JL Rindahl
@jlrindahl.bsky.social
Progressive political consultant, lover of travel, wine and food
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JL Rindahl
@jlrindahl.bsky.social
· Mar 7
Since I was 18, I’ve been a registered Democrat, including serving as a voting member of my county party, and on the @CA_Dem executive board for 1-term. Today, I re-registered to vote as an Independent. Throwing @RepAlGreen under the bus turned out to be my last straw.
Will any presidential candidate lead with the right to own our own data in perpetuity?
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Will any presidential candidate lead with the right to own our own data in perpetuity?
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God I am listening to @aoc.bsky.social unapologetically celebrating cities -- urbanity, diversity, creativity, decency -- and it is giving me life.
Nothing but respect for *my* president.
Nothing but respect for *my* president.
"We Are NOT the Crazy Ones, NYC" — AOC Fires Up Queens Rally for Zohran Mamdani | APT
YouTube video by APT
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October 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
God I am listening to @aoc.bsky.social unapologetically celebrating cities -- urbanity, diversity, creativity, decency -- and it is giving me life.
Nothing but respect for *my* president.
Nothing but respect for *my* president.
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At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
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Cutting public school funding & expanding charter school incentives funnels taxpayer money toward private, religious schools not bound by the same accountability or DEI standards to accelerate racial integration/equity.
We see what Trump is trying to do!
We see what Trump is trying to do!
Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists
dlvr.it
October 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Cutting public school funding & expanding charter school incentives funnels taxpayer money toward private, religious schools not bound by the same accountability or DEI standards to accelerate racial integration/equity.
We see what Trump is trying to do!
We see what Trump is trying to do!
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At this point I think it’s fair to say that most of the criticisms being lobbed at Mamdani are not out of genuine anger or surprise at any new revelations about him but are rather a transparently bad faith smear campaign to punish him for being a successful politician while Muslim
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
At this point I think it’s fair to say that most of the criticisms being lobbed at Mamdani are not out of genuine anger or surprise at any new revelations about him but are rather a transparently bad faith smear campaign to punish him for being a successful politician while Muslim
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
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Digital access to banned books www.cbs8.com/article/news...
San Diego Library offers free digital access to banned books for teens in restrictive states
San Diego Public Library's 'Books Unbanned' program gives out-of-state teens free digital access to over 250 banned titles nationwide.
www.cbs8.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Digital access to banned books www.cbs8.com/article/news...
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I helped lead the fight to raise the minimum wage in Minnesota - and index it to inflation.
I'm going to do the same damn thing in the US Senate.
I'm going to do the same damn thing in the US Senate.
October 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I helped lead the fight to raise the minimum wage in Minnesota - and index it to inflation.
I'm going to do the same damn thing in the US Senate.
I'm going to do the same damn thing in the US Senate.
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Yglesias already knows how he's going to argue he's right, regardless of outcome.
PLATNER WINS: "See? Voters don't care about woke stuff."
PLATNER LOSES: "You should have nominated a moderate."
MILLS WINS: "Good thing we nominated a moderate."
MILLS LOSES: "Imagine how bad Platner would have done."
PLATNER WINS: "See? Voters don't care about woke stuff."
PLATNER LOSES: "You should have nominated a moderate."
MILLS WINS: "Good thing we nominated a moderate."
MILLS LOSES: "Imagine how bad Platner would have done."
Matt says that he wants Platner because he honestly wants to run the natural experiment and end the forever "moderate, or not?" debate.
Basically, he wants Platner to get the nomination and lose to Collins, so he wins.
Basically, he wants Platner to get the nomination and lose to Collins, so he wins.
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Yglesias already knows how he's going to argue he's right, regardless of outcome.
PLATNER WINS: "See? Voters don't care about woke stuff."
PLATNER LOSES: "You should have nominated a moderate."
MILLS WINS: "Good thing we nominated a moderate."
MILLS LOSES: "Imagine how bad Platner would have done."
PLATNER WINS: "See? Voters don't care about woke stuff."
PLATNER LOSES: "You should have nominated a moderate."
MILLS WINS: "Good thing we nominated a moderate."
MILLS LOSES: "Imagine how bad Platner would have done."
I get that we might all be little kids wanting our celebrity crushes (actors, politicans, singers, athletes) to pretend to love us, but at least with politicians, can we demand some flowers and maybe healthcare for the right to fuck us in the ass?
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I get that we might all be little kids wanting our celebrity crushes (actors, politicans, singers, athletes) to pretend to love us, but at least with politicians, can we demand some flowers and maybe healthcare for the right to fuck us in the ass?
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holy shit
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
holy shit
@jenka.bsky.social I just read your recent posts. George LaKoff was explaining messaging to Dems from the Don’t Think of an Elephant frame over twenty years ago. They could do better imo, but have chosen not to.
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
@jenka.bsky.social I just read your recent posts. George LaKoff was explaining messaging to Dems from the Don’t Think of an Elephant frame over twenty years ago. They could do better imo, but have chosen not to.
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This is all the well-off sports playing college aged sons of a couple of people I work with.
Trump was edgy and cool and that’s about the depth of the thinking. The bad stuff never factored in.
