RFK Jr.: disturbed know-nothing failing his way to success and leaving a wake of betrayal and death. His utterly opportunistic pursuit of hero status, with no concern as to the content of his quest, now as HHS secretary poised to become one of history's greatest mass murderers. Worth your time.

Interesting

“Nearly 200,000 Ukrainians in US thrown into legal limbo by Trump immigration crackdown” 11/22/25 www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Horror reality tv: Four MAGA spokespeople fawn over "Commander Bovino's" aw shucks Howdy Doody Gestapo stories. Their child like laughter reminiscent of 4th graders' question & answer time with a local police dad. "Thank you, Commander. The American people love what you're doing and how you do it!"

Oakland Socialist on how Republicans, Mainstream Democrats, Union leaders, and the business class will oppose any attempts by Mamdani to carry out socialist style reforms. He considers the challenges in continuing to build a movement that can make demands, get them enacted, and defend them.

"It’s ‘simply’ the ‘law’ of supply and demand. On virtually all issues, the opposite is the case – the market serves the rich 1% and hurts the rest of us, unless it’s impact is mitigated by progressive social and economic policies. That’s the real common sense." znetwork.org/znetarticle/...

Check this out: Letters sometimes disappear and reappear in my bluesky posts. See the word "think" in both screenshots below. Same thing happens in Safari, Opera, Chrome. Also, in Safari, the prompt goes to the start of the line unless you type slow when you start and posts become jumbled. Weird.

Just a song www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPIP...

I thin you meant natsocialist twitter

J.D. Vance could be the offramp of Trump's MAGA and win in 2028. He's a smooth liar, and repeats big lies like Trump, w/ fash populism serving White Christian Nationalism, maximizing cis white male dominance and harming brown people +women. Not as funny as Trump but he fakes affability sufficiently.

Sweet sounds of rockers glamming up some New Wave punky rock & roll. 1978. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAkE...

Pluribus episode 4 was great. I remember watching Better Call Saul and finding it a bit boring until I got used to the meticulous nature of a lot of the episodes and the claustrophobic use of office, business, and retail space. I think the new show needs the same patience to see what it becomes.

Jacobin's red-brown big guns, Fazi and Marcetic, celebrate a possible "peace deal" by blaming Ukraine for Putin's brutal invasion with the old lie "they didn't implement Minsk," and charging anyone supporting Ukraine's resistance w/ hypocrisy unless they report for duty on the front line.

New View-Master reel just dropped.

Criticism of Trump's economy from the capitalist class, from the federal judiciary against his attacks on the rule of law, from the military questioning legality of their roles, and the Catholic Church against his anti-immigrant sweeps, while some of the MAGA base turns against him over Epstein.

Unifor, Canada's largest private sector trade union, blames Trump tariffs. "Three years ago the federal and Ontario provincial governments gave half a billion dollars to GM to retool at Ingersoll so it could change production lines. Now the plant is closing - a sudden and shocking blow to many."

The descriptions of the activities on Epstein Island are a huge nothing-burger.

Bedlam (1946) with Frankie Dee as Pompey

Chris Carlsson has lived in San Francisco since 1978. He started Processed World zine, does radical housing activism, the SF Community Land Trust, Critical Mass (bikes), and Shaping San Francisco blog. This article looks at housing advocacy in SF under neoliberalism from an anti-YIMBY perspective.

Brilliant

Tom Wetzel is a working class organizer, founder of the (original) Workers Solidarity Alliance, LA bus-riders union member, and author of Overcoming Capitalism: Strategy for the Working Class in the 21st Century. I helped organize the 2005 SF Fare Strike with him and enjoy his takes on YIMBY.

Seth Ackerman's article on YIMBY economics explains that more supply doesn't inherently drive down housing costs. Real estate is a monopolistic and speculative commodity based on expected values. The main cost driver is median income of people in the area. See the chart and explanation in article.

Bill Weinberg's Counter Vortex podcast two recent episodes (this week and last week) deal with The election of Mamdani and the likely Federal backlash against. But he also looks at a YIMBY aspect with the Elizabeth Street Garden issue, and suggests more authentic socialist housing alternatives.

Friday's Knowledge: Alex Jones had Russell Brand on and they lovingly tear each other apart with passive aggressive quips. Alex alludes to Russell's sex crime trials while Russell prays for Alex to be forgiven for his Sandy Hook lies. Dan & Jordan snipe from the sidelines, eat popcorn, and laugh.

