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Max B. Sawicky

@maxspeak.bsky.social
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Living my twilight years in the United Banana Republic of America. Beardo & weirdo.

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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/class-stru... Class Struggle in Appalachia
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Class Struggle in Appalachia
& New Jersey, Montana . . .
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Life is too short to unravel the WH 'cost estimate' of socialism, though I can't resist noting that their estimates of the Green New Deal and 'Universal Rent Control' are very cheap dates. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My 2nd wife's cousin. Met her in Georgetown.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/class-stru... Class Struggle in Appalachia
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Class Struggle in Appalachia
& New Jersey, Montana . . .
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.wsj.com/business/ene... Annals of Trumpian socialism.
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Exclusive | Inside Trump’s Plan to Give the Pentagon a Stake in Venezuela’s Oil Riches
The deal capped months of secretive negotiations to give the U.S. rights to the some of the world’s largest proven oil reserves.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/the-disput... The Disputed Fate of Social-Democracy
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The Disputed Fate of Social-Democracy
It’s not dead; it’s just resting.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/the-disput... The Disputed Fate of Social-Democracy
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The Disputed Fate of Social-Democracy
It’s not dead; it’s just resting.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I don't care that Macklemore defended Palestine. I'm as anti-Israel as anyone. I can admit I hate rap, with only a handful of exceptions. This (see pic) happened just once, but it is hard to forgive. His explanation is not credible either.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If you want to donate to fight MAGA do not give $$ to the spam ads you get, find an individual candidate. Otherwise, the vast bulk of you donation--over 95%--winds up in the hands of fund-raisers and consultants. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Democrats Really, Really, Really Don't Want People Investigating Their Scammy Fundraising
Several of the party’s top committees threatened to raise legal hell over a new study into the way they pry money out of seniors.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/social-sec... Social Security: THERE IS NO FUCKING “CLIFF”!
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Social Security: THERE IS NO FUCKING “CLIFF”!
The call for benefit cuts is getting boosted again.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
PSA: Trump's nominee for Secretary of the Navy, one Hung Cao, is a nutcase from my state and county of residence in VA. He ran once for representative, then for the U.S. Senate, got smoked both times. He is on record worrying about "witchcraft" ruining the nation. www.yahoo.com/news/gop-sen...
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GOP Senate candidate Hung Cao warns of 'witchcraft' happening in California: 'We can't let that happen in Virginia'
Cao, who was the GOP nominee against Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton in 2022, also said he was "African-American because I grew up in Africa too."
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/social-sec... Social Security: THERE IS NO FUCKING “CLIFF”!
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Social Security: THERE IS NO FUCKING “CLIFF”!
The call for benefit cuts is getting boosted again.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
False
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
sawicky.substack.com/.../the-impo.... The Importance of the Democratic Socialists of America (‘DSA’)
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
You can't fault him for lack of volume.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If you want to donate to fight MAGA do not give $$ to the spam ads you get, find an individual candidate. Otherwise, the vast bulk of you donation--over 95%--winds up in the hands of fund-raisers and consultants. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Democrats Really, Really, Really Don't Want People Investigating Their Scammy Fundraising
Several of the party’s top committees threatened to raise legal hell over a new study into the way they pry money out of seniors.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/the-ages-o... The Ages of Woke
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The Ages of Woke
Avoid deal-breakers and observe the K.I.S.S. principle
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/how-much-m... How Much Money Should You Have?
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How Much Money Should You Have?
The MaxSpeak Gospel of Wealth
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
First they took our wages, now they want our Social Security cepr.net/publications... The problem of Social Security is income distribution, not demographics
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First, They Took our Wages; Now They Want Our Social Security
Social Security’s funding problem is driven by decades of upward income redistribution, not demographics or overly generous benefits.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I also hate Thanksgiving. Turkey more than twice a year is too much. And don't get me started on the background.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/house-of-t... House of the Dragon
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House of the Dragon
Down Mexico way . . .
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/house-of-t... House of the Dragon
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House of the Dragon
Down Mexico way . . .
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
To say somebody like El-Sayed is too far left or extreme to win an election tends to normalize his opponent, who let us not forget supports the unspeakable president.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Trump set out to help Russia, ended up helping China more. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-china-...
