Jo Lorenz
@iamjolorenz.bsky.social
Writer + abolitionist wielding well-timed profanity against fascism + imperialism • Co-founder of @theprogressivists.com • Free 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩
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New polling shows 77% of Democrat voters thinks Israel is committing genocide; half of the country (all voters) thinks Israel is committing genocide; Americans now sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis for the first time ever; + Democrat voters overwhelmingly oppose sending more weapons.
September 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New polling shows 77% of Democrat voters thinks Israel is committing genocide; half of the country (all voters) thinks Israel is committing genocide; Americans now sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis for the first time ever; + Democrat voters overwhelmingly oppose sending more weapons.
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No, that’s only you, Zuck. The rest of us have actual friends.
May 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
No, that’s only you, Zuck. The rest of us have actual friends.
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“This isn’t just another Trump administration clusterfuck. This is institutional capture with surgical precision. They’re not just replacing leaders—dudes, they’re gutting the machinery of government itself. @iamjolorenz.bsky.social Here’s what we can do about it: open.substack.com/pub/theprogr...
WHEN FASCISM WEARS ALLBIRDS
How Silicon Valley's "efficiency experts" are gutting democracy while we watch — and what history can teach us about fighting back with (stay with me here) the strategic art of being boring as fuck.
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February 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“This isn’t just another Trump administration clusterfuck. This is institutional capture with surgical precision. They’re not just replacing leaders—dudes, they’re gutting the machinery of government itself. @iamjolorenz.bsky.social Here’s what we can do about it: open.substack.com/pub/theprogr...
While billionaires measure their knob-rockets and politicians debate who deserves to live, communities are quietly building something they can't control, can't co-opt, and can't stop.
Here's your guide to finding (or starting) mutual aid networks near you:
Here's your guide to finding (or starting) mutual aid networks near you:
SORRY, YOUR BOOTSTRAPS WON'T SAVE YOU: A GUIDE TO MUTUAL AID IN THE AGE OF BULLSHIT
The system isn't failing us - it's fucking us over exactly as planned. But we're building something better, and we need your help to grow it.
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January 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
While billionaires measure their knob-rockets and politicians debate who deserves to live, communities are quietly building something they can't control, can't co-opt, and can't stop.
Here's your guide to finding (or starting) mutual aid networks near you:
Here's your guide to finding (or starting) mutual aid networks near you:
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“Fascism’s favorite weapon isn’t violence—it’s keeping us distracted with manufactured outrage while democracy dies in broad daylight.”
The most eloquent, yet succinct, reminders of what and why to keep focused on moving forward.
@theprogressivists.com @iamjolorenz.bsky.social
The most eloquent, yet succinct, reminders of what and why to keep focused on moving forward.
@theprogressivists.com @iamjolorenz.bsky.social
THE FUCKERY REPORT: WHILE WE WERE RAGE-TWEETING (Jan 25)
Your weekend autopsy of how fascism's favorite weapon isn't violence — it's keeping us distracted with manufactured outrage while democracy dies in broad daylight.
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January 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“Fascism’s favorite weapon isn’t violence—it’s keeping us distracted with manufactured outrage while democracy dies in broad daylight.”
The most eloquent, yet succinct, reminders of what and why to keep focused on moving forward.
@theprogressivists.com @iamjolorenz.bsky.social
The most eloquent, yet succinct, reminders of what and why to keep focused on moving forward.
@theprogressivists.com @iamjolorenz.bsky.social
2023: "I was the worst!"
2024: "Hold my weapons contract . . ."
2024: "Hold my weapons contract . . ."
2024: THE FUCK WAS THAT ABOUT?
Your sampling platter of imperial violence, manufactured catastrophes, and that moment millions of us got extremely clear about what's really going on.
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December 31, 2024 at 7:54 PM
2023: "I was the worst!"
2024: "Hold my weapons contract . . ."
2024: "Hold my weapons contract . . ."
70,000 men were just caught sharing sexual assault tactics in group chats. And the good guys™ are more outraged by this post than that fact.
FYI: THEY HAVE GROUP CHATS ABOUT HOW TO RAPE US. YES, REALLY.
While women are busy sharing cocktail recipes in our group chats, men are trading sexual assault tactics in theirs. And the good guys™ are more outraged by this headline than that fact.
theprogressivists.substack.com
December 24, 2024 at 2:47 PM
70,000 men were just caught sharing sexual assault tactics in group chats. And the good guys™ are more outraged by this post than that fact.
A generation learned to count bodies under desks before they learned algebra. Now we're shocked when they do corner office calculations?
THE FUCKERY REPORT: THE CHEAP SEATS WANT A WORD (Dec 21)
Your weekend autopsy of how America's ruling class loses their minds when the cheap seats start calculating the real cost of selective justice.
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December 21, 2024 at 3:28 PM
A generation learned to count bodies under desks before they learned algebra. Now we're shocked when they do corner office calculations?
They've convinced us there isn't enough to go around while building super yachts with helicopter pads. New research proves we only need 30% of global resources for everyone to survive. The math is clear: Your death isn't just inevitable — it's profitable.
YOUR FUNERAL COSTS LESS THAN THEIR YACHT'S COFFEE MAKER
Weird how this recent study shows we could save everyone with just 30% of global resources, yet instead we're just out here funding billionaires' floating death temples and knob-shaped rockets.
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December 20, 2024 at 3:08 PM
They've convinced us there isn't enough to go around while building super yachts with helicopter pads. New research proves we only need 30% of global resources for everyone to survive. The math is clear: Your death isn't just inevitable — it's profitable.
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We taught an entire generation of kids to hide from death between math and recess — now we’re clutching our Patagonia vests because they don’t shed tears over a healthcare executive who denied coverage to cancer patients while pocketing millions?
SORRY ABOUT YOUR CEO, BUT WE LEARNED MATH UNDER DESKS
A generation raised on active shooter drills is being asked to condemn violence in corner offices while their insulin-rationing neighbors die. The math ain't mathing.
theprogressivists.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:15 PM
We taught an entire generation of kids to hide from death between math and recess — now we’re clutching our Patagonia vests because they don’t shed tears over a healthcare executive who denied coverage to cancer patients while pocketing millions?
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Explain to us how their spreadsheet deaths don’t count as terrorism . . .
WEIRD, IS YOUR ALGORITHM NOT TERRORISM?
When the ruling class writes definitions, a CEO's death is terrorism. But when that same CEO's algorithms deny thousands of human beings healthcare until they die? Duuh, that's just business.
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December 18, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Explain to us how their spreadsheet deaths don’t count as terrorism . . .
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The NYPD is working to keep the flow of Amazon goods moving in NYC despite the strike. They’re breaking the Teamster picket line as best they can and serving Jeff Bezos. Working people everywhere should oppose policing for so many different reason.
December 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
The NYPD is working to keep the flow of Amazon goods moving in NYC despite the strike. They’re breaking the Teamster picket line as best they can and serving Jeff Bezos. Working people everywhere should oppose policing for so many different reason.
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If you see anyone talking about how the Amazon strike could disrupt the flow of packages:
December 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
If you see anyone talking about how the Amazon strike could disrupt the flow of packages:
Explain to me how their spreadsheet deaths don’t count as terrorism . . .
WEIRD, IS YOUR ALGORITHM NOT TERRORISM?
When the ruling class writes definitions, a CEO's death is terrorism. But when that same CEO's algorithms deny thousands of human beings healthcare until they die? Duuh, that's just business.
open.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Explain to me how their spreadsheet deaths don’t count as terrorism . . .
We taught an entire generation of kids to hide from death between math and recess — now we’re clutching our Patagonia vests because they don’t shed tears over a healthcare executive who denied coverage to cancer patients while pocketing millions?
SORRY ABOUT YOUR CEO, BUT WE LEARNED MATH UNDER DESKS
A generation raised on active shooter drills is being asked to condemn violence in corner offices while their insulin-rationing neighbors die. The math ain't mathing.
theprogressivists.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:18 PM
We taught an entire generation of kids to hide from death between math and recess — now we’re clutching our Patagonia vests because they don’t shed tears over a healthcare executive who denied coverage to cancer patients while pocketing millions?
A nation where people ration insulin while UnitedHealthcare posts $324B in revenue isn't a society. It's a pressure cooker.
THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT ONE CEO
Penn grad Luigi Mangione's arrest for killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO forces a truth upon us: This isn't about violence. It's about the state-sanctioned corporate machine strangling us all.
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December 10, 2024 at 6:38 PM
A nation where people ration insulin while UnitedHealthcare posts $324B in revenue isn't a society. It's a pressure cooker.
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Here’s the thing about *selective* anti-racism: It’s just fucking racism with better PR.
#NEVERAGAIN: TERMS & CONDITIONS APPLY
How imperialism and selective anti-racism became the perfect cover for looking away while Palestinians are slaughtered.
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December 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Here’s the thing about *selective* anti-racism: It’s just fucking racism with better PR.
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Let Them Eat Deductibles
LET THEM EAT DEDUCTIBLES
As UnitedHealthcare faces scrutiny over AI-driven claim denials and vulturous executive compensation, a dark spotlight illuminates American healthcare's deepening crisis.
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December 5, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Let Them Eat Deductibles
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The road to authoritarianism is paved with bills like HR 9495.
We must make our voices heard before we lose the ability to disagree with the government without being labeled a “terrorist".
Read more and support our Substack:
theprogressivists.substack.com/p/how-hr-949...
We must make our voices heard before we lose the ability to disagree with the government without being labeled a “terrorist".
Read more and support our Substack:
theprogressivists.substack.com/p/how-hr-949...
HOW HR 9495 OPENS THE DOOR TO FULL AUTHORITARIAN FUCKERY
A chilling look at how HR 9495 (just passed in the Senate) enables full-throated authoritarianism, empowering Trump-picked officials to target nonprofits as 'terrorists'. AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
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November 21, 2024 at 6:31 PM
The road to authoritarianism is paved with bills like HR 9495.
We must make our voices heard before we lose the ability to disagree with the government without being labeled a “terrorist".
Read more and support our Substack:
theprogressivists.substack.com/p/how-hr-949...
We must make our voices heard before we lose the ability to disagree with the government without being labeled a “terrorist".
Read more and support our Substack:
theprogressivists.substack.com/p/how-hr-949...
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Okay y’all. It’s ☎️ time.
#HR9495, a.k.a. the *Dictator’s Little Helper* bill, is a threat to democracy that must be stopped.
Passed by the House today, 219-184, the bill empowers the Treasury Secretary to unilaterally label nonprofits as “terrorist-supporting” and revoke their tax-exempt status.
#HR9495, a.k.a. the *Dictator’s Little Helper* bill, is a threat to democracy that must be stopped.
Passed by the House today, 219-184, the bill empowers the Treasury Secretary to unilaterally label nonprofits as “terrorist-supporting” and revoke their tax-exempt status.
November 21, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Okay y’all. It’s ☎️ time.
#HR9495, a.k.a. the *Dictator’s Little Helper* bill, is a threat to democracy that must be stopped.
Passed by the House today, 219-184, the bill empowers the Treasury Secretary to unilaterally label nonprofits as “terrorist-supporting” and revoke their tax-exempt status.
#HR9495, a.k.a. the *Dictator’s Little Helper* bill, is a threat to democracy that must be stopped.
Passed by the House today, 219-184, the bill empowers the Treasury Secretary to unilaterally label nonprofits as “terrorist-supporting” and revoke their tax-exempt status.
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Hey y'all, don't forget, there's plenty of room at The Hague
theprogressivists.substack.com/p/bibis-warr...
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BIBI'S WARRANT IS JUST THE START: WHO'S NEXT ON THE HAGUE'S HIT LIST?
Netanyahu's war crimes warrant is historic, but let's talk about his accomplices: If weaponizing starvation gets you arrested, what happens to those bankrolling it?
theprogressivists.substack.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Hey y'all, don't forget, there's plenty of room at The Hague
theprogressivists.substack.com/p/bibis-warr...
theprogressivists.substack.com/p/bibis-warr...
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Empire: We have the most corrupt administration in galactic history
Trump's Cabinet: Hold my blue milk 🥛
Trump's Cabinet: Hold my blue milk 🥛
November 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Empire: We have the most corrupt administration in galactic history
Trump's Cabinet: Hold my blue milk 🥛
Trump's Cabinet: Hold my blue milk 🥛