The origin of a lot of modern Social Housing strategy stems specifically from community battles to shut down business class dominated govt. urban planning and building. Rachel Brahinksy wrote an overview of resistance to displacement in the Western Addition/Fillmore of SF.

Opposing rent control is a terrible indication that the YIMBY "It's supply and demand dummy!" arguments have problems. I know many YIMBYs talk about rent control _done properly_, so they should be more open to people they knee jerk smear as NIMBYs talking about "truly affordable housing."

Oh no, is she going to start a cult when she gets out?

GROK: Put up a trending story about the Epstein emails' focus on Trump's involvement with sex parties that makes Trump look like the good guy and a hero of the working class.

This Onion News piece from a couple weeks ago walks the line between genius and offensive but I think it works as a perfect inversion of the usual narrative around mass shooters while also creating an entire alt-universe in under two minutes. youtu.be/Rf8ywX3MYXE?...

PBS Newshour tonight, on the 50 year and one day anniversary, credits Lightfoot's song with massive reform in the shipping regulations in the Great Lakes. There has not been a single commercial wreck in the Great Lakes since the song came out, versus 6,000 in the century leading up to it.

Feds Pepper-Spray 1-Year-Old In Cicero, Use Tear Gas On Little Village Neighbors blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/09/f...

Now that Republicans won the game of chicken, and they are framing the ACA subsidy cuts as "we stopped the Democrats giving money and healthcare to "illegals, rapists, and terrorists," will MAGA who see their own premiums, deductibles, and out of pocket costs sky rocket keep going along with it?

What they used to say about Johnny Thunders totally applies to the Democrats: "Always snatching defeat from the jaws of victory."

Isn't this what ACA pretty much does already? It's not perfect, but Trump acting like he's going after private insurance companies by shrieking that people be sent money to spend on private insurance companies is dumb. He, Republicans, and sadly, most Dems, have been team privatization forever.

Ha ha! "To remain on the stage and keep receiving what he viewed as his due, he therefore needed a new act. In the 1990s, Watson became smitten with 'The Bell Curve'..." www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...

Hawaii Republicans out here making the argument that in person, one day only voting, with ID check will be "easier" than our current mail in system, which 92.5% of voters use. Riiiighhht... www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/05/h...

Yesterday's ICE raid on Kauai siezed 44 people. The head of the Indivisible chapter on Kauai (not the statewide group) is going on record supporting this raid and legitimizing claims of Tren de Aragua involvement. See her BS in this news report: www.khon2.com/video/kauai-...

I Don't Speak German wins for hardest smack down of Graham Platner and the "usual suspects" defending him. Fave quote: "There was a time I respected Jacobin. No more. What a fucking vile magazine. Ha ha ha!" soundcloud.com/user-8415283...

🧵We're a Republic Not a Democracy!" talking point from right wingers. What they're saying is we need a "qualified" minority to rule, not a majority, or "the mob." It's an argument for elite rule and a clear hierarchy of power. 1/5

This is absolute corruption and disdain for human life from the Trump DOJ. They're pardoning a huge corporation that killed its passengers while abusing its workforce to cut costs rather than enforce basic safety standards. See "Downfall: The Case Against Boeing"on Netflix for a good overview.

This makes me happy. I see that I'm cited (Comrade Motopu) in Alana Lentin's 2025 book _The New Racial Regime: Recalibrations of White Supremacy_. My article on Catherine Liu, "The PMC meets the Tucker Carlson Left," on libcom.

Hawaii Stories very short clip on the rising cost of healthcare as the ACA tax credits are cut. www.instagram.com/reels/DQnJ48...

Ten Years is a huge hit with Millennials now. [kidding]

She _just_ won the gubernatorial race in New Jersey and she's already addressing "the men and women in labor." Men can't go into labor, "Mikie"! Enough with the woke gender ideology!

He's really dead!!!

Longtime labor organizer, activist, journalist Joe Allen on the threat of Sean O'Brien to the Teamsters and everyone else. Screenshot of a facebook post.

US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

Saw this today at Kahala Mall, upper deck by Ross.

I don't know Richard Hooker's history but I imagine he would be better than O'Brien. Hard to be any worse!