Will Beaman

I wrote about the political implications of detaching public financing from zero sum taxpayer mechanisms. In the context of the Seattle Loop here, but that is the bigger picture. Hope you share and enjoy!! 💥💸

I would love to live in a world where "President faces new rape allegation" isn't treated like a dog bites man story in the major media.

Amy fucking Acton LITERALLY refused to meet with trans Ohioans about her transphobic ads a couple of months ago, and members of the progress caucus resigned because of it. Stop telling me these people are interested in "working with us"

Two things one hears often in Left spaces: "They've got money, we've got people" + "to pay for it, tax the rich." But the fuller, more powerful truth is that the Left can build monetary power—for money is a product of politics. Public finance is the terrain of struggle that connects to all others.

If I ever see a market in real life I’m gonna shoot it in the face

Frederick Douglass Haynes III's congressional priorities sound great to me: ✅ Abolish ICE ✅ End US imperialism ✅ Third Reconstruction ✅ Race-conscious economic justice ✅ Keep impeachment *on* the table ✅ Create a “true cost-of-living wage” ✅ Name and oppose white (supremacist) Christian nationalism

I really don't understand why this isn't done EVERYWHERE!!!

The Importance of Being Ernst

Yes and beyond technology, nation-states have NEVER been these tenuous temporary achievements of interdependence among individuals and their families. Shared and inescapable problems of ecosocial provision come first. Then borders, families etc. participate in and often obfuscate these problems.

I hate that where progressive Dems are at rhetorically is “I want Americans to get a fair opportunity to succeed,” like the problem is the laws of the jungle aren’t being enforced correctly

This is good but progressive Dems must be willing to investigate and embarrass their Third Way colleagues who are obstructing accountability. Paint them rhetorically as collaborators.

I’ve already sent this to multiple family members. A wonderful, clear statement useful beyond 2026.

Matt Yglesias follows and roots for the global far right, which is why he doesn’t want anyone else to be paying attention

The main point of national borders is to traumatize the global problem of dependence and responsibility by coming up with an artificial starting point and organizing responsibility and irresponsibility around it

The elections are on next Tuesday, and so much is at stake, including the soul of the Democratic Party when it comes to transgender people. I am asking you to leave a very small number of races blank in which a Democrat has embraced extreme anti-trans hate. I make my case here.

"By creating a city-owned public bank, Seattle can not only provide residents with low-cost financial services; it can also buy its own debt and pay interest to the city instead of private creditors."

“i'm not owned! im not owned!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into the Democratic Party

It is also, obviously, ethically grotesque, just a fucking evil thing to do, which is perhaps something we ought to start caring about with regards to elected officials.

It is in a lot of ways just an abdication of responsibility, of taking a role in forming the political environment. It's the fundamental problem of shallow popularism; you assume you're just a powerless actor reacting to the "preferences" of the "median voter", which is a loser's way of thinking.

There's a constant low-level discussion on English-language bluesky about the electoral consequences of transphobic rhetoric from left-liberals but I think it's honestly worse than "they might not vote for you", it's more like, you're cutting yourself off from political labor and talent.

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We need all hands on deck tracking the bizarre geography of soft defections from Trump

We recently convened in Philly at about 2:37:00 is @videotroph.bsky.social’s presentation for Democratic Public Finance. The @moneyontheleft.bsky.social presentation about the “Seattle Loop” is around 8:37:00

The main point of what I’m trying to accomplish is that we’ll eventually be able to say to billionaires, “You’re money is no good here”. We determine where the value comes from.

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

it is my deepest and most fervent wish that the tech oligarchs suffer consequences for openly allying with fascism the world over maybe we can extradite zuck in 2029

It's time to turn public libraries into public banks.

You wouldn’t take bricks out of your house to make it look more sustainable on paper, because that would obviously be at odds with its actual material sustainability. Yet this is where we’re at with public finance…

Yesterday, Josh Turek released one of the worst anti-transgender ads to come from a Democrat this election cycle. It called for a federal funding ban on gender affirming care, which would impact countless trans Americans. Here is our article on the ad you have all undoubtedly seen by now.

one thing I will say about the preemptive pardon bullshit is it is not the behavior of a group of people who have a definitive plan to retain power forever

Rebranding triangulation as popularism is some crazy work

Going to the Cheesecake Factory and shooting everyone who thinks it’s what the GOP says they think it is