Karl Stomberg
@karlstomberg.bsky.social
Delaware Political Director for Working Families Party. Working to make the first state less of a corporate nightmare.
Fargo-style anthologies about eras of labor upheaval: - 1877 Railroad Strikes - 1886 Great Upheaval - 1894 Pullman Strike + Coxey's Army - 1905 IWW and Socialist Party - 1919 Strike Wave - 1934 Pre-NLRB Strikes - 1946 Post-WWII Strike Wave Each getting its own set of key characters, good and bad
☀️ Starshine@starshine.bsky.social · 6d agoyouve got 5.6 billion to make a 7 season 56 episode show airing over 15 years, wdyd
My problem with both sides of the argument is assuming that the Dems were any one thing. I think if you compare 1964 with 2004, it is clear that northern liberal Ds in the 1960s were to the left of later Ds while southern Ds were to the right. But since 2004, the party has moved to the left of both.
The Girl of Lemongrab@mc-hesher.bsky.social · last wk.A load bearing mythos of pop leftism is that the Dems used to be good and for the working man and then embraced neoliberalism so the working man got sold out, instead of "white America as a whole turned on the Dems after the Civil Rights Act and began tearing down their own commons and prosperity"
Haley Stevens’s performance tonight is a direct referendum on whether or not people in Michigan talk like that
Now that he has dropped out, Graham Platner will be sacrificed to the entity from Widow's Bay. I am pro-life and take no pleasure in reporting this.
Guy who has never had a moment of self-doubt: these recent events should embolden us
The left and the Democratic Party becoming more pro-Palestine is a good change, but having the wedge issue between moderates and progressives/socialists be Palestine rather than something like Medicare for All is going to lead to some very funky intra-coalition fights in the near future.
British politics is worse than American politics in nearly every way, but one thing they do have going for them is that their center-left party is actually willing to discuss public ownership as a key part of their platform rather than just redistribution www.mainstreamlabour.org/publications...
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This is such a perfect complaint for this type of guy, because there is a lefty argument against HR as a concept in that it replaces unions and represents management instead of workers. But the more actual complaint here is that it flips dynamics within the workplace from male to female-dominated.
Asher Elbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · 3mo agoHave a pity for Matt Stoller, smeared as a sexist for expressing populist views, just for needing to specify things like "lady politics" and a "feminized lens"
I mean, everything I learn about it makes me hate the bond market more, but unfortunately you generally need to borrow money to make a lot of things in government work
Isaiah Bishop@isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 3mo agoI do feel like we are about to see a left backlash to the concept of bonds
Every election cycle, people make the same exact mistake by looking at the early mail-in ballots and forgetting what happens whenever election day data comes in
The left will not admit that women do be shopping
Jordan@slclunk.com · 3mo agoI can’t believe NYU students don’t want someone has enlightened and intelligent as Jonathan Haidt
The best part of any Delaware political biography is when the author, who clearly was friendly with the subject and their family, has to contend with the fact that they were a huge racist
Don't put it in the paper that I'm a Clinton apologist though. Just because he didn't start there doesn't mean that it was acceptable to end up there.
Karl Stomberg@karlstomberg.bsky.social · 4mo agoFor the US version of this, I have been listening to this book about the Clinton presidency, kind of expecting a general critique of neoliberalism. Instead, they've unearthed Clinton's ambitious plans to reorganize the US economy in a more progressive direction, and how it died on the rocks.
For the US version of this, I have been listening to this book about the Clinton presidency, kind of expecting a general critique of neoliberalism. Instead, they've unearthed Clinton's ambitious plans to reorganize the US economy in a more progressive direction, and how it died on the rocks.
Sharon 🪳🌹@sharonk.bsky.social · 4mo agoi think what's funny about the contemporary Labour Right is that everyone involved, (including the post-Blairites) have forgotten why Blairism won elections Blairism was a combination of both economic liberalism and a cultural progressivism (outside of FP). Blue Labour basically hates both elements
Rhode Island: We Are The State of the Mafia Delaware: We Are The State of Actual Big Boy Crime
14 pitchers, 431 pitches, 3 balks. 4 hours. Absolute masterclass.
Keith Law@keithlaw.bsky.social · 5mo agoI was there. it was so much worse than it looks.
Now that Venezuela has won the WBC, it's time to ship Donald Trump over there for prosecution
There are certain days where you can better understand the deep human need to believe in hell.
The 2008 financial crisis caused a crisis in Delaware's political economy that we are still dealing with the repercussions of?
My favorite new political tic (among both the left and right of the Democratic Party) is treating Gavin Newsom like he's already the Democratic nominee for 2028. Don't worry, pretty soon we'll figure out he was the only Democrat actually doing pizzagate for real and he'll flame out.
On April 18, 1988, something astounding happened in Delaware. In the deepest depths of an era focused on catering to business and wealthy white residents, Rev. Jesse Jackson pulled off an upset victory in the Democratic caucus for president in the corporate capital. (1/5)
