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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
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The current mayor of New York City, who isn't Jewish, tells the forthcoming mayor of New York City that in order to prove he is not an antisemite he should commit to being part of the Israel Day parade in May 2026.
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The current mayor of New York City, who isn't Jewish, tells the forthcoming mayor of New York City that in order to prove he is not an antisemite he should commit to being part of the Israel Day parade in May 2026.
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Interesting exchange between @sulliview.bsky.social and James Risen over the NYT’s inexplicable and indefensible opacity regarding their (now former) reporter who was soliciting $ from Jeffrey Epstein.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly...
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly...
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Interesting exchange between @sulliview.bsky.social and James Risen over the NYT’s inexplicable and indefensible opacity regarding their (now former) reporter who was soliciting $ from Jeffrey Epstein.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly...
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly...
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Council’s got two real powers: budget and (now reduced but still significant) upzoning/downzoning.
This is a pretty clear coalition on anti-property tax + pro-NYPD-spending + anti-major-upzoning
My bet is we get a ‘stasis’/member deference Council
This is a pretty clear coalition on anti-property tax + pro-NYPD-spending + anti-major-upzoning
My bet is we get a ‘stasis’/member deference Council
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Council’s got two real powers: budget and (now reduced but still significant) upzoning/downzoning.
This is a pretty clear coalition on anti-property tax + pro-NYPD-spending + anti-major-upzoning
My bet is we get a ‘stasis’/member deference Council
This is a pretty clear coalition on anti-property tax + pro-NYPD-spending + anti-major-upzoning
My bet is we get a ‘stasis’/member deference Council
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see if this turns out but if Julie Menin is right that she's secured a supermajority on the Council for Speaker, it looks like nearly everyone outside the Progressive Caucus / everyone outside the "Commie Corridor" unified behind Menin www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-pol...
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
see if this turns out but if Julie Menin is right that she's secured a supermajority on the Council for Speaker, it looks like nearly everyone outside the Progressive Caucus / everyone outside the "Commie Corridor" unified behind Menin www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-pol...
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As always, the solution to this is more loading zones so trucks can pull over and not block traffic but that takes parking so it’s impossibke to tell if the bike lane opponents are arguing in good faith or not.
Double-Parking Forever! Court St. Merchants Want Unprotected Bike Lane For 'Maneuverability' - Streetsblog New York City
They're called "unprotected" for a reason. They're also called "double-parking lanes."
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As always, the solution to this is more loading zones so trucks can pull over and not block traffic but that takes parking so it’s impossibke to tell if the bike lane opponents are arguing in good faith or not.
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Nick Garber is reporting that Julie Menin - the only anti-Mamdani speaker candidate - currently has 36 pledged supporters.
If your council member is on the list of supporters, I encourage you to call them immediately and tell them to support Crystal Hudson or Amanda Farias.
If your council member is on the list of supporters, I encourage you to call them immediately and tell them to support Crystal Hudson or Amanda Farias.
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Nick Garber is reporting that Julie Menin - the only anti-Mamdani speaker candidate - currently has 36 pledged supporters.
If your council member is on the list of supporters, I encourage you to call them immediately and tell them to support Crystal Hudson or Amanda Farias.
If your council member is on the list of supporters, I encourage you to call them immediately and tell them to support Crystal Hudson or Amanda Farias.
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Menin is Upper East Side & has been as close to a Republican vote on the council as one can get without caucusing with them. Her district, at least, has the agenda of destroying all nice outdoor urban things & increasing violent policing. Bad stuff.
The New York City Council speaker race seems to be over.
Council Member Julie Menin announced that 36 of the City Council's 51 members are supporting her for speaker. (You need 26 votes to be speaker.)
Menin is a moderate who's expected to serve as a check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Council Member Julie Menin announced that 36 of the City Council's 51 members are supporting her for speaker. (You need 26 votes to be speaker.)
Menin is a moderate who's expected to serve as a check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Julie Menin announces she has the support to be the next council speaker
The council member from Manhattan claimed to have 36 votes and the backing of four unions.
www.cityandstateny.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Menin is Upper East Side & has been as close to a Republican vote on the council as one can get without caucusing with them. Her district, at least, has the agenda of destroying all nice outdoor urban things & increasing violent policing. Bad stuff.
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To be clear, this criticism is for me too. I only learned about the mass deportation of Haitians under Biden in the last few months, since I started covering ICE flights. I don’t recall hearing about it when it happened in September 2021, and I worked at WaPo at the time and was reading news all day
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
To be clear, this criticism is for me too. I only learned about the mass deportation of Haitians under Biden in the last few months, since I started covering ICE flights. I don’t recall hearing about it when it happened in September 2021, and I worked at WaPo at the time and was reading news all day
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This is appalling and wrong.
AND, Biden deported Haitians to similar conditions throughout his term, including 20,000 people in a single month on 193 flights, which was until recently the record.
Fight for these human beings, and keep fighting for them if/when the Dems return to power.
AND, Biden deported Haitians to similar conditions throughout his term, including 20,000 people in a single month on 193 flights, which was until recently the record.
Fight for these human beings, and keep fighting for them if/when the Dems return to power.
DHS has announced the end of temporary immigration protections for Haitians.
The decision, effective Feb. 3, 2026, affects up to more than a half million Haitians. They now face returning to a country plagued by criminal gangs that control all major roads into the capital Port-au-Prince.
