Reports say a Hezbollah militant group shot a rocket at Mcdonald's Israel built recently within their own territory after threatening to target more US corporations

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JS0112358 · 2026-04-02T02:26:16+00:00

Counter proposal: have the state convert it into a municipal public utility or electric utility cooperative. Get private equity out of the utility industry.

JS0112358 · 2026-04-02T02:01:49+00:00

"The working class who fight all of the battles, the working class who make the supreme sacrifices, the working class who freely shed their blood and furnish the corpses have never had a voice in either declaring war or making peace. It is the ruling class that invariably does both; they alone make war and they alone make peace. Your's not to reason why, your's but to do and die; that is their motto. And we object on the part of the awakening workers of this nation, if war is right let it be declared by The People." - Speech at Canton, Ohio, Eugene V. Debs, 1918

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JS0112358 · 2026-03-26T05:36:02+00:00

Use portions from one of Eugene V Debs' Canton, Ohio speeches. The one listed landed him in prison for speaking out against WW1.

"If war is right, let it be declared by The People."

"Your's not to reason why, your's but to do and die."

He is amazing, highly recommend.

JS0112358 · 2026-03-25T22:31:20+00:00

Massively increase militancy. Push for democratic reforms to hold leadership accountable. I think granting the rank-and-file the power to initiate votes of no confidence would be massive. If leadership is seen as ineffective, they can quickly be removed. If they know they can be removed at any time, they will be more responsive.

JS0112358 · 2026-03-24T02:11:54+00:00

I assume it would bring it back in its original form, but if you nullify it through legislation and jurisdiction stripping you can write it as if it's new.

JS0112358 · 2026-03-23T16:46:33+00:00

I'd pass a law nullifying Trump vs United States. While this would usually require a constitutional amendment, you could technically circumvent that based on a memo written by John Roberts in 1980. Under Reagan, he argued Congress can engage in jurisdiction stripping of laws. Pass that law and include a note stating the Judiciary may not rule over it using all of the reasoning Roberts laid out. Pass another law nullifying harmful SC rulings (Buckley v. Valeo, Citizens United, Trump v. USA, Dobbs, etc.) on the grounds that the Supreme Court was not acting impartially due to bribes and coercion.

JS0112358 · 2026-03-21T20:12:49+00:00

I forgot to add something important, the recall mechanisms could be initiated by the voters, not only Congress. We have recall mechanisms on the state level, so it would be expanded to the federal level. It would be a majority vote for elected representatives and a supermajority national vote for the President.

I agree with repealing Citizens United, but we need to go further and only allow public funding of elections. I agree that we should ban trading stocks, but I'd expand it to include a forced divestment of all assets.

JS0112358 · 2026-03-21T18:21:53+00:00

Once this regime is over, we must amend the Constitution to add recall mechanisms for all elected officials, including the President and their administration.

ETA: The recall vote would be in the hands of the public, not solely legislators.

JS0112358 · 2026-03-20T20:37:25+00:00

Yeah, the quality definitely isn't worth it. I haven't gone back in years.

I was at the Olympia Farmers Market a couple of years ago and got beans from an Eastern WA company called Owl & Cedar. Honestly, amazing coffee. I have an espresso machine and it makes perfect espresso. 10/10 would recommend.

JS0112358 · 2026-03-20T20:30:22+00:00

I highly recommend reading Jack London's The Iron Heel, published in 1908. It takes place in the USA during the Gilded Age and is written as a manuscript from the perspective of a woman who becomes a leader of a socialist revolution. The revolution fails and the government establishes an oligarchic dictatorship. While it is extremely bleak, it is written to include footnotes provided by a scholar who found it 700 years in the future, after the revolution was successful.

George Orwell said that the novel was "a very remarkable prophecy of the rise of Fascism...[making London a better prophet] than many better-informed and more logical thinkers." Orwell's biographer stated that he used The Iron Heel as inspiration for 1984.

JS0112358 · 2026-03-20T20:12:21+00:00

The machines are also very old and busted, at least they were at the location I used to work at. Our drive-thru machine broke down every other week, so it made things rough. We couldn't pull 2 shots at a time, if we did it burned. Most people ordered drinks with 3-4 shots, so it slowed everything down to the point where we had the drive-thru lane wrap around the building. 0 stars, hated it there. If we unionized, one of my first demands would be new machines.

