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Democratic socialist/Marxist-Humanist with anti-absoulutist views. has no patience for Tankies/Neo-Stalinists nor fascists. Campism sucks. Am an internationalist. 🇺🇦🇵🇸+plus other flags of oppressed groups around the world that have no emojis or whatever.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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The century-long year
On Venezuela, democracy, and why this is all bigger than Trump.
Read the piece that inspired the pod and subscribe to get all of Andrea's posts first.
On Venezuela, democracy, and why this is all bigger than Trump.
Read the piece that inspired the pod and subscribe to get all of Andrea's posts first.
The century-long year
On Venezuela, democracy, and why this is all bigger than Trump.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The century-long year
On Venezuela, democracy, and why this is all bigger than Trump.
Read the piece that inspired the pod and subscribe to get all of Andrea's posts first.
On Venezuela, democracy, and why this is all bigger than Trump.
Read the piece that inspired the pod and subscribe to get all of Andrea's posts first.
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Donald Trump is just a symptom of our national disease. We have to--and we can--change the system that coughed him up.
First NEXT COMES WHAT by Andrea Pitzer of 2026.
First NEXT COMES WHAT by Andrea Pitzer of 2026.
Why This Is Bigger Than Trump
Podcast Episode · Next Comes What · 01/08/2026 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Donald Trump is just a symptom of our national disease. We have to--and we can--change the system that coughed him up.
First NEXT COMES WHAT by Andrea Pitzer of 2026.
First NEXT COMES WHAT by Andrea Pitzer of 2026.
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Trump has Wilhelm’s stupidity without the excuse of youth. Greenland is our Morocco.
It’s never 1939 Germany.
It’s often 1913 Germany.
It’s 1913 Germany now, in fact
It’s often 1913 Germany.
It’s 1913 Germany now, in fact
Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
March 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Trump has Wilhelm’s stupidity without the excuse of youth. Greenland is our Morocco.
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Kristi Noem must resign today.
Her time as Secretary has been a complete moral failure and a public safety disaster. ICE under her leadership has repeatedly ignored our laws, terrorized communities, and made America less safe.
She must resign.
Her time as Secretary has been a complete moral failure and a public safety disaster. ICE under her leadership has repeatedly ignored our laws, terrorized communities, and made America less safe.
She must resign.
January 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Kristi Noem must resign today.
Her time as Secretary has been a complete moral failure and a public safety disaster. ICE under her leadership has repeatedly ignored our laws, terrorized communities, and made America less safe.
She must resign.
Her time as Secretary has been a complete moral failure and a public safety disaster. ICE under her leadership has repeatedly ignored our laws, terrorized communities, and made America less safe.
She must resign.
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mexico is a wealthy and simply massive trade partner with us, and they have a fully-fledged modern military closely partnered with ours, and you know they keep very close tabs ;) on trump and hegsgeth. there are many other reasons but TLDR i don't think that's actually happening
January 5, 2026 at 5:13 AM
mexico is a wealthy and simply massive trade partner with us, and they have a fully-fledged modern military closely partnered with ours, and you know they keep very close tabs ;) on trump and hegsgeth. there are many other reasons but TLDR i don't think that's actually happening
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Some random thoughts besides the illegality of it all.
1. There's no tactical or strategic logic to it because to the extent Venezuela represents a problem, it is not one that military force can solve.
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1. There's no tactical or strategic logic to it because to the extent Venezuela represents a problem, it is not one that military force can solve.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Some random thoughts besides the illegality of it all.
1. There's no tactical or strategic logic to it because to the extent Venezuela represents a problem, it is not one that military force can solve.
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1. There's no tactical or strategic logic to it because to the extent Venezuela represents a problem, it is not one that military force can solve.
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Great survey of world reaction.
China, Brazil and South Africa are the most pointed and principled. Russia is firmer than the snippet I saw earlier suggested.
France is unsurprisingly the strongest European reaction. Starmer and Von der Leyen competing for title of best-behaved lapdog.
China, Brazil and South Africa are the most pointed and principled. Russia is firmer than the snippet I saw earlier suggested.
France is unsurprisingly the strongest European reaction. Starmer and Von der Leyen competing for title of best-behaved lapdog.
January 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Great survey of world reaction.
China, Brazil and South Africa are the most pointed and principled. Russia is firmer than the snippet I saw earlier suggested.
France is unsurprisingly the strongest European reaction. Starmer and Von der Leyen competing for title of best-behaved lapdog.
China, Brazil and South Africa are the most pointed and principled. Russia is firmer than the snippet I saw earlier suggested.
France is unsurprisingly the strongest European reaction. Starmer and Von der Leyen competing for title of best-behaved lapdog.
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Insane how much these people hate their own country
January 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Insane how much these people hate their own country
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Admittedly a less powerful pole but there’s also Russian fascist capitalism
January 3, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Admittedly a less powerful pole but there’s also Russian fascist capitalism
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There is the western liberal capitalism, and there is chinese monolithic capitalism. Those are two poles. If by multi you mean two, then yes you are right.
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
There is the western liberal capitalism, and there is chinese monolithic capitalism. Those are two poles. If by multi you mean two, then yes you are right.
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We’re in a multipolar world, like it or not.
