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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6d

Staten Island’s Albanian Muslim community has always been a force for entrepreneurship and service.

I’m grateful I got to meet with local leaders about how my administration plans to support small businesses and give every community a real seat at the table.

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Rethinking Schools @rethinkingschools.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations to RS editor @jessehagopian.bsky.social on being awarded the 2025 William Sloane Coffin Jr. Peacemaker Award alongside @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social.

You continue to inspire us! ✊🏾

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Liat @loinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 12d

With Adams dropping out, it's time to get on those doors for Zohran!

🙏 to @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social for joining #parentsforZohran yesterday in BK to talk #greenschools & #childcareforall. We need a mayor who will fight for working families & ALL kids.

Find a canvass: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com

A group of people in a park holding Zohran "childcare for all" and Green Schools signs, smiling

Woman smiling in hat and clear glasses holding a sleeping baby in baby carrier, holding Zohran Mamdani lit in her hand.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 26d

"I never stood with Bibi."

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 26d

Please read and share this story to help clear these innocent people's names.

I also publish my work on Patreon if you prefer to share the Patreon link instead of Substack.

Conservatives Are Doxxing Innocent People Over Charlie Kirk | Taylor Lorenz

Get more from Taylor Lorenz on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26d

WASHINGTON (AP) — Appeals court rejects Trump bid to unseat Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook days ahead of a vote on interest rates.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 26d

Anyway, I refuse to be silenced. Washington Post can fire me, but, my pen and my voice will only get sharper from here.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 26d

Also, I will be writing on Substack-- please consider subscribing, and supporting my writing and video work there.

karenattiah.substack.com

The Golden Hour by Karen Attiah | Substack

On writing, fighting, and beauty in dark times. Click to read The Golden Hour by Karen Attiah, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

karenattiah.substack.com

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 26d

And yes, I was the last Black full-time columnist in the Opinion section.

Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 26d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal for firing up our Jackson Heights canvass this afternoon and joining us to knock on doors in the world's borough.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal holding a megaphone, with Zohran smiling next to her.

Zohran address a big crowd of canvassers.

Zohran smiling and talking with Pramila as he knocks on a door.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27d

Tommy Norman, a police officer who racked up hundreds of thousands of followers across social media, has been arrested on domestic violence charges

North Little Rock Police Officer Tommy Norman jailed for domestic battery | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Tommy Norman, a nationally recognized officer with the North Little Rock Police Department, was arrested Saturday on domestic violence charges, the department confirmed Sunday.

www.arkansasonline.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 29d

In 2023, we won the Build Public Renewables Act — a groundbreaking law empowering NYS to speed up the clean energy transition and lower your bills with publicly-owned power.

Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.

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Rafael Shimunov @rafaelshimunov.bsky.social · Sep 2

My child is older than ICE.

My grandma is older than Israeli apartheid.

Both these stains are still removable.

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Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Don’t Risk Evil Andrew for Mayor @dreamfornyc.bsky.social · Sep 2

The anti-Zohran SuperPACs are back. So the SuperPAC killer is back too.

As MAGA billionaires pledge "hundreds of millions" to sabotage the Mamdani mandate, DREAM enters its next form:

Don’t Re-elect Eric or Andrew for Mayor.

actblue.com/donate/dreamfornyc?refcode=b

Don't Re-Elect Eric or Andrew for Mayor banner with silhouettes of Kathy Hochul, Bill Ackman, Andrew Cuomo, Donald Trump, Eric Adams, and MAGA billionaire donors

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 1

“Representative Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat who has been one of Congress’s leading liberal voices for three decades, will not seek re-election next year, heeding a call for generational change roiling his party”

Nadler, Pillar of Democratic Party’s Old Guard, Will Retire Next Year

www.nytimes.com

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The Weekend: Primetime @theweekendprime.bsky.social · Aug 17

Former Rep @jamaalbowmannyc.bsky.social offered a warning if Trump's authoritarian tactics aren't stopped:
"I'm worried about violence exploding. We saw it in L.A. ... we see it in D.C. even right now ... I'm worried about that growing."

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

I am once again asking you to knock on doors to win a city we can afford.

zohranfornyc.com/events

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

Today I'm so honored to earn the endorsement of @drichardsqns.bsky.social, who fights for the world's borough every day.

We recently rode the Q4 in Jamaica, one of the five bus lines made free in our fare free bus pilot. Ridership jumped 30%, and everyone's commute got a little bit easier.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 15

The White House Twitter feed is now basically the old “black crime” tab from mid-2010s Breitbart. The editor of Breitbart back then was Steve Bannon, and a young senate staffer named Steven Miller was feeding him content from white nationalist sites. www.splcenter.org/resources/gu...

Stephen Miller: The Breitbart Emails

Before the 2016 election, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller regularly emailed Breitbart News editors. Hatewatch evaluated more than 900 of those correspondences. This series includes Hatewatch...

www.splcenter.org

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 12

I'm so grateful for the support of Manhattan Councilmember
@keithpowersnyc.bsky.social, a leader on affordable housing, public transit and improving quality of life in our city.

Zohran endorsement graphic of City Councilmember Keith Powers.

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Tiffany Cabán @tiffanycaban.bsky.social · Aug 12

Today, the New York Attorney General’s Office officially released the footage of the killing of King Wong that occurred on 31st St and 30th Ave on April 14, 2025: ag.ny.gov/press-releas...

@kristengonzalez.bsky.social and I gathered our thoughts below. 🧵

Attorney General James Releases Footage from Investigation into Death of King Wong

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today released body-worn camera footage that her office obtained as part of its ongoing investigation into

ag.ny.gov

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 12

We’re in Brooklyn on day two of our five borough tour to say no to the Trump administration’s war on the working people of our city.

I’m proud to unite this coalition behind a campaign that will stand up to the authoritarian regime in Washington, not conspire with it.

Zohran at a podium in front of a group of Brooklyn elected officials. The podium sign says “Five Boroughs Against Trump.”

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social · Jul 26

It was 435

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