The Prince Ali
@princeali.bsky.social
Crafty soft tossing southpaw. Baseball ⚾ devotee, jazz snob, wannabe cool dad, basketball fan 🏀 (off-season fun until spring training arrives)
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It's the weekend, baby
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It's the weekend, baby
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billionaires shouldn't exist
capitalism: ok here's a trillionaire then
capitalism: ok here's a trillionaire then
BREAKING: Tesla shareholders just approved a pay package for Elon Musk that’s worth up to $1 trillion.
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
billionaires shouldn't exist
capitalism: ok here's a trillionaire then
capitalism: ok here's a trillionaire then
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I don't think it's even right to say the voting public doesn't care. I think the truth is a lot of voters may generally find trans identity moderately confusing but also *none of their business*.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
Spanberger’s GOP foe spent 57% of her ad budget on anti-trans attacks. Spanberger focused on the economy. You see what won. trib.al/fkMmsR4
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I don't think it's even right to say the voting public doesn't care. I think the truth is a lot of voters may generally find trans identity moderately confusing but also *none of their business*.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
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"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
see also bsky.app/profile/gran...
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not to mention, Khan has faced so much racism and Islamophobia in his near-decade as mayor, but has nevertheless stood strong and changed London (especially by expanding car-free and anti-pollution infrastructure)—*and* is now the only London mayor to have earned both a third term and knighthood
London mayor sees parallels in Zohran Mamdani’s victory: ‘Hope won’
London mayor sees parallels in Zohran Mamdani’s victory: ‘Hope won’
Sadiq Khan, the city’s first Muslim mayor, says: ‘We are united by something far more fundamental, our belief in the power of politics to change people’s lives for the better’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
not to mention, Khan has faced so much racism and Islamophobia in his near-decade as mayor, but has nevertheless stood strong and changed London (especially by expanding car-free and anti-pollution infrastructure)—*and* is now the only London mayor to have earned both a third term and knighthood
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An amazing story of this decade was the ADL turning all its fire on Israel critics while tech companies dismantled their censors and Hitler-lovers came roaring back.
Today on the show: the group chats from hell (with @dgraham.bsky.social) slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Why So Many Racist Group Chats?
It’s hard to imagine the speech or policy proposals being acceptable as recently as a decade ago.
slate.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
An amazing story of this decade was the ADL turning all its fire on Israel critics while tech companies dismantled their censors and Hitler-lovers came roaring back.
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If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.
I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...
Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter
Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.
spectrumlocalnews.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.
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A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.
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White people didn’t think it would get this bad FOR WHITE PEOPLE. They either didn’t care if it did for others, or actively hoped it would. Or both.
Taraji P Henson sat up on a whole televised award show and talked about Project 2025 and its implications. Black pastors, politicians, scholars and other celebrities warned about it.
White people didn’t care. They didn’t believe that it would get this bad. Same old song.
White people didn’t care. They didn’t believe that it would get this bad. Same old song.
Not only did you know, you pointed REPEATEDLY to the source manual: Project 2025. Their manual. Written by the very people now enacting every aspect of it.
White people keep believing in their security without basis, while minorities did the assigned reading. And it wasn’t enough. Again.
White people keep believing in their security without basis, while minorities did the assigned reading. And it wasn’t enough. Again.
September 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
White people didn’t think it would get this bad FOR WHITE PEOPLE. They either didn’t care if it did for others, or actively hoped it would. Or both.
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Republicans control all three branches of government.🙄
SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted.
My story:
My story:
Trump mandates all federal agencies send email blaming Dems for potential gov’t shutdown
Workers call the partisan email "a vile slap in the face."
www.thehandbasket.co
September 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Republicans control all three branches of government.🙄
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"the right did not learn cancel culture from the left; the modern right in America emerged as a censorious movement."
great piece from the always-great @pastpunditry.bsky.social and a welcome antidote to vacuous commentators whose historical memories seem to go back no further than the first iron man movie
Opinion | The Right Didn’t Catch Cancel Culture From the Left
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"the right did not learn cancel culture from the left; the modern right in America emerged as a censorious movement."
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"Why the Working Class Matters" www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Why the Working Class Matters
Yanis Varoufakis explains why voters whom the left has abandoned and rejected are flocking to far-right parties.
www.project-syndicate.org
September 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"Why the Working Class Matters" www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
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Much of the focus has been on Jeffries and Schumer, but the head of the Queens Democratic Party refusing to endorse the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor is even worse. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
September 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Much of the focus has been on Jeffries and Schumer, but the head of the Queens Democratic Party refusing to endorse the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor is even worse. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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scientists shocked about how funding is being handled: "but i thought we were above everyone"
RACISM COSTS EVERYONE, SHE SAID
WE ARE AT THE COSTING EVERYONE PART
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564989...
WE ARE AT THE COSTING EVERYONE PART
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564989...
The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee: 9780525509585 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
scientists shocked about how funding is being handled: "but i thought we were above everyone"
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If only the governor of (arguably) the most powerful state in the union had any power whatsoever
September 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
If only the governor of (arguably) the most powerful state in the union had any power whatsoever
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Fun politics fact: Zohran Mamdani got 2.4 times as many votes in the mayoral primary as Hakeem Jeffries got in the highest-turnout general election of his career
July 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Fun politics fact: Zohran Mamdani got 2.4 times as many votes in the mayoral primary as Hakeem Jeffries got in the highest-turnout general election of his career
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this guy makes me wish i were a new york voter
July 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
this guy makes me wish i were a new york voter
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The DOJ is demanding Minnesota’s full voter roll and details on how it screens for noncitizens, despite at least two questions having no clear basis in federal law. The move raises serious concerns about federal overreach.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Demands Access to Minnesota’s Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The DOJ is demanding Minnesota’s full voter roll and details on how it screens for noncitizens, despite at least two questions having no clear basis in federal law. The move raises serious concerns about federal overreach.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Maybe the real Epstein Files was the friends with private jets we made along the way
July 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Maybe the real Epstein Files was the friends with private jets we made along the way
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We’re releasing the Epstein Files day one. There are no Epstein Files. Here’s video proof nothing happened. Ok we had to edit it. There are no Epstein Files. There are Epstein Files, but the Democrats made them. Why do you care so much about this Epstein guy? What are “Files”?
July 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We’re releasing the Epstein Files day one. There are no Epstein Files. Here’s video proof nothing happened. Ok we had to edit it. There are no Epstein Files. There are Epstein Files, but the Democrats made them. Why do you care so much about this Epstein guy? What are “Files”?
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I look at this photo of Jupiter and think, yes, beauty still exists.
July 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I look at this photo of Jupiter and think, yes, beauty still exists.