this would be a good case for a left org that wants to start doing legal defense. NAACP didn't want anything to do with Scottsboro case until the ILD took it on
this would be a good case for a left org that wants to start doing legal defense. NAACP didn't want anything to do with Scottsboro case until the ILD took it on
do u want mamdani to start a 3rd party?
"write this one down, i want you to remember it"
fave part so far is when they climb on top of the trucks to get in and they do it in unison
conventional HSR is plenty fast enough for the NEC
agree with main point about being denied the good trains from Japan, but this isn't a real train. crazy over budget and behind schedule. in u.s. context it wouldn't increase speeds much compared to standard 225mph, would take forever and way too much money.
love to be proven wrong, but i do not think he's that guy
you have a bank of england at home
DSA's main message should be that we're the democrats now. That other shit you see is just cowards and collaborators.
yes. everyone shut the fuck up about the senate. senate is old shit
theyre on the same show
fascist scum
unlike pritzker, newsome wants to play reality tv w trump. personally ive had enough
any process that results in 60 dem senate votes abolishes the filibuster before it gets there
But as I don't think we are in that place now, I do advocate for a "radically different model of policing". We should still study what came before police and think about what should come after.
I'm not an abolitionist, in the sense that I don't campaign for the abolition of police. I am a communist, and at some point I hope the world will be in a place where we can work directly towards the abolition of police and state.
i dont actually. youre misreading
is the "you" you're using addressed at me? if so you're making an assumption about my beliefs that happens to not be true
this is why i find Fuckley's post annoying (and what its reacting to as well). Police have antecedents (what doesnt), but are substantially different from them. The previous institutions sucked but studying them provides insights about how to build a better world without police
I was really surprised by how integrated UK is and how small pay disparities are compared to U.S. I suppose the white pop is trying to change that now though
he's basically inviting ICE! tho if ICE comes but no troops that could be pretty cool zone so props for the strong no troops line
weak answer. was hoping for, "more professional LEOs who help state and locals investigate crimes are always needed, but he's firing those officers and hiring unqualified goons who are wearing masks and committing crimes [shows vid on phone]. We will not have this on the streets of chicago"
downstream of their belief that state socialism is fascism. not that AES didn't have it's stupid moments, but if your image of fascism is 50s-70s soviet block, you're going to wonder why trump is so much crueler and more stupid
it was paywalled for me so i refreshed and downloaded the page. it almost always works. and did this time
cant really visualize the dem senate caucus finding a spare tennis court. dont think they have it in em. wont rule out the reps but still idk
and as the irk fades away we close out with a second buddy
grimly funny to think about the pivotal role that Israel plays in the success of the U.S. right and then read this
Biden had a button that would have stopped the genocide that was currently happening. Netanyahu might have been able to carry out a genocide in a different way, but only by drastically weakening Israel's long term security and creating broader and more effective coalitions opposed to them.
this isn't a scenario where there's a half dozen ways for Israel to achieve its objectives and Israel is indifferent between them. Bombing is the only one that's both tolerated by the west and doesn't result in Hamas capturing more soldiers to use as hostages.
halting arms sales/transfers is easy and it would have prevented the intensive aerial bombardment, which has been responsible for most of the casualties. Presumably this is why you also support an arms embargo(?)
and then, big picture, it's like if your response is "sure, that's a button that stops the genocide as it's currently being committed, but why push it if it doesn't prevent Israel from possibly carrying out its genocide in some other way"
lot i could say about the huge cost of shelling and limitations on Israel's ability to do it without U.S. support, but your response is making me wonder about your position on supporting israel militarily. Does it not matter to you bc you think they'll succeed in their genocide regardless?
mildly irked that i can't figure out what they're objecting to lol
Since going home leads to the return of the hostages and a resumption of US military aid that does seem the most likely by far. Are you suggesting that instead they would increase their use of ground forces, even while air support is drastically reduced?
part of why i dont think it makes sense to get really mad is that that anger seems to lead you to ask questions like "what do the supply of bombs have to do with bombing?"
but we both know that Biden had more power to stop the genocide than anyone other than Netanyahu and we both know it was immoral not to use that power and that some voters won't vote for someone who didn't try. the disagreement is just over whether it makes sense to get real mad at those voters
i could link some articles and we could have a tedious argument about exactly how quickly Israel would degrade from dominant regional power to inferior to Turkey without U.S. support, or we could go back and forth about what choice Netanyahu would make or its effects in November
how does a lack of plane parts and bombs prevent aerial bombing? Specifically?
and, had she'd done that and lost by the same margin she did in the real world, the liberal zionists who in this reality stayed home, would have been the ones who made the tactical mistake. but given the 2024 margin neither they hypothetical mistake or the real mistake, likely had any result
Had Harris criticized Biden and indicated she'd cut off aid and won, the "won't vote for genocide" voters would be vindicated, they'd have made the right strategic decision.
if voting is purely strategic or tactical, then someone who makes the wrong strategic calculation isn't immoral and they didn't wrong you, they just made a mistake. if that group could have made the difference, then Harris also made a mistake which lost her their votes
anti-genocide harris voters are right to say voting doesn't need any moral component. I dont think they're pro genocide bc they voted for a genocidal candidate (given the terrible circumstances). And bc they're right about this, I dont think the nonvoters are genocidal bc they didn't vote
the world would be a better place rn if more ppl voted for harris than voted for trump. but i dont see how that leads to getting mad specifically at the voters who didn't vote for Harris bc of her support for a genocide. If they didn't determine the outcome, what'd they actually do for good or ill?
maybe supporting the genocide netted Harris more votes than she lost. perhaps if she called out Biden or even hinted she'd enforce current laws on weapon sales she would have lost more zionist votes than she lost pro Palestine votes should Harris voters praise and thank zionists for their support?
