My take on the thing is that campaign donations - especially to federal candidates - are hard dollars, different and more rare than other dollars. If a candidate has hard dollars they don’t need, the best choice is to give to other, less-well-funded candidates who need the hard dollars.

We need to build a culture on the left that says “ah I saw something damaging to the right, I should share it.” We operate too often like “everybody’s seen this.” They simply haven’t. But the right benefits enormously from us assuming there’s no point in info spreading.

These psychos care immensely about online chatter about them, even though they pretend they don’t care. Musk sued Media Matters, Thiel sued Gawker. They care desperately and we on the left don’t invest enough time, energy and money in pushing out good, accurate, embarrassing intel.

We need to otherize weird right wing billionaires like the smear campaigns they fund against minorities do. Musk leads a baby breeding cult and Thiel wants to suck up the blood of young people. They’re fucking weird and more people need to know.

I get this temptation, I REALLY do. But citizenship is unconditional. And no citizen should be accorded a different status based on their education or knowledge, even if you’re rewarding some, rather than punishing others. Unconditional citizenship. Period.

It did not "go viral". It was intentionally filmed and disseminated using a network of coordinated bots, amplified by an algorithm designed to spread this kind of content quickly. This was a harassment campaign, intended to silence everyone. Call it what it is.

This thread went off the rails. I'm genuinely perplexed. My point: some profs act like they’ve been assigned a side and must argue it like a competition. Remember, this entire charade started because of a *𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦* that “an entire literature” existed questioning birthright citizenship.

I co-chaired the campaign to raise the minimum wage in Minnesota and won. Congress hasn't raised the federal minimum wage in 16 years. I know exactly what it takes to get this done - and I'm ready to lead the fight in the Senate.

Got a copy of @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social’s Selling Out Santa for Christmas today! Excited to read it!

74% of voters want Trump to get Congressional approval to invade Venezuela. Only 11% OK with him going alone. 11%!!!!!!!!

The skepticism seems quite warranted given this obvious discrepancy.

Bari Weiss lied in her memo. She said segment didn't report administration's legal justification (it does in the very first sentence) and didn't say how many detainees had been charged with crimes as opposed to just those who were convicted (it does). www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

IUPAT President @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social is right: Temporary Protected Status recipients are rigorously vetted, pay taxes, and do work in critical industries. They are part of our communities and our unions—they deserve respect and protection. America’s unions will keep fighting for them.

News stories about the concentration camps we run in foreign countries have to be smuggled to a third country in order to be seen.

Some folks seem to think that criticizing Democratic politicians is off-limits because the GOP is "worse." I expect nothing from the GOP; they are obviously a part of racists and Nazis. I DO expect something from the political party purporting to represent the "resistance."

Pretty sure at least some of the affected staff are represented by @wgaeast.bsky.social. I’m sure if they felt the need to take action their union would support them.

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

the vice president is a klansman

Who’s Got the Power? Labor’s post-pandemic upsurge is the focus on Labor History Today. Eric Dirnbach talks with Dave Kamper about grad unions, teachers’ strikes, the UAW & bargaining for the common good. 🎧 Listen now on your favorite podcast platforms.

I think often of Charles Beecher's sermon on the Fugitive Slave Act: "In conclusion, therefore, my application of the subject is — DISOBEY THIS LAW. If you have ever dreamed of obeying it, repent before God and beg forgiveness." archive.org/details/duty...

I try not to be a “you must study [such and such]” guy because people have their own processes, but I realllllly think people resisting ICE need to read up on Northern resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act in the 1850s. The parallels are staggering, and strongly support @jamellebouie.net’s claim.

This is my problem with my Senator, Amy Klobuchar. She coasts to victory by huge margins every election, but instead of using her popularity to educate and move voters, she plays it safe and doesn’t carry anyone with her. Bet she’ll largely sit out the 2026 gubernatorial, for example.

Oh also, before you ask: no, I'm not objective either. You guys stole my music without my consent and every time I raise the concern the reply is "well you can't stop us", so yeah my position is mostly "fuck these assholes" at this point

The best wrapping I've ever done. I'll never get it this good again.

From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.

abolish ice

TIL that Tillamook cheese and ice cream are union made. Outstanding.

I’m jumping off a bit here but this is something that always grinds me about how people treat history. Lots of people are history hobbyists, and that’s great! It is different from being a Professional Historian. Passion does not equal skills and expertise.

Why is it always "everyone wants to know" what Gen Z Republicans THINK but what Gen Z baristas on their longest ULP strike ever FEEL? 🤔

3⃣7⃣ days on national ULP strike. We're in this for the long haul and are ready to keep fighting until Starbucks stops union busting and settles a fair contract 💪 PS: Say good morning to our striking baristas in Ashburn, VA!

So, did Kash Patel’s incompetence result in the murder of this MIT professor three days after the Brown shootings? Could a better investigation have caught the killer before he struck again?

she had momentum when she and tim walz were talking about how the gop are bunch of couch fucking weirdos. then they stopped. thats when they stepped off the gas.

Smart, ecumenical decision to appoint a Cubs fan.

given everything we know about the forces that have intentionally destroyed higher education as a site of secure employment, anyone making the argument that they didn’t get a job because they’re white and male is either a lying grifter or so bad at analysis they should lose their PhD

Trump’s DOJ is suing Minneapolis Public Schools over a union contract it falsely labels "discriminatory" against white teachers. @dskamper.bsky.social & Valerie Wilson set the record straight—showing how the contract protects all educators while preserving a diverse teaching workforce.

@davidshor.bsky.social is not very good at interpreting academic papers, rookie mistake here

matt & co’s theory of how public opinion on immigration would respond to new information was simply empirically wrong. at this point the only reasonable conclusion is they refuse to update their priors w/ new data because the data is inconvenient for them www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...

I think a lot about how when Melissa became Speaker in 2019, two supposedly-expert male lobbyists told me that she was going to be an absolute failure because she didn't know how the game was played.

As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line. No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!

Smart, ecumenical decision to appoint a Cubs fan.

An indispensable book for our times. Enragingly prescient.

This kind of poll question is absolutely meaningless if not coupled with "what do you think the political party's approach to K-12 education is?"

actual numbers suggest that this narrative of systematic discrimination against white millennial men is bullshit.

The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes. I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.

The Vanity Fair photographer with a lot more courage than many titans industry and brokers of power

The problem being a lot of people are going to look at that government line and say, "good." No Dem has defended government for decades. Future Forward spent $44M on an ad telling people they could keep more of their hard earned money. Big chicken coming home to roost.

Amazing interview with a clownish local billionaire who is one of NYC's biggest conservative political figures, and firmly in the Too Dumb To Have A Conversation With tranche of humanity. nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/john-catsi...

If you are a white man in media and STILL whining about all the Black/poc/women who "took your jobs" after the absolute bloodbath/backlash and almost violent re-whitening of media, punditry and academia in the past year, you should go to therapy, find god/gods or take up knitting Just my two cents

OK, come on, fellow nerds. I made what I think is a pretty smart observation suggesting Partagaz is sort of the ISB's Yoda, and this needs more attention. #pleaseclap