Scott Wasserman
@sjwasserman.bsky.social
Colorado political and policy consultant. Denver, CO
Yes, Trump's preferred tactic is flooding the zone with distractions, BUT when you flood the zone with shit, its gonna leave a residue that doesn't go away. Each of these "distractions" live on beyond their tactical purpose; despicable ideas that are now normalized.
February 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Yes, Trump's preferred tactic is flooding the zone with distractions, BUT when you flood the zone with shit, its gonna leave a residue that doesn't go away. Each of these "distractions" live on beyond their tactical purpose; despicable ideas that are now normalized.
I can think of nothing more dangerous and toxic to the wellbeing of Palestinians, Israelis, Jews, and Americans than Gaza becoming a fiefdom in this petty tyrant's unlawful empire.
February 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I can think of nothing more dangerous and toxic to the wellbeing of Palestinians, Israelis, Jews, and Americans than Gaza becoming a fiefdom in this petty tyrant's unlawful empire.
100% 👇
You saw what you saw. And so did the ADL.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
It’s Clear Enough What Elon Musk Did. The ADL’s Response Is Pathetic.
The “hand gesture” didn’t happen in a vacuum.
slate.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Most people go their entire lives without accidentally giving a nazi salute, let alone giving one in front of a large mass of authoritarian-leaning activist who’s rallying cry is “make America Great again”. But, hey, Elon’s just “awkward” like that.
January 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Most people go their entire lives without accidentally giving a nazi salute, let alone giving one in front of a large mass of authoritarian-leaning activist who’s rallying cry is “make America Great again”. But, hey, Elon’s just “awkward” like that.
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Logan’s reporting in Colorado is important and there’s not enough coverage of the actualities of christian nationalism/christo-fascism and how it operates in a vulnerable democracy at local levels. Get him in your newsie starter packs. Follow and repost this.
(I try not to thirst-post, but I'm going to do it)
TLDR: Add me to your lists and starter packs?
The main thing preventing me from cutting all ties with Twitter is that I still have a much larger audience over there, and my work focusing on right-wing extremism, Christian nationalism, and...
TLDR: Add me to your lists and starter packs?
The main thing preventing me from cutting all ties with Twitter is that I still have a much larger audience over there, and my work focusing on right-wing extremism, Christian nationalism, and...
December 21, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Logan’s reporting in Colorado is important and there’s not enough coverage of the actualities of christian nationalism/christo-fascism and how it operates in a vulnerable democracy at local levels. Get him in your newsie starter packs. Follow and repost this.
How do I even explain to my children what happened today? “All that stuff you’ve been learning about your government, congress and stuff, yeah, one rich guy sent a tweet and now they’re doing something else. But pretend like that didn’t happen on your civics test”
Real nice, America. Great job.
Real nice, America. Great job.
December 19, 2024 at 2:51 AM
How do I even explain to my children what happened today? “All that stuff you’ve been learning about your government, congress and stuff, yeah, one rich guy sent a tweet and now they’re doing something else. But pretend like that didn’t happen on your civics test”
Real nice, America. Great job.
Real nice, America. Great job.
Colorado continues to re-arrange deck chairs on the Titanic. Something has got to give. Without a major new revenue stream OR a major service cut, K-12 funding will continue to take one step forward, one step back in this state. We're out of magic tricks. #copolitics
coloradosun.com/2024/12/18/c...
coloradosun.com/2024/12/18/c...
After hopes of progress, some Colorado school districts fear deep cuts under Gov. Polis’ proposed budget
Facing a $1 billion budget deficit, the state must find ways to trim spending. Polis is eyeing changes to school funding that some education leaders say would be “catastrophic.”
coloradosun.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Colorado continues to re-arrange deck chairs on the Titanic. Something has got to give. Without a major new revenue stream OR a major service cut, K-12 funding will continue to take one step forward, one step back in this state. We're out of magic tricks. #copolitics
coloradosun.com/2024/12/18/c...
coloradosun.com/2024/12/18/c...
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Out of curiosity, is your vision for the trans community where we never tell a joke with friends?
This is not activism. It doesn’t help trans people. It’s an illiberal impulse inside of you to moralize and censor people.
