JCRC breakfast, had lamented the Maryland senator’s worsening relationship with his Jewish constituents
jewishinsider.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Glad Van Hollen will say what's true.
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DHS agents lie, they act with impunity, they reject checks and balances, and they ignore Congress and the courts.
DHS’s violations of our rights put the American people at risk every day.
DHS’s violations of our rights put the American people at risk every day.
December 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
DHS agents lie, they act with impunity, they reject checks and balances, and they ignore Congress and the courts.
DHS’s violations of our rights put the American people at risk every day.
DHS’s violations of our rights put the American people at risk every day.
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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I'm so grateful for Kelly's leadership on this and I think he's doing a good job keeping up the pressure on Trump.
But, Democrats always say things like "Trump doesn't understand the constitution" when they should say "Trump opposes the constitution."
But, Democrats always say things like "Trump doesn't understand the constitution" when they should say "Trump opposes the constitution."
Sen. Kelly: “This is about a president who doesn't want anybody to say anything that he does not like. I don't think he understands the Constitution. I think he is ignorant to the Constitution and the rule of law…This isn't about me. This is about what he will do next.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I'm so grateful for Kelly's leadership on this and I think he's doing a good job keeping up the pressure on Trump.
But, Democrats always say things like "Trump doesn't understand the constitution" when they should say "Trump opposes the constitution."
But, Democrats always say things like "Trump doesn't understand the constitution" when they should say "Trump opposes the constitution."
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.