Marc Edelman
@marcedelman.bsky.social
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#EnvironmentalJustice #NuestraAmérica
#Peace
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Excellent essay on Franco’s fascist Spain, which many on the right today are looking to for inspiration www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
‘We’ve Got to Kill and Kill and Kill’ | Dan Kaufman
As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence toward Jews.
www.nybooks.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Excellent essay on Franco’s fascist Spain, which many on the right today are looking to for inspiration www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The President may not accept “any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State” (US Constitution Art. I, § 9).
Except for a gold desk clock and an engraved gold bar, in this case.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Except for a gold desk clock and an engraved gold bar, in this case.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump accused of caving to big business after deal to cut Swiss tariffs to 15%
Rolex denies ‘any negotiation’ with US although luxury watchmaker entertained Trump and gave him gold clock
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The President may not accept “any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State” (US Constitution Art. I, § 9).
Except for a gold desk clock and an engraved gold bar, in this case.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Except for a gold desk clock and an engraved gold bar, in this case.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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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.
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Yesterday Justice Coney Barrett asked how businesses would be refunded for the tariffs they have paid should the SCOTUS strike down the Trump tariffs. What about consumers? How will we get our money back? My guess, we won't. And those with the least will lose the most from yet another Trump policy.
The little gals and guys will lose again
Why consumers will lose even if the Supreme Court strikes down Trump's tariffs.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Yesterday Justice Coney Barrett asked how businesses would be refunded for the tariffs they have paid should the SCOTUS strike down the Trump tariffs. What about consumers? How will we get our money back? My guess, we won't. And those with the least will lose the most from yet another Trump policy.
How about a postage stamp instead? Then we have a choice about whether to use it. And not a "forever" stamp, please. Maybe a one-cent one, to remember the penny.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
How about a postage stamp instead? Then we have a choice about whether to use it. And not a "forever" stamp, please. Maybe a one-cent one, to remember the penny.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Billionaires and their allies in the regime are shamelessly picking our pockets in plain sight.
Sharpen your pitchforks!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Sharpen your pitchforks!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Billionaires and their allies in the regime are shamelessly picking our pockets in plain sight.
Sharpen your pitchforks!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Sharpen your pitchforks!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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OH MY GOD
www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
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President Trump pardons former TN House Speaker Glen Casada, chief of staff, after corruption convictions
President Donald Trump has pardoned the disgraced former Speaker of the Tennessee House Glen Casada and his co-conspirators after their corruption convictions and sentencing.
www.wsmv.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
OH MY GOD
www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
If more Americans had passports, the time and resources to travel, and an openness to other realities, they wouldn't fear Mamdani's policy proposals, they recognize them and welcome them. Europeans are just saying, "That's normal, what's the big deal?"
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If more Americans had passports, the time and resources to travel, and an openness to other realities, they wouldn't fear Mamdani's policy proposals, they recognize them and welcome them. Europeans are just saying, "That's normal, what's the big deal?"
So how many instances of mainstreaming and normalizing Nazism have there been this week in the US?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Pennsylvania artist sorry for including Nazi camp arch on school parade float
‘I made a mistake’ says artist who included cloned archway on Halloween float for a Catholic school
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So how many instances of mainstreaming and normalizing Nazism have there been this week in the US?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“In this shameful careless age, we can and should and must choose to not be careless people.”
Moxon’s writing, especially lately, has an essential clarity that slices right through the bullshit and equivocation and hand wringing of mainstream political discourse.
Moxon’s writing, especially lately, has an essential clarity that slices right through the bullshit and equivocation and hand wringing of mainstream political discourse.
I wrote about Nazism in a small Michigan town, and in a large North American country; about the uses of and limits of shame; and on the importance of holding shared standards. www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of...
The Death of Shame
Modern Nazis, careless people, and the offensive necessity of caring in a shameful age.
www.the-reframe.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“In this shameful careless age, we can and should and must choose to not be careless people.”
Moxon’s writing, especially lately, has an essential clarity that slices right through the bullshit and equivocation and hand wringing of mainstream political discourse.
Moxon’s writing, especially lately, has an essential clarity that slices right through the bullshit and equivocation and hand wringing of mainstream political discourse.
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Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
"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
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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."
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We urge residents of rural communities to stand together and demand the right to excellent healthcare that our wealthy nation can and must provide.
A Rural Health Fund Band-Aid Will Not Staunch the Bleeding
The Trump administration’s rural hospital fund, meant to soften the impact of the brutal Medicaid cuts in HR1, will require a murky submission process and will not come close to closing the gap for rural communities.
www.commondreams.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We urge residents of rural communities to stand together and demand the right to excellent healthcare that our wealthy nation can and must provide.
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What the Tucker/Nick Fuentes fiasco really reveals is that the "white nationalist wing of the GOP" is "a major force within internal GOP politics," says @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social.
