Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics. 323164724674
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Target has shown that its leadership can change course. But it still refuses to call for an end to ICE’s occupation of the Twin Cities. Until Target stands with its own community, we’re asking members and allies to shop local instead. shopsmart.aft.org 48944
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinDemocratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Congratulations to Rashida Tlaib on winning her congressional primary! As the first Palestinian-American woman elected to congress, Rashida continues to fight for Detroit and international solidarity. @detroitdsa.bsky.social 101674264
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Senator @edmarkey.bsky.social has dedicated his life to making government work for the people of Massachusetts. He’s led on bringing climate justice to the forefront of our politics while rejecting money from corporations who want to stop him. I am humbled and grateful for Sen. Markey’s endorsement. 630581
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Representative @ayannapressley.bsky.social is exactly what courageous leadership in Congress looks like. We both know that rejecting corporate PAC money is the only path towards a more equitable, just America. I'm deeply thankful for her support, and look forward to working with her in Congress. 335883
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Reporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism? AOC: They want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here 1335225355771
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/07/2026"There are other capable progressives weighing a run in 2028," writes @sunraysunray.bsky.social. "However, none of them can do the two things AOC can do at once: run a serious national campaign as one of the most recognized figures in the country, and pull an entire movement into being behind it."theguardian.comAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez should run for president | Bhaskar SunkaraThe congresswoman can run a serious national campaign on the left and pull a movement in behind it. She should get in early 69474841733
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/07/2026Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO. 612191316861
Reposted by Russ Weiss-Irwinhangryeyes.bsky.social @hangryeyes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026We have tens of thousands of new members. It’s really hard to describe to them or anyone who isn’t in the handful of sickos following all the internal minutia why this decision was made and just how hard it is to work with the governing tendencies of this organization in good faith. 0232
Reposted by Russ Weiss-Irwinhangryeyes.bsky.social @hangryeyes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026B&R NPCers voted to strip a member poll from the 2028 endorsement process after B&R 1) voted for creation of a multitendency 2028 committee at convention 2) OKd using the Bernie process as a baseline 3) never opposed the poll during the committee process 4) voted in committee for the final proposal 13013
Reposted by Russ Weiss-Irwinhangryeyes.bsky.social @hangryeyes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Completely true - the poll in the 2028 proposal would not constrain the NPC at all. The only reason to oppose it is fear of being held accountable for going against the will of the membership. 0256
Russ Weiss-Irwin @russweissirwin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Boston has been warned for years that delayed street-safety projects would cost lives. Enough is enough. Read and sign the open letter to Mayor Wu: benjaminsiegel.github.io/enough-is-en...benjaminsiegel.github.ioENOUGH IS ENOUGH — An open letter to Mayor Wu on street safetyBoston has been warned for years that delayed street-safety projects would cost lives. Read and sign the open letter. 053
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinSocialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 24/06/2026Workers deserve representatives that will fight for them in Congress. Tonight, NY-7 has chosen SMC member and democratic socialist @claireforny.bsky.social. A new era is dawning in NYC, and Claire is at its head.🌹 13713
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Rep. AOC posts new photo on Instagram celebrating the Knicks alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani 303230572880
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York. 1008389419562
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinSocialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 05/02/2026"Winning the world [we] want will require more than just voting—it will require being brave enough to confront a brutal and lawless autocracy." Read SMC member @hangryeyes.bsky.social 's analysis of how the Socialist Left can stop the Fascist Right in @convergencemag.com ! Link below: 11610
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/01/2026GOP Rep. Pat Harrigan: "There are members of Congress that they just cannot trust. And I understand that. We have folks that are Somali first and not America first." 487999189
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinRep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 04/01/2026You know what’s weak & stupid? Dragging us into another costly endless war that puts our troops & innocent civilians in harm’s way. Strong leaders have moral clarity & use power responsibly. Weak men like Trump make other peoples’ kids fight in their unnecessary, illegal wars. 711475299
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/01/2026Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, called President Trump on Saturday to personally object to strikes the U.S. had conducted in Venezuela and to the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Mamdani accused Trump of violating international law.nyti.msZohran Mamdani Called President Trump to Criticize Venezuela StrikesMayor Zohran Mamdani of New York accused President Trump of violating international law. It was the first time he had criticized the president since their White House meeting. 1304187693
