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Meanwhile, the “American Jewish right” is making clear that they view progressive and even centrist Jews – basically anyone who isn’t in lock-step with Netanyahu – as their enemies.
They think they are modern-day Maccabees. 🧵
They think they are modern-day Maccabees. 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Meanwhile, the “American Jewish right” is making clear that they view progressive and even centrist Jews – basically anyone who isn’t in lock-step with Netanyahu – as their enemies.
They think they are modern-day Maccabees. 🧵
They think they are modern-day Maccabees. 🧵
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Attacking pre-school teachers because they don’t think Palestinian kids should be bombed to death? Declaring NYC’s first Muslim mayor “our enemy?” Fomenting hatred, even within the Jewish community?
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Attacking pre-school teachers because they don’t think Palestinian kids should be bombed to death? Declaring NYC’s first Muslim mayor “our enemy?” Fomenting hatred, even within the Jewish community?
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Confirmed: Earlier this morning a photog overheard agents inside the parking garage say “dismissed,” believed to be calling off their planned mass raid.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Confirmed: Earlier this morning a photog overheard agents inside the parking garage say “dismissed,” believed to be calling off their planned mass raid.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
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NYC’s density really working against ICE today, much easier for a ton of people to swarm and shut them down once they realized what was going on
great fucking work everyone
great fucking work everyone
Confirmed: Earlier this morning a photog overheard agents inside the parking garage say “dismissed,” believed to be calling off their planned mass raid.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NYC’s density really working against ICE today, much easier for a ton of people to swarm and shut them down once they realized what was going on
great fucking work everyone
great fucking work everyone
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“The average speed [of the upcoming Finch LRT] is slower than the 36 Finch bus during some periods, a rather poor showing for a rail line on its own reserved lane.”
The TTC has published the schedule for 6 Finch West, and the travel times/speeds are not impressive compared to the existing bus service. stevemunro.ca/2025/11/28/6...
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“The average speed [of the upcoming Finch LRT] is slower than the 36 Finch bus during some periods, a rather poor showing for a rail line on its own reserved lane.”
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I think it's shameful that during a second Trump administration, and after NYC voters rejected a return to moderate, conciliatory governance, that a Democrat would tout the entirety of the Council's Republican caucus as her supporters.
Menin says she'll work with Mamdani "on a shared agenda that makes New York more affordable."
GOP members backing Menin, tho, are likely to look to her to be a check on Mamdani. Vickie Paladino said she's with Menin because she "understands all perspectives." www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/26/j...
GOP members backing Menin, tho, are likely to look to her to be a check on Mamdani. Vickie Paladino said she's with Menin because she "understands all perspectives." www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/26/j...
Julie Menin claims victory in NYC Council speaker race with more than 65 percent support
Manhattan Councilwoman Julie Menin claimed victory Wednesday in the City Council speaker’s race after saying she’s secured commitments of support from a super majority of her colleague…
www.nydailynews.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I think it's shameful that during a second Trump administration, and after NYC voters rejected a return to moderate, conciliatory governance, that a Democrat would tout the entirety of the Council's Republican caucus as her supporters.
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Samuelsen and Goldwyn on the same committee is pretty funny.
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Samuelsen and Goldwyn on the same committee is pretty funny.
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By contrast, if you ask what the Democratic Party stands for, the top answers - from both liberals and conservatives - will often be things that the Democratic party has never itself actually supported ("open borders", "pronouns", "DEI").
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
By contrast, if you ask what the Democratic Party stands for, the top answers - from both liberals and conservatives - will often be things that the Democratic party has never itself actually supported ("open borders", "pronouns", "DEI").
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As @anildash.com wrote on Nov 5th, Zohran has been so clear and consistent with his messaging that even his *opponents* typically repeat his top 3 slogans† verbatim when criticizing them.
There's no doubt what he stands for!
†freeze the rent, make buses fast & free, deliver universal childcare
There's no doubt what he stands for!
†freeze the rent, make buses fast & free, deliver universal childcare
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
As @anildash.com wrote on Nov 5th, Zohran has been so clear and consistent with his messaging that even his *opponents* typically repeat his top 3 slogans† verbatim when criticizing them.
There's no doubt what he stands for!
†freeze the rent, make buses fast & free, deliver universal childcare
There's no doubt what he stands for!
†freeze the rent, make buses fast & free, deliver universal childcare
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The thing about being clear about your agenda is not that you can't make strategic compromises at the edges to get things done. But they have to be strategic: things that advance your overall philosophy, rather than muddy the waters about what you stand for or casting doubt on what you'll fight for.
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The thing about being clear about your agenda is not that you can't make strategic compromises at the edges to get things done. But they have to be strategic: things that advance your overall philosophy, rather than muddy the waters about what you stand for or casting doubt on what you'll fight for.
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it basically went exactly the way I expected it to, but somehow even better
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
it basically went exactly the way I expected it to, but somehow even better
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In the grand scheme of things, this meeting was Tremendous Content, and like most Tremendous Content, it's Coke Zero politics. Mamdani comes out way ahead, Trump made a fool of his viziers and his strongest soldiers, and none of this will matter next week.
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In the grand scheme of things, this meeting was Tremendous Content, and like most Tremendous Content, it's Coke Zero politics. Mamdani comes out way ahead, Trump made a fool of his viziers and his strongest soldiers, and none of this will matter next week.
