Will Beaman
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"In this moment, deferral is really not an option."
Democratic Public Finance
Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance” (DPF). According to this paradigm, money is public cred…
moneyontheleft.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"In this moment, deferral is really not an option."
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“[W]e need to expand the public’s financial toolkit beyond traditional loans to include grants.”
Beyond Loans: The Public Grant-Making Bank
By the Money on the Left Editorial Collective Public banking has been gaining traction for years, driven by a growing recognition that our current financial system often fails to serve the public g…
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November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“[W]e need to expand the public’s financial toolkit beyond traditional loans to include grants.”
For all the talk about how the Left is about purity tests and cancel culture, it’s Meet the Press who is stuck on this question
He's the mayor-elect of America's largest city and financial capital. What kind of a question is this?
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
For all the talk about how the Left is about purity tests and cancel culture, it’s Meet the Press who is stuck on this question
Trump treating Mamdani with more respect than he would be treating Cuomo right now is so funny
caveat that his brain is mush, his viziers are comic book villains, etc, but Trump going from a war footing to this justifies the whole trip
November 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Trump treating Mamdani with more respect than he would be treating Cuomo right now is so funny
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Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests, known as FKUs, on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
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✨New transcript!✨
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Well, now you can *read* our latest episode outlining the stakes & principles of Democratic Public Finance.
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Ears tired? Hate listening to podcasts?
Well, now you can *read* our latest episode outlining the stakes & principles of Democratic Public Finance.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
How lucky for you!
November 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
✨New transcript!✨
Ears tired? Hate listening to podcasts?
Well, now you can *read* our latest episode outlining the stakes & principles of Democratic Public Finance.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
How lucky for you!
Ears tired? Hate listening to podcasts?
Well, now you can *read* our latest episode outlining the stakes & principles of Democratic Public Finance.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
How lucky for you!
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Attorney General Catherine Hanaway (R) publicly announced she has referred the state’s grassroots referendum campaign to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), claiming without evidence that canvassers are “employing illegal aliens” to collect signatures to overturn the mid-decade redraw.
Missouri GOP Now Siccing ICE on Gerrymander Referendum Signature Gatherers
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Attorney General Catherine Hanaway (R) publicly announced she has referred the state’s grassroots referendum campaign to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), claiming without evidence that canvassers are “employing illegal aliens” to collect signatures to overturn the mid-decade redraw.
It's 2026 and Marjorie Taylor Green is the Monday cohost of Hill TV's 'Rising' with Ryan Grim
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
It's 2026 and Marjorie Taylor Green is the Monday cohost of Hill TV's 'Rising' with Ryan Grim
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Two Queens, natives with opposing views, to meet at White House today
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Two Queens, natives with opposing views, to meet at White House today
I read this as “Two Queens with opposing views” and it’s because of how you’re all posting
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I read this as “Two Queens with opposing views” and it’s because of how you’re all posting
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My god.
After 4 days in ICE custody, they found the man in a shower stall hog-tied, with a sheet around his neck.
The medical examiner claimed there were other instances of this.
Which means this is not an isolated case.
Trump's Lynching America
After 4 days in ICE custody, they found the man in a shower stall hog-tied, with a sheet around his neck.
The medical examiner claimed there were other instances of this.
Which means this is not an isolated case.
Trump's Lynching America
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My god.
After 4 days in ICE custody, they found the man in a shower stall hog-tied, with a sheet around his neck.
The medical examiner claimed there were other instances of this.
Which means this is not an isolated case.
Trump's Lynching America
After 4 days in ICE custody, they found the man in a shower stall hog-tied, with a sheet around his neck.
The medical examiner claimed there were other instances of this.
Which means this is not an isolated case.
Trump's Lynching America
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this is absolutely fascinating and worth a read:
"To accept private money’s veto is to naturalize political sabotage. What was once presented as adaptation to markets has become collaboration with authoritarianism."
The Case for Fiscal Insurgency
by Will Beaman A common refrain keeps surfacing among prominent journalists- and commentators-in-digital-exile on BlueSky. Commenting on the emergence of yet another shadowy centrist think tank, Ne…
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November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
this is absolutely fascinating and worth a read:
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With news of Chi Ossé challenging Hakeem Jeffries this year, you may be wondering—
• Why are Zohran + AOC against the idea?
• Why is this even being debated in NYC-DSA?
If you read this piece by Paul Engler, you'll get why. But here's my TLDR take.🧵
whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/p/what-socia...
• Why are Zohran + AOC against the idea?
• Why is this even being debated in NYC-DSA?
If you read this piece by Paul Engler, you'll get why. But here's my TLDR take.🧵
whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/p/what-socia...
What social movements can learn from the ‘innovator’s dilemma’
Considering how we can encourage new and creative strategies for making change.
whirlwinddispatches.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
With news of Chi Ossé challenging Hakeem Jeffries this year, you may be wondering—
• Why are Zohran + AOC against the idea?
• Why is this even being debated in NYC-DSA?
