Pomme De Terroir
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People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations.
July 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations.
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On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
June 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
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i wish we could be as ignorant of the united states as americans are about the rest of the world. hopefully one day 🙏
June 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
i wish we could be as ignorant of the united states as americans are about the rest of the world. hopefully one day 🙏
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The most important part of what’s happening in LA is that Trump is trying to invade and take over Democratic states and crush opposition to his dictatorship with military force.
The only way to stop the authoritarian takeover is through mass civil resistance. That’s exactly what is happening.
The only way to stop the authoritarian takeover is through mass civil resistance. That’s exactly what is happening.
June 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The most important part of what’s happening in LA is that Trump is trying to invade and take over Democratic states and crush opposition to his dictatorship with military force.
The only way to stop the authoritarian takeover is through mass civil resistance. That’s exactly what is happening.
The only way to stop the authoritarian takeover is through mass civil resistance. That’s exactly what is happening.
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I have come to expect this sort of framing from centrists, and occasionally those further on the left. It is a willful refusal to correctly locate the agents of violence.
Latest @theintercept.com on pathetic criticisms of LA protesters: theintercept.com/2025/06/09/l...
Latest @theintercept.com on pathetic criticisms of LA protesters: theintercept.com/2025/06/09/l...
LA Protesters Aren’t Inviting Violent Authoritarianism, They’re Mobilizing to Stop It
Adam Schiff and centrist concern trolls have it completely backward: Trump’s immigration crackdown is the source of pervasive violence.
theintercept.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I have come to expect this sort of framing from centrists, and occasionally those further on the left. It is a willful refusal to correctly locate the agents of violence.
Latest @theintercept.com on pathetic criticisms of LA protesters: theintercept.com/2025/06/09/l...
Latest @theintercept.com on pathetic criticisms of LA protesters: theintercept.com/2025/06/09/l...
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Have national Dems, who claim to want to "win back" the working class, said anything yet about ICE injuring and arresting the head of the SEIU of California?
truthout.org/articles/ice...
truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE Arrests David Huerta, Beloved Labor Leader and SEIU California President
“We all collectively have to object to this madness,” said Huerta after his violent arrest for witnessing an ICE raid.
truthout.org
June 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Have national Dems, who claim to want to "win back" the working class, said anything yet about ICE injuring and arresting the head of the SEIU of California?
truthout.org/articles/ice...
truthout.org/articles/ice...
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As a GAO stan, I am delighted to tell you:
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is auditing Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) www.wired.com/story/gao-a...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is auditing Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) www.wired.com/story/gao-a...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Getting Audited
The Government Accountability Office’s audit examines DOGE’s handling of data at a number of federal agencies, according to sources and records reviewed by WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
As a GAO stan, I am delighted to tell you:
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is auditing Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) www.wired.com/story/gao-a...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is auditing Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) www.wired.com/story/gao-a...
Thank you @benehrenreich.bsky.social for this critically important work. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
You Don’t Get Trump Without Gaza
Fascism doesn’t just appear. It must be invited in—and the bipartisan repression of the anti-genocide movement did just that.
www.thenation.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you @benehrenreich.bsky.social for this critically important work. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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SIGN
"university+college presidents have solemn professional +moral responsibilities to students, staff, +faculty. We urge you to legally contest—not capitulate to—the current admin's alarming political campaign against institutions of higher ed." www.newenglandscholarsspeak.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
"university+college presidents have solemn professional +moral responsibilities to students, staff, +faculty. We urge you to legally contest—not capitulate to—the current admin's alarming political campaign against institutions of higher ed." www.newenglandscholarsspeak.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
Emergency National Statement to University and College Presidents
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE SILENT. DEFEND OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR DEMOCRACY NOW.
www.newenglandscholarsspeak.org
March 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
SIGN
"university+college presidents have solemn professional +moral responsibilities to students, staff, +faculty. We urge you to legally contest—not capitulate to—the current admin's alarming political campaign against institutions of higher ed." www.newenglandscholarsspeak.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
"university+college presidents have solemn professional +moral responsibilities to students, staff, +faculty. We urge you to legally contest—not capitulate to—the current admin's alarming political campaign against institutions of higher ed." www.newenglandscholarsspeak.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
snyder.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
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“Not only is silence in the face of mounting authoritarianism morally objectionable…IT’S NOT WORKING... We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
March 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“Not only is silence in the face of mounting authoritarianism morally objectionable…IT’S NOT WORKING... We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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"Abdelhadi says that by treating Palestinians and their allies as 'fair game for repression,' Democratic officials and college administrators 'opened the door for the far right to strip away constitutional protections from everyone.'"
Mahmoud Khalil and the Repression That Was, Is, and Will Be
Do not wait until this violence comes to your doorstep.
organizingmythoughts.org
March 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Abdelhadi says that by treating Palestinians and their allies as 'fair game for repression,' Democratic officials and college administrators 'opened the door for the far right to strip away constitutional protections from everyone.'"
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NYC - Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 11AM. — Free Mahmoud Khalil - US Permanent Resident who was kidnapped by ICE for exercising his Free Speech.
March 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
NYC - Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 11AM. — Free Mahmoud Khalil - US Permanent Resident who was kidnapped by ICE for exercising his Free Speech.
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Musk calls social security a ‘Ponzi scheme’. The real con is what Trump’s peddling | Robert Reich
Musk calls social security a ‘Ponzi scheme’. The real con is what Trump’s peddling | Robert Reich
Social security is a highly efficient safety net. But the president’s crypto plans and job cuts leave Americans holding the bag
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Musk calls social security a ‘Ponzi scheme’. The real con is what Trump’s peddling | Robert Reich
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“In a time of temptation to the bad, or to the worse, association is what lets people find the courage to refuse, and the practical standing to do so. If things get very bad, it is also associational life that helps people circulate information, hide, escape, and travel.”
The Fork in the Road | Mark Greif
There may well be normalcy again. But it lies on the other side—not in accommodation to this malevolent insanity, run by lackeys and toads. The risk of overreaction is trivial compared to the risks of...
www.nplusonemag.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“In a time of temptation to the bad, or to the worse, association is what lets people find the courage to refuse, and the practical standing to do so. If things get very bad, it is also associational life that helps people circulate information, hide, escape, and travel.”
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"Computer prgmrs quickly claimed that the 150 figure was not evidence of fraud, but rather the result of a weird quirk of the SSA’s benefits system, which was largely written in COBOL... These systems default to the reference point when a birth date is missing or incomplete..."
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting Social Security Benefits
Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There's a much simpler explanation.
www.wired.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"Computer prgmrs quickly claimed that the 150 figure was not evidence of fraud, but rather the result of a weird quirk of the SSA’s benefits system, which was largely written in COBOL... These systems default to the reference point when a birth date is missing or incomplete..."
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“They do not care about or understand the state because they do not acknowledge that it is valid; they do not care about or understand public service or public servants because they refuse the premise that such things could even exist.”
Billionaire Dipshit And His Strike Team Of Greasy Beavises Are Stripping The Wires From The Federal Government | Defector
The most important thing to know about both the chittering Renfields gnawing through the ductwork of the American administrative state and the billionaire sociopath they serve is that they don’t care....
defector.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“They do not care about or understand the state because they do not acknowledge that it is valid; they do not care about or understand public service or public servants because they refuse the premise that such things could even exist.”