I got to interview @omarfatehmn.bsky.social for @jacobinmag.bsky.social Asked what democratic socialism means to him, Fateh, whose first child was born last month, had a straightforward answer. “It’s pretty clear-cut,” he said. “You want to take care of everyone.” jacobin.com/2025/09/omar...

He still thinks/claims that “asylum seekers” come from insane asylums

Wow this campaign keeps outdoing itself. A history lesson tied to the present and connected to one of my favorite badass history ladies rolled into one???

The Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S.

We relaunched our canvassing operation a month ago— and our volunteers already surpassed 235k doors knocked, including 39,700 this past weekend. There's a hunger in our city for a new kind of politics and it's motivating people to participate at a scale they never have before.

It needs to be said that by rebranding Charlie Kirk's views as moderate by both right wingers and liberal cowards resets the extremist views he held as normal and pushes the Overton window to the far right

Why am I yawning? Because this plan sounds so safe and poll-tested. Because it is essentially playing defense (again). And mostly because Donald Trump is not merely a threat to the health care subsidies of a comparatively small minority of Americans—he’s a threat to our way of life. trib.al/5gIlv5D

It’s a real firehose of lies out here.

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

Not good for Kash! 😬

I appreciate that Liza ends the piece with a question, which she doesn't try to resolve. I feel like a lot of political writing could be improved by simply trying to clarify what the questions are, without necessarily taking a side.

A lot of wisdom in @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social 's latest piece on NY governor Kathy Hochul - someone who's hardly been a leader, but who has repeatedly been willing to tack left when that's what the prevailing winds seems to favor. jacobin.com/2025/09/hoch...

Many right wing Silicon Valley billionaires are sick freaks who welcome human extinction because they want AI to take over. Their influence explains why Trump 2.0 is such a terrible time to be alive: newrepublic.com/article/2003...

What a time to be alive! Actually quite the opposite, thanks to Trump's policies, but it's a fabulous time to be a bot: newrepublic.com/article/2003...

happy bolsonaro is going to jail day to all who celebrate

...the Joe Biden playbook: build renewables while also building fossil fuel infrastructure at the same time, ensuring that we make no meaningful climate progress. Better than Trump’s atavistic death drive of an environmental policy, but that doesn’t make it any less daft. jacobin.com/2025/09/hoch...

Despite her anti-Trump posturing, New York governor Kathy Hochul is hardly a paragon of progressivism. But winning her over on at least some key issues is crucial for a socialist mayoralty’s success. Does the Left have any leverage over Hochul?

On climate, @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social writes that Hochul and Trump "appear to be BFFs." New Yorkers deserve better.

You’re just not allowed to do journalism if it displeases MAGA

A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Here is the @uaw.org statement on the arrests at Hyundai (h/t @lfelizleon.bsky.social)

it’s fascinating. majorities of americans oppose the military occupation of cities. a substantial number of those are fucking furious about it, but rather than lean into this anger and attack trump’s perception of strength, these “strategists” want democrats to avoid the confrontation entirely.

Zohran Mamdani’s general election campaign has reached its fundraising cap ($8 million) and no longer needs to raise any money. He released a new video telling people to stop donating.

@lizafeatherstone.bsky.social's piece communicates the very dream that committed me to the practice of politics: The dream of a collective life in which all of us have enough time to do the things we enjoy, to do things other than work. Two decades later, this dream still inspires commitment.

And here's @phara4assembly.bsky.social's sibling bill to create a pilot project in New York State for private-sector employers to implement a four-day workweek. www.nysenate.gov/legislation/...

One stepping stone to realizing this dream is instituting a four-day workweek. As Liza notes, when it comes to making the impossible possible, it's socialists who usually lead the way; here, it's @phara4assembly.bsky.social. Here's Phara's bill for state employees: www.nysenate.gov/legislation/...

this is the first time a major Democratic elected has actually told his supporters what they can do in the face of this as far as I can tell

Happy Labor Day! We labor too much! I wrote on the beauty of not working. jacobin.com/2025/09/we-d...

Did you love Labor Day weekend? And summer vacation? Me too. I wrote about how we all deserve more vacation but we also deserve more than vacation jacobin.com/2025/09/we-d...

“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.” Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris

One of the things that drives me up the wall is when people say students “need to learn how to use AI” to succeed in the workplace. It is EXTREMELY EASY to use a chatbot. That’s the whole point of it! You do not need training to type in the box! What are you even TALKING about?? +

"With his batty crusade against wind, Trump reveals his deep lack of interest in the wellbeing of the American working class, whether as workers, consumers, or taxpayers," I wrote @newrepublic.com: newrepublic.com/article/1997...

woman in toothpaste-colored suit: "Why are you SO opposed" to unconstitutional and reckless fascist invasions of your state? Governor Wes Moore with a smiling, patient and correct explanation:

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

Unfortunately timely again! newrepublic.com/article/1891...

“But how will you pay for it?” This one weird trick! The only way that makes sense: jacobin.com/2025/08/new-...

New York City can’t fund many of the robust social programs that Zohran Mamdani has promised in his mayoral run without taxing the rich. And that taxation has to be done at the state level — against a governor who has so far refused to entertain it.

Get ready for the coming clash in New York. Socialism or barbarism. We can have free buses and universal child care, or we can have hospital closures and hardship.

All because he was powerless to stop a wind farm from going up near one of his tacky golf courses, I wrote @newrepublic.com: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

I wrote @newrepublic.com on how Trump is weaponizing our concern for birds in service of their worst enemies: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

"our women need to be tradwives who submit to their big strong husbands, who are also the most scaredy cat candyasses you've ever met"

Amazing how peak masculinity for a Republican is swearing that you’re too afraid to go outside

willfriedman.bsky.social smartly applies “abundance” thinking to connection and community-building: “If abundance is to fulfill its promise, we need a strong civil society, meaningful citizenship, and inclusive communities with real human relationships to go along with it.”

generally speaking, if a person uses the word "nothingburger" I, fairly or unfairly, decide that they are about 30 IQ points dumber than I'd assumed. just because people sound like such asses when saying it! But this is a particularly florid example.

Cuomo's press release notes that 46% of rent-stabilized tenants are rent-burdened. That stat is usually cited as a sign of how bad the housing crisis. But Cuomo's plan would ensure that 100% of rent-stabilized tenants were rent-burdened, so it's not clear whether he thinks it's bad or not.

Zohran Mamdani's slogan is "for a New York you can afford" And Andrew Cuomo is now running on a platform of only letting New Yorkers rent apartments that, by definition, they cannot afford.

Every year I feel like the air quality map of where I live in Iowa and Nebraska is bright red for at least a few days, and those few days are always the hardest because, like, I can still "function," but I know that I'm functioning *much worse* than usual.

agreed!