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Cassandra Simmel

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Professor and PhD program director at Rutgers University. Love hiking, dogs, baseball, and cupcakes.

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So now we’re colonizing Venezuela?

03.01.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.

15.11.2025 12:18 πŸ‘ 9305 πŸ” 1911 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 52

Pour one out for all the rich Republicans who threatened to leave NYC if Mamdani won. Enjoy Tennessee or Arkansas-- I'm sure it will be very fulfilling and the social life will be totally comparable!

05.11.2025 06:34 πŸ‘ 4964 πŸ” 618 πŸ’¬ 167 πŸ“Œ 29
Total Dipshit Fans Think Pop-Up Fly Ball Going To Be Home Run

Total Dipshit Fans Think Pop-Up Fly Ball Going To Be Home Run

Total Dipshit Fans Think Pop-Up Fly Ball Going To Be Home Run

29.10.2025 22:00 πŸ‘ 1915 πŸ” 219 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 50

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

27.10.2025 01:11 πŸ‘ 34660 πŸ” 11417 πŸ’¬ 851 πŸ“Œ 677
I tweet: "people who see 50% of their monthly paycheck go to rent don't care if a candidate eats with their hands. they want to hear what your candidate is going to do about housing."

John Galt 2025 replies: "Move if the cost of living is too high."

I tweet: "people who see 50% of their monthly paycheck go to rent don't care if a candidate eats with their hands. they want to hear what your candidate is going to do about housing." John Galt 2025 replies: "Move if the cost of living is too high."

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.

26.10.2025 06:04 πŸ‘ 22867 πŸ” 3514 πŸ’¬ 620 πŸ“Œ 218
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Democrats Must Abandon the Moderate Messaging of The White Dude Data Complex

Democrats have their lowest favorability rating since 1994, & still believe they can be "Republican-lite" & win elections by ignoring a progressive, anti-oligarchy message. They're wrong.

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

08.10.2025 23:42 πŸ‘ 622 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 11
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ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers CORNUDAS, TXβ€”In response to growing issues with its population of juvenile detainees, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency reportedly announced on Tuesday the opening of a new supermax ...

ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers

06.09.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 6966 πŸ” 1486 πŸ’¬ 161 πŸ“Œ 77

I don't know who needs to hear this (I do) but you can preorder books from bookstores

21.07.2025 17:15 πŸ‘ 795 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 9
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15.07.2025 14:46 πŸ‘ 20937 πŸ” 2286 πŸ’¬ 495 πŸ“Œ 170

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.

A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP β€” which is about to get cut.

If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

08.07.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 33305 πŸ” 10474 πŸ’¬ 1015 πŸ“Œ 520

The Dems will literally try ANYTHING other than moving to the left.

29.06.2025 16:35 πŸ‘ 331 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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28.06.2025 03:43 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Zohran Mamdani’s win has inspired over 3400 young people to raise their hands to run for office just since Tuesday. It’s now @runforsomething.net’s biggest candidate recruitment moment since the election.

A new generation of leaders is here.

28.06.2025 01:29 πŸ‘ 21095 πŸ” 4242 πŸ’¬ 296 πŸ“Œ 332
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ZoΓ« did the same thing! Walked in and found her patiently waiting for dinner.

26.06.2025 23:20 πŸ‘ 192 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November.

Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

25.06.2025 03:07 πŸ‘ 34927 πŸ” 3809 πŸ’¬ 843 πŸ“Œ 299
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them WASHINGTONβ€”With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American people wouldn’t notice them. β€œDon’t make any sudden movements, or they’ll spot us,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said out of the corner of his mouth, […]

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

theonion.com/democra...

23.06.2025 20:50 πŸ‘ 22468 πŸ” 4660 πŸ’¬ 569 πŸ“Œ 350

I’ll say it again: It was a huge mistake for Congress to abolish itself.

22.06.2025 00:26 πŸ‘ 25224 πŸ” 4259 πŸ’¬ 205 πŸ“Œ 100

at least he didn't do something truly reckless like try to forgive student loans

22.06.2025 00:19 πŸ‘ 14364 πŸ” 3298 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 41

This is exactly the right tone when privileged people suffer minor or temporary consequences standing up for powerless people. It’s still about the powerless people.

ICE is Gestapo trash.

17.06.2025 21:37 πŸ‘ 8697 πŸ” 1867 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 14

You do not have to say β€œpro vaccine groups.” You can say the vast majority of doctors and scientists and the American Medical Association.

11.06.2025 23:24 πŸ‘ 12953 πŸ” 2480 πŸ’¬ 212 πŸ“Œ 76

It sure seems like men are too emotional to run the most powerful country on earth!

05.06.2025 20:17 πŸ‘ 2226 πŸ” 368 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 20

On the topic of presidential mental acuity, the current president was awake at 1:30am rage tweeting about his former opponents’ crowd sizes and calling BeyoncΓ©, Bono, and Bruce Springsteen β€˜unpatriotic entertainers.’ Where is the news cycle about his fitness for office?

19.05.2025 12:03 πŸ‘ 6639 πŸ” 1715 πŸ’¬ 217 πŸ“Œ 120

Super important post about combatting #tyranny
Thanks for your work @annahaleysw.bsky.social

18.04.2025 17:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please repeat over and over:

β€œBending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”

β€”Gov. JB Pritzker

16.04.2025 19:59 πŸ‘ 27899 πŸ” 8654 πŸ’¬ 586 πŸ“Œ 435
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15.04.2025 10:35 πŸ‘ 59325 πŸ” 18998 πŸ’¬ 1612 πŸ“Œ 860

Good way to see the current tariffs, as of literally today, is no tariffs on high value add manufactured goods marketed to middle and upper middle classes. Massive tariffs for cheap consumer items which amount to the biggest economic privilege of working class/middle class life in US.

12.04.2025 23:07 πŸ‘ 5022 πŸ” 1248 πŸ’¬ 119 πŸ“Œ 56

Maybe his plan is to make it seem like eggs are getting cheaper by making everything else even more expensive than eggs.

06.04.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 136 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0