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Lots of Jewish left work gets erased imo cause people are afraid of being associated with it and then marginalized (or they want credit ofc). The very frustrating reality that creates is that some of the most essential voices are never given the opportunity to become as mainstream as they should.

New episode of Here We Come is out, this time featuring @marisakabas.bsky.social. About how in the age of fascism, journalism is failing us... and saving us. The people on the top are failing, but the ones on the ground are doing epic work. Few exemplify that more than Marisa.

Journalism Under Fascism: Bravery on the Ground, Cowardice at the Top | With Marisa KabasYouTube video by Here We Comeyoutu.be

Director of Marketing at a company describes how the entire marketing team has been replaced by AI. He is the only person left of a 12 person team. This is INSANE.

Every now and then I think that we're lucky to live in LA as much of the country deals with smoke etc, then I remember a quarter of our city burned down a year ago.

The technology to solve climate change exists. The tech to make AI less destructive exists. The ability to make it helpful as opposed to eating up our jobs exists. The ability to have us work less due to tech exists. The issue is and always was govt policies and ultra-capitalism.

Part of the reason the influential men on the right want people to focus on trans folks is so they can distract from their own histories of rape and sexual abuse. Creating a paranoia about a group of people "grooming" children certainly makes it harder to get people to focus on these men.

Convinced TikTok thinks I’m a lady

Amazing that she then can get away with continuing to frame this as the powerful trans people/allies against the weak and meek "feminists" and billionaires.

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Until people understand these are MODERATE positions when you're in a country transforming into a fascist dictatorship, one that was already built on slavery and apartheid, we won't actually go as far as we need to in order to end this. The change we need is massive, and these are just first steps.

Seems bad!

This should be setting off alarm bells in the Jewish world as well as all those fighting fascism. Republicans are targeting a progressive Jewish nonprofit, hoping to strip it of nonprofit status. This was laid out in the Esther Project, an extension of Project 2025 by the Heritage Foundation.

GOP-led House panel launches probe of umbrella group that backs Israeli progressive causesRepublican lawmakers allied with Netanyahu claim New Israel Fund may have violated tax-exempt status, citing grant it made to organization that bussed Arabs to polling stationswww.timesofisrael.com

And this should be a scandal too!

It is really wild how much Black causes have been completely abandoned or lowered in priority by many Dems and many people, from moderates to progressives to the left. As we enter fascism, we can’t keep our eyes off the core of how we got here. Not to mention simply not abandoning Black people.

“Black lawmakers and activists across the Deep South argue they have been abandoned by the Democratic Party to fight an existential crisis on their own. They say they’ve been let down by nearly all corners of the party.” Essential read:

Southern Black leaders warn their power is on the line — and Democrats are looking elsewhereBlack lawmakers and activists in the Deep South say they are fighting an existential crisis on their own in the wake of a major Supreme Court ruling.www.politico.com

Hmmmmmm could there maybe be a connection between antisemitism and misogyny 🤔

And then there’s this. Really does feel like we’re living a parody.

The interview with the consultants who recruited Platner is wiiiiild. Really feels like a parody. And imo a revealing indictment of the supporters who are still standing with Platner. Buying into a shallow aesthetic of populism at the cost of all else. These are the kind of people they trust.

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When you live in a country where some are oppressed, you have the functions and ideology of fascism. It can and will expand. Unless you completely remove it through building a structure of total freedom. New piece:

You Can't Have a Moderate DemocracyThe only way to truly end fascism is to have total freedomopen.substack.com

Watching the Sopranos and tbh it often doesn’t feel so different reading the news