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"The budget for Virginia State Police has grown significantly in the past several years. In 2020, the agency received $374 million in general funds. This year, it has budgeted around $557 million."

billion by the end of the decade? we got 5 more years, let's go Dems!

Nothing else has ever worked, and nothing else will ever work. Mass movements are what change society, make revolution, and overthrow tyranny. It cannot be done at home. It cannot be done by posting or art or good intentions. A million is not enough. We need ten million, a hundred million or more.

If we are to ensure that Mamdani does what he promised, if we are to replicate his success elsewhere, if we are to defeat the fascist GOP and the do-nothing Democrats, we must do one thing. And here is the most crucial point of this massive thread: We must build a mass working-class movement.

The Democrats won several VA House seats where winning looked like a pipe dream going into the election. The Dems won these seats because they recruited candidates and actually campaigned. Important lesson for 26--the electorate is pissed--but you can only win when you run. Run everywhere!

Bonaventure’s Attain on Fifth is first project to seek affordability incentives in Albemarle - C-VILLE Weekly Albemarle County has one of the highest median incomes in Virginia, with $125,800 for a family of four, which is an important statistic that makes the provision of affordable housing much more difficu...

“Michael Monaco, representative from Livable Cville, expressed the group’s support for the redevelopment… ‘We hope that this represents a chance to create more affordable housing in this spot & really make something positive out of the site where Cavalier Crossing was.’”
c-ville.com/bonaventures...

did you know that once your city contacts with Flock, their cameras will allow them to shared their surveillance data with federal agencies such as Federal Customs and Border Protection?

Hannah wins in Ithaca Common Council Ward 5! A local Ithacan and Cornell student, Hannah united her constituents in a shared vision of affordability in Ithaca through rent stabilization and improved transit.

Congratulations to Ithaca DSA & Cornell YDSA!

Tonight also is a good reminder that X is not real life

Congratulations, you have outlived Dick Cheney!

Street Teams Guide: What to do when Patriot Front shows up — Task Force Butler Task Force Butler Institute Street Teams Guide for Anti-Fascist Researchers and Community Safety Practitioners

“Inform nearby hardware stores/chains that Patriot Front typically makes a large purchase of galvanized pipe (conduit) to use as weapons (disguised as flagpoles), only to return them to get rid of evidence and put the cost of their flash mob activities on the backs of local business owners.”

No one is coming to save us. All we have is each other

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Our National Nightmare What’s the way out of the terrors of Trumpism?

The eighth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live.

OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...

The case for International Criminal Court intervention is clear and indisputable. Israel cannot and does not investigate itself for crimes against humanity. Accountability has to come from elsewhere.

3/3

So important to not forget both what happened + what the prevailing feelings were while it was happening: OP was hardly alone, but this kind of reflection/memory and accountability is absolutely crucial. This, much more than being right, is the sign of a trustworthy comrade and friend

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗

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The electricity system in the US that most closely resembles an actual, open market ... is stampeding toward solar, wind, and batteries. Conservative TX lawmakers have tried & failed to stop it because ultimately money talks.

www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

[ripping a mother apart from her three children because she cleaned hotel rooms without the proper paperwork] This is just like Master Chief

Getting 10 people in a room to try to work on something together is HARD in 2025. And if you haven't done this, you won't know how hard. I think everyone who can should try to get 10 people in a room together to do something. It is deeply humbling.

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

i have literal scars from working in machine shops and factories, and after i worked up to a more white-collar role, a lady at a bar looked at my hands and said "you've never worked a hard day in your life"

i was on shift as a doorman and bar lackey as my second job to pay off my college loans 🙃

Why Are Electricity Prices Rising? Probably not for the reasons that you think

Here's a really great, clear explanation from @michael-thomas.bsky.social of what we know about why US electricity prices are rising. (No, it's not data centers, except in some very specific local areas.)

evergreen

A left wing politics that is oriented around your rights and identity as an individual consumer instead of your responsibilities as a member of a social or political community is basically a left aesthetic pasted onto an internalized neoliberal ontology.

Virginia food banks warn they can't meet demand if SNAP benefits are delayed in November Virginia food banks are sounding the alarm about their inability to meet demand if SNAP benefits do not go out on time in November.

"For every meal that food banks distribute, SNAP provides nine. There is simply no way that we can make up significant gaps or losses to that program" www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...

like fuck 24yo me for believing in reform i guess. barely even warranting a footnote

even knowing the circumstances, it's incredibly frustrating to have advocated for years for gerrymandering reform, getting a watered down version, and then seeing that oh, they could've turned on a dime on the issue after all

really feels like what's the point of even trying

ch-ch-ch-ch-charges!

Not to diminish law review articles & law school committee work, but right now law professors should be working collectively on an intellectual & service project of immense, existential importance: building consensus around a revolutionary constitutional framework-of a Reconstruction 2.0 magnitude.