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinAFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 11/12/2025BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. bit.ly/4oNyBQc 343035914
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/12/2025BTW, if you're into Bolts' coverage of today's elections (which are still ongoing!), I would be remiss to remind you it's Giving Tuesday today, and Bolts is a nonprofit! Become a member :) 315555
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/12/2025TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there. Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter. 17494912855
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinSocialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 31/10/2025Do you know what really scares the billionaires? Organized working people🎃👻 Happy Halloween from SMC! 1167
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinSocialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 18/10/2025Being a socialist means No Kings, no billionaires, no dictators, no arms for apartheid—join DSA today to join the fight! dsausa.org/join 0296
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinSocialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 12/10/2025Yesterday, a group of SMC members, including NPC member @christianaraos.bsky.social, travelled to Jersey City to canvass for fellow SMC member Joel Brooks Can't canvass? No problem! Donate to Joel here: secure.actblue.com/donate/joel-... 076
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinSocialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 10/10/2025The Trump administration is targeting DSA because they know the only thing that can stop fascism is an organized mass movement of working-class people. Join the fight for a better world, join DSA. 23813
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 08/09/2025"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector. 851309207762
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinSocialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 01/08/2025Today, several of our members were arrested with @jvplive.bsky.social for simply demanding that Israel stop starving Gaza by letting aid in and ending the genocide. 1105
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinSocialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 31/07/2025In The Agitator, David Duhalde argues for passing the SMC resolution “Workers Will Lead the Way” unamended at next week's Convention. To build a socialist labor slate, we must view our labor & electoral strategy as 1 united task—not 2 separate programs. www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...socialistmajority.comTowards a Socialist Labor SlateSMC has proposed a resolution “Workers Will Lead the Way: Join with Unions to Run Labor Candidates” for the upcoming DSA convention, calling for DSA to recruit ten union members to run for office. There is an amendment to the resolution that proposes making the socialist nature of the candidate, esp 0103
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 07/07/2025INCREDIBLE. Kids (in "a summer day camp") were outside playing as federal immigration agents invaded the MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. Just out of words really ... 10371132
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/06/2025"Please continue peacefully protesting": Sen. Padilla after forced removal from DHS presser 434203805507
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Keep up the fight. 234205675129
Russ Weiss-Irwin @russweissirwin.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Seeing the Sox win at Fenway with an old friend! Just the best 040
Reposted by Russ Weiss-Irwinjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/04/2025recent polling is just a total repudiation of the idea that full spectrum opposition to trump across every area was/is a bad idea 17585801721
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinAFT @aft.org · 18/04/2025Wishing peace and reflection to all observing this Good Friday. 0418
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/04/2025This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too. 17662562411364
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinWorking Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 05/04/2025let's go. sign up for a march near you: wfpus.org/HandsOff 414727
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 05/04/2025“Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” ~The Diary of Anne Frank 17182602647
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinRep. Yara Zokaie @repyara.bsky.social · 05/04/2025I was proud to support the Kelly Loving Act on the House floor today. 152
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinSocialist Majority Caucus @socialistmajority.com · 04/04/2025The authoritarian turn promised in Project 2025 is here. ICE targets dissidents while the billionaire-run "DOGE" guts the federal government. Working people are mobilizing, but as Sam L argues in The Agitator, DSA's NPC is failing to meet the moment. www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...socialistmajority.comDSA Must Seize the MomentThe tasks for socialists in the US in this moment are to mobilize popular support and organization against DOGE and the Trump administration, build whatever coalitions are necessary to stop their agen... 22411
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinAFT Massachusetts @aftmass.bsky.social · 01/04/2025The administration just terminated $106M in K-12 education funding for Massachusetts — $$ MA leaders were told only last month they’d have til 2026 to spend. AFT MA remains united in the face of yet another attack on our students, our educators, and our schools. Read more: ma.aft.org/press-releases 155
Russ Weiss-Irwin @russweissirwin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Very proud of my union’s response to the despicable actions of the federal regime: 1187
Reposted by Russ Weiss-IrwinBoston DSA @bostondsa.org · 26/03/2025Stand with our community and stand in solidarity with Rumeysa Ozturk! Emergency rally today at 5:30 PM in Powder House Square Park 13224