On the pod, David is so good on the GOP's 50-year refusal to police its extremists:
newrepublic.com/article/2026...
On the pod, David is so good on the GOP's 50-year refusal to police its extremists:
newrepublic.com/article/2026...
MAGA Rages at Tucker Carlson after “Nazi” Shocker Reveals Too Much
As Tucker faces criticism for hosting white nationalist Nick Fuentes, an expert on conservatism decodes how this tells the bigger story of the American right’s refusal to police its extremists for the...
newrepublic.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What the Tucker/Nick Fuentes fiasco really reveals is that the "white nationalist wing of the GOP" is "a major force within internal GOP politics," says @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social.
On the pod, David is so good on the GOP's 50-year refusal to police its extremists:
newrepublic.com/article/2026...
On the pod, David is so good on the GOP's 50-year refusal to police its extremists:
newrepublic.com/article/2026...
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Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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"Schumer’s abstention only serves as yet another illustration of how detached Democratic leadership has become from the desires of their base, who crave drastic change." newrepublic.com/post/202554/...
Chuck Schumer Walks Out Rather Than Say if He’s Voting for Zohran
The Senate minority leader says he’s still talking with Zohran Mamdani, despite the election being just days away.
newrepublic.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"Schumer’s abstention only serves as yet another illustration of how detached Democratic leadership has become from the desires of their base, who crave drastic change." newrepublic.com/post/202554/...
Very few serial killers manage to murder 64 victims. These sick guys are obsessed with being the "biggest," with being "number one."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Three killed in US military strike on alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean
Defense secretary announces a new strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea, bringing total killed in US strikes to at least 64 people
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Very few serial killers manage to murder 64 victims. These sick guys are obsessed with being the "biggest," with being "number one."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump’s Team Offers to Keep Some Ballroom Donors Incognito
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Suspect the SNAP issue is going to become increasingly problematic both for Trump and Congressional Republicans because of the demographic skew of SNAP recipients bsky.app/profile/dese...
Out of the 30 states Trump carried in 2024, 25 of them are more reliant on SNAP than the national average.
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Trump Rants Food Stamp Recipients Largely Democrats
Trump falsely ranted to reporters on Air Force One that food stamp recipients are "largely Democrats" as he pressured his opponents on the government shutdown.
www.mediaite.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Suspect the SNAP issue is going to become increasingly problematic both for Trump and Congressional Republicans because of the demographic skew of SNAP recipients bsky.app/profile/dese...
Does he have any idea how BIG Nigeria is? Or how BIG Venezuela and Colombia are? Does he think they'll be a "cakewalk"?
President Trump on Saturday threatened Nigeria with potential military action and said the U.S. might cut off aid, accusing the West African country’s government of failing to protect Christians.
Trump Threatens Military Action in Nigeria Over Protections for Christians
Accusing Nigeria of not doing enough to protect Christians from violence, President Trump said he had ordered the Pentagon to prepare for action.
nyti.ms
November 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Does he have any idea how BIG Nigeria is? Or how BIG Venezuela and Colombia are? Does he think they'll be a "cakewalk"?
Bernie, telling it like it is:
“A megalomaniacal president, consumed by his quest for more power, is undermining our constitution and the rule of law. An administration waging war against the working class of our country and our most vulnerable people.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“A megalomaniacal president, consumed by his quest for more power, is undermining our constitution and the rule of law. An administration waging war against the working class of our country and our most vulnerable people.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Democrats must not cave in to Trump | Bernie Sanders
The government shutdown is not an accident. Trump’s budget would push millions into poverty and must be stopped
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Bernie, telling it like it is:
“A megalomaniacal president, consumed by his quest for more power, is undermining our constitution and the rule of law. An administration waging war against the working class of our country and our most vulnerable people.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“A megalomaniacal president, consumed by his quest for more power, is undermining our constitution and the rule of law. An administration waging war against the working class of our country and our most vulnerable people.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨 Your occasional pre-budget reminder that if a govt chooses not to tax the super-rich, it is (by definition) choosing to tax those with far less wealth and income instead. If there is no #WealthTax in the budget, Labour will prove that it really is only the little people who pay taxes. #TaxTheRich
November 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🚨 Your occasional pre-budget reminder that if a govt chooses not to tax the super-rich, it is (by definition) choosing to tax those with far less wealth and income instead. If there is no #WealthTax in the budget, Labour will prove that it really is only the little people who pay taxes. #TaxTheRich
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Over 10,000 killed within three days.
Pools of blood around a hospital so large they could be seen from space.
An absolute nightmare.
Pools of blood around a hospital so large they could be seen from space.
An absolute nightmare.
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Over 10,000 killed within three days.
Pools of blood around a hospital so large they could be seen from space.
An absolute nightmare.
Pools of blood around a hospital so large they could be seen from space.
An absolute nightmare.