Alan Wexelblat (he/him)

Philly is turning OUT today! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽🔥

Starbucks hasn't given us a proposal in almost a YEAR. They know we need fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting.

Starbucks can’t ignore us any longer. And this is just the beginning! #NoContractNoCoffee

May he live long enough to know how ashamed his children are of him.

Whatever the spineless dickwads in Congress do, kids are going to continue going hungry who shouldn't be hungry. If you have the means to help combat that here's one good way. If you lack means, maybe you can raise awareness?

Make it so

Yesterday we had a meeting on the block. We had to. The state of the government and its affect on the community was the topic. We discussed the best way to proceed in all of the uncertainty. The other day there was no SNAP in November. Then it was half. Then it was none again. Then it was half again. Then 65%. Then 35% in the exact same day. So you can see what I mean when I say, uncertainty. The hokey pokey of this administration had us wondering should we keep doing dinner everyday and lean in, or stop because people are getting a percentage (I think? ) of their SNAP benefits? Now, preparing meals outside on a street corner in the summer is hard. But, outdoors in a Chicago fall/ winter is brutal. We've done pop ups before in the winter but never everyday... BUT, knowing how difficult it could be and will be, every single volunteer who cooks and shows up to serve everyday STILL voted that we can't stop. The kids need us. Even with a fraction of the benefits. Even with the indecisiveness of the government. Even in the cold, wet, ick, that is sure to come. Even without funding. They all voted to still show up. And then people in the neighborhood started dropping whatever they had in their pockets on the table. Because we're all in this together. 🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶

Shutting it down for the night with this post from a comrade in Chicago:
🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶

Absolutely do this. And if you want to do more, LUCE offers verifier and observer trainings. See something, say something, keep your neighbors safe.

In any sane society this would be the end of Bovino, but here we are.

That he was caught in multiple flat-out lies during deposition, admitted to those lies, and yet remains in his position, is a signal of how far we have fallen and that we haven't hit bottom yet.

Teen Vogue's Award-Winning Journalism Was Too Much Trouble for Condé Nast The outlet just won recognition for speaking truth to power. Condé Nast responded by eliminating its entire politics staff and folding it into Vogue.

Thank you @parkermolloy.com for always having a sharp eye on the BS that the 1% want to hide from us. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...

Preordered a copy as a gift. I might steal it from them when they're done, though.

I'm going. See you there?

What the what?!

Surround yourself with the kind of people who appreciate, defend, and respect the Oxford comma.

Primary him and every other Quisling regardless of party.

Mazal tov! Can't wait to read it.

Trying to explain this to a time-jumped James Madison: So yeah, the Speaker of the House refuses to bring the House back into session because swearing in a duly elected member will expose the President of the United States to consequences for his numerous crimes against children
JM: I want to die

Lindsay Ellis's work has given me a lot of feels over the years. This is the first time she's moved me to tears.

We're in a really weird media landscape right now. I commend to your attention the work being done at WIRED, Teen Vogue, and Rolling Stone for similarly unvarnished truth-telling by major-name outlets.

Well... start with media that enables this shit. That word "unproven" should be "false" or "disproven". There's no ambiguity here but the Times is suffering from Stage 4 billionairism and has lost a lot of function.

Any analysis of what Dems need to do that doesn't begin with THE VAST MAJORITY OF MAJOR MEDIA HAS BEEN WARPED AGAINST US is useless.

www.theframelab.org/fighting-tru...

Here's my stop-gap plan:

I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell you to learn that corrupt crony capitalists committed corrupt crony capitalism!

Jews Work to Remember Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre’s Being Linked to Immigrant Rights The shooter, Richard Bowers, said that he targeted the organization for their support of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS). The shooter accused local Jews of bringing in the caravan.

Today is the 7th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Synagogue massacre, where 11 Jews were killed for their congregation's support of immigrant rights.

I look at what Jews from the synagogue are doing to honor their dead & stand up for immigrants' rights.

paydayreport.com/jews-work-to...

I have heard that described as "double freedom rockets".

Solidarity in Action: Protect Immigrant Rights, Build Collective Power · Indivisible As part of the Solidarity in Action series, this ACLU-led session will help allies show up for immigrant communities facing law enforcement encounters. Participants will learn their rights as bystande...

I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Solidarity in Action: Protect Immigrant Rights, Build Collective Power” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Posted this review on the app store.

Document every crime. Even ones we cannot prevent today. The historical record will be attacked and the fascists will attempt to sanitize it. One day these records will be invaluable in proving the crimes that our current regime is committing right now.

If you are on an ACA plan from another state (this person is in FL) have you seen your premium quote for next year? If so, what was the change?

My motto for these times is:

G-d grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, and the strength to change the things I cannot accept.

I see people quoting the first half a lot and I encourage all of you to remember the second half as it is so important now.

An interesting turnabout. Last year he declined to sign on to an effort to halt the sale of offensive weapons to Israel.

I'm glad he's evolving but I'm still not going to support him for Senate.

That is great - what's the source?

Whatever you are called to do today, remember that courage is contagious.

Part of why fascism seeks to isolate us is so we cannot support one another, so we cannot see the acts of courage all around us.