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DSA’s mutual-aid work belongs to a long tradition in which political movements do not merely ask people to support an ideology and "vote harder" -- they create institutions that meet needs, build relationships and demonstrate on a small scale what their preferred society could look like 🧵
wishdaThe DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.
headline should be "trump issues pardon to iran" it's similar to other pardons he gives to criminals doing crimes against political enemies or for causes he agrees with
Aaron RuparQ: Can you rule out that Iran is behind the water attacks? TRUMP: I don't think so. I think that Minnesota is behind it. You know who is behind it? Minnesota. Because they're grossly incompetent. I don't think there was an Iranian cyberattack. I think Minnesota ought to get its act together.
Martin just sounds so DCish but I do think he's trying to shift Dems in a better direction Would Wikler have pushed more? Yeah. Does Martin agree w activists on policy/politics? Likely no But having a party sustained across election cycles is the 1st battle to win & that disrupts lots of paychecks
Emily CrockettMic drop after mic drop in this piece by @davidoatkins.bsky.social, who has managed to convince me that Martin really is walking the walk on reform. Weak on comms and management? Yup. But also real changes that piss off all the right people. Thus, hit pieces. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/07/31/t...
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This…luma.comFor a nice run-down of how Uncommitted began, this episode of This American Life is really good www.thisamericanlife.org/843/a-little...
A Little Bit of Power - This American LifeAbbas Alawieh, a leader in the Uncommitted movement, grapples with how to get his voters the thing they want.www.thisamericanlife.orgRavRep. Dan Goldman, who lost his primary nearly 2:1, is giving advice to democrats at 4 AM: “If you were a supporter of the Uncommitted movement — which was significantly responsible for Trump 2.0 — then you are in no position to demand anything from Democrats.”
I've worked with local government leaders for 20 years and most are amazing -- inspiring public servants in ways that folks never see The mayors of our Twin Cities are exhausting, terrible managers, and morally stunted
Naomi KritzerAnd a new detail that apparently was part of why the deputy chief decided she just could not work with Her, and retired:
"complainer class, looking for their next book or podcast deal" is the 2026 "paid protester"
thejrocktvShe knows she’s losing so she said let’s just go mask off.
parental hot tip 🚨 we use google familylink to severely limit youtube for our kids, but youtube is annoyingly always used for various school/activities stuff -- so we had a problem....
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In the HBO finale for its flawed but interesting show "Years & Years," what brings down the authoritarian leader is the revelation of several migrant camps where folks died or were held indefinitely -- that was believable *in 2019* www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Years and Years finale review – fast, furious and frequently devastatingRussell T Davies’s near-future series concluded in biblical fashion, but never lost sight of the humanity underpinning its big, bold ideaswww.theguardian.comGuardian US"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
either a poor farmer in Sioux Falls or a closeted actor living in south minneapolis
RevanEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
"The AI thesis is up a ton over the past two years, but it is down quite a bit over the past two weeks" ~ @matt-levine.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
The Situation DeterioratedAlso election markets, PBC Revlon duties, Ionic Digital and World Liberty.www.bloomberg.comThe Dust Brothers, who always looked like they just finished up a long shift at the mall Verizon store youtu.be/BptQHAW2T5M?...
Steve QuickWhat band looks least likely to do the kind of music they do? My pick: youtu.be/Gi-DCY408ic?...
@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social just recited a portion of this poem on character and resilience by Rudyard Kipling while on @nprfreshair.bsky.social ... it is very good poets.org/poem/if
If—If you can keep your head when all about youpoets.orgthese aren't the MAGA republicans I know -- they were for all these things until the last election and I've lost friends over it they celebrate deportations, talk constantly about home schooling, and are concerned about all things gender -- a complete 180 since 2024
Jessica TarlovYour average Republican is pro-IVF, skeptical of six week heartbeat bills, against deporting productive, law-abiding immigrants, and for gay marriage.
Angie Craig saw the last one and thought "that's my lane"
Steve BenenTrump denies disaster aid requests, but only for blue states. He scraps energy grants, but only for blue states. He freezes funding for social services programs, but only blue states were affected. He launches a supposed crackdown on “fraud,” but its sole focus is on blue cities and states.