Adrian

Adrian

@adrianarnold.bsky.social

Over the Rainbow, TIME LIFE Alumni, Fordham

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Despite all the furious efforts of the right to reverse things, I think Gloria Steinem and her colleagues won the fight, and so we get to live our lives in a world where far more people count. An epic organizer, and a guide for us all in the current struggle.

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happy bday Irish/British writer Iris Murdoch, b.1919. “People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” “We can only learn to love by loving.”

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Black voters have voted 85-90% for Democrats for decades, and nobody ever says Republicans need to do more to attract Black voters. Nobody talks about what an enormous indictment of the GOP this represents.

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“Why do many American soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and later returned to their country commit suicide?” Mr. Gulab asked. “I have heard this many times. What is the reason?” It was a question that haunts many of us, writes Thomas Gibbons-Neff in today's The Great Read.

nytimes.comWhy I Sought Out a Taliban Commander I Had Fought (Gift Article)First as a Marine and then as a journalist, I spent years tied to Afghanistan. I returned one last time to speak to a former enemy in search of answers, and perhaps closure.

I have 🩷 this in my heart so many times it hurts so sweetly and now have watched it innumerable times. This man lifts me and gives me hope for us all.

Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

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The Flower Moon rises rises behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City, seen from Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ #newyorkcity #nyc #newyork #moon #fullmoon #statueofliberty #flowermoon

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I'm heartbroken and furious at the news of yet another fatal shooting in MN. I voted to block additional ICE funding, I’m demanding a complete and transparent investigation, and I'm fighting to unmask ICE agents. There must be accountability.

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TODAY IN JOHNSON CITY: People gathered in front of the Oakdale Commons for what organizers called a "No Kings, No War, No ICE" protest.

At least a hundred in front of Dick's Sporting at the 'Commons' today too. #ReneeNicoleGood

Bob Joseph@bobjoseph.bsky.social

TODAY IN OWEGO: People gathered in front of the Tioga County Courthouse for a vigil to honor the memory of Renee Nicole Good.

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HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS: WNBF Radio and our partner Townsquare Media stations in Binghamton have been encouraging our listeners to donate food to support CHOW. The need is great.

David Sirota@davidsirota.com

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇 Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it. Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

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Thread 🧵

Dan Nexon@dhnexon.net

🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics. The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.

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Alan Elrod@aselrod.bsky.social

An element of fascism is a kind of upside down where the meanest, most rapacious, and least virtuous of society are loosed to bully and abuse people who genuinely uphold civic ideals of service and sacrifice. Public service isn’t what the system is about. It’s about conditioning the national body.

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RIP Irish poet Seamus Heaney, died this day 2013. "History says, don't hope On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme."

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Corporations socialize their losses and privatize their gains.

Doctimus Lime@doctimuslime.bsky.social

We live in socialism for the wealthy with harsh austerity for everyone else. Privatise the profits, socialise the losses. The only solution is a working class revolution. Eat the rich asap obvsly 💪 #antifascist #antibillionaire #classconsciousness #anticapitalism

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i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

Michael Clemens@mclem.org

This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Whoah!!! Found a patriot willing to fight for us all. #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

Progress Action Fund@progressaf3.bsky.social

Trump pledged to release all the Epstein Files. The American people want him to, even the MAGA base. But he won’t do it. I wonder why… #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

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I wasn't overreacting.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO

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1. We have normalized having a toddler in the White House who uses random " marks ("HOTTEST"?). How is any of the below normal? How are we okay with this? 2. We have a president who doesn't want us to cover, in our museums "how bad Slavery was". Was it not bad? Imagine if Reagan had said this? FFS