Gromit Stevens

I like big books and I cannot lie

[Gromit Stevens @mdpollak]

Robert McChesney lays out a model for what a perfectly free & democratic media would look like & what it would cost & why it's not all that different from US's first century when federal govt massively subsidized newspapers through the post office

https://t.co/5VpIAvKAOY

[Gromit Stevens @mdpollak]

One of my best friends is a Dolan 😁 But still, so glad the one is gone and dreaming of the second

[Gromit Stevens @mdpollak]

One dystopian blight of a Dolan down, one to go

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Meagan sat in her car playing Nintendo, waiting to drive demonstrators home.

Daniel transported a box of magazines.

The DOJ just successfully sentenced them and seven others to 30+ years in prison what they’ve called “justice” against “Antifa terrorists.”

[Eli Valley @elivalley]

When a Jew wins a landslide election in the most Jewish city in the United States, where massive numbers of Jews turned out to reject a terrorist org that lobbies for genocide:

[Jason Beeferman @JasonBeeferman]

Now Lander responds to the comment: “We named our son after Marek Edelman, a leader of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. That’s how seriously I take the legacy of Jews who fought Nazis. I don’t know where Bruce Blakeman went to Hebrew school, but I was taught that ‘Never Again!’ means never again to anyone. Standing up for Palestinian human rights doesn’t make me any less proud to be Jewish, or any less serious about fighting antisemitism. New Yorkers, including Jewish New Yorkers, will resoundingly reject Blakeman’s far-right MAGA bigotry this November.”

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

At least the Israelis do not have much doubt about what the Lebanese-Israeli agreement means. This is what the anchor on Channel 13 said:

"It seems we're leading Lebanon to a civil war. Maybe it's not so bad for us, let the Lebanese government fight Hezbollah... That's been the goal from the start."

[Gromit Stevens @mdpollak]

And a couple nice surprises at the end. And more concise than usual.

[Gromit Stevens @mdpollak]

Everyone on left should read. Very clear & sharp on everyone's plusses & minuses, including hers

[ettingermentum @ettingermentum]

NEW: The Official AOC Alternative Tier List https://t.co/0hk9h5BeJ0

[Gromit Stevens @mdpollak]

@ColeSandick de Tocqueville famously talks about this in Democracy in America. He says it's the US's functional substitute for an aristocracy

[Gromit Stevens @mdpollak]

Every time someone talks about a "divisive" issue for Democrats, it's a division between the voters and the donors

[gianmarco @GianmarcoSoresi]

It’s scary being a Jew in New York City. Sometimes groups of bearded men in all black chase me down shouting “Are you Jewish???”

[quirknky.bsky.social @Quirknky]

Volunteer ground games like DSA’s are built off *enthusiasm*. Many arguments for moderate politics can’t even make a positive case-it’s all become negative arguments centered on a strategic need to keep center right voters onside and how that means we all need to give up stuff

[The Indypendent @TheIndypendent]

Dem Socialist @DavidMoralesPVD is running for mayor of Providence, RI (Pop. 197,000). Combining theatrical flair & a promise to enact a rent-stabilization program, the 27-yr-old state legislator has opened an 11-point lead in the race for City Hall.
https://t.co/qeizAvQ0QT

[Michael Lange @MichaelLangeNYC]

If he’s alluding to the results in NY-13, this is absolutely preposterous.

NY-13 has more renters than ANY Congressional District in America.

It is also in the 98th percentile(!!) with respect to poverty rate. C’mon.

[Gustavo @unionGustavo]

The moment we froze the rent 🌹🍦

Vote on the board was 7-1 (Arpit Gupta the sole no vote)

[Arielle Angel @ArielleLAngel]

For a long time left NYC Jews have been derided as a vocal unrepresentative minority. I think the election of candidates like Lander & Northrup in Jewish districts proves what we've been saying: the Jewish establishment is out of touch & unrepresentative, not the other way around

[Gromit Stevens @mdpollak]

This is a classic victory of nonviolent resistance: you provoke an overreaction by the ruling group that delegitimates them

[alex bronzini-vender @alexbronzini]

Two years ago, the Columbia encampment seemed to have failed at its stated aims.

And yet Columbia will be represented in Congress by a participant in that encampment. Remarkable.

[Nikhil Pal Singh @nikhil_palsingh]

If you are a Jewish person in the US whose support for Israel is a paramount issue, and especially if you are also Democrat, you are right to be worried about the “status” of your concerns. The safety argument is hogwash; you know it and it is why you get this response.