If you read this piece by Paul Engler, you'll get why. But here's my TLDR take.🧵
whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/p/what-socia...
• Why are Zohran + AOC against the idea?
• Why is this even being debated in NYC-DSA?
If you read this piece by Paul Engler, you'll get why. But here's my TLDR take.🧵
whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/p/what-socia...
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@greenbackbetter.bsky.social is where i first learned about Bakhtin and Carnivalesque so you can all thank him for how it is present in almost all of my political and social commentary
She meant to say…
Trump is
*picaresque,*
but #grotesque
is the word.
CC @greenbackbetter.bsky.social
@moneyontheleft.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Trump is
*picaresque,*
but #grotesque
is the word.
CC @greenbackbetter.bsky.social
@moneyontheleft.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Mikhail Bakhtin Pt. 1 - Carnival Laughter & Grotesque Realism
Podcast Episode · Money on the Left · 03/23/2023 · 1h 49m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
@greenbackbetter.bsky.social is where i first learned about Bakhtin and Carnivalesque so you can all thank him for how it is present in almost all of my political and social commentary
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She meant to say…
Trump is
*picaresque,*
but #grotesque
is the word.
CC @greenbackbetter.bsky.social
@moneyontheleft.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Trump is
*picaresque,*
but #grotesque
is the word.
CC @greenbackbetter.bsky.social
@moneyontheleft.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Mikhail Bakhtin Pt. 1 - Carnival Laughter & Grotesque Realism
Podcast Episode · Money on the Left · 03/23/2023 · 1h 49m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
She meant to say…
Trump is
*picaresque,*
but #grotesque
is the word.
CC @greenbackbetter.bsky.social
@moneyontheleft.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Trump is
*picaresque,*
but #grotesque
is the word.
CC @greenbackbetter.bsky.social
@moneyontheleft.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
🤩🤩🤩
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🤩🤩🤩
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“…this desire for a sovereign…a Dirty Harry type figure who's…lawless & ruthless & hypocritical…YOU’RE going 2be protected (as a follower) from…being held accountable…think how Gavin Newsom…has read this moment…emerging out of nowhere as something more like a franchise…”
@greenbackbetter.bsky.social
@greenbackbetter.bsky.social
Democratic Public Finance
Podcast Episode · Money on the Left · 11/01/2025 · 1h 51m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“…this desire for a sovereign…a Dirty Harry type figure who's…lawless & ruthless & hypocritical…YOU’RE going 2be protected (as a follower) from…being held accountable…think how Gavin Newsom…has read this moment…emerging out of nowhere as something more like a franchise…”
@greenbackbetter.bsky.social
@greenbackbetter.bsky.social
Let’s go all the way through the looking-glass:
Employment should be designed in the image of education as a public good.
Education should never be designed in the image of employment as a scarce private privilege.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/10/10/d...
Employment should be designed in the image of education as a public good.
Education should never be designed in the image of employment as a scarce private privilege.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/10/10/d...
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Let’s go all the way through the looking-glass:
Employment should be designed in the image of education as a public good.
Education should never be designed in the image of employment as a scarce private privilege.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/10/10/d...
Employment should be designed in the image of education as a public good.
Education should never be designed in the image of employment as a scarce private privilege.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/10/10/d...
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A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
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“…in the context of Brat
Summer…& Dark Brandon before…the coalition will come up w charisma 4 you even if you don't have it….genres that are rehearsed…that signal & extend the charisma…the authority…on the condition…that they don't betray the coalition…” @greenbackbetter.bsky.social
#MayorCardamom
Summer…& Dark Brandon before…the coalition will come up w charisma 4 you even if you don't have it….genres that are rehearsed…that signal & extend the charisma…the authority…on the condition…that they don't betray the coalition…” @greenbackbetter.bsky.social
#MayorCardamom
Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance”
Democratic Public Finance
Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance” (DPF). According to this paradigm, money is public cred…
moneyontheleft.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“…in the context of Brat
Summer…& Dark Brandon before…the coalition will come up w charisma 4 you even if you don't have it….genres that are rehearsed…that signal & extend the charisma…the authority…on the condition…that they don't betray the coalition…” @greenbackbetter.bsky.social
#MayorCardamom
Summer…& Dark Brandon before…the coalition will come up w charisma 4 you even if you don't have it….genres that are rehearsed…that signal & extend the charisma…the authority…on the condition…that they don't betray the coalition…” @greenbackbetter.bsky.social
#MayorCardamom
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Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Woke 2.0 🥹
Larry Summers is out at the NY Times, where he was a contributing writer. From a Times spokesperson:
“Lawrence Summers was a contributing writer for New York Times Opinion on a 1-year contract beginning in January, 2025. We do not intend to renew this contract. We thank him for his contributions.”
“Lawrence Summers was a contributing writer for New York Times Opinion on a 1-year contract beginning in January, 2025. We do not intend to renew this contract. We thank him for his contributions.”
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Woke 2.0 🥹