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geraldmcgrew

@geraldmcgrew.bsky.social

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Socialist who believes we must defeat fascism, that neoliberal capitalism is no longer viable even by capitalist standards, and that we must consolidate green social democracy – all while building movement strong/large enough to achieve true socialism ASAP

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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · Mar 9

*Capitalism is failing us. Instead of bringing a decent life it generates an outrageous gap between the rich and the rest; unaffordable housing, healthcare & education; racial & gender inequality; climate disaster. Economist David Kotz argues it's time we built a new socialism for the 21st century*

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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 14h

Never miss long!

geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 15h

Playing with the big boy team on Thursday instead?

geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 18h

With you all the way

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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 19h

We sure could use him (and some others) right now, but time takes its toll.

FZ obviously way ahead of his time, but he also had a lot to say during the neoliberal era before cancer got him

geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 20h

The first order of business is decisively defeating fascism with green social democracy. Your point that her personality makes her ill suited to fight fascism is well taken IF you have a better candidate for the office who will win

geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 20h

She needs to fix that. But she has more business helping to lead our country back than Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg, and Kamala Harris do. Her bad behavior hasn't come close to fucking up this country the way the Clintons and Obama did

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 1d

"Do people realize that this is happening to this population of vulnerable students?" one education department leader asked.

Doesn't seem like it. The SILENCE is deafening.

The offices of Special Education Programs and the Rehabilitative Services Administration were decimated over the weekend.

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources

The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

abcnews.go.com

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know why we can't just be honest and state the truth that the needs of these kids with disabilities have ALWAYS been largely ignored in the advocacy of the vast majority. I've been in IDEA advocacy for decades, and I can tell you, this silence of the majority is nothing new.

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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 21h

You're right. We can and we should

geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 21h

Yes, we should know all of it

geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 21h

I loved when someone questioned his decency and he said, “I've heard that before”

The Murderess of Slaughterhouse Gulch @kristinarobinson.bsky.social · 2d

I love new cinematic portrayals of Roy Cohn the way Donald Trump loves ketchup.

The Apprentice was a good one.

geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 21h

She's so much better than most of the Democratic party establishment that handed our country to fascism, it's not even close

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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 21h

Sadly, she is also still miles better than most of the Democratic party establishment.

*We should be honest that people berating their staff really stinks. But we can also be honest about what’s going on in this gubernatorial race*

prospect.org/politics/kat...

What’s Behind the Viral Katie Porter Attack

Today on TAP: The political establishment in California saw their moment and pounced.

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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 21h

What’s Behind the Viral Katie Porter Attack

Today on TAP: The political establishment in California saw their moment and pounced.

prospect.org

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Spunky to my Friends @almagirl.bsky.social · 22h

Porter may well be an abrasive boss but don't think 4 one second that's why the knives are out. As the "American Prospect" points out, she's a little too much of an anti-corporate populist for the Democratic lap dogs who don't like to offend their donors. americanprospect.bluelena.io/index.php?ac...

What’s Behind the Viral Katie Porter Attack

The political establishment...

americanprospect.bluelena.io

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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 21h

*The political establishment in California saw their moment and pounced*

by @ddayen.bsky.social
October 13, 2025

prospect.org/politics/kat...

What’s Behind the Viral Katie Porter Attack

Today on TAP: The political establishment in California saw their moment and pounced.

prospect.org

geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 22h

*Porter is disliked by the Sacramento establishment, not because of her interpersonal skills but because she’s more populist than they’d like and more willing to challenge the corporate interests that rule California politics*

prospect.org/politics/kat...

What’s Behind the Viral Katie Porter Attack

Today on TAP: The political establishment in California saw their moment and pounced.

prospect.org

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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 22h

*Her momentum doesn’t seem to have been reversed, and the plan by California’s establishment to dictate who controls the state isn’t quite locked in*

prospect.org/politics/kat...

What’s Behind the Viral Katie Porter Attack

Today on TAP: The political establishment in California saw their moment and pounced.

prospect.org

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

Columbus was not a monster by our standards; he was seen as a monster in his own day, investigated for crimes against people he ruled in the Indies - and stripped of power because of those abuses.

Insanity we have holiday for this beast who never lived in US.
www.theguardian.com/world/2006/a...

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 1d

Paying for healthcare might be a problem for people here, but folks will be happy to know that Argentina's right-wing nutjob president says he has an unlimited supply of dollars from Donald Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (The government pays for healthcare in Argentina.)

Argentina’s Economy Chief Says US Willing to Keep Buying Pesos

President Javier Milei’s finance chief said the US Treasury’s backstop of Argentina’s peso is unflinching as the libertarian leader prepares to travel to Washington ahead of a crucial midterm vote.

www.bloomberg.com

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Nancy Ann ❌👑 👍🏻🐸 @nancyannn.bsky.social · 2d

The idiots only need to look at Mamdani’s popularity. He has earned the support of voters by doing the work, listening to them.

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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 1d

Certainly not "just" a coincidence. The era of neoliberal capitalism was a bipartisan project. We're transitioning to a new, not quite yet determined, era now. Major political parties, whomever those turn out to be, will participate in that transition one way or another

The Rise And Fall Of Neoliberal Capitalism by David M. Kotz (With a New Preface)

geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 1d

I loved when someone questioned his decency and he said, “I've heard that before”

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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 1d

“all that phony stuff on sports” –Frank Zappa, "Trouble Every Day" - 1966

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Trouble Every Day

YouTube video by Frank Zappa - Topic

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Spunky to my Friends @almagirl.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know, that Politico and the likes of Barbara Boxer have come out to do her in suggests to me that corporate Democrats don't want someone like Porter, who is aggressive about corporate malfeasance, to win. Paul Wellstone was known early on for being bad tempered, but he was one of the greats.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Fox News is eating this up.

Have you ever seen anyone torch their own governor chances as fast as Katie Porter did last week?

Google searches for “Katie Porter interview” are up 10,000% and her odds of becoming the next California governor just cratered from 40% to under 16%.

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mānas @manas-0.bsky.social · 1d

never thought that I would be here weeks away from my 37th birthday living in a horribly racist, colorist, casteist, eugenicist fascist city in a hindutvavadi bootlicker's house with no connection or bond to anything in this country but with a deep connection, bond, and respect for people far away 🇵🇸

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