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I track progressive legislation and efforts throughout the US, from the national to the local levels. Efforts by liberals, progressives and democratic socialists+unions and civil society are covered here. Fascists/theocrats/tankies are not welcome
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Disturbing Test Shows What Happens When Tesla Robotaxi Sees a Child Mannequin Pop Out From Behind a School Bus www.yahoo.com/news/disturb...

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Interesting

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www.vox.com/politics/417... What Democrats can (and can’t) learn from Zohran Mamdani’s triumph

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Andrew Cuomo to Spurn Independent Bid and Drop Out of NYC Mayor’s Race After Primary Loss to Mamdani: Report https://twp.ai/4iooj8

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I'm tracking the far right anti-LGBTIQ activists, Christian Nationalists, White Supremacists, and extremist groups targeting LGBTIQ events during Pride Month. There are now 93 anti-LGBTIQ incidents mapped — including 32 incidents of vandalism and 6 incidents of anti-LGBTIQ violence or threats:

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People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

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I differ from other progressives in that I do take defense needs seriously. And I do think we need to rebuild our military industrial complex (which despite what people think, is in decay) and create a lot of good paying, union jobs with it.

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Russia Plans to Teach China How to Beat US and NATO Weapons: Ukraine Intel https://twp.ai/4iopCy

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www.newsbreak.com/share/407273... Judge rules Trump can’t eliminate federal workers’ union bargaining

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As my friend Bernie Sanders says, "They've got the money, but we've got the people."

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Post has been updated: Donald Trump Jr., Megyn Kelly, Eric Adams among those freaking out this morning about Mamdani's apparent win. Odd, though, that big Democrats are not calling out some of the right-wing Islamophobia here. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/live... Progressives say Mamdani win shows voters ‘fed up with status quo’ as Stephen Miller attempts to blame immigration

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If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money. They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America. There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.

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A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson. Tilson sits at a whopping .8%. Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.

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andrew cuomo is emblematic of everything people despise about the democratic party and zohran is everything people want in politics, he represents hope for a better world

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New York City might have a 33-year-old Democratic Socialist mayor—who is also a Muslim and a child of immigrants from Africa. It’s quite the middle finger to the gerontocratic Democratic party establishment. If elected, Mamdani would become the first millennial mayor.

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ilsr.org/articles/com... City owned grocery stores isn't a crazy idea. They already exist in America

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Many of the worst people on Earth will have a lot of trouble sleeping tonight because of Mamdani's win.

submitted 21 hours ago • 161 comments

Congratulations Zohran Mamdani ( @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ) 🎉🥳🎊🙌🍾.

submitted 23 hours ago • 74 comments

And the Being Normal olympics begin.

submitted 23 hours ago • 130 comments

Zohran Mamdani’s win goes well beyond NYC. It’s a sign of where our country stands, of where we want to go, of what we want our future to hold. Our government will no longer be owned by billionaires and corporations—it will serve the people. This is only just the beginning of a national movement.

submitted 23 hours ago • 20 comments

Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November. Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 858 comments

Zohran Mamdani recognizes Israel and believes in a two state solution. On this issue, he's certainly not "crazy" but just sensible

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I can't emphasize enough how ugly and pervasive and persistent the "Mamdani hates Jews" campaign was. I'm happy that so many Jews stood strong against that vileness. Maybe people will start to understand that we've had it with being treated as a paranoid, easily manipulated single-issue bloc.

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Zohran Mamdani won the primary, but it's far from clear if he'll win the general

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Sending thoughts and prayers tonight to Matt Yglesias, Jonathan Chait, Ritchie Torres, Charlie Kirk, Libs of TikTok, and many more.

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So Mamdani won? Surprised but in a good way.

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Did Cudahy vice mayor call on street gangs to organize against ICE? 'Get your members in order'

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Want to share this so we all don’t forget about it, which is easy to do since the ‘red jellies’ throw so much shit at the wall to distract us, important things can get lost in all the stink. substack.com/@criticalres...

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Zohran winning tonight is the opening salvo on a corrupt gerantocratic democratic establishment. Primary all of the old establishment and let the next generation take over. This is how we take on the oligarchs controlling the Democratic party.

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A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa. It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;) It's so New York.

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The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to deport immigrants to countries they aren’t from — including Libya and South Sudan — without giving them time to contest the deportation. By @eleanorbpaynter.net‬ @uoregon.bsky.social‬:

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Trump posted a “Bomb Iran” music video with these lyrics: “Went to a mosque. Gonna throw some rocks.” “Time to turn Iran into a parking lot.”

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Rep. Al Green argued for impeaching Trump over his attack on Iran, calling the president "a threat to American democracy." 128 House Democrats joined with Republicans to kill his resolution. www.commondreams.org/news/impeach...

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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida. If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

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NYC Election Results: Poll Shows Zohran Mamdani Beating Andrew Cuomo in Primary https://twp.ai/4ioqb0

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This has been posted countless times, but here we go again, since it's one of the best definitions of Being Liberal. What does it mean to you, in 2025 to be liberal? Do our leaders of the past like FDR or JFK still matter? Words from John F. Kennedy's speech on 9/14/1960 accepting a nomination in

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The Israeli Defence Minister, ordered to strike Tehran in response to what he said were missile launches by Iran, effectively ignoring Trump's warning against further attacks. Trump had explicitly warned Israel not to "drop those bombs" calling any further attacks a major violation of the ceasefire.

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When America flinches — issuing threats to Moscow it won’t enforce and promises to Ukraine it won’t keep — this kind of weakness destroys all prospects of peace and prolongs the carnage and stains our national honor. "Vladimir, stop," said Trump in April: words of steel followed by deeds of mush.

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128 democrats need to get primaried, this is unacceptable

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Were I a governor/mayor, I would agree to help ICE in their deportation efforts if and ONLY if: 1) Agents produced proper, legal identification 2) Arrived in fully marked vehicles 3) Wore no masks 4) Had legal warrants Then my police would help corral CRIMINAL elements. We'd know where they are

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Shit, this makes me want to illegally vote for him in New York.

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BREAKING: US Intelligence suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites. www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...

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Hey [Insert Chatbot], Who is not a sexual predator owned by billionaires in the NYC mayoral race? - Zohran Mamdani - Brad Lander - Adrienne Adams - Zellnor Marie - Michael Blake Who is one? - Andrew Cuomo Thanks! #DontRankCuomo

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