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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 6d

In 2017, Mussab Ali was elected to Jersey City’s Board of Ed at 20, becoming school board president 3 years later. Now 28, equipped with organizing and nonprofit experience, he’s running on affordable housing, fast and free buses, and stopping corrupt practices like pay-to-play in local politics.

Is Mussab Ali Jersey City's Answer to Zohran Mamdani? Only Tuesday's Election Will Tell

“Politicians are the OG influencers,” Ali, the youngest candidate in Jersey City, New Jersey’s mayoral race, told Teen Vogue.

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Howard Breen He/Him @howardbreen.bsky.social · 5d

Katie Miller Goes Psychotic on Live TV youtu.be/S5MuRatp4ms?...

"SICK Terrorist Sympathizer!" Randy Fine Wants Mamdani DEPORTED | With Katie Miller & Cenk Uygur

YouTube video by Piers Morgan Uncensored

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

Nothing is inevitable. Effort is everything. Ignore the polls and run through the tape.

Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 9d

"You Don’t Argue With Extremists. You Organize Against Them"

A fascinating piece from a researcher on why debates don't always work as a method of effecting change. As a debater, I don't agree with all of it, but Zeteo is all about encouraging... debate:

You Don’t Argue With Extremists. You Organize Against Them

Studies shows debate is not the tool for political change that many believe, author and researcher Sarah Stein Lubrano argues.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 9d

US detains British commentator Sami Hamdi in middle of national speaking tour | CNN

US immigration authorities detained British commentator Sami Hamdi, revoked his visa and said he would be deported rather than allowed to complete his speaking tour in the United States, a Homeland Se...

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 7d

Election denial figures in podcast interviews & social media have been calling for Trump to declare a “national emergency” to prevent supposed election fraud.

One of them, Jerome Corsi, has claimed he’s involved in drafting an executive order “to be implemented for the" 2026 midterms.

My latest:

Right-wing figures and Trump allies are calling for Trump to declare a “national emergency” to prevent supposed election fraud

The New York Times recently reported that a Department of Homeland Security official focused on “election integrity,” appointed by President Donald Trump, has proposed that Trump declare a “national e...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7d

"I hope your beeper doesn't go off."

A year ago today, a racist tried to make a 'joke' about me being killed by Israel. It was the 1st time I've ever walked off of live TV. That night CNN said they'd ban the racist from their air. But in the year since, I myself haven't been invited back on CNN.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Oct 29

Absolutely insane moment on CNN

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7d

We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 7d

If this doesn’t enrage you as an American, there is something seriously wrong with you.

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 7d

Turning the spotlight on the King while letting the barons off the hook will not stop Donald Trump. The illusion of the strong man who will fix everything cannot be dispelled by reviving the illusion that oligarchy offers us democratic choices. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/n...

No Kings Means No Barons

Yanis Varoufakis explains why resisting autocrats like Donald Trump requires challenging the oligarchs who enable them.

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 7d

Kidnapped at Sea by Israel — David Adler with Yanis Varoufakis on Gaza and Big Tech’s War Machine www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tyo...

Kidnapped at Sea by Israel — David Adler with Yanis Varoufakis on Gaza and Big Tech’s War Machine

YouTube video by DiEM25

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BroncoBear @bearlovesrugby.bsky.social · 8d

And I “oop”

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 7d

🟡 Mohamed al-Hindi: “We Will Hand Over All Responsibilities — But Sovereignty Must Remain Palestinian”

Al Jazeera Mubasher interview | Islamic Jihad Deputy Secretary-General

▪️ Completing the First Phase of the Agreement
Al-Hindi said the resistance factions agreed in Sharm el-Sheikh to four...

▪️ On Fatah and the Palestinian Authority
Al-Hindi clarified that Islamic Jihad and other factions agree in principle that Gaza’s administration should operate under the authority of the Palestinian government.
“We said nearly ten months ago that this technocratic committee should be established by presidential decree from President Abu Mazen, with its legal and administrative reference in the West Bank. We had no objection to that.”
He said Israel, not the factions, obstructed it: “Israel explicitly informed everyone it refuses any arrangement involving the Authority.”
He reaffirmed, “Any formula for Gaza must reconnect Gaza with the West Bank and with the broader Palestinian cause — because we are one people everywhere we exist.”

▪️ Palestinian Technocrat Committee — Not Foreign Guardianship
“We are ready to announce this arrangement immediately,” he said, “but Gaza is under siege.”
He explained that reconstruction and governance require resources Israel still blocks, meaning “the mediators have a major role in finding a workable formula.”
He warned against outside interference: “We reject any form of foreign guardianship or trusteeship under any name. Call it a technocratic authority, a peace administration, or a stabilization committee — if it’s foreign control, it’s still guardianship.”
“We will not accept Tony Blair or anyone like him overseeing Gaza. That would be a new Balfour Declaration.”
Al-Hindi reiterated that the agreed committee “should derive its legitimacy from an existing Palestinian body — the presidency or a ministry — while mediators coordinate with other parties.”