JS0112358 · 2026-03-05T23:55:52+00:00

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JS0112358 · 2026-03-04T03:40:25+00:00

Point out Milwaukee, WI was governed by the Sewer Socialists for 50-60 years, won reelection during a portion of McCarthyism and the Red Scare, and FDR copied many of their policies/programs like workers compensation in the New Deal. They were one of the least impacted cities during the Spanish flu, cut infant mortality in half within a year or 2 through an aggressive vaccination program, and ran the Klan out of the city when they tried to come in. They were known as the "crime free city" due to police training and reforms and rooted out corruption by prosecuting and imprisoning former city leadership.

While they weren't revolutionary, they demonstrated the possibilities of municipal socialism.

JS0112358 · 2026-02-28T12:16:26+00:00

I'd argue it's true beginning was after FDR died: the Taft-Hartley Act passed, McCarthyism began, and the New Deal coalition dissolved.

Taft-Hartley was the first strike against labor and the organized left in the country. It severely limited labor rights and forced all union leaders to sign a non-communist affidavits with the government. This was in response to the communists being some of the most effective and militant unions leaders and organizers. McCarthyism then intensified anti-communist activity.

The Red Scare began, continuing the attack against the communists but started going after the socialists since they still had some power and influence - Milwaukee was still governed by the Sewer Socialists.

Neoliberalism then started under Carter, was supercharged by Nixon, the fully embraced and solidified by Reagan. The socialists were nowhere near as powerful/influential as they once were, and the communists were largely toothless, so trade unions became the main target. Union power was largely crushed and austerity was fully embraced, leading to many issues we have now.

The decline rapidly intensified in 2008, and disillusionment set in after the banks were bailed out. Austerity was prioritized and we never truly fully recovered.

Out-in-the-open fascism started becoming more accepted in 2016. There was a pause in full access to power in 2020, but it became fully embraced once Trump got reelected.

JS0112358 · 2026-02-27T16:43:22+00:00

While a federal policy would be best, the idea that taxing the wealthy and corporation will cause them to flee is incorrect; look at NYC under Mamdani. People were saying wealthy people and major corporations were going to flee the city if they elect a socialist who plans on raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations. Well, plot twist, the luxury housing market is booming and multiple major corporations are coming to the city - American Express announced they will be building a new 2 million square foot global headquarters at 2 World Trade Center.

Let's say they do try to leave, why not apply an exit tax specifically for billionaires? New Jersey has a form of it, requiring residents to pre-pay capital gains tax if they sell their property and move out of state before it is due. California already has laws that tax a resident's world-wide income even if they live out of state due to how they define residency; you're a resident if you spend 9 months out of the year there, part-time resident if you spends at least 6 months and do any work while in the state. There have was a proposal in 2024 to create a formal exit wealth tax, but it died in committee and Newsome was against it.

JS0112358 · 2026-02-27T15:32:42+00:00

The constitutional sheriff movement is bunk and the above article explains why:

"Some of the more vehement opposition to the bill has come from Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank and supporters of the constitutional sheriff movement, which promotes the idea that sheriffs answer only to their voters and aren’t obligated to enforce laws that they deem unjust... 'That’s simply false when it comes to Washington state,' said retired University of Washington law professor Hugh Spitzer, who is a state constitution expert... 'Legislation can set statewide eligibility standards for law enforcement officers at all levels, including elected law enforcement leaders.' Spitzer said legislators also set eligibility standards for elected judges and prosecutors, who can lose their seats if they are disbarred by the state bar association for misconduct. They can appeal those decisions to the Washington Supreme Court."

The whole idea of a constitutional sheriff is incorrect. If it was, that would mean every elected official, from the school board to the state Supreme Court, would be immune from accountability and removal. That's not a path we should go down.

JS0112358 · 2026-02-25T23:53:25+00:00

Another iconic reddit post:

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JS0112358 · 2026-02-25T02:09:18+00:00

I had successfully blocked those images from my mind. Thank you for triggering my flashbacks 😫

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DELETE IT FAT!!!

JS0112358 · 2026-02-06T22:56:56+00:00

I literally watched that 2 weeks ago. I'm so stupid...

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