Don Rafa
@raf.bsky.social
just a panda. went to war, did some politics. what’s next?
world's biggest Toledo Mud Hens & Nashville Sounds fan, long-suffering Mets fan. likes 🐈, 🏉, ⚽, ⚾, 🏀, 🍕. likes = bookmarks.
world's biggest Toledo Mud Hens & Nashville Sounds fan, long-suffering Mets fan. likes 🐈, 🏉, ⚽, ⚾, 🏀, 🍕. likes = bookmarks.
everyone in the room who stands by quietly is a coward, full stop.
“Quiet piggy”
“You’re ugly inside and out”
“Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person?”
This is how the President speaks to female journalists.
The men in the room need to call out his misogyny.
Demand better. Don’t let him demean women this way.
“You’re ugly inside and out”
“Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person?”
This is how the President speaks to female journalists.
The men in the room need to call out his misogyny.
Demand better. Don’t let him demean women this way.
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
everyone in the room who stands by quietly is a coward, full stop.
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This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
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"The romance of Podemos was that so many young people were suddenly engaged in politics, because its messaging felt less like jargon and more like common sense."
FYI to my fellow New Yorkers and DSA members across America...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
FYI to my fellow New Yorkers and DSA members across America...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’
The long read: The leftist party exploded out of Spain’s anti-austerity protests in 2011 and upended Spain’s entrenched two-party system. I was instantly captivated – and for the next decade, I worked...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"The romance of Podemos was that so many young people were suddenly engaged in politics, because its messaging felt less like jargon and more like common sense."
FYI to my fellow New Yorkers and DSA members across America...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
FYI to my fellow New Yorkers and DSA members across America...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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An entire 45 minute @hankgreen.bsky.social video answering the question of why boomers run the government - in case you need some Thanksgiving eve viewing material that perfectly sums up why @runforsomething.net exists. youtu.be/IwgzuSqb7ys?...
Why Was Every President Born in the Same Year?
YouTube video by Hank Green
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
An entire 45 minute @hankgreen.bsky.social video answering the question of why boomers run the government - in case you need some Thanksgiving eve viewing material that perfectly sums up why @runforsomething.net exists. youtu.be/IwgzuSqb7ys?...
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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Just thinking about the profound impact on our lives that the craven, selfish, petty choices made by ‘access journalists’ has had. Never working again is the bare minimum of accountability.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Just thinking about the profound impact on our lives that the craven, selfish, petty choices made by ‘access journalists’ has had. Never working again is the bare minimum of accountability.
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Wow this speaks volumes. Tragic to see this beat absolutely gutted
“Coverage: whatever is relevant, trending to our readers/community. Forget the ‘newsroom’ concept—we are a simple and honest editorial operation.”
www.cjr.org/feature/mili...
“Coverage: whatever is relevant, trending to our readers/community. Forget the ‘newsroom’ concept—we are a simple and honest editorial operation.”
www.cjr.org/feature/mili...
The vanquishing of Military.com.
Former staffers say a new owner dealt the respected publication a death blow when service members and veterans needed it most.
www.cjr.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Wow this speaks volumes. Tragic to see this beat absolutely gutted
“Coverage: whatever is relevant, trending to our readers/community. Forget the ‘newsroom’ concept—we are a simple and honest editorial operation.”
www.cjr.org/feature/mili...
“Coverage: whatever is relevant, trending to our readers/community. Forget the ‘newsroom’ concept—we are a simple and honest editorial operation.”
www.cjr.org/feature/mili...
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Wrote about that viral blog which claimed that the poverty line for a family of 4 is $140,000, a ridiculous number buttressed by a lot of good arguments. www.jezebel.com/consumer-sen...
