Patrick T. Shepherd
@patricktshepherd.bsky.social
End the blockade on Cuba.
Socialist, Anti-Fascist,
@dsasocmaj.bsky.social
Socialist, Anti-Fascist,
@dsasocmaj.bsky.social
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A victory for the Cuban people and the Cuba solidarity movement! The Biden admin has taken the long overdue step of removing #Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terror list.
January 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A victory for the Cuban people and the Cuba solidarity movement! The Biden admin has taken the long overdue step of removing #Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terror list.
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NYC, you did it.
Not only have we handily qualified for public matching funds but our $642,339 haul from 6,502 donors are the most of any campaign.
That means we'll have $3+ million to share our vision for a more affordable city.
I am profoundly grateful.
Not only have we handily qualified for public matching funds but our $642,339 haul from 6,502 donors are the most of any campaign.
That means we'll have $3+ million to share our vision for a more affordable city.
I am profoundly grateful.
January 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
NYC, you did it.
Not only have we handily qualified for public matching funds but our $642,339 haul from 6,502 donors are the most of any campaign.
That means we'll have $3+ million to share our vision for a more affordable city.
I am profoundly grateful.
Not only have we handily qualified for public matching funds but our $642,339 haul from 6,502 donors are the most of any campaign.
That means we'll have $3+ million to share our vision for a more affordable city.
I am profoundly grateful.
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BIDEN ADMIN HAS REMOVED CUBA FROM THE STATE SPONSORS OF TERROR LIST LETS FUCKING GO!! www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
Certification of Rescission of Cuba’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism | The White House
Certification of Rescission of Cuba's Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism Pursuant to the Constitution and the laws of the United States, and
www.whitehouse.gov
January 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
BIDEN ADMIN HAS REMOVED CUBA FROM THE STATE SPONSORS OF TERROR LIST LETS FUCKING GO!! www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
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Look I don't trust Trump at all, especially on Palestine. He's evil.
But Joe Biden spent a year and a half helping the fascist regime of Benjamin Netanyahu do genocide against a population of mostly children.
And if he hadn't, Donald Trump wouldn't be able to get credit for a ceasefire deal.
But Joe Biden spent a year and a half helping the fascist regime of Benjamin Netanyahu do genocide against a population of mostly children.
And if he hadn't, Donald Trump wouldn't be able to get credit for a ceasefire deal.
January 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Look I don't trust Trump at all, especially on Palestine. He's evil.
But Joe Biden spent a year and a half helping the fascist regime of Benjamin Netanyahu do genocide against a population of mostly children.
And if he hadn't, Donald Trump wouldn't be able to get credit for a ceasefire deal.
But Joe Biden spent a year and a half helping the fascist regime of Benjamin Netanyahu do genocide against a population of mostly children.
And if he hadn't, Donald Trump wouldn't be able to get credit for a ceasefire deal.
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The hip line is Netanyahu is spiting Biden by agreeing to a ceasefire as Trump comes into office. What’s important to understand is that this theory makes no sense. All reporting from Israel indicates Trump forced the issue (likely to spite Biden), what Netanyahu wants is, again, wholly irrelevant
January 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The hip line is Netanyahu is spiting Biden by agreeing to a ceasefire as Trump comes into office. What’s important to understand is that this theory makes no sense. All reporting from Israel indicates Trump forced the issue (likely to spite Biden), what Netanyahu wants is, again, wholly irrelevant
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GOOD MORNING FROM DAY 4 OF OUR ULP STRIKE!
Let's hear it for our baristas in Boston, Dallas, and Portland who are joining the strike today 🔥
Let's hear it for our baristas in Boston, Dallas, and Portland who are joining the strike today 🔥
December 23, 2024 at 12:58 PM
GOOD MORNING FROM DAY 4 OF OUR ULP STRIKE!
Let's hear it for our baristas in Boston, Dallas, and Portland who are joining the strike today 🔥
Let's hear it for our baristas in Boston, Dallas, and Portland who are joining the strike today 🔥
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We won! Democratic socialist Mike Siegel will be our next city council member for D7. Austin DSA knocked tens of thousands of doors to help secure this victory over the GOP-supported opponent. We look forward to working with Mike on council to implement working class politics!
December 15, 2024 at 9:36 PM
We won! Democratic socialist Mike Siegel will be our next city council member for D7. Austin DSA knocked tens of thousands of doors to help secure this victory over the GOP-supported opponent. We look forward to working with Mike on council to implement working class politics!
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New in The Agitator: @hangryeyes.bsky.social dives into the ongoing debate about DSA’s electoral strategy and the widening gulf between what the National Political Committee claims they want versus the reality on the ground. www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...
Why Hasn't the NPC Changed DSA's Electoral Strategy?
To build a genuine party with a mass constituency, we will need to invest in learning from and replicating our successes, not bringing them to a halt while hoping without evidence that another strateg...
www.socialistmajority.com
December 15, 2024 at 11:29 PM
New in The Agitator: @hangryeyes.bsky.social dives into the ongoing debate about DSA’s electoral strategy and the widening gulf between what the National Political Committee claims they want versus the reality on the ground. www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...
