Alex Lockwood
@lexlockwood.bsky.social
Ph.D., Communication, rhetoric, environmental work, performance studies. Anarcho-surrealist. No borders, no nations.
I will never take seriously the charge that leftists are too wrapped up in “purity politics.” Especially when that charge of purity is always about refusing to think right from people who refuse to think globally. Who is letting the perfect be the enemy of the good now?
A discharge petition to advance a policy ending congressional stock trading was finally moving forward when Hakeem Jeffries sucked the air out of it. By proposing his own bill that no Republican would sign, Jeffries effectively made consensus impossible. From @ddayen.bsky.social:
Jeffries Undercuts Congressional Stock Trading Ban - The American Prospect
A bipartisan solution was gaining momentum, but the House Democratic leader just issued his own bill that will prevent consensus.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I will never take seriously the charge that leftists are too wrapped up in “purity politics.” Especially when that charge of purity is always about refusing to think right from people who refuse to think globally. Who is letting the perfect be the enemy of the good now?
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SCOOP: several days ago Zohran Mamdani was overheard saying he "needs" to eat dinner. An inside source confirmed he had eaten breakfast and lunch that day, giving him an estimated 2+ weeks without additional calories before he might have died from starvation
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
SCOOP: several days ago Zohran Mamdani was overheard saying he "needs" to eat dinner. An inside source confirmed he had eaten breakfast and lunch that day, giving him an estimated 2+ weeks without additional calories before he might have died from starvation
I mean, why do anything!?
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October 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I mean, why do anything!?
This is what I keep thinking. I don't believe that any prominent Democrats have expressed the will or even suggested enough resistance to the current administration to indicate that they would pursue justice for those whose rights are being trampled. We can't punish them for following orders~~
it's entirely possible to imagine a scenario where Ds win control of govt in 2028 but refuse to hold ice agents accountable and even try to ramp up deportations.
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is what I keep thinking. I don't believe that any prominent Democrats have expressed the will or even suggested enough resistance to the current administration to indicate that they would pursue justice for those whose rights are being trampled. We can't punish them for following orders~~
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it's entirely possible to imagine a scenario where Ds win control of govt in 2028 but refuse to hold ice agents accountable and even try to ramp up deportations.
October 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
it's entirely possible to imagine a scenario where Ds win control of govt in 2028 but refuse to hold ice agents accountable and even try to ramp up deportations.
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If your Klein be Naomi, then listen, homie;
But if your Klein be Ezra, disregard what he sezra
But if your Klein be Ezra, disregard what he sezra
September 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
If your Klein be Naomi, then listen, homie;
But if your Klein be Ezra, disregard what he sezra
But if your Klein be Ezra, disregard what he sezra
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"Political violence is the norm for the Black experience in this country. It just is." - Ta-Nehisi Coates
If you think political violence starts and ends with rich, powerful white people, you have NOT been paying attention in the slightest. #blacksky
If you think political violence starts and ends with rich, powerful white people, you have NOT been paying attention in the slightest. #blacksky
September 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Political violence is the norm for the Black experience in this country. It just is." - Ta-Nehisi Coates
If you think political violence starts and ends with rich, powerful white people, you have NOT been paying attention in the slightest. #blacksky
If you think political violence starts and ends with rich, powerful white people, you have NOT been paying attention in the slightest. #blacksky
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one of the strangest dynamics these days is the insistence that everyone pretend they were born yesterday when evaluating the seriousness or sincerity of a public figure. i think that by his own past actions and rhetoric i can safely assume that peter thiel is not on the level!
September 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
one of the strangest dynamics these days is the insistence that everyone pretend they were born yesterday when evaluating the seriousness or sincerity of a public figure. i think that by his own past actions and rhetoric i can safely assume that peter thiel is not on the level!
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I wrote about the idea that Democrats need to excise "activist" language from their vocabulary, and what it says about the corporate interests looking to divide and conquer the party.
Is Activist Vocabulary Hurting the Democrats?
Third Way's latest memo has weak advice and a hidden agenda
stringinamaze.net
August 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I wrote about the idea that Democrats need to excise "activist" language from their vocabulary, and what it says about the corporate interests looking to divide and conquer the party.
It’s so infuriating to see so many liberal friends and family capitulate on this. It’s just pandering to bigotry and rank sexism.
"I think in order to bring people together on this, we also have to take everyone seriously."
He's talking about bigots, let's not mince words.