The True Poverty Line Is not $140,000, But It’s Still Shockingly High
A semi-viral post claiming the poverty line is $140,000 may be BS, but the precariousness Americans feel in everyday life is very real.
www.jezebel.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Wrote about that viral blog which claimed that the poverty line for a family of 4 is $140,000, a ridiculous number buttressed by a lot of good arguments. www.jezebel.com/consumer-sen...
here’s a PDF of Lizza’s tale, so you don’t have to pay that scabrous hack
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
here’s a PDF of Lizza’s tale, so you don’t have to pay that scabrous hack
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this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
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this is what ten years of obsession with "wokeness" in the media was trying to get to btw bsky.app/profile/mari...
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
this is what ten years of obsession with "wokeness" in the media was trying to get to btw bsky.app/profile/mari...
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answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
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Isaac Chotiner staring at a list of names right now.
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Isaac Chotiner staring at a list of names right now.
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i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
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I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
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It sucks an unreal quantity of ass knowing who these people are, having been to parties where you saw them pitch their company, and know—years in advance—that they are terrible, morally bankrupt people and who, despite years of fucking up and corruption, have still been rewarded immensely for it.
*KALSHI RAISES $1B AT $11B VALUATION: TECHCRUNCH
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It sucks an unreal quantity of ass knowing who these people are, having been to parties where you saw them pitch their company, and know—years in advance—that they are terrible, morally bankrupt people and who, despite years of fucking up and corruption, have still been rewarded immensely for it.
@primaryschool.bsky.social what’s your take here for NJ11? x.com/greggiroux/s...
Greg Giroux on X: "Mejia filed with FEC to join the huge Democratic primary in #nj11, which Gov.-elect Sherrill will formally vacate in one hour (1159 pm). https://t.co/41D7JUIJc2" / X
Mejia filed with FEC to join the huge Democratic primary in #nj11, which Gov.-elect Sherrill will formally vacate in one hour (1159 pm). https://t.co/41D7JUIJc2
x.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
@primaryschool.bsky.social what’s your take here for NJ11? x.com/greggiroux/s...
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I think its pretty clear that ww2 movies are in fact load bearing in the culture and we probably need to mandate a few every year
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I think its pretty clear that ww2 movies are in fact load bearing in the culture and we probably need to mandate a few every year
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She went to HR about him 5 times before she was murdered
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
She went to HR about him 5 times before she was murdered
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Few if any mainstream/center-left parties are as good on trans rights as Democrats, and we don't do ourselves any favors by pretending otherwise.
This is the hardest I have seen any member of Congress work to try and address transphobia in Congress, and her ability to get nearly all Democratic lawmakers to sign onto this letter is something any first would applaud
House Dems unite to tell GOP to stop "demonizing" trans people with "dehumanizing" slurs - LGBTQ Nation
Rep. Nancy Mace's "tra**y, tra**y, tra**y!" tirade is just one example.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Few if any mainstream/center-left parties are as good on trans rights as Democrats, and we don't do ourselves any favors by pretending otherwise.
the response to the crisis of elite impunity must be relentless, pitiless, & overwhelming.
My mind has been spinning the last few days as multiple crises of journalism converged—the Nuzzi book, Epstein’s emails revealing journalists hid information, Trump berating a reporter with no consequence—and it occurred to me they all stemmed from the same source: elite impunity.
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
the response to the crisis of elite impunity must be relentless, pitiless, & overwhelming.
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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the real thing that people are addicted to is the idea that there are no legitimately difficult choices. nothing has a downside. you don't have to pay for anything. the only reason that anything bad happens is that someone intended it.
they tend to alternate the two like whack-a-mole. someone is a product of the system, then they always had a choice and they are evil because of that. you see this similarly with mental illness. mental illness is real when you want it to be, "schizophenia doesn't make you bad" when you don't want it
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
the real thing that people are addicted to is the idea that there are no legitimately difficult choices. nothing has a downside. you don't have to pay for anything. the only reason that anything bad happens is that someone intended it.
genuinely one of the most fascinating books I’ve ever read; if you’re a history buff of any kind, you owe it to yourself to pick it up.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
genuinely one of the most fascinating books I’ve ever read; if you’re a history buff of any kind, you owe it to yourself to pick it up.