David Griscom
@DavidGriscom
Co-host @leftreckoning - writing at @jacobin - @tmbsfm forever - Working on a book about Texas populists, socialists, and working people
Rep. Al Green Calls Out Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, & Collective Punishment of Palestinians in Gaza. You can also watch the short clip of Rep. Green on YouTube by clicking here: youtu.be/v_vcb-hLe5Y
Live now with @alex_sammon talking about how a new Ellis Island came and went under Eric Adams and right wing demonization: youtube.com/live/7Swz7rKEh…
“The idea isn’t to convert the French to Marxism…but to regain a taste for life, and to say to ourselves: we can do great and beautiful things again.’ There’s a reason Melenchon revived the French left. What a line, and what a guy.
I met with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, who was imprisoned for 104 days by the Trump administration for opposing Netanyahu’s illegal & horrific war in Gaza. Outrageous. We must not allow Trump to destroy the First Amendment & freedom to dissent.
Happening now in Tel Aviv: we march with the pictures of the children in Gaza who were starved to death by our government and our army. We cannot accept it. We call people to refuse the starvation, to refuse the killing, to refuse the annihilation.
This is the biggest story in politics right now that almost no one knows about. Donald Trump knows he can't win the midterm election fair and square. So he's trying to rig the rules in Texas before an election even happens. If Trump's insane redistricting plan happens in Texas,…
This lady threw a fit and fantasized that the right would deport minorities that had offended her. What do you call that?
Political scientists have spent the last 2 decades wondering what the children who grow up being inundated by Fox News propaganda from their parents would end up like and now we know. And they are legion.
The overthrow of slavery in the US wasn't a byproduct of capitalist development nor the triumph of an activist vanguard. It was a battle waged and won in the field of democratic mass politics — a battle that holds enormous lessons for radicals today. jacobin.com/2020/02/matt-k…
If you think Peter Thiel, or Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias, is here to help the lower and middle classes, well, bless your heart.
Peter Thiel: "If you add more people to the mix and you're not allowed to build more houses because of zoning laws, then prices go up a lot, and it's this incredible wealth transfer from the young and the lower middle class to the upper middle class and the landlords."
This purported video of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at a party alongside young girls, which has racked up over a million views, is AI-generated and fake. There are multiple errors in the clip consistent with generative AI.
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NEWS: Gov. @GregAbbott_TX tells me he wants to BAN intoxicating consumable THC products in Texas: "The only hemp product that's going to be out there is non-intoxicating hemp, which is below 3 milligrams of THC." Story tk via @impactnews #txlege
A new report shows there is absolutely a winning constituency for economic and social progress. But Democrats aren’t pursuing it, writes @IsaacRabbani. thenation.com/article/politi…
Literally shutting down the government to protect pedophiles. Trump's GOP!
This is a very serious take at the problem with the Democrats. With no mass base and a web of NGOs & groups with little connection to those they are supposed to represent. A formation that can fundraise but cannot act
The Democratic Party’s transformation into a network without mass-membership or structural power has left it incapacitated as an opposition party. An adequate response to Donald Trump’s attack on the state will require re-centering organized labor. catalyst-journal.com/2025/07/why-th…
Flood relief must come first in this special session. Texas families are grieving. Communities are hurting. While Republicans prioritize political games, we're fighting to protect Texans from future devastation. Our duty is to our constituents — not Greg Abbott. #txlege
Good Texans deserve action on flood safety, not a partisan redistricting circus meant to disenfranchise millions.
texas house democrats tell speaker burrows they refuse to work on any legislation other than disaster response until it is addressed: bit.ly/3GX4KF5
UAW Region 8 Director Tim Smith recently joined @LaborReporters to discuss the latest organizing news at BOSK and BlueOvalSK, and the union's historic solidarity trip to Seoul earlier this month. 🎥 ow.ly/qNp550WsM5Y
texas house democrats tell speaker burrows they refuse to work on any legislation other than disaster response until it is addressed: bit.ly/3GX4KF5
Nearly two-thirds of young Americans view socialism favorably, according to a 2025 YouGov/CATO poll. That's up from 51% in 2019.