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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ignore the White House's made up numbers. Read the real thing here: program.dsausa.org and then go to dsausa.org/join and and sign up!

program.dsausa.org

DSA Program

Workers Deserve More!

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes, about 10 years now, involved in my local chapter.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It wouldn’t be a DSA process, it would be a national process followed by votes in each state to ratify an amendment. DSA would have to hold majorities in most states. Probably easier to elect DSA senators for now. But getting rid of the House of Lords is not that radical, it’s just hard.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Nah, he probably would have won with 5-10 more points running as a DSA endorsed candidate and DSA member. But I think he's honest about being a capitalist, he just understands how capitalism works from a left perspective, and knows its worst aspects, and how it should change.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

You have to raise the minimum wage too, which is on his list and I assume is coming.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

That's true, but if you barely make rent working in a restaurant, you definitely feel like you are in a different class than that lawyer, despite the two of you being wage dependent. Reducing income inequality is important to socialists because it builds class solidarity.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Forced collectivism, lol. It's hard enough to get people to show up to a canvas sometimes.

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Twin Ports DSA @twinportsdsa.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Our chapter, which covers Duluth MN and Superior WI plus surrounding areas, screened and endorsed Francesca Hong last night, our first candidate for governor!

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Of course they left out the one actually called Communist Caucus.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We welcome their hate. However, you might be surprised how loved we are by the non-elite, grassroots Dem activist crowd, who are much higher in number than the elite core who despise us.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Mamdani: let's build a new team, because this old one kind of sucks. Old team: Mamdani needs to be a team player.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Was there a serious challenger?

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Old DSA. We should bring back the sash.

Library of Congress image of man in early 1900’s wearing a sash and holding some notebooks.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Not sure why they call it tight. He won easily.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I joined 10 years ago feeling alone and despondent and still look forward to meetings today. Our book club is one of my favorite parts.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I'm sure it's useless to mention, but Steyer is not the pick of "DSA." This is a state organization made up of 60 delegates from some of the CA chapters, with only some of them at the meeting deciding to approve the voters guide. However, I realize that on social media, it becomes "DSA approved."

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Steyer jokes that he's a class traitor, that's what they are referring to. www.californiadsa.org/voterguide

californiadsa.org

Voter Guide — California DSA

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Except no one endorsed him. The statewide org did put him on its "recommended" list, the best bad choice, that's all. It helps to read the actual voter guide: www.californiadsa.org/voterguide

californiadsa.org

Voter Guide — California DSA

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Also, “That’s why we, the national cochairs of DSA, are calling for a new popular coalition of social movements, labor, and the Left to recruit and run a candidate for president of the United States.”

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

X has a lot of anti-DSA right wingers. Bluesky has a lot of anti-DSA Dem neolib centrists and empty headed non-profit moralists.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Right now huge swaths of the Democratic Party base absolutely hate the Democratic Party leadership, and they identify more with the general left-progressive movement (which includes DSA). In order to bring the base out, you need someone they actually like, who fights for what they need.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Seeing a lot of confusion in Bluesky land about this idea. It's a proposal for a "left labor" candidate. Might be AOC, might be Sara Nelson, might be someone else, we don't know. We just know we don't want a billionaire funded centrist hand picked by Ken Martin. jacobin.com/2026/05/left...

jacobin.com

We Need a Left-Labor Presidential Candidate

Beating Donald Trump isn’t enough, argue the Democratic Socialists of America’s cochairs. A united left-labor campaign in 2028 could mobilize millions, challenge Democratic Party failure, and put a wo...

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

DSA is calling for a broad coalition to get behind a "left labor" candidate, not even for running a DSA member presidential candidate. It's an effort to counter the Dem tendency to run the shittiest possible centrist who no one really likes, all in an effort to please billionaire donors.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Trump: Let's spend 1.5 trillion on war, and we are going to have to cut health, social security and education to do it. DSA candidate: Let's cut the military and tax the rich so we can invest in all of our basic human needs, including universal healthcare. Hmmmm, who do I vote for?

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Correction, 18... one is a ballot initiative.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

If you check the website, we have endorsed 19 candidates nationally, not two. electoral.dsausa.org/our-campaigns/

electoral.dsausa.org

Our Campaigns – DSA National Electoral Commission

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

She tried to get him to say, yes, it's time for a new generation, but he didn't fall for it. A new generation with the same tactics and strategy is a waste of time. We need a new politics.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The question "what are we fighting for, what is our vision?" is a very DSA way of approaching politics. Democrats, the bad ones, prefer to just be against things. Being for actual programs requires you to follow through, and that makes them uncomfortable, having to win material gains.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I was wrong, it's not just our monthly DSA membership meeting, it's book club this morning, where we discuss The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. Should be great. The book was fantastic.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Funny, I used to say similar things about anti-corporate books in the 90's that seemed to go out of their way to avoid discussing unions and the labor movement.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Chapter meeting tomorrow! Always the highlight of the month : )

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Can't wait to get back to revolution through posting.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

First retirement post I’ve seen from a chapter. DSA seriously needs to to be active in social security activism and Medicare for All activism (instead of shelving it).

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I do think we’d have to tie some income to actually working, just untie it from seeking profit above all. Stuff has to get done to have a good society.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I figure decent minimum wages are much better than low or no minimum wages, but yes, untying your income from your employer profits is probably better. Same for all universal programs. We shouldn’t have “minimum” healthcare, for instance, just what you need, same as everyone.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

So you want no ICE but you aren't quoting Marx yet?

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Signal is a useful tool, current Signal large group culture is not.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I know people fear hiring “bureaucrats.” But we don’t need bureaucrats, we need professional organizers and solid administrative support, dedicated to member and chapter development. We need rank and file DSA staff, to support rank and file DSA volunteers.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Our chapter, since Trump was elected has gone from a little over 100, to 222 as of today. Fortunately we have the right combination of seasoned organizers combined with new young energetic leaders. It potentially could be a real mess.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

We are at 98,000 dues current members and will hit 100,000 soon, by far our most ever, after we stopped counting 1-year lapsed members in the total. If we counted those now, we’d likely be at 120,000 or so already.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

We need another staff person for membership management. Our current approach, mailing the membership staff person to change something, then getting the really long auto-reply, is not suitable for our needs. But it takes real work to make it better.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

We need more regional organizers. Ours are stretched absurdly thin for an organization our size. Ideally we would have enough organizers for quarterly in-person chapter trainings.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

We need at least one staff person working full time on chapter tech, with the NTC (maybe there is one). And communicating to chapter leadership about the proper ways to use them.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

We need staff (not volunteers, too unreliable) making sure all events (working groups, trainings, poli-ed, whatever) are on the calendar and communicated to comms so that members know about them, and know where to find out about them.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

It's time for DSA to staff up. I know we have a couple openings now, I think for a chapter development person and a comms person, and that’s great. However, we need more. (thread):

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Sounds like you think social media DSA = actual DSA. It’s a common confusion. Best way to fix it, go to a meeting. The vast majority of our members are not even posting on these websites. They are, however, organizing in their communities. Give it a shot!

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Fetterman actually screened for endorsement with a DSA chapter back when he was running, but he didn’t get it.

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John Krumm @krummj.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Yes it is. Even Marx called himself a democratic communist at times. Doesn’t mean he wasn’t a communist.

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