David Kaib
@davidkaib.bsky.social
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David Kaib
@davidkaib.bsky.social
· Jul 12
For what it's worth, if you are a socialist or interested in socialism, it is *my job* to educate you, so ask away.
No another dime
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 2:08 AM
No another dime
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"wages have been flat for decades" is an extremely simple, obviously true concept that explains about 80% of all handwringing op-eds and for some reason they just won't say that
"zoomers are killing the bar industry" oh interesting was it zoomers who decided a drink should cost seventeen dollars
February 13, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"wages have been flat for decades" is an extremely simple, obviously true concept that explains about 80% of all handwringing op-eds and for some reason they just won't say that
It doesn’t appear as though the law requires Gavin to say nice things about Reagan.
February 14, 2026 at 1:01 AM
It doesn’t appear as though the law requires Gavin to say nice things about Reagan.
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You know, I don't know that I feel safe flying if we've got a government that is shooting down random stuff in the sky because they can't tell the difference between a threat and a party balloon.
February 14, 2026 at 12:35 AM
You know, I don't know that I feel safe flying if we've got a government that is shooting down random stuff in the sky because they can't tell the difference between a threat and a party balloon.
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We stopped Platform Ventures KC from selling their $80,000,000 warehouse to DHS to create a new concentration camp in South KC, we can also stop CoreCivic.
CoreCivic hurts everyone inside and outside of their for-profit prisons.
Join us this Tuesday at 5:00PM outside of Leavenworth City Hall and show solidarity with the Leavenworth community to say NO to CoreCivic’s detention camp.
#StopCoreCivic #NoMoreCamps
Join us this Tuesday at 5:00PM outside of Leavenworth City Hall and show solidarity with the Leavenworth community to say NO to CoreCivic’s detention camp.
#StopCoreCivic #NoMoreCamps
February 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
We stopped Platform Ventures KC from selling their $80,000,000 warehouse to DHS to create a new concentration camp in South KC, we can also stop CoreCivic.
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The Georgia, Kansas, and Upshur intersection is a dangerous design for all users. We need safer streets that prioritize safety for everyone. #RethinkGeorgiaAve
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1 woman killed, another hurt hit-and-run crash with garbage truck in Northwest DC
Two people, both females, were hit by a garbage truck Friday afternoon in Northwest D.C.
wjla.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The Georgia, Kansas, and Upshur intersection is a dangerous design for all users. We need safer streets that prioritize safety for everyone. #RethinkGeorgiaAve
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If you go back to the big “wall” debate of 2017-2018, you’ll find Democrats big argument was that a physical wall represented medieval thinking and they would deploy modern surveillance instead, which did ultimately happen, and that’s how ICE is so easily tracking and watchlisting people now.
February 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
If you go back to the big “wall” debate of 2017-2018, you’ll find Democrats big argument was that a physical wall represented medieval thinking and they would deploy modern surveillance instead, which did ultimately happen, and that’s how ICE is so easily tracking and watchlisting people now.
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I have the best union siblings 🥹😭
February 13, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I have the best union siblings 🥹😭
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I don't know why Newsom's 2026 Ronald Reagan Day proclamation is suddenly going viral but for the record he has done this every year in office and I have the receipts for you. (I make this thread only to further point out that Gavin is a shitheel but also proclamations like this are widespread.)
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I don't know why Newsom's 2026 Ronald Reagan Day proclamation is suddenly going viral but for the record he has done this every year in office and I have the receipts for you. (I make this thread only to further point out that Gavin is a shitheel but also proclamations like this are widespread.)
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There have been hugely successful campaigns to fight prison and jail construction across the country, especially in rural areas. These bring together hunters, environmentalists, Indigenous people, prison abolitionists, and immigrant advocates as well as people concerned about land use.
February 13, 2026 at 5:28 PM
There have been hugely successful campaigns to fight prison and jail construction across the country, especially in rural areas. These bring together hunters, environmentalists, Indigenous people, prison abolitionists, and immigrant advocates as well as people concerned about land use.
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Friends!
