Author | Lightnews

Reposted by Jonathan Smucker

Lenore Palladino @lenorepalladino.bsky.social · 11h

this great article by @debtcollective.bsky.social lays out really clearly what's been on my mind all day: everybody better get real familiar with municipal finance real quick

www.inthered.org/p/zohran-won...

Zohran Won Main Street—Now He Must Face Wall Street

Mamdani will face a looming threat to his progressive agenda: debt

www.inthered.org

2 28 94

Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 14h

Bernie would have won.

1 4

Reposted by Jonathan Smucker

Lenore Palladino @lenorepalladino.bsky.social · 18h

⬇️

Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 19h

Wrong.

Campaigning in 2016, Trump would go off-script rambling about how much harder it would be to run against Bernie Sanders than HRC.

Real economic populism that picks fights with powerful culprits at the top was Trump's kryptonite then and still is now.

Trump knows it. Many Dems still don't.

2 3

Reposted by Jonathan Smucker

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

transition2025.com

1.3K 7.6K 50K

Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 19h

Wrong.

Campaigning in 2016, Trump would go off-script rambling about how much harder it would be to run against Bernie Sanders than HRC.

Real economic populism that picks fights with powerful culprits at the top was Trump's kryptonite then and still is now.

Trump knows it. Many Dems still don't.

3 9 48

Reposted by Jonathan Smucker

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

3.2K 19K 87K

Reposted by Jonathan Smucker

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

Without the night shift, there is no morning.

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

190 1.8K 12K

Reposted by Jonathan Smucker

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge.

As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.

Tomorrow, we win it together.

Zohran, Tish James and Brad Lander lead a procession of hundreds walking across the Brooklyn Bridge at dawn.

Tish James, Brad Lander, Tony Simone and Rita Joseph wait for the march on the bridge.

Zohran at a packed press conference outside city hall, Tish James and others raising their hands in the air.

430 3.9K 23K

Reposted by Jonathan Smucker

Third Summers Brother @hugetinymistake.bsky.social · Aug 5

🫡🫡🫡

Ms. Warren was in full-scale attack mode on Mr. Mamdani’s behalf. In an opinion piece published Monday in Rolling Stone, she wrote that two of his opponents, Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, were “deeply flawed candidates”; she later defended Mr. Mamdani’s calls to raise taxes during a combative interview on CNBC.

“Oh dear, are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?” she said.

1 9

Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · Jul 17

Can we stop saying that party elites are punching "left"?

They're punching DOWN—at the majority of working people whose labor keeps this country going.

Left, right, center are directions. They carry no content, only stale associations.

Say it every damn time: it's the many vs. the few.

7 62 350

Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · Jul 15

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

3

Reposted by Jonathan Smucker

Lenore Palladino @lenorepalladino.bsky.social · Jul 8

yes, existential despair about many things, but also watch this video for the absolute joy & also his laugh

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 8

Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.

2 16

Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · Jul 4

"If you’re trying to build a mass movement for change, then you need to tell stories that invite people to step into their best selves and their most beloved aspirations for their country. We must, in other words, recapture the flag." beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...

Recapture the flag - Beautiful Trouble

We can’t deny that the symbols of one’s nation provide a meaningful feeling of social solidarity. To be effective as change agents, we need to engage, claim, and contest the meanings of these symbols.

beautifultrouble.org

1 6

Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · Jul 4

America is for all of us.

1

Reposted by Jonathan Smucker

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · Jul 1

🚨 105 Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza on Monday.

▪️ 65 killed in Gaza City
▪️ 15 killed waiting for aid in Khan Younis
▪️ At least 24 killed at a beach rest stop
▪️ 13 killed in a warehouse strike

Entire families buried alive. Details ⬇️

5 120 210

Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · Jun 30

Spotify / podcast version: open.spotify.com/episode/0KzW...

Zohran Mamdani Has a New Strategy—and It’s Working || Jonathan Smucker

The New Democrats with Quinn Taber · Episode

open.spotify.com

1

Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · Jun 30

Really enjoyed this conversation the day after @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's historic win — discussing how his victory illuminates the failures (and political malpractice) of the Democratic Party establishment, and how his campaign points a way forward.

Zohran Mamdani Has a New Strategy...and It’s Working || Jonathan Smucker

YouTube video by New Democrats

www.youtube.com

1 5

Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · Jun 25

It can be done. There IS an alternative. It's up to us. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/n...

A New Political Star Emerges Out of a Fractured Democratic Party

www.nytimes.com

2

Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · Jun 25

It's looking so very good.

1 1

Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · Jun 24

Let's go Zohran! Let's go NYC!!

2

Reposted by Jonathan Smucker

Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event

430 6.8K 17K

Reposted by Jonathan Smucker

Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · Jun 18

With the reconciliation bill, student loans are about to get even more fucked up and punitive. How the hell did the Dept of Education become one of the biggest banks? What's driving this mess and how do we fix it?

Listen to the new episode of The Dig to find out.

thedigradio.com/podcast/stud...

Student Debt w/ Ryann Liebenthal, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Mike Pierce

Featuring Ryann Liebenthal, Chenjerai Kumanyika, and Mike Pierce on Ryann’s book Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an American Crisis. Interview by guest host Astra Taylor.

thedigradio.com

11 33

Reposted by Jonathan Smucker

Brian Phillips @brianphillips.bsky.social · Jun 17

If random men in masks claiming to be ICE agents try to grab me, and they’re *not* really ICE, I have the legal right to defend myself against them, yes? And if they are ICE, I don’t?

So how am I supposed to tell the difference? I’m supposed to give my masked kidnappers the benefit of the doubt??

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jun 17

I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · Jun 17

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

200 1.8K 6.9K

Reposted by Jonathan Smucker

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Jun 18

"We're at a moment of immense danger."

@akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com says there is a "clear gap" between President Trump's claims of being against foreign wars and the "increasing likelihood of a hugely devastating U.S. war with Iran."

4 75 250

Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · Jun 18

Dems playing dead all the way to WWIII

2