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Jo Lorenz

@iamjolorenz.bsky.social
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Writer + abolitionist wielding well-timed profanity against fascism + imperialism • Co-founder of @theprogressivists.com • Free 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩

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Climate Defiance @climatedefiance.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
New polling shows 77% of Democrat voters thinks Israel is committing genocide; half of the country (all voters) thinks Israel is committing genocide; Americans now sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis for the first time ever; + Democrat voters overwhelmingly oppose sending more weapons.
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Rachel Vindman @natsechobbyist.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
No, that’s only you, Zuck. The rest of us have actual friends.
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Jen Jones @jenjones.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
“This isn’t just another Trump administration clusterfuck. This is institutional capture with surgical precision. They’re not just replacing leaders—dudes, they’re gutting the machinery of government itself. @iamjolorenz.bsky.social Here’s what we can do about it: open.substack.com/pub/theprogr...
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WHEN FASCISM WEARS ALLBIRDS
How Silicon Valley's "efficiency experts" are gutting democracy while we watch — and what history can teach us about fighting back with (stay with me here) the strategic art of being boring as fuck.
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
While billionaires measure their knob-rockets and politicians debate who deserves to live, communities are quietly building something they can't control, can't co-opt, and can't stop. Here's your guide to finding (or starting) mutual aid networks near you:
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SORRY, YOUR BOOTSTRAPS WON'T SAVE YOU: A GUIDE TO MUTUAL AID IN THE AGE OF BULLSHIT
The system isn't failing us - it's fucking us over exactly as planned. But we're building something better, and we need your help to grow it.
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Katie @katelizaburke.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
“Fascism’s favorite weapon isn’t violence—it’s keeping us distracted with manufactured outrage while democracy dies in broad daylight.” The most eloquent, yet succinct, reminders of what and why to keep focused on moving forward. @theprogressivists.com @iamjolorenz.bsky.social
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THE FUCKERY REPORT: WHILE WE WERE RAGE-TWEETING (Jan 25)
Your weekend autopsy of how fascism's favorite weapon isn't violence — it's keeping us distracted with manufactured outrage while democracy dies in broad daylight.
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
2023: "I was the worst!" 2024: "Hold my weapons contract . . ."
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2024: THE FUCK WAS THAT ABOUT?
Your sampling platter of imperial violence, manufactured catastrophes, and that moment millions of us got extremely clear about what's really going on.
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
70,000 men were just caught sharing sexual assault tactics in group chats. And the good guys™ are more outraged by this post than that fact.
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FYI: THEY HAVE GROUP CHATS ABOUT HOW TO RAPE US. YES, REALLY.
While women are busy sharing cocktail recipes in our group chats, men are trading sexual assault tactics in theirs. And the good guys™ are more outraged by this headline than that fact.
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
A generation learned to count bodies under desks before they learned algebra. Now we're shocked when they do corner office calculations?
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THE FUCKERY REPORT: THE CHEAP SEATS WANT A WORD (Dec 21)
Your weekend autopsy of how America's ruling class loses their minds when the cheap seats start calculating the real cost of selective justice.
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
They've convinced us there isn't enough to go around while building super yachts with helicopter pads. New research proves we only need 30% of global resources for everyone to survive. The math is clear: Your death isn't just inevitable — it's profitable.
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YOUR FUNERAL COSTS LESS THAN THEIR YACHT'S COFFEE MAKER
Weird how this recent study shows we could save everyone with just 30% of global resources, yet instead we're just out here funding billionaires' floating death temples and knob-shaped rockets.
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 17/12/2024
We taught an entire generation of kids to hide from death between math and recess — now we’re clutching our Patagonia vests because they don’t shed tears over a healthcare executive who denied coverage to cancer patients while pocketing millions?
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SORRY ABOUT YOUR CEO, BUT WE LEARNED MATH UNDER DESKS
A generation raised on active shooter drills is being asked to condemn violence in corner offices while their insulin-rationing neighbors die. The math ain't mathing.
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 18/12/2024
Explain to us how their spreadsheet deaths don’t count as terrorism . . .
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WEIRD, IS YOUR ALGORITHM NOT TERRORISM?
When the ruling class writes definitions, a CEO's death is terrorism. But when that same CEO's algorithms deny thousands of human beings healthcare until they die? Duuh, that's just business.
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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The NYPD is working to keep the flow of Amazon goods moving in NYC despite the strike. They’re breaking the Teamster picket line as best they can and serving Jeff Bezos. Working people everywhere should oppose policing for so many different reason.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
If you see anyone talking about how the Amazon strike could disrupt the flow of packages:
Don’t make me tap the sign. Strikes are supposed to be disruptive
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Explain to me how their spreadsheet deaths don’t count as terrorism . . .
