Seth Holtzman

Seth Holtzman

@sholtzma.bsky.social

former professor 🇨🇦

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Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

BS. You know how politics works--2 weeks before an election. WHAT THE HELL DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN? You get no forgiveness. You walk into a lion's den and act surprised when it attacks. Either you intended to help Trump or you should be defrocked. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-p...

cbsnews.comBishops lament White House meeting that produced photo with Trump, say session was "manipulated" and "exploited"Two Catholic bishops have expressed regret about agreeing to a White House meeting that produced a publicly distributed photo of them praying with President Trump.

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer
@mouthyrenegade.bsky.social

I’d love to know who this fiery, patriotic young woman is, so I could follow her social media or Substack. This is EXACTLY how the fuck we should all be feeling about the corrupt, criminal regime that’s infested the White House. This shit has to end. And people like this woman will lead the way.

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

No Kings/Indivisible aimed only at short, irregular public protests, not to cause delays, inconvenience, or shutdowns. I objected that it wouldn't force change. They replied that people needed to feel other people with them and that energy. I bit my tongue and waited. But nothing has changed.

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Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

We'll need organizing & a definite plan. We won't want to announce it, so we'd need a signal to start it. We'll need community organizations to help people with food and necessities so that they can participate, security from the surveillance state for those whom the government will target, etc.

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

No Kings/Indivisible aimed only at short, irregular public protests, not to cause delays, inconvenience, or shutdowns. I objected that it wouldn't force change. They replied that people needed to feel other people with them and that energy. I bit my tongue and waited. But nothing has changed.

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Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

A general strike could force change, but we need to know (quickly) what would make it successful. We need experts to work out a successful general strike that shuts down the country: how many people, what institutions to target and which to avoid (e.g., hospitals), how long it would last, etc.

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

We need experts in economics, finance, logistics, security, community organization, etc. A (hidden) advisory council to tell us what's needed, so we can take that general knowledge and tailor it to various regions, areas, etc. Hidden, because they would be targets for the government to attack.

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

No Kings/Indivisible aimed only at short, irregular public protests, not to cause delays, inconvenience, or shutdowns. I objected that it wouldn't force change. They replied that people needed to feel other people with them and that energy. I bit my tongue and waited. But nothing has changed.

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Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

The only crisis plan I've heard of puts massive numbers of people in the streets. DON'T. 1) We are lazy, passive, have no history of forcing change, unlike France. Even Albanians, in the streets longer than we ever could, find their approach failing. They just burned down the SCOTUS building.

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

2) In the face of an authoritarian, violent regime, people in the streets invites mass casualties. Let’s explore avenues short of that first. 3) Americans being lazy and cowardly only means that we can't ask them to DO things. Consider a strategy that asks only that they DON’T do things.

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

No Kings/Indivisible aimed only at short, irregular public protests, not to cause delays, inconvenience, or shutdowns. I objected that it wouldn't force change. They replied that people needed to feel other people with them and that energy. I bit my tongue and waited. But nothing has changed.

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

Authoritarian leaders are not going to give up power due to an election, with all that they have to lose. They will fight back with everything they have, and they don’t care what they destroy in the process. Peaceful, convenient, safe protests aren't going to help We will have to force change.

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

Can you think of ANYONE on the left who would participate in this?

therreport.bsky.social@therreport.bsky.social

Republican leader embarrassed by Ali G film says he plans to sue Sacha Baron Cohen: ‘A liar and a pervert’ www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...

theguardian.comRepublican leader embarrassed by Ali G film says he plans to sue Sacha Baron Cohen: ‘A liar and a pervert’Exclusive: Michael Aboud, whose actions in what he believed to be a documentary are likely to come under considerable scrutiny, has expressed anger at the film-maker• This article contains substantial...
Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

I think it's time we did a deep dig into Pete. We already know how corrupt and opportunist Gavin Newsom it, and Kamala undoes herself. I hope no one is fooled by a "centrist" like Priztker. Let's not wait until the middle of the 2028 candidate race.....

@DarkAOCGoddess(FANaccount)@darkaocthegoddess.bsky.social

www.currentaffairs.org/news/2020/02... Here's the link! Go down that dark deep Pete rabbit hole like I did and you will throw up with disgust ! 🤢🤮

currentaffairs.orgMore About PeteWhy support someone who gives no reason to trust that he cares about anything other than his career?

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Unicorn Riot
@unicornriot.bsky.social

Musician, carpenter and labor organizer Emmett Doyle spoke to Unicorn Riot about being one of the 15 Minnesotans who were federally charged with conspiracy over their organizing earlier this year against ICE’s deadly Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis.

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

It's a lot better than the milquetoast responses given by Dem establishment leadership. Obama is a leader; they aren't

Keith Edwards@keithedwards.bsky.social

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

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FunnyVia
@funnyvia.com

My cat staging it's own murder to have me locked up, because dinner was five minutes late

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Noelle
@finallynoelle.bsky.social

So we fly a pride flag in our front yard in a very conservative neighborhood and it’s been there for the last few years. Someone put this in our mailbox and my goodness…

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

If you are near Salisbury, NC, and need a room to rent, one is available in my house. Female only, since you'd share a full bath with my other renter (and friend) Laura. Large, airy house. Renter has access to all common areas and appliances. If interested for yourself or someone else, DM me.

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

(cont.) What other authoritative groups should there be? One group enforces traffic laws. Another for mental health crises, another for homelessness, another for domestic cases-and one for "suspicious people". A group might need another one, so coordination should be routine and smooth.

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

(cont.) Do we need a group of people able to use force to stop and deter violence? How should they be constituted? What credentials should they have? How should they be trained and held accountable? What should they be paid? How many of them should there be? What equipment do they need?

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

(cont.) Instead of talking about funding more police or "defunding the police", we need to start with bottom-up thinking. What would a healthy, safe society be like? What would it take to help sustain such a society? And then, and only then, ask what sort of authoritative resources we would need.

Seth Holtzman
@sholtzma.bsky.social

By the way, COPS, those of you who have helped ICE are equally as guilty and will be punished equally harshly. Might want to leave the country soon. Russia could use you on its warfront.....

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social

My probe into how local cops in Pa.'s York County teamed with ICE to bust 500-plus immigrants on busy highways, terrifying the Haitian community and shattering families over a busted headlight 287(g) has made York the worst place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. www.inquirer.com/opinion/york...

inquirer.comHow York County became the most dangerous place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. | Will BunchLocal cops working with ICE in York County, Pa. have made hundreds of arrests, with many more afraid to leave home.