Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li
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Its consumerist thinking rather than civic thinking. You arent at the store, you are fulfilling your responsibility to help choose who will represent you in government.
Aaron van Dorn@aaronvandorn.bsky.social · 44m ago"Deserve" and "loyalty" are words that you should not use about countries and politicians generally. Leads to bad thinking.
Obviously I’m on Mockingjay now, & marveling at how well the universe anticipates the role video & propaganda would play in wars like Syria & Ukraine. “Would a rebel army actually risk real resources to film a propaganda video?” Turns out absolutely yes
Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · yesterdayMade it to Catching Fire - truly, Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of the most profound ‘gone too soon’ actors of my lifetime
I want to note that Biden dropped out on July 21; tweet is dated July 22
Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 2h agoLet me ask Abdul El Sayed
some specific democrats suck and they suck in ways that are detrimental to issues that you personally care about you know how you solve that once we are past the primaries? you elect even more democrats so that their votes are less important joe manchin couldn’t have done as much damage as vote 52
as someone who has owned both kinds of shoes, this is 100% true can confirm
Aaron Ross Powell@aaronrosspowell.com · 1h agoThe important thing to know about boots is that Dr. Martens was bought by a private equity firm a while back, the boots are now garbage in terms of construction quality, but Solovair set up to make similar boots on the old equipment in the old factory and their versions are much better quality.
Today the UK is putting into practice aggressive restrictions on trans people using toilets and changing rooms. This follows a complex legal/political mess over two years. The UK was among the best countries in Europe on LGBTQ rights; now it's among the worst. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...
The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse
It's never just one minority.
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I suspect its a mix of Protestant frugality and socialist anti-consumerism that creates a need to transform one's desire to have nice things into a pragmatic decision. We need to learn to accept that its okay to spend one's money for one's personal enjoyment without any other practical motivation.
I support the winner of the Michigan Democratic primary as the future senator from Michigan.
i support [$democratic_candidate] for [$public_office] and believe that their politics is a perfect fit for [$state]. I would drag my [$genital] over [$harmful_object_or_substance] to vote for [$democratic_candidate] this fall.
Keith@mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 15h agoI support the winner of the Michigan Democratic primary as the future senator from Michigan.
One thing that surprised me is that @bradlander.bsky.social brought up proportional representation without any prompting from me. I take that as a very good sign of where things stand on that.
Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 22h agoOut of the Jaws #8: Brad Lander tells us who should be prosecuted after Trump's term ends. And also how it's important to be a better neighbor. www.liberalcurrents.com/mr-rogers-wi...
Out of the Jaws #8: Brad Lander tells us who should be prosecuted after Trump's term ends. And also how it's important to be a better neighbor. www.liberalcurrents.com/mr-rogers-wi...
Mr. Rogers With a Steel Spine (Out of the Jaws #8, with Brad Lander)
Today on a special episode of Out of the Jaws, Adam speaks with Brad Lander, candidate for the 10th congressional district in New York, former New York City Comptroller, city council member, and gener...
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“Kendi notes that humanity seems to be entrapped by these racist ideas. They are recycled with great effect to confine us to a very narrow vision of what a truly humane society could be like.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-master-k...
The Master Key of Modern Politics?
Ibram X. Kendi's new book "Chain of Ideas" promises an alluringly straightforward model of modern politics.
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"The sabotage of government functions is itself a reward for antiliberals, but also a weaker IRS fosters easier tax evasion and financial fraud for their rich and powerful friends." www.liberalcurrents.com/actually-col...
Actually Collect Taxes
A gameplan for turning an overlooked federal agency into a flagship of liberal governance.
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Abdul El Sayed's open-mindedness on the question of how to actually resolve the question of Palestine is one of the best indicators of his overall intelligence and sincerity. Policymakers in DC should adopt a rights-based approach which prioritizes ending the occupation and apartheid systems.
