Anat Shenker-Osorio
@anatosaurus.bsky.social
Host of Words to Win By, a podcast about progressive wins around the world and how we achieved them. https://wordstowinby-pod.com/
Researcher, message maker, campaign strategist to progressive and Democratic causes here and abroad.
Researcher, message maker, campaign strategist to progressive and Democratic causes here and abroad.
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If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.
And if they can talk you into believing anyone else is to blame, they will keep picking your pockets and purchasing themselves politicians and getting away with it.
And if they can talk you into believing anyone else is to blame, they will keep picking your pockets and purchasing themselves politicians and getting away with it.
We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
February 16, 2026 at 12:35 AM
If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.
And if they can talk you into believing anyone else is to blame, they will keep picking your pockets and purchasing themselves politicians and getting away with it.
And if they can talk you into believing anyone else is to blame, they will keep picking your pockets and purchasing themselves politicians and getting away with it.
If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.
And if they can talk you into believing anyone else is to blame, they will keep picking your pockets and purchasing themselves politicians and getting away with it.
And if they can talk you into believing anyone else is to blame, they will keep picking your pockets and purchasing themselves politicians and getting away with it.
We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
February 16, 2026 at 12:35 AM
If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.
And if they can talk you into believing anyone else is to blame, they will keep picking your pockets and purchasing themselves politicians and getting away with it.
And if they can talk you into believing anyone else is to blame, they will keep picking your pockets and purchasing themselves politicians and getting away with it.
No Money for Murder. No Funding for Fascism. No Payouts for Pedophiles.
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:32 AM
No Money for Murder. No Funding for Fascism. No Payouts for Pedophiles.
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Last July, I wrote a follow up to "Fascism and the English Language" specifically covering immigrant rights language. Concentration camps was correct then & is now. So too is not using "immigration" as qualifier for acts that are crimes.
contrarian.substack.com/p/fascism-an...
contrarian.substack.com/p/fascism-an...
Fascism and the English Language
Telling the Truth about Attacks on Immigrants
contrarian.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Last July, I wrote a follow up to "Fascism and the English Language" specifically covering immigrant rights language. Concentration camps was correct then & is now. So too is not using "immigration" as qualifier for acts that are crimes.
contrarian.substack.com/p/fascism-an...
contrarian.substack.com/p/fascism-an...
Once again, authoritarians have one story they just keep peddling: we are the only force that will protect you from "those people" who have taken over & are the reason you suffer.
It *literally* does.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
February 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Once again, authoritarians have one story they just keep peddling: we are the only force that will protect you from "those people" who have taken over & are the reason you suffer.
Excited for the remix of this post Voter Elimination Act, "Let Trad Wife Vote:"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKFZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKFZ...
Let Mother Vote, Suffs performed by Annemarie Rosano at 54Below
YouTube video by Annemarie Rosano
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February 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Excited for the remix of this post Voter Elimination Act, "Let Trad Wife Vote:"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKFZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKFZ...
Last July, I wrote a follow up to "Fascism and the English Language" specifically covering immigrant rights language. Concentration camps was correct then & is now. So too is not using "immigration" as qualifier for acts that are crimes.
contrarian.substack.com/p/fascism-an...
contrarian.substack.com/p/fascism-an...
Fascism and the English Language
Telling the Truth about Attacks on Immigrants
contrarian.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Last July, I wrote a follow up to "Fascism and the English Language" specifically covering immigrant rights language. Concentration camps was correct then & is now. So too is not using "immigration" as qualifier for acts that are crimes.
contrarian.substack.com/p/fascism-an...
contrarian.substack.com/p/fascism-an...
Walk away and turn on the regime, it's the only way to save yourself for a reckoning will come.
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Last night in San Francisco, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong took the stage at the exclusive pre-Super Bowl concert at Pier 29 and delivered a bold message to agents of ICE, urging them to “qu...
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February 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Walk away and turn on the regime, it's the only way to save yourself for a reckoning will come.
www.tiktok.com/@greendayita...
www.tiktok.com/@greendayita...
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There is a direct line between refusing to make the argument that immigrants are good and the proliferation of concentration camps where children are now sick and dying. When we do not assert the unequivocal humanity of all we enable the dehumanization of those authoritarians need as villains.
February 14, 2026 at 5:24 PM
There is a direct line between refusing to make the argument that immigrants are good and the proliferation of concentration camps where children are now sick and dying. When we do not assert the unequivocal humanity of all we enable the dehumanization of those authoritarians need as villains.
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Reactionary centrist advice to Democrats boils down to one thing: avoid making the argument, about anything. Don't defend what was known as "the a-word" (abortion), promise to also "get tough on crime" aka don't speak out on injustice, hop on board xenophobic policies & rhetoric (Laken Riley).
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Reactionary centrist advice to Democrats boils down to one thing: avoid making the argument, about anything. Don't defend what was known as "the a-word" (abortion), promise to also "get tough on crime" aka don't speak out on injustice, hop on board xenophobic policies & rhetoric (Laken Riley).
