Finances don't care about Ben's feelings.

Today is Nakba Day. The ethnic cleansing of Palestine began 78 years ago today and it has never stopped.

People ask why I’m optimistic with how bad things are and it’s the miraculousness of human nature Common people have been toppling authoritarians for centuries. People who have no idea what’s going on are instinctively preparing for crisis and growing softer and kinder as revolutionary energy grows

BREAKING: The Senate just unanimously banned Senators from trading on prediction markets, effective immediately.

Today is a reminder that except for a brief period running roughly from Brown v. Board to Roe v. Wade, throughout its history the Supreme Court has been a reactionary force protecting the wealth of the wealthy and the power of the powerful, almost always hostile to equality and justice.

Impossible to understand the Suprme Court's Voting Rights Act case without the context that John Roberts has spent his entire career working to gut the VRA. As a Reagan DOJ staffer, he made the *same arguments* the Court just embraced. He lost then; he won today. ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/john-...

Given the argument that ended the VRA, I think it’s time liberals did some self reflection about the now decades long obsession with partisan polarization as the problem, as opposed to authoritarianism, extremism, oligarchy, and racism

BREAKING: Two Democratic Reps. are introducing a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $25/hr and eliminate subminimum wages. Reps. Delia Ramirez and Analilia Mejia are introducing the bill, saying it's unacceptable that the minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009.

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

“The long-term vision is to financialize everything,” a prediction market CEO said recently. Financialization isn’t new, but the push for profit maximization is now reaching deeper into daily life than ever before. In a new blog, @bradlipton.bsky.social asks: is this the kind of economy we want?

Corporate greed is baked into our politics. The tax code entrenched it, but can also help dismantle it. Our CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social testified @usprogressives.bsky.social on taking on a rigged tax system to stop the “largest intergenerational wealth transfer in this country’s history.”

The CFTC chair told Congress last week that he’s on it. But as @shahrzadshams.bsky.social lays out, an understaffed, one-commissioner agency offering vague assurances shouldn’t give anyone confidence.

The spread of the gambling economy into more parts of our politics and culture is already bad for consumers. But the rise of perfectly timed war bets raises even more serious and damning questions about potential insider trading in markets that still face limited oversight.

“Even as they debated the Obama plan’s possible burden on the power industry, in the entire chain of correspondence obtained by The Times, not a single justice, conservative or liberal, mentioned the dangers of a warming planet as one of the possible harms the court should consider.”

Kuwaiti-American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been detained in Kuwait since March 3 for sharing publicly available, verified footage. Kuwaiti authorities must release him immediately and unconditionally. Sign the petition to make your voice heard.⤵️ cpj.movements.mov/pet/kuwait-r...

This morning, CFTC Chairman Michael Selig testified before the House Agriculture Committee for the first time since taking the role. The hearing covered a range of topics, chief among them the nascent prediction markets industry & the make up of the CFTC. A few points stuck out to me 🧵

Last month in The Onion:

Please don’t forget Gaza. Israel is still bombing and murdering Palestinian civilians while the world is distracted.

"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

She was granted withholding of removal from India *decades* ago, and had been living and working legally (including for the U.S. government!) ever since. But with third country removals now a real option, TSA shared her data with ICE and they arrested her at the airport on her way to a job.

i bet this goes crazy if you’re a dumbass

Everyone please welcome CBS News Immigration Analyst Viktor Orban.

John Deere has to pay farmers $99 million to resolve a class action right-to-repair lawsuit. The company will also provide farmers with access to repair materials for 10 years. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Our public meeting spaces have been disappearing. It’s time to reclaim them. inthesetimes.com/article/big-...

Not dunking on Zack or this post, I’m just always struck by how easily American journalists will admit that the media shapes public polling and political outcomes when they’re not talking about America.

THE DALAI LAMA IS WEAK ON MONETARY POLICY.

