Jeff Mann
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Democrats are the opposition party, and we need to start acting like it. Read the first part of my “Fight Back Blueprint” — where I outline how Democrats can throw sand in the works of the Trump agenda. It’s time to fight back. substack.micahlasher.com/p/throwing-s...
Throwing Sand in the Republicans’ Gears
The Fight Back Blueprint, Part 1
substack.micahlasher.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Democrats are the opposition party, and we need to start acting like it. Read the first part of my “Fight Back Blueprint” — where I outline how Democrats can throw sand in the works of the Trump agenda. It’s time to fight back. substack.micahlasher.com/p/throwing-s...
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idk if it helps to think of it this way, but capital is not just in opposition to labor but fully radicalized against labor. they'll suffer if they think labor will suffer more. it's not about money. it's about winning.
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
idk if it helps to think of it this way, but capital is not just in opposition to labor but fully radicalized against labor. they'll suffer if they think labor will suffer more. it's not about money. it's about winning.
Has any incumbent in history who is on the ballot anywhere gotten below 1% ever?
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Has any incumbent in history who is on the ballot anywhere gotten below 1% ever?
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Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
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Please check all that apply
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Please check all that apply
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Any serious future for democracy in America requires us to get rid of single-member districts. It is the only long-term solution to this nonsense.
October 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Any serious future for democracy in America requires us to get rid of single-member districts. It is the only long-term solution to this nonsense.
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After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
By my math, these estimates imply the existence of at least a million trans Jewish Native American millionaires.
It's not the hysteria it's something much dumber: 20% is the lowest percentage americans will say on a demographic survey
September 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
By my math, these estimates imply the existence of at least a million trans Jewish Native American millionaires.
“Jeering and laughing”. These people are fucking monsters.
A lawyer on the ground on Sunday morning saw just how close things were, and how the flights were only stopped because a federal judge moved at light speed to halt the Trump admin's illegal operation.
She saw the plane begin to taxi to take off, only to turn around at the last second and come back.
She saw the plane begin to taxi to take off, only to turn around at the last second and come back.
September 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Jeering and laughing”. These people are fucking monsters.
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Important to understand that Republicans do not want a functional, orderly, law-abiding immigration system. They want an excuse for the arbitrary exercise of government powers. The more chaotic and inconsistent our immigration structures are, the better for their purposes.
In a significant policy shift following the firing and departure of over 100 immigration judges, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday that temporary immigration judges will no longer need to have experience in immigration law.
To replenish their ranks, DOJ loosens requirements for temporary immigration judges
In a shift following the firing and departure of over 100 immigration judges, temporary immigration judges will no longer need to have experience in immigration law.
abcnews.go.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Important to understand that Republicans do not want a functional, orderly, law-abiding immigration system. They want an excuse for the arbitrary exercise of government powers. The more chaotic and inconsistent our immigration structures are, the better for their purposes.
Trump’s gonna want Beyoncé money for that endorsement
Bombshell report from The New York Times reveals that President Donald Trump spoke directly to Andrew Cuomo about how to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming NYC mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n...
August 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Trump’s gonna want Beyoncé money for that endorsement
Must read. This shit has to stop.
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Must read. This shit has to stop.
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"tell it like it is" guys are always the biggest bootlickers
July 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"tell it like it is" guys are always the biggest bootlickers
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I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
July 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
Wait, they’re arguing the policy has a disparate impact? I thought they were… critical of that sort of theory.
July 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Wait, they’re arguing the policy has a disparate impact? I thought they were… critical of that sort of theory.
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I’d revise this: Dem messaging doesn’t matter because Dems ignored the evolution of a new messaging environment — more partisan, more networked — around them, and dawdled rather than building partisan message machinery of their own.
Dem messaging doesn’t matter because Dems are bad at messaging.
we just spent approximately a decade demonstrating this repeatedly.
It would be cool if Dems got good at messaging but the way you do that is not really by changing topic
we just spent approximately a decade demonstrating this repeatedly.
It would be cool if Dems got good at messaging but the way you do that is not really by changing topic
Democrats aren't even handling it particularly skillfully and it's spreading by entirely different info ecosystems bsky.app/profile/thew...
July 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I’d revise this: Dem messaging doesn’t matter because Dems ignored the evolution of a new messaging environment — more partisan, more networked — around them, and dawdled rather than building partisan message machinery of their own.
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This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
I will never, ever vote for Gavin Newsom. Ever, under any circumstances. I don't care if he becomes the Dem nominee, he's still not getting my vote.
On a recent podcast Gavin Newsom tells Shawn Ryan how the Trans sports issue opened the door for him to change his mind on GAC for Trans Youth.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
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White House Evacuated After Trans Alarm Goes Off
July 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
White House Evacuated After Trans Alarm Goes Off
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1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar
2025: ohhh ok
2025: ohhh ok
July 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar
2025: ohhh ok
2025: ohhh ok
And when there is more crime or terrorism, they will just use that to boost their argument for mass deportation
“Shifting that number of law enforcement agents from those types of agencies inevitably will mean fewer resources fighting transnational criminal organizations, drug smuggling, counter-terrorism, and child exploitation,” a former senior ICE official tells me. 3/
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
June 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
And when there is more crime or terrorism, they will just use that to boost their argument for mass deportation