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Ben Stevenson retweeted
This is the fundamental contradiction of capitalism: there's social production but private ownership. Everyone feels a little aggrieved that Musk is ruining a site which they feel is theres and in a way it is, they produce and reproduce it every day
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Ben Stevenson retweeted
Last night was SF's 4th election this year (!!), including 2 billionaire-funded recalls and a horrifying redistricting process.
Community organizers resisted fatigue to deliver wins for housing, public transit, voter enfranchisement, libraries and good governance. My gratitude!
Ben Stevenson retweeted
Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson brings the heat: “You’ve got all the billionaires moving to Texas or Miami and giving the middle finger on the way out: ‘Oh, San Francisco is a shithole. Blah, blah, blah.’ Did you lift a finger while you lived here—while you made billions of dollars? (1/3)
Ben Stevenson retweeted
Today's veto of SB57 is a brutal, devastating set back, denying SF, LA, & Oakland the authority under state law to open overdose prevention sites that we know save lives. These sites work, they get get drug use off the streets, & connect people to treatment. We remain determined.
Ben Stevenson retweeted
NEW: The nonpartisan counterpart of a group behind the Boudin recall paid DA Brooke Jenkins $100K+ to work as a consultant before her appointment sfstandard.com/criminal-just…
Ben Stevenson retweeted
If you are 26 or older and live more than 100 miles away from where you grew up, you are very, very unusual apnews.com/article/census-20…
Ben Stevenson retweeted
London Breed’s DA pick just fired staffers whose work included trying to reduce unduly harsh sentences, free people who were wrongly convicted, hold police accountable, investigate political corruption, and increase data transparency. And this is how @sfchronicle reports it.
Ben Stevenson retweeted
As reported, the admin has been in talks internally as to whether ~200 deaths may be “acceptable” to the public, or even a signal that the pandemic is “over.” Whether or not this kind of thinking becomes official, there is certainly an exploitable trend here — 3/
Ben Stevenson retweeted
Some of my progressive friends are taking the wrong lesson from Chesa's recall.
It's actually a pretty big setback for the movement, exposing longstanding weaknesses. But we can learn from it & build a stronger infrastructure to support criminal justice wins.
A few thoughts:
Ben Stevenson retweeted
That the sitting DCCC chair is willing to risk a primary against his own Dem neighbor to run in a Biden +10 seat - rather than run in a Biden +5 seat where most of his current constituents live - says everything you need to know about the political environment right now.
Ben Stevenson retweeted
so one week after a BoS hearing on copaganda, the mayor appoints the head of city copaganda as supervisor of a rapidly gentrifying district which was recently gerrymandered to dismantle working class and non-white voter power. the whole arc is absolute villain shit
Ben Stevenson retweeted
someone tell the Grow SF guys that they're already living in the future they always dreamed of
Ben Stevenson retweeted
How the "show not tell" of postwar creative writing programs was tied up in anticommunism efforts, and the effect that has had on fiction by @annierlevin ow.ly/bPhL50IM3ub
Ben Stevenson retweeted
Damning transparency in this “moderate” eblast:
“Redistricting is going better than I could have ever dreamed. The current draft map will flip 3 districts with Progressive Supervisors to moderate majorities.”
This is partisan gerrymandering. The definition of voter suppression.
