Patrick T. Pickett

Writer/producer. Topics include music, politics, film, culture, tech and interactive media.

[Patrick T. Pickett @_dynamicdreamer]

Y’all still here? I’ve moved onto Bluesky and you should too

https://t.co/blgRcBCXat

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

The far right is doing asymmetric psychological warfare. They're allowed to say ANYTHING to smear the left, but when the left fights back even a little bit they get you fired if you don't abide by fake decorum and civility rules from 2 decades ago.

[Abby Martin @AbbyMartin]

Monsters may reign, but bravery like @GazaFFlotilla gives me hope. People will risk their lives—against insurmountable odds—to fight for the lives of others. In this selfish culture, such a bold display of humanity is rare & revolutionary. Thank you Madleen, you are our beacon!

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

BREAKING
1AM UK time. Israeli speedboat reached Madleen. "At the time the boat was intercepted no one is wounded" the captain asked me to record. I heard the soldiers speaking while the captain was on the phone with me. I lost connection with the captain as he was telling me that "another boat is approaching".

[Francesca Fiorentini @franifio]

It's times like these where Dems in LA must understand that despite having a democratic mayor, voting against Trump, despite being in a sanctuary city where cops should not be working with ICE, if we keep funneling our taxpayer dollars into the LAPD they will always be complicit in our repression. Call me when the @MayorOfLA orders LAPD to actually protects angelenos.

[Tom Morello @tmorello]

Hope that helps.

[Kat Abughazaleh @KatAbughazaleh]

I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.

Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.

[Rebecca Parson @rebeccaeparson]

The tent is always big enough for fascists, but too small for socialists. This has been true of liberal parties for 100 years.

[Emma Vigeland @EmmaVigeland]

I think the left could benefit from some patience and goodwill towards the few Democrats fighting for us.

The timing of this also makes sense, in terms of activating lower propensity voters closer to early voting. Left-wing politicians engaging in electoral strategy is good!

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

Kamala DIDN'T MENTION:
- race
- gender
- trans people
- pronouns
- latinx
- cancel culture
- political correctness

and she DID MENTION:
- patriotism
- freedom
- owning a gun
- representing all Americans
- cracking down on the border

Anybody who tells you she was 'too woke' is just fucking lying to you and caving in to bullshit far-right framing.

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

Remembering how back during the 2020 primary when it looked like Bernie would win, CNN panicked and started booking me and a few other Bernie lefties semi-regularly. Then Clyburn made his move, Biden won SC, the other candidates dropped out to make way for Biden and I haven’t seen the inside of a CNN green room since lol. Funny to think about now that I see a few ppl on CNN and MSNBC admitting maybe Bernie had a point. These networks have always had room for NeverTrumpers (who basically only exist on cable news) and even actual Trumpers, but almost completely shut out the populist left. Somehow their commitment to a diversity of viewpoints conveniently excludes the one ideology that threatens capital’s bottom line.

[Patrick T. Pickett @_dynamicdreamer]

Louder for the people in the back. Wake them up. We’ve been yelling about this for eight years now. Listen!

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

That was a cataclysm. Electoral map wipeout. Senate D practical ceiling is now 52 seats. R's is 62.

Time to rebuild the left.

We are out of touch with the crisis of meaning/purpose fueling MAGA. We refuse to pick big fights. Our tent is too small.

1/ Some early thoughts:

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

That was a cataclysm. Electoral map wipeout. Senate D practical ceiling is now 52 seats. R's is 62.

Time to rebuild the left.

We are out of touch with the crisis of meaning/purpose fueling MAGA. We refuse to pick big fights. Our tent is too small.

1/ Some early thoughts:

[Patrick T. Pickett @_dynamicdreamer]

Democrats have spent the last eight years resisting new media, while the right has embraced it. This has been their biggest mistake since 2016. COVID is the only reason why they made it through 2020.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

i had 310k ppl watching my election coverage last night, doubling news networks online, my criticisms of dems campaign messaging seems to be correct. its the democrats at the top that don't listen to the concerns of their base, and handwave it away. republicans fear their base.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

i had 310k ppl watching my election coverage last night, doubling news networks online, my criticisms of dems campaign messaging seems to be correct. its the democrats at the top that don't listen to the concerns of their base, and handwave it away. republicans fear their base.

[Aaron Benanav @abenanav]

This is the chart. She spent months courting Republican endorsements, riding the 2016 Clinton strategy to certain defeat. They risked it all to build a centrist party of suburbanites and college kids and lost. It’s time to move on but I don’t think the Dems will move with us.

[DSA @DemSocialists]

Congratulations to our now re-elected, @DetroitDSA champion for the working class, Congresswoman @RashidaTlaib! We are so proud of Rashida’s tireless advocacy on behalf of the residents of MI-12, for standing for working people, and for standing against American imperialism.

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

Why vote for a diet Republican when you can vote for the real thing

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

Obama turned hope & change into bank-donor bailouts, 10 million foreclosures & get-out-of-jail-free cards for Wall Street.

He then descended from his Martha’s Vineyard castle to try to shame people into voting harder.

You’re surprised it didn’t work? https://t.co/YodU7Dd1wY

[Mike from PA @Mike_from_PA]

If you opposed Bernie Sanders in 2020 or 2016, you are the problem.