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Lenna Nepomnyaschy @lennan77.bsky.social · 2d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NYC SAYS NO KINGS! New York City” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NYC SAYS NO KINGS! New York City · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** 📍 Where: Father Duffy Square, 47th st. and Broadway 📅 When: 11:00 AM ET, October 18, 2025 NOTE: this will be a march, not a rally! Enter from the...

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Lenna Nepomnyaschy @lennan77.bsky.social · 21d

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The Five U.S. States Operating as "Autocratic Democracies"

In Wisconsin, Democrats won the statewide vote in 2022 and lost seats in the legislature.

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Lenna Nepomnyaschy @lennan77.bsky.social · 23d

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Please call your rep today! This is a terrifying authoritarian proposal!

Protect US Passport Holders from Political Retribution ⭑ 5 Calls

Rep. Bill Mast (R-FL), the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has added a provision to H.R. 5300, the State Department reauthorization …

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 26d

An antisemite shot two kids in Colorado, at least one of whom is Jewish.

The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.

‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts

Social media accounts that appear to be connected to the 16-year-old shooter are littered with references to mass shootings and antisemitic views, The Denver Post found.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 29d

Protesters disrupted Trump’s dinner in DC, chanting “Free DC! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!”

This needs to be done nonstop. Keep making their lives hell. Make sure they know they’re despised.

These white supremacist, Christian nationalist, pedophilic fascists must know no peace.

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 29d

EXCLUSIVE: New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is calling on FIFA to end dynamic pricing on World Cup tickets.

His petition “Game Over Greed” also demands that FIFA reinstates a cap on ticket resales and sets aside 15 percent of tickets for local residents at a discount.

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Lenna Nepomnyaschy @lennan77.bsky.social · Sep 8

Vile, openly racist conservative majority!! 🤮

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Supreme Court just ruled this meme is constitutional.

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Lenna Nepomnyaschy @lennan77.bsky.social · Sep 8

Openly racist conservative majority!

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · Sep 8

Racism wins with this Supreme Court...again.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Sep 8

BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.

Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."

Lenna Nepomnyaschy @lennan77.bsky.social · Sep 8

The conservative majority on the Supreme Court is openly racist, in case you needed proof!

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Sep 8

BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.

Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26085894-25a169-order/

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Bat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · Sep 6

Gavin Newsom is a lousy governor who would make a lousy president, party eleventy thousand.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Sep 6

Gavin Newsom office will not provide stopgap funding for Bay Area transit agencies facing budget shortfalls, according to lawmakers. Without the loan, BART officials say they could be forced to cut services.
www.kqed.org/news/1205499...

Newsom Will Not Provide Stopgap Loan to Prevent Cuts to Bay Area Transit, Lawmakers Say | KQED

State Sens. Wiener and Arreguín say the Newsom administration has told lawmakers it will not finalize a loan aimed at preventing steep service cuts for Bay Area transit agencies.

www.kqed.org

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Sep 6

At the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social / @sanders.senate.gov event at Brooklyn College. The two entered to thunderous applause.

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Lenna Nepomnyaschy @lennan77.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you for calling out these bad actors [email protected]

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Office of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander @nyccomptroller.bsky.social · Sep 5

🗣️ We're calling out the WORST employers in NYC on our Employee Wall of Shame (looking at you, Amazon).

Here's the most recent roundup of the most egregious companies that have violated workers' rights. ⬇️

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Lenna Nepomnyaschy @lennan77.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm attending New York State AFL-CIO's event, “2025 NYC Labor Day Parade & March” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

2025 NYC Labor Day Parade & March · May Day Strong

Power in Unity Saturday, September 6, 10AM: Join the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO for the nation’s biggest and oldest Labor Day Parade! Tens of thousands of workers from over 200 unio...

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Gothamist @gothamist.com · Sep 5

These NYC libraries are starting Sunday service this weekend https://gothamist.com/news/these-nyc-libraries-are-starting-sunday-service-this-weekend

These NYC libraries are starting Sunday service this weekend

The Bay Ridge library branch is seen on July 22, 2023. Nearly a dozen branches will open their doors, bringing the total number of libraries with seven-day service to more than 30. [ more › ]

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Maya Kaufman @mayakaufman.bsky.social · Sep 4

While you’re here… if you’re in New York and you care about health care, please sign up for our free weekly newsletter!

My colleagues and I at @politico.com work hard to help you keep tabs on the biggest health stories from New York City to Albany.

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Weekly New York Health Care

Hundreds of thousands of New York City employees could see changes to their health insurance coverage next year.

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Maya Kaufman @mayakaufman.bsky.social · Sep 4

BREAKING, from NY Playbook PM: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid vaccines to New Yorkers who request them.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 4

Last night, yet another person died on Rikers Island — the fifth New Yorker to lose their life in City custody within the last two weeks and the 13th this year.

These deaths are a result of Eric Adams' failure to reckon with the crisis of violence and neglect in our jails.

Detainee Dies at Rikers, the Fifth Fatality in 2 Weeks in N.Y.C. Lockups

www.nytimes.com

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · Sep 1

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LABOR DAY: 9/1/25
Trump Tower, NYC
Restaurant workers joined activists to stand up to the National Restaurant Association and Donald Trump, who have blocked workers from getting a livable wage with tips on top.

🎥 FREEDOMNEWS TV
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7_9...

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Lenna Nepomnyaschy @lennan77.bsky.social · Sep 2

Woohoo!👏🔥🥳🙌

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 2

It's an honor to earn the endorsement of the Bronx Democratic Party and the elected officials who fight for this borough every day.

Families in the Bronx are being crushed by the affordability crisis. As Mayor, I’ll deliver for them and all New Yorkers.

An endorsement graphic with an aerial photo of Yankees stadium and the surrounding builds. The texts reads, "Bronx Democratic Party Endorses Zohran Mamdani for Mayor. Election Day: November 4. Early voting: October 25 - November 2."

Lenna Nepomnyaschy @lennan77.bsky.social · Sep 2

Does anyone know when and where the Bronx leaders’ endorsement rally for Mamdani will be today?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 2

My statement on @nadler.house.gov’s decision not to seek re-election next year.

“For more than thirty years, when New Yorkers needed a champion, we have turned to Jerry Nadler—and he has delivered for us time and again. Jerry stood alongside gay and trans Americans when it was politically unpopular, voted with courage—not calculus—against the Iraq War and the Patriot Act, stood steadfast alongside the first responders and families sickened after 9/11, and led efforts to hold a lawless Trump administration accountable. Few leaders possess his record of principled progressivism, and fewer can claim to have made such an enduring impact on the fabric of our city. Congress will be worse off without his leadership, but our democracy will be better for the selflessness that has defined a legendary career.”

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Lenna Nepomnyaschy @lennan77.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Politico @politico.com · Aug 29

California lawmakers reach an agreement with Uber and Lyft that will open the door for app-based drivers to form unions.

This is a victory for organized labor that could lay the groundwork for similar efforts in other states.

California reaches deal with Uber, Lyft to allow gig worker unions

The deal brings Uber and Lyft on board with a pathway to unionization for ride-hailing workers after the companies spent years fighting against the idea.

www.politico.com

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Lenna Nepomnyaschy @lennan77.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Aug 31

Black women have every right to be furious. The irresponsible choices of white voters has for many of us, taken our livelihood with consequences for our homes, the education of our children, our ability to care for parents.

It’s unconscionable.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit

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