David M. P. Freund
@mpeterf.bsky.social
Historian, author of COLORED PROPERTY, and grateful for Richard Scarry books. Money is credit and a creature of law.
This is right. And when have American elites *ever* taken initiative to protect civil rights, sustainability, basic fairness, etc.? That's a serious question. Crises and protest get things moving.
Ford Motor Co. gets wrecked by Trump's tariffs, and this is still only the beginning
Everybody knows Trump's killing the economy, but nobody seems to particularly care.
www.unchartedblue.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is right. And when have American elites *ever* taken initiative to protect civil rights, sustainability, basic fairness, etc.? That's a serious question. Crises and protest get things moving.
Call me a skeptic! Interested if others have engaged this book, as I'm working on a project ("American Freedoms") that will likely challenge several of the core premises articulated here. Happy to discuss with interested parties. (And hoping that b-sky can be a site for these kind of exchanges.)
The Age of Choice
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA sweeping history of the rise of personal choice in the modern world and how it became equated with freedom
press.princeton.edu
July 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Call me a skeptic! Interested if others have engaged this book, as I'm working on a project ("American Freedoms") that will likely challenge several of the core premises articulated here. Happy to discuss with interested parties. (And hoping that b-sky can be a site for these kind of exchanges.)
every day
notice how strategically he says "we" and build that into your politics yesterday
Interview with a community member who was maced by departing DHS agents in Macarthur Park
July 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
every day
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notice how strategically he says "we" and build that into your politics yesterday
Interview with a community member who was maced by departing DHS agents in Macarthur Park
July 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
notice how strategically he says "we" and build that into your politics yesterday
For a good introduction to the state-of-play, listen to this interview, check out the new Elgar COMPANION TO MODERN MONEY THEORY, and read Graeber, BULLSHIT JOBS. It's sobering stuff, but also at times reaffirming to know that people are working to affirm our humanity.
During our conversation, we recount the events surrounding Elon Musk & the DOGE boys’ unconstitutional takeover of the Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Service, while explicating the right-wing theory of the “unitary executive” that underwrites such actions.
Digitizing the Fisc with Rohan Grey
Rohan Grey, Assistant Professor of Law at Willamette University, joins Money on the Left to discuss his urgent new paper, “Digitizing the Fisc.” During our conversation, we recount the …
moneyontheleft.org
July 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
For a good introduction to the state-of-play, listen to this interview, check out the new Elgar COMPANION TO MODERN MONEY THEORY, and read Graeber, BULLSHIT JOBS. It's sobering stuff, but also at times reaffirming to know that people are working to affirm our humanity.
There are so many levels of denial revealed in this project. Breathtaking.
"Through this partnership with the University of Maryland, we are gaining the data and insight needed to assess the risks of federal dependency and to chart a more resilient economic path for Maryland's future,” she said.
"Through this partnership with the University of Maryland, we are gaining the data and insight needed to assess the risks of federal dependency and to chart a more resilient economic path for Maryland's future,” she said.
UMD Report Quantifies Impact of Federal Spending in State
Smith School Grad Students Conduct Research for Comptroller’s Office
today.umd.edu
July 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
There are so many levels of denial revealed in this project. Breathtaking.
"Through this partnership with the University of Maryland, we are gaining the data and insight needed to assess the risks of federal dependency and to chart a more resilient economic path for Maryland's future,” she said.
"Through this partnership with the University of Maryland, we are gaining the data and insight needed to assess the risks of federal dependency and to chart a more resilient economic path for Maryland's future,” she said.
Go figure. It's going to be a long summer; important to stay hydrated.
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Senate referee rejects key Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has rejected key Medicaid provisions in the Senate GOP megabill, a ruling that appears to strike a major blow to Republicans’ strategy for cutting …
thehill.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Go figure. It's going to be a long summer; important to stay hydrated.
