Kevin Sanchez
@captswing.bsky.social
Scrutineer and bloviator. #BadTakesSATX
"What Savage and those sharing the piece appear to be responding to is primarily the mental impression that was caused by DEI messaging, which may have had an impact well beyond its actual material impact."
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w... via @mattbruenig.bsky.social
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w... via @mattbruenig.bsky.social
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"What Savage and those sharing the piece appear to be responding to is primarily the mental impression that was caused by DEI messaging, which may have had an impact well beyond its actual material impact."
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w... via @mattbruenig.bsky.social
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w... via @mattbruenig.bsky.social
Texas Republicans have made every effort to demonize and punish transgender people for cheap political points.
The Legislature’s ‘bathroom bill’ isn’t about privacy but humiliating trans Texans
Texas Republicans have made every effort to demonize and punish transgender people for cheap political points.
www.sacurrent.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
www.sacurrent.com/news/bad-tak...
Sources: @reprorights.org @archive.org @texastribune.org @duclos.bsky.social @houstonchronicle.com @expressnews.com @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social @motherjones.com @lmcgaughy.bsky.social @kutnews.bsky.social @byphaedra.bsky.social @usatoday.com @texasobserver.org.
Sources: @reprorights.org @archive.org @texastribune.org @duclos.bsky.social @houstonchronicle.com @expressnews.com @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social @motherjones.com @lmcgaughy.bsky.social @kutnews.bsky.social @byphaedra.bsky.social @usatoday.com @texasobserver.org.
The Legislature's 'bathroom bill' isn't about privacy but humiliating trans Texans
Texas Republicans have made every effort to demonize and punish transgender people for cheap political points.
www.sacurrent.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
www.sacurrent.com/news/bad-tak...
Sources: @texaspublicradio.bsky.social @kieraevebutler.bsky.social @motherjones.com @membrich.bsky.social @rollingstone.com @austinchronicle.bsky.social @ab-ibarra.bsky.social @nigelduara.bsky.social @calmatters.org @ccrjustice.org @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social.
Sources: @texaspublicradio.bsky.social @kieraevebutler.bsky.social @motherjones.com @membrich.bsky.social @rollingstone.com @austinchronicle.bsky.social @ab-ibarra.bsky.social @nigelduara.bsky.social @calmatters.org @ccrjustice.org @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social.
Trump’s immigration crackdown is about creating fear for more than migrants
With a $28 billion yearly budget, ICE is now the country's largest domestic law enforcement agency.
www.sacurrent.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
With a $28 billion yearly budget, ICE is now the country’s largest domestic law enforcement agency.
Trump’s immigration crackdown is about creating fear for more than migrants
With a $28 billion yearly budget, ICE is now the country's largest domestic law enforcement agency.
www.sacurrent.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"The Pinnacle bankruptcy offers tenants opportunity to wrest more control over living conditions [and] the Mamdani administration a chance to demonstrate support for the tenant movement that ushered him into office."
newrepublic.com/article/2042... via @samrussek.bsky.social & @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042... via @samrussek.bsky.social & @newrepublic.com
Zohran Mamdani’s First Big Housing Test Is Already Here
The mayor-elect is about to inherit a messy bankruptcy affecting thousands of rent-stabilized New Yorkers. He’s also inheriting a growing tenants’ movement ready to fight back.
newrepublic.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The Pinnacle bankruptcy offers tenants opportunity to wrest more control over living conditions [and] the Mamdani administration a chance to demonstrate support for the tenant movement that ushered him into office."
newrepublic.com/article/2042... via @samrussek.bsky.social & @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042... via @samrussek.bsky.social & @newrepublic.com
"So why does Stephen Miller claim that immigration is some big scheme to freeze out Republican voters? Because he recognizes that partisanship is a potent, acceptable lens through which to fearmonger."
www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti... via
@pbump.com
#GreatReplacementTheory
www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti... via
@pbump.com
#GreatReplacementTheory
Data is anti-fascist
Last week, this newsletter was refreshingly apolitical. Well, that was then.
Chapter 1
What they want you to believe about immigrants
You don't need to travel too far up the branches of White House...
www.howtoreadthisch.art
December 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"So why does Stephen Miller claim that immigration is some big scheme to freeze out Republican voters? Because he recognizes that partisanship is a potent, acceptable lens through which to fearmonger."
www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti... via
@pbump.com
#GreatReplacementTheory
www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti... via
@pbump.com
#GreatReplacementTheory
"The solution is to jailbreak everything and replace it with open source software that's under your control and talks to cloud servers of your choosing."
youtu.be/7wE8G-d7SnY via @aaronjbastani.bsky.social & @novaramedia.com
#Enshittification
youtu.be/7wE8G-d7SnY via @aaronjbastani.bsky.social & @novaramedia.com
#Enshittification
The Plan is to Make the Internet Worse. Forever. | Aaron Bastani Meets Cory Doctorow
YouTube video by Novara Media
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"The solution is to jailbreak everything and replace it with open source software that's under your control and talks to cloud servers of your choosing."
youtu.be/7wE8G-d7SnY via @aaronjbastani.bsky.social & @novaramedia.com
#Enshittification
youtu.be/7wE8G-d7SnY via @aaronjbastani.bsky.social & @novaramedia.com
#Enshittification
If you're not some kind of Scrooge McToilet, the holiday season is a great time to consider joining the Democratic Socialists of America. We're trying to advocate for common decency and an end to economic abuses; please visit here: act.dsausa.org/s/4734.nPoztb via @demsocialists.bsky.social.
Join DSA. Become a member today.
Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in continuing the political revolution for the long term. As a democratic, grassroots organization, DSA is ...
act.dsausa.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If you're not some kind of Scrooge McToilet, the holiday season is a great time to consider joining the Democratic Socialists of America. We're trying to advocate for common decency and an end to economic abuses; please visit here: act.dsausa.org/s/4734.nPoztb via @demsocialists.bsky.social.
Wouldn't you know, ascending to leadership positions improves Congress members' stock trading returns.
www.nber.org/papers/w34524 via @nber.org
#BanCongressionalStockTrading
www.nber.org/papers/w34524 via @nber.org
#BanCongressionalStockTrading
"Captain Gains" on Capitol Hill
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Wouldn't you know, ascending to leadership positions improves Congress members' stock trading returns.
www.nber.org/papers/w34524 via @nber.org
#BanCongressionalStockTrading
www.nber.org/papers/w34524 via @nber.org
#BanCongressionalStockTrading
If you voted for a president who pardons corrupt Democrats, then you have no right to complain.
#Corruption
#Corruption
Cuellar, whose district stretches from San Antonio to Laredo, faced federal charges of bribery, money laundering and conspiracy.
Trump pardons South Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar
Cuellar, whose district stretches from San Antonio to Laredo, faced federal charges of bribery, money laundering and conspiracy.
www.sacurrent.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
If you voted for a president who pardons corrupt Democrats, then you have no right to complain.
#Corruption
#Corruption
Exceeding a 5.4°F increase in global temperatures by 2050 may result in over 4 billion deaths by century's end, with "frequent large-scale mortality events", according to the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries and the University of Exeter.
Full paper: actuaries.org.uk/media/wqeftm....
#ActOnClimate
Full paper: actuaries.org.uk/media/wqeftm....
#ActOnClimate
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Exceeding a 5.4°F increase in global temperatures by 2050 may result in over 4 billion deaths by century's end, with "frequent large-scale mortality events", according to the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries and the University of Exeter.
Full paper: actuaries.org.uk/media/wqeftm....
#ActOnClimate
Full paper: actuaries.org.uk/media/wqeftm....
#ActOnClimate
"The myth is that Lincoln freed the slaves. ... Enslaved people forced emancipation on the Union, on President Lincoln, through their own militancy, their resistance, and their mass flight from the South. ... And this is a reminder of where social power lies in our society."
#RealMcCoys
#RealMcCoys
What a great conversation. Clara Mattei and I explored liberalism, capitalism, slavery, and resistance in this wide-ranging discussion of my book, "Slavery and Capitalism." (And, yes, that's quite the look on my face). Here’s the link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kpR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kpR...