There is a button to stop the genocide, Biden refused to push it. That Harris didn't speak out against his refusal cost her some votes. If it didn't cost her the election no need to get mad at anyone over it. If it did, pretending Bidden couldn't have stopped the genocide isn't helpful for analysis.
the entire israeli airforce is made up with U.S. manufactured parts. something like 90+% of all its bombs are U.S. supplied. The buttons aren't magic, you just have no idea what you're talking about.
dig the new drake's lookbook
most (by a lot) are the same lol. its not like any given Harris voter rolls a d20 and tells a poster its ok to cut off family if they roll 13+
i think it works. not grating. message communicating. the minute feels more like 30 sec. doesnt require that much talent. no idea the budget on this, might be a lot? the suit might be doing a lot of work hard to say
zohran ad sans zohran? it zok
Team Corruption and Team Corruption 2
to canada???
i will tell you it's perfect
There's a lot to like in @samd.bsky.social's recent piece on housing policy under a future Zohran administration. Some thought/questions, in a spirit of dialogue. www.liberalcurrents.com/zohrans-5-st...
glad to see you've calmed down. why would someone who thinks trans women are icky have sex with one?
if you're interested in a real conversation why is this the first time you wrote a post without swearing at me?
if someone thinks trans women are icky why would they have sex with one?
reps from PSOL, Morena, Insoumise and many more were at the DSA convention to observe and share knowledge.
well if he's a "communist" he's the kind who links to fascist publications for sectarian reasons
well in this article he linked to the fascist "Maine Wire" in some attempt to score cheap points off of comrades who wanted a stricter masking rule.
Nothing decided at the convention negatively impacts the organizing of anyone at the convention. The dumbest thing a supporter of groundworks or smc could do right now is pretend DSA is anti-democratic and ultraleftist.
it's obscene to paint oneself as anti-sectarian and then publish in the fucking atlantic, boosting fascist publications that are attacking socialists for wanting a mask requirement. the big bad "sectarians" who are in control won 12 of 27 seats so not sure what ppl are complaining abt
do you also think the Maine delegation is "preoccupied with protesting" the decision not to require masks, bc they made an ig post about it? Do you have any idea what the author thinks that has to do with sectarianism or why he linked to a fascist publication to attack them over it?
is the author a communist?
... ok, when you said "the most extreme example" what did you think it was an example of?
why would having AOC count as intention to gain power but Tlaib doesn't? Why'd you cite The Maine Wire?
why'd you cite The Maine Wire?
Who was the keynote speaker?
why are you directing readers to The Maine Wire, a far right publication?
Is The Atlantic the best venue to write in for someone who's interested in the electoral success of socialism?
You agree that its an example of the same thing: a prejudiced person thinks they don't want to have sex with a member of a disfavored group but when they meet a particular person in that group, it turns out that they do want to have sex with at least one member of that group. What's more extreme?
if giving up all your money and shutting the fuck up would do the same, would you?
if they thought they were icky whyd they have sex with them?
how could someone genuinely prefer sex with cis people if they literally can't tell cis and trans people apart?
thats you tho how can you not see that you're describing yourself?
so the comparison to obama is irrelevant?
newsome is moving quickly in the wrong direction how is that the same as obama?
Hopefully this will be his wake up call to grow the fuck up
The only reason they wanted to use his quotes is because he's collaborating with Trump by saying that California should let Texas destroy our democracy
Thanks for the gift Intel! After the interegnum would have been better timing than during it, but no stress. Glad you got your BBB money bb
Yeah and start showing up to protests and doing media interviews
look at this shit bsky.app/profile/vote...
calls for ICE abolition, votes to send more ICE supporters to washingon. lowest of the low. To do this while claiming to specifically stand up for the Asian community? dont know how he lives with himself
and then what happened?
hey fuck you for selling out our community by teaming up with republican megadonors to help them do it! you're a collaborator bsky.app/profile/pale...
ok but as someone who wants quo for my preferred local candidates i am taking notes
Good reason to always say "redistricting response to Texas s partisan gerrymander"
look if you can't prevent that from happening without us it sounds like you're relying on us to stop it
you think every sick child should starve bc you think they're gross and undeserving. look inward. thats just you
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8% of non Zohran voters would chose Zohran if their candidate backs out. Really hard to see how somone could consolidate the rest of the field and beat him
there are industry archeologists who do surveys for contractors who need them to comply with historical preservation laws
cuomo would have to win 86% of their voters to win and that's assuming Zohran gets none of those votes
Basic coalitional politics like selling out the lgbt community in favor of steve bannon??
I'm not going to tell you who I voted for and you're going to get really really mad
you voted for a candidate who supported trans rights and who didn't bring on Steve Bannon to their podcast in the past so why stop now?
You don't care enough about stopping fascists to support a candidate who excites people. Your self-hatred is manifesting as an obsession with people on the internet who you purposely misunderstand
The move (when trying to convince Democratic partisans) is to say, sure I'll vote strategically but there's no way to ensure that everybody will so it's more strategic to pick somebody good.
the Democratic Party is led by corrupt fascist-curious geriatrics concerned almost exclusively with internecine squabbles. the media is run by upper class fail children who’s chief concerns are sexual assault (pro) and being mad at their college newspaper. our other civic institutions are not better
I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.