Linda McQuaig

@lindamcquaig.bsky.social

Author, journalist, supporter of the oppressed (& animals on factory farms), detractor of corporate shills posing as "populists." Latest book: (with Neil Brooks) Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax

@mayor.nyc.govReposted by @lindamcquaig.bsky.social

Last week, I was invited into the homes of Jewish New Yorkers across the city to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot.

Mayor Mamdani stands in a sukkah with Brad Landwr under warm lights and strings of pomegranates. Mayor Mamdani and Asm Claire Valdez and Sen Jabari Brisport join New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani visits New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani sits in a sukkah with New Yorkers.
@marcelias.bsky.socialReposted by @lindamcquaig.bsky.social

Justice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comSupreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito saysDespite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
@owenjones.bsky.socialReposted by @lindamcquaig.bsky.social

There is nothing racist about any ethnic or religious group wanting their own homeland. The problem is if this desire is at the expense of another people. Zionism in practise meant "a homeland at the expense of Palestinians". It's really not hard to grasp this basic point!

@rbreich.bsky.socialReposted by @lindamcquaig.bsky.social

Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.

youtube.comCould This Actually End Citizens United?Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
@rbreich.bsky.socialReposted by @lindamcquaig.bsky.social

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

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