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Here's the thing: This was true in 2024. In the very same surveys where media shouted from rooftops that majorities supported "mass deportation" MORE people supported having people stay. But the latter didn't merit airtime. Chart credit: @mikepod.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Here's the thing: This was true in 2024. In the very same surveys where media shouted from rooftops that majorities supported "mass deportation" MORE people supported having people stay. But the latter didn't merit airtime. Chart credit: @mikepod.bsky.social
Reactionary centrist advice to Democrats boils down to one thing: avoid making the argument, about anything. Don't defend what was known as "the a-word" (abortion), promise to also "get tough on crime" aka don't speak out on injustice, hop on board xenophobic policies & rhetoric (Laken Riley).
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Reactionary centrist advice to Democrats boils down to one thing: avoid making the argument, about anything. Don't defend what was known as "the a-word" (abortion), promise to also "get tough on crime" aka don't speak out on injustice, hop on board xenophobic policies & rhetoric (Laken Riley).
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Nuremberg Trials.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Nuremberg Trials.
Here's the thing: This was true in 2024. In the very same surveys where media shouted from rooftops that majorities supported "mass deportation" MORE people supported having people stay. But the latter didn't merit airtime. Chart credit: @mikepod.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Here's the thing: This was true in 2024. In the very same surveys where media shouted from rooftops that majorities supported "mass deportation" MORE people supported having people stay. But the latter didn't merit airtime. Chart credit: @mikepod.bsky.social
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CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
If Dems made demand to get all kids & their caretakers out of concentration camps, grinding all Congressional business to halt plus using their massive texting lists to organize caravans to create Occupy Dilly encampment, I would give them every dollar I have. And so would many.
February 14, 2026 at 4:10 AM
If Dems made demand to get all kids & their caretakers out of concentration camps, grinding all Congressional business to halt plus using their massive texting lists to organize caravans to create Occupy Dilly encampment, I would give them every dollar I have. And so would many.
Which line of the poem is you?
"[DHS] is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency."
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Which line of the poem is you?
Nuremberg Trials.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Nuremberg Trials.
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Dems have spent decades making their electoral task harder, helping make voters more right wing by either being silent on or actually feeding xenophobic, racist, sexist, etc views - purportedly in service of...getting elected. Elected in order to what?
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
Instead of Pandering, Democrats Should Try Changing Voters’ Minds
How can the party of liberalism make liberal ideas more popular? By creating a more liberal electorate. Yes, it can be done. Here are five ways how.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Dems have spent decades making their electoral task harder, helping make voters more right wing by either being silent on or actually feeding xenophobic, racist, sexist, etc views - purportedly in service of...getting elected. Elected in order to what?
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
Dems have spent decades making their electoral task harder, helping make voters more right wing by either being silent on or actually feeding xenophobic, racist, sexist, etc views - purportedly in service of...getting elected. Elected in order to what?
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
Instead of Pandering, Democrats Should Try Changing Voters’ Minds
How can the party of liberalism make liberal ideas more popular? By creating a more liberal electorate. Yes, it can be done. Here are five ways how.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Dems have spent decades making their electoral task harder, helping make voters more right wing by either being silent on or actually feeding xenophobic, racist, sexist, etc views - purportedly in service of...getting elected. Elected in order to what?
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
This DFP finding is also critical: We find that seeing potential personal impact is also a vital predictor of willingness to take direct action, beyond just voting.
A majority of voters (60%) — including 76% of Democrats, 62% of Independents, and 41% of Republicans — think “what's happening in politics today could lead to severe harms to my family, community, and the country that can't be undone.”
February 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This DFP finding is also critical: We find that seeing potential personal impact is also a vital predictor of willingness to take direct action, beyond just voting.
Thank you to our incredible partners at DFP who live up to their name and purpose. Moving people on "is it fascism" matters bc we find it correlates to people's desire to be ACTIVATED in non-violent direct action, the necessary condition to bring down pillars that prop authoritarian regime.
NEW w/ @tarabuss.bsky.social and @anatosaurus.bsky.social: Last April, 50% of voters believed that “the Trump administration has completely broken from previous standards and is operating more like a fascist regime.”
Today, that number is 58%.
Today, that number is 58%.
February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Thank you to our incredible partners at DFP who live up to their name and purpose. Moving people on "is it fascism" matters bc we find it correlates to people's desire to be ACTIVATED in non-violent direct action, the necessary condition to bring down pillars that prop authoritarian regime.
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Media challenge: Stop using the word "immigration" in phrases about abduction, assault, murder, and so on. Immigration means the movement of people into a country for purposes of residency. What's being "enforced" here is terror & crimes against humanity.
February 13, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Media challenge: Stop using the word "immigration" in phrases about abduction, assault, murder, and so on. Immigration means the movement of people into a country for purposes of residency. What's being "enforced" here is terror & crimes against humanity.
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If the last year hasn’t convinced you that you can’t bring a survey to a gun fight, you need to read @anatosaurus.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 5:24 PM
If the last year hasn’t convinced you that you can’t bring a survey to a gun fight, you need to read @anatosaurus.bsky.social
Handily disproving white supremacy.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 13, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Handily disproving white supremacy.