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The 2023 DSA convention was meant to be a turning point in DSA's electoral strategy. But most of the way through their term, every NPC member still supports endorsing candidates on the Democratic line, and no real steps toward a 3rd-party strategy are being taken. I wrote about this disconnect:
New in The Agitator: @hangryeyes.bsky.social dives into the ongoing debate about DSA’s electoral strategy and the widening gulf between what the National Political Committee claims they want versus the reality on the ground. www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...
Why Hasn't the NPC Changed DSA's Electoral Strategy?
To build a genuine party with a mass constituency, we will need to invest in learning from and replicating our successes, not bringing them to a halt while hoping without evidence that another strateg...
www.socialistmajority.com
December 15, 2024 at 11:48 PM
The 2023 DSA convention was meant to be a turning point in DSA's electoral strategy. But most of the way through their term, every NPC member still supports endorsing candidates on the Democratic line, and no real steps toward a 3rd-party strategy are being taken. I wrote about this disconnect:
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![A [FAKE] tweet from South Korea's soon-to-be-ex-President Yoon Su, reading "The haters said we couldn't do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aohq6g4pn4njqioimsxtvghu/bafkreihm76lxdvcctcmb4dcjrorqaqxrzujwztozstsk5hiodditj3vzoe@jpeg)
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Was grateful to speak yesterday at The People's Forum honoring the life and legacy of Fidel Castro, a man in whose shadow I grew up in, in more ways than one.
December 1, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Was grateful to speak yesterday at The People's Forum honoring the life and legacy of Fidel Castro, a man in whose shadow I grew up in, in more ways than one.
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"why vote to save democracy when it's not letting you afford a house or groceries" is a good question and it's worth asking the same thing about any ideology you want people to support
November 30, 2024 at 6:09 PM
"why vote to save democracy when it's not letting you afford a house or groceries" is a good question and it's worth asking the same thing about any ideology you want people to support
Hey it's the Iraq war lady!
People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change
Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.
November 27, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Hey it's the Iraq war lady!
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In 2018 Dems elected the largest class to Congress since Watergate, ~60 seats.
A lot of it was, yes, Trump backlash. But the winners also had another thing in common, despite a wide range of differences: most rejected corporate PAC money.
It’s a hugely compelling factor to voters & underdiscussed
A lot of it was, yes, Trump backlash. But the winners also had another thing in common, despite a wide range of differences: most rejected corporate PAC money.
It’s a hugely compelling factor to voters & underdiscussed
I think the Dems need to field gruff corruption busters at all levels whose primary campaign response to culture war issues is “All Americans should enjoy the freedom and bounty of this great country. That won’t be possible so long as venal men impoverish you and loot the country of your wealth”
November 27, 2024 at 1:22 PM
In 2018 Dems elected the largest class to Congress since Watergate, ~60 seats.
A lot of it was, yes, Trump backlash. But the winners also had another thing in common, despite a wide range of differences: most rejected corporate PAC money.
It’s a hugely compelling factor to voters & underdiscussed
A lot of it was, yes, Trump backlash. But the winners also had another thing in common, despite a wide range of differences: most rejected corporate PAC money.
It’s a hugely compelling factor to voters & underdiscussed
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As he stepped out of the Oval Office into the Rose Garden on a sunny November day in the winter of his presidency to hail the Lebanon ceasefire, Biden clearly had grander ambitions still in mind. “It reminds us that peace is possible,” he said. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/w...
Biden Announces Cease-Fire Deal Between Israel and Lebanon
With a deal to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the president turns his attention back to stopping the war in Gaza before leaving office.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:35 AM
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Agree with the "strangers knocking and endless texts" being ineffective.
But I think this still overestimates the Republican ground game success. They only went from 74 to 76 million in 2020vs2024.
The important takaway imo is that good ground game is much more important for Dems specifically.
But I think this still overestimates the Republican ground game success. They only went from 74 to 76 million in 2020vs2024.
The important takaway imo is that good ground game is much more important for Dems specifically.
Crucial piece by @astra.bsky.social on how MAGA deployed the tactics of basic community organizing to base build, which beats a lot of knocks on doors from strangers and endless texts... www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Democrats should stop mocking Trump’s ground game and start learning from it
Cable ads and bussed-in volunteers don’t cut it any more. If the party wants to win, it must engage voters in a collective push for change
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Agree with the "strangers knocking and endless texts" being ineffective.
But I think this still overestimates the Republican ground game success. They only went from 74 to 76 million in 2020vs2024.
The important takaway imo is that good ground game is much more important for Dems specifically.
But I think this still overestimates the Republican ground game success. They only went from 74 to 76 million in 2020vs2024.
The important takaway imo is that good ground game is much more important for Dems specifically.
In the coming years, we will realize more and more how deeply involved the US is in this genocide- as well as the reality of how many Americans have been on the ground fighting directly.
Pretending that this isn't Biden's genocide is either insanity or willful ignorance.
Pretending that this isn't Biden's genocide is either insanity or willful ignorance.
November 26, 2024 at 7:14 PM
In the coming years, we will realize more and more how deeply involved the US is in this genocide- as well as the reality of how many Americans have been on the ground fighting directly.
Pretending that this isn't Biden's genocide is either insanity or willful ignorance.
Pretending that this isn't Biden's genocide is either insanity or willful ignorance.
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there is this one weird graph that seems to indicate otherwise
November 23, 2024 at 4:11 PM
there is this one weird graph that seems to indicate otherwise