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Los Angeles is under siege, and corporate-owned media has failed to meet this critical moment. #FreeLA If you believe L.A. deserves better, support independent publications like L.A. TACO: lataco.com/join

Become a member of @lataco.bsky.social. Not only are they doing incredible independent reporting on ICE and police brutality, they do the food and culture journalism that's so essential for sustaining local community and keeping the news from being a demoralizing grind. lataco.com/join

What can you do? - Get organized. Join a left membership org: Democratic Socialists (socialist), Our Revolution (socdem), Working Families (progressive + liberal). - Work with them to get a credible threat into your 2026 House primary race. - Vote. Kick the cowards out.

So-called "PMC class consciousness" cannot ignore two factors: 1. The labor movement. There has been a major upsurge in unionizarion amongst journalism, nonprofit, and higher ed workers, and an upswing in militancy in traditional sectors like teachers and Hollywood that goes back to Trump I.

Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE! Now is the time to tell everyone in your life to STOP BUYING Starbucks. www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...

This Day in Labor History: November 9, 1935. The Committee for Industrial Organization (later the Congress of Industrial Organizations) was created. Let's talk about the CIO and how it transformed the American labor movement!

They don't want you to know The Remedy

Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...

CA's economy shows strong growth while we slash carbon emissions. Interesting note: "Emissions from cars and light-duty pickup trucks reached an all-time low as fossil fuel use continued to fall. This drop occurred despite a 1%  increase in vehicle miles travelled." ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/defaul...

A lot of Trump admin policy makes most sense interpreted as a dementia-addled Alzheimer patient's muddled attempt to relive the politics of 80's. The flight cancellations are a nostalgic attempt to recreate the crushing of PATCO. The tariffs are a rehash of 80's anti-Asian racism.

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

Not to be a doomer but I think the GOP shutdown strategy is just to never reopen the government and have Trump rule like a king as long as he can. Trump has already claimed full power of the purse with the consent of the Supreme Court and GOP congress; there's no benefit to them to reopen anyway.

Building on this - Prop 50 swing over 2024 presidential vote by county. There was indeed a strong correlation with Hispanic/Latino presence in each county

Faculty doing what the administration won't- defending the institution.

Online media discourse frequently elides this, but it perfectly possible to have journalism that has a clear political line but is still based in evidence and original investigation. "Have your own friendly media" does not have to mean brainlessly regurgitating slogans.

Trump's immigration crackdown is an attack on the entire working class. dailystruggle.org/trumps-immig...

Excellent piece from @alexvitale.bsky.social. Public safety will play a crucial role in quality of life, and Mamdani is up against an NYPD team of 86 PR flacks, with a rote story that only the police can keep people safe. We know that's not true. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS. Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org

The Myth Of Coverage Doctor: I'm in network! Hospital: I'm in network! Insurance: I DISAGREE

More encouraging climate news from California: Early estimates for 2024 shows that the state’s downward emissions trend is set to continue. ➡️ bit.ly/4hV8OE4

Gabriel Garcia Aviles would pass away just ten days later, leaving a grieving family with a lot of unanswered questions. The full story: lataco.com/second-death... By Izzy Ramirez

I specifically thought “this one’s for high speed rail” as I bubbled in that yes, asshole

It's absurd that regional rail in California is governed by the most yokel ass jurisdictions in the given geography and by a bunch of car-brain politicians who never use mass transit. We should be running these agencies with the goal of growing ridership and providing better services.

There is a big difference between using affordability issues as a populist framing to push for climate friendly policies, and using affordability as an excuse to give up on fighting climate change. But too many Democrats and pundits don't get this, which is how we get Big Ass Truck Abundance

“'Climate and quality of life are not two separate concerns,' Mamdani told The Nation magazine in April. 'They are, in fact, one and the same.'”

Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.

PPI’s Russell Richie traces striking similarities between Mamdani’s movement and Henry George’s 1886 mayoral run, and asks whether land value tax could finally resolve NYC’s enduring housing paradox. progressandpovertyinstitute.org/mayor-elect-...

Electric Caltrain just keeps dropping W after W, yet NCTD CalSTA and others keep making expensive rolling stock commitments based on increasingly convoluted fantasies about abundant cheap green hydrogen being just around the corner.

California also spends less per person on transit capital than Utah. California is spending about 2x more but has more than 10x the population - and in a less efficient manner with more uncertainty and overhead. If Utah, a red state, can spend on rail, why can't California?

UC is complying in advance

We're doing the transgender for everybody.

If you want more democracy, you need fewer cars.

Zohran shouting out supercommuters! When was the last time you hear a politician listening to people priced out of their turf?

lmao at these early returns

A bunch of heavily Latino counties that voted for Trump voted for prop 50 👀. Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial...

Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live

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Eat shit, Kevin Kiley m.youtube.com/watch?v=fshm...

Honestly we all needed this civics lesson: authoritarian regimes actually suck at running an economy, one of the many virtues of democracy is you tend to put people who know how to do things and listen to people who know even more in charge.

Massive moment for the utility relocation streamlining for transit projects community

the voters have spoken and they love being trans and threatening to shoot republicans in the head.

UPTE members at UCR were out in force today to demand leadership bring back Heather Johnson. 📢 Heather is a beloved and crucial staff therapist on campus who was placed on indefinite leave for speaking up and participating in UPTE. ✍️ Sign our petition: upte.org/DoRightUCR

Something like 80-90% of money spent on cars leaves the local economy and maybe even the country. We need to talk more about how transit by contrast provides good Union jobs in your community!!!

But I was told talking about climate change results in electoral defeat??

Climate action saves the world $1,000 trillion USD over the next century compared to business as usual. It is not fiscally responsible or sensible to ignore climate change!

got more questions? dsa.la/2025voterguide

Weird how ignoring long term structural and strategic issues, from cops to climate to the flaws of the US constitution, in favor of brainless poll-chasing, somehow gained status as the "savvy" option

If we don’t fix the climate, pollution, and nature crises, we can’t fix anything. They are already actively amplifying poverty, hunger, and division. They are what stand between all of us, regardless of geography or ideology, and the better future we all seek. That's why I'm convinced that ...

I hate gerrymandering but I voted for Prop 50. Democracy is on the line. Unilateral gerrymandering disarmament failed. We have to wrest control of congress away from anti-democracy authoritarians in order to ban gerrymandering nationwide