Ken Previti
@kenpreviti.bsky.social
retired teacher, activist for universal healthcare, women's reproductive rights, public education, alleviating the climate crisis, and progressive causes
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated. Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth
Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated. Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth
As the war on Gaza spans a second year, we continue our conversation with the acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates. His new book, The Message, is based in part on his visit last year to Israel and the occupied...
www.democracynow.org
November 28, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated. Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth
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Joe Biden has 53 days.
Biden Has “Pardoned” Eight Turkeys. Will He Spare the Lives of 40 Human Beings?
With Donald Trump returning to the White House, only mass commutations by Biden will stop another federal execution spree.
interc.pt
November 28, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Joe Biden has 53 days.
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Back in the olden days (1994), we had a saying: "don't feed the trolls"
Don't respond to trolls. It just encourages them to come here and stay here and bring their friends with them.
Instead, block on sight. Deprive them of the oxygen (attention) they so crave.
Make them so bitterly bored of this place that it drives them batty.
Instead, block on sight. Deprive them of the oxygen (attention) they so crave.
Make them so bitterly bored of this place that it drives them batty.
November 28, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Back in the olden days (1994), we had a saying: "don't feed the trolls"
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Trump Won Less Than 50 Percent. Why Is Everyone Calling It a Landslide? - POLITICO
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Trump Won Less Than 50 Percent. Why Is Everyone Calling It a Landslide? — POLITICO
Right and left have bought the narrative of a crushing triumph. They’re wrong.
apple.news
November 28, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Trump Won Less Than 50 Percent. Why Is Everyone Calling It a Landslide? - POLITICO
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apple.news/AHo04sXerStO...
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Talked to @levernews.com about several aspects of what is to be done by Biden, Schumer, and the rest of the Democrats... www.levernews.com/how-y-o-l-o-...
How “Y.O.L.O. Joe” Can Beat The Lame Duck
Here is what Democrats could actually achieve in the months before Trump takes office.
www.levernews.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Talked to @levernews.com about several aspects of what is to be done by Biden, Schumer, and the rest of the Democrats... www.levernews.com/how-y-o-l-o-...
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Lotta people emailing me about this interview with @jordanuhl.com about how the Obama/Clinton/Harris faction destroyed the Dem Party. I’m glad it’s getting out there.
Go watch & subscribe to the @levernews.com YouTube page.
youtu.be/xdvAmh1Da3s?...
Go watch & subscribe to the @levernews.com YouTube page.
youtu.be/xdvAmh1Da3s?...
Democrats Wake Up to Economic Populism | from The Insurgents
YouTube video by The Lever
youtu.be
November 28, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Lotta people emailing me about this interview with @jordanuhl.com about how the Obama/Clinton/Harris faction destroyed the Dem Party. I’m glad it’s getting out there.
Go watch & subscribe to the @levernews.com YouTube page.
youtu.be/xdvAmh1Da3s?...
Go watch & subscribe to the @levernews.com YouTube page.
youtu.be/xdvAmh1Da3s?...
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In case you believed Harris and not Smotrich, the ceasefire agreement wasn’t worth the paper it was written on. www.timesofisrael.com/idf-strikes-...
IDF strikes Hezbollah rocket depot after identifying violations of fresh ceasefire | The Times of Israel
www.timesofisrael.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:50 PM
In case you believed Harris and not Smotrich, the ceasefire agreement wasn’t worth the paper it was written on. www.timesofisrael.com/idf-strikes-...
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Trump just endorsed Fine for Congress. He kicks off his campaign with this.
November 27, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Trump just endorsed Fine for Congress. He kicks off his campaign with this.
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A recent analysis found that when Trump imposed tariffs during his first term, companies who contributed to Republicans were more likely to be granted tariff exemptions.
Trump's corporate donors won't shoulder the cost of his trade wars.
It's crony capitalism at its worst.
Trump's corporate donors won't shoulder the cost of his trade wars.
It's crony capitalism at its worst.
Donations Improved Odds of Avoiding Trump Tariffs, Study Finds
Public companies whose executives donated to Republican candidates had a higher chance of winning exclusions from President-elect Donald Trump’s first-term tariffs on China, while those that gave to…
buff.ly
November 27, 2024 at 2:10 AM
A recent analysis found that when Trump imposed tariffs during his first term, companies who contributed to Republicans were more likely to be granted tariff exemptions.
Trump's corporate donors won't shoulder the cost of his trade wars.
It's crony capitalism at its worst.
Trump's corporate donors won't shoulder the cost of his trade wars.
It's crony capitalism at its worst.
“Whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.”
― Charles Darwin
― Charles Darwin
November 26, 2024 at 5:28 AM
“Whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.”
― Charles Darwin
― Charles Darwin
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President-elect Donald Trump has picked Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought to lead the White House budget office.
Trump picks Project 2025 co-author to lead White House’s budget office | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Russell Vought as his pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, he said in a Truth Social post.
www.cnn.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:14 AM
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought to lead the White House budget office.
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Trump’s National Director of Counterterrorism
November 23, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Trump’s National Director of Counterterrorism
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They have their own TV channels, personalities, media. They deride fact checking and (well) moderated debate. They buy social media platforms to manipulate algorithms and amplify content that suits their preferred ends and worldview.
