Mona Molarsky
@mmolarsky.bsky.social
Writer, researcher, flamenco aficionada. Completing a family memoir about my grandparents, Impressionist painters who met in Paris in 1905, and their sons, who ran a traveling marionette show throughout New England in the 1930s. No DMs.
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They’ve got a centrist saying this now? 🍿
““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said on a podcast with Jon Stewart it's a "great idea."
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
They’ve got a centrist saying this now? 🍿
Columbia, my alma mater, seems to sink lower every day.
Columbia denies Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, campus access for planned events, citing security reasons
<i>Updated Nov. 20 at 4:16 p.m.</i>
www.columbiaspectator.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Columbia, my alma mater, seems to sink lower every day.
"La Guerra Civil / The Spanish Civil War," 1937. By Wifredo Lam. "I am drawing a painting of big proportions ... an anti-fascist subject," wrote Lam of this painting, originally commissioned for the 1937 Spanish Pavilion at the Exposition Internationale in Paris. Currently on view at MoMA.
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
"La Guerra Civil / The Spanish Civil War," 1937. By Wifredo Lam. "I am drawing a painting of big proportions ... an anti-fascist subject," wrote Lam of this painting, originally commissioned for the 1937 Spanish Pavilion at the Exposition Internationale in Paris. Currently on view at MoMA.
"The Jungle" by Wifredo Lam (1902-1982), in "When I Don't Sleep, I Dream," his fabulous survey at MoMA.
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"The Jungle" by Wifredo Lam (1902-1982), in "When I Don't Sleep, I Dream," his fabulous survey at MoMA.
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Charlotte immigration crackdown goes on, Homeland Security says, despite sheriff saying it ended
Charlotte immigration crackdown goes on, Homeland Security says, despite sheriff saying it ended
Charlotte immigration crackdown goes on, Homeland Security says, despite sheriff saying it ended
Law enforcement leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, say a federal immigration crackdown centered around the city appears to be tapering off Thursday.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Charlotte immigration crackdown goes on, Homeland Security says, despite sheriff saying it ended
Charlotte immigration crackdown goes on, Homeland Security says, despite sheriff saying it ended
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From Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, Rep. @velazquez.house.gov has always been a champion and tireless advocate for immigrants, small businesses and working families. Your grace and fight showed us what real leadership looks like. From the bottom of my heart, thank you La Luchadora.
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
From Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, Rep. @velazquez.house.gov has always been a champion and tireless advocate for immigrants, small businesses and working families. Your grace and fight showed us what real leadership looks like. From the bottom of my heart, thank you La Luchadora.
White Cyclamen by Anne Estelle Rice (1887-1959). Rice was a Philadelphia artist who ended up in Paris with my grandmother Sarah Shreve, in 1905. She went on to have a distinguished career as a fauvist and beyond in Paris and London. This oil and watercolor on paper is for auction: Bonhams, London.
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
White Cyclamen by Anne Estelle Rice (1887-1959). Rice was a Philadelphia artist who ended up in Paris with my grandmother Sarah Shreve, in 1905. She went on to have a distinguished career as a fauvist and beyond in Paris and London. This oil and watercolor on paper is for auction: Bonhams, London.
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Page One in Iowa.
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Page One in Iowa.
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Cuando la mirada dice todo.
📹 An Andalucian Journey: Gypsies and Flamenco (1988) (@bcc) Available on YouTube
Rosario Montoya Manzano takes her name "La Farruca" from her father, Antonio Montoya Flores "Farruco." Sister of La Faraona, aunt of El Barullo & mother of Farruquito, Farru & El Carpeta.
📹 An Andalucian Journey: Gypsies and Flamenco (1988) (@bcc) Available on YouTube
Rosario Montoya Manzano takes her name "La Farruca" from her father, Antonio Montoya Flores "Farruco." Sister of La Faraona, aunt of El Barullo & mother of Farruquito, Farru & El Carpeta.
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Cuando la mirada dice todo.
📹 An Andalucian Journey: Gypsies and Flamenco (1988) (@bcc) Available on YouTube
Rosario Montoya Manzano takes her name "La Farruca" from her father, Antonio Montoya Flores "Farruco." Sister of La Faraona, aunt of El Barullo & mother of Farruquito, Farru & El Carpeta.
📹 An Andalucian Journey: Gypsies and Flamenco (1988) (@bcc) Available on YouTube
Rosario Montoya Manzano takes her name "La Farruca" from her father, Antonio Montoya Flores "Farruco." Sister of La Faraona, aunt of El Barullo & mother of Farruquito, Farru & El Carpeta.
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
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Trump and Stephen Miller want to paint protests against their mass deportations as violent and unruly — this was nothing of the sort. youtu.be/_M6MpFyDhus?...
Hundreds show up for training to resist ICE, protect their neighbors
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Trump and Stephen Miller want to paint protests against their mass deportations as violent and unruly — this was nothing of the sort. youtu.be/_M6MpFyDhus?...
Shame!
Trump defends Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi:
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman... Things happen... He knew nothing about it."