You’re a mirror of the religious right.
This is not activism. It doesn’t help trans people. It’s an illiberal impulse inside of you to moralize and censor people.
You’re a mirror of the religious right.
December 18, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Out of curiosity, is your vision for the trans community where we never tell a joke with friends?
This is not activism. It doesn’t help trans people. It’s an illiberal impulse inside of you to moralize and censor people.
You’re a mirror of the religious right.
This is not activism. It doesn’t help trans people. It’s an illiberal impulse inside of you to moralize and censor people.
You’re a mirror of the religious right.
This is absolutely insane…the same guys who chose to put an authoritarian in the White House because they didn’t like some Dems’ tech policies are the ones actively cultivating an AI program that’s accumulating its own wealth to do god knows what.
www.wired.com/story/truth-...
www.wired.com/story/truth-...
The Edgelord AI That Turned a Shock Meme Into Millions in Crypto
Truth Terminal started as a techno-modernist art project meant to invite discussion about the applications and potential dangers of autonomous AI agents. Then it took on a life of its own.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2024 at 2:52 PM
This is absolutely insane…the same guys who chose to put an authoritarian in the White House because they didn’t like some Dems’ tech policies are the ones actively cultivating an AI program that’s accumulating its own wealth to do god knows what.
www.wired.com/story/truth-...
www.wired.com/story/truth-...
I think a lot of Democrats still want to believe we are in the old paradigm in which Dems are fighting for progress and Conservatives are just trying to slow that progress down.
But we are in a new paradigm: Liberalism vs Authoritarianism…
But we are in a new paradigm: Liberalism vs Authoritarianism…
I'm confused. Are Democrats fighting fascism or are we engaging in bipartisanship? Would be nice if leadership settled on a cohesive strategy and message. Either A) democracy is in danger, B) it's actually not, or C) it’s in danger but we still need to cooperate. Please advise.
December 17, 2024 at 9:36 PM
I think a lot of Democrats still want to believe we are in the old paradigm in which Dems are fighting for progress and Conservatives are just trying to slow that progress down.
But we are in a new paradigm: Liberalism vs Authoritarianism…
But we are in a new paradigm: Liberalism vs Authoritarianism…
CO is a bright shining example of this. Here, we pushed for visible benefits for the most people. EITC, paid leave, universal Pre-K. Real stuff, not abstract programs.
And a lot of credit to goes to our Dem legislature that often had to push our Governor to support these things. #copolitics
And a lot of credit to goes to our Dem legislature that often had to push our Governor to support these things. #copolitics
Governors who expanded social-welfare programs in their state were rewarded by voters—in the short run. Jerusalem Demsas discusses on "Good on Paper":
Does Democracy Even Work?
One researcher tests the limits of “deliverism.”
www.theatlantic.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:42 PM
CO is a bright shining example of this. Here, we pushed for visible benefits for the most people. EITC, paid leave, universal Pre-K. Real stuff, not abstract programs.
And a lot of credit to goes to our Dem legislature that often had to push our Governor to support these things. #copolitics
And a lot of credit to goes to our Dem legislature that often had to push our Governor to support these things. #copolitics
Its not an exaggeration to say that the City of Denver has a bonified restaurant crisis on its hands. Over the last year, 220 restaurants have closed in Colorado. 85% of them are in Denver.
What do you think was the most heartbreaking restaurant closure in Denver in 2024?
Denver’s most heartbreaking restaurant closures of 2024
Some closings make our jaws drop while others aren’t surprising. None of them are fun.
www.denverpost.com
December 16, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Its not an exaggeration to say that the City of Denver has a bonified restaurant crisis on its hands. Over the last year, 220 restaurants have closed in Colorado. 85% of them are in Denver.
Prop FF was good policy, using a progressive revenue solution to fund a critical need in our schools. But Colorado has run out of magic tricks. Without honest and comprehensive revenue proposals, we're going to keep hitting same brick wall. #copolitics
www.denver7.com/news/politic...
www.denver7.com/news/politic...
