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"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · 10d

JVP and IfNotNow, two Jewish groups principally committed to nonviolence, are both on the government’s list of left-wing violent extremist groups

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10d

Admin cracking down on Soros, Indivisible, ActBlue, & Jewish peace groups is incredible projection in light of federal contractor El*n M*sk spending more on politics in 2024 than anybody in human history and all the big money corruption of 2025

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 10d

eric did an excellent job with this

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

What Zohran Mamdani Knows About Power

The thirty-three-year-old socialist is rewriting the rules of New York politics. Can he transform the city as mayor?

www.newyorker.com

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 10d

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 10d

Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 10d

Nearly twice as many New York City voters sympathize with Palestinians (43%) more than they do with Israelis (22%).

55% of Democrats
41% of independents
11% of Republicans

62% of Asian
54% of Black
52% of Hispanic
32% of white

57% of 18-34
53% of 35-49
40% of 50-64
36% of 65+

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Elliot Alderson @elliotald3rson.bsky.social · 11d

I voted for Harris.

Are you illiterate or just incapable of understanding nuances?

Which one is it, Mike?

Or did you ignore the part where Harris lost every swing state by more than the margin of third-party voters?

Here, reality for you.

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Elliot Alderson @elliotald3rson.bsky.social · 11d

Could you please name the state Harris would have won with third-party voters instead, Mike?

You know, facts?

Or did you miss the point of the chart, which listed the key swing states, and shows Harris lost the swing states by more than the margin of third-party voters?

Again, facts.

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Elliot Alderson @elliotald3rson.bsky.social · 11d

Not a kid.

Those are facts.

Could you name the state which Harris would have won with third-party voters instead?

Or do you just shit when confronted with facts, because you are irrationally angry and need therapy?

Elliot Alderson @elliotald3rson.bsky.social · 11d

I thought you just advocated for Harris as an "opponent of fascism", now you are saying she wad the candidate for "moral compromise"? Yet she did not oppose fascism in Israel, nor did Biden. Nor did Harris lose due to third-party voters, only due to her shiatty policies and Liz Cheney.

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Elliot Alderson @elliotald3rson.bsky.social · 11d

Weird, I voted for Harris despite her shiattiness and bad policies, but she didn't lose because of third-party voters anyway. Even if she won all third-party votes, she still would have lost.

Or do you not pay attention to reality and facts?

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Elliot Alderson @elliotald3rson.bsky.social · 11d

No, Palestinians and their loved ones did not support Trump. They had difficulty voting for someone who promised to continue Biden's policy of sending unlimited bombs to Israel to destroy more than 90 percent of Gaza and kill upwards of 200,000 Palestinians.

www.timesofisrael.com/doug-emhoff-...

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Elliot Alderson @elliotald3rson.bsky.social · 11d

Ah well, poor Palestinian children and mothers, who just "don't get it"—that is, food and aid, under either Biden or Trump.
Not like Biden or Harris could have changed their policy to not facilitate genocide, right? That would be impossible.
Right?
www.propublica.org/article/bide...

A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza

Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Departme...

www.propublica.org

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 11d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 11d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Salaam Bhatti @salaambhattiva.bsky.social · 13d

Republicans: people don’t need SNAP, we have food banks.

Also Republicans: let’s cancel 94 million pounds of food deliveries to food banks

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Elliot Alderson @elliotald3rson.bsky.social · 12d

That looks cozy.

Chag Sameach

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13d

Is the irony of the president’s friend buying something called “the free press” and immediately installing a government truth compliance officer lost on everybody?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13d

Breaking News: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and appointing Bari Weiss, the news site's co-founder, as the editor in chief of CBS News. nyti.ms/4gUnu5D

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 13d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13d

New Yorkers deserve change they can measure in their own lives.

Our new Affordability Calculator shows exactly how much our plans would save your family on childcare, rent, and bus fare.

Check your savings → zohranfornyc.com/calculator

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15d

This Sunday, we’re SHREDDING 🎸

Join me (or someone who looks a lot like me) at one of two locations to safely dispose of old bills, bank statements and documents you no longer need.

+ DJs, family portraits and frozen treats.

12-3pm in Harlem and the Bronx. Details in the video ⬇️

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 15d

I would ask why the Prime Minister finally saying - or at least heavily implying - that Yes, the far right are racist, was treated like it was an awesome achievement and a feat of skill and prowess, and that he deserved praise, a biscuit and maybe some belly-rubs for it

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 20d

As a former gamer, I cannot overstate how big of a deal this right-wing takeover of Electronic Arts is.

Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 20d

Most of Ahmed’s family has fled to the South but he stayed in the North to help his mother- he has terrible internet so his sister reached out to me- they desperately need to evacuate

Donate to Help Ahmed rebuild his home and life in Gaza, organized by Yazan Alajrami

Hello, I’m Ahmed, a young Palestinian from Gaza. I’m writing with a heart … Yazan Alajrami needs your support for Help Ahmed rebuild his home and life in Gaza

www.gofundme.com

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