Cautious Hope

Cautious Hope

@goodwraith.bsky.social

An active resistor in post-democracy America: every single day I sit down to work DSA

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Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

Speechless

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.
Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

So if the energy should go into other parts of campaigning, what are those? What opportunity are we missing?

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

newrepublic.comHow the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic PartyFundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins.

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Jake Grumbach
@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

newrepublic.comHow the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic PartyFundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins.
Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

> “You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian,” Mr. Witkoff told Mr. Putin. “You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that.”

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Cautious Hope
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> “You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian,” Mr. Witkoff told Mr. Putin. “You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that.”

Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

> Mr. Putin, who started a war of aggression against Ukraine that has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, is wanted as a war criminal"

Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

Trump made a deal with Putin to sabotage election security in exchange for Ukraine Just a stray thought that keeps coming back. Why would Trump need Putin for that? He can't rely on American cybersecurity people to attack their own election, much less keep it secret.

Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

Krugman is wrong: "Why has Trump chosen this moment to switch from covert, deniable support for Putin to overtly, explicitly taking Russia’s side? His political bankruptcy has freed him to become his worst self, indulging himself by supporting corrupt, murderous dictators."

Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

"His patrons could no longer protect him. Mr. Maduro was sitting in an American jail. Mr. Mildon’s most powerful ally in Venezuela was arrested and extradited to the United States. But there was a bright spot: Mr. Mildon had met Ms. Habba, one of Mr. Trump’s most prominent legal defenders. "

Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

This place is badly damaged and will stay this way for decades. "Not only is Trump ensuring U.S. emissions remain as high as possible—but with this action, he is kicking America off the ladder of the 21st-century economy."

Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

Finally somebody says the plain truth: "Trump’s effort is a racist attempt to single out a Black, hijab-wearing Muslim of Somali descent to satisfy his and the Republican Party’s bigotry. They want to be as cruel and inflict as much damage on Omar and her reputation as possible."

Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

Service members forced into cold blooded killing will think of it every day of their lives.

Just Security@justsecurity.org

The state may pronounce a death sentence, but someone else must live with carrying it out. The U.S. government has a special responsibility to not impose avoidable harm to the service members who will carry out Nidal Hasan's execution, writes @hettiealiano.bsky.social:

justsecurity.orgThe Moral Cost of Killing on CommandThe U.S. government has a special responsibility to not impose avoidable harm to those who will carry out Nidal Hasan's execution.
Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

His only quality is attracting awful people and then destroying them. Take a moment to savor.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING: Trump's new press secretary just announced that Kim Guilfoyle has been asked to resign as U.S. Ambassador to Greece.

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Matt Trueblood
@matrueblood.bsky.social

Getting fired by this White House for being too unethical. It’s like being suspended by the ‘86 Mets for doing too much blow.

NBC News@nbcnews.com

BREAKING: The White House asks Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign as U.S. ambassador to Greece amid scrutiny over ethics concerns.

nbcnews.toWhite House has asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, U.S. ambassador to Greece, to resign amid misconduct allegationsGuilfoyle, a former Fox News personality, was a top Trump campaign surrogate.
Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

I need #wins for an activist meeting tomorrow night. Got any suggestions? What has gone right lately? When you're in the trenches things can feel so dark. We share wins to give us energy to get up and fight another day.

Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

An important finding that aligns with the results (so far) in California: "Six of California's 214 billionaires have been widely reported to have left the state" finance.yahoo.com/news/only-6-...

finance.yahoo.comOnly 6 billionaires left California over its proposed wealth tax—but they took $27 billion in potential revenue with themLarry Page and Sergey Brin alone account for $25 billion of that lost revenue—and billionaires are now funding a campaign to kill the tax entirely.
Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

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Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

I don't identify as a Zionist, and I don't agree with the choices of the founders of modern Israel. But I understand that things could have played out differently, and maybe a different path is still possible.

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Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

"There are rightwing Zionists who think it should be in all of that land; there are leftwing Zionists who think it should be broadly within the much smaller boundaries that existed before the 1967 war and alongside a Palestinian state. But both groups are Zionists."*

Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

"The racist minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is a Zionist, but so are many of the Jewish and Israeli anti-occupation activists who volunteer to act as a “protective presence”, putting their own bodies between settler extremists and Palestinian villagers in the West Bank."

Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social

I'm considering leaving DSA over the anti-Zionist plank. Not all anti-Zionism is anti-Jewish, but a lot of is. Some people can be one without the other, but most people can't.

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Taniel
@taniel.bsky.social

If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️