Soraya Nadia McDonald
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"By creating this explosion of misery, they're not only making millions of Americans much, much poorer than they were, they're also making the country as a whole substantially poorer in the long run. It's an anti-growth policy. But of course, the cruelty is the point."
An Explosion of Misery
Making American hungry and uninsured again
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Springtime was Eric Swallwell and Tony Gonzalez, and Congress seems to have an inexhaustible supply of abusers.
They let me get a little spicy on main over *that* NYT op-ed. So without further ado…a few cents on David Ellison’s plea to the American people to let him win this round of Monopoly. Full story at the link 👇
Erik Adams@erikadams.bsky.social · 20h ago"No amount of spin can sugarcoat the utter disaster of layoffs, creative consolidation, and sheer mediocrity that awaits if Richie Rich runs roughshod over the industry he claims to love so much." Get 'im, @mcastimovies.bsky.social!
It's demoralizing living in a nonstop Abuse-a-thon: we've had to learn the sordid details of so many men's abhorrent behavior; I mean this summer has been Graham Platner, Andrew Tate, Jared Leto, Max Miller, plus the horrific L.A. rape-murder of the child by the rapper, to name a few lowlights.
For the past five months the only refugees the USA has accepted are white South Africans fleeing equality & safety meanwhile they are disappearing or strapping ankle monitors on any Haitian they can get ahold of. It needs to be understood how thoroughly connected these two things are.
Free this father (I can't say what else I wanna say, but I hope that rapist ain't long for this world)
Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith@mewefree.bsky.social · 17h agoFree him. nypost.com/2026/08/04/u...
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
The fact that this was shared by the Onion guy And it’s not a joke But it IS a cosmic joke on all of us
What in the chicken fried fuck did I just read They’re doing turd eugenics now?
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 19h agoOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
um wth everybody i know on here has a monthly pass for the struggle bus
New York Magazine@nymag.com · 21h agoOn social media, a broad consensus is that you can’t admit to struggle — at least not while you’re struggling. Doing so represents a failure so profound it’s almost existential. How did it become mandatory to demonstrate perpetual growth and progress online?
"It's a family issue" is how women and children in DV situations end up dead.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h agoRAJU: Sen. Moreno is calling for Max Miller to resign. Do you side w/Moreno? THUNE: It's a family matter &, um, I don't have any observations beyond that Q: If a member of Congress is facing domestic abuse allegations, should they continue to serve? T: It's a House matter. It's a family issue too
"When you eat healthy, you don't need toilet paper," he claimed while dragging his bare asshole across the rug like a labrador retriever, making eye contact the whole time. "Whatever just fell out of (or off of) me? I could leave it there, and nobody would notice."
It is 2006. I am 22. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance. It is 2026. I am 42. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance.
can't have a proper imperial collapse without some shitassery in the mix
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 19h agoOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
the only companies left standing after the AI market crash will be the ones that make Pepto and Zofran
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 20h agotapping the sign
Just passed the season’s first spirit Halloween, can’t wait to stop by to buy the most terrifying costume of 2026: bagged salad mix
If you can squeeze out a little for Soraya Nadia McDonald, please do. So she can get over this hump. @soraya.press
Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 3d agoHey folks, my situation is still precarious Tip jar contributions welcome (Trying to make rent and get current on health insurance premiums. Much obliged 🙏🏽) www.soraya.press#/portal/supp...
We gotta stop reinventing the wheel and relearning our own history. That is why Trump’s attacks on historical truth are so relentless. Their agenda demands historical ignorance. thenation.com/article/soci...
Liberals Are Shaming Howard Zinn’s Memory Yet Again
Zinn saw firsthand what happened when liberals did more to fight the left than the right—they sabotaged their own power.
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Fellow academics: I know a Haitian PhD student who due to TPS termination needs another institutional affiliation not in the USA. Do you or someone you know have an avenue for them? If so, DM me.
I've literally published bylines in your magazine and I am here, on sosh meeds, very publicly struggling.
New York Magazine@nymag.com · 21h agoOn social media, a broad consensus is that you can’t admit to struggle — at least not while you’re struggling. Doing so represents a failure so profound it’s almost existential. How did it become mandatory to demonstrate perpetual growth and progress online?
He did it. He really turned this whole place into the Atlantic City Taj Mahal.
Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 21h agoit's not why *everything* sucks, but having all three branches of the federal government captured by thieves, abusers, bigots, and cowards is definitely why a lot of things suck
weird how he didn’t find jesus on this until he saw miller’s latest polling numbers
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayMoreno on Max Miller: "My daughter lives in constant fear of this man ... you can't fathom what that makes me feel like when the dad's number one job is to protect your kids... if there's any minimum standard for being an elected official, he feels to meet it. I don't care about the politics at all"
it's not why *everything* sucks, but having all three branches of the federal government captured by thieves, abusers, bigots, and cowards is definitely why a lot of things suck
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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️@equitableforall.com · 7d ago"Even in the process of putting together this...newsletter..., disabled friends...shared screenshots of Alice Wong's family tree image from their hard copies..., so I am...in the company of...disabled-ancestors-in-the-making, as we commit to the 8th Disability Justice principle of Interdependence."🫂
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...
This kind of cowardly buck passing is exactly how abuse gets enabled, at scale.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h agoRAJU: Sen. Moreno is calling for Max Miller to resign. Do you side w/Moreno? THUNE: It's a family matter &, um, I don't have any observations beyond that Q: If a member of Congress is facing domestic abuse allegations, should they continue to serve? T: It's a House matter. It's a family issue too
