Jonathan Copeland

Grandaddy is very good.

A photo of Graham Platner with Senator Bernie Sanders, organizers, and labor leaders.

Together with the labor movement of Maine, together with Bernie Sanders —

We will defeat the oligarchy, and we will defeat Susan Collins.

Graham Greene, Dances with Wolves actor, dies aged 73 The trailblazing Canadian First Nations actor, who was nominated for an Academy Award, died in Toronto after a long illness Graham Greene, the prolific Oscar-nominated Canadian First Nations actor and Hollywood trailblazer, has died aged 73 in a Toronto hospital after a long illness. “He was a great man of morals, ethics and character and will be eternally missed,” Greene’s agent, Michael Greene (no relation), told Deadline. “You are finally free.” Continue reading...

Graham Greene, Dances with Wolves actor, dies aged 73

We lost Leonard🥲
#NorthernExposure🫎

The loneliness of a long distance traveler.

Mustard>>>>Mayo>Ketchup

Bill Fox is the most under appreciated songwriter in American history.

Shadow banning is a thing. And I am a victim.

Or I’m far less interesting than I once was.

fresh audio product:

• Jason Wade of the UAW explains the union’s endorsement of Trump’s auto tariffs
• Sam Gindin, former long-time adviser to what used to be known as the Canadian Autoworkers Union, on what issues the tariff controversy obscures

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Always great to talk to @niedermeyer.online, but it’s especially fun when his insights help explain tangible ways people can deliver a blow to Elon Musk’s power. Check out the new episode!

The Abundance Agenda A review.

www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/03/24/t...

Global Conjuncture w/ Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay Featuring Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay on a global conjuncture defined by Washington’s shredding of the liberal international order’s legitimacy amid a panic over decline: the escalating Cold War with Ch...

What a world
Lula: "We are living in a time of increasing anguish, frustration, tension, fear"
Trump: “We will restore peace, stability & harmony throughout the world"

@iliasalami.bsky.social @danieldenvir.bsky.social & I chat
about global harmony and peace!
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Probably the most sinister and dangerous thing an American official has ever contemplated.

What’s the Matter with Abundance? | Malcolm Harris “Abundance” by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson is new packaging for a tried-and-failed attempt to escape from history on a rocket ship.

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Looking forward to deepening my understanding of these absolute sociopathic freaks who now govern the United States. @quinnslobodian.com coming soon to @thedigradio.bsky.social

It really feels like the Steelers organization has no idea what they are trying to accomplish.

Really sad to see as a kid who grew up in the late 1970s in Pittsburgh.

Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’ A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

Hear the sirens.

If the warfare state replaces the welfare state, this will further fuel the extreme right. More countries falling in the hands of extreme right nationalists would weaken Europe in an existential way.

The Looting Of America’s Affordable Housing Fund Private equity firms are diverting billions from a Great Depression-era mortgage program — and making huge profits.

How a landing program engineered to boost affordable housing turned into a federal subsidy for private equity www.levernews.com/the-looting-...

This was a great episode. A grounded conversation on why Musk is where it is and how we (yes, we) can dethrone him. Highly recommended.

On behalf of Acting Director Vought, I am writing to you to ensure that everyone is carrying out any statutorily required work, as he set forth in his February 8th email. On February 8, 2025, you received an email from Acting Director Vought directing you to halt several classes of work unless "required by law" or expressly approved by the Acting Director. On February 10, 2025, you received an email from Acting Director Vought directing you to reach out to me for the authorization required by the February 8 email. These measures were intended to ensure that new leadership could establish operational control over the agency while ensuring that it would continue to fulfill its statutory duties...

Many of you understood this and continued to perform functions required by law and sought approval from me to perform work, which I have promptly granted. It has come to my attention, however, that some employees have not been performing statutorily required work. Let me be clear: Employees should be performing work that is required by law and do not need to seek prior approval to do so. If you have any questions, please reach out to me immediately, and I will promptly give you an answer and authorization if warranted. If you are aware of other employees that are needed to assist you in performing a statutorily required task but are not doing so, please raise this with me immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Mark Paoletta Chief Legal Officer CFPB

A pathetic and humiliating walkback from the would-be destroyers of CFPB, who know they've lost in court and can't kill the agency.
This email from Mark Paoletta went to employees today. It neglects Vought's Feb 10 "stop-work" email that superseded it, ending all activity with no exceptions.

Royal Tenenbaum’s fictional autobiographical epitaph: ROYAL O'REILLY TENENBAUM 1932-2001 DIED TRAGICALLY RESCUING HIS FAMILY FROM THE WRECKAGE OF A DESTROYED SINKING BATTLESHIP

Gene Hackman. A legend.

@joehagantv.bsky.social are you the Joe Hagan that wrote the piece on Bill Fox? If so, thank you.

Terrible choice. Adams is utterly corrupt and compromised. New York deserves better than both he and Hochul.

YouTube video by Nigrotime An Anthem for Occupy Wall Street

An unreleased Bill Fox tune: “Men Who Are Guilty of Crimes.”

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this Adrienne Rich poem from the @yalereview.bsky.social archives sucker punched me this am

If you hear any noise, it’s just me and the boys boppin’ to Bill Fox and his entire catalog.

I follow French politics a lot, as many of you know. Any effort for mass layoffs of public sector employees there would create such huge strikes and marches, the level of disruption and paralysis would be biblical.