Policy wins aren't enough if we don't control the narrative. In an interview with @shahrzadshams.bsky.social, @giantwhispers.bsky.social breaks down how movements can build the power to shift what’s politically possible and win lasting change Read the full interview: bit.ly/4dAl4tt

Workers in the US are obviously not the primary victims of US imperialism, but they are abandoned and fleeced by the same war state that kills countless people abroad. From blood banks to food pantries, a snapshot of a country whose raison d’etre is increasingly open sadism and violence. My latest.

It’s not a ceasefire if the killing continues on one side. Mass atrocities are being carried out by Netanyahu in Lebanon with U.S. backing. (1/3)

On #LocalNewsDay, a reminder that strong local journalism is essential for a healthy democracy. Decades of policies favoring profit have hollowed out newsrooms, closed papers, and left communities underinformed. Rebuilding local newsrooms is critical.

To be clear: any outlet that reports "Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz" without reporting "because they explicitly said the ceasefire must include Lebanon and Israel is continuing to bomb Lebanon" is an outlet you cannot trust.

For anyone curious about my approach to building #narrative power for our movements, check out my interview with the lovely folks at @rooseveltforward.org for their Fireside stacks newsletter. They asked some great questions and I did my best to answer them. #ChangeTheStory #PeoplePower

Amazing insights in this convo between @shahrzadshams.bsky.social and @giantwhispers.bsky.social "Polarization often gets a bad rap...We need to offer our audience sharp moral choices about the issues of our times by polarizing against unjust policies." www.firesidestacks.com/p/narrative-...

I had the pleasure of interviewing @giantwhispers.bsky.social for @rooseveltforward.org's Fireside Stacks. We discussed the importance of narrative power, why the Left needs to prioritize it, & some of the important aspects of an effective narrative strategy ⤵️ www.firesidestacks.com/p/narrative-...

just about the most revolting shit i ever heard in my life

US media: Escalating tension Real world: bombing US media: A dire ultimatum! Real world: bombing US media: Frenzied diplomacy! Real world: bombing US media: The brink of war!! Real world: bombing US media: CEASEFIRE!!!! Real world: bombing US media: A fragile peace Real world: bombing

Over the past 48 hours, Trump's rants have called for the genocidal eradication of Persian civilization and mocked an entire religion, while reveling in the president's eagerness to commit war crimes on a global scale. Free Press' @timkarr.bsky.social on what media capitulation has cost us:

The President of the United States threatened to genocide Iran yesterday and is threatening to pull out of NATO today. Maybe we could be a little more focused on the demonstrable and ongoing harms of anti-wokeness?

I'd really like to see leadership calling for impeachment and removal, regardless of whether they have the votes to get it done. Same way we called for marriage equality before we had the votes. A leader's job is to lead. If a genocidal threat isn't impeachable, then nothing is.

There is no ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel has been bombing Lebanon non-stop since last night. If anything Israel is expanding its war on Lebanon. You are being lied to

This is right.

I think people should respond this way any time they are asked this question bsky.app/profile/dipl...

lot of fire involved in this cease

Pakistan: Lebanon is part of the ceasefire Iran: Lebanon is part of the ceaefire US: Lebanon is part of the ceasefire Lebanon: Lebanon is part of the ceasefire Israel: We bombed Lebanon 100 times in 10 minutes

Massacre upon massacre in Beirut in the last hour. AUBMC announced a “code disaster.” Over 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes across the country. One hit right behind my house. Sirens ambulances & the smell of sulphur. The city is in total chaos the people in complete panic

a sex pest real estate guy who lost money on his casinos got elected president twice because he played a deals man on tv and then he destroyed the global economy. baudrilliard would die if he wasn't already dead.

Things that help calm the nervous system, quickly: - Box breathing (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4, repeat) - Immerse your face in cold water (activates mammalian dive reflex) - Humming (stimulates vagus nerve) - Exercise (anything helps, outside even better) - Impeachment and removal