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WEIRD, IS YOUR ALGORITHM NOT TERRORISM?
When the ruling class writes definitions, a CEO's death is terrorism. But when that same CEO's algorithms deny thousands of human beings healthcare until they die? Duuh, that's just business.
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
We taught an entire generation of kids to hide from death between math and recess — now we’re clutching our Patagonia vests because they don’t shed tears over a healthcare executive who denied coverage to cancer patients while pocketing millions?
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SORRY ABOUT YOUR CEO, BUT WE LEARNED MATH UNDER DESKS
A generation raised on active shooter drills is being asked to condemn violence in corner offices while their insulin-rationing neighbors die. The math ain't mathing.
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
A nation where people ration insulin while UnitedHealthcare posts $324B in revenue isn't a society. It's a pressure cooker.
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THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT ONE CEO
Penn grad Luigi Mangione's arrest for killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO forces a truth upon us: This isn't about violence. It's about the state-sanctioned corporate machine strangling us all.
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 06/12/2024
Here’s the thing about *selective* anti-racism: It’s just fucking racism with better PR.
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#NEVERAGAIN: TERMS & CONDITIONS APPLY
How imperialism and selective anti-racism became the perfect cover for looking away while Palestinians are slaughtered.
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 05/12/2024
Let Them Eat Deductibles
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LET THEM EAT DEDUCTIBLES
As UnitedHealthcare faces scrutiny over AI-driven claim denials and vulturous executive compensation, a dark spotlight illuminates American healthcare's deepening crisis.
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 21/11/2024
The road to authoritarianism is paved with bills like HR 9495. We must make our voices heard before we lose the ability to disagree with the government without being labeled a “terrorist". Read more and support our Substack: theprogressivists.substack.com/p/how-hr-949...
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HOW HR 9495 OPENS THE DOOR TO FULL AUTHORITARIAN FUCKERY
A chilling look at how HR 9495 (just passed in the Senate) enables full-throated authoritarianism, empowering Trump-picked officials to target nonprofits as 'terrorists'. AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 21/11/2024
Okay y’all. It’s ☎️ time. #HR9495, a.k.a. the *Dictator’s Little Helper* bill, is a threat to democracy that must be stopped. Passed by the House today, 219-184, the bill empowers the Treasury Secretary to unilaterally label nonprofits as “terrorist-supporting” and revoke their tax-exempt status.
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 21/11/2024
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HOW HR 9495 OPENS THE DOOR TO FULL AUTHORITARIAN FUCKERY
A chilling look at how HR 9495 (just passed in the House) enables full-throated authoritarianism, empowering Trump-picked officials to target nonprofits as 'terrorists'. AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 21/11/2024
Hey y'all, don't forget, there's plenty of room at The Hague theprogressivists.substack.com/p/bibis-warr...
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BIBI'S WARRANT IS JUST THE START: WHO'S NEXT ON THE HAGUE'S HIT LIST?
Netanyahu's war crimes warrant is historic, but let's talk about his accomplices: If weaponizing starvation gets you arrested, what happens to those bankrolling it?
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 20/11/2024
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FROM MTV TO DC: TRUMP'S NEW CABINET IS AMERICA'S WORST REALITY SHOW
Sean Duffy goes from 'Real World' to real power, RFK Jr. brings conspiracy theories to Health, and the Democrats continue their empty-suit strategy. Welcome to 2024.
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 20/11/2024
Empire: We have the most corrupt administration in galactic history Trump's Cabinet: Hold my blue milk 🥛
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Empire: We have the most corrupt administration in galactic history Trump's Cabinet: Hold my blue milk 🥛
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 19/11/2024
When the guy wearing the funny hat who usually sticks to blessing people starts using the g-word, maybe it’s time for our *devout Catholic* politicians do more than just clutch their rosaries and sign another blank check.
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POPE WARNS OF GENOCIDE WHILE CATHOLIC BIDEN BANKROLLS IT
From Biden's blank checks to Congress's "thoughts and prayers", America's Catholic leaders are choosing bombs over their faith. Now even the Pope is calling it what it is: Genocide.
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
‪Elon Musk is clearly a representative of a global billionaire class with no loyalty to Americans so if he's slashing public programs as co-president, history will mark this down as a hostile takeover of the US. ‬This is bigger than just Putin or Netanyahu. It's all the nameless, faceless oligarchs.
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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
“Israel’s escalated assault on Lebanon is killing three children each day on average”
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Everyone please give a follow to our friend @iamjolorenz.bsky.social who is a legend working tirelessly against fascism from all corners of the world. I've known her for a long time and she's iconic. 🔥
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
When the guy wearing the funny hat who usually sticks to blessing people starts using the g-word, maybe it’s time for our *devout Catholic* politicians do more than just clutch their rosaries and sign another blank check.
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POPE WARNS OF GENOCIDE WHILE CATHOLIC BIDEN BANKROLLS IT
From Biden's blank checks to Congress's "thoughts and prayers", America's Catholic leaders are choosing bombs over their faith. Now even the Pope is calling it what it is: Genocide.
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
When the guy wearing the funny hat who usually sticks to blessing people starts using the g-word, maybe it’s time for our *devout Catholic* politicians do more than just clutch their rosaries and sign another blank check.
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POPE WARNS OF GENOCIDE WHILE CATHOLIC BIDEN BANKROLLS IT
From Biden's blank checks to Congress's "thoughts and prayers", America's Catholic leaders are choosing bombs over their faith. Now even the Pope is calling it what it is: Genocide.
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 19/11/2024
Real people — fathers, sons, brothers, teachers, poets, doctors — consistently stripped of their dignity and basic human rights, right before our eyes. This isn't history. This isn't a future sci-fi novel. This is happening right NOW, funded by our tax dollars. #FreePalestine!
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Introduce yourself in the comments by telling us the decade you were born, where you're from, and why you're on Bluesky. I'll go first: I'm a millennial born in the 90s, I'm from Long Island, and I'm here to connect with like-minded people away from all the bots & fascists on Twitter.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
"There are neo-Nazis on both sides"
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Israeli media reports that IDF soldiers prevented starving Palestinian families from receiving aid and then set fire to it. Meanwhile, U.S. media thinks our eyeballs are broken and continues to focus on *self-defense* in nightly segments.
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 18/11/2024
The world's self-proclaimed *leader of the free world* has no genuine left party — and holy fuck but look at where that's got us. But hope is not lost. If we're smart about it . . .
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PASS THE FASCISM PLEASE: HOW THE ESTABLISHMENT SETS THE TABLE FOR AUTHORITARIANISM
How the United States' political establishment keeps moving right, leaving us a menu with no genuine left options - and why this recipe leads straight to authoritarianism.
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 18/11/2024
The United States' political system is like watching two conservative uncles argue over turkey-carving techniques at Thanksgiving dinner while the house burns down and your cousin whispers "pass the imperialism, please".
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Every bomb dropped on Gaza and Lebanon today was Made in America™, bought with your money, and greenlit by your president. Still think you're not involved?
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Every bomb dropped on Gaza and Lebanon today was Made in America™, bought with your money, and greenlit by your president. Still think you're not involved?
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 18/11/2024
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TRUMP ISN'T AN ANOMALY - HE'S WHITE AMERICA'S MISSION STATEMENT
Trump didn't just win. He expanded his base while white America turned out in force. Can we stop pretending he is some bizarre anomaly? This is white America showing us exactly who it is.
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 18/11/2024
Right now, we COULD be ending fascist bloodlust, fixing healthcare, fighting climate change, addressing inequality. Instead, we're tiptoeing around: 1. White America choosing fascism because that IS white America. 2. The Dems preferring to court racist votes than give a fuck about humanity. 6/8
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 18/11/2024
We need to cut to the gangrenous core of our 'How The Fuck We Got Here' post-mortem: WE didn't lose this. The Democrats lost this. Aided by white America voting for fascism. And we on the left need to stop blaming each other. 4/8
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 18/11/2024
Defeating one wannabe dictator won't save us. Playing electoral whack-a-mole isn't revolution. U.S. elections don't just devastate marginalized Americans — they traumatize the entire world. Palestine, Sudan, Congo, Lebanon, Haiti, Tigray, Syria + Yemen all bear the cost of U.S. exceptionalism. 3/8
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The Progressivists @handle.invalid · 18/11/2024
EIGHT YEARS AGO, high on righteous rage, we (a white couple) launched 'We Fucking Hate Donald Trump' on Instagram, which later became this account (because clearly, what the world needed was another anger-fueled account run by well-meaning white liberals). 🧵1/8
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Jo Lorenz @iamjolorenz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Remember when the cops executed four people over less than the cost of a gallon of milk, while our esteemed political leadership maintained their usual laser focus on . . . saving America 🫠
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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Everything that isn’t ham and mustard is woke now, because of woke
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