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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22h

They’ll insist this is a
one-off victory — something that can only happen in New York & nowhere else.

They’re wrong.

New York is the world financial capital — home of Wall Street & billionaires from across the globe.

If everyday people can defeat oligarchs here, we can defeat oligarchy anywhere.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 3h

i hate it when something is described as "inscrutable." you have no idea the types of things im able to scrute

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3h

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.

I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.

But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 10h

Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 10h

we can chalk it up to youth and inexperience but the biggest mistake the mamdani campaign made was winning by 8.8% and not 1.5%, which is the margin needed for the media to say it’s a total mandate

INTERESTING TIMES
WITH ROSS DOUTHAT
Mamdani's Victory Is Less Significant Than
You Think

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 4h

IT'S NOT AN "IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN" IF THEY ARE HARMING AND KIDNAPPING AND TERRORIZING PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.

IT'S RACISM AND INTIMIDATION.

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 4h

@reuters.com Preschool teacher abducted without a warrant taken away in front of children.

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Patrick Nielsen Hayden @pnh.nielsenhayden.com · 11h

This is 100% and we need to get into the habit of relentlessly calling it out. Every. Single. Time.

OuterBoroPrincess @outerbororoyal.bsky.social · 12h

American mainstream political media operates under the belief that whichever candidate or party wins the majority of white voters holds the mandate, regardless of whether that candidate or party wins the election.

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 19h

Trump won in 2024 by 1.5%pts and the press acted like he got a mandate to be god-emperor, can’t wait for them to be dismissive of victories in places the Democratic Party hasn’t won in 20 years

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Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 18h

The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...

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William Leisner @wleisner.bsky.social · 12h

Crazy that Auntie-gate didn't doom him.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 21h

really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 20h

Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 22h

The Captain America sit down and shoot straight meme. I made it say: So, you said you're going to leave New York.

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Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 19h

The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 22h

Maybe dumping poop on voters from an airplane is not a surefire electoral strategy

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

speaks volumes that Trump's response to tonight's resounding defeat is to demand Republicans redouble efforts to rig elections

Pass Voter Reform, Voter ID, No Mail-In Ballots. Save our Supreme Court from “Packing,” No Two State addition, etc. TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!!!

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William Leisner @wleisner.bsky.social · 21h

a penguin is sticking out of a hole next to a piece of paper that says it was a joke

ALT: a penguin is sticking out of a hole next to a piece of paper that says it was a joke

media.tenor.com

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William Leisner @wleisner.bsky.social · 21h

All in all, this has been a pretty great last free election ever

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 21h

Republicans are even losing state Senate seats in Mississippi.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.

DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.

His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...

Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County

Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 21h

sry can't hear you over the skidding tires of billionaires leaving new york

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William Leisner @wleisner.bsky.social · 22h

"But... he called his cousin his aunt!"

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William Leisner @wleisner.bsky.social · 22h

Chef's kiss

jewelheist.bsky.social @jewelheist.bsky.social · 23h

Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'.

Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.

[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]

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William Leisner @wleisner.bsky.social · 22h

Give it a day.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 22h

People who are leaving NYC, please post pix of your U-Hauls!

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William Leisner @wleisner.bsky.social · 23h

The first "here's why this is bad for Democrats" article dropping in five... four... three...

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 23h

Polls are barely closed and VA, GA and NJ are already called for Dems -- a "Fuck MAGA" election

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 23h

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

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