Jonathan Smucker
@jonathansmucker.bsky.social
Political organizer, campaigner, strategist, writer, sociologist
Co-founder: Popular Comms, Beyond the Choir, Lancaster Stands Up, PA Stands Up, Mennonite Action
Member: UAW Local 4811, DSA
Author of https://hegemonyhowto.org/
Co-founder: Popular Comms, Beyond the Choir, Lancaster Stands Up, PA Stands Up, Mennonite Action
Member: UAW Local 4811, DSA
Author of https://hegemonyhowto.org/
Heartwarming.
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Heartwarming.
Mamdani will ground resistance to Trump in a working-class agenda and frame Trump not just as an authoritarian, but as a self-dealing billionaire.
Props to Newsom for standing up to Trump all year, but Mamdani will be a far more effective and popular protagonist in this fight.
Props to Newsom for standing up to Trump all year, but Mamdani will be a far more effective and popular protagonist in this fight.
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Mamdani will ground resistance to Trump in a working-class agenda and frame Trump not just as an authoritarian, but as a self-dealing billionaire.
Props to Newsom for standing up to Trump all year, but Mamdani will be a far more effective and popular protagonist in this fight.
Props to Newsom for standing up to Trump all year, but Mamdani will be a far more effective and popular protagonist in this fight.
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We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
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this great article by @debtcollective.bsky.social lays out really clearly what's been on my mind all day: everybody better get real familiar with municipal finance real quick
www.inthered.org/p/zohran-won...
www.inthered.org/p/zohran-won...
Zohran Won Main Street—Now He Must Face Wall Street
Mamdani will face a looming threat to his progressive agenda: debt
www.inthered.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
this great article by @debtcollective.bsky.social lays out really clearly what's been on my mind all day: everybody better get real familiar with municipal finance real quick
www.inthered.org/p/zohran-won...
www.inthered.org/p/zohran-won...
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Wrong.
Campaigning in 2016, Trump would go off-script rambling about how much harder it would be to run against Bernie Sanders than HRC.
Real economic populism that picks fights with powerful culprits at the top was Trump's kryptonite then and still is now.
Trump knows it. Many Dems still don't.
Campaigning in 2016, Trump would go off-script rambling about how much harder it would be to run against Bernie Sanders than HRC.
Real economic populism that picks fights with powerful culprits at the top was Trump's kryptonite then and still is now.
Trump knows it. Many Dems still don't.
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Wrong.
Campaigning in 2016, Trump would go off-script rambling about how much harder it would be to run against Bernie Sanders than HRC.
Real economic populism that picks fights with powerful culprits at the top was Trump's kryptonite then and still is now.
Trump knows it. Many Dems still don't.
Campaigning in 2016, Trump would go off-script rambling about how much harder it would be to run against Bernie Sanders than HRC.
Real economic populism that picks fights with powerful culprits at the top was Trump's kryptonite then and still is now.
Trump knows it. Many Dems still don't.
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wrong.
Campaigning in 2016, Trump would go off-script rambling about how much harder it would be to run against Bernie Sanders than HRC.
Real economic populism that picks fights with powerful culprits at the top was Trump's kryptonite then and still is now.
Trump knows it. Many Dems still don't.
Campaigning in 2016, Trump would go off-script rambling about how much harder it would be to run against Bernie Sanders than HRC.
Real economic populism that picks fights with powerful culprits at the top was Trump's kryptonite then and still is now.
Trump knows it. Many Dems still don't.
Reposted by Jonathan Smucker
Reposted by Jonathan Smucker
Without the night shift, there is no morning.
Without the night shift, there is no morning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Without the night shift, there is no morning.
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Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
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Can we stop saying that party elites are punching "left"?
They're punching DOWN—at the majority of working people whose labor keeps this country going.
Left, right, center are directions. They carry no content, only stale associations.
Say it every damn time: it's the many vs. the few.
They're punching DOWN—at the majority of working people whose labor keeps this country going.
Left, right, center are directions. They carry no content, only stale associations.
Say it every damn time: it's the many vs. the few.
July 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Can we stop saying that party elites are punching "left"?
They're punching DOWN—at the majority of working people whose labor keeps this country going.
Left, right, center are directions. They carry no content, only stale associations.
Say it every damn time: it's the many vs. the few.
They're punching DOWN—at the majority of working people whose labor keeps this country going.
Left, right, center are directions. They carry no content, only stale associations.
Say it every damn time: it's the many vs. the few.