He's talking about bigots, let's not mince words.
Pete Buttigieg Doubles Down on Comments About the “Fairness” of Trans People in Sports
“I think in order to bring people together on this, we also have to take everyone seriously."
www.them.us
August 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It’s so infuriating to see so many liberal friends and family capitulate on this. It’s just pandering to bigotry and rank sexism.
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If we want to fix our democracy, we NEED ranked choice voting.
Find out more at fairvoteillinois.org.
Find out more at fairvoteillinois.org.
July 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If we want to fix our democracy, we NEED ranked choice voting.
Find out more at fairvoteillinois.org.
Find out more at fairvoteillinois.org.
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i do not believe that the implementation of an unconstitutional executive order is “hard to stop,” there’s simply no institutional will to stop it
Now Trump will treat being homeless as an offense to justify imprisoning people without trial in the growing set of concentration camps that he avoids calling what they are. All in the name of safe public spaces and less crime. Unconstitutional, but hard to stop.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
i do not believe that the implementation of an unconstitutional executive order is “hard to stop,” there’s simply no institutional will to stop it
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The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
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Large sections of the media have been trained to assume bias is when Trump & Republicans look worse than Democrats in any comparison, even if you're directly reporting the truth.
You could do this on almost every issue, from abortion to immigration to economics: The media constructed an election that was a murky choice between unknowable candidates rather than a stark contrast between leaders who had *both been in power for four years* and whose values were bone-obvious
March 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Large sections of the media have been trained to assume bias is when Trump & Republicans look worse than Democrats in any comparison, even if you're directly reporting the truth.
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idk man, I have some bad takes, but "Democrats are flat-footed messengers right now" seems uncontroversial.
This came up all week - progressive Dems were still putting their shoes on when the Laken Riley Act got enough support to break a filibuster.
This came up all week - progressive Dems were still putting their shoes on when the Laken Riley Act got enough support to break a filibuster.
January 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
idk man, I have some bad takes, but "Democrats are flat-footed messengers right now" seems uncontroversial.
This came up all week - progressive Dems were still putting their shoes on when the Laken Riley Act got enough support to break a filibuster.
This came up all week - progressive Dems were still putting their shoes on when the Laken Riley Act got enough support to break a filibuster.
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As I approach another semester in the classroom I believe I’ll try and embrace the tangents my lectures sometimes take. Making clear and personal connections between the subject and the students is ultimately the point of many of our classes.
January 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
As I approach another semester in the classroom I believe I’ll try and embrace the tangents my lectures sometimes take. Making clear and personal connections between the subject and the students is ultimately the point of many of our classes.
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Reminder that for the US welfare state, the point is not to relieve poverty but to best manage the specter of destitution as a means of disciplining the bottom rung of labor. Countless academics point out it's cheaper to simply house people but for the super rich, in the long run, it absolutely isnt
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
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January 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reminder that for the US welfare state, the point is not to relieve poverty but to best manage the specter of destitution as a means of disciplining the bottom rung of labor. Countless academics point out it's cheaper to simply house people but for the super rich, in the long run, it absolutely isnt
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2024 was a historically difficult year for transgender people, but it was not without its victories. I list over 60 victories for transgender people this year.
There is a case for hope, and the fight for transgender rights is not without wins.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
There is a case for hope, and the fight for transgender rights is not without wins.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Victories For Trans People In 2024
2024 was a historically difficult year for transgender people, but there were some major victories. I list the biggest ones here.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
2024 was a historically difficult year for transgender people, but it was not without its victories. I list over 60 victories for transgender people this year.
There is a case for hope, and the fight for transgender rights is not without wins.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
There is a case for hope, and the fight for transgender rights is not without wins.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
New York Times starting the year off like
Which specific culture war fights, Tom Suozzi? What specific common ground?
January 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New York Times starting the year off like
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With almost the entire Western system of suppression against Palestinian stories working against him, Rasheed has still managed to bring Dreams on a Pillow to 75% of the campaign goal with two weeks left. Please don't let this dream fail in the last stretch.
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
Dreams on a Pillow - a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba, based on a true story | LaunchGood
A pseudo-3D stealth adventure game about a land full of people being made into a people without land
www.launchgood.com
January 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
With almost the entire Western system of suppression against Palestinian stories working against him, Rasheed has still managed to bring Dreams on a Pillow to 75% of the campaign goal with two weeks left. Please don't let this dream fail in the last stretch.
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...