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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · 2h

Is there a process for contacting the city clerk about these discrepancies? Do you have to be an Atlanta resident/voter?

Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · 11h

White seems to have claimed that all $25k spent was in non itemized expenditures less than $100. This seems dubious to me. Have you ever seen this from a campaign before?

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Albuquerque DSA @abqdsa.bsky.social · 7d

Albuquerque DSA is proud to have endorsed Rep. Chavez and we stand by her criticisms of ICE. ICE has been out of control, kidnapping community members from hospital beds and terrorizing families in their schools, workplaces, and homes. ICE is beyond reformation and must be abolished.

StevieGrrrl 📚🥁📃📢 @steviegrrrl.bsky.social · 13d

I am so proud of New Mexico Rep. Eleanor Chávez! 💙

"It’s fascism and ICE is acting like the KKK."

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State Rep. Eleanor Chávez: “I’m gonna call it what it is… ICE is acting like the KKK" - New Mexico Political Report

A New Mexico state representative didn’t mince words when a state legislative committee overseeing courts and justice policy opened the floor for remarks on Tuesday. During the two-day meeting of the ...

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Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 19d

OUR VIEW: The notion that a caller would leave a message demanding City Councilor Alma Castro stop speaking Spanish at city meetings would be laughable if the current times weren’t so contentious. sfnm.co/3VsnSP1

No Spanish in Santa Fe? What a terrible idea

The notion that a caller would leave a message demanding City Councilor Alma Castro stop speaking Spanish at city meetings would be laughable if the current times weren’t so contentious.

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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Aug 25

I’d hold out on that conclusion for now, just because the cognitive dissonance could resolve in either direction. But the trends are concerning

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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Aug 25

There’s enough cognitive dissonance at the moment that you still see people like Zohran, Rashida, and even AOC/Bernie popular among the youth. But there’s growing detachment from familiarity with basic aspects of campaign structure and mass organizing

Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Aug 25

The issue at stake is that support for traditional progressive Dem campaigns is virtually evaporated among younger voters, and that void either pushes zoomers towards far right politics or to ultra leftist outlooks. I think SoR has closer politics to DSA’s <25 base than we would prefer to think

rose @breadnrosie.bsky.social · Aug 25

gw & smc have misread whats going on inside of dsa since like 2022, but i dont think your caucus or others on the left have any understanding of the terrain outside of the org or the student activist world

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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Aug 25

The issue that Rose is complaining about (and I have a slightly different take than her) is that the feedback loops in DSA do not reward successful tactics or prompt productive adaptation.

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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Aug 25

Yes, and some of those views have resulted in a much more consistent rate of success than others.

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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Aug 25

OK, but then it doesn’t make sense to turn around and claim credit for the candidates winning. Emerge outright opposed Zohran’s endorsement and only how they’re trying to tout him as an example.

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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Aug 25

Bread and Roses is the exception here, as a caucus they’ve gotten multiple members elected to office in uphill fights. But their approach to electoral strategy is closer to GW’s than to SOR or Red Star.

Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Aug 25

Those caucuses have also been extremely critical of Zohran’s campaign and platform.

Campaigns like Zev in Tacoma, or Abdul Osmanu in CT that were spearheaded by the ultra leftist caucuses performed poorly.

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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Aug 22

Biden’s ousting was a centrist coup, there is a reason Bernie and AOC stood by him (even if it was strategically bad for the left)

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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Aug 22

Who knew Israel was just a friend struggling with a trauma response the whole time?

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · Aug 22

Other opponents:

State Sen. Laura Fine has taken over $11,000 in donations through JAC PAC

Bruce Leon told me blocking weapons sales is "wrong."

"When you have a friend that's going through trauma, that's not the time to punish them," Leon said in a recent interview with me.

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · Aug 14

Across the country, democratic socialists are continuing to build their presence in municipal government. Kelsea Bond is hoping to become the first socialist on Atlanta’s city council.

Socialist Kelsea Bond Is Running for Atlanta City Council

Across the country, democratic socialists are continuing to build their presence in municipal government. Kelsea Bond is hoping to become the first socialist on Atlanta’s city council.

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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · Aug 12

When Muhammad Yunus was appointed to lead a caretaker government in Bangladesh in 2024, it seemed that democratic restoration might begin. But as Sahasranshu Dash writes, things have quickly devolved.

Forget About It | Sahasranshu Dash

In Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus’s war on memory is steering the country into authoritarianism.

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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Jul 25

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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Jul 25

Headline is extremely misleading, he clearly has no meaningful regret or remorse towards Biden admin actions and is even vague about whether the "tragedy" he refers to is the ongoing slaughter and starvation of Palestinians or just October 7th.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Jul 25

On today’s Big Take podcast, former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and David Gura discuss Sullivan’s time in the Biden White House and the challenges facing the Trump Administration.

Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Jul 25

Headline is extremely misleading, he clearly has no meaningful regret or remorse towards Biden admin actions and is even vague about whether the "tragedy" he refers to is the ongoing slaughter and starvation of Palestinians or just October 7th.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Jul 25

On today’s Big Take podcast, former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and David Gura discuss Sullivan’s time in the Biden White House and the challenges facing the Trump Administration.

‘It Weighs On Me Every Day.’ President Biden’s National Security Advisor on Oct. 7 and Gaza

On today’s Big Take podcast: Former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on his time in the Biden White House and the challenges facing the Trump Administration.

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Albuquerque DSA @abqdsa.bsky.social · Jul 25

Join us tomorrow for our July General Meeting! We'll be discussing the impact of Medicaid cuts in New Mexico, and how we can fight back. We'll also be voting on key Organizational Resolutions. Coffee and snacks will be provided!

¡Reunion general de julio!

¡Cómo podemos contrarrestar el corte de Medicaid!

¡Las resoluciones organizativas del grupo!

¡Café y bocadillos para todos!

Sabado, 26 de julio
12:30 PM CWA Hall
1608 Truman Ave

July General Meeting

Info to stop Medicaid cuts!

Chapter incorporation!

Free snacks and coffee!

Saturday, July 26th
12:30 PM CWA Hall
1608 Truman Ave

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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Jul 23

What do you think of Kelsea Bond?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 4

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.

Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Jun 21

Black Dems are always going to be more conservative than white Dems and there is no point trying to pretend otherwise to make ourselves feel better

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Center for Strategic Politics @stratpolitics.bsky.social · Jun 17

AFTER HEATED SECOND DEBATE AND SUPERPAC ATTACKS, MAMDANI AND CUOMO RACE TO STATISTICAL TIE

Read the thread for more insights from our new poll with @dreamfornyc.bsky.social 🧵

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Nick Hill @nondensocialist.bsky.social · Jun 8

I'd urge people to spend at least a small amount of time learning about the historical Chicano movement and their perspectives on patriotism before jumping into this argument

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Albuquerque DSA @abqdsa.bsky.social · Jun 7

We had an excellent time today at Pride! Albuquerque DSA will always stand with the LGBTQ community. None of us are free until we are all free.

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