@kswann.bsky.social
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As we always say, debt had long been used by the powerful as
1) a source of profit
2) a tool of racial domination
3) a mechanism of social control
1) a source of profit
2) a tool of racial domination
3) a mechanism of social control
The reason they make it so difficult to get out of student debt, out of medical debt, out of rent, out of your auto loan, out of your mortgage — is because the more you owe, the more of your income that goes to paying off debt, the more docile you are. Debt is a discipline.
April 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
As we always say, debt had long been used by the powerful as
1) a source of profit
2) a tool of racial domination
3) a mechanism of social control
1) a source of profit
2) a tool of racial domination
3) a mechanism of social control
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depressing to read polls suggesting that even amongst those who disagree with Trump, the one issue there is some support for is his fascistic immigration policy. border imperialism is so normalized amongst liberals - and even some radicals. stop believing migrants are your enemy, blame billionaires!
April 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
depressing to read polls suggesting that even amongst those who disagree with Trump, the one issue there is some support for is his fascistic immigration policy. border imperialism is so normalized amongst liberals - and even some radicals. stop believing migrants are your enemy, blame billionaires!
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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I’d like to ask every single New Yorker who’s remotely left of center to get actively involved in your local Democratic Party chapter with the goal of driving Schumer, Gillibrand, Hochul, Adams, Cuomo and all the other dead wood into retirement.
March 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I’d like to ask every single New Yorker who’s remotely left of center to get actively involved in your local Democratic Party chapter with the goal of driving Schumer, Gillibrand, Hochul, Adams, Cuomo and all the other dead wood into retirement.
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
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Greatly looking forward to this book!
Very excited to share that this beautiful little volume of poems by the late, visionary Essex Hemphill, which I co-edited with the brilliant Robert Reid-Pharr & for which he wrote the introduction & I the afterword, will be out next week (March 5) from New Directions!
www.ndbooks.com/book/love-is...
www.ndbooks.com/book/love-is...
Love Is a Dangerous Word: Selected Poems
For three decades, the legacy of the revered writer, editor, performer, and activist Essex Hemphill has been lovingly sustained through xeroxed copies of his few published works. They are as potent no...
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February 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Greatly looking forward to this book!
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I just wish that we actually cared about antisemitism in this country. But instead yall had congressional hearings vilifying students and faculty (of all races & ethnicities) protesting genocide and silence with actual sieg heiling by white suprmacists.
February 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I just wish that we actually cared about antisemitism in this country. But instead yall had congressional hearings vilifying students and faculty (of all races & ethnicities) protesting genocide and silence with actual sieg heiling by white suprmacists.
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Any university that voluntarily shutters a DEI program, office or personnel “Because of Trumps Executive Order” is making a PR decision. Not a legal one.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
January 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Any university that voluntarily shutters a DEI program, office or personnel “Because of Trumps Executive Order” is making a PR decision. Not a legal one.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
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This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
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Pretrial detention hurts people for the rest of their lives. It's time to start protecting the presumption of innocence so people receive a fair shot at justice — a meaningful, achievable reform
30+ other promising changes to fight for in 2025:
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/winnable2025.html
30+ other promising changes to fight for in 2025:
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/winnable2025.html
January 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Pretrial detention hurts people for the rest of their lives. It's time to start protecting the presumption of innocence so people receive a fair shot at justice — a meaningful, achievable reform
30+ other promising changes to fight for in 2025:
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/winnable2025.html
30+ other promising changes to fight for in 2025:
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/winnable2025.html
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Gofundme should not be our national safety net
January 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Gofundme should not be our national safety net
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This can’t be normalized.
“I regularly receive emails that express the hope that I am raped, murdered, and otherwise assaulted on account of my support of Palestinian rights…law school colleagues follow me from the subway to my office in the law school, yelling at me in front of students…/1
“I regularly receive emails that express the hope that I am raped, murdered, and otherwise assaulted on account of my support of Palestinian rights…law school colleagues follow me from the subway to my office in the law school, yelling at me in front of students…/1
January 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This can’t be normalized.
“I regularly receive emails that express the hope that I am raped, murdered, and otherwise assaulted on account of my support of Palestinian rights…law school colleagues follow me from the subway to my office in the law school, yelling at me in front of students…/1
“I regularly receive emails that express the hope that I am raped, murdered, and otherwise assaulted on account of my support of Palestinian rights…law school colleagues follow me from the subway to my office in the law school, yelling at me in front of students…/1
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Chellie posted her statement laying out her position against #LakenRileyAct here - worth giving her a lot of love amplifying this thread. Right now we need courageous leaders - and when folks step up let's reward them.
🧵 I’ve received a lot of questions and comments about why I voted NO on the Laken Riley Act.
Here’s why: (1/5)
Here’s why: (1/5)
January 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Chellie posted her statement laying out her position against #LakenRileyAct here - worth giving her a lot of love amplifying this thread. Right now we need courageous leaders - and when folks step up let's reward them.
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This bill requires mandatory detention for undocumented individuals arrested or charged with theft or burglary offenses, even before a conviction. This contradicts our fundamental presumption of innocence and due process rights that protect all persons within U.S. jurisdiction. (2/5)
January 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This bill requires mandatory detention for undocumented individuals arrested or charged with theft or burglary offenses, even before a conviction. This contradicts our fundamental presumption of innocence and due process rights that protect all persons within U.S. jurisdiction. (2/5)
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Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
propub.li/3DGXECO
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
propub.li/3DGXECO
The Militia and the Mole
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
propub.li
January 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
propub.li/3DGXECO
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
propub.li/3DGXECO
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I didn’t think this would be as funny as it is. But I busted out laughing repeatedly. And it’s pretty darned on point.
Kudos for the inclusion of @msolurin.bsky.social vs. Mayor Adams.
Kudos for the inclusion of @msolurin.bsky.social vs. Mayor Adams.
Rap battles, coordinated internet smear campaigns, photographers with 110-year-old cameras, and geriatric politicians going toe-to-toe to take each other out—this year's beef truly had it all.
www.jezebel.com/our-favorite...
www.jezebel.com/our-favorite...
Our Favorite Beefs of 2024
Rap battles, coordinated internet smear campaigns, photographers with 110-year-old cameras, and geriatric politicians going toe-to-toe to take each other out—this year's beef truly had it all.
www.jezebel.com
December 31, 2024 at 1:24 AM
I didn’t think this would be as funny as it is. But I busted out laughing repeatedly. And it’s pretty darned on point.
Kudos for the inclusion of @msolurin.bsky.social vs. Mayor Adams.
Kudos for the inclusion of @msolurin.bsky.social vs. Mayor Adams.
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🚨 We are the only abortion fund open right now in the Southeast outside of Florida & we need help! We are being slammed w/requests &our budget just isn’t big enough to handle it. Anything you can contribute will help these callers get the abortion care they need.
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December 10, 2024 at 6:37 PM
🚨 We are the only abortion fund open right now in the Southeast outside of Florida & we need help! We are being slammed w/requests &our budget just isn’t big enough to handle it. Anything you can contribute will help these callers get the abortion care they need.
www.donorbox.org/support-the-fund
www.donorbox.org/support-the-fund
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MAGA tech bros are complaining Americans aren't educated enough—meanwhile oppose canceling exploitative student debt, do nothing about high university tuition, want to help abolish the Department of Education, and support the hundreds of book bans across GOP run states.
Yeah, good plan.
Yeah, good plan.
December 28, 2024 at 3:27 AM
MAGA tech bros are complaining Americans aren't educated enough—meanwhile oppose canceling exploitative student debt, do nothing about high university tuition, want to help abolish the Department of Education, and support the hundreds of book bans across GOP run states.
Yeah, good plan.
Yeah, good plan.