Colorado's free school lunch program faces budget shortfall
Colorado lawmakers are weighing the future of the state’s free school meals program which serves kindergarteners through 12th graders.
www.denver7.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Prop FF was good policy, using a progressive revenue solution to fund a critical need in our schools. But Colorado has run out of magic tricks. Without honest and comprehensive revenue proposals, we're going to keep hitting same brick wall. #copolitics
www.denver7.com/news/politic...
www.denver7.com/news/politic...
The Biden/Harris Team was utterly incapable of acknowledging the high costs, immediate & structural, facing American families. Instead, they seemed to think this word salad was going to do the trick. These are good policies, but nothing in here is tangible.
Biggest shitting of the bed in history.
Biggest shitting of the bed in history.
I got a message last week from the White House. They pitched a new writer for us: Joe Biden.
Today, the Prospect is publishing the 46th president explaining his economic agenda: what he accomplished and why he did it.
prospect.org/economy/2024...
Today, the Prospect is publishing the 46th president explaining his economic agenda: what he accomplished and why he did it.
prospect.org/economy/2024...
From the Middle Out and Bottom Up
The president of the United States outlines his economic principles, and his record.
prospect.org
December 16, 2024 at 2:25 PM
The Biden/Harris Team was utterly incapable of acknowledging the high costs, immediate & structural, facing American families. Instead, they seemed to think this word salad was going to do the trick. These are good policies, but nothing in here is tangible.
Biggest shitting of the bed in history.
Biggest shitting of the bed in history.
We’re living in the age of the obtuse: people treating horrible things lightly to raise up their preferred moral absolute. Hate the health care system? Kill a CEO. Suspect vaccines cause autism? Bring back Polio. No one is taking anything seriously and it shows.
December 14, 2024 at 5:45 PM
We’re living in the age of the obtuse: people treating horrible things lightly to raise up their preferred moral absolute. Hate the health care system? Kill a CEO. Suspect vaccines cause autism? Bring back Polio. No one is taking anything seriously and it shows.
This is dead on. The cross pollination between American Christian nationalists and Israel's right wing has already been scary enough without an US Ambassador to Israel actively fanning the flames of the illiberal agenda in both countries.
Thanks for lifting this up, @loganmdavis.bsky.social
Thanks for lifting this up, @loganmdavis.bsky.social
Mike Huckabee's understanding of Israel is informed entirely by apocalyptic prophecies straight out of the Left Behind series.
That's a bad trait in the man tasked with being the next U.S. ambassador in the Holy Land.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2024/12/davi...
That's a bad trait in the man tasked with being the next U.S. ambassador in the Holy Land.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2024/12/davi...
DAVIS: Mike Huckabee's Ambassador Appointment is Worse Than You Think
Amid the unrelenting cavalcade of appalling Trump administration appointees announced in recent weeks, one pick slid past without nearly enough scrutiny: the selection of Mike Huckabee to serve as the...
coloradotimesrecorder.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:35 PM
This is dead on. The cross pollination between American Christian nationalists and Israel's right wing has already been scary enough without an US Ambassador to Israel actively fanning the flames of the illiberal agenda in both countries.
Thanks for lifting this up, @loganmdavis.bsky.social
Thanks for lifting this up, @loganmdavis.bsky.social
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it is possible that I am in fact wildly out of touch with popular opinion on the left but i continue to believe that murder is bad
December 11, 2024 at 1:09 AM
it is possible that I am in fact wildly out of touch with popular opinion on the left but i continue to believe that murder is bad
It’s amazing how quickly our narratives polarize in this country. I gotta believe that somewhere between “the insurance CEO had it coming” and “see how Ivy League universities radicalize their students” there is a rationale conversation.
December 11, 2024 at 1:21 AM
It’s amazing how quickly our narratives polarize in this country. I gotta believe that somewhere between “the insurance CEO had it coming” and “see how Ivy League universities radicalize their students” there is a rationale conversation.
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“Australia’s prime minister Turnbull found it necessary to stand up to Trump or be steamrollered. “There were two misapprehensions,” he said. “The first was he would be different in office than he was on the campaign trail. The second was the best way to deal with him was to suck up to him.”
