Paul Crider
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com
Liberal in the Smith-Douglass-Mill-Anderson vein. Writer and editor for Liberal Currents. https://bsky.app/profile/liberalcurrents.com
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Inheritance of Equals: A Case for Liberal Socialism
Things literally cannot go on as they have before the present democratic crisis—things have been broken and will have to be put back together somehow. Ideas that were unthinkable even a decade ago may...
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There is no better time than now—with fascists at the gates across the world and wreaking carnage in the halls of American power—for a liberal-socialist alliance. And a big part of that is bringing liberal socialism into consciousness.
Been thinking about this essay for a while ...🧵
Been thinking about this essay for a while ...🧵
This is a great video. Oddly resonates with me, even though I'm neither a Christian nor a Marxist. I think it's because my own liberalization (and radicalization, to the extent that applies) was coincident with leaving New Atheism and becoming more open to faith traditions.
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is a great video. Oddly resonates with me, even though I'm neither a Christian nor a Marxist. I think it's because my own liberalization (and radicalization, to the extent that applies) was coincident with leaving New Atheism and becoming more open to faith traditions.
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It’s a good question!
We’ve got a masthead that answers most of the who: www.liberalcurrents.com/about-us/
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com, @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com and I started it in 2017, but quite a few other people are heavily involved now and have been for some time.
We’ve got a masthead that answers most of the who: www.liberalcurrents.com/about-us/
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com, @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com and I started it in 2017, but quite a few other people are heavily involved now and have been for some time.
I'm probably out of it (as usual) but who are the folks involved in Liberal Currents? Founders? Staff?
Genuine question...
Genuine question...
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It’s a good question!
We’ve got a masthead that answers most of the who: www.liberalcurrents.com/about-us/
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com, @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com and I started it in 2017, but quite a few other people are heavily involved now and have been for some time.
We’ve got a masthead that answers most of the who: www.liberalcurrents.com/about-us/
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com, @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com and I started it in 2017, but quite a few other people are heavily involved now and have been for some time.
I'm extremely appreciative of the generous support folks have given to Liberal Currents in the past day (and really the last year). And not just money, but praise. It means a lot.
Somehow the "glossy profile" has never materialized. Maybe because we really are grown from grassroots.
Somehow the "glossy profile" has never materialized. Maybe because we really are grown from grassroots.
Several new 'liberal' publications have launched in recent years, sometimes raising millions before writing a word, sometimes getting glossy profiles, then often devolving into weakness.
None of that's true about us. Maybe we should go raise at least a half million: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
None of that's true about us. Maybe we should go raise at least a half million: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I'm extremely appreciative of the generous support folks have given to Liberal Currents in the past day (and really the last year). And not just money, but praise. It means a lot.
Somehow the "glossy profile" has never materialized. Maybe because we really are grown from grassroots.
Somehow the "glossy profile" has never materialized. Maybe because we really are grown from grassroots.
I've never heard of shoofly pie, but it sounds great.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I've never heard of shoofly pie, but it sounds great.
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro must begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for plotting an attempted coup, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ruled. https://cnn.it/4p1dgDV
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
Alternative: I'd love to see an anime series of Lucifer, Mike Carey's original run.
(I'm currently watching the live-action Netflix series. I *am* enjoying it as a fantasy comedy drama. But it is *not* Carey's story, or even his characters.)
(I'm currently watching the live-action Netflix series. I *am* enjoying it as a fantasy comedy drama. But it is *not* Carey's story, or even his characters.)
The full Rian Johnson sequel trilogy.
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 8:51 PM
Alternative: I'd love to see an anime series of Lucifer, Mike Carey's original run.
(I'm currently watching the live-action Netflix series. I *am* enjoying it as a fantasy comedy drama. But it is *not* Carey's story, or even his characters.)
(I'm currently watching the live-action Netflix series. I *am* enjoying it as a fantasy comedy drama. But it is *not* Carey's story, or even his characters.)
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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The bad news is they have an enormous budget to do evil things.
The good news is they are all corrupt and out to steal every last penny for themselves in exchange for no real work
The good news is they are all corrupt and out to steal every last penny for themselves in exchange for no real work
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The bad news is they have an enormous budget to do evil things.
The good news is they are all corrupt and out to steal every last penny for themselves in exchange for no real work
The good news is they are all corrupt and out to steal every last penny for themselves in exchange for no real work
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In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
I, for one, am looking forward to the inevitable government bailout of our new AI overlords.
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I, for one, am looking forward to the inevitable government bailout of our new AI overlords.
The full Rian Johnson sequel trilogy.
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 8:36 PM
The full Rian Johnson sequel trilogy.
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"SBF goes MAGA, gets pardon from Trump" is one of the bingo square I am most confident in checking off before the end of the term
I was wondering how long it would take our broken, desiccated, decadent culture to rehabilitate this guy.