A US intelligence report concluded that bin Salman personally "approved an operation" to "kill or capture" Khashoggi.
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman... Things happen... He knew nothing about it."
A US intelligence report concluded that bin Salman personally "approved an operation" to "kill or capture" Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Shame!
The many good reasons that Columbia University students and affiliates should form a tenants' union.
The case for a Columbia tenants’ union
It has arguably never been harder to be a tenant in New York City. Rents are at historic highs<a href="https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/ny-rent-cost-apartments-boroughs-mamdani-9mwrcxb6d...
www.columbiaspectator.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The many good reasons that Columbia University students and affiliates should form a tenants' union.
When it comes to universities, I sometimes feel I've seen it all. But the situation at U. Chicago shocks even me.
Why Did UChicago Destroy the Humanities?
The answer is simple: to spend untold sums on useless buildings by starchitects.
www.thenation.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
When it comes to universities, I sometimes feel I've seen it all. But the situation at U. Chicago shocks even me.
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We witness new horrors daily. But this is one of those that should bring all of this to an end on its own.
It won't, of course. Because we're in hell. But it should.
It won't, of course. Because we're in hell. But it should.
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
We witness new horrors daily. But this is one of those that should bring all of this to an end on its own.
It won't, of course. Because we're in hell. But it should.
It won't, of course. Because we're in hell. But it should.
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To illustrate, Cuomo wins the brown areas of Manhattan including the Upper East Side, which are the wealthiest parts while Mamdani wins the rest.
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
To illustrate, Cuomo wins the brown areas of Manhattan including the Upper East Side, which are the wealthiest parts while Mamdani wins the rest.
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Instead of folding like cheap chairs, Democrats should have forced the GOP to end the shutdown by killing the filibuster. Holding onto the archaic, antidemocratic tradition doesn't help them stop fascism, it makes them complicit to it.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Democrats Should Have Let Republicans Kill the Filibuster
Instead of caving on the shutdown, Democrats should have waited for the GOP to cave on Trump’s demand to scotch this antidemocratic tactic.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Instead of folding like cheap chairs, Democrats should have forced the GOP to end the shutdown by killing the filibuster. Holding onto the archaic, antidemocratic tradition doesn't help them stop fascism, it makes them complicit to it.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Never forget the sleazy campaign that Cuomo ran, backed by Michael Bloomberg, Rupert Murdoch, and many other billionaires who were wiling to say anything and do anything to keep income inequality intact.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Never forget the sleazy campaign that Cuomo ran, backed by Michael Bloomberg, Rupert Murdoch, and many other billionaires who were wiling to say anything and do anything to keep income inequality intact.
Here's how New York City voted, Mamdani vs. Cuomo vs. Sliwa, precinct by precinct. Thanks to the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Most Detailed Map of the N.Y.C. Mayoral Election (Gift Article)
See how New Yorkers are voting, precinct by precinct
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Here's how New York City voted, Mamdani vs. Cuomo vs. Sliwa, precinct by precinct. Thanks to the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
It's Mamdani for New York!
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It's Mamdani for New York!
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“Historically, the races in Virginia and New Jersey in the year following a presidential election have been closely watched on a national level as a barometer of how voters are feeling about the party holding the White House.”
NEW: Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA officer who served three terms in the U.S. House, will become Virginia's next governor, The Associated Press reports.
Spanberger will be the state's first female governor. https://to.pbs.org/4hCyiWm
Spanberger will be the state's first female governor. https://to.pbs.org/4hCyiWm
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“Historically, the races in Virginia and New Jersey in the year following a presidential election have been closely watched on a national level as a barometer of how voters are feeling about the party holding the White House.”
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The last time something like this happened in NYC was when Bad Bunny did a surprise performance in an open top tour bus driving around making stops at our hospitals to thank frontline workers after Hurricane Maria and the height of the pandemic, while the Emmys were being broadcast
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign closed out the final nights before Election Day with visits to LaGuardia taxi lines, hospital night shifts, and late-night diners—meeting the workers who’ve powered his run for NYC mayor.
Read @lfelizleon.bsky.social’s report:
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
Read @lfelizleon.bsky.social’s report:
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The last time something like this happened in NYC was when Bad Bunny did a surprise performance in an open top tour bus driving around making stops at our hospitals to thank frontline workers after Hurricane Maria and the height of the pandemic, while the Emmys were being broadcast
The cartels in Mexico must be dealt with. But the Trump administration will only make things worse. They're clueless.
Opinion | A mayor in Mexico is gunned down for standing up to the cartels
When those who defy organized crime are left unprotected, the state loses its legitimacy.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The cartels in Mexico must be dealt with. But the Trump administration will only make things worse. They're clueless.
Marigolds light the way to the spirit world. Enjoy this beautiful little video about Dia de los Muertos in Mexico free from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/o...
Opinion | For Day of the Dead, a Burst of Flowers to Honor the Departed
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Marigolds light the way to the spirit world. Enjoy this beautiful little video about Dia de los Muertos in Mexico free from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/o...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM