Paul-tergeist Crider

Here's a thread of what #OpenBorders means to me in vibes. I'll add to it later. What does open borders mean to y'all? www.liberalcurrents.com/abolition-am...

He can't keep getting away with this!

I, for one, think that Raman should refuse to submit to DSA National's Bondage and Discipline Socialism. And DSA-LA should tell DSA-National to fuck right off. But then, I'm a liberal socialist. A maverick, some say.

The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

I managed to go through the day without seeing this until now. I didn't we still had new information coming out from the Epstein files. Trump is a rapist and the entire Republican party is committed to covering for him.

Golden State Valkyries defeated Atlanta Dream ... and they did it *in front of Zendaya.*

A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

"Under Brazilian federal law, all legislators have immunity...To run for President, Bolsonaro decided not to run for his Senate seat. Now, after losing the Presidential election, he no longer has legislative immunity when his Senate term expires in January 2027." Very Special Episode of no amnesty

Republicans, they're not like us.

This doesn't surprise me in the least. Cornel West was shopping around for any third party who would take him. Third party presidential runs in the US are always exercises in vanity or ratfuckery. Usually both. Perfect vehicle for Musk's manipulations.

Kind of funny, in an Ancient Greek Hell kind of way, that this guy handed Trump the presidency in 2016, and as a reward Trump is kicking him in the teeth forever. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

My formative political experience was the Berlin Wall coming down, as my parents shared the stories of Germans daringly smuggled to freedom to be reunited with their families, to explain to me the joy bursting forth on the screen and why they were tearing up at crowds dancing and cheering at night.

No lies detected.

The persecution of @repilhan.bsky.social just days before an election is vile and politically-motivated. I'm leading 175 House Democrats in denouncing this. When we retake power, we have to seriously look at how we can stop these abuses of power — starting with the power of the purse.

Michigan has a "straight party" voting option, where if you want to vote single party, you can just fill in one box for that. Anyone know if the presence of this option has an effect on split ticket voting, empirically?

This, but also, as a liberal I believe in freedom and human rights for all people, all around the world. That translates into rooting interests in elections where freedoms and rights are on the ballot, as they often are.

NEWS --> Dems are planning novel ways to wield power of the purse against Trump's corrupt prosecutions of critics like Ilhan Omar if they win House. Reps Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin tell me a range of aggressive tactics will be deployed. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2171...

Europe is the future now www.arguably.uk/p/europe-is-...

“Ramaswamy’s ad embraces a woman who enabled sexual abuse—and uses the language of ‘parental estrangement’ to mobilize MAGA voters who can’t understand why their children won’t take their calls. But they know the reason. They just don’t want to accept it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/editors-note...

We have offered many philosophical formulations of liberalism, from @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com's Principles of Liberalism essay in 2017 to @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's essay in The Reconstruction Papers. Today @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com looks instead at ordinary life under liberalism.

Oh no I'm reskeeting intolerance!

This is a good answer morally because it supports trans people. It's great politically because it's authentic. It's just a fact that the median Kansan isn't as versed in gender studies as the average Bluesky poster. It's okay to say this!

Really want a “Transgender for everybody” t-shirt

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

Obama on Abdul El-Sayed: "You see those big guns? That's why he wears those t-shirts. I never campaigned in a t-shirt. I ain't got those big guns."

a green new deal president and they redecorate the white house like rainforest cafe

I’m happy to write this argument and standard op-ed form for any publication in Michigan.

Harris has been a real badass this midterm.

let’s make GORP happen

Yes.

I've heard of the "tow the line" mistake, and when I was a kid I thought it was "butt naked" (which makes sense!), but I wasn't aware these other phrases got garbled.

Automated prayer wheels!

Side note, but I maintain that Talarico should have leaned into "Talafreako" because it's cool as hell.

$446 million of his (sometime) reported net worth of $1 trillion means he’s still only spending 0.0446% of his net worth to try to buy elections. put in more concrete terms: if you had $100, this would be like spending less than 5 cents. now tell me again why i should vote against a wealth tax.

The Democratic Party has improved rather a lot in my lifetime.

Enjoyed listening to this @liberalcurrents.com conversation with David Griscom, author of the Myth of Red Texas, and host of the Jacobin show!

For the non-DSA knowers, the Socialist Majority Caucus is one of the liberal socialist factions (whether they would use that terminology or not).