chris
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he/him.
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when you rely on elite advocacy to make change, you tend to end up with reforms that are acceptable to elites. here, in cleveland, that means neoliberal reforms. when you rely on elite advocacy you tend to reproduce neoliberalism
about 2 months ago
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i guess speaking truth to power is not one of my councilor-elect’s skills
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www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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If We Want Mamdani to Beat the NYPD, the Left Must Build Power
We won’t be able to push Mamdani, or anyone else, to undermine police power unless we become a force to be reckoned with.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mamdani-jessica-tisch-nypd-policing/
about 18 hours ago
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teri wang, i think, is an incredibly useful tool for mayor bibb’s plans to dismantle any civilian oversight of police
4 days ago
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its funny to me how reports about food stamps and flight delays map so well to working class and middle class woes. much difference if you ask me!
4 days ago
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i think this is a good point and i worry about folks who don’t draw the same lesson because i suspect many of them imagine themselves to be the next one in a billion hero set to save the wretched masses
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4 days ago
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lol the cinematheque doesn't like it when i talk about addiction in my reviews
4 days ago
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grateful to have been introduced to this song over the weekend
youtu.be/3cdqQ2BdgOA?...
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Love Me, I'm a Liberal
YouTube video by Phil Ochs - Topic
https://youtu.be/3cdqQ2BdgOA?si=hY82ywICqvR92QLf
5 days ago
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lol good thing i had my multiple surgeries last year!
5 days ago
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it is very brave to delay shutting off a person’s utilities
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6 days ago
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so how'd those pre-primary endorsements work out for progress?
10 days ago
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before any other results come in, i gotta say one reason i'm very proud to organize with ellen kubit is she can turn out the vote. increased turnout at Lakeview Estates over 2021 and crushed the field in our ward by precinct - her precinct B had 33.5% turnout; on average the ward had 23.8% turnout
10 days ago
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i've never met curtis sliwa, but one time more than a decade ago, i got real high on my balcony when a group of Guardian Angels started marching down the block. it freaked me out so hard
11 days ago
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crazy that a politician would say a thing to get votes and then do something different. i guess i shoulda decided to organize around capital projects
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12 days ago
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is bibb’s home for every neighbor program working? i ask as i see more campsites than ever
12 days ago
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you know who i trust to work for the working class? the harvard graduate from gates mills whose career spans from big law to a mayoral cabinet
12 days ago
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why do we think the same energy around tanmay shah hasn't been there for alana belle?
12 days ago
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i have to take depression pills for 9 months to fix my back. they are expensive depression pills, too. my back better thank me at the end of this
12 days ago
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so we should assume the “climate champion” Austin Davis uses AI in only an environmentally responsible manner right?
12 days ago
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You see, the problem is that no one has thought to promise the masses more board and commissions they can serve on, no one has presented them with innovative technologies of participation. My kingdom for such a savior!
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13 days ago
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why do i feel hungover today?
15 days ago
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Clevelanders for Public Transit
16 days ago
Ever wondered how GCRTA is organized, how it operates, or who is involved? These questions and more will be answered at our informational “Who is RTA?” event! Join us on Wednesday, November 12th at 6pm on Zoom to tune in! Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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how do you keep a kippah on a bald head?
16 days ago
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i wonder how our newest apppointed councilor will vote on Flock Cameras. Hmmmmmm. Hard to determine!
17 days ago
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LOL Cleveland Foundation has given up on funding climate action? Such a good thing we have in this community foundation LOL
19 days ago
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2 years of active membership on
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19 days ago
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20 days ago
alyssa battistoni hit the nail on the head in her "spadework" article for n+1:
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best part of my day is when i sit in this chair and cat sits on my lap
20 days ago
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Wilson Wilson
20 days ago
Just remember people get paid in this town off the government being objectively bad all the time
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highlight of my week: the writer of a movie liking my review of it on
@letterboxd.social
22 days ago
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inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
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The Biggest Threat to Mamdani’s Agenda Isn’t Trump—It’s Wall Street
Wall Street destroyed New York City’s social welfare economy in 1975. Avoiding that fate under Mayor Mamdani will require popular movements to discipline the super rich.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/zohran-mamdani-trump-cuomo-nyc-wall-street
22 days ago
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progressive and neoliberal are not antonyms
25 days ago
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oh, you have real problems
about 1 month ago
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ashes be scattered
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
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how much power do we think the rta community advisory committee has? i'd wager NOT MUCH!
about 1 month ago
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just had a fun conversation with a professor who made me feel not insane for despising the cleveland nonprofit sector and then have him casually mention his consulting with the mamdani campaign
about 1 month ago
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one set of quotes is about as anodyne as possible. the other has some fire and some life.
plainpress.blog/2025/10/01/d...
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Dismal voter turnout results in predictable outcome
by Bruce Checefsky   (Plain Press October 2025) Cleveland city-wide voter turnout was 7.1% among registered voters in the wards holding elections, but despite low numbers, incumbents wer…
https://plainpress.blog/2025/10/01/dismal-voter-turnout-results-in-predictable-outcome/
about 1 month ago
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very happy to announce my mother has decided we do not need to playn "cleanin' out my closet" by eminem during my dad's memorial service
about 2 months ago
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something i've been thinking about lately re: Randy Cunningham's 'Democratizing Cleveland' is how most of the organizing during that time was funded by the Catholic Church. today, on the other hand, its mostly foundation funded
about 2 months ago
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neoliberalism includes substituting elite advocacy in place of mass politics. nonprofits thrive in this environment
about 2 months ago
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Dave Anderson
about 2 months ago
A new Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission audit compliance report found FirstEnergy spent nearly $310 million on legal expenses and other costs related to corruption investigations and litigation between 2020 + 2024
www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/18962...
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wait, can anyone remind me if any city council candidates worked for the law firm behind hb6?
about 2 months ago
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Congrats to all those endorsed Democrats!
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about 2 months ago
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must be hard to be so virtuous and elite
about 2 months ago
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asking this once again. has it helped?
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about 2 months ago
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working in the public sector does not, per se, make you a good person. working in the private sector does not, per se, make you a bad person. also, the nonprofit sector is a part of the private sector
about 2 months ago
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hey cleveland ward 7 progressives, it's time to trust black women
about 2 months ago
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the problem of elites is not that they aren’t of our generation (increasingly they are in any case)
about 2 months ago
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getting the Bibb endorsement is very funny for someone who told me he considered himself the token progressive in the administration. i guess that's what progressive elitism is all about. pleasing elites is valued above all else
about 2 months ago
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having the best ideas is worthless if you can’t win them
about 2 months ago
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