Netanyahu is killing people 2.5x faster than Saddam.

Extreme wealth works like a black hole The more it accumulates The more it warps everything around it Opportunities, laws, even democracy itself bend in its event horizon

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back - Albert Camus

Unchecked power always expands its targets. What starts with trans or immigrants or the homeless never ends there. Everyone is in danger if we are tolerant in the face of injustice. - @carmitage.bsky.social

Get politicians to listen by calling their donors.

I absolutely love this line of thinking!! Everyone check it out and follow @carmitage.bsky.social

Really appreciating @carmitage.bsky.social's substack feed for the actionable insights. Great points listed on what to say when you call your elected officials. Every pushback counts. #IceRaids #ImmigrationRaids open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

The Prisoner's Dilemma shows when facing a bad-faith actor, continuing to cooperate is self-destructive. The optimal strategy is tit-for-tat. You begin cooperatively, but when someone defects, you must defect in response. Not from spite, but from necessity. #Resist (from @carmitage.bsky.social)

More people should be reading @carmitage.bsky.social. Please check out this post and the others on his Substack.

@carmitage.bsky.social on responding to Kimmel #JimmyKimmel #FreedomOfSpeech #Censorship cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-kimmel...

“The difference between movements that change history and those that become footnotes isn’t passion or righteousness. It’s strategic competence. And strategy can be learned.” @carmitage.bsky.social @baptistnews.com baptistnews.com/article/the-...

Unhappy about Disney/Nexstar/Sinclair decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel? These are publicly traded companies. They depend on customers. Customers can complain. Like @carmitage.bsky.social said about Congress, calls to corporate HQs work too: Disney 818-560-1000 Nexstar 972-373-8800 Sinclair 410-568-1500

In Wisconsin, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio, and Florida, election results are functionally predetermined regardless of how people vote. In these five states, the Republican party has locked in power through voter suppression and gerrymandering.

I added you to a starter pack- with independent, pro-democracy writers, journalists, media. Thank you! We need your voice. bsky.app/profile/clgc...

If only kindness offered greater quarterly profit margins than cruelty, we would be saved.

This is something we can do. Thank you Christopher for laying it out.

THIS. open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

@carmitage.bsky.social spells out why it’s important to normalise treating only decent, civil people with decency and civility. Axelrod, Rapoport and Karl Popper approve this message. [And so do I, this is a hobbyhorse of mine] [2/2] cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-civili...

We have entered the comic book villain era. Yes, they are that dumb but also that evil. Also, there's no hero coming to save us from these bumbling sycophants. We are the heroes. Get angry. Get committed. Get united. #Indivisible

So, what do we do, America? Let Fascism dominate our country for the next 3-4 decades, or REALLY do something about it?!

If we want to make the change then we need to do the work. The Black Panthers showed that the work of fighting tyranny starts in our own neighborhood.

Some folks are “early adopters” of courage and resistance. The rest will catch up eventually. Likely after much more unnecessary suffering We are in the early stages of an electoral autocracy 1. Recognize where we are 2. Take care of yourself 3. Relentlessly fight for what's moral and just

The federal democracy you learned about in school, where votes translate to representation, where representation shapes policy, where policy reflects majority will, has been replaced by something else entirely. Not through coup or revolution, but through methodical institutional capture.

Theexistentialistrepublic.com Is where you can get the "Registered Sex Offenders Love Trump" and "Netanyahu is the Modern Saddam" stickers, among other great gifts for your terrible family members.

Good analysis again. I’ll give more credit for those that have been vocal. So, my own take: Gold - Healey, Newsom & Pritzger Silver - Moore & Mills Bronze - Hochul - she’s started to step it up … and WTF happened? - Polis & Whitmer - you were both so promising. Gretch: You do not, ever, hug Donald.

And a follow up on my reply to @carmitage.bsky.social: @govandybeshear.bsky.social , I heard you might be interested in running for President. Where have you been? Haven’t heard a peep from you.

In California we don't bend we break! We break the mold , we break the status quo, we break ranks for change and justice, we lead the fight for a better world through policies that every day help shape the future of other states and the world over. In order to affect real change we must continue.

Tell your Governors and AG’s that if they care, they'll fight. If they don’t, then they need to step aside.

The necessary response is to stop being reactionary and get serious about local governance.

We can demand three specific actions: interstate compacts to bypass federal dysfunction, high density and affordable public housing, and the arrest of federal agents conducting warrantless abductions, along with local officers who enable these detentions.

New constraints on the Drake equation.

When your political opponents move from debating your right to marry to debating your right to exist, the parameters of engagement have changed whether you acknowledge it or not.

If you care about Democracy, you should follow @carmitage.bsky.social, example post medium.com/@carmitage/g...

Another piece that fits in with my Guerrilla Politics Strategies.

If I started a PAC to fund/train activists and candidates who are focused on Soft Seccession policies, would anyone be interested?

Fun idea: flood your state reps with birthday cards and inside are demands for various soft secession polices.

The Bank of North Dakota demonstrates what's possible when states keep their money working locally. The nation's only state-owned bank generated $200.4 million in profit in 2024 while making loans to small businesses and farmers that Wall Street banks ignore.

The moral calculation people make is that cutting this funding would harm vulnerable populations. But we've established that vulnerable populations don't receive this funding. State governments do. The same state governments that use these resources to oppress vulnerable populations more efficiently

Welcome aboard Christopher from another longtime PNW native. Hey friends please follow, he's a great voice in our struggle against fascism. @carmitage.bsky.social

The BS bill just keeps on giving! Budget cuts to the EPA matter - Do you like water? Do you want wastewater treated? Not radical ideas! It's the basics that keep us safe. FFS! @nevadacurrent.com nevadacurrent.com/2025/09/10/n...

There is no middle ground or compromise with the enemies of democracy. Those who benefit from minority rule have chosen to preserve their power rather than earn it. If we don't demand a voice, then we won't have one.

At 50, he appeared to be history's nowhere man: failed, broke, forgotten. By 59, he had helped change America forever. His journey suggests past failures don't determine future impact. What matters is the moment you stop accepting the unacceptable.

If the DNC were deliberately designed as controlled opposition to working-class interests, would its behavior differ in any observable way from what we witness today?

Other developed nations start from a different premise: employment creates an inherent power imbalance requiring legal correction. The rights that flow from this recognition reveal just how far America has drifted from the developed world's consensus on human dignity at work.

“The data is unambiguous that isolated demonstrations, regardless of size, rarely achieve their stated political goals when confronting entrenched power backed by unlimited money.”

“Governments change behavior when the cost of maintaining the status quo exceeds the cost of reform.”

From 2000-2018, nearly 300,000 children were legally married in the United States, overwhelmingly concentrated in Southern states, with documented cases of children as young as 10. Tennessee legislators in 2018 attempted to eliminate age requirements for marriage entirely before public backlash.

"In my observation, the prisons sex offenders seemed to express the most frequent adoration and fealty for Trump."

Other developed nations start from a different premise: employment creates an inherent power imbalance requiring legal correction. The rights that flow from this recognition reveal just how far America has drifted from the developed world's consensus on human dignity at work.