Jacob Fridman
@jacobfridman.bsky.social
Jewish-American. Tufts Political Science '25. Co-Chair of @bosnewliberals.bsky.social.
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Yes, it's now one week until Trump's second term, but on the bright side, it's also one week until our Countdown to 2028! This Inauguration Day, join us in Cambridge to make the Commonwealth the best it can be!
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January 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Yes, it's now one week until Trump's second term, but on the bright side, it's also one week until our Countdown to 2028! This Inauguration Day, join us in Cambridge to make the Commonwealth the best it can be!
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On Inauguration Day, we'll be meeting in Cambridge to share ideas for how to move forward in the best Commonwealth in the country!
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January 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
On Inauguration Day, we'll be meeting in Cambridge to share ideas for how to move forward in the best Commonwealth in the country!
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Two sons will never see their father again. Stop celebrating that, and start asking why it was so easy for the killer to get a ghost gun.
youtu.be/DQsBYfjMaS0
youtu.be/DQsBYfjMaS0
Rep. Auchincloss discusses needed gun violence prevention measures
YouTube video by Rep. Auchincloss
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December 12, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Two sons will never see their father again. Stop celebrating that, and start asking why it was so easy for the killer to get a ghost gun.
youtu.be/DQsBYfjMaS0
youtu.be/DQsBYfjMaS0
At least it's not envoy for Russia-Ukraine war?
NEWS
President-elect Trump says that he is going to name venture capitalist David Sacks as the White House AI and Crypto Czar.
Trump also says that Sacks will lead the Presidential Council of Advisors for Science and Technology.
President-elect Trump says that he is going to name venture capitalist David Sacks as the White House AI and Crypto Czar.
Trump also says that Sacks will lead the Presidential Council of Advisors for Science and Technology.
December 6, 2024 at 1:11 AM
At least it's not envoy for Russia-Ukraine war?
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Taylor Lorenz is an extremist who is endorsing violence. If you're overlooking it because you agree with her on other issues, congrats, you're doing MAGA logic but from the left.
Dehumanizing and normalizing the killing of anyone is wrong. @taylorlorenz.bsky.social, as well as some of my academic colleagues here on BlueSky, they know *exactly* what they are doing when they say such things.
December 5, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Taylor Lorenz is an extremist who is endorsing violence. If you're overlooking it because you agree with her on other issues, congrats, you're doing MAGA logic but from the left.
Today's martial law/self-coup in South Korea is yet another reminder that presidential systems are not optimal for liberal democracy
December 3, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Today's martial law/self-coup in South Korea is yet another reminder that presidential systems are not optimal for liberal democracy
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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's proposed 'DOGE' has put renewed focused on governmental effectiveness. @pahlkadot.bsky.social joins @JeremiahDJohns.bsky.social on the New Liberal Podcast to talk about how we can actually make the government work more efficiently.
Making Government More Effective ft. Jennifer Pahlka
Podcast Episode · The New Liberal Podcast · 12/03/2024 · 1h 4m
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December 3, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's proposed 'DOGE' has put renewed focused on governmental effectiveness. @pahlkadot.bsky.social joins @JeremiahDJohns.bsky.social on the New Liberal Podcast to talk about how we can actually make the government work more efficiently.
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I've been trying to figure out how much the launch of a russian ICBM costs, and all I can get is somewhere between 80 million and 220 million, which isn't very helpful, but hopefully illustrates somewhat how stupid and wasteful Putin's little stunt was.
November 21, 2024 at 4:34 PM
I've been trying to figure out how much the launch of a russian ICBM costs, and all I can get is somewhere between 80 million and 220 million, which isn't very helpful, but hopefully illustrates somewhat how stupid and wasteful Putin's little stunt was.
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I've seen the argument that if DOJ didn't charge file charges against Gaetz, the allegations against him must be weak, but this doesn't necessarily follow. DOJ's authority to prosecute sex crimes is limited. As general matter, statutory rape, etc. are not a federal offenses.
November 19, 2024 at 4:23 PM
I've seen the argument that if DOJ didn't charge file charges against Gaetz, the allegations against him must be weak, but this doesn't necessarily follow. DOJ's authority to prosecute sex crimes is limited. As general matter, statutory rape, etc. are not a federal offenses.
Chris Hayes at Tufts
November 18, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Chris Hayes at Tufts
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Mandate? Trump is now under 50% in the popular vote with his margin ranking 44th out of 51 elections since 1824.
4 Democrats won Senate seats in states Trump carried—compared to zero in 16 and 20.
GOP poised for its smallest House majority since the U.S. had 50 states.
- CNN’s Harry Enten reports
4 Democrats won Senate seats in states Trump carried—compared to zero in 16 and 20.
GOP poised for its smallest House majority since the U.S. had 50 states.
- CNN’s Harry Enten reports
November 18, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Mandate? Trump is now under 50% in the popular vote with his margin ranking 44th out of 51 elections since 1824.
4 Democrats won Senate seats in states Trump carried—compared to zero in 16 and 20.
GOP poised for its smallest House majority since the U.S. had 50 states.
