El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.
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Psychotherapist in the midwest. Recovering humanities prof. DSA. Taskmaster is the new Bauhaus. "Everyone is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear." He/him.
Today's Prospect Patriot is Frances Perkins. She saw the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory go ablaze in 1911 and her life changed. "The New Deal was born that day," she said. 22 years later she'd be America's first female cabinet member. prospect.org/2026/08/04/a...
Frances Perkins: The Architect of Social Security - The American Prospect
In her words, Frances Perkins, the first woman cabinet secretary, ‘came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain, common workingmen.’
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Two more GOP amendments go down to crushing defeats, both in MO. #4 would have made future ballot initiatives impossible to pass by requiring winning a majority statewide *and* in each congressional district. #5 would have eliminated the state income tax.
Humorous to me how, when a Dem candidate is a centrist, the narrative is about how leftists have to grow up and support them. When the candidate is a leftist, the question is whether they can rally adequate support. So some people are responsible for running a winning campaign, you say? Interesting.
Damn me, but all things are queer, come to think of ’em.
its the middle of the night for most people on this app (except UK, hi) but it’s a great time to remind everyone that Rawls was wrong about a lot of things.
We’re also funding death squads but what’s really offensive is that somewhere out there a poor person might be able to eat
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Proud to stand with these three Michigan champions for a politics of solidarity that focuses relentlessly on the needs of working people. All three of them are hustling to turn out voters until the minute polls close tomorrow. (1/3)
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
the obsession with trans women in sports is, apart from the abject bigotry, a symptom of how we take amateur sports participation way too seriously in this country.
‘The caves are a kind of shelter, but just as much a miniature of what we are sheltering from. Why do the beasts seem at home in the darkness, whatever it is?’ T.J. Clark on the Chauvet cave paintings, published online early from our summer issue. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
T.J. Clark · Night Visitors: What I saw in the cave
The world exceeds us. It comes to us out of darkness. The cave is the universe, the nightly presence of that unknown...
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"Artificial intelligence is not just a market product or a scientific achievement. It is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy." connect the dots! Dr. McMillan Cottom has homework! go to the library, host a reading group, organize your neighbors www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
Opinion | A Reading List for Our Age of A.I. (Gift Article)
A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.
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"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —Martin Luther King, Jr.
it's a low key thermonuclear bomb of truth that some polls show that a majority of Dem voters would support war reparations to Iran
Shibley Telhami@stelhami.bsky.social · 3d agoA growing number of Americans, including 58% of Democrats, say the US should be responsible for some reparations to Iran for war damage - a measurable increase from the previous week.
It's especially galling that Haley Stevens is portraying herself as the great protector of the Jews in her campaign against a Muslim candidate, given that in 2022 she beat a wonderful Jewish Congressman in a costly primary in part by accusing him of being insufficiently pro-Israel.
@thejrocktv.bsky.social · 6d agoShe knows she’s losing so she said let’s just go mask off.
We really should have gone to greater lengths to be loudly disgusted by anyone who acted like getting a shot or wearing a mask to prevent the spread of a pandemic virus was worse than being conscripted into the First World War
My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.
Austin police murdered Anthoneil Williams II, 17 years old. He called 911 on himself from a playground at 3:51am. 34 minutes later, officers gave him 5 seconds to comply, then opened fire. The "weapon" was a water bottle. Let's Address Texas State Director Saadia Mirza shares the full story.
Austin Police Murdered a 17 Year Old Black Child Over a Water Bottle.
They continued shooting Anthoneil after his motionless body was already on the floor.
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artists! culture makers! midwest boosters! chicago shakers! join ART IN THESE TIMES for the antiauthoritarian show of collectivity at FALL OF FREEDOM! interccect.com/art-in-these...
Art In These Times – Fall of Freedom
Art in These Times October 2–4, 2026 Authoritarian assaults on free thinking, fellow feeling, and creative making call for artists to unite in defiance. The 2nd annual Fall of Freedom festival conv…
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@leftofphilosophy.bsky.social New patron exclusive episode coming n modernity is now live! We’re very excited for you all to see this series unfold as we seek to finally answer that age-“old” question: what’s so great about being modern anyway?
New poll: Americans believe the U.S. should arrest Benjamin Netanyahu by a +22 margin Total: 49-27 Black: 53-13 Hispanic: 52-15 Ages 18-29: 58-17 Harris voters: 74-10 Independents: 55-20 23% of Trump voters agree as well Economist/YouGov:
Congresswoman Stevens has voted to increase funding for and thank ICE. I support abolishing ICE.
“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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"Brazil has denied visas to two officials from United States President Donald Trump's administration who had sought to travel to the country to meet with electoral authorities ahead of the October presidential election." É que lá tem lei www.dw.com/en/brazil-de...
Brazil denies entry to Trump officials ahead of elections
Brazil rejected visas for two planned US envoys, alleging that Washington was seeking to shape Brazil's upcoming presidential election. The development adds to a deepening political tension between Br...
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If governments turned off the spigot of money to Musk, he’d be done.