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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
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Refusing to work with Israeli academics means refusing to work with one of the main sources of dissent within Israeli society. To be sure, their views are not uniform, but that is a reason to avoid broad based bans,
Israeli Academics Find Themselves Isolated Despite Gaza Cease-Fire www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
Israeli Academics Find Themselves Isolated Despite Gaza Cease-Fire
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Refusing to work with Israeli academics means refusing to work with one of the main sources of dissent within Israeli society. To be sure, their views are not uniform, but that is a reason to avoid broad based bans,
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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Dear Journalists,
You seriously don’t have to always be like, “2 + 2, said by some experts in math to equal four.” You can just say the thing. It doesn’t make you biased. Really. It’s okay.
XOXO,
Simeon
You seriously don’t have to always be like, “2 + 2, said by some experts in math to equal four.” You can just say the thing. It doesn’t make you biased. Really. It’s okay.
XOXO,
Simeon
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Dear Journalists,
You seriously don’t have to always be like, “2 + 2, said by some experts in math to equal four.” You can just say the thing. It doesn’t make you biased. Really. It’s okay.
XOXO,
Simeon
You seriously don’t have to always be like, “2 + 2, said by some experts in math to equal four.” You can just say the thing. It doesn’t make you biased. Really. It’s okay.
XOXO,
Simeon
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We need to tax the rich! Repost if you agree.
July 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We need to tax the rich! Repost if you agree.
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Whenever Trumpist rule ends, business as usual, a return to “normalcy,” a project of mere restoration of the status quo ante won’t do. America will need something akin to Radical Reconstruction - a transformative vision that presents a response commensurate with this radical assault on democracy.
June 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Whenever Trumpist rule ends, business as usual, a return to “normalcy,” a project of mere restoration of the status quo ante won’t do. America will need something akin to Radical Reconstruction - a transformative vision that presents a response commensurate with this radical assault on democracy.
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These are wartime numbers. This is a regime at war: With pluralistic democracy and American society as it actually exists. They are not looking to reform or compromise, they desire to destroy, conquer, and dominate.
June 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
These are wartime numbers. This is a regime at war: With pluralistic democracy and American society as it actually exists. They are not looking to reform or compromise, they desire to destroy, conquer, and dominate.
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Can we please be real about this? When John Roberts urges "leaders to tone down rhetoric," what he's really saying is:
"Shut up, so Republicans can quietly create a Trump fascist dictatorship."
Please. Begging you, Dem leaders: don't take Roberts' bait!
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"Shut up, so Republicans can quietly create a Trump fascist dictatorship."
Please. Begging you, Dem leaders: don't take Roberts' bait!
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June 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Can we please be real about this? When John Roberts urges "leaders to tone down rhetoric," what he's really saying is:
"Shut up, so Republicans can quietly create a Trump fascist dictatorship."
Please. Begging you, Dem leaders: don't take Roberts' bait!
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"Shut up, so Republicans can quietly create a Trump fascist dictatorship."
Please. Begging you, Dem leaders: don't take Roberts' bait!
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"At any decision point, the GOP will behave in a way that is dumber & meaner than expected" is the only heuristic that has never led me wrong in US politics. People think I'm joking or exaggerating for rhetorical effect when I say that, but I'm dead serious. I can't think of an exception.
June 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"At any decision point, the GOP will behave in a way that is dumber & meaner than expected" is the only heuristic that has never led me wrong in US politics. People think I'm joking or exaggerating for rhetorical effect when I say that, but I'm dead serious. I can't think of an exception.
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We've got a Republican president that just started a war w/o congressional approval. #illegal
We've got R's in Congress trying to give billionaires tax cuts while ripping food & medicine from kids. #immoral
We've got R's in the state leg refusing to pass a state budget. #ineffective
Take action.
We've got R's in Congress trying to give billionaires tax cuts while ripping food & medicine from kids. #immoral
We've got R's in the state leg refusing to pass a state budget. #ineffective
Take action.
🚨 #Madison Emergency Protest: No War With Iran! 6/22 at Noon- Wisconsin State Capitol Building. ⚠️ If going, please bring water and be aware of the heat advisory! ⚠️
June 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We've got a Republican president that just started a war w/o congressional approval. #illegal
We've got R's in Congress trying to give billionaires tax cuts while ripping food & medicine from kids. #immoral
We've got R's in the state leg refusing to pass a state budget. #ineffective
Take action.
We've got R's in Congress trying to give billionaires tax cuts while ripping food & medicine from kids. #immoral
We've got R's in the state leg refusing to pass a state budget. #ineffective
Take action.
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There’s no more wondering what things are or what we should call them. There is only the full-on, hard reality of the situation: we are in a battle for democracy with fascists.
Whether you wanted the fight or not, the fight is here. Everything depends on our choices from this point forward.
Whether you wanted the fight or not, the fight is here. Everything depends on our choices from this point forward.
CNN: We have breaking news now from the Pentagon. CNN can now report that roughly 500 Marines are being mobilized in response to the protests in Los Angeles.
