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Peter Fobian

@peterfobian.bsky.social

He/Him. Title-kun. Anime Feminist editor. President of the global Black Clover fan club. Opinions are my own.

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Peter Fobian@peterfobian.bsky.social · 13h ago

AIPAC could have easily purchased the election if they'd paid $80M. My recommendation would have been to spend $100M. The senate seat would have been a great deal at just $120M and if they had just invested $150M they could have walked away with a victory having only spent $200M.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · yesterday

i think a lot of well-meaning people fall into a rhetorical trap where they take the bait and argue about male vs. female performance in sports rather than arguing for the value and dignity of women’s athletics generally. don’t let yourself be dragged into a bad faith framing.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d ago

the best HS teams in the country have multiple guys who will be in the NBA in a couple of years. they aren't normal high schools, they're basketball factories. but this literally doesn't matter. the value of women's sports isn't contingent on their performance vis a vis men.

Diana Moreno@dianaforqueens.com · 2d ago

l love when a white journalist reporting on “concerns of lack of diversity” in DSA fumbles the name of the Latina elected official he interviews for the article. My name is Moreno, not Morales.

Diana Moreno, who earlier this year won the special election for the New York State Assembly seat Mamdani vacated to move to Gracie Mansion, said non-DSA Democrats should pay attention to how the group is whipping up support. Democrats, she argued, are “out of touch and losing primaries, and with a base that’s deeply angry at their inability or unwillingness to fight against the far right.” To Moreno, democratic socialism “means healthcare, that means housing, that means childcare. That is the responsibility of government to actually guarantee for its citizens because it’s something that we need to live.”At one of the panels, Morales touted working on a bill she picked up from Mamdani in the New York State Assembly that would strip tax-exempt status from groups that do work deemed detrimental to Palestinians. At another point, when an Ithaca, New York, council member was recalling being warned about participating in Palestinian solidarity rallies the day after Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, an audience member loudly giggled multiple times. Regarding a candidate who doesn’t describe the war in Gaza as genocide, Morales told CNN, “I don’t know if I would trust their judgment in other issues, because I think to me it’s blatant and clear that what’s happening in Palestine and has been happening for now years is considered a genocide.”
Isaac Dovere@isaacdovere.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW from me: What happened as the Democratic Socialists of America spent a rainy weekend in Chicago preparing their next steps for taking over the Democratic Party, taking down capitalism and longterm moves like abolishing the presidency: www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...