Gregory Butler

DC37 Lobby Day 2026 Recap - Polite On Society Greetings, my readers. I was among many who attended DC 37 Lobby Day on Wednesday, March 4th, 2026. District Council 37 is New York City’s largest union, and several 100 […]

DC37 Lobby Day 2026 Recap

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AI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America’s soul | Will Bunch A debate on AI in warfare obscures the truth about an Iran school bombing. U.S. humans are to blame for this war crime.

They had names. They had beautiful faces. And they had the same dreams as your kids - crushed when American "precision" bombs slammed into their Minab elementary school, killing 175

Don't blame AI for this. Blame the sick humans who see war as a game

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From the Firefighting community on Reddit: How do firefighters keep up with airstrikes causing massive fires everywhere? Explore this post and more from the Firefighting community

FIREFIGHTERS AND THE WAR

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The Origins and Capture of International Working Women's Day We know that the bourgeois state can provide us no genuine or lasting protections and we know that women will never be safe for as long as class society and the social construct of gender exists.

The Origins and Capture of International Working Women's Day

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Municipal Socialism’s “YIMBY” Problem The Housing Crisis and Zohran—which way forward?

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Americans aren't facing a democratic collapse. We’re living in its aftermath | Eric Reinhart The US was an oligarchy well before Trump’s first term. Recognizing this reality is essential to building a true democracy

Americans aren’t facing a democratic collapse. We’re living in its aftermath

The US was an oligarchy well before Trump’s first term. Recognizing this reality is essential to building a true democracy

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This is *nothing* dignified about wearing a cheap baseball cap that promotes yourself to the otherwise solemn ceremony to receive the bodies of the troops you had killed to distract from your bad economy and rampant pedophilia.

Loud blast heard near US embassy in Oslo, Norway, police say A ‌loud blast was heard near the ​U.S. embassy ​in Oslo early on ⁠Sunday, Norwegian police ​said.

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Statement from 1199SEIU on the Trump Administration’s illegal war on Iran.

if I lived in Maine I'd vote for her!

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History of International Women's Day

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The big-city socialists who want developers to cash in Zohran Mamdani and Nithya Raman are pursuing a once unthinkable housing alliance: tenant protections paired with pro-market policies that spur private construction.

The big-city socialists who want developers to cash in
Zohran Mamdani and Nithya Raman are pursuing a once unthinkable housing alliance: tenant protections paired with pro-market policies that spur private construction.

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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Kipling said that, not Orwell

US submarine sinks Iranian ship in first torpedo kill since WWII, Pentagon confirms A single Mk-48 torpedo achieved "immediate effect" on an Iranian frigate, which was operating in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon confirmed.

US submarine sinks Iranian ship in first torpedo kill since WWII, Pentagon confirms www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

yeah, maybe guy with nazi tattoos who goes on nazi podcasts is not the guy who should be DSAs senate candidate?

Snow Shovelers Answered the Mayor’s Call, But Payday May Not Arrive Until Spring Mamdani’s $30-per-hour rate got lots of people clearing sidewalks, but some workers who shoveled in past storms have yet to see a paycheck.

Snow Shovelers Answered the Mayor’s Call, But Payday May Not Arrive Until Spring www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/27/s...

PLEASE BRING THIS TO THE U.S.

Three U.S. F-15s Involved in Friendly Fire Incident in Kuwait; Pilots Safe > U.S. Central Command > Press Release View www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-...

miserable things are afoot in the world, so finding joy is important - my cat was watching Animal Planet just now, & she was delighted to see a Texas Horned Lizard (they're orange... so is she)

love & light in the time of darkness

good night & have a great week

I would assume Lenin and them in Russia & Karl and Rosa & them in Germany had conversations like that with servicemen in their respective armies and from what I understand that kinda worked (well, that plus mustard gas plus military defeat...)

I would assume if one had a chance to talk to a 5th Fleet Aviation Ordnanceman or Aviation Structural Mechanic about the illegality of the bombing raids that the planes they service carry out... it might be a useful conversation starter & lead them to draw the right political conclusions

that is, shoot their car with a 50 caliber anti materiel heavy machine gun, even though you know they're civilian cause it's literally a yellow and white Toyota Camry taxi cab (that's what the taxis look like over there)

well, that kind of illegal stuff makes soldiers anti war

is kind of a disconnect

when you get orders like "if they try and surrender, just open fire because we don't have the resources to handle POWs right now" - or get told if a civilian Iraqi vehicle gets to close to the convoy "light them up with the Ma Deuce"

if you ever have occasion to talk about imperialist wars with folks who were 68Whiskeys or 11Bravos or 31Bravos or 35Papas that fought in them, the disconnect between what they learned in AIT about the Geneva Convention & what their officers told them to do downrange....

it's an interesting article in an abstract way...but we're not the UK, our legal systems are similar but not the same as theirs & also... where's the action plan for us in there?

I guess we shouldn't criticize imperialist wars for being illegal because ...Karl Marx?

so, if it's OK with you & it doesn't make a "parliamentary cretin"(whatever the hell that even is) I'll stick to constitutionally protected peaceful protest - lose my job means I can't make rent & me & my cat are homeless - also no job = no insurance = I die because no more meds

maybe those with parents who are landlords/businessowners etc have luxury of breaking the law (cause their dad can post bail & pay for a $1,000/hr lawyer) - if they got it like that that they can get down like that, awesome for them... but most of us can't get down like that