Jordan Phillips-Dickerson
@jordanpeace.bsky.social
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Two better ways out are:
1) Peeling off 4 Senators or 8 Reps
2) Getting 3.5% of Americans protesting
A possible third is:
3) Demanding concessions when the GOP asks Dems to help recover from a Trump-caused catastrophe, like in 2008 and 2020
1) Peeling off 4 Senators or 8 Reps
2) Getting 3.5% of Americans protesting
A possible third is:
3) Demanding concessions when the GOP asks Dems to help recover from a Trump-caused catastrophe, like in 2008 and 2020
September 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Two better ways out are:
1) Peeling off 4 Senators or 8 Reps
2) Getting 3.5% of Americans protesting
A possible third is:
3) Demanding concessions when the GOP asks Dems to help recover from a Trump-caused catastrophe, like in 2008 and 2020
1) Peeling off 4 Senators or 8 Reps
2) Getting 3.5% of Americans protesting
A possible third is:
3) Demanding concessions when the GOP asks Dems to help recover from a Trump-caused catastrophe, like in 2008 and 2020
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It is a catastrophically bad plan to say winning elections are the best way out of this, and assuming it is is part of why people spend too much time obsessing about Schumer and Jeffries.
My latest, at @msnbc.com, on the mismatch between Democratic leaders and Trump II. I get why so many D voters are furious with them and why the party brand has tanked. But the party needs them. Winning elections from now through 2028 is the only way to stop the madness. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Democratic voters are furious with party leaders. And that disaffection has a cost.
The Trump era has put the Democratic Party in an unprecedented bind.
www.msnbc.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It is a catastrophically bad plan to say winning elections are the best way out of this, and assuming it is is part of why people spend too much time obsessing about Schumer and Jeffries.
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This "we'll still have normal elections in 2026/8 & the fundamentals of 🇺🇸 politics are unchanged" is the central cleavage among US political scientists today. As one far more worried that the democratic backsliing into competitive authoritarianism is well underway, I'd love to be proven wrong, but 😬
March 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This "we'll still have normal elections in 2026/8 & the fundamentals of 🇺🇸 politics are unchanged" is the central cleavage among US political scientists today. As one far more worried that the democratic backsliing into competitive authoritarianism is well underway, I'd love to be proven wrong, but 😬
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“Thank you again. Thank you again. Won’t forget it,” Trump says while shaking the hand of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts after the State of the Union.
March 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
“Thank you again. Thank you again. Won’t forget it,” Trump says while shaking the hand of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts after the State of the Union.
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The attacks transgender people, and the cheering, the applauding, it just blood-curdling.
March 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The attacks transgender people, and the cheering, the applauding, it just blood-curdling.
If you want a preview of what the next decade or so looks like for America, read up on what’s been happening in Israel. It’s not good.
today in Fuckery, Israeli police raided The Educational Bookshop, an iconic East Jerusalem chain of Arabic & English books on the Occupation & the history of Jerusalem -- and arrested the owners on "incitement to terrorism" grounds.
Everyone in peace/ coexistence work knows this place.
Everyone in peace/ coexistence work knows this place.
'They took books with a Palestinian flag': Israeli Police raids iconic E. J'lem bookshop
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www.haaretz.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If you want a preview of what the next decade or so looks like for America, read up on what’s been happening in Israel. It’s not good.
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today in Fuckery, Israeli police raided The Educational Bookshop, an iconic East Jerusalem chain of Arabic & English books on the Occupation & the history of Jerusalem -- and arrested the owners on "incitement to terrorism" grounds.
Everyone in peace/ coexistence work knows this place.
Everyone in peace/ coexistence work knows this place.
'They took books with a Palestinian flag': Israeli Police raids iconic E. J'lem bookshop
***
www.haaretz.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
today in Fuckery, Israeli police raided The Educational Bookshop, an iconic East Jerusalem chain of Arabic & English books on the Occupation & the history of Jerusalem -- and arrested the owners on "incitement to terrorism" grounds.
Everyone in peace/ coexistence work knows this place.
Everyone in peace/ coexistence work knows this place.
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Fox ran a superbowl ad from Kanye for a website that, then and now, is selling only one thing: a white tshirt with a black swastika printed in the middle of the chest.
It hasn’t attracted much coverage or comment at all outside of progressive spaces like this. But it’s nuts.
It hasn’t attracted much coverage or comment at all outside of progressive spaces like this. But it’s nuts.