▪️ International or UN Forces
Al-Hindi said any peacekeeping or stabilization force “must be authorized by a UN Security Council resolution — not by President Trump’s wishes.”
Its role, he insisted, should be “to separate the sides and monitor the ceasefire, like UNIFIL — not to police or occupy Gaza.”
The mandate must define its tasks, duration, and location. “What we see now is an attempt to circumvent this,” he said, noting Israel’s rejection of Turkish, Qatari, or Egyptian participation “as if it had won the war.”
“We support a Security Council–mandated force with clear, limited tasks — not one imposed unilaterally.”

▪️ Internal Security and the Gaza Police
Al-Hindi confirmed that the technocratic committee, once formed, “will take over Gaza’s internal affairs, including security and policing, from the existing Hamas administration.”
He said, “The police will come from the people of Gaza themselves. We have no objection to training programs — we’ve heard that some Palestinians are training in Egypt to prepare for police duties. That’s fine.”
Asked about reports of 10 000 officers training abroad, he replied: “No one can confirm that number. Both we and Hamas are ready to hand over all administrative and security responsibilities to the technocratic committee once it’s formed. The current police will continue their work under the committee’s authority.”
Any new trained forces, he said, “would be integrated according to the committee’s decisions.”

▪️ Rejecting Foreign ‘Peace Councils’
He dismissed talk of a “Peace Council” led by Trump and Tony Blair: “That would amount to foreign sovereignty.”
“If this so-called council is the one establishing and legitimizing the committee, it becomes the governing authority — a new high commissioner under another name.”
He said any international body’s role should be “limited to supervising reconstruction funds and ensuring transparency — not governing Gaza.”
“The issue isn’t the name or who proposes it. The issue is sovereignty — who actually holds authority. That authority must be Palestinian.”

▪️ Israeli Violations and Humanitarian Crisis
Al-Hindi condemned Israel’s daily violations: “Ninety-three Palestinians have been killed in the past two weeks. Nearly two hundred have been wounded. Israel still occupies half the Strip, keeps Rafah closed, and allows in only fifteen percent of agreed aid.”
He accused Israel of “manipulating the pretext of bodies to justify renewed aggression,” saying some of the returned corpses show signs of execution.
“These are crimes that shame humanity,” he said. “We have made this clear to the mediators: this situation is unsustainable.”
“Israel has not honored its commitments — neither in the amount nor the type of aid entering Gaza, nor in halting attacks. The mediators must take responsibility.”

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest direct hit to the island in 174 years.

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TXRebel (She/Her) @redrebel.bsky.social · 7d

The Humanist Report with Mike Figueredo

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Why Trump’s Plot to Secure His Grip on Power Beyond 2028 Could Backfire

YouTube video by The Humanist Report

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

‘I spoke complete twaddle for four minutes’: Meera Syal, Larry Lamb and more on the terror of stage fright

Forget Halloween! Real scares can happen to actors any night of the year. Big name actors, including Zachary Hart and Harmony Rose-Bremner, recall their worst moments – and how they overcame their fears

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Axios @axios.com · 7d

BREAKING: Netanyahu orders "powerful" strikes in Gaza as ceasefire breaks down

Netanyahu orders "powerful" strikes in Gaza as ceasefire breaks down

The ceasefire was Trump's biggest diplomatic accomplishment.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9d

Getting ready to rally at Forest Hills Stadium.

@ us in your pics and videos 🙂

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Arlo @arlostuff.bsky.social · 15d

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How Hollow Knight: Silksong Disrupted an Entire Industry

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Arlo @arlostuff.bsky.social · 10d

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So Far, Pokémon Legends: Z-A Is...

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 10d

Pro-Israel talking points are basically contingent upon you never reading about anything that has ever happened. It is not like we revolted against the British in 1936, or were immediately suppressed politically by the Jordanians from 48 to 67 or engaged in civil war in 71, or fought Egypt in Gaza.

If the West Bank was occupied by Turkey or Jordan do you think that the Palestinians would have done the Second Intifada and launched hundreds of suicide bombings against Turkey and Jordan.
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The idea that Palestinians hate Jews is one of the most nefarious lies ever told.
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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 14d

SNEAK PEEK: Our new commercial will soon be airing across local TV, apps, and your platforms of choice. See it here first and VOTE!

Ballots are now arriving in mailboxes across Seattle. We can see with our own eyes that we need new leadership. Let's make that change together.

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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 12d

It's really weird that no one talks about Mussab Ali going up against disgraced NJ governor Jim McGreevy for Jersey City mayor

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10d

POLLS ARE NOW OPEN.

Find out where you early vote ⬇️ 🗳️
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