Been writing again today.

🗃️ Socialists of the Day: Ross Grooters is an Iowa politician serving as a member of the Pleasant Hill City Council. Grooters is a member of DSA and has served on the City Council since 2018. His term ends in 2025. He works as a locomotive engineer with Union Pacific Railroad.

28 September 1916 | A Polish woman, Aniela Piękosz, was born in Borzęcin. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 29 January 1943. No 32431 She perished in the camp on 13 June 1943. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

My dearest wife, It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.

Sure Jan. STFU tenor.com/view/sex-emo...

So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics. They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: James Blanco is an Indiana politician who currently serves as a member of the West Lafayette City Council. Blanco is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and was elected to the city council in 2020.

The proper response to any of this is "Dude, you lost a confrontation with Jimmy Fucking Kimmel." [Insert hand jerking emoji]

War-ravaged Portland, 5 minutes ago

27 September 1903 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Rebecca van der Hoek-van West, was born in Amsterdam. In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

Three weeks from right now, millions of Americans will gather again to say NO KINGS. As Trump wields government power to censor free speech and threaten political opponents, we need to make October 18 a historic day of resistance. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

There were many protests I covered from 2020 to 2022 or so that ended with the group of demonstrators reciting Assata Shakur before dispersing: It is our duty to fight for freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and care for one another. We have nothing to lose but our chains.

Since MAGA is all about soothing the wounded egos of mediocre white men, almost all of their actions are theatrical displays; Displays of strength to hide weakness, displays of cruelty to hide fear...

The wounded knee thing is really Trumpism distilled to its essence. It’s not enough to be able crush people who can’t fully defend themselves, it’s not enough to actually crush them, you also have to love and admire those who do the crushing otherwise the Trumpists’ delicate feelings are injured

MAGA is run on grievance and resentment, and the burning desire to inflict suffering on their hated outgroups. This symbolic act is to insult and provoke, vice signalling of the ugliest kind.

"Who would have predicted this?" - Black women did. - Trans people did. - The *entire* disability community did. - The anarchists did. - Post-Evangelicals did. "Well why didn't I hear them." You did. But you disregarded us as "extremists" and "alarmists". And you are still calling us that.

One of the big asymmetries in US politics is how Republicans getting more votes from men is a major crisis for the Democratic party that must be addressed, perhaps by abandoning some values, while Democrats getting more votes from women is a nonissue for the Republican Party, not worth discussing.

A lot of folks view their vote as a little gift they give to a politician who catches their fancy, rather than an act of collective action on behalf of the less fortunate. You are not giving out a rose on The Bachelor, you're acting in solidarity with millions of other people.

If you imagine America’s poor rural whites as a proletariat anointed by history for righteousness, then you will imagine them as always merely misguided and in need of correction—a fundamentally condescending view that leads many to miss the reality that a lot of these people are driven by malice.

25 September 1938 | A French Jewish boy, Abel Bac, was born in Paris. On his 4th birthday, he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. On 27 September 1942, he was murdered in a gas chamber. --- The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Andre Vasquez is a Chicago politician, community organizer, and former rapper. He is the alderman of the city's 40th ward after defeating incumbent Patrick O'Connor in the 2019 Chicago elections. Vasquez is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Try and stay positive people. We're going to survive this.

Antifa reacts to Trump’s edict declaring them a domestic terrorist organization: youtu.be/YY7OgOvbYz0?...

23 September 1938 | A German Jewish girl, Mirjam Helene Friedmann, was born in Berlin. The family fled to Prague in 1938. In 1941, Mirjam was deported to Litzmannstadt ghetto & in August 1944 to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber. --- Children at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

🧵 Some types of speech should not be protected and in fact should be suppressed. Everyone agrees to this, there are no exceptions. Libel/slander is one form of speech which is widely agreed can and should be suppressed; Threats another; (1)

"That's nice, grampa. Ready for your pudding cup?"

Not only unpopular bullies, but weak and cowardly.

23 September 1925 | Czech Jewish woman Hana Herzogová was born in Miroslav. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive. https://t.co/7gT9gkHEVC

I heard a rumor that Cuba doesn't have autism because they practice Communism.

One thing that we need to get over is an aversion to radicalism, which usually is framed as "The American people will never accept radical change". What we have seen, proven definitively, is that yes, Americans WILL accept wild, radical, crazy changes.

the american state as we know it was basically constructed in a single presidential term—it is yet possible that we build something even better when we retake power. change feels slow and impossible until it isn’t, for there are weeks in which decades happen.

A lot of powerful people look at the world around them through the swastika-shaped keyhole of Twitter

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Rossana Rodríguez Sanchez is a Chicago politician and community organizer. She is the alderwoman of Chicago's 33rd ward. She won election after defeating incumbent Deb Mell in the 2019 Chicago aldermanic elections. She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

"history is also going to remember the cowards who definitely knew better but still let things happen—whether it was for money, convenience, or just comfort. Use ... the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away: F**k you. Make me.”" www.pajiba.com/news/john-ol...

Sinclair, by the way, has a handy contact form on their website if you want to talk to them directly: sbgi.net/contact-us/

The only way it could be better is to have an immigrant doing the lifting for him.

Well worth reading. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o... Quote below is from Jamelle Bouie.

Corporations never lead, only follow. We can force them to follow us when we use our power.

Congratulations to LA Metro for another expansion to one of America's fastest-growing rail networks—the A line, already the world's longest light rail line, just got 9 miles longer! Hopefully, this (& the upcoming D-line extension) will continue helping the ridership recovery

It’s the aristocracy, it takes different forms depending on is social context, but it’s always the aristocracy, and you must learn to hate it as much as it hates you.

21 September 1932 | French Jewish girl, Florette Dawidowicz, was born in Paris. She was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz on 24 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection with her brother Simon. --- Children at Auschwitz. Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

In all the articles abut the cost of easing homelessness, no one ever bothers to tally up the astronomic cost of accepting the status quo. The added policing, the lower property values, the medical care- the cost currently is more expensive than just building homes.

The fact that these people are this upset over chalk drawings tells you how easily they’ll cave when faced with actual mass resistance. Bullies fold when you stand up to them. www.arlnow.com/2025/09/19/c...

The King who needs beg his subjects to stop mocking him, is no King.

The new law prohibits neck gator, ski masks and other facial covering for local and federal officers, including immigration enforcement agents, with some exceptions.

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Daniel La Spata is the City Council alderman of Chicago's 1st ward, having taken office as a member in May 2019. He won election after defeating incumbent Proco Joe Moreno in the 2019 Chicago aldermanic elections. He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Via Balloon Juice blog, tips on how to replace your mediaintake after cancelling Disney/ Hulu: balloon-juice.com/2025/09/19/o...

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

Ok my cis friends, we are going to need a lot of you to step the fuck up and fight hard for us www.them.us/story/trump-...

We brought together attorneys general from across the country to tell trans students: We see you. You belong here. And we will fight for you. As this school year kicks off, know that you are not alone, and we will work to make sure all schools are safe for every student.