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Hip Hop Artist | Sociologist | Organizer | Activist | Strategist | Journalist | @tendemands.bsky.social Co-Founder | @crushcolonialism.bsky.social Board • Work: Unicorn Riot, Counterpunch, Melina Abdullah, Pantea Javidan • aka @philmandelbaum.bsky.social

Darwin never said the strongest survive. “Survival of the fittest” wasn’t even his phrase — the philosopher Herbert Spencer coined it, & Darwin only borrowed it in a later edition. “Fittest” never meant fiercest, richest, or most dominant. It meant best fit... open.substack.com/pub/shadowso...

Fitness Is Not a Fist: The Misreading at the Root of Our Endless Wars

Shadows of Empire — Welcome to our new series on where late-stage capitalism is taking us and what it’s costing.

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🧵 What is REALLY happening at the Ceuta border in Spain? It is not just a migration crisis—it is a textbook example of hybrid warfare, where human movement is weaponized for geopolitical leverage to destabilise Europe. Here is a breakdown of the players 👇

Why is Ceuta a migration flashpoint and how were so many people able to cross from Morocco?

An estimated 50,000 people attempted the journey to the Spanish territory in chaotic and dangerous scenes that resulted in dozens of deaths

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This is what happens when you have complete regulatory capture of our entire govt by industry. Note: the infrastructure bill was overwhelmingly bipartisan. It took less than a year for the Trump regime to dismantle it and try to eviscerate the clean energy portion when even red states benefitted.

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The Trump Admin Is Spending Billions to Stop Affordable Clean Energy Projects.
This is why your energy bills will keep going up.

Photo: Katie Orlinsky for NRDC

Republicans spent years lecturing Democrats about “family values.” This poll says the lecture is over. Moral bankruptcy is not a dealbreaker for most Republican voters. And we can see it in the candidates they nominate and continue to support.

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Republicans give Trump another hundred billion for his illegal war against Iran While they take billions away from Medicare-after having cut roughly $500 billion from the program already Trump recently said “I don’t think about American’s financial situations” We know #RepublicansCutHealthcare

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Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2w ago

Mike Johnson puts House Republicans on record for an extra $100 bn for Trump's Iran War, and Punchbowl News thinks this is a "big win" for him. They're analytically clueless.

🧵Macalester College Buddhist studies professor Erik Davis and Home Health Care nurse Natasha Rakotz have been arrested and charged with domestic terrorism charges for their roles in protests against ICE in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. The charges are ludicrous.

Prof. Erik Davis of MacAlester college, standing in his officeNatasha Rakotz

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚🚨 Prisciliano Trejo, aged 29 becomes the 50th person to die in #ICE custody. He was denied medical care until it was too late. His family was denied the ability to see him when he was finally sent to the hospital. This thread is one you must spend time on. We cannot ignore the atrocities!

Reporting from Gaza with Palestinian Poet Ahmed Sarsour NEW piece by @awkword.bsky.social spotlighting the inspiration behind the poetry of @ahmedhsarsour.bsky.social, who left Sudan as war broke out in 2023 and came back to Gaza before Oct. 7, only to be trapped in a genocide.

Reporting from Gaza with Palestinian Poet Ahmed Sarsour - UNICORN RIOT

Surviving wars in Sudan and Gaza, Palestinian-Sudanese poet Ahmed Sarsour shares the inspiration behind his poetry.

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BIRDS OF A FEATHER… Remember when Trump wouldn’t disavow David Duke? Longtime Trump fan, Brian Pannebecker, is also a longtime Duke fan. In 2001, Pannebecker described Duke’s memoir as an “honest, fair, and well-documented book on the important and sensitive issue of race.” 1/2

Post 1 of 3 AI is already in the courtroom. Prosecutors use it. Police use it. The real question is whether the defense keeps pace. Our new white paper makes the case: using AI well is now part of a defender's ethical duty. www.nacdl.org/ParityInPrac...

NACDL - Parity in Practice: The Defender's Duty to Ethically Use AI

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) presents both opportunities and risks for criminal defense lawyers. This white paper provides a framework for ethical and practical AI use across all types of c...

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I can’t help think of the fact that Katie Porter just went from frontrunner to nonstarter in the CA gov race for exactly this kind of behavior. The double standard for white men in leadership is appalling, and so are his actions. Ken Martin should resign. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...

Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party (Gift Article)

The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year’s midterms. But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.

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NEW: Making music and caring for community has always been a symbiotic relationship for Rafael Gonzales, a.k.a. Tufawon, a Minneapolis-based rapper, singer and producer. He says that he’s had a knack for turning lived experiences into sound, and his latest song, “No One Is Illegal,” is no different.

what happened in berlin is horrifying and is a testament to the growing far-right movement, which has a network that spreads international. at the same time, politicians and journalists are, without clear evidence beyond notably unreliable police testimony, blaming the attack on a Muslim guy. (1/4)

Donald Trump’s new executive order, Restoring trust in the Smithsonian Institution, will put disclaimers outside the Museum of American History saying some of the museum's exhibits do not reflect HIS perspective on the nation's past. In other words, he is a racist POS. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Trump orders disclaimers outside Smithsonian’s Museum of American History

President Trump on Friday issued an executive order directing disclaimers be installed outside the Smithsonian’s Museum of American history to warn passerby that some of the museum’s ex…

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