Kanye West has gone full Nazi. Full full Nazi.
But I don't see any of the top House Democrats who obsessed over alleged antisemitic student protesters on campus - Torres, Gottheimer, Moskowitz, Goldman, Fetterman, etc - calling out Trump and the GOP for their one-time alliance with Kanye. WHY?
But I don't see any of the top House Democrats who obsessed over alleged antisemitic student protesters on campus - Torres, Gottheimer, Moskowitz, Goldman, Fetterman, etc - calling out Trump and the GOP for their one-time alliance with Kanye. WHY?
February 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Fox ran a superbowl ad from Kanye for a website that, then and now, is selling only one thing: a white tshirt with a black swastika printed in the middle of the chest.
It hasn’t attracted much coverage or comment at all outside of progressive spaces like this. But it’s nuts.
It hasn’t attracted much coverage or comment at all outside of progressive spaces like this. But it’s nuts.
He is a racist.
REPORTER: I'm trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash.
TRUMP: Because I have common sense, ok? And unfortunately a lot of people don't
TRUMP: Because I have common sense, ok? And unfortunately a lot of people don't
January 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
He is a racist.
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Kinda perfect that people wrung their hands about not politicizing the DCA tragedy and Trump rolled out with "the gay dude who did DEI killed those people"
January 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Kinda perfect that people wrung their hands about not politicizing the DCA tragedy and Trump rolled out with "the gay dude who did DEI killed those people"
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Let the record show that this rabbi believes that threatening to deport anyone who took part in exercising their first amendment right, regardless of their citizenship status, is absolutely, entirely, wholly bullshit.
(And also presumably illegal, but I'm sure the ACLU has those receipts.)
(And also presumably illegal, but I'm sure the ACLU has those receipts.)
January 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Let the record show that this rabbi believes that threatening to deport anyone who took part in exercising their first amendment right, regardless of their citizenship status, is absolutely, entirely, wholly bullshit.
(And also presumably illegal, but I'm sure the ACLU has those receipts.)
(And also presumably illegal, but I'm sure the ACLU has those receipts.)
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Who can maintain neutrality in a time like this. Think about your neighbors.
January 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Who can maintain neutrality in a time like this. Think about your neighbors.
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Note: The person giving the sermon in question is Bishop Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington.
Rep. Collins is suggesting deporting a U.S. citizen and bishop for delivering a sermon in a house of worship in accordance with her faith.
Rep. Collins is suggesting deporting a U.S. citizen and bishop for delivering a sermon in a house of worship in accordance with her faith.
January 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Note: The person giving the sermon in question is Bishop Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington.
Rep. Collins is suggesting deporting a U.S. citizen and bishop for delivering a sermon in a house of worship in accordance with her faith.
Rep. Collins is suggesting deporting a U.S. citizen and bishop for delivering a sermon in a house of worship in accordance with her faith.
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Best thing our allies can remember: if you stand up to Trump you intimidate him and he will back down. If you crawl to him (like his sycophantic politicians) he will not respect you and will eventually throw you under the bus.
January 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Best thing our allies can remember: if you stand up to Trump you intimidate him and he will back down. If you crawl to him (like his sycophantic politicians) he will not respect you and will eventually throw you under the bus.
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I’m a US citizen because of birthright citizenship.
Immigrants & their kids have a special love for this country—as the home worth sacrificing everything to build. Shame on these illegal efforts to undermine our country’s values.
TY @massago.bsky.social for leading the charge to take this on!
Immigrants & their kids have a special love for this country—as the home worth sacrificing everything to build. Shame on these illegal efforts to undermine our country’s values.
TY @massago.bsky.social for leading the charge to take this on!
BREAKING: President Trump thinks he can ignore the constitution and deny birthright citizenship from thousands of innocent children.
It's a cruel, egregious overstep of his authority.
We're suing to stop this unlawful plan in its tracks.
It's a cruel, egregious overstep of his authority.
We're suing to stop this unlawful plan in its tracks.
January 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I’m a US citizen because of birthright citizenship.
Immigrants & their kids have a special love for this country—as the home worth sacrificing everything to build. Shame on these illegal efforts to undermine our country’s values.
TY @massago.bsky.social for leading the charge to take this on!
Immigrants & their kids have a special love for this country—as the home worth sacrificing everything to build. Shame on these illegal efforts to undermine our country’s values.
TY @massago.bsky.social for leading the charge to take this on!
