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War, politics, climate change & food systems, in the Middle East & elsewhere. Investigations @ThePublicSource. Author, Day of Honey. Writing (tor)mentor. Interested in everything. RTs—and I cannot stress this enough—are not always endorsements.
Ah yes, the David Brooks "I met a young lady once who was a very extremely real Poor Person and during our brief encounter, which absolutely happened, she conveniently managed to produce a quote that justifies my prejudice" Very True Anecdote
People living in poverty are more experienced at navigating the real world than anyone else
Music is the soul of the movement.
“Hands Off! Melt ICE” drops March 23!
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One particular outcome of this war is that U.S. allies, partners and enemies will have a much more concrete picture of U.S. vulnerabilities. Obviously the U.S. hasn’t mobilized forces for major sustained combat, but even this snapshot will be consequential.
NEW: TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.
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That last line is just disgusting.
INBOX: Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens and New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas, who are both running for Senate, cut two video messages for AIPAC's official Instagram yesterday.
If you may recall, a US-Israeli joint strike this week killed over 100 Iranian schoolgirls, widely considered a war crime.
national progressive groups need to decide which of Karishma Manzur and Jared Sullivan they like more and get to work
Remarkable find, this cache of emails from Paul Bremer to his wife, showing his knowledge of Iraq and judgement were as bad as you thought they were. Constant complaints of ungrateful Iraqis not even saying thank for you being liberated.
"complaints of ungrateful Iraqis"
My guy sounds like JD Vance.
A friend tells me a 2-bedroom apartment they looked at in Cambridge, MA is 6800/month. I’m sure to move would also require first, last, and security ($20,400). That doesn’t cover moving costs.
Who is affording this? Who can afford this?
Bar graph showing responses to question "Would you support or oppose abolishing ICE?" from The Economist/You Gov from June 2025 and late Feb-early March 2026. Total support for abolishing rose 23 points, among Dems 30 points, among independents 23 points, among Republicans 14 points.
Public opinion is not fixed.
And it's the job of a campaign to move people.
Please help if you are able!
if anyone can help:
It really sucks to see NBC Washington post a reel on Instagram that takes credit for sharing the DOGE USIP raid body cam footage with the world. They mention The Handbasket in the caption knowing full well that all people are going to see is the video. Pretty shameless.
Anyway, please read my report—which is a culmination of nearly a year of work—and subscribe to The Handbasket:
I wasn't going to make a fuss about this because I didn't want it to overshadow the work, but having someone take credit for something you worked on for nearly a year just really blows. The reporter made sure to say he hadn't heard of me before this. He clearly did not respect a "blogger."
don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free
a lectern with microphones is placed in the street in front of an ice detention center in broadview, illinois.
i’m outside the ice jail in broadview, illinois, where community members and electeds are holding a press conference after six people, including three u.s. citizens, were abducted from o’hare airport and detained for more than 40 hours.
feds took the six people to wisconsin before repeating them.
I'd assume that the side which began the attacks on infrastructure necessary for human life (water treatment plants) would be the "barbaric" one, if words have any meaning whatsoever.
In 2016 a friend pointed out that a football team who loses a game and then spends the rest of the season whining and blaming everyone but themselves, instead of figuring out why they lost, and training hard, is gonna lose the next game too
By her own logic we shouldn’t give a crap what she says because she’s just a female, so
🌻Today on #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate the women of the world who are struggling for liberation, from #Kurdistan to #Palestine, from #Chiapas to #TurtleIsland ✊
A society can never be free without women's liberation.
They're going to poison a city with 17 million people
The reason I fight so hard for trans kids is because I was a trans kid myself. I knew who I was in the year 2000, 12 years old, behind my computer, using the name Erin. I wanted puberty blockers so badly. My body shifted and changed in horrifying ways that I suffered for 15 years over.
again, so fucking what! voters don't get more interested as you cry into your beer that they should care about the things you want them to care about. as a candidate your whole job is selling yourself to them.
bad news! you are responding to the wrong argument! the people who wanted trump are indeed monsters! they were never going to vote for Harris, though. OP was blaming voters on the left who *opted out* of voting for a candidate who wouldn't criticize the demolition of Gaza.