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
World Cup Waitlist — RESISTANCE STUDIES SERIES
www.resistancestudiesseries.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Friends!
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
The New School has cancelled one of its most popular graduate courses, Global Soccer and World Politics.
We want to host this course for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Interested? Fill the interest form here!
www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...
If they already have the money than why give them more money???
February 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
If they already have the money than why give them more money???
I think it would be easier not to fund them to do it then to hand them more money but beg that it all be double checked.
This is why there must be a full, independent investigation of every incident that ICE has been involved in. DHS and this administration cannot be trusted to carry out investigations on their own.
And it’s why Democrats are fighting to rein in ICE.
And it’s why Democrats are fighting to rein in ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I think it would be easier not to fund them to do it then to hand them more money but beg that it all be double checked.
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Anyway yeah happy Black History Month and fuck Gavin Newsom
February 13, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Anyway yeah happy Black History Month and fuck Gavin Newsom
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Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
February 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day
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This trip to Maine has been really fascinating and I'm so excited to write about the way queer communities and organizations have stepped up to support anti-ICE efforts.
February 13, 2026 at 12:44 PM
This trip to Maine has been really fascinating and I'm so excited to write about the way queer communities and organizations have stepped up to support anti-ICE efforts.
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This is worth reading, but read it with both your eyes open: it’s clearly coming from ICE’s Lyons, CPB’s Scott and Tom Homan to preserve their secret police while marginalizing their bureaucratic rivals
Firing a pilot for leaving Kristi Noem's blanket behind. Berating staff when she's not on TV enough. Inside the constant chaos at DHS.
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
on.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM
This is worth reading, but read it with both your eyes open: it’s clearly coming from ICE’s Lyons, CPB’s Scott and Tom Homan to preserve their secret police while marginalizing their bureaucratic rivals
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It annoys me when people write analyses of the left where they criticize the strategies/tactics they think are ineffective, but they don't lift up any strategies/tactics that they think are effective and should be scaled up.
February 13, 2026 at 5:01 AM
It annoys me when people write analyses of the left where they criticize the strategies/tactics they think are ineffective, but they don't lift up any strategies/tactics that they think are effective and should be scaled up.
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bro this lady on Jeopardy was deep in third place going into Final Jeopardy, and she didn’t know the answer so she just wrote “i hope they both bet it all” and the other two guys fucking bet it all and got it wrong and she won
February 13, 2026 at 1:57 AM
bro this lady on Jeopardy was deep in third place going into Final Jeopardy, and she didn’t know the answer so she just wrote “i hope they both bet it all” and the other two guys fucking bet it all and got it wrong and she won
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Congressman Jim McGovern, longtime advocate of normalization between the US and Cuba, today introduced a bill in the House to officially repeal all of the legal pretext for the American blockade on Cuba.
Press Releases | Congressman Jim McGovern
mcgovern.house.gov
February 13, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Congressman Jim McGovern, longtime advocate of normalization between the US and Cuba, today introduced a bill in the House to officially repeal all of the legal pretext for the American blockade on Cuba.
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It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 AM
It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond
The question of legal authority is important but it is a separate one from whether someone has the power to do something.
February 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
The question of legal authority is important but it is a separate one from whether someone has the power to do something.
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Serious question: did all of the men have a group chat poll about ai this week or something?
Once again: people are angry for very good reason, and this brand of post is perhaps one of the most tedious and bewildering. Practically every social media platform is rabidly pro-‘AI’ so are govts, academia, companies. This one small space being critical of AI is okay, I think.
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Serious question: did all of the men have a group chat poll about ai this week or something?
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Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
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renewed my library card and checked out a book
the book is fantastic and if you're doing any kind of movement work, i highly recommend it
thank you, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
the book is fantastic and if you're doing any kind of movement work, i highly recommend it
thank you, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
renewed my library card and checked out a book
the book is fantastic and if you're doing any kind of movement work, i highly recommend it
thank you, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
the book is fantastic and if you're doing any kind of movement work, i highly recommend it
thank you, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social