In such a world, “Some reactionaries get to conquer their neighbors but others don’t” is not a viable position. You’ve gotta decide what norms to support across the board
In such a world, “Some reactionaries get to conquer their neighbors but others don’t” is not a viable position. You’ve gotta decide what norms to support across the board
The Number of Geopolitical “Poles” is Irrelevant Compared to their Disposition
The discourse about the structure of the world political order has come to turn increasingly around the question of ‘poles’ of geopolitical power—centers of influence and control, usually assumed to b...
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
We’re in a multipolar world, like it or not.
In such a world, “Some reactionaries get to conquer their neighbors but others don’t” is not a viable position. You’ve gotta decide what norms to support across the board
In such a world, “Some reactionaries get to conquer their neighbors but others don’t” is not a viable position. You’ve gotta decide what norms to support across the board
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Interesting how opposing factions of the Chinese internet have found positive angles in the Venezuela news: For critics of Beijing, the US taking out foreign dictators is always welcome news; while pro-gov't nationalists say this sets a precedent for China to invade Taiwan in a similar manner.
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Interesting how opposing factions of the Chinese internet have found positive angles in the Venezuela news: For critics of Beijing, the US taking out foreign dictators is always welcome news; while pro-gov't nationalists say this sets a precedent for China to invade Taiwan in a similar manner.
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People need to understand the precedent here. If the U.S. claims the right to sweep in and abduct a president it accuses of crimes, what stops Russia from doing the same to Ukraine, or China claiming that authority over Taiwan?
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
People need to understand the precedent here. If the U.S. claims the right to sweep in and abduct a president it accuses of crimes, what stops Russia from doing the same to Ukraine, or China claiming that authority over Taiwan?
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From a Ukrainian Democratic Socialist currently fighting against the Russian invasion of his country
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
From a Ukrainian Democratic Socialist currently fighting against the Russian invasion of his country
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Saw some people in the human rights space applauding Trump’s actions in Venezuela. As someone from China—a country where dictatorship feels omnipotent and where people inside often feel utterly powerless—I understand the desire for an external force to remove a hated tyrant. 1/3
January 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Saw some people in the human rights space applauding Trump’s actions in Venezuela. As someone from China—a country where dictatorship feels omnipotent and where people inside often feel utterly powerless—I understand the desire for an external force to remove a hated tyrant. 1/3
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fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
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anyway if I hear even one leftist start blaming Democrats, liberals, or anything close to them for this I'm gonna start throwing hands
January 3, 2026 at 12:31 PM
anyway if I hear even one leftist start blaming Democrats, liberals, or anything close to them for this I'm gonna start throwing hands
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We went "Harris is a warmonger and young men are legitimately afraid of dying in war" to "aren't you happy Maduro is gone?"
Like I know pointing out hypocrisy in politics is the lowest of low hanging fruits, but come on guys, just a little consistency is all I ask.
Like I know pointing out hypocrisy in politics is the lowest of low hanging fruits, but come on guys, just a little consistency is all I ask.
US carrying out strikes in Venezuela, US official says reut.rs/4bdcY8L
US carrying out strikes in Venezuela, US official says
The United States is carrying out strikes inside Venezuela, a U.S. official told Reuters early on Saturday.
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
We went "Harris is a warmonger and young men are legitimately afraid of dying in war" to "aren't you happy Maduro is gone?"
Like I know pointing out hypocrisy in politics is the lowest of low hanging fruits, but come on guys, just a little consistency is all I ask.
Like I know pointing out hypocrisy in politics is the lowest of low hanging fruits, but come on guys, just a little consistency is all I ask.
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A Japanese artist made the print DHS lifted to spread anti-immigrant hate. Can't make this up.
January 2, 2026 at 11:24 PM
A Japanese artist made the print DHS lifted to spread anti-immigrant hate. Can't make this up.
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"The GOP now fuses myths of white male victimhood with censorship that erases decades of academic scholarship detailing how Black Americans—not white men—face systemic discrimination in America." www.liberalcurrents.com/promoting-a-...
Promoting a New Segregation
The Trump administration wants to make anti-Black racism great again.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM
"The GOP now fuses myths of white male victimhood with censorship that erases decades of academic scholarship detailing how Black Americans—not white men—face systemic discrimination in America." www.liberalcurrents.com/promoting-a-...
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Yep, when studying 19th century liberalism, a touch of Marxist analysis makes a lot of sense! This was a politics of the newly ascendant high bourgeoisie and such lower aristocrats as threw their lot in with them, and it is marked throughout by a deep suspicion of 'the masses'
January 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Yep, when studying 19th century liberalism, a touch of Marxist analysis makes a lot of sense! This was a politics of the newly ascendant high bourgeoisie and such lower aristocrats as threw their lot in with them, and it is marked throughout by a deep suspicion of 'the masses'
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it is probably worth noting that any serious attempt to reprepare liberalism for the world of today (which as a social democrat I am critically in favour of, because coalitions have to be made with somebody) should probably refrain from overvenerating its 19th century incarnations
January 1, 2026 at 11:41 PM
it is probably worth noting that any serious attempt to reprepare liberalism for the world of today (which as a social democrat I am critically in favour of, because coalitions have to be made with somebody) should probably refrain from overvenerating its 19th century incarnations
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leftists stop getting mesmerized by "steven miller but with more Theory" challenge level Nightmare+
For instance, in a society where each community decides who counts as a person, one shudders to imagine what level of personhood queer people may receive.
January 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM
leftists stop getting mesmerized by "steven miller but with more Theory" challenge level Nightmare+