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Excellent summary of our predicament here from veteran reporter Mort Rosenblum. www.mortreport.org/reports/a-wa...

submitted 4 days ago • 37 comments

andrew cuomo is unbelievably awful. hellgatenyc.com/cuomo-librar...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

submitted 7 days ago • 356 comments

In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows: An immigration or administrative warrant is not a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...

submitted 8 days ago • 333 comments

At this juncture I’d like to point out: * we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing * there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world * a united approach could stop the climate crisis But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.

submitted 6 days ago • 400 comments

May Day Rally and March: 5 pm at Foley Square. @indivisible.org @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @aflcio.org @aft.org psc-cuny.org/calendar/may...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

submitted 18 days ago • 1662 comments

Bernie just keeps leaving me in awe. I am embarrassed that younger me ever bought MSM's narrative on Bernie without MSM showing Bernie speak. He just endures all the BS and keeps fighting for us despite the numerous times we have let him down.

submitted 20 days ago • 69 comments

Trump, Musk and Republicans have launched a full assault on Social Security, firing staff, closing field offices and making it harder for Americans to access their hard-earned benefits. We’re joining Social Security Works on Tuesday, the Social Security Day of Action, to (once again) say: Hands Off!

submitted 19 days ago • 32 comments

Requiring REAL IDs and passports and birth certificates to vote?!? Imagine if these were required to buy a gun.

submitted 20 days ago • 607 comments

How many more data points do we need to recognize that the US is shifting from electoral democracy to electoral authoritarianism?

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

When Medicaid covers 61% of long-term care, an $880 billion cut isn’t just a number—it’s a direct hit on the elderly, the disabled, and the working families holding them up.

submitted 21 days ago • 8 comments

Do not obey

submitted 21 days ago • 367 comments

Last year, I co-wrote a piece with Nimrod Goren arguing that mayors are democracy’s strongest line of defense. As authoritarianism spreads, major cities have emerged as bastions of democratic resistance. The mayors of Warsaw, Prague, Bratislava, and Budapest led the way with the 2019 Pact of Free ++

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

www.motherjones.com/politics/202... They are stacking these shit birds deep.

submitted 23 days ago • 405 comments

Looking forward to this event with some great media/Turkey scholars @bilgeyesil.bsky.social, @aysenurdal.bsky.social, Aslı Iğsız, J. Siguru Wahutu Join us April 24 in person at NYU or online: nyu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

We must do everything in our power to ensure fair elections in 2026, which is why we must stop H.R. 22 — the GOP voter suppression bill we call the "Silencing Americans Act." A House vote is expected later this week. Make sure your representative hears from you ASAP: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

submitted 25 days ago • 16 comments

This was extremely useful... three super knowledgeable experts!

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Having exausted all other options — having seen all other defenses fail — all our hopes for being rescued from one of the most deranged and stupid national leaders in history now rest with the highest and final authority in this country: the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

submitted 26 days ago • 148 comments

It’s almost like the markets realized we have a dementia addled, 6 times bankrupt, mentally ill, fraudster setting economic policy. #america #yagotgot

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

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Thank you, Lisbon Portugal. #HandsOff2025

submitted 28 days ago • 8 comments

Lots of NCAA ads about how great college sports and student athletes are. Always so good. Suggestion: do the same among all colleges and universities for higher ed, academic freedom and research. They are all under attack by the federal government. Rally your fans and alumni and defend yourselves

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

I am obsessed with the penguin Gadsden flag

submitted 28 days ago • 18 comments

I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”

submitted 28 days ago • 613 comments

Trade deficit. I have bought food from say, Chilis. They have never bought food from me. There is a trade deficit with Chilis. I’m still doing fine. The trade deficit argument SOUNDS compelling, but it’s a straw man with no relevancy

submitted 27 days ago • 995 comments

“If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen” —Timothy Snyder Today 100,000 NYers said no, we don’t accept that. #handsoff #ourbodies

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

This is the Hands Off! map for Saturday. Nearly 400,000 people have signed up to attend over 1,000 events in all 50 states. We hope to see you in the streets in two days to let Trump and Musk know they can’t intimidate us into submission: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...

submitted 30 days ago • 93 comments

In which I try to call things what they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

submitted 31 days ago • 20 comments

New Yorkers will take the streets again Saturday, April 5th as part of a national Hands off! Day of Action. 1 PM Bryant Park #handsoff #SocialSecurity #medicare #Medicaid #education

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump just issued tariffs against nearly every country in the world. Two countries are notably absent: Russia and North Korea.

submitted 31 days ago • 28 comments

If you are wondering what tariffs mean for you, the short answer is you just got poorer.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Protecting American vanilla production!

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

“Trump is going to war with countries on this,” said Andrew Brenner, head of international fixed income at National Alliance Securities. “It’s ridiculous. It shows no comprehension as to what he is doing to other countries. And it is going to hurt the U.S.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Trump is raising your taxes 25% tomorrow. Raising your cost of living by 25% or more. Sadly, this is NOT an April Fool's joke (unless he cuts some other "deal" to delay it a month at the last minute, like some cheap publicity stunt for TV ratings)a

submitted 31 days ago • 70 comments

Wisconsin: go vote today.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

I am endorsing Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge. #vote

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Also, if you are local to the paper, write letters. It matters. By the way — good time to follow Jeff Sharlet

submitted 34 days ago • 20 comments

"5. Remember professional ethics.

submitted 34 days ago • 80 comments

What a POS He ordered French companies with U.S. government contracts to comply with his bigoted EO banning DEI France says 🖕🏼 "This practice reflects the values of the new U.S. government. They are not the same as ours. The minister will remind his counterparts in the U.S. government of this."

submitted 35 days ago • 234 comments

Eid Mubarak to all celebrating around the world! 🌙✨ A moment for peace, love, and unity — now more than ever. 🕊️🌍 #EidMubarak #Peace #Unity

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

I mean if you think Cemal fucking Kafadar, one of the most genteel, moderate guys I have ever met, is too radical, I really don't know what you are hoping for.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

I have been sanctioned at least twice by Russia. Same evil incompetence vibe. Authoritarianism is not actually efficient.

submitted 34 days ago • 66 comments

#TeslaTakedown Seattle in SODO.

submitted 35 days ago • 745 comments