Judith Baumel
@judithbaumel.bsky.social
Poet. Bronx-born life-long fan of the Mets and all things Italian
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I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
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🕎 Happy Hanukkah! Chag Chanukah Sameach! As we close Hanukkah 2025, here are 8 reasons to join JFREJ in 2026 💖🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ jfrej.org/give
December 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🕎 Happy Hanukkah! Chag Chanukah Sameach! As we close Hanukkah 2025, here are 8 reasons to join JFREJ in 2026 💖🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ jfrej.org/give
A wintry-mix Sunday morning in Kimberly Plaza in the Bronx. We had warm & meaningful convos with hundreds of neighbors. Some are vulnerable & need immediate help. All are outraged this is happening in the greatest city in the world where we have become great BECAUSE of immigrants.
December 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A wintry-mix Sunday morning in Kimberly Plaza in the Bronx. We had warm & meaningful convos with hundreds of neighbors. Some are vulnerable & need immediate help. All are outraged this is happening in the greatest city in the world where we have become great BECAUSE of immigrants.
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Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
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My heart is with my beautiful alma mater right now. We should treasure universities.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Police search for suspects after shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island – latest updates
Suspect or suspects at large as Ivy League university tells students to take shelter during second day of final exams
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
My heart is with my beautiful alma mater right now. We should treasure universities.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
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Today, I spoke with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer. In April, when I met with him in El Salvador, Trump said he would never set foot in the U.S. again.
This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
December 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Today, I spoke with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer. In April, when I met with him in El Salvador, Trump said he would never set foot in the U.S. again.
This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
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Today, Dec 6, 2025
NYC Hands Off Training
1,000 people attended!
No ICE in NYC!
Join us at HandsOffNYC.com.
NYC Hands Off Training
1,000 people attended!
No ICE in NYC!
Join us at HandsOffNYC.com.
December 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Today, Dec 6, 2025
NYC Hands Off Training
1,000 people attended!
No ICE in NYC!
Join us at HandsOffNYC.com.
NYC Hands Off Training
1,000 people attended!
No ICE in NYC!
Join us at HandsOffNYC.com.
This powerful essay sets out a not-surprising but little considered effect of the war. It is a difficult but essential read.
“Life in Gaza for the past two years has been a process of losing everything visible — our families, homes, streets,” @mohamhawish.bsky.social writes. It also means losing what cannot be seen: “the ability to speak without fear of being monitored by a machine.”
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
nymag.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This powerful essay sets out a not-surprising but little considered effect of the war. It is a difficult but essential read.
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“Life in Gaza for the past two years has been a process of losing everything visible — our families, homes, streets,” @mohamhawish.bsky.social writes. It also means losing what cannot be seen: “the ability to speak without fear of being monitored by a machine.”
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
nymag.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“Life in Gaza for the past two years has been a process of losing everything visible — our families, homes, streets,” @mohamhawish.bsky.social writes. It also means losing what cannot be seen: “the ability to speak without fear of being monitored by a machine.”
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It's like Mamdani pushed his shopping cart up and down the aisles of Trump's mind and loaded up on stuff to bring back to his city. Protecting his city from ICE even before he takes office is huge (I mean, obviously Trump is a man of his word salad, but it was worth a try; see link below).
Laura Loomer and a lot of MAGA are in shambles, Trump says he loves Mamdani now and will be cheering for him. Will consider their conversation about ICE and supports his housing plan for low income families. Also stated that he’d happily live in New York with him as mayor and that he’s a good guy.
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It's like Mamdani pushed his shopping cart up and down the aisles of Trump's mind and loaded up on stuff to bring back to his city. Protecting his city from ICE even before he takes office is huge (I mean, obviously Trump is a man of his word salad, but it was worth a try; see link below).
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well this is very, very nice.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
well this is very, very nice.
This is a perfect (brilliant as well as funny) analysis of the “both sides” policy of the #NewYorkTimes
“A writer at the Times contacted me to talk. He said he was less interested in Mamdani himself than he was in the Africana Studies part…” On why maybe you shouldn’t talk to the New York Times about Zohran Mamdani.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is a perfect (brilliant as well as funny) analysis of the “both sides” policy of the #NewYorkTimes
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We did choose solidarity, that's why he won!!
www.jta.org/2025/11/05/i...
www.jta.org/2025/11/05/i...
