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Frantz Qanon retweeted
The way to end the war is to build a political constituency for the MOU already negotiated by the US and Iran. That means overturning sanctions. Simply walking away does not end the conflict
There's a behind-the-scenes debate going on among civil socity/NGO/antiwar groups in DC over how hard to push to end Trump's war immediately. One letter currently circulating -- backed by Win Without War, MoveOn, NIAC, Indivisible, and J Street -- had included a line that set off alarm bells with groups that want to take a hard line against the war. It read:
“We, the XX undersigned civil society organizations, urge you to respond to this mandate by voting down any defense authorization or defense appropriations bills that would continue funding this disastrous war or increase Pentagon funding beyond the already outrageous $1 trillion that the White House pushed through Congress last year...If Trump continues the war into the new year, we further urge returning members to prioritize and pass legislation expressly defunding this war early in the new Congress.”
The problem there is the "if Trump continues the war." Opponents of that language argued there was no reason to give Trump November and December to wage war, and it should be forced to an end now.
Also, the government won't be funded by a defense appropriation bill, but by a CR that has to pass on or before Dec. 11.
Sen. Chris @VanHollenForMD and @RoKhanna have said the fight should be had in the CR.
After I reached out for comment, I was told that that particular line is being stripped out of the letter. Several of the signatories said they support pushing hard now to end the war, not waiting until January. NIAC spokesman Ryan Costello said NIAC interprets "defense appropriations bills" to include the CR.
"We want immediate action to end this war. Anything less is unacceptable," Costello said.
Matt Duss, executive director of CIPA, one of the signatories, emphasized his support for the more aggressive approach proposed by Van Hollen. “Congress needs to use every tool it has right now to stop this war,” he said. “We want everyone to be going all the way.”
Frantz Qanon retweeted
This is basically where the US seems to be at, in the sense that party loyalty is done and/but people remain invested in electoral politics as a primary, increasingly-failed way to express their displeasure with The State of Things. Bad time to invest in DSA IMO.
Frantz Qanon retweeted
This is such nauseating dickriding of one of the most contemptible pigs in office today. Here's the actually important parts:
« With his massive majority, Jeffries may no longer need to win over the crop of incoming Democratic socialists decrying current leaders for failing to meet the moment, though that dynamic will still be a major feature of the speaker’s vote in January.
[...]
That means Jeffries will need to limit the whims of his insurgent left. Democrats are unlikely to vote to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement or enact Medicare for All, for instance. His allies say he will seek to avoid votes, wherever possible, on policy relating to Israel. »
Everything will change so long as everything stays the same.
New - House Dems had an enormous night. Now, people close to Hakeem Jeffries say he plans to use his speaker's gavel to go BIG and bold in 2027, super charging a new era of Democratic populism
edition.cnn.com/2026/11/03/p…
Frantz Qanon retweeted
its becoming apparent most peoples idea of socialism is basically this
Frantz Qanon retweeted
I’m hearing rumors that OpenAI has an internal model dedicated specifically to Marxology. It’s already uncovered three new epistemological breaks and developed a radical new interpretation of Capital chapter 1. Watch this space
Frantz Qanon retweeted
We ought not to scoff at the sheer magnitude of our comfort just because our peers share it (which says more about socioeconomic assortation than it does about how common our salaries are). We literally cannot imagine how privileged we are relative to the average living human.
We really need to get rid of this "six figure salary" shock trope. It's 2026. 100k is not an eye-popping amount to make anymore. xitter.cf/noahsamsen_/status/210…
Frantz Qanon retweeted
Perhaps the breathless speculation that AI will automate away the analyst, or much of the analytic burden, is a bit premature?
Exclusive
An AI-assisted intel report, circulated across the US military during the Iran war, nearly triggered an operation but was false, sources tell @KatieBoLillis & @ZcohenCNN
cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/…
Frantz Qanon retweeted
It's funny how since the energy consumption of the humans is for them to live, the implicit counterfactual to "these guys spent weeks on the paper" sounds like "these guys don't exist", so the economical/ecological solution is to not only replace them by AI but kill them
Frantz Qanon retweeted
Gaia Mishima: I don't care what you stand for, if you destroy oil I support you
BREAKING: Ukrainian drones have just struck Russia's Syzran oil refinery, with multiple fires burning across the complex, hours after Trump claimed on Truth Social that Ukraine had agreed not to hit Russian energy targets, that Russia had agreed likewise, and that the world's diesel price rise "is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran."
Syzran runs about 170,000 barrels per day, roughly 3% of Russia's refining capacity. US diesel hit a record $6.23 a gallon today.
Frantz Qanon retweeted
9/13/1971: New York State massacres prisoners and hostages at Attica, then lies who had done it
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller ordered Attica retaken after four days of prisoner negotiations over medical care, food, censorship, prison labor, racial discrimination and basic living conditions. Helicopters dropped tear gas and State Police and corrections officers fired almost 2,000 rounds, killing 29 incarcerated men and 10 hostages; many more were wounded. State officials initially claimed prisoners had cut hostages’ throats, but autopsies showed all ten hostages killed in the assault died from law-enforcement gunfire.
Frantz Qanon retweeted
BLS this morning, with revised 2Q data: "The labor share, which is the percentage of output that accrues to workers in the form of compensation, was 52.8 percent in the second quarter of 2026, the lowest level in the series, which begins in the first quarter of 1947."
See our interactive graphics on today’s new #BLSdata on #Productivity and #Costs bls.gov/charts/productivity-… #DataViz
Frantz Qanon retweeted
The best way to understand the data center buildout is to read Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s book about the expansion of the California prison system.
Here's why America's data center buildout is almost impossible to stop, absent a national ban:
• Compute is in high demand.
• AI data centers can be built almost anywhere.
• So long as these projects promise high revenues, some place will say yes.
vox.com/politics/501146/data…
Frantz Qanon retweeted
re-reading this for probably the thousandth time
newleftreview.org/sidecar/po…
Frantz Qanon retweeted
Middle class American in 2026: “Socialism is an economic system :). It’s about balanced budgets so we can put more money into healthcare and housing.”
Silesian weaver in 1844: “Socialism is a total revolution in humanity’s very social being. It is the end of pre-history.”
