Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler.bsky.social
Democrat for Assembly District 66. I love New York more than anything—and that means fighting for its future • 🏳️🌈
"You mean I might have to leave New York City?!"
My niece Isla’s only 8, but she knows our playgrounds are at risk of becoming a playground for the super-rich.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
I’m running for Assembly to tackle the affordability crisis and fight for our future.
My niece Isla’s only 8, but she knows our playgrounds are at risk of becoming a playground for the super-rich.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
I’m running for Assembly to tackle the affordability crisis and fight for our future.
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"You mean I might have to leave New York City?!"
My niece Isla’s only 8, but she knows our playgrounds are at risk of becoming a playground for the super-rich.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
I’m running for Assembly to tackle the affordability crisis and fight for our future.
My niece Isla’s only 8, but she knows our playgrounds are at risk of becoming a playground for the super-rich.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
I’m running for Assembly to tackle the affordability crisis and fight for our future.
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We are now 30 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files
January 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
We are now 30 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files
Thank you for the support!
✅ $300K raised
✅ 400 grassroots donors (no corporate money!)
✅ Demand for bold progressive leadership
We have big challenges, but the communities in this district are ready to rise to them.
Join us at ryderfornewyork.com 🤝
✅ $300K raised
✅ 400 grassroots donors (no corporate money!)
✅ Demand for bold progressive leadership
We have big challenges, but the communities in this district are ready to rise to them.
Join us at ryderfornewyork.com 🤝
January 16, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Thank you for the support!
✅ $300K raised
✅ 400 grassroots donors (no corporate money!)
✅ Demand for bold progressive leadership
We have big challenges, but the communities in this district are ready to rise to them.
Join us at ryderfornewyork.com 🤝
✅ $300K raised
✅ 400 grassroots donors (no corporate money!)
✅ Demand for bold progressive leadership
We have big challenges, but the communities in this district are ready to rise to them.
Join us at ryderfornewyork.com 🤝
I’m running for Assembly in District 66!
Why? Because I love New York more than anything—and that means fighting for its future.
It’s time for leaders who aren’t just progressive, but aggressive. Not just resisting, but rebuilding. Not just demanding, but delivering.
Why? Because I love New York more than anything—and that means fighting for its future.
It’s time for leaders who aren’t just progressive, but aggressive. Not just resisting, but rebuilding. Not just demanding, but delivering.
January 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I’m running for Assembly in District 66!
Why? Because I love New York more than anything—and that means fighting for its future.
It’s time for leaders who aren’t just progressive, but aggressive. Not just resisting, but rebuilding. Not just demanding, but delivering.
Why? Because I love New York more than anything—and that means fighting for its future.
It’s time for leaders who aren’t just progressive, but aggressive. Not just resisting, but rebuilding. Not just demanding, but delivering.
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i will never get over this rebecca tiffany quote: the goal of yimbyism is a world where "every trans eighteen-year-old who is stuck living with unsupportive family [is] able to afford an apartment in a vibrant urban space with transit on a minimum wage job."
www.liberalcurrents.com/feminism-wit...
www.liberalcurrents.com/feminism-wit...
January 11, 2026 at 12:38 AM
i will never get over this rebecca tiffany quote: the goal of yimbyism is a world where "every trans eighteen-year-old who is stuck living with unsupportive family [is] able to afford an apartment in a vibrant urban space with transit on a minimum wage job."
www.liberalcurrents.com/feminism-wit...
www.liberalcurrents.com/feminism-wit...
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This is the current front page of the Times. The Washington Post is even worse. Their headlines are privileging the accounts of the administration with a track record of lying as being as valid as eye witness accounts and videos.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 AM
This is the current front page of the Times. The Washington Post is even worse. Their headlines are privileging the accounts of the administration with a track record of lying as being as valid as eye witness accounts and videos.
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I can’t remember being angrier.
I'm just so angry. I've been angry all day
January 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I can’t remember being angrier.
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im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
"Was the officer struck by the vehicle, as President Trump insists, or did the car pass by or around him?"
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
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Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
LFG
January 2, 2026 at 2:20 AM
LFG
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"bigger moves to rein in dangerous driving are necessary to eliminate the carnage on our streets, such as graduated parking and traffic violation fines that reward those who choose safer vehicles, and much stiffer penalties for recidivist speeders and red light runners" - new DOT commissioner Flynn
Hit-and-run driver kills one pedestrian, leaves another clinging to life in NYC New Year’s carnage
Hit-and-run driver kills one pedestrian, leaves another clinging to life in NYC New Year’s carnage
A hit-and-run driver barreled into two pedestrians in Queens, leaving one dead and a 24-year-old man clinging to life on New Year's Day, according to police.
nypost.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
"bigger moves to rein in dangerous driving are necessary to eliminate the carnage on our streets, such as graduated parking and traffic violation fines that reward those who choose safer vehicles, and much stiffer penalties for recidivist speeders and red light runners" - new DOT commissioner Flynn
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Hands Off NYC is a movement of tens of thousands of people & growing in neighborhoods all over the city: training people on their rights, sounding the alarm, connecting people to lawyers, bearing witness, (nonviolently) fighting back.
Join up: www.handsoffnyc.com
Join up: www.handsoffnyc.com
Hands Off NYC
We are over 100 unions, faith leaders, and community groups, standing together in nonviolent resistance to protect NYC.
www.handsoffnyc.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Hands Off NYC is a movement of tens of thousands of people & growing in neighborhoods all over the city: training people on their rights, sounding the alarm, connecting people to lawyers, bearing witness, (nonviolently) fighting back.
Join up: www.handsoffnyc.com
Join up: www.handsoffnyc.com
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Speech has never been freer! Not performing for the president is now illegal.
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
n.pr
December 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Speech has never been freer! Not performing for the president is now illegal.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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The point I wish got emphasized more is that the big winners from congestion pricing are *people who urgently need to drive*. Because they are ones that travel times really matter for. I always thought that instead of congestion pricing it should be called "free streets" - free from other cars.
this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
December 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The point I wish got emphasized more is that the big winners from congestion pricing are *people who urgently need to drive*. Because they are ones that travel times really matter for. I always thought that instead of congestion pricing it should be called "free streets" - free from other cars.
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
Generations of renters have been left behind by the home shortage and skyrocketing costs we've inherited.
Blue city and blue state electeds had better wake up and deliver results.
If not, why would young people continue to have faith in Democrats—or democracy—as capable of solving problems?
Blue city and blue state electeds had better wake up and deliver results.
If not, why would young people continue to have faith in Democrats—or democracy—as capable of solving problems?
From the Yale Youth Poll - note how much more young people care about housing. It's issue #3 in importance for them! (And since housing is most people's biggest expense, "affordability" is really another way of talking about housing.)
December 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Generations of renters have been left behind by the home shortage and skyrocketing costs we've inherited.
Blue city and blue state electeds had better wake up and deliver results.
If not, why would young people continue to have faith in Democrats—or democracy—as capable of solving problems?
Blue city and blue state electeds had better wake up and deliver results.
If not, why would young people continue to have faith in Democrats—or democracy—as capable of solving problems?
This guy gets it
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This guy gets it
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Anyone who tells you that mass deportations are a solution to the housing crisis is lying to you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Anyone who tells you that mass deportations are a solution to the housing crisis is lying to you.
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A bill like this is an affront to good transit planning.
Rules like bus lane enforcement exist to keep transit riders—the clear majority of New Yorkers—moving.
No neighborhood should have an exemption to transit rules.
Rules like bus lane enforcement exist to keep transit riders—the clear majority of New Yorkers—moving.
No neighborhood should have an exemption to transit rules.
Gov Hochul should VETO the bill that carves out Co-op City from bus lane enforcement.
It slows buses and worsens pollution. The state Legislature should not be getting involved in local transit decisions.
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It slows buses and worsens pollution. The state Legislature should not be getting involved in local transit decisions.
buff.ly/01VdEUW
December 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A bill like this is an affront to good transit planning.
Rules like bus lane enforcement exist to keep transit riders—the clear majority of New Yorkers—moving.
No neighborhood should have an exemption to transit rules.
Rules like bus lane enforcement exist to keep transit riders—the clear majority of New Yorkers—moving.
No neighborhood should have an exemption to transit rules.
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
Disgusting. We can be so much better than this.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Disgusting. We can be so much better than this.
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Hilarious juxtaposition of belligerent rhetoric about “doing what we need to do” and what they actually did, which was unilaterally surrender, achieving nothing
Tim Kaine: "I don't tell Ro Khanna or AOC or anybody else who you should pick as your House leader, because I got a full time job being a senator. I don't need to freelance opinions about House leadership. They should focus on their own leadership and let senators do what we need to do."
November 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Hilarious juxtaposition of belligerent rhetoric about “doing what we need to do” and what they actually did, which was unilaterally surrender, achieving nothing
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This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.
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feckless and stupid people play acting at political strategist when they should be denouncing a *substantively* corrupt move
Here The Washington Post Editorial Board treats Donald Trump ordering DOJ investigations of his political adversaries as a *political* misstep, never once so much as hinting that it is an *abuse of power*
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
feckless and stupid people play acting at political strategist when they should be denouncing a *substantively* corrupt move