- CNN’s Harry Enten reports
4 Democrats won Senate seats in states Trump carried—compared to zero in 16 and 20.
GOP poised for its smallest House majority since the U.S. had 50 states.
- CNN’s Harry Enten reports
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Elon Musk endorses plan for Trump to politicize the Fed.
As I keep saying: this should be a five-alarm fire for anyone who says they care about inflation. Putting the money supply in hands of politicians has not ended well in Venezuela, Argentina, Turkey, etc
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
As I keep saying: this should be a five-alarm fire for anyone who says they care about inflation. Putting the money supply in hands of politicians has not ended well in Venezuela, Argentina, Turkey, etc
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
November 12, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Elon Musk endorses plan for Trump to politicize the Fed.
As I keep saying: this should be a five-alarm fire for anyone who says they care about inflation. Putting the money supply in hands of politicians has not ended well in Venezuela, Argentina, Turkey, etc
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
As I keep saying: this should be a five-alarm fire for anyone who says they care about inflation. Putting the money supply in hands of politicians has not ended well in Venezuela, Argentina, Turkey, etc
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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The right will spend the next four years versing about the squad and how antisemitic they are. They will do that to distract you from the antisemitism on their side. But remember the squad had very little power under Biden and have ZERO now. Don’t let them distract you.
November 18, 2024 at 4:48 AM
The right will spend the next four years versing about the squad and how antisemitic they are. They will do that to distract you from the antisemitism on their side. But remember the squad had very little power under Biden and have ZERO now. Don’t let them distract you.
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This is one of several videos and pictures I have see of IDF soldiers desecrating the Quran. This is so vile and in the U.S. armed forces soldiers were punished for this. Are we waging a war against Hamas or all of Islam? If we want the answer to be the former, punish him now.
November 18, 2024 at 6:00 AM
This is one of several videos and pictures I have see of IDF soldiers desecrating the Quran. This is so vile and in the U.S. armed forces soldiers were punished for this. Are we waging a war against Hamas or all of Islam? If we want the answer to be the former, punish him now.
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This place has now become big enough to do what Muskland used to do — give me a sense of what smart people are thinking and, importantly, what they don't know. For example, it turns out that many aren't aware that it's well established that most people don't connect wage growth with inflation 1/
November 15, 2024 at 5:15 PM
This place has now become big enough to do what Muskland used to do — give me a sense of what smart people are thinking and, importantly, what they don't know. For example, it turns out that many aren't aware that it's well established that most people don't connect wage growth with inflation 1/
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Keeping names private because they are rich and powerful should have never even been an option. That's such a perversion of the justice system. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/15/o...
John Does in brothel case can’t hide forever, state’s high court rules - The Boston Globe
But those unique-to-Massachusetts closed-door show cause hearings should be a relic of the past.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Keeping names private because they are rich and powerful should have never even been an option. That's such a perversion of the justice system. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/15/o...
Make sure to follow @bosnewliberals.bsky.social to get involved in housing, transportation, and transparency issues in Massachusetts! #mapoli
November 15, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Make sure to follow @bosnewliberals.bsky.social to get involved in housing, transportation, and transparency issues in Massachusetts! #mapoli
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I think something real is happening. People are finally leaving Twitter.
November 15, 2024 at 3:00 AM
I think something real is happening. People are finally leaving Twitter.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres on Huckabee’s nomination for ambassador to Israel:
“He’s a Christian fundamentalist, and I suspect his support for Israel is largely based on his belief in the rapture.
“So, as a secular Zionist, I find nothing remotely appealing about the fundamentalism of Mike Huckabee.”
“He’s a Christian fundamentalist, and I suspect his support for Israel is largely based on his belief in the rapture.
“So, as a secular Zionist, I find nothing remotely appealing about the fundamentalism of Mike Huckabee.”
November 15, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Rep. Ritchie Torres on Huckabee’s nomination for ambassador to Israel:
“He’s a Christian fundamentalist, and I suspect his support for Israel is largely based on his belief in the rapture.
“So, as a secular Zionist, I find nothing remotely appealing about the fundamentalism of Mike Huckabee.”
“He’s a Christian fundamentalist, and I suspect his support for Israel is largely based on his belief in the rapture.
“So, as a secular Zionist, I find nothing remotely appealing about the fundamentalism of Mike Huckabee.”
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Reading post-election analyses, I'm in an intensely anti-populist mood.
I'm tired of analysts trying to suss out the hidden wisdom or deep of voters.
I want more people to say that the American people just made a stupid decision that will have disastrous consequences.
I'm tired of analysts trying to suss out the hidden wisdom or deep of voters.
I want more people to say that the American people just made a stupid decision that will have disastrous consequences.
November 14, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Reading post-election analyses, I'm in an intensely anti-populist mood.
I'm tired of analysts trying to suss out the hidden wisdom or deep of voters.
I want more people to say that the American people just made a stupid decision that will have disastrous consequences.
I'm tired of analysts trying to suss out the hidden wisdom or deep of voters.
I want more people to say that the American people just made a stupid decision that will have disastrous consequences.