July 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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yes, existential despair about many things, but also watch this video for the absolute joy & also his laugh
Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
July 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
yes, existential despair about many things, but also watch this video for the absolute joy & also his laugh
"If you’re trying to build a mass movement for change, then you need to tell stories that invite people to step into their best selves and their most beloved aspirations for their country. We must, in other words, recapture the flag." beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
Recapture the flag - Beautiful Trouble
We can’t deny that the symbols of one’s nation provide a meaningful feeling of social solidarity. To be effective as change agents, we need to engage, claim, and contest the meanings of these symbols.
beautifultrouble.org
July 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"If you’re trying to build a mass movement for change, then you need to tell stories that invite people to step into their best selves and their most beloved aspirations for their country. We must, in other words, recapture the flag." beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
America is for all of us.
July 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
America is for all of us.
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🚨 105 Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza on Monday.
▪️ 65 killed in Gaza City
▪️ 15 killed waiting for aid in Khan Younis
▪️ At least 24 killed at a beach rest stop
▪️ 13 killed in a warehouse strike
Entire families buried alive. Details ⬇️
▪️ 65 killed in Gaza City
▪️ 15 killed waiting for aid in Khan Younis
▪️ At least 24 killed at a beach rest stop
▪️ 13 killed in a warehouse strike
Entire families buried alive. Details ⬇️
July 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
🚨 105 Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza on Monday.
▪️ 65 killed in Gaza City
▪️ 15 killed waiting for aid in Khan Younis
▪️ At least 24 killed at a beach rest stop
▪️ 13 killed in a warehouse strike
Entire families buried alive. Details ⬇️
▪️ 65 killed in Gaza City
▪️ 15 killed waiting for aid in Khan Younis
▪️ At least 24 killed at a beach rest stop
▪️ 13 killed in a warehouse strike
Entire families buried alive. Details ⬇️
Really enjoyed this conversation the day after @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's historic win — discussing how his victory illuminates the failures (and political malpractice) of the Democratic Party establishment, and how his campaign points a way forward.
Zohran Mamdani Has a New Strategy...and It’s Working || Jonathan Smucker
YouTube video by New Democrats
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Really enjoyed this conversation the day after @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's historic win — discussing how his victory illuminates the failures (and political malpractice) of the Democratic Party establishment, and how his campaign points a way forward.
It can be done. There IS an alternative. It's up to us. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/n...
A New Political Star Emerges Out of a Fractured Democratic Party
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It can be done. There IS an alternative. It's up to us. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/n...
It's looking so very good.
June 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It's looking so very good.
Let's go Zohran! Let's go NYC!!
June 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Let's go Zohran! Let's go NYC!!
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Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
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With the reconciliation bill, student loans are about to get even more fucked up and punitive. How the hell did the Dept of Education become one of the biggest banks? What's driving this mess and how do we fix it?
Listen to the new episode of The Dig to find out.
thedigradio.com/podcast/stud...
Listen to the new episode of The Dig to find out.
thedigradio.com/podcast/stud...
Student Debt w/ Ryann Liebenthal, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Mike Pierce
Featuring Ryann Liebenthal, Chenjerai Kumanyika, and Mike Pierce on Ryann’s book Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an American Crisis. Interview by guest host Astra Taylor.
thedigradio.com
June 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
With the reconciliation bill, student loans are about to get even more fucked up and punitive. How the hell did the Dept of Education become one of the biggest banks? What's driving this mess and how do we fix it?
Listen to the new episode of The Dig to find out.
thedigradio.com/podcast/stud...
Listen to the new episode of The Dig to find out.
thedigradio.com/podcast/stud...
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If random men in masks claiming to be ICE agents try to grab me, and they’re *not* really ICE, I have the legal right to defend myself against them, yes? And if they are ICE, I don’t?
So how am I supposed to tell the difference? I’m supposed to give my masked kidnappers the benefit of the doubt??
So how am I supposed to tell the difference? I’m supposed to give my masked kidnappers the benefit of the doubt??
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
June 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If random men in masks claiming to be ICE agents try to grab me, and they’re *not* really ICE, I have the legal right to defend myself against them, yes? And if they are ICE, I don’t?
So how am I supposed to tell the difference? I’m supposed to give my masked kidnappers the benefit of the doubt??
So how am I supposed to tell the difference? I’m supposed to give my masked kidnappers the benefit of the doubt??
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"We're at a moment of immense danger."
@akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com says there is a "clear gap" between President Trump's claims of being against foreign wars and the "increasing likelihood of a hugely devastating U.S. war with Iran."
@akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com says there is a "clear gap" between President Trump's claims of being against foreign wars and the "increasing likelihood of a hugely devastating U.S. war with Iran."
June 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"We're at a moment of immense danger."
@akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com says there is a "clear gap" between President Trump's claims of being against foreign wars and the "increasing likelihood of a hugely devastating U.S. war with Iran."
@akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com says there is a "clear gap" between President Trump's claims of being against foreign wars and the "increasing likelihood of a hugely devastating U.S. war with Iran."