Scott Patrick, PhD
@neimanmarxist.bsky.social
DC teacher. PhD. Marxist. Examining the US empire from the belly of the beast. All power to the people.
The move to drop Juneteenth and MLK free-entry days while adding Trump’s birthday shows how the capitalist state uses public spaces to reinforce racist ideology, erasing liberation struggles and centering power instead. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump administration alters national parks' free-entry days, cutting MLK Day and Juneteenth
The change is part of a broader shift in the National Park Service's free-entry day schedule, which includes adding President Donald Trump's birthday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The move to drop Juneteenth and MLK free-entry days while adding Trump’s birthday shows how the capitalist state uses public spaces to reinforce racist ideology, erasing liberation struggles and centering power instead. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Senate Republicans — joined by 8 Democrats — passed a bill that will raise health care premiums for millions. After 40 days of standoffs, Democrats got nothing. Establishment politics failed—again. abcnews.go.com/Politics/bad...
'A very bad night': Democrats face blowback from their own party over shutdown deal
Sen. Chris Murphy argued there was "no way to defend" the yes vote.
abcnews.go.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Senate Republicans — joined by 8 Democrats — passed a bill that will raise health care premiums for millions. After 40 days of standoffs, Democrats got nothing. Establishment politics failed—again. abcnews.go.com/Politics/bad...
This is what conservatives want: a return to the days of slave patrols chaining up Black people like animals. This was never about public safety. It’s always been about reminding Black people who holds the whip.
August 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is what conservatives want: a return to the days of slave patrols chaining up Black people like animals. This was never about public safety. It’s always been about reminding Black people who holds the whip.
"I think it’s unfair for the young people in the city. Give them more resources; all these resources that are going to stadiums and other places, why don’t you put a community center, or the community centers that we have, more funding into them?"
DC youth curfew credited with quieter streets and no violations in designated zones
If you've noticed fewer teenagers on the streets of DC this summer, that's because a youth curfew appears to be working to keep them out of trouble.
wjla.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"I think it’s unfair for the young people in the city. Give them more resources; all these resources that are going to stadiums and other places, why don’t you put a community center, or the community centers that we have, more funding into them?"
Turns out when you flood the streets with improperly trained federal law enforcement, you get more random violence, not less
www.washingtonpost.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Turns out when you flood the streets with improperly trained federal law enforcement, you get more random violence, not less
The Washington Post is losing its prestige as fast as Bezos can buyout the few real journalists they have left. But it should still be a tremendous stain on US journalism that so many journalists silently stood by while Israel massacred their colleagues. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
Anas al-Sharif among 4 Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza City
Al Jazeera staff killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists.
www.aljazeera.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Washington Post is losing its prestige as fast as Bezos can buyout the few real journalists they have left. But it should still be a tremendous stain on US journalism that so many journalists silently stood by while Israel massacred their colleagues. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
Your feelings today about Trump using federal power to target Black youth in the name of “fighting” crime would be the same as they would have been in 1989 toward the Central Park Five.
Trump may move closer toward a DC takeover during Monday news conference - WTOP News
President Donald Trump has teased a news conference on Monday that, in his words, “will stop violent crime in Washington, DC.”
wtop.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Your feelings today about Trump using federal power to target Black youth in the name of “fighting” crime would be the same as they would have been in 1989 toward the Central Park Five.
It’s way too late, but it looks like the German government is realizing the answer to its history of genocide and antisemitism isn’t blind support for Israeli genocide and racism.
www.reuters.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It’s way too late, but it looks like the German government is realizing the answer to its history of genocide and antisemitism isn’t blind support for Israeli genocide and racism.