June 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
There’s no more wondering what things are or what we should call them. There is only the full-on, hard reality of the situation: we are in a battle for democracy with fascists.
Whether you wanted the fight or not, the fight is here. Everything depends on our choices from this point forward.
Whether you wanted the fight or not, the fight is here. Everything depends on our choices from this point forward.
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Headline/chyron if this were happening in a foreign country: "Far right president calls for arrest of opposition party provincial governor, raising further questions about democracy & the rule of law"
Headline/chyron when this happens in 🇺🇸: "Trump Takes Questions As He Returns To The White House"
Headline/chyron when this happens in 🇺🇸: "Trump Takes Questions As He Returns To The White House"
JUST NOW — Trump says Homan should arrest Governor Gavin Newsom: "I would do it if I were Tom. I think it's great. I think it would be a great thing.”
June 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Headline/chyron if this were happening in a foreign country: "Far right president calls for arrest of opposition party provincial governor, raising further questions about democracy & the rule of law"
Headline/chyron when this happens in 🇺🇸: "Trump Takes Questions As He Returns To The White House"
Headline/chyron when this happens in 🇺🇸: "Trump Takes Questions As He Returns To The White House"
@mcopelov.bsky.social In case you missed this, Mark bsky.app/profile/jayg...
Doesn't include AOC, Pritzker, or any other progressive (except Walz in the very cellar). And does include less-than-worthless Fetterman. This is an unapologetic attempt to read progressives out of the party. I've been reading lists like this for 60 years, and none has been more utterly repellent.
Analysis | The 12 Democrats who make the most sense for 2028
There’s a vacuum atop an adrift Democratic Party. Here’s who could fill it.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
@mcopelov.bsky.social In case you missed this, Mark bsky.app/profile/jayg...
Doesn't include AOC, Pritzker, or any other progressive (except Walz in the very cellar). And does include less-than-worthless Fetterman. This is an unapologetic attempt to read progressives out of the party. I've been reading lists like this for 60 years, and none has been more utterly repellent.
Analysis | The 12 Democrats who make the most sense for 2028
There’s a vacuum atop an adrift Democratic Party. Here’s who could fill it.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Doesn't include AOC, Pritzker, or any other progressive (except Walz in the very cellar). And does include less-than-worthless Fetterman. This is an unapologetic attempt to read progressives out of the party. I've been reading lists like this for 60 years, and none has been more utterly repellent.
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John Dewey said that the only solution to the ills of democracy is more democracy, and what we are suffering from today is not democracy but all the impediments and obstacles to it—and all the attacks on it.
June 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
John Dewey said that the only solution to the ills of democracy is more democracy, and what we are suffering from today is not democracy but all the impediments and obstacles to it—and all the attacks on it.
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There are no longer "non-Trump" Republicans. The party controls both houses of Congress & has presided over constant, unprecedented, wildly illegal & unconstitutional crimes for 3+ months now. They voted to confirm all of his wildly unqualified Cabinet nominees. This is the 2025 GOP in its entirety.
The Trump Republicans are tragically unserious people—and the whole world knows it.
April 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
There are no longer "non-Trump" Republicans. The party controls both houses of Congress & has presided over constant, unprecedented, wildly illegal & unconstitutional crimes for 3+ months now. They voted to confirm all of his wildly unqualified Cabinet nominees. This is the 2025 GOP in its entirety.
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A shorter version of my thread: for chrissakes can we pay attention to what fascism does instead of what it says? No, Trump isn’t trying stupidly and failing to revive U.S. industry. He’s trying quite effectively to burn it down so he can rule the ashes. Seriously. That’s the plan.
April 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
A shorter version of my thread: for chrissakes can we pay attention to what fascism does instead of what it says? No, Trump isn’t trying stupidly and failing to revive U.S. industry. He’s trying quite effectively to burn it down so he can rule the ashes. Seriously. That’s the plan.
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The April 5 protests will be a test of the nation's courage. www.headsupnews.org/p/the-moment...
The moment has come to take to the streets
April 5 protests will be a resistance test
www.headsupnews.org
April 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The April 5 protests will be a test of the nation's courage. www.headsupnews.org/p/the-moment...
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The most notable fact about US politics at the moment is one that, for reasons of politesse, almost no one is allowed to say out loud, namely: the Republican Party has gathered to itself all the biggest losers and assholes in America. That's the real "sorting" -- all the worst people, clustered.
April 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The most notable fact about US politics at the moment is one that, for reasons of politesse, almost no one is allowed to say out loud, namely: the Republican Party has gathered to itself all the biggest losers and assholes in America. That's the real "sorting" -- all the worst people, clustered.
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“We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.” - Justice Louis Brandeis
March 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.” - Justice Louis Brandeis
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The Trump Administration kidnapped an activist in the middle of the night. Mahmoud Khalil's detention is a clear violation of the First Amendment. This is the behavior of an authoritarian regime, not a democracy. He must be released immediately.
March 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Trump Administration kidnapped an activist in the middle of the night. Mahmoud Khalil's detention is a clear violation of the First Amendment. This is the behavior of an authoritarian regime, not a democracy. He must be released immediately.