To defeat the extreme right an economics for the common people is indispensable.
Honored to be part of a new Global Council for a progressive economics under the leadership of @MazzucatoM and Spain‘s Minister of the Economy @carlos_cuerpo.
Spain’s success is showing the way.
I was thirty-something years old when Iranian students dragged me into a room and told me I wasn't going anywhere. Four hundred and forty-four days later, I walked out. I've spent the decades since trying to make sense of what happened — and what keeps happening — between our two countries.
So don't talk to me about Iran like it's an abstraction. I lived inside that confrontation. I felt it.
Which is why I'm not ready to write off this ceasefire, even though everything about it is maddening.
Negotiations in Pakistan may produce nothing. The talks could collapse before they get started. I've seen American diplomacy with Iran fail more times than I can count, and usually for the same reasons — too much pride, too little patience, and Israel holding a match in the corner of the room.
But here's what I know in my bones: another war won't break Iran. We just tried. It didn't work. Iran doesn't break — it absorbs, it adapts, and it waits. I watched that stubbornness up close for 444 days.
What bothers me most isn't that Iran is winning this moment — it's that we handed it to them. Tehran's framework is running these negotiations. Iran still controls the Strait of Hormuz. Still collecting tolls. Trump looked at their proposal and called it workable. I never thought I'd see the day, but here we are.
Iran wants everything on the table — sanctions, enrichment rights, American troops out, and a deal that covers what's happening in Lebanon and Gaza too. That's a lot to swallow. And Israel, which wasn't invited to this conversation, is already making clear it has no intention of being constrained by it.
That's the part that worries me the most. Because if Israel keeps bombing and Washington can't or won't stop it, none of this holds.
And yet — and I say this as someone who has every reason to distrust Tehran — I don't think we go back to all-out war. Not because anyone has suddenly gotten wise, but because the math doesn't work. A second round ends the same way. Iran still controls the Strait. The global economy still flinches when Tehran flexes.
What we're heading toward isn't peace. It's something smaller and more precarious — two countries silently agreeing not to destroy each other today, with no paperwork and no guarantees.
I know what it's like to survive on something that fragile. For 444 days, that's all I had.
@ByronYork I think this is a bad take Byron. You had 100 senators vote to fund Homeland security except for ICE, and the GOP house said no and the president said no. Democrats are the only party unanimously on the record in favor of funding airport security.
This is your sign to stop waiting for “someone else” to do it 👀
We’ve been helping FL Dems run for State Leg since 2020, and we’re not backing down from our goal to fight for a better Florida in every community.
Florida deserves better. Why not you?
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The run everywhere movement is alive and growing. In South Carolina, @bmbrbauer and @GCobbHunter are helping prove that competing everywhere still matters because no community should be handed over without a fight. Florida is watching, and taking notes.
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@davidshor@IsabellaMWeber AI won't fix crumbling infrastructure in the US, def no shortage of productive jobs that government can create if it wants to #NewDeal
The @Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, is out with a major new research study showing that immigrants, both legal and illegal, contribute significantly more in taxes than they receive in public benefits.
And there's more: because immigrants (both legal and not) are such large net-contributors of tax revenue, they also structurally reduce government budget deficits.
Sid Rosenberg’s latest comments are vile, hateful, and deeply divisive.
Referring to @NYCMayor as a “jihadist” based simply on his faith or background is abhorrent, and using the term “cockroach” is beyond the pale. I condemn these remarks unequivocally.
We can have substantive policy debates where we don’t agree. But we cannot normalize rhetoric that dehumanizes people because of their religion.
It takes a lot of organised people to beat a little bit of organised money, but Hannah Spencer (MP!) , @ZackPolanski , @TheGreenParty and, most importantly, the team of hard-working volunteers have proved it can be done, and are lighting the way forward! 💚
📣Endorsement Alert📣I’m excited to endorse Mike McGirr for Rural Caucus Chair! He’s been at my side as volunteer Campaign Chair, strategizing billboards, producing radio spots and so much more. Now he’ll bring his game to all rural candidates! @mcgirr_mik57220@90For90
This year, I had the privilege of helping recruit Democratic candidates in some of the reddest districts across Virginia, including right here in Stafford. Some we held. Several we flipped. 💙
But the real credit goes to Fergie Reid @90For90 , whose leadership and vision made history. He worked to ensure that every voter in Virginia had a choice, a Democrat running in all 100 districts… and then rolled up his sleeves to help those candidates fund and build strong campaigns that reached their communities.
I was proud to play a small part in encouraging candidates, helping fund their efforts, and providing counsel along the way.
Leadership isn’t about centering yourself, it’s about building coalitions of strong, principled people who do the right thing for the right reasons.
As I prepare to conclude my term on the Stafford Board of Supervisors this December, I’m filled with gratitude for the work we’ve done… and excitement for what comes next. The movement for integrity, equity, and progress in Virginia is only getting stronger. 💪
“That kindness and resourcefulness is one of the many reasons I’ve been working so hard to get Cindy Green elected. You guys have been a great help as have Brainwrap and Bethesda 1971.” @CindyGreenVA
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