Sam Bankman-Fried Goes on the Offensive
Two years after he was found guilty of fraud, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is pursuing a legal appeal—and firing up his X account.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"SBF goes MAGA, gets pardon from Trump" is one of the bingo square I am most confident in checking off before the end of the term
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We are over $45,000. 👊
If we can reach $70,000 by midnight, we will completely fulfill a $35,000 match and then be 20% of the way to the goal and a transformative result: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
How do we feel? It's time—you knew this was coming—drop a GIF showing your mood in the replies
If we can reach $70,000 by midnight, we will completely fulfill a $35,000 match and then be 20% of the way to the goal and a transformative result: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
How do we feel? It's time—you knew this was coming—drop a GIF showing your mood in the replies
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
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November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We are over $45,000. 👊
If we can reach $70,000 by midnight, we will completely fulfill a $35,000 match and then be 20% of the way to the goal and a transformative result: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
How do we feel? It's time—you knew this was coming—drop a GIF showing your mood in the replies
If we can reach $70,000 by midnight, we will completely fulfill a $35,000 match and then be 20% of the way to the goal and a transformative result: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
How do we feel? It's time—you knew this was coming—drop a GIF showing your mood in the replies
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@caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I had a wonderful time speaking with @attackerman.bsky.social about Iron Man and an absolute litany of topics in the national security sector from Bush to Trump and everyone between; how did we get here? We had many questions and he, many answers!
Half the Answer #51: Trent and Caitlin speak with journalist Spencer Ackerman about the CIA, DHS, and other parts of the US government ostensibly protecting us from terrorism. What are the precedents for the intolerable level of human rights and privacy violations we see today?
Half the Answer #51: National Delirium: NatSec in Post-9/11 America, from Dubya to Donny
Trent and Caitlin speak with journalist Spencer Ackerman about the CIA, DHS, and other parts of the US government ostensibly protecting us from terrorism. How have they achieved this level of impunity...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
@caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I had a wonderful time speaking with @attackerman.bsky.social about Iron Man and an absolute litany of topics in the national security sector from Bush to Trump and everyone between; how did we get here? We had many questions and he, many answers!
I can't think of something less controversial to say about US presidents than that Trump is the most openly corrupt president in US history. Shame on the BBC.
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I can't think of something less controversial to say about US presidents than that Trump is the most openly corrupt president in US history. Shame on the BBC.
lol 💛
Liberal Currents is about as right-wing as i'm willing to tolerate as a regular read, but they have some fantastic authors!
We are close to $30,000 raised in the first 12 hours. It's a good start.
We like to think the same can be said of our growth as a publication—that it's a good start.
But as we head toward 2026, 2027, and 2028, we need to do much more. Give now to push us onward: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We like to think the same can be said of our growth as a publication—that it's a good start.
But as we head toward 2026, 2027, and 2028, we need to do much more. Give now to push us onward: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
lol 💛
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
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I want to talk a bit about one specific project we will get off the ground if we're able to meet our goal and hire full time staff. We have been calling it The Reconstruction Papers. It will be a collection of essays focused on a positive, practical vision for the country gofund.me/29ce4ead3
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I want to talk a bit about one specific project we will get off the ground if we're able to meet our goal and hire full time staff. We have been calling it The Reconstruction Papers. It will be a collection of essays focused on a positive, practical vision for the country gofund.me/29ce4ead3
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I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
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The work that they are doing is important.
Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The work that they are doing is important.
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how many times have you complained about nyt columnists, or some "liberal" think tank "both sides-ing" or sanewashing?
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November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
how many times have you complained about nyt columnists, or some "liberal" think tank "both sides-ing" or sanewashing?
do something about it! - invest in alternatives
support my podcast www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
& support @liberalcurrents.com start up fund www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
do something about it! - invest in alternatives
support my podcast www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
& support @liberalcurrents.com start up fund www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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sulzberger leaving money on the table. smdh
no the new york times does not make money off of my once-a-year post about rogue one
The whole business model is just rage bait at this point. Just don’t engage with these people.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
sulzberger leaving money on the table. smdh
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I'm proud to have published so much work in Liberal Currents over the past wild year, and prouder to be a contributing editor there, surrounded by so many brilliant people who are certainly not lacking for conviction.
I learn from them every day, and it's good to see so many others do too.
I learn from them every day, and it's good to see so many others do too.
We are close to $30,000 raised in the first 12 hours. It's a good start.
We like to think the same can be said of our growth as a publication—that it's a good start.
But as we head toward 2026, 2027, and 2028, we need to do much more. Give now to push us onward: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We like to think the same can be said of our growth as a publication—that it's a good start.
But as we head toward 2026, 2027, and 2028, we need to do much more. Give now to push us onward: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I'm proud to have published so much work in Liberal Currents over the past wild year, and prouder to be a contributing editor there, surrounded by so many brilliant people who are certainly not lacking for conviction.
I learn from them every day, and it's good to see so many others do too.
I learn from them every day, and it's good to see so many others do too.