John Baumann
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I've been studying the history of US, and indeed, global policing my whole career and I can't make it more clear to law makers that this isn't a bastardization of policing, it is its purest form and logical conclusion. The impunity, militarization, deference, legitimacy, racial targeting, etc.
January 25, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I've been studying the history of US, and indeed, global policing my whole career and I can't make it more clear to law makers that this isn't a bastardization of policing, it is its purest form and logical conclusion. The impunity, militarization, deference, legitimacy, racial targeting, etc.
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January 24, 2026 at 5:31 PM
“better training” www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
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Police do not have a legal responsibility to protect the public. This was established in Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales (2005). Given this, and the tremendous harm they do every day, what possible argument could one give for not abolishing the institution of policing entirely?
January 22, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Police do not have a legal responsibility to protect the public. This was established in Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales (2005). Given this, and the tremendous harm they do every day, what possible argument could one give for not abolishing the institution of policing entirely?
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Everything Jeffries does from now until he is no longer in leadership must be understood in the context that NYC-DSA, at the height of its power and momentum, could have run the first credible challenger of his career and chose not to.
"High floor, no ceiling" isn't meant to be persuasive to voters, it's meant for donors, and I assume Jeffries, whose job functions partly by being able to direct donor money to favored and against unfavored candidates, knows that.
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Everything Jeffries does from now until he is no longer in leadership must be understood in the context that NYC-DSA, at the height of its power and momentum, could have run the first credible challenger of his career and chose not to.
The N, 3 boroughs, 2 bridges a splendid voyage
January 22, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The N, 3 boroughs, 2 bridges a splendid voyage
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If Ai could replace workers in all industries it already would have. The wage represion possibilities of the tech are exhausted, and while significant they are not worth the cost of the techs maintenance. But the class sector it did help is trying desperately to make the rest fund and sustain it
January 21, 2026 at 2:15 PM
If Ai could replace workers in all industries it already would have. The wage represion possibilities of the tech are exhausted, and while significant they are not worth the cost of the techs maintenance. But the class sector it did help is trying desperately to make the rest fund and sustain it
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"You're not ready for how much the rest of the world hates Americans" I live here man I'm extremely used to the concept of hating Americans
January 21, 2026 at 2:04 PM
"You're not ready for how much the rest of the world hates Americans" I live here man I'm extremely used to the concept of hating Americans
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The future of work is changing. And we have to evolve with it or fall behind. That's why we're proud to introduce: Serfdom dot AI. Our platform allows SERFs (solo entrepreneur revenue facilitators) to rent affordable housing that they can subsidize by picking up work with Baron, our AI assistant
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 PM
The future of work is changing. And we have to evolve with it or fall behind. That's why we're proud to introduce: Serfdom dot AI. Our platform allows SERFs (solo entrepreneur revenue facilitators) to rent affordable housing that they can subsidize by picking up work with Baron, our AI assistant
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I’m going to keep hammering this point: the excesses of ICE we see now are entirely contiguous with our system of policing more broadly, and the reason that almost no politician wants to threaten real consequences for ICE agents is because it opens the door to making the same demands of the cops
January 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I’m going to keep hammering this point: the excesses of ICE we see now are entirely contiguous with our system of policing more broadly, and the reason that almost no politician wants to threaten real consequences for ICE agents is because it opens the door to making the same demands of the cops
Reading de ste croix’s “Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World” and it seems to all be about land tenancy, I want to hear about the struggle
January 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Reading de ste croix’s “Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World” and it seems to all be about land tenancy, I want to hear about the struggle
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The bones of Santa have been leaking liquid for 1,700 years.
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The bones of Santa have been leaking liquid for 1,700 years.
Odd clouds-with the moon behind… within a minute it had just turned into short lines
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Odd clouds-with the moon behind… within a minute it had just turned into short lines
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Woke 2 is distinctively an ideology of Trump II, when we no longer need to go looking for some hidden enemy, no longer need to work to uncover the infiltrators and the enemies hiding their power level
the enemy is out in the light and screaming about how much they hate us, there is no mystery there
the enemy is out in the light and screaming about how much they hate us, there is no mystery there
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Woke 2 is distinctively an ideology of Trump II, when we no longer need to go looking for some hidden enemy, no longer need to work to uncover the infiltrators and the enemies hiding their power level
the enemy is out in the light and screaming about how much they hate us, there is no mystery there
the enemy is out in the light and screaming about how much they hate us, there is no mystery there
In the 21st century we have finally achieved all the conditions for a militia of the PMC as outlined in Jaurès’s L’Armée Nouvelle
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In the 21st century we have finally achieved all the conditions for a militia of the PMC as outlined in Jaurès’s L’Armée Nouvelle
Reading Deutscher’s bio of Trotsky and man, it is as good as everyone says it is
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reading Deutscher’s bio of Trotsky and man, it is as good as everyone says it is
Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good.. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? .. he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has power over the clever not more clever than the clever?
-Marx
-Marx
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good.. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? .. he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has power over the clever not more clever than the clever?
-Marx
-Marx
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Trying to stop saying "I don't agree with them on everything" about people whose work I am referencing because I literally do not agree with anyone on everything, including the past version of my self that ended one second ago
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Trying to stop saying "I don't agree with them on everything" about people whose work I am referencing because I literally do not agree with anyone on everything, including the past version of my self that ended one second ago
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This is an important next step for people who are looking to push Albany. Plug in.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is an important next step for people who are looking to push Albany. Plug in.
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Really excellent analysis from @garbageday.email, who’s quietly expanded from “must read to understand internet culture” to “must read for insights on American politics”
We did it, Zo
Read to the end for a good post
www.garbageday.email
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Really excellent analysis from @garbageday.email, who’s quietly expanded from “must read to understand internet culture” to “must read for insights on American politics”
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The entire pundit class has convinced people for so long that their “analysis” was somehow necessary and valuable when in reality it was just a con game to manufacture consent for bias-confirming “strategies” that only benefited the capitalist class and guaranteed pundits career security.
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The entire pundit class has convinced people for so long that their “analysis” was somehow necessary and valuable when in reality it was just a con game to manufacture consent for bias-confirming “strategies” that only benefited the capitalist class and guaranteed pundits career security.
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mine eyes? seeing the glory.
the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored? trampled.
the faithful lighting of his terrible swift sword? buddy, you better believe that's loosed.
the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored? trampled.
the faithful lighting of his terrible swift sword? buddy, you better believe that's loosed.
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
mine eyes? seeing the glory.
the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored? trampled.
the faithful lighting of his terrible swift sword? buddy, you better believe that's loosed.
the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored? trampled.
the faithful lighting of his terrible swift sword? buddy, you better believe that's loosed.
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That evil planet from The Fifth Element has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 AM
That evil planet from The Fifth Element has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
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It’s quite impressive how Mamdani has pulled almost every Dem into his coalition, not him into theirs. He keeps the door open for everyone but true enemies (Adams, Cuomo) & rather than try to extort a Hochul into a promise, he just puts her onstage & lets the popular will confront her. Amazing.
Governor Kathy Hochul is speaking on stage, but the crowd keeps interrupting to chant #TaxTheRich
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October 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It’s quite impressive how Mamdani has pulled almost every Dem into his coalition, not him into theirs. He keeps the door open for everyone but true enemies (Adams, Cuomo) & rather than try to extort a Hochul into a promise, he just puts her onstage & lets the popular will confront her. Amazing.