Tom Ochs
@tomochs.bsky.social
Love living in Brooklyn. Family, sports, politics, movies, music, food. #CloseRikers. My teams #LFC #NYLiberty 🗽🏆 #GothamFC🦇 #Jets #Isles #Knicks #Yankees #UConnWBB #USWNT
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STFU Friday, in addition to being every day, applies when Isaac Chotiner tries to talk to you. He's not even the police. They don't have to respond.
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
STFU Friday, in addition to being every day, applies when Isaac Chotiner tries to talk to you. He's not even the police. They don't have to respond.
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❣️Mabrook + Mazal Tov to JFREJ Board Members, @kungernyc.bsky.social & Rabbi Ellen Lippman, for their respective appointments to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ‘s transition team & the more than a dozen other JFREJ members also named in this powerful list of NYers ready to roll up their sleeves & work!
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
❣️Mabrook + Mazal Tov to JFREJ Board Members, @kungernyc.bsky.social & Rabbi Ellen Lippman, for their respective appointments to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ‘s transition team & the more than a dozen other JFREJ members also named in this powerful list of NYers ready to roll up their sleeves & work!
2nd #NWSL Championship in 3 years for #GothamFC 8th place going into tourney, knock of #1 Seed Kansas City, defending champ Orlando and #2 seed Washington Spirit. Incredible run for the 🦇!! @meglinehan.com with the Lavelle fam for the match had the best seat in the house for the game winner.
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
2nd #NWSL Championship in 3 years for #GothamFC 8th place going into tourney, knock of #1 Seed Kansas City, defending champ Orlando and #2 seed Washington Spirit. Incredible run for the 🦇!! @meglinehan.com with the Lavelle fam for the match had the best seat in the house for the game winner.
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NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
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Representative Nydia Velázquez is the blueprint. A truly badass Boricua.
As the first Puerto Rican woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, she opened doors for so many of us – myself included – and inspired a generation to believe in the power and possibilities of public service.
As the first Puerto Rican woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, she opened doors for so many of us – myself included – and inspired a generation to believe in the power and possibilities of public service.
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Representative Nydia Velázquez is the blueprint. A truly badass Boricua.
As the first Puerto Rican woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, she opened doors for so many of us – myself included – and inspired a generation to believe in the power and possibilities of public service.
As the first Puerto Rican woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, she opened doors for so many of us – myself included – and inspired a generation to believe in the power and possibilities of public service.
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Big reminder, NYC! @handsoffnyc.bsky.social is doing know-your-rights and ICE watch trainings in every borough - 11/22 in Manhattan, 11/23 in Staten Island, 12/6 in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and 12/13 in Queens!
Sign up today! We protect each other!
www.handsoffnyc.com/take-action
Sign up today! We protect each other!
www.handsoffnyc.com/take-action
Take Action — Hands Off NYC
www.handsoffnyc.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Big reminder, NYC! @handsoffnyc.bsky.social is doing know-your-rights and ICE watch trainings in every borough - 11/22 in Manhattan, 11/23 in Staten Island, 12/6 in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and 12/13 in Queens!
Sign up today! We protect each other!
www.handsoffnyc.com/take-action
Sign up today! We protect each other!
www.handsoffnyc.com/take-action
Read the thread by @anamariecox.bsky.social and her letter/notes to Olivia Nuzzi. Best piece I’ve read on the whole thing.
There's been so much dunking on the excerpt, and parts are v indulgent! But there's a pattern to what's wrong with it that illustrates what she claims to care about.
So I did a line edit of the whole thing (you can read that at the link below) and an editor memo.
drive.google.com/file/d/1eZx4...
So I did a line edit of the whole thing (you can read that at the link below) and an editor memo.
drive.google.com/file/d/1eZx4...
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt | Vanity Fair.pdf
drive.google.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Read the thread by @anamariecox.bsky.social and her letter/notes to Olivia Nuzzi. Best piece I’ve read on the whole thing.
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It’s all workshopped on Black communities first. We told you to end qualified immunity. But you were all too scared to look like you weren’t “backing the blue.”
And here we are.
And here we are.
NEW: In light of widespread allegations of civil rights violations arising from Trump's immigration crackdown, Democrats are renewing efforts to pass legislation to hold federal agents individually accountable:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats target federal officials accused of civil rights violations in new legislation
Lawmakers are launching a new effort to close a legal loophole that means federal officials, including law enforcement agents, cannot be sued for constitutional violations.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It’s all workshopped on Black communities first. We told you to end qualified immunity. But you were all too scared to look like you weren’t “backing the blue.”
And here we are.
And here we are.
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I wrote about the anti-vax conference that was taking place at my hotel during the Texas Book Festival. lithub.com/amid-the-mah...
Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival
When I walked into the hotel lobby the first person I saw was a woman with enormous lips wearing a T-shirt that said BAN ASSAULT VACCINES. Wow, Austin really has changed, I thought. I used to come …
lithub.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I wrote about the anti-vax conference that was taking place at my hotel during the Texas Book Festival. lithub.com/amid-the-mah...
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the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
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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
In case you forgot, @maris.bsky.social can really write! Thoroughly enjoyed this, an early New Year resolution is to read more Maris Kreizman.
I wrote about the anti-vax conference that was taking place at my hotel during the Texas Book Festival. lithub.com/amid-the-mah...
Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival
When I walked into the hotel lobby the first person I saw was a woman with enormous lips wearing a T-shirt that said BAN ASSAULT VACCINES. Wow, Austin really has changed, I thought. I used to come …
lithub.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In case you forgot, @maris.bsky.social can really write! Thoroughly enjoyed this, an early New Year resolution is to read more Maris Kreizman.
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literally thought earlier today: rachel don’t post about how much you love lentil soup no one cares
but guess what? it’s time for Nighttime Soup Posting so here it is:
lentil soup is RELIABLY GREAT, NUTRITIOUS AND AFFORDABLE I LOVE IT OK???????? sue me!!!!
but guess what? it’s time for Nighttime Soup Posting so here it is:
lentil soup is RELIABLY GREAT, NUTRITIOUS AND AFFORDABLE I LOVE IT OK???????? sue me!!!!
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
literally thought earlier today: rachel don’t post about how much you love lentil soup no one cares
but guess what? it’s time for Nighttime Soup Posting so here it is:
lentil soup is RELIABLY GREAT, NUTRITIOUS AND AFFORDABLE I LOVE IT OK???????? sue me!!!!
but guess what? it’s time for Nighttime Soup Posting so here it is:
lentil soup is RELIABLY GREAT, NUTRITIOUS AND AFFORDABLE I LOVE IT OK???????? sue me!!!!
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Terrence's attorney believes he was particularly susceptible to assaults behind bars because he is gay and has some developmental disabilities.
City Pays $4M to Rikers Detainee After His Five Rape Claims Were Ignored
Despite multiple reports, surveillance footage and pleas for help, the Department of Correction brushed aside the allegations but has since settled lawsuits.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Terrence's attorney believes he was particularly susceptible to assaults behind bars because he is gay and has some developmental disabilities.
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Even with a mayor who stands firmly on the side of immigrant rights, New York cannot rely on goodwill alone — it will take coordinated policy and community defense to hold the line.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/19/t...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/19/t...
The federal takeover of New York City has begun
The federal takeover of New York is no longer theoretical. Even as we begin a new chapter under Zohran Mamdani — elected on a promise to defend immigrant New Yorkers — federal agents recently desce…
www.nydailynews.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Even with a mayor who stands firmly on the side of immigrant rights, New York cannot rely on goodwill alone — it will take coordinated policy and community defense to hold the line.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/19/t...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/19/t...
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Kinda shows the level of elite capture in this country when the guy with the lowest approval ratings in history is going “hey you fat pig! I’m going to hamburger conference to say fish sandwich! Also not a sex offender!” and the news is just starting to be like huh wonder if this guy is unpopular
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Kinda shows the level of elite capture in this country when the guy with the lowest approval ratings in history is going “hey you fat pig! I’m going to hamburger conference to say fish sandwich! Also not a sex offender!” and the news is just starting to be like huh wonder if this guy is unpopular
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Great night of soccer last night at Concacaf World Club qualifiers.
Congratulations Panama and Haiti (second trip for each to the WC), and Curaçao (first trip to the WC)! So exciting!
Congratulations Panama and Haiti (second trip for each to the WC), and Curaçao (first trip to the WC)! So exciting!
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Great night of soccer last night at Concacaf World Club qualifiers.
Congratulations Panama and Haiti (second trip for each to the WC), and Curaçao (first trip to the WC)! So exciting!
Congratulations Panama and Haiti (second trip for each to the WC), and Curaçao (first trip to the WC)! So exciting!
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Heard about this from people on the scene. The thugs had tails between their legs. If you were born in the USA and aren’t in a rapid response network, you’re doing anti-fascism wrong.
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Heard about this from people on the scene. The thugs had tails between their legs. If you were born in the USA and aren’t in a rapid response network, you’re doing anti-fascism wrong.
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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Here's the full video
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Here's the full video
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Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
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The code is not complicated. Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The code is not complicated. Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...
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So, I got an undeserved check from the state and knew what to do with it immediately... (@maketheroadny.bsky.social)
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
So, I got an undeserved check from the state and knew what to do with it immediately... (@maketheroadny.bsky.social)