Capitalism Didn’t Replace Slavery, It Scaled It | David McNally
YouTube video by FREE – Forum for Real Economic Emancipation
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"The myth is that Lincoln freed the slaves. ... Enslaved people forced emancipation on the Union, on President Lincoln, through their own militancy, their resistance, and their mass flight from the South. ... And this is a reminder of where social power lies in our society."
#RealMcCoys
#RealMcCoys
"People around Trump sometimes believe more in Marxism than today's Marxists themselves."
www.youtube.com/live/fstyH98...
References:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KK_Park
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sde_Tei... (via @wikipedia.org).
#GO2025 #Žižek #RealMcCoys
www.youtube.com/live/fstyH98...
References:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KK_Park
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sde_Tei... (via @wikipedia.org).
#GO2025 #Žižek #RealMcCoys
Slavoj Žižek: Quantum history
YouTube video by GO! 2025 Nova Gorica • Gorizia
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"People around Trump sometimes believe more in Marxism than today's Marxists themselves."
www.youtube.com/live/fstyH98...
References:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KK_Park
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sde_Tei... (via @wikipedia.org).
#GO2025 #Žižek #RealMcCoys
www.youtube.com/live/fstyH98...
References:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KK_Park
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sde_Tei... (via @wikipedia.org).
#GO2025 #Žižek #RealMcCoys
Reposted by Kevin Sanchez
NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
Sadly, what was once labeled corruption has become the way U.S. politics works.
Bad Takes: ‘We have the best political system right now that private money can buy’
Sadly, what was once labeled corruption has become the way U.S. politics works.
www.sacurrent.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
www.sacurrent.com/news/bad-tak...
Sources: @snopes.com @thehill.com @thelever.bsky.social @codyjohnston.bsky.social @somemorenews.bsky.social @davidsirota.com @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social @currentaffairs.bsky.social @oilchange.bsky.social @karinkirk.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social.
Sources: @snopes.com @thehill.com @thelever.bsky.social @codyjohnston.bsky.social @somemorenews.bsky.social @davidsirota.com @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social @currentaffairs.bsky.social @oilchange.bsky.social @karinkirk.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social.
Bad Takes: ‘We have the best political system right now that private money can buy’
Sadly, what was once labeled corruption has become the way U.S. politics works.
www.sacurrent.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"Border Patrol agents and local law enforcement shared information about U.S. citizens’ social media profiles and home addresses with each other after stopping them on the road."
apnews.com/article/immi... via @byrontau.bsky.social & @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/immi... via @byrontau.bsky.social & @apnews.com
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"Border Patrol agents and local law enforcement shared information about U.S. citizens’ social media profiles and home addresses with each other after stopping them on the road."
apnews.com/article/immi... via @byrontau.bsky.social & @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/immi... via @byrontau.bsky.social & @apnews.com
"Most of the sites - nearly 80% - are in Louisiana, Florida, New Jersey, Texas, California, New York and Massachusetts."
apnews.com/article/clim... via @apnews.com
#ActOnClimate
apnews.com/article/clim... via @apnews.com
#ActOnClimate
Thousands of US hazardous sites are at risk of flooding because of sea level rise, study finds
A new study finds that thousands of hazardous sites across the U.S. are at risk of flooding due to sea level rise that could pose public health threats to neighboring communities.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Most of the sites - nearly 80% - are in Louisiana, Florida, New Jersey, Texas, California, New York and Massachusetts."
apnews.com/article/clim... via @apnews.com
#ActOnClimate
apnews.com/article/clim... via @apnews.com
#ActOnClimate
Reposted by Kevin Sanchez
Our season finale is about the vital role public media plays in the lives of many Americans, how the Trump Administration’s budget cuts could impact those Americans directly, and one small way we’re trying to make a difference. And yes, of course, there is a bidet involved.
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Our season finale is about the vital role public media plays in the lives of many Americans, how the Trump Administration’s budget cuts could impact those Americans directly, and one small way we’re trying to make a difference. And yes, of course, there is a bidet involved.
popular.info/p/how-trumps... via @stephensemler.bsky.social & @popular.info
#MilitaryIndustrialComplex
#MilitaryIndustrialComplex
How Trump’s trillion-dollar war machine enriches the 1%
Congress will decide in the coming weeks whether to approve a $1 trillion military budget for 2026.
popular.info
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM