Phil Olson

Dad. Husband to @janner_t. Bourbon Nerd

[Van Lathan Jr @VanLathan]

The DSA momentum isn’t about the DSA, it’s about people.

I see all the quibbling and bickering, but not a lot of understanding.

People in NY cast votes for candidates they think actually care about what they’re going through. Same way they did for Mamdani.

But instead of reflecting, the establishment continues to project. We’ve seen it before, it’s partly how we got here.

I don’t imagine that what happened in New York could happen in Baton Rouge … yet. And when I say yet I mean YET. If a people first, economic liberation movement finds its political stride in South, its curtains.

It’s hard for a lot of Black southerners I know to critique the Dems, an elder of mine recently told me she votes Democrat OUT OF RESPECT FOR DR KING.

(I told her Dr. King might’ve been DSA, because he held some very strident anti-capitalist/anti imperialist views. She then told me to worry about my weight and not about Dr King’s legacy. That actually happened 😂😂😂😂😂😂)

I’m not saying that’s going to change, but I am saying those same people I talk to (particularly the ones under 45) aren’t frustrated. They’re tired. Frustrated needs a rally. Tired needs a change. They’re ripe for new voices.

The best outcome here would be a meeting of the minds. It would Robin reminding Batman of the ideals he started with, and Batman educating Robin on the structural realities of the world we live in, and how we make allies in that world. They then shake hands and vandalize the Joker’s reflecting pool.

That won’t happen though. Political intractability is by design. Politicians fight for their existence while forgetting about yours.

You do not matter. Threats to power matter. Threats to systems matter. They built it the way they wanted it, they’ve been milking it for years. They want their milk cheap while yours gets more expensive.

We say politics is a beauty pageant, but in actuality, it’s a slaughterhouse. You think you’re the butcher, when really, you’re the cow.

But man. Somewhere there’s a candidate that just wants you to have a living wage and healthcare. Just wants your kid not have to die in a foreign war. Maybe they can’t even get it done, but that’s sincerely what they want.

I hope you get to vote for them.

[Phil Olson @fil_olson]

What I wouldn’t give to see the text exchange between @SheaSerrano and @netw3rk tonight…

[Phil Olson @fil_olson]

This bitch had the audacity to close 50 schools at once in Chicago and then get on here talking about education?! Just drop out now, this won’t end the way you want… or

[Rahm Emanuel @RahmEmanuel]

There are three doors a child walks through that will determine their future: the front door of the home, the front door of the school, and the front door of the place of worship. If those three doors are not aligned, it impacts a child’s education and future.

Today, 50% of our kids cannot read at grade level. Republicans have abandoned public education, Democrats have abandoned standards and accountability, and our kids are the ones paying the ultimate price.

[Phil Olson @fil_olson]

@thelonelyisland @sethmeyers

[Phil Olson @fil_olson]

@MayorOfLA I ask you again @MayorOfLA why do photos only show the clean sidewalks in the “after”? Where are these 40 angelenos you claim to have housed going? Do you ever share photos of the new accommodations? Or is it just the show of a clean sidewalk and not about the actual people.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Did he empathize with Palestinians?

[Phil Olson @fil_olson]

It’s weird, how come the after pics don’t show any PEOPLE? Like where did the people end up? I’m less concerned about clean sidewalks and more concerned about people being actually housed and not just pushed down the road…

[Mayor Karen Bass @MayorOfLA]

This week, 32 Angelenos came indoors through Inside Safe in South Los Angeles, moving from the streets into safe housing. This marks our 124th operation, made possible by outreach teams who build trust and connect people to services every step of the way.

Learn more about Inside Safe at:
https://t.co/xozakbQ1MC

[Hasan 👁‍🗨 @flackospalace]

Don’t let Liberals try to do revisionism on Kamala Harris and the Democrat party, this is how they campaigned against Donald Trump:

[A Left-Wing Account ™️ @PushDemsLeft]

Kamala Harris campaigned on increasing ICE funding.
Kamala Harris campaigned on increasing ICE funding.
Kamala Harris campaigned on increasing ICE funding.
Kamala Harris campaigned on increasing ICE funding.
Kamala Harris campaigned on increasing ICE funding.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

For too long, Democratic primary voters have been told by establishment pundits and figures that the main calculation in a primary should be to vote for the person “most likely to win” a general election.

Stop.

Start asking candidates what they’re going to do for YOU.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

No funding for our government until it stops terrorizing our communities

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

And Democrats called it ‘Bidenomics’

This is why the Democratic Party must move on from both the Biden era and neoliberalism as a whole.

[Jaylen Brown @FCHWPO]

When are we going to do something about what is happening right in front of us we all should be ashamed

[Tired Peasant @HorrorGorl]

Things would’ve been completely the same if Kamala Harris won the presidency

[Akilah Hughes @AkilahObviously]

People need to find someone to blame the fires on because they don’t want to face that this is reality from now on. There will be the historic natural disasters for the rest of all of our lives. It’s too late.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

this is literally the CURRENT democratic admins policy. instead of vote shaming (which demonstrably failed to draw turnout) staffers should be demanding the CURRENT democrat push for a ceasefire by withholding weapons. biden has nothing to lose. but he likes what israel is doing.

[RELIV @ArielleIvy_]

Yes we care about Palestinians but we won’t stop supplying the bombs. Yes we care about police killings but we wont stop throwing money at cops. Yes we care about educational debt but we wont forgive it. Yes we care about immigrants but won’t stop whipping people at the border.

[Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano]

this is important

https://t.co/48BN68vKDd

[George Karl @CoachKarl22]

Unsurprising re Kawhi. Now it’s your turn to do the same, Biden.