Juan L Rodriguez
@jlrodriguez10.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Anthropology at Queens College, CUNY.
The legal justification for strikes on Venezuelan soil after November 24th. It seems they are giving Maduro an ultimatum.
Terrorist Designations of Cartel de los Soles
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Terrorist Designations of Cartel de los Soles - United States Department of State
The Department of State intends to designate Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), effective November 24, 2025. Based in Venezuela, the Cartel de los Soles is headed by Nicolá...
www.state.gov
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The legal justification for strikes on Venezuelan soil after November 24th. It seems they are giving Maduro an ultimatum.
So, it is official, they think everyone is stupid and will buy any racist argument if they blame "the illegals."
FOX NEWS: Do you believe that the number of people who came into the country illegally is one of the major factors that drove up housing prices?
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
So, it is official, they think everyone is stupid and will buy any racist argument if they blame "the illegals."
That we would have enough money to pay for free public education all the way through college by reducing a fraction of military spending. We do not need to have generation after generation of people in debt. That is a choice not a necessity.
That we’d be *safer* if there were no borders, no police, no prisons, and we built institutions instead centered on repair.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
That we would have enough money to pay for free public education all the way through college by reducing a fraction of military spending. We do not need to have generation after generation of people in debt. That is a choice not a necessity.
They won't do this under Schumer's leadership. That wing of the democratic party is out of touch and should now be out of time.
Across the country, voters support many of Zohran Mamdani's ideas, including:
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
They won't do this under Schumer's leadership. That wing of the democratic party is out of touch and should now be out of time.
And ultimately, if they are not going to pay their fair share of taxes here we don't need them.
"And no, the wealthy won’t just pack up and leave — New York’s top 1 percent move less often than all other income groups. And when they do move, they move to other high-tax states like New Jersey and California."
Mayor Mamdani’s Budget Can Add Up
New York’s incoming socialist mayor faces real fiscal constraints — but also real opportunities. With a strong tax base, modest reforms, and a clear political mandate, Zohran Mamdani has the tools to ...
jacobin.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
And ultimately, if they are not going to pay their fair share of taxes here we don't need them.
Eight Democrat senators who don't understand what it takes to fight an authoritarian regime can't put a stop to the fight. They soon should be set aside, and hopefully they will.
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Eight Democrat senators who don't understand what it takes to fight an authoritarian regime can't put a stop to the fight. They soon should be set aside, and hopefully they will.
Yeah, yeah AI is going to be super important and we are all going to depend on it to sustain life... Unless, we don't...
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Yeah, yeah AI is going to be super important and we are all going to depend on it to sustain life... Unless, we don't...
And dominoes pizza is also a form of pizza but...
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“A.I. is no less a form of intelligence than digital photography is a form of photography,” the philosopher Barbara Gail Montero writes in a guest essay. “And now A.I. is on its way to doing something even more remarkable: becoming conscious.”
“A.I. is no less a form of intelligence than digital photography is a form of photography,” the philosopher Barbara Gail Montero writes in a guest essay. “And now A.I. is on its way to doing something even more remarkable: becoming conscious.”
Opinion | A.I. Is Already Intelligent. This Is How It Becomes Conscious.
Skeptics overlook how our concepts change.
nyti.ms
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
And dominoes pizza is also a form of pizza but...
This is just tiring... Really tiring.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“A.I. is no less a form of intelligence than digital photography is a form of photography,” the philosopher Barbara Gail Montero writes in a guest essay. “And now A.I. is on its way to doing something even more remarkable: becoming conscious.”
“A.I. is no less a form of intelligence than digital photography is a form of photography,” the philosopher Barbara Gail Montero writes in a guest essay. “And now A.I. is on its way to doing something even more remarkable: becoming conscious.”
Opinion | A.I. Is Already Intelligent. This Is How It Becomes Conscious.
Skeptics overlook how our concepts change.
nyti.ms
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This is just tiring... Really tiring.
Every single person on the left needs to understand that Nicolas Maduro is a dictator, and Hugo Chavez made that dictatorship possible. Everyone needs to understand that democratic socialism has nothing to do with what has affected Venezuela for a quarter of a century.
Despite my scepticism of politicians in general, I like him more every day (starts around 12:49): "Nicolás Maduro is a dictator. [He is] someone who has repressed the freedom of the press and jailed political dissidents...Our vision is entirely distinct from [his] politics" youtu.be/iTVaTTWFUt4
“Maduro es un dictador”: Mamdani marca distancia con Venezuela
YouTube video by Univision Nueva York
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November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Every single person on the left needs to understand that Nicolas Maduro is a dictator, and Hugo Chavez made that dictatorship possible. Everyone needs to understand that democratic socialism has nothing to do with what has affected Venezuela for a quarter of a century.