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We did choose solidarity, that's why he won!!
www.jta.org/2025/11/05/i...
www.jta.org/2025/11/05/i...
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Mazel Tov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social , Mazel Tov NYC 🎉🗽❤️
Join the movement, join JFREJ: jfrej.org/membership
📸 Zachary Schulman
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📸 Zachary Schulman
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Mazel Tov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social , Mazel Tov NYC 🎉🗽❤️
Join the movement, join JFREJ: jfrej.org/membership
📸 Zachary Schulman
Join the movement, join JFREJ: jfrej.org/membership
📸 Zachary Schulman
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Okay, but can Mamdani shore up the Mets’ rotation?
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Okay, but can Mamdani shore up the Mets’ rotation?
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We're all in for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - Join us: Jfrej.org/field
November 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We're all in for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - Join us: Jfrej.org/field
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The American government has revoked the visa of Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian author who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in literature.
The U.S. has revoked the visa of Nobel winner Wole Soyinka.
The American government has revoked the visa of Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian author who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in literature, according to Al Jazeera. The writer received what he called a “rather c…
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November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The American government has revoked the visa of Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian author who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in literature.
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Next Sunday! yetzirahpoets.org/yprograms/11...
November 9: Daniela Naomi Molnar, Joanna Fuhrman, Sabrina Orah Mark | Yetzirah
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November 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Next Sunday! yetzirahpoets.org/yprograms/11...
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📢 231 DAYS: How long CD7 has been without a voice.
🗳️ 37 DAYS: How long Rep. Grijalva has been elected.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Seat Grijalva NOW.
#SwearHerIn #SeatGrijalva #ReleaseTheFiles #AZIndivisibles
@adelitaforcongress.bsky.social
🗳️ 37 DAYS: How long Rep. Grijalva has been elected.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Seat Grijalva NOW.
#SwearHerIn #SeatGrijalva #ReleaseTheFiles #AZIndivisibles
@adelitaforcongress.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
📢 231 DAYS: How long CD7 has been without a voice.
🗳️ 37 DAYS: How long Rep. Grijalva has been elected.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Seat Grijalva NOW.
#SwearHerIn #SeatGrijalva #ReleaseTheFiles #AZIndivisibles
@adelitaforcongress.bsky.social
🗳️ 37 DAYS: How long Rep. Grijalva has been elected.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Seat Grijalva NOW.
#SwearHerIn #SeatGrijalva #ReleaseTheFiles #AZIndivisibles
@adelitaforcongress.bsky.social
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JFREJ has had a busy week! Our safety team took to the streets to marshal the @streetvendorproj.bsky.social & @workersjusticep.bsky.social, urging city council to pass protections for vendors & deliveristas. Call your council rep to pass Intro 1332!
October 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
JFREJ has had a busy week! Our safety team took to the streets to marshal the @streetvendorproj.bsky.social & @workersjusticep.bsky.social, urging city council to pass protections for vendors & deliveristas. Call your council rep to pass Intro 1332!
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Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE.
A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force.
But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make Spotify listen: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force.
But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make Spotify listen: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE.
A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force.
But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make Spotify listen: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force.
But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make Spotify listen: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
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#ICYMI: Among the citizens detained by immigration agents are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ICYMI: Among the citizens detained by immigration agents are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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BREAKING: ICE unlawfully arrested E.J.C.C., a 16-year-old Bronx high schooler with protective SIJ status. ICE agents illegally detained him when he appeared for a mandatory, routine check in. Now, ICE is attempting to deport him to dangerous conditions in Ecuador.
We are filing for his release.
We are filing for his release.
October 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
BREAKING: ICE unlawfully arrested E.J.C.C., a 16-year-old Bronx high schooler with protective SIJ status. ICE agents illegally detained him when he appeared for a mandatory, routine check in. Now, ICE is attempting to deport him to dangerous conditions in Ecuador.
We are filing for his release.
We are filing for his release.
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I just emailed Cuomo’s press person to clarify that he believes Mamdani would cheer for a 9/11-style terrorist attack. Stay tuned!
October 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I just emailed Cuomo’s press person to clarify that he believes Mamdani would cheer for a 9/11-style terrorist attack. Stay tuned!