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How China Won the Iran War
Trump has shattered American power, and Beijing is picking up the pieces
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Zombies are out, killer fungus is in.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Insofar as AIPAC routinely blocks with Republican candidates, it loses its special sauce as a bipartisan, Jewish-focused outfit and fades into the MAGA background. My guess is they won't understand this.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
brucebartlett.substack.com/p/republican... The trend in Trumpian Socialism. I love to remind people of this. Note, if Trump can do nationalization, it can't be that great.
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Republican Socialism
Federal ownership of the Means of Production under Trump
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/colson-whi... Colson Whitehead
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Colson Whitehead
"It's harder to find a good coffee table than it is to fall in love."
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-china-... Here's a good rundown of something I started saying a while ago, attesting to Trump's role as a Russian asset, witting or not. Nobody has done more to diminish U.S. power relative to Russia, though neither could arrest the rising power of the PRC.
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How China Won the Iran War
Trump has shattered American power, and Beijing is picking up the pieces
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Quite a collection of nitwits.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/run-aoc-run Run AOC Run
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Run AOC Run
This bit from Jacobin founder and all-around maven Bhaskar Sunkara is making the rounds.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
My giant substack, used to be called a "blog," has reached the colossal count of 400 subscriberts, 16 paid. Everything on it is free with no segregation of paid from non-paying readers. I accept but do not ask for donations. Do visit. sawicky.substack.com
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MaxSpeak, You Listen! | Substack
Politics, Doom, Trivia. Click to read "MaxSpeak, You Listen!", by Max B. Sawicky, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
She's not wrong, tho obvs it depends on how it is done.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/teeing-off... Teeing Off on the DSA 2025-26 Platform
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Teeing Off on the DSA 2025-26 Platform
Workers deserve better
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/platner Platner
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Platner
""I would vote for a comatose Democrat before I would vote for Susan Collins . . . " --Maine resident
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/socialism-is Socialism Is . . .
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Socialism Is . . .
"[T]he goal is nothing, the movement everything . . . " — Edouard Bernstein, 1899
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I'm interviewed, among others. Not too bad. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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GOP calls them 'communists.' Here's what democratic socialists believe
Democratic socialists like AOC and Zohran Mamdani have made inroads in some cities. Republicans call them communists but the ideologies differ.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I'm interviewed, among others. Not too bad. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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GOP calls them 'communists.' Here's what democratic socialists believe
Democratic socialists like AOC and Zohran Mamdani have made inroads in some cities. Republicans call them communists but the ideologies differ.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
One dynamic I'm watching... News cycles end. In October, "remember Graham Platner?" might be a dud GOP argument. I think it will be! But it's hard to predict the future and Troy Jackson only has 18 days to convince Dems he would not be sunk as the Platner's Best Friend candidate.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Remember Pearl Harbor
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Nuance is so taxing . . .
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The Atlantic was bad enough on Israel. Now they're running junk on Social Security.
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/socialism-is Socialism Is . . .
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Socialism Is . . .
"[T]he goal is nothing, the movement everything . . . " — Edouard Bernstein, 1899
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A word for Venezuela. english.elpais.com/economy-and-...
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Over 100 economists ask US to lift sanctions on Venezuela to ease the impact of the earthquakes
Academics call for a moratorium on Venezuelan debt, and urge the IMF to restore Caracas’ access to the Fund: ‘The emergency is human before it is political’
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
www.loudounnow.com/opinion/sawi...
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Sawicky: Fear Not the S Word
Much excitement—of very different types—has followed the electoral victories in New York City and elsewhere of folks describing themselves as “democratic socialists.” Truth is, there are multiple defi...
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
shaulmagid.substack.com/p/rageology-...
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“Rageology” and the Snake: Has the American Jewish Conversation “Gone Wild?”
On the “Self-soothing” Politics of Fear and Rage
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/poor-you "Poor You!"
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"Poor You!"
Including gabagool
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/democratic... Democratic Socialism in Virginia
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Democratic Socialism in Virginia
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Max B. Sawicky @maxspeak.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
sawicky.substack.com/p/democratic... Democratic Socialism in Virginia
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Democratic Socialism in Virginia
La lotta continua
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