James
@jchords.bsky.social
He/him. Educator, union member, social housing advocate.
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Immigration is good. Fighting immigration is disastrous.
The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.
ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry
The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Immigration is good. Fighting immigration is disastrous.
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Woke and DEI
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Woke and DEI
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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Happy Katie Wilson Pulls Ahead Day to all who celebrate
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Happy Katie Wilson Pulls Ahead Day to all who celebrate
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Get in loser we're painting bus and bike lanes
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Get in loser we're painting bus and bike lanes
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JUST IN: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
JUST IN: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
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Did women ruin the workplace? No! Did I personally ruin my own weekend writing about the cynical fuckery that led to the New York Times asking that question? I sure did!
Huge thanks to @moiradonegan.bsky.social for lending her expertise and insight to my ranting
Huge thanks to @moiradonegan.bsky.social for lending her expertise and insight to my ranting
Women didn’t ruin the workplace. Capitalism did
When your debate centers on whether women should exist in public, you’ve already lost.
www.salon.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Did women ruin the workplace? No! Did I personally ruin my own weekend writing about the cynical fuckery that led to the New York Times asking that question? I sure did!
Huge thanks to @moiradonegan.bsky.social for lending her expertise and insight to my ranting
Huge thanks to @moiradonegan.bsky.social for lending her expertise and insight to my ranting
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good
Elizabeth Street Garden will be evicted if Mamdani makes good on campaign promise https://gothamist.com/news/elizabeth-street-garden-will-be-evicted-if-mamdani-makes-good-on-campaign-promise
Elizabeth Street Garden will be evicted if Mamdani makes good on campaign promise
Elizabeth Street Garden in Little Italy.
Mayor Eric Adams halted an eviction order for the garden's operators back in June. But Zohran Mamdani has vowed to boot them from the city-owned lot to make way for a new affordable housing development. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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👏 CHECK 👏 YOUR 👏 BALLOT 👏
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
👏 CHECK 👏 YOUR 👏 BALLOT 👏
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scott galloway in his book on masculinity has a heartfelt section where he talks about how it was the right decision to dump his wife of a decade so he could go sleep with younger women even though he feels bad about it.
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
scott galloway in his book on masculinity has a heartfelt section where he talks about how it was the right decision to dump his wife of a decade so he could go sleep with younger women even though he feels bad about it.
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what's there to say, really?
This just into the newsroom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
what's there to say, really?
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We're all entitled to our own opinions, but I absolutely support this. Social media, IMO, has been one of the most damaging creations of modern day on the global society. Even adults can't handle it well, let alone children.
Denmark’s government on Friday announced an agreement to ban access to social media for anyone under 15, ratcheting up pressure on Big Tech platforms as concerns grow that kids are getting too swept up in a digitized world of harmful content and commercial interests. https://to.pbs.org/3JSdg9T
Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media for children aged under 15
The move would give some parents — after a specific assessment — the right to let their children access social media from age 13.
www.pbs.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
We're all entitled to our own opinions, but I absolutely support this. Social media, IMO, has been one of the most damaging creations of modern day on the global society. Even adults can't handle it well, let alone children.
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I would watch a John Wick spinoff starring Sabrina Carpenter
Look man you can do what you want, but if someone tells you "I think Sabrina Carpenter looks like she's coming this way with a gun!" you should listen.
It is okay to have opinions about the relative attractiveness of famous people but you do not actually have to vocalize those thoughts, and arguably you shouldn't
"I think Sabrina Carpenter loo--" shh, shh, there's no world in which I want to hear the end of this sentence
"I think Sabrina Carpenter loo--" shh, shh, there's no world in which I want to hear the end of this sentence
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I would watch a John Wick spinoff starring Sabrina Carpenter
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If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical, it speaks to how far we have drifted from democracy‘s core promises. Markets will not beat back the far right. An antifascist economics might. Mamdani provides a playbook for democrats around the world.
My latest
My latest
Zohran Mamdani shows how Democrats can defeat authoritarians like Trump | Isabella Weber
Democrats have two choices: fight to make life affordable again for ordinary people or watch voters embrace authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical, it speaks to how far we have drifted from democracy‘s core promises. Markets will not beat back the far right. An antifascist economics might. Mamdani provides a playbook for democrats around the world.
My latest
My latest
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Welcome back Woke™
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Welcome back Woke™
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Check the status of your ballot and sign up to help cure ballots at the link in our bio! #thisisyourcity
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Check the status of your ballot and sign up to help cure ballots at the link in our bio! #thisisyourcity
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lol no. of all the things Pelosi was wrong about that was her most wrong take.
The other thing about Nancy Pelosi is that, like all of us who are Cassandras in political science, she was right about the need for a strong Republican Party (by which she, & we, mean a strong pro-democracy conservative party). This is deeply unpopular on Bluesky dot com, but no less true for it.
No, really, we need a strong pro-democracy conservative party to survive as a democracy. Nancy Pelosi & everyone you don't like for saying that are correct. You don't have to support it, or vote for it. You may hate its policies. But the survival of democracy requires it.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
lol no. of all the things Pelosi was wrong about that was her most wrong take.
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It seems untenable for the Democratic Party’s top leader to view himself as a “guardian of Israel” at a time when like 70% of the party’s voters think Israel committed genocide
Senate Democratic Minority Leader Schumer’s decision not to endorse Zohran Mamdani in the NYC mayoral race “was driven in large part…by his self-conception as a guardian of Israel, something he considers a core part of his personal and political identity.”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Even on Election Day, Schumer Is Mum on Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It seems untenable for the Democratic Party’s top leader to view himself as a “guardian of Israel” at a time when like 70% of the party’s voters think Israel committed genocide
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🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
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New Jerseyans want affordable housing, reliable transit, & accessible care.
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
New Jerseyans want affordable housing, reliable transit, & accessible care.
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Last night’s election was big for housing ⬇️
—NIMBY NJ Gubernatorial candidate lost decisively.
—Mamdani, promising to pause rent increases & develop 200k affordable units, won NYC decisively.
—All pro-housing referendums in NYC passed.
—Housing funding measures passed in Columbus & Denver.
—NIMBY NJ Gubernatorial candidate lost decisively.
—Mamdani, promising to pause rent increases & develop 200k affordable units, won NYC decisively.
—All pro-housing referendums in NYC passed.
—Housing funding measures passed in Columbus & Denver.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Last night’s election was big for housing ⬇️
—NIMBY NJ Gubernatorial candidate lost decisively.
—Mamdani, promising to pause rent increases & develop 200k affordable units, won NYC decisively.
—All pro-housing referendums in NYC passed.
—Housing funding measures passed in Columbus & Denver.
—NIMBY NJ Gubernatorial candidate lost decisively.
—Mamdani, promising to pause rent increases & develop 200k affordable units, won NYC decisively.
—All pro-housing referendums in NYC passed.
—Housing funding measures passed in Columbus & Denver.