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Dylan Lyons (he/him) @dylanlyons.bsky.social · 9h

Welp nvm

Dylan Lyons (he/him) @dylanlyons.bsky.social · 9h

OH HELL YEAH

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order establishing ‘ICE-free zones’ • The TRiiBE

Johnson is calling for a full investigation into “all of the brutality” that federal agents have conducted this past week.

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Dylan Lyons (he/him) @dylanlyons.bsky.social · 4d

Baby’s first opera

Photo of me in a suit on the balcony at the Met

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Patrick Doran @patrickdoran.bsky.social · 6d

If anyone is a Prop 50 supporter this is a must read/share.

Attorney General Rob Bonta to CA voters: Cast ballots early as some late votes might not be counted

For the millions in some areas, the USPS is no longer promising postmarking mail the same day, so if you mail your ballot on Election Day, it'll be postmarked after November 4, which means it can't be...

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Dylan Lyons (he/him) @dylanlyons.bsky.social · 5d

PERIOD

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 5d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

I said what I said.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 5d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 6d

One Battle After Another goes hard.

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Dylan Lyons (he/him) @dylanlyons.bsky.social · 5d

How is it October and my grocery store doesn’t have Halloween Oreos but does have *checks notes* toffee crunch Oreos??

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

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 6d

SCOOP: DSA-backed City Council Member @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social is exploring a primary challenge to Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10.

Avilés is meeting with @socialists.nyc's Electoral Working Group next week to discuss her potential congressional run.

Read more at @cityandstateny.bsky.social:

Alexa Avilés exploring challenge to Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10

The DSA-backed City Council member has been talking to allies about potentially challenging the incumbent representative.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d

“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

bangs.

"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

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Dylan Lyons (he/him) @dylanlyons.bsky.social · 6d

Seeing reports of plainclothes ICE agents at Myrtle -Broadway J/M/Z in Brooklyn. Please be careful if you’re in the area and spread the word

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 6d

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 6d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Dylan Lyons (he/him) @dylanlyons.bsky.social · 6d

👀 very into this www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Alexa Avilés exploring challenge to Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10

The DSA-backed City Council member has been talking to allies about potentially challenging the incumbent representative.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 7d

1️⃣ [Now–Nov 04] Canvass, phone-bank, or Reach.vote to help Zohran get a million votes in the general election.

2️⃣ [Oct 25–Nov 04] Vote for Zohran and other good candidates on @nywfp.bsky.social's line.

3️⃣ [After Nov 04] Join @socialists.nyc's Tax The Rich campaign and/or @investinourny.bsky.social.

Dylan Lyons (he/him) @dylanlyons.bsky.social · 17d

Join me and pledge to vote on the Working Families ballot line! NYC needs leaders who will actually fight for working people. Time to show up and throw down for November 4th 💪 @nywfp.bsky.social act.workingfamilies.org/forms/pledge...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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Dylan Lyons (he/him) @dylanlyons.bsky.social · 10d

One Battle After Another!!!!! Go see it! boxd.it/bcY6jz

A ★★★★★ review of One Battle After Another (2025)

Thrilling, funny, incredibly relevant. Pretty much as close to perfection as a film can get. And everyone rushing you out while you’re just trying to charge your phone is very relatable tbh.

boxd.it

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New York Working Families Party @nywfp.bsky.social · 10d

Andrew Cuomo is Donald Trump and the ultra rich’s choice for mayor. Zohran Mamdani is the peoples’ choice.

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 12d

New year ✨

New mayor ✨

We, the nation’s largest domestic focused progressive Jewish advocacy organization, announce our first ever mayoral endorsement today:

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City Mayor.

🧵

Text reads: "New year. New mayor. Bend the Arc: Jewish Action endorses Zohran Mamdani for Mayor of New York City." The graphic is colorful and features a picture of Mamdani against a rendering of buildings in New York City.

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Dylan Lyons (he/him) @dylanlyons.bsky.social · 12d

I find it funny that to make the modern era Mark Zuckerberg believable, they had to cast someone more jacked and more insane

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 12d

‘THE SOCIAL NETWORK 2’ is officially titled ‘THE SOCIAL RECKONING’

• Jeremy Strong will officially star as Mark Zuckerberg, replacing Jesse Eisenberg

• Also starring Jeremy Allen White, Mikey Madison and Bill Burr

• In theaters on October 9, 2026

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 12d

The New York Power Authority's renewable energy plan demonstrates the leadership we need to meet New York's climate goals.

It is a step toward lowering electric bills and I urge NYPA to continue expanding.

I am proud to lead this effort with @reppaultonko.bsky.social and NY Democrats.

Letter to the President and CEO of the New York Power Authority in support of NYPA’s plan to develop 7 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030.

Signed by several members of New York’s Democratic Congressional Delegation.

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Dylan Lyons (he/him) @dylanlyons.bsky.social · 13d

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Dylan Lyons (he/him) @dylanlyons.bsky.social · 15d

The only thing radical about Schumer and Jeffries is how radically useless they are at fighting back against authoritarianism

The Independent @the-independent.com · 15d

Trump refuses to meet with ‘Radical Left Democrats’ Schumer and Jeffries. Republicans need them to avert a shutdown

Trump refuses to meet ‘Radical Left Democrats’ Schumer and Jeffries to avert shutdown

www.independent.co.uk

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Mon amour Sherée @mzgibson.bsky.social · 17d

Join me and pledge to vote on the Working Families ballot line! NYC needs leaders who will actually fight for working people. Time to show up and throw down for November 4th act.workingfamilies.org/forms/pledge... 💪🏾 @nywfp.bsky.social

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