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Transformative mediation and (clumsy attempts to practice) principled nonviolence keep me from despair. Also, this: "The oppression of children is the wheel that keeps all other oppressions turning."
—Aurora Levins Morales
—Aurora Levins Morales
Pinned
Long before Dr. Becky, this L.A. woman changed parenting for good
Ruth Beaglehole devoted her life to countering what she called "childism," the misuse of power over children. The effects of her parenting classes are felt throughout Southern California and beyond.
www.latimes.com
Parenting with nonviolence led me to prison abolition. It also helped me raise a kid that thinks for themself and who understands the relationship between empathy and justice. Thank you Ruth. Knowing you radicalized me. www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
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What's the difference between a "welfare queen" & a food-insecure SNAP recipient?
inner-city clinics & rural hospitals
gov't handouts & "aid to struggling farmers?"
COINTELPRO & weaponizing the DOJ?
overpolicing & military occupation?
A Fascist & Trump?
Nothing...
We told y'all
inner-city clinics & rural hospitals
gov't handouts & "aid to struggling farmers?"
COINTELPRO & weaponizing the DOJ?
overpolicing & military occupation?
A Fascist & Trump?
Nothing...
We told y'all
How Does It Feel?
Marjorie Taylor Greene is just one of the marginalized MAGA American activists who are concerned because Trump is doing exactly what they elected him to do.
dlvr.it
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What's the difference between a "welfare queen" & a food-insecure SNAP recipient?
inner-city clinics & rural hospitals
gov't handouts & "aid to struggling farmers?"
COINTELPRO & weaponizing the DOJ?
overpolicing & military occupation?
A Fascist & Trump?
Nothing...
We told y'all
inner-city clinics & rural hospitals
gov't handouts & "aid to struggling farmers?"
COINTELPRO & weaponizing the DOJ?
overpolicing & military occupation?
A Fascist & Trump?
Nothing...
We told y'all
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You'll ignore this, but every time you tweet angrily about crap like that Nuzzi piece you're confirming NYT editors' intuitions/incentivizing more of it. The entire intellectual/journo model here is, "Does this person get people angry? Yes? OK they're provocative/get talked about. Write about her."
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
You'll ignore this, but every time you tweet angrily about crap like that Nuzzi piece you're confirming NYT editors' intuitions/incentivizing more of it. The entire intellectual/journo model here is, "Does this person get people angry? Yes? OK they're provocative/get talked about. Write about her."
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Calling the police is far too often a death sentence for people who are or are perceived to be experiencing a mental health crisis.
Do not call the cops.
Do not call the cops.
Don't call the cops on someone in a mental health crisis unless you want them dead.
Three former San Antonio police officers were acquitted on Monday of all charges related to the fatal shooting of a woman who appeared to be having a mental health crisis when they were dispatched to her apartment in 2023. nyti.ms/4qRnvvT
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Calling the police is far too often a death sentence for people who are or are perceived to be experiencing a mental health crisis.
Do not call the cops.
Do not call the cops.
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In Italy labor unions helped start a network of left-leaning news/music radio stations that have become some of the staples of public information in much of the country. They now run on a donation / ads model, but initial investment was from labor. I think about this often.
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In Italy labor unions helped start a network of left-leaning news/music radio stations that have become some of the staples of public information in much of the country. They now run on a donation / ads model, but initial investment was from labor. I think about this often.
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i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
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Establishment Democrats aren’t afraid of the GOP. They simply agree with the GOP in almost all the ways that count. And it is in those ways they do the most harm to the poor, to the sick, and to immigrants.
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Establishment Democrats aren’t afraid of the GOP. They simply agree with the GOP in almost all the ways that count. And it is in those ways they do the most harm to the poor, to the sick, and to immigrants.
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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So many parents ask me how to stop hitting their children. First, you have to understand what’s really happening in your body. Hitting doesn’t “work” because it teaches a child anything. It “works” because it temporarily calms YOU.
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
Hitting a Child ‘Works.’ But Only for the Parent’s Body, and Neuroscience Explains Why.
This Substack is reader-supported.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
So many parents ask me how to stop hitting their children. First, you have to understand what’s really happening in your body. Hitting doesn’t “work” because it teaches a child anything. It “works” because it temporarily calms YOU.
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
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An absurd media narrative in runup to the election said Dems must choose between being "anti-Trump" and running on substance.
The lesson from this election is that anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and affordability politics *is* anti-Trump politics:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The lesson from this election is that anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and affordability politics *is* anti-Trump politics:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
An absurd media narrative in runup to the election said Dems must choose between being "anti-Trump" and running on substance.
The lesson from this election is that anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and affordability politics *is* anti-Trump politics:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The lesson from this election is that anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and affordability politics *is* anti-Trump politics:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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Voters to Trump: You Lose.
Democrats make a massive sweep in large and small races across the nation and right there in Trump's home town with
Zohran Mamdani handily taking New York City.
Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia’s first female governor. Mikie Sherrill sweeps New Jersey's governor’s race.
Democrats make a massive sweep in large and small races across the nation and right there in Trump's home town with
Zohran Mamdani handily taking New York City.
Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia’s first female governor. Mikie Sherrill sweeps New Jersey's governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Voters to Trump: You Lose.
Democrats make a massive sweep in large and small races across the nation and right there in Trump's home town with
Zohran Mamdani handily taking New York City.
Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia’s first female governor. Mikie Sherrill sweeps New Jersey's governor’s race.
Democrats make a massive sweep in large and small races across the nation and right there in Trump's home town with
Zohran Mamdani handily taking New York City.
Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia’s first female governor. Mikie Sherrill sweeps New Jersey's governor’s race.
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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Empathy is a super power. If I had a genie that could grant one wish, I’d wish for every single person to possess empathy.
It would solve almost every problem we face as humans.
It would solve almost every problem we face as humans.
November 4, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Empathy is a super power. If I had a genie that could grant one wish, I’d wish for every single person to possess empathy.
It would solve almost every problem we face as humans.
It would solve almost every problem we face as humans.
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
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If you are in NYC, you should get out to vote if you can. You should absolutely NOT vote for Cuomo.
Then whatever happens, join a local organization and fight for the city we all deserve. The work continues.
Then whatever happens, join a local organization and fight for the city we all deserve. The work continues.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If you are in NYC, you should get out to vote if you can. You should absolutely NOT vote for Cuomo.
Then whatever happens, join a local organization and fight for the city we all deserve. The work continues.
Then whatever happens, join a local organization and fight for the city we all deserve. The work continues.
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TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY!
It’s our last chance to make our voices heard and advocate for the city we want to see. Make sure to get out and vote if you haven’t already!
It’s our last chance to make our voices heard and advocate for the city we want to see. Make sure to get out and vote if you haven’t already!
ELECTION DAY: NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025.
You can find all Working Families Party-endorsed candidates and ballot measures across the country from California to Ohio to Arizona to Michigan to New York here: wfpus.org/Candidates
You can find all Working Families Party-endorsed candidates and ballot measures across the country from California to Ohio to Arizona to Michigan to New York here: wfpus.org/Candidates
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY!
It’s our last chance to make our voices heard and advocate for the city we want to see. Make sure to get out and vote if you haven’t already!
It’s our last chance to make our voices heard and advocate for the city we want to see. Make sure to get out and vote if you haven’t already!
It was!!
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It was!!
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The science on the relationship between increasing police brutality driving the murder rate *up* instead of down, is as settled as the science on vaccination or climate change.
It's so bad, that violent crime and murders go *down* during police strikes.
Down. 🤦🏿♂️
It's so bad, that violent crime and murders go *down* during police strikes.
Down. 🤦🏿♂️
November 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The science on the relationship between increasing police brutality driving the murder rate *up* instead of down, is as settled as the science on vaccination or climate change.
It's so bad, that violent crime and murders go *down* during police strikes.
Down. 🤦🏿♂️
It's so bad, that violent crime and murders go *down* during police strikes.
Down. 🤦🏿♂️
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someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
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Why do young liberals love Zohran Mamdani? We talked to 3 elderly Staten Island conservatives who can’t correctly say his name.
November 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Why do young liberals love Zohran Mamdani? We talked to 3 elderly Staten Island conservatives who can’t correctly say his name.
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When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits
November 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits
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Democrats need to fire all their political consultants—including Klein. Spend money directly on helping the people that Trump’s GOP wants to harm instead.
Klein is right that Dems have to win in red states and that the party should be engaging in some soul-searching right now.
But the soul-searching should begin with basic facts. Moderation *is* the current strategy and Dems are losing despite having a popular agenda. More of the same won't fix it.
But the soul-searching should begin with basic facts. Moderation *is* the current strategy and Dems are losing despite having a popular agenda. More of the same won't fix it.
November 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Democrats need to fire all their political consultants—including Klein. Spend money directly on helping the people that Trump’s GOP wants to harm instead.
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People gotta eat. Period. What is the problem? The only issue I see is that everyone should always have enough food and/or access to food but they don't. That's the only shameful part to me.
November 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
People gotta eat. Period. What is the problem? The only issue I see is that everyone should always have enough food and/or access to food but they don't. That's the only shameful part to me.