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Another look at the year that was — this one from The New York Times.

#economy #markets #investors #investing @nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Can't wait to make hajj to mamdanistan
January 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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Mamdani arrives to his mayoral inauguration at City Hall in a motorcade of NYC taxi cabs—workers he went on hunger strike with in 2021.
January 1, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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The meandering trajectory of coffee and coffee-related culture from the Islamicate world, into Western Europe and America, then into the entire world, and hence back now to different parts of the Islamicate world, is a really wild ride
How Cafe Culture Is Reshaping Tehran
For Iran’s youth, coffee has become a symbol of refinement, an economic opportunity and a means of socializing that can hold a frisson of rebellion
newlinesmag.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.

Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Great thread of indie outlets to support today and every day, with your clicks and your cash. 💰

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November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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A prominent Texas Republican is running for Railroad Commission in order to fight the "Islamic invasion." He's vying for a seat vacated by a former commissioner, who is now running for Texas Comptroller on a vow to protect girls' sports.

The latest on Texas' (increasingly Islamophobic) primaries:
What Does the Railroad Commision Have to Do With “Radical Islam”? Everything, One Candidate Says
Tarrant County GOP chair Bo French, known for his incendiary online presence, recently tendered his resignation to seek a position on the regulatory body that oversees the oil-and-gas industry.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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NEW: Peter Thiel, JD Vance’s top donor and one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful men, recently called Pope Leo XIV a tool of the Antichrist — and directly told the vice president not to listen to him.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Wow. Trump was asked about Mamdani arresting Netanyahu. He simply said they didn't discuss.

He was asked about sending agents to NY & Mamdani disagreeing. He simply said they both want NY safe.

Mamdani had Trump doing something he rarely does: emphasizing agreement, over and over
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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"Like everyone who loves books, Carson felt at once awed and aggrieved that there was more to read than could ever be read, and that to choose to read one book was to forsake the chance to read a different one."

Lovely sentiment about Rachel Carson from Souder's biography—she's clearly my kindred
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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🇵🇰 NEW: Pakistan’s parliament has passed the 27th Amendment, enshrining permanent military supremacy over state institutions. The reform cements Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir’s control over all armed forces, grants him lifelong legal immunity, and subordinates the judiciary to the executive...
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Taylor notes that these wins were possible only because the Voting Rights required new maps that give Black voters fair representation in Mississippi:

"If the Supreme Court dismantles these protections, we risk silencing the very voices that made last night's historic outcome possible," he says.
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority

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www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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My father was at my place and we watched this together for the first time and he starting cursing at the screen “this guy can really do anything. Did you hear that ع ?!”
November 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Hold me to it: @mussabali.bsky.social is a rising star and you're going to be hear more from him in the weeks/years to come. www.teenvogue.com/story/mussab...
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.
www.teenvogue.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Oh hey, a reason to be hopeful: groves of American chestnut trees have once again become self-reproducing in the wild.

Turned off comments so 12 people don't show up to tell me why this is actually very sad. Be happy, you assholes.
Nearly a Century Ago, American Chestnut Trees Died Off. Now, Hikers Can Walk Among Them Again.
Efforts to restore the American chestnut comprise "one of the most epic conservation stories ever told.”
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October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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“For most of her career, vaccination was a routine, unremarkable part of Dr. McGuire’s work as a small animal veterinarian. But after the Covid-19 pandemic hit, she found herself having long, sometimes adversarial discussions with pet owners about the safety and necessity of vaccines.”
Vaccine Skepticism Comes for Pet Owners, Too
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Mamdani: "There are 12 days remaining until Election Day. I will be a Muslim man in NYC each of those 12 days and every day that follows after that. I will not change who I am, how I eat, or the faith that I am proud to call my own."
October 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Mamdani: "The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as every other New Yorker. And yet for too long we have been told to ask for less than that and to be satisfied with whatever little we receive. No more."
October 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM