Beware of how the consultant class shapes political reality behind the scenes

A mother cries for her 19yo son, abducted off the streets of the town they call home. “All I want is to know if he is alive.” Carmo was taken by ICE on his way to work. His car was later found with one of the windows shattered. Shattered like his mom’s heart. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/28/m...

What comes next open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

UDW kicked off Prop 50 canvassing in San Diego County over the weekend! We're going to be reaching out to over 100,000 voters to support Prop 50 before November 4th! #YesOnProp50 #Prop50 #YesOn50 #CAProp50 fox5sandiego.com/news/local-n...

Congratulations to the 60K child care providers with @ccpucalifornia.bsky.social! You fought, you organized, & you WON, protecting healthcare, winning cost-of-living adjustments & stabilization pay, & building a foundation for the future. This is what worker power looks like. 💪🏿 #UnionsForAll

Victory! Child Care Providers ratified our third contract with the state after months of negotiations, rallies, and vigils. This comes after both #CALeg and Governor Newsom have ratified this agreement!

Washington DC, Kim Jong Un style P.S. We are living in fascism

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

Democrats doing everything in their power to be irrelevant and lose national elections smh m.economictimes.com/news/interna...

“Because the culture of the Democratic Party, the invisible infrastructure of what is rewarded and incentivized and trained for and shamed, favors the safe, the predictable, the done thing. There is more fear of looking stupid than of fascism.” open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

Shocking, said no union organizer ever www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Thousands of DC residents chanting “fuck Jeff Bezos” outside of the P Street Whole Foods

Hey CA, Live near the I-5? 👇 "We Are OVER It” is a 3-State initiative to cover the I-5 in huge protest banners from Mexico to Canada, during all four days of Labor Day Weekend Sign up for @ Capitol Mall Overpass at link below Lots of other locations www.mobilize.us/cap25/event/...

He is counting on us to cradle ourselves in the illusion of normalcy, to convince ourselves that fascism is temporary, that someone else will fix it, that it will burn out on its own … to choose our careers, our calendars, our comforts over confrontation. open.substack.com/pub/frederic...

Its the donors and consultants, stupid. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...

With the world’s attention on Gaza, Israeli settlers in the West Bank are carrying out one of the most violent campaigns against Palestinian villages since the UN began keeping records. nyti.ms/4lt6F2u

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Dems must require release of Epstein files with the next budget bill. R’s can’t run from it since most of their constituents want it too!

More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, warned on Wednesday that mass starvation was spreading across Gaza, adding to calls for Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave. nyti.ms/46TKTRO

This is forced starvation. This is genocide. All people of conscience must speak up. If you have your head in the sand wake up!

Yet again, we're seeing horrific reports of the killing of seven children in Gaza this time as they were waiting for water at a distribution site. UNICEF calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, aid at scale and release of hostages.

This is a man-made disaster. Enough is enough. The United Nations must be allowed to deliver aid of all types at scale to families in Gaza, wherever they are.

The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.

Thread: Senate Republicans released initial bill language for their #Medicaid cuts. I am reading the bill now and will highlight key changes from House-passed bill. Topline is provider tax restrictions are worse, will devastate expansion state finances (1/x) www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

I see you Shasta! "No Kings" Protest Numbers Swell to More than 1,600 in Shasta shastascout.org/no-kings-pro...

“By rejecting the proposed cap on IHSS overtime, the Legislature has made it clear that they are committed to protecting not just working families, but also California’s most vulnerable residents,” - Doug Moore, UDW Executive Director Read our full statement below: www.udw.org/press-releas...

3.5% doesn’t seem so far away #nokings www.gelliottmorris.com/p/no-kings-d...

Many starving Palestinians killed as they tried to get food near the Netzarim Corridor and in Rafah’s al-Mawasi area.

#nokings #FDT

We feed you. They hunt us.

“In times like these, when attacks on working families are coming from all sides, we need strong advocates in positions of power to ensure our voices are heard in the halls of the Legislature.” - Doug Moore, UDW Executive Director www.udw.org/press-releas...

It's hard to overstate how destructive the reflexive "this is a distraction!" stuff that politicians and commentators and people are always peddling. Everything is happening all at once. That's how authoritarianism works. If you can't navigate and synthesize this, you're not meeting the moment.

Latest deadly attack at US-backed aid hub kills eight Palestinians seeking food on second day of Eid al-Adha.

🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles. Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.

Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing. ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him. seiuca.org/press-releas...

The LA protests will trigger a drumbeat of "law and order" messaging from the White House and their media allies as a prelude to invoking the Insurrection Act. This is entirely predictable, and any Dem or media outlet that facilitates this narrative will be aiding Trump's authoritarian project.

Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

Join me at SACRAMENTO No Kings, No Political Clowns action.womensmarch.com/events/sacra...

“The fact that our comrade, David Huerta, was injured and detained while simply trying to witness and record these raids demonstrates just how cruel and reckless these raids are.” @udw.org www.udw.org/press-releas...

Meet Maria Avila, who is not only here fighting for the quality care she provides to her clients but is also standing in solidarity with all providers whose livelihoods are at risk. #CutsHurtCare @governor.ca.gov

@udw.org member Sabrina Bishop and her client Ronald Penn, a veteran, were in Washington, DC last week to ask members of Congress not to cut Medicaid to pay for billionaire tax breaks. Read their story in Rolling Stone:

Thank you to every provider and ally who stood with us today. Our message is clear: You can’t cut care and expect silence! We’re just getting started. #HandsOffIHSS #ProtectAndDefend #CareIsEssential #StopTheCuts #UDW

UDW member Cynthia is speaking out about what’s really at stake if IHSS overtime is slashed: providers pushed deeper into poverty, and clients left without the care they depend on. We won’t accept this. We won’t be silent. And we won’t stop fighting. #HandsOffIHSS #ProtectAndDefend #StopTheCuts

“To our Democratic lawmakers. This rally is not just a protest. It’s a warning … It is time for you to have the courage to stand with us — or else. We are watching. We are the people who got you in the office.” - Doug Moore, UDW Executive Director www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

We are march-ready and heading to the State Capitol today to demand our elected leaders protect care! We’re urging lawmakers to pass AB 283 and vote NO on any cuts to IHSS. Care can’t wait, and it’s time to invest in the workers who make it possible. #OurCareCounts

Why have our democratic leaders not proclaimed Fox News the enemy of the people?