Pleasant Politics

To be clear, socialism isn’t measured by how far to the left our politicians are; nor is our proximity to fascism measured by how far to the right they are. Fascism has taken over nations after both left-wing and right-wing elections: what matters most is the people’s ability to organize themsleves and fight for something better. Whoever wins the election in November, our focus should remain on the forms of popular organization we build together.

“There’s a lot going on. I don’t know if you know this but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico” [Video]

“And these Latinos, they love making babies too. Just know that. They do. They do. There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They come inside. Just like they did to our country.” [Video]

“Heck yeah. That’s cool, a Black guy with a thing on his head. What the hell is that? A lampshade? …I’m just kidding. That’s one of my buddies. He had a Halloween party last night. We had fun. We carved watermelons together.” [Video]

Trump backer calls Harris the ‘antichrist’ as he waves crucifix onstage at New York City rally [Story]

“I just got back from Israel.. and they go, Sid, you want to speak at this MSG thing? I go, ‘Sure — out of character for me to speak at a Nazi rally. I was just in Israel.’ But I took the gig.” [Video]

Edit: As sad as it makes me to change it, the revised headline is better and more accurate than "running his campaign into the ground," which is what it used to be before they changed it but forgot the title meta tag.

Vice President Kamala Harris pledged Monday to federally legalize cannabis, ensuring that "safe cultivation, distribution and possession of recreational marijuana is the law of the land."

Good stuff.

Harris' promise is part of a package of initiatives aimed at energizing Black male voters ahead of the November election.

What the shit?

“I think it's mostly the culture of just kind of being second-class, almost like and we kind of feel like we don't have a voice...”