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matthew ellis

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wandering academic. media studies, history of capitalism, theory. pod @pnwmoviefilm. LB: http://letterboxd.com/mattellis blog: http://historiesofthepresent.com

What exactly is the accusation of “Alliance” based on here? A picture?

Revolutionary socialist Kshama Sawant — who is running for Congress independent of both parties of genocide, and who has won more for working people than every DSA politician in this country combined — is being attacked by a DSA leader because she correctly called out another DSA…



Just don’t give them power over you. They will get tired of Being Epic in your mentions

Being on this side of politics twitter increasingly feels like bumping up against a wall of people who have completely given up and want nothing more than to project that complete hopelessness and misery onto everyone else. I’ve always hoped I could persuade the people on the…



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something to this, but might be more urgent for them to focus on handling their shit and taking care of themselves--precisely in order to be more useful to others! Way too many tend toward self-destruction, whether hedonistic, ascetic, or just negligent. dangerous and wasteful

becoming more and more convinced that communists in the core need to practice some level of asceticism in their daily lives. like regularly deny themselves comfort and raise their tolerance for discomfort



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film criticism may be dying, but The A.V. Club did let me write about Bazin’s ontology of the image, and that’s not for nothing

The closer Richard Linklater gets to remaking Breathless, the further he strays from Jean-Luc Godard avclub.com/richard-linkla…



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I think Zohran should not only have antagonized Trump but actively asked him to do bad an insane things to New York City


Astonishing things are happening in the field of signification

Mamdani looks like a toddler next to his dad at the store, begging his father to buy him stuff

its_davidcastro's tweet image. Mamdani looks like a toddler next to his dad at the store, begging his father to buy him stuff


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i don’t have any expectations from mamdani and he will surely disappoint many on the left. the trump meeting is great though. anytime trump inadvertently fractures his base and supporters by speaking nicely of someone like mamdani, it’s a good thing. it’s demoralizing for them.


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lol JD has to be sick. It’s not fair. He tries so hard and this rich kid from NYC just walks in and smiles


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Zohran might not be a true leftist because everyone actually likes him


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I think the main thing to take away from the Mayor Mamdani White House visit is that it was very funny. Other than that I wouldn’t think too much about the whole charade.


The thing Americans want more than anything else is to be famous and loved

Fetterman: Well, we actually have some common ground with me and the socialist guy. We both agree it's reasonable to meet with the president. I think what's different is I haven't seen a lot of blowback for Mamdani to do this but I got a lot



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uhshanti's tweet image.

I kinda don't think the organized left in America is going to survive this



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I know why trump did it. it's because he is at heart, beneath all the grandstanding, a sad little man who loves celebrity more than anything else. he is a uniquely american fascist. his first ideology is Fame

Face it. You don't know why Trump did it. I don't know why Trump did it. Mamdani doesn't know why Trump did it. Trump doesn't know why Trump did it. There is no understanding why Trump did it. You will never get to the bottom of it. There is no bottom.



It’s always so telling where certain worldviews start to break down

Face it. You don't know why Trump did it. I don't know why Trump did it. Mamdani doesn't know why Trump did it. Trump doesn't know why Trump did it. There is no understanding why Trump did it. You will never get to the bottom of it. There is no bottom.



If I were elected to city council, instead of jumping ship to become a podcaster, I would have served my constituents

If I were in Mamdani's position, instead of asking Trump to meet with me, I would have announced a mass rally of tens of thousands of people in New York City to protest against ICE raids, to declare that New York City will not tolerate ICE and will fight Trump every inch of the…



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Lmao….honestly, three things here. 1. Most important, Zohran has telegenic rizz and Trump knows it. 2. Trumps knows that ‘affordability’ is the winning trope and wants to be associated with it. 3. Trump is totally obsessed with NYC and can never let go of being the NYC guy.


I can’t decide if leftists conspiracizing about this are 1. Having difficulty understanding what it looks like when a Dem pol flexes power instead of merely reacting to the right in fear, 2. Are paranoid, 3. Are giving Trump exactly what he wanted by scheduling this meeting

So did Zogran just walk his ass in there, give Trump his million dollar Obama smile, and whisper in his ear that the whole DemSoc thing is all an act? Trump showed more animosity towards Zelenskyy than he did this supposed communist menace he’s been fearmongering about for the…



Everyone is short circuiting over this for the same reasons that Zohran is powerful: he is able to circumnavigate all the discursive traps set up by opposing ideological projects simply by having "It." Trump sees that in Zohran--that's why he's drawn to him

Mamdani: I have spoken about the Israeli government committing genocide and our government funding it. Trump: *nods*



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