yes.

As if politics is always already fully formed as a practice & can be evaluated as working or not in any single moment/situation.

There seems to be a sense that movements operate "efficiently" or "inefficiently" and that sense never seems to account for state violence and repression. lol.

Nothing says “peace” like blowing up parts of Nigeria on Christmas Day. Or killing 100 people on boats in the Caribbean. Or allowing the brutal kidnapping and detention of tens of thousands of people on US soil. “Peace”. They don’t know what it means. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

House Republicans are moving to expel Ilhan Omar from Congress. Trump was found liable for sexual assault. He’s a 34 time convicted felon. He’s all over the Epstein files. He gets to be President. But if you’re born in Somalia & critical of the regime? You’re targeted & threatened.

And the ones the cops killed or beat were still dead, despite their rights. Because, as George Carlin said, your rights don’t actually mean anything in the face of fascist violence.

That’s why it’s always so sick to say “we have to defend Nazis’ rights if we want to be consistent.” Consistency is less important than protecting people from Nazis.

You should be entirely too busy with a real job to tweet the stuff you tweet Will, but someone decided to make it part of your real job. She decided to make this part of her campaign manager’s job.

Free speech claims on behalf of bigots who actively wish to censor those who wish to speak on their own behalf (those made by Zionists, anti-queer bigots, and religious zealots) are demands to censor people who are not bigots. 2/🧵

Ultimately, the problem with single issue free speech crusaders is that "free speech" isn't a single issue. There are questions of censorship, questions of whether something is actually "speech" or "violence," and questions of whether a demand for free speech is genuine. 1/🧵

And I hope it goes without saying that I'd be interested to learn your thoughts on the same question 🙏

Good question. I'll summarize my answer / assumptions this way: IMO, there are currently 25-30 reliable progressives in the Assembly, with another 15-25 "fair weather" incumbent part-time allies. With another 7-10 reliable progressives in office, I think the political center of gravity would shift.

2026 might be the year in which progressives finally win control of the NYS Assembly. The Left will have 15+ excellent Assembly candidates either challenging centrist incumbents or running for open seats. One of those open seats is AD-149. Please join me in donating to @bojak4assembly.bsky.social.

By pretending that it is a hard problem you are making an argument that you support the bullying of trans children by adults because you believe the free speech rights of bigots to be a "harder" issue than the rights of children not to be abused by adults. Work on this.

This is false. Karl Popper wrote an entire book on the paradox of tolerance and how "free speech" is a social contract based on respecting the rights of others. At least one expert wrote a canonical work supported by other experts.

I have, but you are defending the rights of adults to bully children as some abstract "free speech" issue without thinking about the consequences of allowing bigots to publicly bully and harass children.

Nah, tons of Americans defend the use of slurs and even financially support the slur users. Most of the “free speech” community is engaging in a thought exercise because they aren’t the targets of these actions. Even after ACLU helped Charlottesville, Virginia experience white nationalists violence.

Alright, but it also stuck up for the rights of anti-trans bigots to bully trans students as a free speech issue. That part isn't false.

I wish this wasn't true, but it sadly is. South Park, which everyone loves for being anti-Trump now, once ran a whole episode about how hate speech doesn't hurt anyone and wanting to police how people think is the real problem. #Deadpan

Is the Epstein scandal really different from the rest of the sordid sexual corruption revealed by #MeToo? Or do powerful men abuse women and girls whenever the means, opportunity, and desire intersect because the ruling class is like this?

FIRE is not your friend. They made their bones defending campus hate speech and they supported a lawsuit against an Ohio school board on behalf of anti-trans bullies.

This would take 5 seconds in Photoshop Our democracy will bleed to death in the coming AI meme war between Plastic Gavin Stans and Maga chuds, exacerbated by the fact there is no water to cleanse the wounds because the giant plagiarism rape culture machine depleted it all making the memes.😒

The commercialization of compassion.

