Shahid Buttar
@shahbbles.bsky.social
Lawyer, DJ, MC, poet, grassroots organizer, won 81k votes in 2020 to serve San Francisco in Congress. https://shahidbuttar.substack.com
Or perhaps everyone in Washington is just cowering before the ego a fragile leader. shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
The rise of the fragile “tough guy”
From police to our president, and the federal goon squads he has deployed from Los Angeles to DC, we all seem to exist at the whim of supposed “tough guys” whose reputations belie their weakness
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November 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Or perhaps everyone in Washington is just cowering before the ego a fragile leader. shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
That’s not the only way this administration has been destroying the economy. shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/more-than-...
(More than) A Dozen Ways that Trump’s policies are destroying the U.S. economy (Part III)
The American economy is suffering a death by a thousand self-inflicted cuts—including one that rises to the level of unconstitutionality
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November 29, 2025 at 3:48 AM
That’s not the only way this administration has been destroying the economy. shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/more-than-...
You’re absolutely right.
Also, a sincere question: how is this different than Obama murdering people by the dozens using drones halfway around the world?
Can America ever look beyond political tribalism to embrace human rights, regardless of who violates them?
Also, a sincere question: how is this different than Obama murdering people by the dozens using drones halfway around the world?
Can America ever look beyond political tribalism to embrace human rights, regardless of who violates them?
Trump’s arbitrary assassinations were enabled by Democrats
Observers reacted to Trump’s assassination of suspected drug traffickers presumptively described as terrorists, forgetting how Obama and his enablers cheered analogous drone strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
You’re absolutely right.
Also, a sincere question: how is this different than Obama murdering people by the dozens using drones halfway around the world?
Can America ever look beyond political tribalism to embrace human rights, regardless of who violates them?
Also, a sincere question: how is this different than Obama murdering people by the dozens using drones halfway around the world?
Can America ever look beyond political tribalism to embrace human rights, regardless of who violates them?
Talk is cheap. But we the workers have tools more powerful than our words.
Organized labor is the key to overcoming the cruelty of capital
From the genocide in Gaza to Trump’s attacks on democracy in America, organized labor can help restore the rule of law—and needs your solidarity today
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November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Talk is cheap. But we the workers have tools more powerful than our words.
Every time I think I couldn’t be less impressed by the rigor of public discourse, I find myself surprised
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Every time I think I couldn’t be less impressed by the rigor of public discourse, I find myself surprised
The point is that both corporate political parties have been shamelessly complicit in the rise of bipartisan fascism to which most Americans have been oblivious over the last 25 years.
Fears of a fascist future overlook the present and past
Democracy in America died a long time ago, and Democratic presidents share the blame
shahidbuttar.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The point is that both corporate political parties have been shamelessly complicit in the rise of bipartisan fascism to which most Americans have been oblivious over the last 25 years.
You might be confused, but I appreciate the comment nonetheless
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
You might be confused, but I appreciate the comment nonetheless
You’re right, and it’s outrageous.
But we have to remember that it was Obama who established the power to kill without trial, while Democrats idiotically cheered him on. shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/trumps-arb...
But we have to remember that it was Obama who established the power to kill without trial, while Democrats idiotically cheered him on. shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/trumps-arb...
Trump’s arbitrary assassinations were enabled by Democrats
Observers reacted to Trump’s assassination of suspected drug traffickers presumptively described as terrorists, forgetting how Obama and his enablers cheered analogous drone strikes
shahidbuttar.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
You’re right, and it’s outrageous.
But we have to remember that it was Obama who established the power to kill without trial, while Democrats idiotically cheered him on. shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/trumps-arb...
But we have to remember that it was Obama who established the power to kill without trial, while Democrats idiotically cheered him on. shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/trumps-arb...
Democrats have been capitulating to authoritarianism for longer than most of them realize.
Fears of a fascist future overlook the present and past
Democracy in America died a long time ago, and Democratic presidents share the blame
shahidbuttar.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Democrats have been capitulating to authoritarianism for longer than most of them realize.
This pattern of so-called “leadership” is how we ended up with Trump in the White House.
Pelosi finally retires after forcing conservative politics on congressional Democrats for decades
“Journalists” are re-writing history today to serve a powerful political dynasty, cement a cult of personality, and further degrade the vestiges of democracy—and none of that is about Trump
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November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This pattern of so-called “leadership” is how we ended up with Trump in the White House.