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These people, used to living on the margins of the political mainstream, have been catapulted into its center. This, I think, is not going to be a fluke. The stuck wheel of the Democratic Party is beginning to turn. — @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani's Win Is the Beginning of the End of the Old Democratic Party
Mamdani's NYC primary victory shows that the old tricks of the political establishment are dying out—and something new is being born.
inthesetimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
These people, used to living on the margins of the political mainstream, have been catapulted into its center. This, I think, is not going to be a fluke. The stuck wheel of the Democratic Party is beginning to turn. — @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
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"The problem with the polling and all the emphasis on data in contemporary politics is that it does not take into account that the electorate doesn’t really exist until election day, and the politician and his or her campaign are actively creating that electorate."
What It Took To Win
Thoughts on Zohran Mamdani's Popular Front
www.unpopularfront.news
June 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"The problem with the polling and all the emphasis on data in contemporary politics is that it does not take into account that the electorate doesn’t really exist until election day, and the politician and his or her campaign are actively creating that electorate."
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This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
Let's talk about "money in the real world"! The kind that is actually issued and circulated. Click below for a range of introductions. . . .
June 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Let's talk about "money in the real world"! The kind that is actually issued and circulated. Click below for a range of introductions. . . .
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It is well worth taking a look at some of the first striking and beautiful Biomass images at ESA. I like the landscape in Gabon, but there are also rivers, volcanoes, and a glacier if they're more what you're looking for: www.esa.int/Applications...
Biomass satellite returns striking first images of forests and more
Today, at the Living Planet Symposium, ESA revealed the first stunning images from its groundbreaking Biomass satellite mission – marking a major leap forward in our ability to understand how Earth’s ...
www.esa.int
June 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It is well worth taking a look at some of the first striking and beautiful Biomass images at ESA. I like the landscape in Gabon, but there are also rivers, volcanoes, and a glacier if they're more what you're looking for: www.esa.int/Applications...
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Since 2020, the Money on the Left Editorial Collective has been arguing for a new approach to university finance that we call the ‘uni’ proposal. Here are links to our essays and interviews related to this project.
The Uni Currency Project: Resource Page
Since 2020, the Money on the Left Editorial Collective has been arguing for a new approach to university finance that we call the ‘uni’ proposal. Below are links to our essays and interviews relate…
moneyontheleft.org
June 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Since 2020, the Money on the Left Editorial Collective has been arguing for a new approach to university finance that we call the ‘uni’ proposal. Here are links to our essays and interviews related to this project.
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90% of Cuomo’s campaign was focused on Israel and calling Mamdani a threat to jewish people.
90% of Mamdani’s campaign was focused on how he is going to help all New Yorkers
90% of Mamdani’s campaign was focused on how he is going to help all New Yorkers
June 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
90% of Cuomo’s campaign was focused on Israel and calling Mamdani a threat to jewish people.
90% of Mamdani’s campaign was focused on how he is going to help all New Yorkers
90% of Mamdani’s campaign was focused on how he is going to help all New Yorkers
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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
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Noteworthy, I think, that the Democratic establishment are putting much more effort into stopping Mamdani than stopping Trump
June 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Noteworthy, I think, that the Democratic establishment are putting much more effort into stopping Mamdani than stopping Trump
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Six members of Jewish Voice for Peace Chicago are launching an indefinite hunger strike to demand an end to the Gaza genocide
Six leaders of JVP Chicago are launching an indefinite hunger strike today. Two of them are academics. No business as usual during genocide.
June 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Six members of Jewish Voice for Peace Chicago are launching an indefinite hunger strike to demand an end to the Gaza genocide
Here's a primary source for the ages. (Bonus line: "real estate was our bread and butter.")
"Now we're doing Trump Mobile. And Trump mobile is going to revolutionize cell phones" -- Eric Trump announces the new Trump phone
June 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Here's a primary source for the ages. (Bonus line: "real estate was our bread and butter.")
PLEASE speak up when people invoke a mythological past of support for civil disobedience
I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.
June 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
PLEASE speak up when people invoke a mythological past of support for civil disobedience
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One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup
June 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup
I ❤️ this place
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I ❤️ this place
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Today is flag day. Here is Trump violating the flag code by signing his name on it.
June 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Today is flag day. Here is Trump violating the flag code by signing his name on it.
This.
The only thing knew about American fascism and it’s blatant use of military style police force is that white people are starting to be affected and white people are starting to be scared that they may in fact have to deal with policing in the same way that minorities have for their entire existence.
June 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This.