Trump was edgy and cool and that’s about the depth of the thinking. The bad stuff never factored in.
e.g. if you're a young dude immersed in certain social circles there is a decided sense that Trump is the cool candidate and cool guys support Trump, and only weird woke libs would vote for Harris or Democratic. especially if you're less attentive to politics this social dynamic is determinative
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is all the well-off sports playing college aged sons of a couple of people I work with.
Trump was edgy and cool and that’s about the depth of the thinking. The bad stuff never factored in.
Trump was edgy and cool and that’s about the depth of the thinking. The bad stuff never factored in.
From the Democratic Leadership Council, to New Democrats, and now the Abundance Bros - the capping for the wealthy becomes more and more unhinged and unmoored from reality.
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
From the Democratic Leadership Council, to New Democrats, and now the Abundance Bros - the capping for the wealthy becomes more and more unhinged and unmoored from reality.
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Rare for a public poll, we did a survey experiment to test whether priming respondents about the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia impacts support for Trump's broader immigration agenda. It does. Support for blanket deportations fell 20 points after hearing about Garcia's case.
May 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Rare for a public poll, we did a survey experiment to test whether priming respondents about the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia impacts support for Trump's broader immigration agenda. It does. Support for blanket deportations fell 20 points after hearing about Garcia's case.
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Bondi Continues Using DOJ As Musk Retribution Weapon In Warning To Dem Who Protested Tesla talkingpointsmemo.com/news/bondi-c...
Bondi Continues Using DOJ As Musk Retribution Weapon In Warning To Dem Who Protested Tesla
Attorney General Pam Bondi sent Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) a warning on...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Bondi Continues Using DOJ As Musk Retribution Weapon In Warning To Dem Who Protested Tesla talkingpointsmemo.com/news/bondi-c...
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Chants of TAX THE RICH! From today’s Indivisible empty chair town hall for Darrell Issa - who just so happens to be the richest person in Congress. @velshi.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com @indivisible.org
March 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Chants of TAX THE RICH! From today’s Indivisible empty chair town hall for Darrell Issa - who just so happens to be the richest person in Congress. @velshi.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com @indivisible.org
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First they came for decorum and I said nothing because honestly fuck decorum
March 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
First they came for decorum and I said nothing because honestly fuck decorum
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This is, to me, one of the strongest pieces of evidence of how the internet and social media is cooking our brains: the way the information firehose makes a lot of people feel that things that were shocking, even a couple of years ago, are now ancient history, a distant era that we’ve moved beyond.
Two years ago the Atlantic was plainly calling Richard Hanania a white supremacist, and this week one of their reporters (not Tyler!) is on his little podcast. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
An Intellectual and a Moral Failure
Richard Hanania’s new book is a Trojan horse for white supremacy.
www.theatlantic.com
March 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This is, to me, one of the strongest pieces of evidence of how the internet and social media is cooking our brains: the way the information firehose makes a lot of people feel that things that were shocking, even a couple of years ago, are now ancient history, a distant era that we’ve moved beyond.
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Alarm bells should ring if a company is missing 1.8 million, but 1.8 BILLION is SUPER suss 👀
March 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Alarm bells should ring if a company is missing 1.8 million, but 1.8 BILLION is SUPER suss 👀
This firm should be boycotted by everyone who believes in the rule of law.
Brad Karp in a firm-wide email to Paul Weiss employees today:
“We will continue our proud, century-long legacy of courageously standing up for fundamental rights and liberties…That commitment is woven into our DNA; it was and will never be subject to negotiation or compromise.”
Oh, the irony.
“We will continue our proud, century-long legacy of courageously standing up for fundamental rights and liberties…That commitment is woven into our DNA; it was and will never be subject to negotiation or compromise.”
Oh, the irony.
March 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This firm should be boycotted by everyone who believes in the rule of law.
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See, unlike a lot of self-professed YIMBYs and urbanists on the internet, I’ve been conducting research with housing data for well over a decade. And let me tell you: people lie about this data a lot! Including people on our side!
March 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
See, unlike a lot of self-professed YIMBYs and urbanists on the internet, I’ve been conducting research with housing data for well over a decade. And let me tell you: people lie about this data a lot! Including people on our side!
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They are intentionally targeting people subjected to specific categories that liberals see as expendable or undeserving of full citizenship. This is a test of solidarity and people are flunking
There is no way to fight back that doesn’t challenge ideas like ‘terrorist,’ ‘gang member,’ and ‘criminal.’
March 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
They are intentionally targeting people subjected to specific categories that liberals see as expendable or undeserving of full citizenship. This is a test of solidarity and people are flunking
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His Pennsylvania playbook.
Elon Musk is offering people in Wisconsin $100 if they sign a petition.
This is in the context of his efforts to swing the court to conservatives. www.axios.com/2025/03/21/e...
This is in the context of his efforts to swing the court to conservatives. www.axios.com/2025/03/21/e...
Musk's PAC offers $100 to Wisconsin voters in pitch against "activist judges"
The move reflects how Musk is throwing his considerable wealth behind Trump's priorities — including an upcoming election in Wisconsin for a crucial seat on the state's Supreme Court.
www.axios.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
His Pennsylvania playbook.