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onion person @junlper.beer · 4d

i just can’t get over ICE going into the streets of the city i live in, throwing gas at citizens, invading people who live here. this is state sponsored terrorism being enacted on americans

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Lawrence Wang @ltothewang.bsky.social · 10d

DREAM - 2
Eric Adams - 0

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Don’t Risk Evil Andrew for Mayor @dreamfornyc.bsky.social · 10d

Eric Adams agreed:

Don't
Re-elect
Eric
Adams for
Mayor

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Don’t Risk Evil Andrew for Mayor @dreamfornyc.bsky.social · 10d

Eric Adams agreed:

Don't
Re-elect
Eric
Adams for
Mayor

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 12d

Reminder that this is the billionaire who is profiting off of the deportation industrial complex.

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 13d

Jeff Bezos has been catching heat for his assault on the First Amendment and his craven support of the Trump administration. But here's another reason he should be on the hot seat: powering ICE's immigration disappearance machine.

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Lawrence Wang @ltothewang.bsky.social · 14d

I wrote this in 2019. Unfortunately still relevant today.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 14d

"Next time you think of pulling an Aaron Sorkin and whipping out Leviticus to show how the Bible actually tells us to welcome immigrants as one of our own, please stop. We’re aware of our hypocrisy. We just don’t care."

Before You Call Out Our Hypocrisy, Let Us Remind You That We Don’t Care

Oh, great. Here we go again. Somewhere, something happened, and some people are getting riled up. So a couple of congressional representatives visi...

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 16d

Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic nomination by promising to tax the rich to fund the services necessary to make New York affordable. The oligarchy is spending millions to try and stop him. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How the billionaire class and wealthy landlords are conspiring against Zohran Mamdani

The wealthiest New Yorkers are desperate to rally support – and millions of dollars – for Andrew Cuomo to defeat the democratic socialist

www.theguardian.com

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Lawrence Wang @ltothewang.bsky.social · 16d

Huh? The players came out the door fighting and winning the majority of duels, smothering Man City's midfield, and sending the ball as fast as possible to Madueke, Trossard, and Gyokeres. If anything, Haaland's goal came from the team being too aggressive.

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Lawrence Wang @ltothewang.bsky.social · 20d

WGA, DGA, SAG-AFTRA, and IATSE should vote to strike this week.

Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 21d

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 21d

The Smith family, which includes brothers David, Robert, Frederick, J. Duncan and a number of family trusts, was worth a combined $1.2 billion back in 2018.

Total billionaire wealth increased by 88% between 2020 and 2024.

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 21d

Sinclair, run by right-wing media mogul David Smith, says suspending the Jimmy Kimmel show isn’t enough. It is going to run a tribute to Kirk during Kimmel’s time slot.

Sinclair stations will run not consider putting Kimmel back on air until he apologizes and donates to Turning Point USA

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 22d

Marc Andreessen, the billionaire ally of Trump who believes in a radical extremist ideology that crowns techno-oligarchs kings, now owns TikTok.

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 22d

The culprit:

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Isaac! At the Butler! @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 22d

Ezra went from we must fight them on the beaches to sure thing have the Sudetenland in one week. all it took was someone of his social class being murdered.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 23d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24d

The thing to emphasize here is that this treatment is *utterly normal.* It's part of the system of detention which has existed for decades. Folkston has been like this for many, many years,

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 24d

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.

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Lawrence Wang @ltothewang.bsky.social · 26d

The Zohran Agenda™:

Freeze the rent.
Make busses fast and free.
Deliver universal childcare.
Build Public Power.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 26d

In 2023, we won the Build Public Renewables Act — a groundbreaking law empowering NYS to speed up the clean energy transition and lower your bills with publicly-owned power.

Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 26d

Take action : NYC-DSA Ecosocialists

Take action by demanding Governor Hochul direct the New York Power Authority to build 15 gigawatts of public renewables by 2030.

ecosocialists.nyc

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 26d

In 2023, we won the Build Public Renewables Act — a groundbreaking law empowering NYS to speed up the clean energy transition and lower your bills with publicly-owned power.

Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.

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Public Power NY @publicpowerny.bsky.social · 27d

Kathy Hochul is trying to help Donald Trump revive the most hated energy project in New York.

Learn just why it's so bad, and then send a comment and publicpowerny.org/take-action to make sure we lead on protecting our climate instead! 🧵

Headline: Why We Need To Stop The Williams Pipeline over images of Kathy Hochul and Donald Trump

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Public Power NY @publicpowerny.bsky.social · 28d

Governor Hochul didn't want to hold an in-person hearing on
NYPA's renewable energy plan. So we held one ourselves.

New Yorkers are speaking loud and clear: We must build public renewables at the speed and scale that the climate crisis requires.

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Public Power NY @publicpowerny.bsky.social · 28d

Hey @governor.ny.gov, we fixed your campaign ad for you. Time to fix the state's energy plan and build 15 GW of public renewables!

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 28d

Some of New York City's richest landlords are in our billionaire database!

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · Sep 5

John Paulson:
Billionaire ✅
Major donor to Trump ✅
Maxed out donations to Cuomo ✅
In Epstein's black book ✅

In the DOCS database? ✅

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Don’t Risk Evil Andrew for Mayor @dreamfornyc.bsky.social · Sep 5

Looking for another pro-Zohran campaign to donate to now that he's maxed out? Look no further: secure.actblue.com/donate/dream...

Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · Sep 5

Zohran Mamdani has raised enough money to hit the $8 million fund-raising cap for the New York City mayoral election, his campaign said today. He will announce the achievement in a video this morning, thanking supporters and asking them to consider donating time to his campaign rather than money.

Donors Push Mamdani to Maximum Fund-Raising Cap in Mayor’s Race

www.nytimes.com

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cassie willson @cassiewillson.bsky.social · Sep 4

NYers go tell Kathy to protect our future! publicpowerny.org/take-action/

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