people who say “why do we need [fine arts, humanities degrees, mid-budget films] when they don’t make a ton of money?” are insufferable. why do we need chrysanthemums? why do we need bonfires or baleen whales or the color blue? we just do. we just do.

Where are the DSA AOC defenders at now that its confirmed she capitulated to the party and is no longer supporting primary challengers—which is DSA's whole electoral strategy

if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools

it’s me, I’m the guy at the NYT in charge of boosting safe, run-of-the-mill anti migrant, anti single payer healthcare, pro Gaza genocide democrats as the new face of the Democratic Party and framing their boilerplate centrist positions as bold and edgy

The DNC Mafia is circling the wagons, pursuing raw self-interest as response to failure. Almost feel sorry for anyone who still expects the party & its media organs to "learn" or "change" merely because they failed & lost to the weakest opponent in history x.com/ryangrim/statu…

Centrist-far right horseshoe.

Trump criminalizing politically-incorrect speech about Israel. Aside from threatening jail for politically-incorrect speech they don't like, MAGA is very serious about opposing censorship and defending free speech.

How is Noor Abdalla, the eight-month pregnant wife of Mahmoud Khalil, doing? If she needs support, is there a way to help?

Centrist Democrats have been trying to cut Social Security for years. This, among other reasons, is why there is no real Democratic fight against the DOGE-Musk-Trump cuts. theintercept.com/2020/06/17/der…

And these numbers just keep increasing with no stop at all. The first pages are very hard to read.

The tent is always big enough for fascists, but too small for socialists. This has been true of liberal parties for 100 years.

Imperial boomerang: when tactics of colonial rule exported abroad are imported back home

The senior leader of the "opposition party" two weeks ago, mocking Trump for being weak on Iran, daring him to "get tough". That's it, that's all this country has to offer. x.com/SenSchumer/sta…

No war but class war.

We are going to talk about crime but ignore all of the politicians and assorted pedophiles?

ICE teargassing Chicago police is what it looks like when the factions of the ruling class fight each other.

The South is getting revenge on the North. Reconstruction should have gone much differently.

Zip tying naked children and throwing them in u hauls. Abducting daycare staff in front of babies. They don’t care about children. We do.

Democrats don’t have a backbone and never will. If you hold out hope they will, you will die hoping. I ran for Congress twice. Giving up hope Democrats will change is the first step to building something new.