What they are threatened by are places of alignment + organizing
What they are threatened by are places of alignment + organizing
November 23, 2024 at 1:37 AM
They have their own TV channels, personalities, media. They deride fact checking and (well) moderated debate. They buy social media platforms to manipulate algorithms and amplify content that suits their preferred ends and worldview.
What they are threatened by are places of alignment + organizing
What they are threatened by are places of alignment + organizing
As Trump and his handlers continue to appoint top government departments and offices to extremists, remember these are not "stupid" decisions. The appointments are given to people who will undermine and dismantle our democratic republic government. Oligarchs will then take total control.
BREAKING
Donald Trump named MAGA radio host Sebastian Gorka to serve as Deputy Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Counterterrorism
Donald Trump named MAGA radio host Sebastian Gorka to serve as Deputy Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Counterterrorism
November 23, 2024 at 2:05 AM
As Trump and his handlers continue to appoint top government departments and offices to extremists, remember these are not "stupid" decisions. The appointments are given to people who will undermine and dismantle our democratic republic government. Oligarchs will then take total control.
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See what spending $200 million on an election gets you? www.levernews.com/trump-ag-pic...
November 22, 2024 at 10:24 PM
See what spending $200 million on an election gets you? www.levernews.com/trump-ag-pic...
"One of the biggest problems facing America today is that a handful of corporations and economic elites have too much power and the government is doing too little about it.”
Face reality and do something about it? How unique an insight! Will other Democrats do the same?
Face reality and do something about it? How unique an insight! Will other Democrats do the same?
I'm glad Murphy is doing this, but let's behold the fact that a Democratic senator has to MAKE A CASE to his party to actually do popular things.
Like, it's apparently a new & CONTROVERSIAL idea that a party should actually do what voters want!
Like, it's apparently a new & CONTROVERSIAL idea that a party should actually do what voters want!
Murphy’s case for populism
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is circulating a polling memo arguing that Democrats need to embrace populism to win back working-class voters.
buff.ly
November 23, 2024 at 1:41 AM
"One of the biggest problems facing America today is that a handful of corporations and economic elites have too much power and the government is doing too little about it.”
Face reality and do something about it? How unique an insight! Will other Democrats do the same?
Face reality and do something about it? How unique an insight! Will other Democrats do the same?
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Melania Trump named her new First Lady Chief of Staff today, and she just happens to be ‘Trump Aide 1’ in his classified documents indictment. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Melania's New COS Is 'Trump Aide 1' in Docs Indictment
Heading back to the scene of the crime.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Melania Trump named her new First Lady Chief of Staff today, and she just happens to be ‘Trump Aide 1’ in his classified documents indictment. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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So, Trump picked for Secretary of Education a pro wrestling exec whose primary qualification is that she supports vouchers. Another nail in the coffin of America's middle class, as I explain in my latest piece for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Linda McMahon, secretary of plunder
Trump's favorite wrestling tycoon may now oversee education. Great news for elite private school kids and "segregation academies."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:59 PM
So, Trump picked for Secretary of Education a pro wrestling exec whose primary qualification is that she supports vouchers. Another nail in the coffin of America's middle class, as I explain in my latest piece for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Tesla’s path in China clears as Musk courts both Trump and Xi
Tesla’s path in China clears as Musk courts both Trump and Xi
Billionaire CEO is well connected in the US and China, something that could smooth the road ahead for the electric vehicle maker amid a looming tariff war
If it pays to have friends in high places, few among us can claim to be better placed than Elon…
dlvr.it
November 22, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Tesla’s path in China clears as Musk courts both Trump and Xi
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We need a real organizer and machine builder. Laser focused.
Yes, fundraising is crucial, but we need someone who can build the infrastructure for resources to be deployed effectively.
I want someone with a record of knowing how to WIN with working people and preserving our values. They exist!
Yes, fundraising is crucial, but we need someone who can build the infrastructure for resources to be deployed effectively.
I want someone with a record of knowing how to WIN with working people and preserving our values. They exist!
What are you looking for in the next DNC chairperson, that can help us win in 2026 and beyond?
November 22, 2024 at 2:01 AM
We need a real organizer and machine builder. Laser focused.
Yes, fundraising is crucial, but we need someone who can build the infrastructure for resources to be deployed effectively.
I want someone with a record of knowing how to WIN with working people and preserving our values. They exist!
Yes, fundraising is crucial, but we need someone who can build the infrastructure for resources to be deployed effectively.
I want someone with a record of knowing how to WIN with working people and preserving our values. They exist!
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As expected, this bill would put nearly all funding and programs for IDEA/students with disabilities under the control of HHS
That would be under the control of RFK Jr, of “vaccines cause autism” fame.
That would be under the control of RFK Jr, of “vaccines cause autism” fame.
New -> Sen. Mike Rounds, a Republican from South Dakota, has introduced the Returning Education to Our States Act, which would abolish the U.S. Education Department and divide its offices up among other federal agencies.
You can read the bill text here:
www.rounds.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
You can read the bill text here:
www.rounds.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.rounds.senate.gov
November 21, 2024 at 9:48 PM
As expected, this bill would put nearly all funding and programs for IDEA/students with disabilities under the control of HHS
That would be under the control of RFK Jr, of “vaccines cause autism” fame.
That would be under the control of RFK Jr, of “vaccines cause autism” fame.
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Not sure whether to laugh or cry.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump names former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as his pick for education secretary
McMahon, who is a co-chair of Trump's transition team, led the Small Business Administration during Trump's first term.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Not sure whether to laugh or cry.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
