Socialist anti-imperialist activist, real name Steve Patt. Media commentary & more since 2003 @lefti.blogspot.com & Twitter. Birder, ultrarunner, 🇨🇺 activist

California (Bay Area)
These are Auschwitz-level pictures. Any comparison of Israel to Nazis, or of the genocide they’re carrying out in Gaza to the Holocaust, are entirely appropriate. And only someone who is a liar or willfully ignorant could fail to acknowledge the complicity of the West in this.
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An IDF drone pilot told Haaretz that he watched the attack in real time:
NEW INVESTIGATION w/@earshot_ngo: In the early hours of 23 March 2025, in Tel al-Sultan, Gaza, two convoys of ambulances were ambushed by Israeli military personnel. Fifteen aid workers died in a hail of over 800 bullets; by the time dawn broke, Israeli bulldozers were burying the ambulances, seeking to conceal evidence of the attack. The Last Responders tells the story of this attack in painstaking detail, drawing on interviews with witnesses from @PalestineRCS, digital reconstruction, and audio analysis of phonecalls made by the victims as they came under attack. vimeo.com/1182944295
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Pigs can’t fly, but they do dream. I assume, anyway. Mom is dreaming of her piglets from last November. What happened to them, anyway? Don’t ask. 🤫
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After spending like wild men on wars, tax cuts for the rich, and ballroom renovations no one ever asked for or needed, Trump-era Republicans are getting ready to recast themselves as fiscal conservatives as soon as the Democrats take control of the House this fall.
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The tightening of the US blockade and oil embargo are pushing more and more Cubans into vulnerable conditions. The number of people in extreme need has sharply risen over the years since the first Trump administration escalated its assault on Cuba, implementing over 240 political and economic measures as part of its "maximum pressure" campaign. But thanks to projects like Quisicuaba, thousands of Cubans receive food and medical care daily at no cost. BT's @ldejesusreyes has the story.
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Interviewer getting the views of a Crow on immigration? 🤔
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🚨EXCLUSIVE: AI safety rules were about to be enacted - then $25 million from OpenAI's president was deposited in Trump's super PAC and the rule disappeared. @LeverNews unearths documents exposing how AI oligarchs got Trump to kill rules they now claim to support. Pass it on👇
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The intensified U.S. blockade of Cuba has caused the infant mortality rate in Cuba to rise from 4.2/1000 to 9.9. In other words, the blockade is killing Cuban infants. As one U.S. lawmaker put it, “It’s not just immoral, it’s evil.” piped.video/uKf1q5oNVxE?is=Gder…
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The Secretary of State said that "Cuba can do trade and commerce with any country of the world they want, outside the United States." And he continued… This is a huge lie. Let's share some facts 🧵👇 1/9
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Four congressional Democrats visited a Havana hospital in July to witness the toll of the U.S. economic war on Cuba firsthand. See what the lawmakers learned inside the hospital
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There have been 12 Olympics that have allowed trans women to compete in the female category if they meet the hormonal and physical requirements of the trans sports policy. The results over 12 Olympic games suggests trans women massively underperform in elite womens sports. Since the IOC has created a rule for trans athletes to compete in 2003, over 81,000 people have become Olympians. Out of those 81,000 Olympians a total of 2 have been trans women & one came dead last the other came 37th out of 42. There isn’t a single trans or intersex woman dominating her sport. Even Caster Semenya, the most famous, & most successful, intersex woman athlete doesn’t “dominate” her sport. Caster has won a total of two Olympic golds medals & holds no world records.  By contrast, Katie Ledecky has won a total of 9 Olympic gold medals and has broken 19 world records since 2013. Why is Katie Ledecky treated like a marvel, and Caster Semenya and transgender women are treated like mutants? There currently exists no evidence to suggest that trans women who elect to suppress testosterone (through, for example, gender affirming hormone therapy and/or surgical gonad removal) maintain disproportionate advantages over cis women. More specifically, current evidence suggests any physical performance advantages  trans women do not fall outside the range observed among XX women after 2 years of testosterone suppression. piped.video/B8CzqxhZk7I?si=Lg2w… transresearch.org.au/post/tr…
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Just passed a station with Diesel at $9.15/gal. I drive a Volt and only put gas in every few months. I live in a retirement community, and many people here don’t drive at all. But I, & they, & every single non-billionaire in the US, are affected by that price of Diesel.
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Just heard an item on the news about SF Bay Ferry service being cut because of increased diesel prices.
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Support for socialism in the United States is on the rise! A new Gallup poll reveals that at least 43% of Americans have a positive view of socialism for the first time since its surveying began in 2010. It's no coincidence that as capitalism plunges working class communities into worsening conditions, both here and abroad, people are desperately looking to alternatives. Socialism — a society where working people control the economy and the government with the goal of meeting the needs of the people and the planet — is the ONLY solution to the deepening crises we're facing. Join the fight for a socialist future: PSLweb.org/join
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I seriously doubt there has ever been a US President with a smaller vocabulary than Trump.
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Escribí para Diario Red: “En septiembre de 1960, el Hotel Shelburne de Manhattan le exigió a la delegación cubana un pago inaceptable para seguir hospedándola, mientras la prensa local difundía el cuento de que los revolucionarios desplumaban gallinas en las habitaciones, de modo que la delegación, que entendió aquello como una provocación deliberada, decidió irse. Fidel Castro acudió entonces a la sede de Naciones Unidas y le planteó a Dag Hammarskjöld que, si no había en Nueva York un lugar digno donde quedarse, levantarían carpas en los jardines de la organización o en Central Park, y la historia terminó en Harlem, en el Hotel Theresa, adonde fueron a visitarlo Nikita Jruschov y Malcolm X. Días después subió a la tribuna de la Asamblea General y pronunció el discurso más largo que ha escuchado esa sala, en el que dejó una tesis que hoy, a la luz de lo ocurrido, se lee como un diagnóstico anticipado: "Desaparezca la filosofía del despojo y habrá desaparecido la filosofía de la guerra." Sesenta y seis años después, en esa misma sala, el presidente de Estados Unidos resumió su política hacia Venezuela, y en realidad hacia el resto del mundo, con una fórmula igual de breve pero de sentido exactamente opuesto: "El vencedor se lo lleva todo." Entre una frase y la otra cabe entera la historia del sistema multilateral, con su promesa fundacional, su lento deterioro y lo que, con bastante probabilidad, empieza a parecerse a su final.” diario-red.com/opinion/maria…
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NOW: New Yorkers flood the streets to reject Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit and demand his arrest! We stand with the people of Palestine, Iran, and Lebanon in their struggle against genocide, war, and occupation. 🇵🇸
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RT @pslnational: LIVE: Thousands are gathered outside the UN General Assembly to reject Netanyahu and demand his arrest! Palestine will b…
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Not a word in this article provides any evidence that the Trump-Xi meeting has anything to do with China “seeking greater influence”.
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Donald Trump emulating his favorite President.
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