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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7h

according to @jessyedwards.bsky.social of @hellgatenyc.com Curtis Sliwa just said on stage that he was offered $10 million to drop out of the race

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 8h

UPDATE: No.

Are Democrats blowing it in Virginia?
The Jay Jones saga, explained
CHRIS CILLIZZA
OCT 06, 2025 • PAID

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7h

genuinely beautiful that new york elected a muslim lefty mayor the same day that dick cheney died

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boocanan @boocanan.bsky.social · 7h

if you would like to know more about how zohran's look came together (designed by Aneesh Bhoopathy of co-op studio Forge!) please check out this great writeup in curbed

Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo

The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign.

www.curbed.com

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 7h

I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.

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ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social · 5h

Political elites' apparent assumption that Trump winning another term meant Americans as a whole decided trans people and immigrants deserve concentration camps or worse is so fucking revealing

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 7h

Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 7h

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 6h

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 9h

Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 9h

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 5h

Zohran is cool and awesome and I’m thrilled for him and all of us

but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 6h

Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 2h

"New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant. so hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through ALL OF US."

I had to pause because I was crying too hard to see

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

I just got out of D&D and am finally watching The Speech and I got as far as "these are not hands that have been allowed to hold power" before I burst into tears

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MfB...

Zohran Mamdani delivers victory speech

YouTube video by ABC News

www.youtube.com

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Jono with the good mo @jono.gay · 2h

RIP Star Trek

JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 9h

umm this sucks

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 5h

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 4h

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

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Crystal Voted 4 Harris @crystal4mvpharris.bsky.social · 3h

We have Black Women mayors to celebrate in Albany and Detroit.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 5h

I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”

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Rati Gupta @ratigupta.bsky.social · 6h

And this is why the corporate class shut down Teen Vogue.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 6h

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.

Gen Z women aren't playing around.

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𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐗𝐈𝐀 @cruxia.bsky.social · 7h

Had to share this from twitter just because

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 2h

Progressive challenger Erika Evans defeats Republican incumbent Ann Davison in 2025 contest for Seattle City Attorney

Evans, a former federal prosecutor who worked under Pete Holmes, will take over for Davison on New Year's Day 2026, but will begin her transition this week in order to get started…

Progressive challenger Erika Evans defeats Republican incumbent Ann Davison in 2025 contest for Seattle City Attorney

Evans, a former federal prosecutor who worked under Pete Holmes, will take over for Davison on New Year's Day 2026, but will begin her transition this week in order to get started on the best possible footing.

www.nwprogressive.org

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 5h

the sort of headline we're seeing all over: www.syracuse.com/politics/cny...

Democrats flip the Onondaga County Legislature for first time in nearly 50 years

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4h

they’re going to make the entire 2026 midterms about trans kids in bathrooms and they are going to get absolutely dunked to hell

protect trans kids: it’s the right thing to do and you’re going to win

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 4h

i genuinely think they believe that the they/them ads won the election and not like, anger over inflation

and so they'll keep trying to double down on social issues

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 4h

i see we learned nothing from the millions wasted by WES

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

I wish I could show you all the joyous photos and videos being shared on Muslim and South Asian WhatsApp right now with people reacting to Mamdani's victory.

It's really beautiful and cathartic.

So many years of anti-Muslim bigotry, racism & hate.

And all those tears are now sugar for our chai.

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