December 7, 2024 at 5:32 PM
“Australia’s prime minister Turnbull found it necessary to stand up to Trump or be steamrollered. “There were two misapprehensions,” he said. “The first was he would be different in office than he was on the campaign trail. The second was the best way to deal with him was to suck up to him.”
The states that choose an illiberal future will all see an inevitable brain drain. Professionals, those pesky intellectuals, artists & writers, they will all leave for more liberal places until the illiberal states choose to force them to stay, forcing ridiculous & ineffectual orthodoxies on them.
Dobbs has only worsened the impacts: As I reported for @nbcnews.com last year, abortion bans have also contributed to the closures of maternity wards, in part by driving OB-GYNs from red states, like Idaho:
www.nbcnews.com/health/women...
www.nbcnews.com/health/women...
December 7, 2024 at 3:46 PM
The states that choose an illiberal future will all see an inevitable brain drain. Professionals, those pesky intellectuals, artists & writers, they will all leave for more liberal places until the illiberal states choose to force them to stay, forcing ridiculous & ineffectual orthodoxies on them.
The price we pay for water in Colorado 👇
While states have cheered the new tax revenue from sports gambling, some new studies have linked the burgeoning industry to lower consumer credit scores, higher credit card debt and less household savings.
Growth of sports betting may be linked to financial woes, new studies find • Colorado Newsline
The ease of online sports betting is heightening concerns about problem gambling and the financial fallout for sports fans.
coloradonewsline.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:24 PM
The price we pay for water in Colorado 👇
I love how Dougco partisans like to act like Denver is a swamp pit, but how would you describe the utter insanity taking place in Douglas Country right now? The story involves former Governor Bill Owens, to boot.
Douglas County commissioner Lora Thomas resigns, citing harassment from fellow commissioners
www.coloradopolitics.com/news/douglas...
(Via Colorado Politics)
www.coloradopolitics.com/news/douglas...
(Via Colorado Politics)
Douglas County commissioner Lora Thomas resigns, citing harassment from fellow officials
Lora Thomas resigns from Douglas County board of commissioners, citing harassment and bullying by fellow commissioners.
www.coloradopolitics.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:01 PM
I love how Dougco partisans like to act like Denver is a swamp pit, but how would you describe the utter insanity taking place in Douglas Country right now? The story involves former Governor Bill Owens, to boot.
Apparently controversial take: I hate the insurance industry. It shouldn’t exist. But under no circumstances do I think it’s ok to assassinate a health insurance CEO.
December 6, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Apparently controversial take: I hate the insurance industry. It shouldn’t exist. But under no circumstances do I think it’s ok to assassinate a health insurance CEO.
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I literally dread when i have to print something. One of these happen Guaranteed 1) low ink 2) no ink 3) some paper jam 4) random message or blinking light on printer 5) somehow disconnected from WiFi.
December 6, 2024 at 12:18 AM
I literally dread when i have to print something. One of these happen Guaranteed 1) low ink 2) no ink 3) some paper jam 4) random message or blinking light on printer 5) somehow disconnected from WiFi.
This is a good example of a story that was impossible to talk about on the other site. Over there, the trolls would be howling "taxation is theft, burn it all down".
On this site, I hope we can have a better conversation about how we need things to work better, not throw them out... #copolitics
On this site, I hope we can have a better conversation about how we need things to work better, not throw them out... #copolitics
EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: "Backers of a Denver mental and behavioral health tax promised a 'gamechanger.' Millions went to nonprofits run by unlicensed directors, some with long criminal histories."
www.cpr.org/2024/12/02/c...
www.cpr.org/2024/12/02/c...
Denver voted for high-quality mental and addiction care, but millions have gone to unlicensed providers with limited transparency
Denver overdoses and suicides spike as the city spends more than ever, some on “bold” ideas.
www.cpr.org
December 3, 2024 at 7:22 PM
This is a good example of a story that was impossible to talk about on the other site. Over there, the trolls would be howling "taxation is theft, burn it all down".
On this site, I hope we can have a better conversation about how we need things to work better, not throw them out... #copolitics
On this site, I hope we can have a better conversation about how we need things to work better, not throw them out... #copolitics