Ivan Hodes
@chugachmtnblues.bsky.social
Yo, this my corner I ain’t running nowhere
IF AIPAC is very clear and explicit that they will back Republicans, no matter how bigoted, against Democrats in general elections THEN Democrats should stop taking money from AIPAC under any circumstances AND Any who do should be shamed for it and voted against in primaries
A thought experiment: Name a *worse* PAC/lobbying group than AIPAC. I think there are some contenders, but not many.
Can folks please stop pretending AIPAC is some kind of picked-upon mom-and-pop lobbying outfit? They spend unusually large amounts of money on an unusually bad cause. There’s no conspiracy here: it’s just a gross organization that people shouldn’t take money from. www.ap.org/news-highlig...
AIPAC has spent a record amount on Michigan's Senate primary, the biggest test of its influence yet | The Associated Press
Senate candidate Haley Stevens talks often about manufacturing, taking on President Donald Trump and why she’s the Democrat best positioned to
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If you didn’t make it to the polls during Early Voting, you can still vote on Election Day, NEXT THURSDAY, August 6th! I’m supporting the following candidates as I need collaborative organizers in office. ✅ Justin Pearson for TN-9 ✅ Lindsey Patrick-Wright for TN SD-17 ✅ Beth West for TN HD-59
I was legitimately angry when that _Imitation Game_ movie implied that Alan Turing would have contemplated concealing John Cairncross’a treason for even one minute (had he actually known about it)
Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · 6d agoWhat is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?
El Sayed: "When it comes to trans rights, this is the right to get the health care that you need...It’s the right not to be discriminated against by your government because of who you are. Because what tends to happen is they come for theirs, then they come for yours"
This is a good reminder that the worst Democrat (and I don’t think Spanberger is that) is better than the best Republican (and Youngkin wasn’t that)
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 5d agoBIG DEAL on voting rights this morning: Governor Spanberger just restored the voting rights of some 60,000+ Virginians. Her move reverses Youngkin's abrupt decision in 2023 to end automatic voting rights restoration, which brought Virginia back to a system of default lifetime disenfranchisement.
BIG DEAL on voting rights this morning: Governor Spanberger just restored the voting rights of some 60,000+ Virginians. Her move reverses Youngkin's abrupt decision in 2023 to end automatic voting rights restoration, which brought Virginia back to a system of default lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - Bolts
This is the only state that, absent action by the governor, bans people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November.
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Me looking for the Great Progressive Silent Majority in rural America just waiting to be activated by Organizers (it has been 60 years)
Lucas Tieman@lucastieman.bsky.social · 6d agoThere would be more pushback if folks left of center were more serious about outreach. But folks aren't despite the fact that our system does give disproportionate power to rural areas. But instead of taking that as the rules of the game as it exists, and actually organizing, we complain about it.
Visited the new Chicago Brand Museum today. It's fascinating. (It's not a museum of just Chicago brands; it's a museum of lots of brand, which happens to be located in Chicago.) Fans of typography, graphic design, package design, and more will love it.
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
“Almost entirely publishing military uniform/equipment fetish material disguised as dry but picture heavy non-fiction tomes” (laudatory)
The Emotion Engine@emotion-engine.bsky.social · 3w agoThinking about how Osprey, a publishing house almost entirely devoted to publishing military uniform/equipment fetish material disguised as dry but picture heavy non-fiction tomes, put out a book dismantling the right wing mythologization of Sparta with an absolute all-timer table of contents.
Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.
But *why* is FIFA so corrupt? (an honest question and I want a long answer)
David, Host of The Cold War@coldwarhost.bsky.social · 6d agoUEFA, the least dirty of the bunch, throwing a glove down against FIFA.
Being mortal creatures with limited time and energy, it is totally natural that human outrage is selective. If you tried to do work on every injustice and horror on this earth, you would collapse into an exhausted ball of trauma it is absolutely fine for you to select a cause that is yours
The descendant of Polish Jews who survived Hitler and Stalin becoming an ordinary American nativist proves that assimilation is America's greatest power. From Bundists to Birchers in one generation!
We are a city of immigrants, and our long tradition of offering safe haven to all, as well as our laws, reflect that. To every immigrant New Yorker living in fear today: you belong here. And anyone who wants to come for you will have to come through your neighbors and fellow New Yorkers first.
Went to Matt Schultz’s campaign farewell event at Black Spruce here in Fairbanks tonight. I’ve never cried at a political event before, but I did tonight. If we want gov’t that supports people over $$$, we need to get out & support candidates who support ALL humans, not just humans that poll well.
FUCKING THIS! Furthermore, if you turn every situation into an opportunity to trash Jeffries and Schumer, you’re not to be taken seriously.
ike, son of mike@i-bresnick.bsky.social · last wk.If every post you make about Republicans comes paired with an attack on Democrats for being stupid or weak, I'm not going to believe you when you try to tell me about how victory depends on the right Democratic "messaging."
I genuinely don’t understand what people think Zionism is
lostpictureshow@lostpictureshow.bsky.social · 2mo agoVery few Jewish Europeans fled to Palestine and the Zionist leadership there largely didn't want them.
A “natural experiment“ occurred in the six years between 1918 and 1924: the establishment of the Jewish national home in Palestine and the closing of the US to mass immigration. This was when E European Jews had something of a fair choice between the two options. Which do you think most chose?
As I have pointed out before - people don't like picking the very ends of a slider when presented with one. So they will pick "20%" to mean "small but important group". It's inappropriate poll question design, not something to compare to actual stats of prevalence.
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · last wk.This actually explains something about how people talk about the Jewish community.
This actually explains something about how people talk about the Jewish community.