Merry Christmas! I’m texting & signaling & sharing this gem, @matthewremski.bsky.social’s anti-capitalist reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen’s “Little Match Girl.” Nothing has given me such a good cry in ages. Thanks, #AntiFascistDad! Storytelling for revolution: youtu.be/2vLQYsuhiSI?...

Love wins if we keep loving.

It is important to remember to keep your loved ones closer than ever before and to not take them for granted. A very safe, happy, joyous and Merry Christmas to you and your families. 💙🙏

And my neighbors who are cold, wet, hungry, and overwhelmed…are now happy that their humble little refuge — where love gets traction, and prayers are answered — will stay in business. 🧵 8 of 9

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

A more detailed account of the purchase by @ricksteves.bsky.social of a neighborhood hygiene center, his plans to help improve it further, and him calling out a failure to support vulnerable people. What a mensch. Be Rick. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH

What a truly beautiful act in a weary world Merry Christmas Mr Steves and God bless you

A true mensch.

I ❤️ @ricksteves.bsky.social I watch all of his travel shows. I use his guide books. I follow his travel advice. I have a #keepontravelin tshirt. He’s a great humanitarian and someone to be proud of.

Nico wishes all of you a very cozy comfy Christmas and a happy new year.

“Vance referred to “white privilege” as “ridiculous terminology” and claimed the left uses it “as a power play” to “shut up” conservatives so “they get to run things without any control, without any pushback from the real people.”

“The book comes across as modern-day McCarthyism: This dark menace has infiltrated nooks & crannies across America, from the boardroom to the classroom to even churches. No surprise, Posobiec & Lisec have plenty of praise for Sen. Joseph McCarthy.”

“The troubles Vance depicts among the white working class, or at least that portion he calls “hillbillies,” are quite familiar to those who’ve followed the pathologies of the black poor, or Native Americans living on reservation.”

Don’t waste the night before Christmas trying to convince a rich man to do the right thing. He can only convince himself.

Enough of this Shark Tank of ideas nonsense. Why doesn't the billionaire pay people he respects to come up with a plan? America does not need another business-oriented game-show-host President. Start a think tank like a normal person.

This is not normal. This is not normal. This is not normal. You don’t tell a child she’s “beautiful and cute”. You especially don’t do it while being implicated in a child sex trafficking operation.

Billionaires are surrounded by sycophants who do nothing but kiss their ass all day long, so when they get on social media and are forced to interact with normal people, they don't understand why everyone hates their fucking guts.

I was feeling the Christmas Blues, feeling down then got into an Uber & the driver had on Booker T & the MG’s Christmas album. I highly recommend to anyone trying to shake the Christmas Blues

Trump just told an 8 year old she sounds “very beautiful and cute”. Epic failure to read the room. Creepiness factor turned up to 11. When people tell you who they are, believe them.

Tonight someone told me that if flares are random and happen despite my best efforts, I should take more risks & push my body more. This is not how disability works. Our baselines mean everything to us. The unpredictable flares are devastating. Pushing is never the answer.

One way to thank them? Wear a mask near them so you don’t get them sick on the job. You can be contagious and have zero symptoms.

🙏🙏🙏

If you’re surprised by any revelations in Epstein files re: Trump that is because the media failed you in an epic way in 2016. One did not need to look hard to find decades of depravity concerning his behavior but they chose to look the other way because HRC had some emails.

It’s rich to see someone who is only known and promoted at all because he’s a certain type of Black complaining in THIS of all moments that elite institutions only reward a certain type of Blackity Black. The greatest recipient of actual racial preferences once again with no self awareness.

He's also wrong empirically. Elite admissions counselors select Black folks who they think aren't going to rock the boat--not progressives or activists. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Merry Christmas! I’m texting & signaling & sharing this gem, @matthewremski.bsky.social’s anti-capitalist reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen’s “Little Match Girl.” Nothing has given me such a good cry in ages. Thanks, #AntiFascistDad! Storytelling for revolution: youtu.be/2vLQYsuhiSI?...