The Knees Themselves

I hope this whole gulf of America thing has prompted people to interrogate how they think about maps in general. They are tools of power influenced by those in power, not always a reflection of facts set in stone.

Dont forget, most of the party went all-in on the genocide in Palestine to support a geriatric dotard and a right-wing candidate who was worse than Hillary. The political ramifications of all that horror and failure should(!) destroy the party.

Like. What's the point of lamenting the Democrats failures if we won't change our behavior towards them? Stop voting for Dems. Encourage people to organize outside the DNC. Treat them as an evil obstructionist party like we do the GOP.

Sure, Bernie and AOC and progressive Dems are a good on-ramp for a lot of people, but they are a dead end for substantive change and to work towards that you have to go out and find an org that's actually committed to progress

And yet he will still caucus with them and do nothing to inspire his base to abandon the Dems and join/form an alternative party. which is why I do not take him seriously

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, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’

A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, now voted one of the most influential minds in the world…

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Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds Needs assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people

96% of children in Gaza feel that their death is imminent and almost half want to die as a result of trauma. 92% of the children in the survey were “not accepting of reality”, 79% suffer from nightmares and 73% exhibit symptoms of aggression.

Over 60% of the "Progressive Caucus" voted to allow a far-right org in the Victims of Communism to teach in US schools. There is no opposition to fascism in US politics.

Pod Save America in 2 months: I just don't get it. Healthcare is objectively working for people. We must not be messaging it well enough

Joe Biden I know you got 1 more pardon in you before you leave

Great video here. The only way this coup was going to be successful was through violence and that violence would have been watched in real time around the globe. No where to hide for a guy supposedly “defending democracy from anti-state forces and North Korea.”

Checked in on Twitter and got called a slur by a guy who thinks we should fight a war over St. Pierre and Miquelon because it's manifest destiny unfulfilled

the Bengals truly are innovators in defeat. every season, every game has you on the edge of your seat wondering how they'll invent a new way of losing

A matthew yglesias tweet I did not read that was screencapped and brought over here, for no clearly identifiable reason

I do not listen to him. In fact I have him blocked. I had him blocked on the old site for years. He is not published in any major newspapers I read or on news stations I watch. He exists to me solely through angry screencaps taken from web forums I am no longer on. It is time to break the cycle

Every week I get several emails from people asking "what should I do?". Everyone can contribute in different ways, but the basics are fairly straightforward: join a union, work toward the creation of a mass-based ecosocialist party, and develop anti-imperialist solidarities.

the president of the united states pardoning 2 turkeys every Thanksgiving is an extremely weird and fucked up tradition

It's frustrating to see someone who's ostensibly a "socialist" with a huge platform defend Dems like he does. Sure, maybe AOC is my closest political ally in Congress, in the same way Portugal is the closest European country. Both are an ocean away from me.

The Democratic Party is as much an enemy of the working class as the GOP. They will not reform and they will not move left; worse even, they will neuter popular left-wing movements (like they did with BLM) before they can become a credible threat to their power. They are a dead end.

Watching the whole interview, it's very clear that CNN is trying to adopt Hasan into the Democratic Party and co-opt & de-fang his message. I think Hasan's unwillingness to break with the Dems is a huge failure.

It is hopefully crystal clear now that Trump can escape all accountability not because of his innate slipperiness but rather that the systems do not actually want him to be held to account in the first place

If AOC were really the leftist leader you all want her to be then she'd know this is an insane thing to solicit as a sitting congressperson

The notion that democrats would be punished and then self rectify was always a canard. These people are committed to whatever political agenda serves their class interests. The success of the party means nothing in comparison to the preservation of their privileges.

Let’s use this moment to understand and dismantle the systems that produce Elon Musks instead of trying to weaponize those systems against him and failing.

The trans panic is distracting us from the real issue: Israel really really needs another $10 billion

"In the face of all these unfounded accusations against China, maybe my overall antagonistic perception of China is also unfounded" is such a small step to take I hope more people start taking it

They're so close to getting it! He correctly identifies that fears about TikTok and China are just unfounded projections by the US security state, but they still can't shake the "China still bad..?" undertone from their coverage.

The media is speaking with such certainty about Korean troops in Russia that I'm starting to sound insane to my friends when I say it's not true at all

Let's also be clear that even if a senator is on this list, they are not absolved. It took over a year of genocide for them to remember that executing children is wrong.

An arms embargo is not possible electorally as full support for Israel is an unshakable pillar of US foreign policy. Pressure needs to keep being applied through organizing and direct action.

Was this yet another masterful strategic decision by AOC, or can we finally admit that she was a failure for the left