David Lerner

President, Riptide Communications. For 25 years placing stories with global media on behalf of movements for social justice. [email protected]

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

A burgeoning attempt to create a private charter city in Honduras is yet another "neocolonial project of U.S. companies going to the region." https://t.co/0mFJloK5Al

[Dave Zirin @EdgeofSports]

Things I’ve already learned today: that right wing dark money billionaire parasite Harlan Crow, the person who we learned this week annually bribes Clarence Thomas, is also a collector of Nazi memorabilia. Knock me over with a feather. https://t.co/e03wDrI3Rv

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

On the one hand, I'm glad to see so many Israelis protesting their far-right government's attempt to turn Israel into a dictatorship.

On the other hand, I wonder where all their protests were over West Bank Palestinians living under an Israeli dictatorship for over 50 years.

[David Lerner @DavidLern]

@Elise_Jordan Yes indeed.

[Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill]

Kids at Angola have been locked in their cells for days, only allowed to leave to shower, according to a teen who was held at the former death row unit. The power often goes out when it rains. When it's cold, there's no hot water. My latest for @theappeal.
https://t.co/d4cl9GWOdY

[Doug Henwood @DougHenwood]

The old Guardian newspaper — the left-wing American one, not the liberal English daily — used to have a feature called “That’s Capitalism!” This would qualify.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Corporate greed is Southwest getting a $7 billion bailout during the pandemic & spending $5.6 billion on stock buybacks to enrich wealthy shareholders, while stranded passengers are threatened with jail time for the crime of trying to rebook canceled flights during the holidays.

[David Lerner @DavidLern]

It’s never felt more plausible that the age of social media might end—and soon, @ibogost writes. https://t.co/V3ZSPYMunI

[Maurice Moe Mitchell 🐺 @MauriceWFP]

This year, many pundits and Democratic leaders were certain Dems were in for a midterm thrashing – and were sure what they would blame: the movement for police reform, the mass protests following the murder of George Floyd, and the word “defund.”

The results proved them wrong 🧵

[David Lerner @DavidLern]

@mccrummenWaPo Great story.

[David Lerner @DavidLern]

In rural Georgia, an unlikely rebel against Trumpism https://t.co/XE8MJp0FXt

[David Lerner @DavidLern]

Buffalo turns focus to food justice after supermarket shooting https://t.co/Cfprmihkdz

[David Lerner @DavidLern]

The pandemic and war — not government spending — caused inflation, according to Nobel Prize winner https://t.co/RodHZ7nV5B by @Schwarz

[David Lerner @DavidLern]

@chrislhayes Yes

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

What Elon Musk’s Twitter files have revealed so far is that content moderation at Twitter WAS being decided by a team of people with differing viewpoints.

Now it’s being decided by the richest man on Earth with an axe to grind against one political party — a true scandal.

[Congressman Jamaal Bowman @RepBowman]

Senate Republicans and Joe Manchin have yet AGAIN failed working Americans by voting down 7 days of paid sick leave for rail workers.

I'm truly disgusted by their inability to care about workers. They continue to put profits over people and it's sickening.

[Clyde Haberman @ClydeHaberman]

Hate speech on Twitter has increased sharply. "Elon Musk sent up the Bat Signal to every kind of racist, misogynist and homophobe that Twitter was open for business," said Imran Ahmed of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
https://t.co/VdOA13FqX4

[David Lerner @DavidLern]

How many migrant workers have died in Qatar? What we know about the human cost of the 2022 World Cup https://t.co/PY93hzj9HC

[Jamil Smith جميل كريم @JamilSmith]

“Shots fired. Male down. Black male, maybe 20," said the @ClevelandPolice officer who called in the shooting, describing the wounded Tamir Rice. That was eight years ago today. Tamir would’ve been 20 years old right now had he lived. I want you to think about that for a moment.