Obama realized in 2014 that starting WW3 over the Crimean Peninsula was a dumb idea. Now all the liberal outlets who had nothing to say then are going to use peace talks as an excuse bash Trump (while staying quiet on far worse things he’s doing)
Trump-Putin summit in Alaska resembles a slow defeat for Ukraine | CNN
Location matters, former real estate mogul US President Donald Trump said. Moments later he announced Alaska, a place sold by Russia to the United States 158 years ago for $7.2 million, would be…
www.cnn.com
August 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Obama realized in 2014 that starting WW3 over the Crimean Peninsula was a dumb idea. Now all the liberal outlets who had nothing to say then are going to use peace talks as an excuse bash Trump (while staying quiet on far worse things he’s doing)
Getting my classroom ready for school to start
August 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Getting my classroom ready for school to start
Just like @libsoftiktok incited violence against children’s hospitals, @seckennedy @mercola @tycharleneb have blood on their hands. Their grifts are built on a foundation of corpses
Live updates: Shooter appeared to target CDC headquarters in shooting that left police officer dead, sources say | CNN
A police officer was killed during an active shooter incident on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, according to a law enforcement official. The shooter is also dead, according to…
www.cnn.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Just like @libsoftiktok incited violence against children’s hospitals, @seckennedy @mercola @tycharleneb have blood on their hands. Their grifts are built on a foundation of corpses
If Marx turned Hegel on his head, modern conservatives have done the same to Lenin: seizing state power and establishing a dictatorship of the reactionary working class
Trump orders colleges to prove they don't consider race in admissions
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum requiring colleges to prove they do not consider race in admissions.
apnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If Marx turned Hegel on his head, modern conservatives have done the same to Lenin: seizing state power and establishing a dictatorship of the reactionary working class
This is not a new conservative strategy; this is right out of the Jim Crow playbook. In utter defiance of their arguments against affirmative action, they are eager to see color when it comes to securing power
GOP's Texas map has Austin residents sharing district with rural Texans 300 miles away
It would "suppress the votes of Black and brown Austinites," one Democrat said.
abcnews.go.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is not a new conservative strategy; this is right out of the Jim Crow playbook. In utter defiance of their arguments against affirmative action, they are eager to see color when it comes to securing power
While DC may no longer be “Chocolate City,” it still has a large African American community. This isn’t about crime, but about the state terrorizing people of color, especially children, cheered on by folks like @potomacfever pining for slave catchers
Trump orders increased federal law enforcement presence in D.C. after decrying crime rate
The seven-day operation, which could extend beyond a week, is aimed at boosting public safety, a White House official said.
www.nbcnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
While DC may no longer be “Chocolate City,” it still has a large African American community. This isn’t about crime, but about the state terrorizing people of color, especially children, cheered on by folks like @potomacfever pining for slave catchers
As the regional bourgeoisie barter over Palestinian lives, Israel prepares to deepen its genocide. All this symbolic finger-wagging does nothing to address the colonial conflict at the heart of the problem.
Israel plans to retake Gaza City, escalating the war with Hamas and fueling worries for hostages
Israel says it plans to take over Gaza City. The decision to escalate its 22-month war with Hamas drew a dismissal from the militant group, renewed international calls to end the conflict and stirred…
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August 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
As the regional bourgeoisie barter over Palestinian lives, Israel prepares to deepen its genocide. All this symbolic finger-wagging does nothing to address the colonial conflict at the heart of the problem.
Trump's administration isn't preserving history but actively rewriting it, using state power to resurrect a monument to slavery's defenders and spending millions to defend a legacy of oppression while real needs go unmet.
Restoration of torn-down Confederate monument will cost $10 million over 2 years, military says
A U.S. Army official says restoring a memorial to the Confederacy that was removed from Arlington National Cemetery at the recommendation of Congress will cost roughly $10 million total.
apnews.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Trump's administration isn't preserving history but actively rewriting it, using state power to resurrect a monument to slavery's defenders and spending millions to defend a legacy of oppression while real needs go unmet.
Bowser's silence isn't weakness, but a stark admission of D.C.'s powerlessness. Leaders representing communities of color are forced to submit to federal authority just to survive within a system rigged against them.
Trump says he’s considering taking over DC police and bringing in National Guard | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump says he’s considering the federal government taking over Washington, DC, and bringing in the National Guard after a former DOGE employee was assaulted in an attempted…
www.cnn.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Bowser's silence isn't weakness, but a stark admission of D.C.'s powerlessness. Leaders representing communities of color are forced to submit to federal authority just to survive within a system rigged against them.
While superficially boosting state revenue and narrowing trade deficits, Trump’s protectionist measures merely displace capitalism's fundamental contradictions onto the domestic working class through inflation and potential demand destruction.
Dozens more countries face higher levies on exports to US as new Trump tariffs come into effect
Donald Trump’s latest wave of ‘reciprocal’ rates were in place as of a minute past midnight Washington time on Thursday
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
While superficially boosting state revenue and narrowing trade deficits, Trump’s protectionist measures merely displace capitalism's fundamental contradictions onto the domestic working class through inflation and potential demand destruction.
The mass killing of starving civilians awaiting aid in Gaza is more proof of the extremes to which settler-colonial regimes will go to maintain dominance. Imperial support ensures impunity for acts condemned elsewhere as crimes against humanity.
At least 91 killed seeking aid in Gaza as US envoy Steve Witkoff visits Israel
Crowds of hungry people waiting for humanitarian aid at Zikim crossing shot at by Israeli soldiers
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The mass killing of starving civilians awaiting aid in Gaza is more proof of the extremes to which settler-colonial regimes will go to maintain dominance. Imperial support ensures impunity for acts condemned elsewhere as crimes against humanity.
Trump’s tariff escalation is the classic imperialist tendency of monopoly capital to weaponize trade as a tool of coercion. Nationalist rhetoric masks the economic subjugation of weaker capitalist states within the global hierarchy.
Trump tariffs live: stock markets fall after US announces new rates on 92 countries
Donald Trump orders 10% tariffs on goods imported from all countries bar those from 92 nations subject to higher levies; Mark Carney says Canada will ‘diversify’ its export markets
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Trump’s tariff escalation is the classic imperialist tendency of monopoly capital to weaponize trade as a tool of coercion. Nationalist rhetoric masks the economic subjugation of weaker capitalist states within the global hierarchy.
Trump’s use of state power to pursue political vendettas against those who challenged his legitimacy exemplifies the bourgeoisie’s manipulation of the state apparatus for personal and class preservation.
Obama pushes back on Trump's 'outrageous' and 'bizarre' treason claim
A spokesperson for the former president called Trump's claim that Obama tried to rig the 2016 election "a weak attempt at a distraction."
www.nbcnews.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Trump’s use of state power to pursue political vendettas against those who challenged his legitimacy exemplifies the bourgeoisie’s manipulation of the state apparatus for personal and class preservation.
Trump’s entanglement with Epstein exposes the moral rot of the elite, where exploitation and abuse by the wealthy are shielded by state secrecy and media deflection. Trump’s denials reflect the bourgeoisie’s need to protect its own from accountability.
Donald Trump’s name reported to feature in DoJ files about Jeffrey Epstein
Wall Street Journal report says president’s name appears ‘multiples times’ as Congress subpoenas Ghislaine Maxwell
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump’s entanglement with Epstein exposes the moral rot of the elite, where exploitation and abuse by the wealthy are shielded by state secrecy and media deflection. Trump’s denials reflect the bourgeoisie’s need to protect its own from accountability.
The US state is weaponizing immigration policy to intimidate and discipline a vulnerable labor pool. By tying arrests to arbitrary quotas, it undercuts the potential for proletarian solidarity across lines of nationality and legal status.
ICE arrests of noncriminals surge in the DMV
The spike happened shortly after the Trump administration tripled ICE's daily arrest quota.
www.axios.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The US state is weaponizing immigration policy to intimidate and discipline a vulnerable labor pool. By tying arrests to arbitrary quotas, it undercuts the potential for proletarian solidarity across lines of nationality and legal status.
“The United Nations said Tuesday that more than 1,000 Palestinians have now been killed by Israeli forces while seeking food since the start of a new aid distribution system launched by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in late May.”
A baby boy dies as starvation spreads across Gaza
Doctors and aid groups warned of a hunger crisis now reaching a crescendo in the besieged and bombarded Palestinian enclave.
www.nbcnews.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“The United Nations said Tuesday that more than 1,000 Palestinians have now been killed by Israeli forces while seeking food since the start of a new aid distribution system launched by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in late May.”