Ron Skolnik@ronskolnik.bsky.social · 21h agoEl-Sayed: "I believe in equal rights to peace, dignity, and self-determination, for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis alike... If that’s 2 states, I’m for it. If it’s 1 state, I’m for that. If it’s this 'land for all' model, ... or whatever they decide." www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
What I mean to say COVID was as much *much* more about the state refusing to enforce its power than being incapable of doing it
"In Haiti, for example, the collapse of the state has created...I wouldn't say complete chaos, but certainly enough disturbance that it is increasingly becoming difficult for ordinary citizens to plan rationally and also to pursue commerce." youtu.be/VvWL67yhVOE?...
“The Rise and Fall of Rational Control” and “Violent Saviors”: An Appraisal
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"When white people began to migrate West there were all these kind of unemployed military guys running around. They're like, 'We have nothing to do. I know! We'll become like sheriffs and marshals.' And so they saw their job as…they would call it pacifying the West. It's really like a colonial job."
Sovereign Citizens with Badges? (Neon Liberalism #84, with Jessica Pishko)
So-called "constitutional sheriffs" are spreading across the country.
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"The first Red Scare effectively ended in 1920 after Palmer’s warnings of revolutionary violence on May Day never materialized. Federal judges released many of the activists swept up in the raids, and Palmer’s credibility evaporated." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-third-re...
The Third Red Scare
“Antifa” serves much the same function today that “Bolshevik” did a century ago.
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"The patriarchy's anxious, sweaty need to control and ascertain gender has been on display, as trans people have been rhetorically spun from a tiny and relatively powerless minority into the ogres threatening to devour the nation’s children." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-reconstr...
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“Their vision includes a large role for markets but by and large not for capitalists, remains committed to retaining and even expanding political liberalism, and acknowledges that even major social reforms are not a panacea for all problems.” www.liberalcurrents.com/democratic-s...
Democratic Socialism Gets Serious
"The Blueprint" demonstrates how the new generation of democratic socialists are providing real, practical proposals for economic transformation.
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“Democratic firms would give workers far more of a say in how the workplace is run. Management and administrative structures would be chosen directly by employees through democratic processes, making both responsive to workers’ interests.” www.liberalcurrents.com/democratic-s...
Democratic Socialism Gets Serious
"The Blueprint" demonstrates how the new generation of democratic socialists are providing real, practical proposals for economic transformation.
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There's also an excellent @liberalcurrents.com column on the totalitarian nature of migration control. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-totalita...
The Totalitarian Logic of Immigration Controls
Reading Chandran Kukathas' "Immigration and Freedom" during the second Trump administration.
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“From John Stuart Mill in the 19th century onwards to contemporary calls for Medicare for all, there is a longstanding strand of liberal thought that recommends the state provide generous benefits to citizens. The Blueprint seems to lean into that connection” www.liberalcurrents.com/democratic-s...
Democratic Socialism Gets Serious
"The Blueprint" demonstrates how the new generation of democratic socialists are providing real, practical proposals for economic transformation.
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"Much as the First World War created the legal authorities used for the Palmer raids, through the PATRIOT Act and other legislation, the post-9/11 national security apparatus provided the investigative powers needed to treat a domestic political movement as a threat."
The Third Red Scare
“Antifa” serves much the same function today that “Bolshevik” did a century ago.
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"Marx once famously quipped that he wasn’t in the business of writing recipe books for the cookshops of the future. … Beggs, Burgis and Sunkara feel it’s the responsibility of democratic socialists to explain what their new society will look like and how it will be an improvement on the status quo."
Democratic Socialism Gets Serious
"The Blueprint" demonstrates how the new generation of democratic socialists are providing real, practical proposals for economic transformation.
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I will say, I think that 'humiliation' here isn't just a matter of psychology - it is functioning a strategic purpose. If you are Iran, you want to demonstrate that interventions like this are political suicide so that future presidents (or this one again) don't decide to try another time.