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"Democrats who said they would ;wait and see' or 'work with Trump' on this or that issue look like fools. Hopefully, the past 24 hours will wake them up."
www.signorile.com/p/trump-kept...
Trump kept his promise: dictator on Day One
Democrats who said they would "wait and see" or "work with Trump" on this or that issue look like fools. Hopefully, the past 24 hours will wake them up.
www.signorile.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Democrats who said they would ;wait and see' or 'work with Trump' on this or that issue look like fools. Hopefully, the past 24 hours will wake them up."
www.signorile.com/p/trump-kept...
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Better idea: pass a comprehensive data privacy bill that applies across the board... and maybe *DON'T* mimic Chinese authoritarianism by creating a "Great Firewall" of apps that aren't allowed to operate here.
You can actually fix things AND not abuse the 1st Amendment in one shot!
You can actually fix things AND not abuse the 1st Amendment in one shot!
I’m concerned that Americans are flocking to a number of adversary-owned social media platforms. We still need a comprehensive and risk-based approach to assessing and mitigating the risks of foreign-owned apps.
January 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Better idea: pass a comprehensive data privacy bill that applies across the board... and maybe *DON'T* mimic Chinese authoritarianism by creating a "Great Firewall" of apps that aren't allowed to operate here.
You can actually fix things AND not abuse the 1st Amendment in one shot!
You can actually fix things AND not abuse the 1st Amendment in one shot!
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In Florida, a 15-year-old girl was the subject of a police investigation that involved armed officers asking her teammates if they had ever seen her nude and a 500-page report detailing changes in her body weight and notes from her guidance counselor--all because she wanted to play volleyball
5. Now let's look at the relevant section of the bill. And ask yourself (a) what circumstances would trigger enforcement and (b) who would enforce?
January 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In Florida, a 15-year-old girl was the subject of a police investigation that involved armed officers asking her teammates if they had ever seen her nude and a 500-page report detailing changes in her body weight and notes from her guidance counselor--all because she wanted to play volleyball
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Inaugurations aren’t history, they’re cheap theater. Much like this post.
I am seeing so many posts on social media about boycotting the inauguration. Don't you dare. Don't you dare turn your eyes away from history, even the awful, scary parts. If you don't watch it with your own eyes, you rely on others to tell you what you saw. We must all bear witness to what's coming
January 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Inaugurations aren’t history, they’re cheap theater. Much like this post.
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As we confront a second Trump presidency, here’s a path forward: 🧵
December 19, 2024 at 6:27 PM
As we confront a second Trump presidency, here’s a path forward: 🧵
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People voted for a fictional Trump they made up in their heads and the question is whether the massive propaganda apparatus behind him can maintain that fiction while he does all the things many of his voters told themselves he wouldn’t do bsky.app/profile/carl...
WAPO POLL: “.. Would you support or oppose the Trump administration doing each of the following?”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 19, 2024 at 1:40 PM
People voted for a fictional Trump they made up in their heads and the question is whether the massive propaganda apparatus behind him can maintain that fiction while he does all the things many of his voters told themselves he wouldn’t do bsky.app/profile/carl...
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For the love of God stop showing me bad takes from Twitter. If I wanted to see bad takes from Twitter, I'd be on Twitter.
December 2, 2024 at 3:02 PM
For the love of God stop showing me bad takes from Twitter. If I wanted to see bad takes from Twitter, I'd be on Twitter.
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One of the pathologies you see in a lot of punditry/discourse is some implicit assumption that in a deep sense Democrats *should* win every election and when they don’t it shows how bad they are, or how annoying libs are of whatever. But America’s a pretty conservative place!
December 2, 2024 at 7:34 PM
One of the pathologies you see in a lot of punditry/discourse is some implicit assumption that in a deep sense Democrats *should* win every election and when they don’t it shows how bad they are, or how annoying libs are of whatever. But America’s a pretty conservative place!
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Did anyone else first see this on Clarissa Explains It All and pined over it the rest of their childhood
December 2, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Did anyone else first see this on Clarissa Explains It All and pined over it the rest of their childhood
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"The Left has no choice but to stay on Twitter" can be best understood as the writer saying "I worked very hard to get all my followers on Twitter and I don't want to have to start all over again somewhere else"
December 1, 2024 at 5:27 PM
"The Left has no choice but to stay on Twitter" can be best understood as the writer saying "I worked very hard to get all my followers on Twitter and I don't want to have to start all over again somewhere else"