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trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
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the other piece here is the New York piece, he is a New Yorker and he loves New York and he thinks being the mayor is very cool and he likes hanging out with the cool mayor
he hates and wants to punish other cities but this is his town
he hates and wants to punish other cities but this is his town
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
the other piece here is the New York piece, he is a New Yorker and he loves New York and he thinks being the mayor is very cool and he likes hanging out with the cool mayor
he hates and wants to punish other cities but this is his town
he hates and wants to punish other cities but this is his town
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if you could keep Mamdani around the White House to talk to him all day you could probably get him to do a bunch of good shit, the problem is that after this meeting the next guy in the room is Stephen Miller
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
if you could keep Mamdani around the White House to talk to him all day you could probably get him to do a bunch of good shit, the problem is that after this meeting the next guy in the room is Stephen Miller
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everyone correctly noting that any time you put Trump in a room with someone charismatic he becomes extremely complimentary until someone reminds him he hates that person, take a bow
he’ll be posting unhinged shit about Zohran again by tomorrow
he’ll be posting unhinged shit about Zohran again by tomorrow
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
everyone correctly noting that any time you put Trump in a room with someone charismatic he becomes extremely complimentary until someone reminds him he hates that person, take a bow
he’ll be posting unhinged shit about Zohran again by tomorrow
he’ll be posting unhinged shit about Zohran again by tomorrow
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Andy Harris's safe district exists as it does primarily because former no. 2 ranked House Democrat Steny Hoyer doesn't want a majority-minority district he could lose in a primary
“We can’t do congressional restricting because it could give our primary challengers more time to campaign against us” … is exactly why these Maryland Dems deserve to be primaried.
If they can’t be persuaded to put fighting back against Republican power grabs ahead of self interest, they need to go
If they can’t be persuaded to put fighting back against Republican power grabs ahead of self interest, they need to go
also from this article: anti-redistricting Sen. Ben Kramer (D-Montgomery County) said that he and other state senators are backing Ferguson's opposition to redistricting because they're afraid of giving their primary challengers more time to campaign against them
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Andy Harris's safe district exists as it does primarily because former no. 2 ranked House Democrat Steny Hoyer doesn't want a majority-minority district he could lose in a primary
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Not a criticism of Mamdani in particular, but as long as we allow massively funded, heavily armed right-wing paramilitaries to have veto power over every aspect of public policy, it will be impossible to enact even the most basic social democratic reforms that a lot of liberals say they want.
Before his election, Mamdani was adamant: The CCRB should get final say in NYPD discplinary cases. Now, after retaining Tisch as NYPD commish, Mamdani's changing his tune, saying he's mainly focused on ensuring CCRB's "recommendations" are "taken seriously." www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/20/m...
Mamdani softens hard line on role of NYPD watchdog in discipline after Tisch agrees to stay on
in the wake of announcing Wednesday that NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch will stay in her post under his administration, Mayor-elect Mamdani took a step back.
www.nydailynews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Not a criticism of Mamdani in particular, but as long as we allow massively funded, heavily armed right-wing paramilitaries to have veto power over every aspect of public policy, it will be impossible to enact even the most basic social democratic reforms that a lot of liberals say they want.
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a lot of people are interpreting this as “wow elite liberals really hate the left” and while thats true, what’s mainly going on here is that elite liberals hate anyone who is young and did not complete the cursus honorum of local politics
Katie Wilson, Seattle’s next mayor, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
Seattle Elects a Left-Wing Mayor With a Light Résumé but Mamdani Appeal
Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
a lot of people are interpreting this as “wow elite liberals really hate the left” and while thats true, what’s mainly going on here is that elite liberals hate anyone who is young and did not complete the cursus honorum of local politics
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Just can’t over how much the richest and most powerful men in the world like to spend that capital establishing themselves as the most giant losers ever seen
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Just can’t over how much the richest and most powerful men in the world like to spend that capital establishing themselves as the most giant losers ever seen
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Bill de Blasio having absolutely insane game with women in left-of-center politics is such a funny recurring bit. what do you mean he went from Chirlane McCray to Nomiki Konst to Roxanna Valenzuela
as a new tucson resident, i certainly hope this relationship lasts long enough to result in some direct flights between tucson and NYC nypost.com/2025/11/11/u...
Bill de Blasio’s girlfriend outed as South Tucson mayor, mom of 2 Roxanna Valenzuela
Bill de Blasio’s other other woman is … also a mayor.
nypost.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Bill de Blasio having absolutely insane game with women in left-of-center politics is such a funny recurring bit. what do you mean he went from Chirlane McCray to Nomiki Konst to Roxanna Valenzuela
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One of the best things about electing an "inexperienced" candidate is that they simply haven't had the time to rack up all the to-be-paid favors that get cashed out via these jobs. Can you imagine what a Cuomo mayoralty would've looked like? Every job would be his rolodex going back to the mid-80s
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
One of the best things about electing an "inexperienced" candidate is that they simply haven't had the time to rack up all the to-be-paid favors that get cashed out via these jobs. Can you imagine what a Cuomo mayoralty would've looked like? Every job would be his rolodex going back to the mid-80s
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Massive contrast between Mikie Sherrill vociferously condemning the cave and Abigail Spanberger supporting it. Already thinking we got the better of the two NatSec moderate female governors.
Mikie also got an essentially identical margin against a much stronger opponent than Spanberger’s.
Mikie also got an essentially identical margin against a much stronger opponent than Spanberger’s.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Massive contrast between Mikie Sherrill vociferously condemning the cave and Abigail Spanberger supporting it. Already thinking we got the better of the two NatSec moderate female governors.
Mikie also got an essentially identical margin against a much stronger opponent than Spanberger’s.
Mikie also got an essentially identical margin against a much stronger opponent than Spanberger’s.