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Elliot Sperber @elliotsperber.bsky.social · 10h

Scotus, Duns Scotus

Elliot Sperber @elliotsperber.bsky.social · 15h

I don’t care if you’re a rabbi.
I don’t care if you dream in Yiddish.
If you’re not voting for Mamdani
You don’t know the first thing about being Jewish
(which is loving your neighbor as yourself)

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19h

Andrew Cuomo has PERSONAL WEALTH IN THE MILLIONS.

Zohran Mamdani is NOT personally a millionaire.

Hope this helps.

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egg price watcher @bluser12.bsky.social · 1d

Zohran is stone cold man. Putting out an ad in Arabic after all the Islamophobic shit that’s been thrown his way? Pure swag.

Dems don’t need to copy his politics or even necessarily his campaign strategy, they need to learn how to grow a fucking spine.

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

أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22h

Preview of 2026, and one of the ways Trump will try to expand control over elections

Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 1d

Predictable.

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Elliot Sperber @elliotsperber.bsky.social · 1d

There’s one at the Met that demonstrates his influence on the greatest moments in Italian (and Italian-American) cinema

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 2d

If you are able, please give to your local food pantries.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

Tucker Carlson's friendly interview with a Holocaust denier raises new questions about Zohran Mamdani's commitment to fighting antisemitism.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

A good list for people in NYC to share about how people impacted by SNAP cuts might access some food:
open.substack.com/pub/eboyle/p...

feed thy neighbor.

mutual aid in times of invented crisis.

open.substack.com

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 6d

“See, the plan is for the earth to burn up everywhere except the secret location where I store my money”

CNBC @cnbc.com · 7d

Bill Gates softens 'Climate Disaster' approach, says too many resources are going to fight the problem

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says countries and leaders need to shift their approach to climate change and focus on 'improving lives'

cnb.cx

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Elliot Sperber @elliotsperber.bsky.social · 6d

The word swag appearing here in Felix Frankfurter’s 1927 book on Sacco and Vanzetti (Felix Frankfurter, aka Happy Hotdog)

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 7d

The time to organize with your neighbors and your community is right now.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino.

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations.

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there.

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results.

Official statement to
@FoxNews
via
@TriciaOhio
:

"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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Elliot Sperber @elliotsperber.bsky.social · 7d

There must be more to that story. OK, fine, don’t be a grasshopper. But also, don’t be an ant. A resentful little ant. Don’t be an insect. Be a human being.

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 9d

Tish James launched an online portal for New Yorkers to submit photos and videos of ICE activity.
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

Federal Action Reporting Form

Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start

ag.ny.gov

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Elliot Sperber @elliotsperber.bsky.social · 8d

Fun fact: the word Sovereign derives from the Latin word Superanus.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 9d

A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 10d

Starting in Milan, in 73, revolutionary groups would mass up, go into supermarkets and chase out the bosses/security, get on the loudspeaker and declare everything free. They would then make revolutionary speeches while shoppers gleefully enjoyed the discount. They called this "proletariat shopping"

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Elliot Sperber @elliotsperber.bsky.social · 10d

pretty much what Trump is doing to the White House, the NIH, etc. (as he pursues the crime of Barbarity via ICE et al ).

Elliot Sperber @elliotsperber.bsky.social · 10d

Raphael Lemkin’s concept of gen•cide developed out of his formulation of two other international crimes: Barbarity and Vandalism.

The former involves physically destroying a group of people. The latter, the destruction of a group’s art, culture, or scientific work —

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 10d

If you do not act, this will be you sooner or later.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10d

This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.

They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10d

This is an absolutely revolutionary and critical proposal.

It is a roadmap for changing the way we deal with safety, gun violence, and mental health in every community in America.

Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 10d

My latest on Mamdani's proposal for a Department of Community Safety in @cityandstateny.bsky.social. www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: Mamdani’s proposed Department of Community Safety would be a win for New Yorkers

The proposal is well-grounded in existing best practices, and there is wide support for it among the public and City Council.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11d

This photo.

@sfstandard.com #SFO
sfstandard.com/2025/10/23/b...

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Elliot Sperber @elliotsperber.bsky.social · 12d

Racists warn electing Mamdani will bring another 9/11 as Trump in reality makes the White House look like another 9/11

Elliot Sperber @elliotsperber.bsky.social · 12d

Sliwa’s a creep, but a vacancy tax is a great idea - and not just because they implemented one during the Paris Commune

Elliot Sperber @elliotsperber.bsky.social · 12d

Are they happy about it? because that section of the White House was erected during the FDR Administration? or are they fine with anything Donald Dic does?

Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 12d

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed