Brian Ward

  • Dave got a VAX

  • What a Waste: The soundtrack of World War III. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjvmJq…

  • The CW trainer I ordered arrived today. I’ve been waiting to be able to use my key for a week! Video:

  • Got the HF antenna working tonight! How cool is that?

  • Why due process matters: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjN6nq…

  • I feel her sense of helplessness: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjLBep…

    We have power, but we need to use it. My two thoughts:

    1. Lone protest with a sign commands the attention of your neighbors and short circuits the media;

    2. Join a labor union. I picked the IWW. We need a general strike right now.

  • We have so much more in common with each other than we realize. Numbers are our greatest strength, but distractions and petty differences continue to divide us. An elegy for our fractured working class:

    Let there be justice in our world.

  • Watching tonight: Matewan

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  • We’re living Animal Farm here:

  • Why won’t Trump release the INNOCENT MAN he sent to an El Salvadoran TORTURE PRISON? Did they MURDER him? Are they AFRAID OF WHAT HE WILL SAY if he makes it back? www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjdYdQ…

  • LegalEagle – On Due Process:

  • The Trump regime appears to be pressuring Amazon to ban books that they don’t like (under threat of withholding federal contracts): www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjeXcB… 😡

  • I want to live in the world where pop music sounds like THIS: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjJMqa… 🎵

  • DSA: Stuff we can do RIGHT NOW to fight fascism and build socialism

  • Watching tonight: The Wobblies

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  • I’m no Rand Paul fan, but this speech is mostly right. He voted with Dems to try to stop the Trump tariffs and to reassert Congress’s role in enacting them. The Smoot-Hawley Act was Congress, not the President. Power of taxation is constitutionally assigned to the House:

  • A message from Bernie Sanders:

  • On tariffs:

  • When You Wish Upon A Star beautiful reharm! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT236o7… 🎶

  • Good discussion between Jon Stewart and Ezra Klein:

  • Chomsky from a few years ago talking about right now:

  • Bernie Sanders is the only honest politician we have:

  • My new tiling protest sign creator now sorta works on mobile. It’s brand new and a little bit buggy though. Give it a try and lemme know how it works for you. Video included to show workflow. You can get to it at go-protest.us

  • Chuck Schumer's Surrender is Clarity

    Great discussion with Senator Chris Murphy about the CR:

    It boils down to this: The Democrats are like watered-down seasoning – there’s a hint of something great, but ultimately, they’re ineffective. Nothing made that clearer than Chuck Schumer’s preemptive surrender to Donald Trump last week. Instead of using his power to stand firm, he caved. And this is the cycle we see over and over again.

    For decades, Democrats have positioned themselves as the party of working people, of big, bold governance. But the truth is, they’ve been seduced by corporate interests and have stopped fighting for systemic change. In some ways, that’s even worse than what Republicans do – at least the GOP is upfront about their allegiance to the wealthy and powerful. The Democrats, on the other hand, keep dangling hope in front of us, only to let it slip away. Where was the public option? Why should we accept that as our stretch goal when we should have been fighting for Medicare for All? Why do we keep lowering our expectations instead of demanding what we actually need?

    This is what Jon Stewart was getting at: At some point, the Democratic Party stopped being the party of big government solutions. Bill Clinton even said it outright: “The era of big government is over." But why did we accept that? Why did we buy into the conservative framing that government is inherently inefficient, when history tells us the opposite?

    The New Deal coalition built the 1950s America that everyone nostalgically worships – when the middle class thrived, unions were strong, and the economy worked for ordinary people. That happened because government took an active role in lifting people up. The Democratic Party of today could reclaim that legacy, but instead, they’re too busy playing a game that’s already rigged.

    If Democrats actually governed like Bernie Sanders, they could build an unstoppable coalition in this country. A movement that doesn’t just settle for the least-worst option, but actually demands and delivers change. Because we know what’s possible – we’ve done it before. We can do it again. But first, we need leaders who will actually fight.

  • The world doesn’t trust us anymore:

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