Porter McConnell
@portermcconnell.bsky.social
Racial, economic & gender justice, DC politics. So you know, I’m in a good mood a lot.
Spoiler: because we distributed public wealth more evenly to them (at least the white folks), and once they prospered off it, they rigged the system to make sure gov’t stopped doing that (esp in case Black folks might benefit)
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Spoiler: because we distributed public wealth more evenly to them (at least the white folks), and once they prospered off it, they rigged the system to make sure gov’t stopped doing that (esp in case Black folks might benefit)
If he does, the funds are slated to go to rent, child care, health care, and affordable housing preservation, according to the DC Fair Budget Coalition
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If he does, the funds are slated to go to rent, child care, health care, and affordable housing preservation, according to the DC Fair Budget Coalition
Here are the 28 Democrats who voted to interfere in DC’s governance and bring back racist cash bail that’s been outlawed for decades.
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Here are the 28 Democrats who voted to interfere in DC’s governance and bring back racist cash bail that’s been outlawed for decades.
Rome is falling
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Rome is falling
A little on the nose for downtown DC
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A little on the nose for downtown DC
Went to @fairshareamerica.bsky.social’s screening of the film Death & Taxes by Justin Schein about his dad’s lifelong quest to avoid the estate tax. After it, he, @amyhanauer.bsky.social and @feliciawong.bsky.social talked it over. Thanks for making it happen @mauraquint.bsky.social!
September 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Went to @fairshareamerica.bsky.social’s screening of the film Death & Taxes by Justin Schein about his dad’s lifelong quest to avoid the estate tax. After it, he, @amyhanauer.bsky.social and @feliciawong.bsky.social talked it over. Thanks for making it happen @mauraquint.bsky.social!
Grisly interspecies revenge plot
May 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Grisly interspecies revenge plot
Sighs. Points toward US history while still can. isoureconomyfair.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sighs. Points toward US history while still can. isoureconomyfair.org
These aren’t baby bonds, either. Baby bonds narrow the racial wealth divide—these widen it. It’s some 1984 shit.
May 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
These aren’t baby bonds, either. Baby bonds narrow the racial wealth divide—these widen it. It’s some 1984 shit.
Y’all, the Trump or MAGA accounts in House tax bill are not @booker.senate.gov and @darrickhamilton.bsky.social’s baby bonds proposal. Baby bonds are for narrowing the racial wealth divide. These accounts are for widening it. www.kiplinger.com/taxes/gop-pr...
May 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Y’all, the Trump or MAGA accounts in House tax bill are not @booker.senate.gov and @darrickhamilton.bsky.social’s baby bonds proposal. Baby bonds are for narrowing the racial wealth divide. These accounts are for widening it. www.kiplinger.com/taxes/gop-pr...
Which is more effective torture: the new Wes Anderson or the new Nic Cage?
May 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Which is more effective torture: the new Wes Anderson or the new Nic Cage?
Oh DC, I never needed you to be 🥰
April 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Oh DC, I never needed you to be 🥰
Demand an opposition that is not just less shitty than the other guy but one that puts forth an actual vision, says Erica Payne @patrioticmillionaires.org to close out the day 👊🏻
April 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Demand an opposition that is not just less shitty than the other guy but one that puts forth an actual vision, says Erica Payne @patrioticmillionaires.org to close out the day 👊🏻
Wise words from @ashleyallison.bsky.social: A lotta people don't know rooms like this exist and they aren't going to show up to April 5…we can't be like you aren't exactly what we want, go find community elsewhere, because oh they will.... @patrioticmillionaires.org
April 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Wise words from @ashleyallison.bsky.social: A lotta people don't know rooms like this exist and they aren't going to show up to April 5…we can't be like you aren't exactly what we want, go find community elsewhere, because oh they will.... @patrioticmillionaires.org
The corporate way to talk about what is happening today is a corporate takeover, says Brooke Harrington. Wealth managers have been taking over small countries “offshore” for decades for people like Elon. I spent 15 years talking to them about what they did and why they do it.
April 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The corporate way to talk about what is happening today is a corporate takeover, says Brooke Harrington. Wealth managers have been taking over small countries “offshore” for decades for people like Elon. I spent 15 years talking to them about what they did and why they do it.
Now @nancymaclean.bsky.social who wrote Democracy in Chains lays out the trio active throughout our history: 1. Predatory capitalists
2. White supremacists
3. Christian Nationalists
and their desperation in this historical moment. Their goal is economic eugenics.
2. White supremacists
3. Christian Nationalists
and their desperation in this historical moment. Their goal is economic eugenics.
April 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Now @nancymaclean.bsky.social who wrote Democracy in Chains lays out the trio active throughout our history: 1. Predatory capitalists
2. White supremacists
3. Christian Nationalists
and their desperation in this historical moment. Their goal is economic eugenics.
2. White supremacists
3. Christian Nationalists
and their desperation in this historical moment. Their goal is economic eugenics.
Shout out to @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social for hosting the DC History Conference & a session on history of roller skating in DC, which concluded with style skaters *in the lobby* of MLK Library 🔥🛼🔥
April 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Shout out to @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social for hosting the DC History Conference & a session on history of roller skating in DC, which concluded with style skaters *in the lobby* of MLK Library 🔥🛼🔥
At How to Beat the Broligarchs @patrioticmillionaires.org event and @jeisinger.bsky.social is saying this Administration confounds investigative journalists like him because the conflicts of interest are so obvious, they are used to having to dig for them.
April 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
At How to Beat the Broligarchs @patrioticmillionaires.org event and @jeisinger.bsky.social is saying this Administration confounds investigative journalists like him because the conflicts of interest are so obvious, they are used to having to dig for them.
McReynolds is complying in advance here. USPS is an independent agency. They alone hire and fire PMGs. The president’s legal authority ends when he appoints members to the board. archive.is/2025.03.24-2...
March 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
McReynolds is complying in advance here. USPS is an independent agency. They alone hire and fire PMGs. The president’s legal authority ends when he appoints members to the board. archive.is/2025.03.24-2...
Every construction or delivery or company truck or bus that drove by honked big it was touching—people out working for a living taking a moment for solidarity 👊🏻
March 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Every construction or delivery or company truck or bus that drove by honked big it was touching—people out working for a living taking a moment for solidarity 👊🏻
@apwu.bsky.social US Mail is Not for Sale right here in Brentwood DC!📢📬
March 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
@apwu.bsky.social US Mail is Not for Sale right here in Brentwood DC!📢📬