Ansel Herz

Communications director @UPTECWA. Ind. director @SortitionNow. Previously DemNext, @SenSanders, @RepJayapal. Views here are my own

[Ansel Herz @Ansel]

The assembly process sucked all the partisanship and stultifying ideological labels right out of politics.

Working on this (during the frenzied last weeks leading up the election) was without a doubt my highlight of 2024.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Citizens’ assemblies do what most democracies only pretend to: trust normal people to make decisions on difficult policy questions. An Oregon county recently convened one to look for youth homelessness solutions. Nick Romeo reports on the gathering. https://t.co/Hs3Vwzs2Qf

[Ansel Herz @Ansel]

@HunterBiden Hunter check this out:
-https://t.co/B55ZYTVXxC
-https://t.co/GRZpdsWHiK

[Ansel Herz @Ansel]

@upholdparenti @AaronRegunberg @JordanUhl Irrelevant to the point but made me laugh. Have a nice day

[Ansel Herz @Ansel]

@upholdparenti @AaronRegunberg @JordanUhl Even if that’s true, “literally demonic” would still be untrue and ridiculous

[Ansel Herz @Ansel]

In a properly functioning political party, the person responsible for this nonsense would step down, no?

[Patrick Gaspard @patrickgaspard]

I wrote and deleted a dozen responses to this DNC mess. No point in more dunking. I will say this isn’t the failing of one guy behind the curtain who isn’t really Oz. The need to be transparent and accountable about blowing 2024 was never a Dem leadership priority. And it shows.

[Ansel Herz @Ansel]

@KimChiSpicey @saikatc Nice of @saikatc gave you a receipt which disproved your original post. Try acknowledging that before you launch your next attack, maybe?

[Ansel Herz @Ansel]

@sf_mills @mcbyrne @saikatc @hasanthehun Lol how dare he!

[San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle]

OPINION: It’s shameful that one of the wealthiest institutions in one of the wealthiest cities in the world has not made the investments necessary to keep healthcare workers safe. https://t.co/Ea0Gbjyrie

[ABC News @ABC]

Surveillance footage showed chaotic scenes at Iranian hospitals as strikes rain down on the country.

One scene captured a nurse rescuing three newborn babies at a hospital in Tehran and carrying them to safety.

Follow live updates on the war in Iran: https://t.co/nKmdwZI64K

[Ansel Herz @Ansel]

@remeike If you make a guide I think I would use this

[Ansel Herz @Ansel]

@tysonbrody @Derekjjjjj “Obnoxious staffer” = someone who doesn’t fall in line and do the usual career climbing/horse-trading

Has it occurred to you that the people who “drive others out from the hill” might be the problem?

[Ansel Herz @Ansel]

A great line to get us away from the countless excesses of identity politics:

"There is only one majority in this country — that's the working class"

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Zohran on CBS: " I think what we can see is that a democratic socialist politics is one that should be judged on its delivery, like any ideology ...  I think that this is a politics that can flourish anywhere because, frankly, there is only one majority in this country — that's the working class and it's time we have a politics that puts them at the heart of what it is that we're pursuing and not as part of the appendix."

[Ansel Herz @Ansel]

@skaushik100 Rest in peace, Joel

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has issued a decree to establish a Universal Health Service, saying the objective is for any citizen to be able to attend any health institution and be guaranteed full and free coverage throughout the national system.

[Geoff Shullenberger @g_shullenberger]

A decade ago, Adolph Reed and Walter Benn Michaels told the left it had to choose between class politics and identity politics.
It did, and we're living with the consequences, argues @ryan_zickgraf:
https://t.co/LYBLYQOk9w

[Ansel Herz @Ansel]

@bkogel89 @landemore Here's what I could find:
https://t.co/0JaYh1kpCA.
https://t.co/hHbuH7d4wP

[Ansel Herz @Ansel]

@sidhubaba

[Justin Rosenstein @rosenstein]

I helped build Facebook. I watched it become a machine for addicting people. Because addiction was more profitable.

Now the same logic is driving AI. I wrote about what we do about it. 🧵