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anil isn't kidding. this level of transparency and detail — talking to voters like adults — is remarkable. i would imagine it also helps people feel like they are part of something bigger. and, christ, mamdani is insanely charismatic and good on screen. like, you just want to watch him talk!
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
July 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
anil isn't kidding. this level of transparency and detail — talking to voters like adults — is remarkable. i would imagine it also helps people feel like they are part of something bigger. and, christ, mamdani is insanely charismatic and good on screen. like, you just want to watch him talk!
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Israeli settlers from illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank attacked a Palestinian village, setting houses on fire while families were inside. Israeli soldiers then turned up & shot the Palestinians who were trying to rescue people from their homes.
Nour Odeh reporting
Nour Odeh reporting
June 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Israeli settlers from illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank attacked a Palestinian village, setting houses on fire while families were inside. Israeli soldiers then turned up & shot the Palestinians who were trying to rescue people from their homes.
Nour Odeh reporting
Nour Odeh reporting
"Mamdani appears to have built it by doing something too many Democrats in Washington seem to struggle with: telling voters what he believes and is willing to fight for, in as many venues as possible." - Mara Gay in the NY Times.
You know, POLITICS. It's honestly that simple.
You know, POLITICS. It's honestly that simple.
June 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Mamdani appears to have built it by doing something too many Democrats in Washington seem to struggle with: telling voters what he believes and is willing to fight for, in as many venues as possible." - Mara Gay in the NY Times.
You know, POLITICS. It's honestly that simple.
You know, POLITICS. It's honestly that simple.
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"it is crucial to observe who played 9/11 Politics against Zohran. Who made a deliberate point of trying to make Jews like me hate and fear Zohran. It was DoorDash, Bloomberg, Ackman, Karp, and the rest. It was capital." www.forever-wars.com/this-is-the-...
This Is The Beginning of The End of The 9/11 Era
Capital and nativism will fight even harder against Zohran Mamdani now. But in capital's seat of power, socialism defeated barbarism. I fucking love New York
www.forever-wars.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"it is crucial to observe who played 9/11 Politics against Zohran. Who made a deliberate point of trying to make Jews like me hate and fear Zohran. It was DoorDash, Bloomberg, Ackman, Karp, and the rest. It was capital." www.forever-wars.com/this-is-the-...
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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April 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🤣
"The most jarring aesthetic in this burgeoning MAGA stagecraft is the unbridled embrace of face-altering procedures: plastic surgery, veneers, and injectables like Botox and fillers. The overall look has since been disparagingly referred to as 'Mar-a-Lago face.'"
In your face: The brutal aesthetics of MAGA
Does proximity to power rely on a specific look?
www.motherjones.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
🤣
THIS 👇🏾
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
THIS 👇🏾
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it’s wild that this is essentially what james carville told democrats to do. when is society at large going to stop listening to james carville
February 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
it’s wild that this is essentially what james carville told democrats to do. when is society at large going to stop listening to james carville
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📌Hundreds of thousands of civil servants are under attack by a felon who violently attacked our country once.
📌Not ONE former Biden cabinet member has publicly risen to their defense, and that is DESPICABLE.
📌And save the "that's not their job" crap. What kind of "leader" does this.
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📌Not ONE former Biden cabinet member has publicly risen to their defense, and that is DESPICABLE.
📌And save the "that's not their job" crap. What kind of "leader" does this.
1/2
January 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
📌Hundreds of thousands of civil servants are under attack by a felon who violently attacked our country once.
📌Not ONE former Biden cabinet member has publicly risen to their defense, and that is DESPICABLE.
📌And save the "that's not their job" crap. What kind of "leader" does this.
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📌Not ONE former Biden cabinet member has publicly risen to their defense, and that is DESPICABLE.
📌And save the "that's not their job" crap. What kind of "leader" does this.
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In resiting tyranny, @timothysnyder.bsky.social talks about finding and supporting orgnazations that do good work. @andreapitzer.bsky.social says the same.
@emptywheel.bsky.social , Marcy Wheeler in her piece highlights some of those orgs.
To resist, find them, support them and get involved.
@emptywheel.bsky.social , Marcy Wheeler in her piece highlights some of those orgs.
To resist, find them, support them and get involved.
Judge AliKhan Didn't Halt Trump's Funding Freeze Alone, Democracy Forward Did Too - emptywheel
Coverage of the halt Judge Loren AliKhan ordered on Trump's cuts to federal funding focus on her actions. But the lawsuit itself arises from the kind of civil society networks that are crucial to batt...
www.emptywheel.net
January 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In resiting tyranny, @timothysnyder.bsky.social talks about finding and supporting orgnazations that do good work. @andreapitzer.bsky.social says the same.
@emptywheel.bsky.social , Marcy Wheeler in her piece highlights some of those orgs.
To resist, find them, support them and get involved.
@emptywheel.bsky.social , Marcy Wheeler in her piece highlights some of those orgs.
To resist, find them, support them and get involved.
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The list of 2,600 federal programs that Trump has blocked to review to “ensure they do not “advance Marxist equity, transgenderism and Green New Deal social engineering policies.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Yep, that’s what they say. 🤪
Yep, that’s what they say. 🤪
Which Federal Programs Are Under Scrutiny? The Budget Office Named 2,600 of Them.
The Trump administration ordered temporary freezes in funding for programs spanning virtually every part of the government. Here’s the full list.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The list of 2,600 federal programs that Trump has blocked to review to “ensure they do not “advance Marxist equity, transgenderism and Green New Deal social engineering policies.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Yep, that’s what they say. 🤪
Yep, that’s what they say. 🤪
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if nothing else it is very funny that one of our very worst take writers published a “hey maybe trump isn’t so bad you hysterical libs” piece literally the morning before trump claimed sovereign power over the entire government
January 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
if nothing else it is very funny that one of our very worst take writers published a “hey maybe trump isn’t so bad you hysterical libs” piece literally the morning before trump claimed sovereign power over the entire government
About goddamn time
Amid the last 24 hours of chaos, confusion and fear that Trump unleashed with his unconstitutional freeze on federal grants, Democrats have begun to show something I haven't seen since Nov: they've got some fight in them again. www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
'A 5 Alarm F-ing Fire': Trump's Federal Funding Freeze Is Jolting Some Dems Into Fight Mode
"The Senate must not be business as usual," warned Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as nearly two dozen Democrats cast a protest vote on a Trump nominee.
www.huffpost.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
About goddamn time
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Hours after the Trump administration announced a sweeping freeze on federal spending, many states reported issues accessing funds under the Medicaid low-income health insurance program, which wasn't supposed to be affected by the White House spending halt.
White House tries to clarify Trump federal spending freeze as confusion spreads
The federal government fell into chaos Tuesday as officials braced for potential interruptions to programs that range from protecting food safety to responding to natural disasters.
wapo.st
January 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Hours after the Trump administration announced a sweeping freeze on federal spending, many states reported issues accessing funds under the Medicaid low-income health insurance program, which wasn't supposed to be affected by the White House spending halt.
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January 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
THIS 👇🏾
We are living through Republicanism boiled down to its essence: Everyone should be deprived of everything, because otherwise, somebody I don't like might get something I don't want them to have. We call it an ideology, but it's really a personality: Greedy, withholding, suspicious, angry, cruel.
January 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
THIS 👇🏾