The decision, effective Feb. 3, 2026, affects up to more than a half million Haitians. They now face returning to a country plagued by criminal gangs that control all major roads into the capital Port-au-Prince.
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is appalling and wrong.
AND, Biden deported Haitians to similar conditions throughout his term, including 20,000 people in a single month on 193 flights, which was until recently the record.
Fight for these human beings, and keep fighting for them if/when the Dems return to power.
AND, Biden deported Haitians to similar conditions throughout his term, including 20,000 people in a single month on 193 flights, which was until recently the record.
Fight for these human beings, and keep fighting for them if/when the Dems return to power.
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Menin got over $100K spent on her by Uber, $1,600 donation from Tony Argento, $1,000 from Randy Mastro, no response to questions about it:
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Menin got over $100K spent on her by Uber, $1,600 donation from Tony Argento, $1,000 from Randy Mastro, no response to questions about it:
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"This is the kind of stuff that only makes Will Stancil more powerful. If you want to defeat him in a poster’s war, which is akin to trying to invade Russia in the winter, use ALICE’s figures, not this hysteric number.” lmaoooo
www.jezebel.com/consumer-sen...
www.jezebel.com/consumer-sen...
The True Poverty Line Is not $140,000, But It’s Still Shockingly High
A semi-viral post claiming the poverty line is $140,000 may be BS, but the precariousness Americans feel in everyday life is very real.
www.jezebel.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"This is the kind of stuff that only makes Will Stancil more powerful. If you want to defeat him in a poster’s war, which is akin to trying to invade Russia in the winter, use ALICE’s figures, not this hysteric number.” lmaoooo
www.jezebel.com/consumer-sen...
www.jezebel.com/consumer-sen...
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The time for the US to have had it in it to put a former president in jail for having a coup was before he got on the ballot for the next election! We are not Brazil, there's a lot upholding Trump, including the opposition party to him.
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The time for the US to have had it in it to put a former president in jail for having a coup was before he got on the ballot for the next election! We are not Brazil, there's a lot upholding Trump, including the opposition party to him.
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For at least a year, I've been returning to the question, how would you know when it's time to leave the US? For this piece, I asked trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer Americans who, with their families and partners, have recently fled the country, about how they made this decision and how they left.
When Is It Time to Flee?
Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For at least a year, I've been returning to the question, how would you know when it's time to leave the US? For this piece, I asked trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer Americans who, with their families and partners, have recently fled the country, about how they made this decision and how they left.
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This constant looming threat of mass state violence can’t be the base upon which an actually healthy and functional civic society can thrive.
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This constant looming threat of mass state violence can’t be the base upon which an actually healthy and functional civic society can thrive.
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If you don't know who your City Council representative is, you can use this website to find out www.mygovnyc.org
Call them and tell them you do NOT want them to support Julie Menin for speaker.
Call them and tell them you do NOT want them to support Julie Menin for speaker.
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
If you don't know who your City Council representative is, you can use this website to find out www.mygovnyc.org
Call them and tell them you do NOT want them to support Julie Menin for speaker.
Call them and tell them you do NOT want them to support Julie Menin for speaker.
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honestly send him to prison just to improve the art services offered prisoners
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
honestly send him to prison just to improve the art services offered prisoners
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barack obama I will be eternally mad at you for not putting george w. bush, war criminal, in prison!!!!!!!!!
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
barack obama I will be eternally mad at you for not putting george w. bush, war criminal, in prison!!!!!!!!!
Julie Menins should be removed from politics.
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Julie Menins should be removed from politics.
Look I’m in LA where our council members can hide from 90% of their constituents and the mayor sucks so I just want to see the best for my former home of NYC.
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Look I’m in LA where our council members can hide from 90% of their constituents and the mayor sucks so I just want to see the best for my former home of NYC.
Also why go to somos or the white house just to then have julie menin be the annoying piece of shit stuck to your shoe???
Legit you are going to see the only time in the history of the city council using its power over the budget to stop a municipal grocery store pilot.
NEW: Julie Menin is claiming victory in the City Council speaker's race after securing commitments of support from 35 of her colleagues, putting an early end to the contest and teeing up potential tensions with incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Story coming shortly
Story coming shortly
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Also why go to somos or the white house just to then have julie menin be the annoying piece of shit stuck to your shoe???
Legit you are going to see the only time in the history of the city council using its power over the budget to stop a municipal grocery store pilot.
NEW: Julie Menin is claiming victory in the City Council speaker's race after securing commitments of support from 35 of her colleagues, putting an early end to the contest and teeing up potential tensions with incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Story coming shortly
Story coming shortly
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Legit you are going to see the only time in the history of the city council using its power over the budget to stop a municipal grocery store pilot.
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This is a win for the forces that backed Cuomo.
NEW: Julie Menin is claiming victory in the City Council speaker's race after securing commitments of support from 35 of her colleagues, putting an early end to the contest and teeing up potential tensions with incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Story coming shortly
Story coming shortly
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is a win for the forces that backed Cuomo.
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NYCC statement in reaction to @nyccomptroller.bsky.social @bradlander.bsky.social
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“Today’s announcement from Comptroller Lander is a very big deal, but only if he enacts it.”
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
NYCC Statement on Lander November 2025 Money Manager Announcement
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Contact: jgonzalez@nycommunities 646-812-0485 or [email protected] 917-648-7786 NYCC Reacts to Comptroller Lander Announcement on Re-Bidding $4...
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