Iscah
@pinejaysong.bsky.social
sci-fi nerd, amateur crocheter, lesbian jew
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New in PN: Cue the rebellion
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
Cue the rebellion
The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing.
www.publicnotice.co
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New in PN: Cue the rebellion
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
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5000 people have signed up to run for office with @runforsomething.net in the last week. Between the election wins & the shutdown fury, we’re taking that momentum in to 2026.
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
5000 people have signed up to run for office with @runforsomething.net in the last week. Between the election wins & the shutdown fury, we’re taking that momentum in to 2026.
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love it when the paper of record puts together a panel on journalism with no journalists lmao
![• The NYT announced the lineup for the Andrew Ross Sorkin-anchored
DealBook summit, which included one curious name: Erika Kirk. [NYT]
• A panel on journalism hosted by Michael Barbaro will include: Charlamagne Tha God, Jon Favreau, Amna Nawaz, David Remnick, Stephanie Ruhle, Andrew Schulz, and Ben Shapiro.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cvhu7p2bziajywpce7yrlevy/bafkreicn7lw6rvcuzeggxpnhbut62ogrvpbikaomwvfq2qsel3sx777uoq@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
love it when the paper of record puts together a panel on journalism with no journalists lmao
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
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My book was one the books these kids saved. They are absolute heroes. But I'm so enraged that ignorant adults put them in this position.
Last month, eight books were removed from Georgia's statewide reading book for students. It was teenagers who brought this censorship to the spotlight–even though it's not their job to clean up grown-up messes.
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
bookriot.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My book was one the books these kids saved. They are absolute heroes. But I'm so enraged that ignorant adults put them in this position.
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Here is my Bond idea: I'm imagining a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead treatment, where the Bond movie is background to two hapless MI5 newbies.
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Here is my Bond idea: I'm imagining a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead treatment, where the Bond movie is background to two hapless MI5 newbies.
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Primary author of that Democratic anti-trans "strategy" is Simon Bazelon, nepobaby son of anti-trans NYT reporter Emily Bazelon. The report quotes McBride, a nepobaby token whose purpose is to excuse transphobia and do private equity's bidding.
The attack on trans lives is a gentry conspiracy.
The attack on trans lives is a gentry conspiracy.
that new democrat strategy document cites sarah mcbride's transphobia as justification for everybody else's transphobia in the introduction :)
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Primary author of that Democratic anti-trans "strategy" is Simon Bazelon, nepobaby son of anti-trans NYT reporter Emily Bazelon. The report quotes McBride, a nepobaby token whose purpose is to excuse transphobia and do private equity's bidding.
The attack on trans lives is a gentry conspiracy.
The attack on trans lives is a gentry conspiracy.
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The extremely, ugly public turn against trans rights, especially among prominent liberals and centrists, doesn't fully make sense until one realizes that it's elites attacking overwhelmingly working class demographics to punish us for our defiance and try to crush any hopes for autonomy.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The extremely, ugly public turn against trans rights, especially among prominent liberals and centrists, doesn't fully make sense until one realizes that it's elites attacking overwhelmingly working class demographics to punish us for our defiance and try to crush any hopes for autonomy.
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The class war also explains the ridiculously conciliatory to outright traitorous behavior of the smattering of trans gentry in the face of these attacks. Their main goal is to reassure the other elites they're not like the rest of us (especially those angry, radical poor transes) to save themselves.
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The class war also explains the ridiculously conciliatory to outright traitorous behavior of the smattering of trans gentry in the face of these attacks. Their main goal is to reassure the other elites they're not like the rest of us (especially those angry, radical poor transes) to save themselves.
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The difference, though, is that the economy now under Trump is getting worse, inflation is increasing, job growth is happening, etc. The puzzle about Biden was that the economy was actually good & everyone thought it was terrible:
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November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The difference, though, is that the economy now under Trump is getting worse, inflation is increasing, job growth is happening, etc. The puzzle about Biden was that the economy was actually good & everyone thought it was terrible:
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One thing I haven't heard Bessent asked is this: If you think higher tariffs will benefit the US economy, do you also think other low tariff economies would benefit from raising tariffs? In your view, would it be in the interest of foreign governments to raise their own tariffs?
GEIST: Do you think tariffs help or hurt prices for consumers in this country?
BESSENT: I think tariffs help consumers
GEIST: Do you believe tariffs are a tax on consumers?