Refusing to comply with a court order to pay SNAP should be enough reason to impeach and remove Donald Trump. Just find a reason and impeach him. He is a danger to the country, literally. He will be the cause of hunger, homelessness and even death.
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Refusing to comply with a court order to pay SNAP should be enough reason to impeach and remove Donald Trump. Just find a reason and impeach him. He is a danger to the country, literally. He will be the cause of hunger, homelessness and even death.
Let Tesla rot in hell.
Tesla shareholders backed a plan that could give Elon Musk shares worth nearly $1 trillion if he achieves ambitious goals. nyti.ms/3WIErH3
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Let Tesla rot in hell.
If you can't see what is wrong with this you need to stop by your local anthropologists office and ask, immediately. This is one of those cases in which we are the right kind of Dr. for the case.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
If you can't see what is wrong with this you need to stop by your local anthropologists office and ask, immediately. This is one of those cases in which we are the right kind of Dr. for the case.
Another stupid, bigoted policy that will have to be reversed immediately after Trump gets out of power.
Breaking News: The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to require passports to reflect the sex found on original birth certificates. The case stems from the administration's effort to rescind policies allowing trans people to update gender markers on their travel documents.
Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Transgender Passport Policy
A lower court judge had temporarily blocked the administration’s policy requiring that passports reflect sex as found on an original birth certificate.
nyti.ms
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Another stupid, bigoted policy that will have to be reversed immediately after Trump gets out of power.
Nope, it was the straight up lying and gaslighting.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Nope, it was the straight up lying and gaslighting.
Oh wow, the NYT discovered that New York is a complex city. No shit, Sherlock.
When Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor of New York City, he will immediately have to confront a host of issues that have little to do with “freezing the rent,” his main housing-related pledge. Here’s a look at a few of them.
5 Pressing Housing Issues for Mamdani, From Airbnb to Angry Landlords
When Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor, he will immediately have to confront a host of issues that have little to do with “freezing the rent,” his main housing-related pledge.
nyti.ms
November 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Oh wow, the NYT discovered that New York is a complex city. No shit, Sherlock.
"Every corner" is as far as I am willing to walk to get halal street food in NYC.
My culture is a very dominant culture. Now that you elected a Muslim mayor if you don't do something about it, you're going to halal trucks on every corner.
November 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Every corner" is as far as I am willing to walk to get halal street food in NYC.
Donald Trump thinks that ending the filibuster means that they have window of opportunity to rig the system in his favor. He has been up to this point in his political career lucky enough to get away with this kind of short-term plays, but he might get out of that luck soon enough.
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Donald Trump thinks that ending the filibuster means that they have window of opportunity to rig the system in his favor. He has been up to this point in his political career lucky enough to get away with this kind of short-term plays, but he might get out of that luck soon enough.
Bodegas are a historic relationships between NYC and the diasporic communities that started them. A convenience store is just another distribution point in a supply chain for a corporation.
Here is my challenge to the people who say that a NYC bodega is indistinguishable from a convenience store in other cities: give me the name and location of a convenience store you think is indistinguishable from a NYC bodega. If I visit that city, I'll check it out. 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Bodegas are a historic relationships between NYC and the diasporic communities that started them. A convenience store is just another distribution point in a supply chain for a corporation.
Reposted by Juan L Rodriguez
"You cannot defeat Trump’s racist populism without redirecting voters’ anger toward the true source of their suffering: the corporations and billionaires that bankroll both parties—and Democratic leaders like Schumer and Jeffries refuse to do that."
If Schumer & Jeffries have been hostile to his camapign, it's because Mamdani’s ability to raise millions on an explicitly anti-corporate message represents a direct threat to the entire fundraising machinery that sustains Democratic Party leadership. /1
nathannewman.substack.com/p/mamdanis-r...
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Mamdani's Rise is a Rebuke to the DC Corporate Dems like Schumer and Jeffries
Like Bernie & AOC, Mamdani Shows an Alternative to Dem Dependence on Corporate Fundraising
nathannewman.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"You cannot defeat Trump’s racist populism without redirecting voters’ anger toward the true source of their suffering: the corporations and billionaires that bankroll both parties—and Democratic leaders like Schumer and Jeffries refuse to do that."
I am also not revealing if I will vote against Schumer in primaries...
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I am also not revealing if I will vote against Schumer in primaries...
I hope Republican politicians are not sleeping well tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I hope Republican politicians are not sleeping well tonight.
Make no mistake, this electoral setbacks for Republicans are also a message about the government shutdown. Republicans should read the signs.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Make no mistake, this electoral setbacks for Republicans are also a message about the government shutdown. Republicans should read the signs.
Happy New York voter tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Happy New York voter tonight.
Much respect for New Jersey voters tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Much respect for New Jersey voters tonight.