Danny Blinderman
@dannyblinderman.bsky.social
Post-doc at UVA: Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy. Ph.D. @ the University of Michigan. I study APD, constitutional change & democratization. Proud former member of GEO-3550. Semi-retired Jewish organizer. Thaddeus Stevens was right.
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I think the key source of tension for Trump's coalition, and one Democrats should try to exploit in a variety of ways, is that people voted for Trump to make it 2019 again, but he and his accomplices got elected to do all the evil stuff they couldn't do in 2019.
One reason it's good for Chi Osse to stay in the council and be focused on city business is there is clearly a bloc of council dems who are anxious to --quietly--stifle Zohran's agenda. He'll need all the friends he can get.
New: In vying to become the City Council’s next speaker, Julie Menin has in private conversations floated bringing back use of the chamber’s subpoena power, a tool that could be a check on incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s admin, per sources. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/25/n...
NYC Council speaker hopeful Julie Menin floats using subpoena power, a potential check on Mamdani
It’s not unusual for city agencies to refrain from providing all the information and documents requested by the Council — an issue that has become especially pitched under Mayor Adams, whose …
www.nydailynews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
One reason it's good for Chi Osse to stay in the council and be focused on city business is there is clearly a bloc of council dems who are anxious to --quietly--stifle Zohran's agenda. He'll need all the friends he can get.
10 season long historical epic tv show on the French Revolution and age of Napoleon.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
10 season long historical epic tv show on the French Revolution and age of Napoleon.
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
If I'm the New York Republican Party, I'm incandescent. They were all set to run against Zohran next year and now they are going to have to answer non-stop questions to the effect of "but Trump thinks Mamdani is fine, why do you say otherwise"
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If I'm the New York Republican Party, I'm incandescent. They were all set to run against Zohran next year and now they are going to have to answer non-stop questions to the effect of "but Trump thinks Mamdani is fine, why do you say otherwise"
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is primrose league erasure (Ziblatt 2017).
Badenoch describes Church of England as 'Labour party at prayer', as she says letting welfare spending soar 'not Christian' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is primrose league erasure (Ziblatt 2017).
Ridership on Paris region transit systems is now generally at or higher than pre-pandemic levels. Bike use is much higher than pre-pandemic.
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Harrell says that he “spoke with Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson to congratulate her.”
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Harrell says that he “spoke with Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson to congratulate her.”
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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Once you get past the throat-clearing nonsense blaming Democrats, the actual argument is good. Shutdowns are stupid and we shouldn't have them. Appropriations should continue at current levels until they are replaced, not periodically destroy the government.
The American people expect Congress to get the hard work done.
It’s time we end shutdowns once and for all and get back to the real debate over the things that matter. | Sen. Lankford
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/it-is-time-to-be-done-with-shutdowns/
It’s time we end shutdowns once and for all and get back to the real debate over the things that matter. | Sen. Lankford
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/it-is-time-to-be-done-with-shutdowns/
It Is Time to Be Done with Shutdowns | National Review
We’re five weeks into a government shutdown. It should be the last one.
www.nationalreview.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Once you get past the throat-clearing nonsense blaming Democrats, the actual argument is good. Shutdowns are stupid and we shouldn't have them. Appropriations should continue at current levels until they are replaced, not periodically destroy the government.
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why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
July 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
To add to this, another problem is that neither faction thinks the other one is operating in good faith and they don't trust each other.
The really funny thing about the relationship between leftists and liberals is that they’re each convinced they don’t need the other because they have the secret sauce that will pull over enough right wingers to win
October 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
To add to this, another problem is that neither faction thinks the other one is operating in good faith and they don't trust each other.
Rarely do we get such an explicit example of how the purpose of a certain kind of reactionary politics is to divide people so as to allow the wealthy and powerful to steal from all of us.
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rarely do we get such an explicit example of how the purpose of a certain kind of reactionary politics is to divide people so as to allow the wealthy and powerful to steal from all of us.
The ubiquity of frog suits at the No Kings protests has me thinking about Passover and (of course) the plague of frogs. Something that has always fascinated me is that in the Torah the word used is צְּפַרְדֵּ֔עַ --which is the singular for "Frog".
October 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The ubiquity of frog suits at the No Kings protests has me thinking about Passover and (of course) the plague of frogs. Something that has always fascinated me is that in the Torah the word used is צְּפַרְדֵּ֔עַ --which is the singular for "Frog".
BREAKING: UVA rejects the Trump Administration's Compact.
October 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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This is functionally a robbery of New York City and New York State taxpayers, who contribute billions more to the federal government annually than we get back.
Stealing our money, blocking our bus lanes.
Stealing our money, blocking our bus lanes.
NEW: White House announces it's going to pause, and potentially cancel, $11 billion in infrastructure funding (via the Army Corps of Engineers), specifically citing cities, like New York, represented or led by Democrats. More to come.
October 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is functionally a robbery of New York City and New York State taxpayers, who contribute billions more to the federal government annually than we get back.
Stealing our money, blocking our bus lanes.
Stealing our money, blocking our bus lanes.
Congress's abdication of its powers is at the source of so much of the rot in our constitutional order. Building a representative, dynamic legislature is going to have to be a keystone of any project to rebuild American democracy.
Taken to the extreme, and taken alongside impoundments, Trump’s ADA violations renders Congress completely irrelevant for spending.
The president is claiming the ability to not spend even if Congress makes him spend, and also the ability to spend even if Congress doesn’t let him spend.
The president is claiming the ability to not spend even if Congress makes him spend, and also the ability to spend even if Congress doesn’t let him spend.
October 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Congress's abdication of its powers is at the source of so much of the rot in our constitutional order. Building a representative, dynamic legislature is going to have to be a keystone of any project to rebuild American democracy.
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“No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”
Well that's not how appropriations work at all
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
October 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”
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the idea that you could just pass specific bills on specific areas with simple majorities is just beyond the ability and comprehension of most lawmakers in congress it seems
Its insane that American politics now more or less revolves around infrequently passing a single comically large overstuffed money bill instead of like... normal legislation
September 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
the idea that you could just pass specific bills on specific areas with simple majorities is just beyond the ability and comprehension of most lawmakers in congress it seems
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Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts
Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.
www.bleedingheartland.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...