BESSENT: I do not believe tariffs are a tax on consumers
BESSENT: I think tariffs help consumers
GEIST: Do you believe tariffs are a tax on consumers?
BESSENT: I do not believe tariffs are a tax on consumers
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
One thing I haven't heard Bessent asked is this: If you think higher tariffs will benefit the US economy, do you also think other low tariff economies would benefit from raising tariffs? In your view, would it be in the interest of foreign governments to raise their own tariffs?
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🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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NEW EPISODE: "The Creation of America's Car Culture." Producer Ilana Strauss talks to @norton.bsky.social about the two men who, in the 1920s, teamed up to sell more cars and shape the way cities handle traffic. Their legacy can be felt across the country today. podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
NEW EPISODE: "The Creation of America's Car Culture." Producer Ilana Strauss talks to @norton.bsky.social about the two men who, in the 1920s, teamed up to sell more cars and shape the way cities handle traffic. Their legacy can be felt across the country today. podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...
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🧵The president & his regime have murdered, at latest count, 70 people off the coast of Venezuela, which is horrific.
He & nascent trillionaire Elon Musk & the regime they built & with which they took a chainsaw to USAID are responsible for killing
88
people
around the world
every
single
hour.
He & nascent trillionaire Elon Musk & the regime they built & with which they took a chainsaw to USAID are responsible for killing
88
people
around the world
every
single
hour.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🧵The president & his regime have murdered, at latest count, 70 people off the coast of Venezuela, which is horrific.
He & nascent trillionaire Elon Musk & the regime they built & with which they took a chainsaw to USAID are responsible for killing
88
people
around the world
every
single
hour.
He & nascent trillionaire Elon Musk & the regime they built & with which they took a chainsaw to USAID are responsible for killing
88
people
around the world
every
single
hour.
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Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
www.impactcounter.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I'm going to actively say at this point that I don't think people should donate to any Dem-run PACs. What guarantee do we have that they won't give the money to cowards to stave off primary challengers?
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I'm going to actively say at this point that I don't think people should donate to any Dem-run PACs. What guarantee do we have that they won't give the money to cowards to stave off primary challengers?
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
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It's not like I'm rolling in money that I can't give to people who really need it. There are good candidates, and there are good causes, but I'm not going to risk one dime going to people who are fine with millions of people losing health care.
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
It's not like I'm rolling in money that I can't give to people who really need it. There are good candidates, and there are good causes, but I'm not going to risk one dime going to people who are fine with millions of people losing health care.
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trump may be snatching innocent brown people off the street and traumatizing kids and communities but at least he’s making a notorious sex trafficker “happier” and “more comfortable”
Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at minimum-security Texas facility
Maxwell, a convicted sex offender connected to Jeffrey Epstein, was moved to a less restrictive federal prison this summer. Congress is investigating allegations of special treatment.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
trump may be snatching innocent brown people off the street and traumatizing kids and communities but at least he’s making a notorious sex trafficker “happier” and “more comfortable”
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Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
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“We are disheartened to learn that Lord Killdude has broke his promise and has been shoving people in the volcano. If the murdergooner party is as moral as it once was, then they will publicly disavow Lord Killdude’s actions and work with us towards a bipartisan solution to the volcano problem”
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“We are disheartened to learn that Lord Killdude has broke his promise and has been shoving people in the volcano. If the murdergooner party is as moral as it once was, then they will publicly disavow Lord Killdude’s actions and work with us towards a bipartisan solution to the volcano problem”
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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This is deeply misleading. The agricultural section of the bill does NOT ban hemp-derived cannabinoid products that contain less than .3% THC total. www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/hemp/news/15...
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
This is deeply misleading. The agricultural section of the bill does NOT ban hemp-derived cannabinoid products that contain less than .3% THC total. www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/hemp/news/15...
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Wife of a furloughed federal worker here. We live in Okinawa & they aren't paying our housing or his salary. We are worried about neighbors & coworkers in the same boat. This sucks. But what sucks worse? Dems fucking betraying us and caving so all of this was for nothing right when we had leverage.
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Wife of a furloughed federal worker here. We live in Okinawa & they aren't paying our housing or his salary. We are worried about neighbors & coworkers in the same boat. This sucks. But what sucks worse? Dems fucking betraying us and caving so all of this was for nothing right when we had leverage.