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Community organizer and campaigner. Into socialism and bicycles. Battling the billionaires for housing, healthcare, and climate guarantees - sometimes I win, too. Silver Spring ⛲
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the nuts and bolts approach to organizing really does work which is how you know that a lot of groups out there must not actually be trying it, for example the Democratic party

Free flights and envelopes of cash on Turkish airlines for me, rugged individualism for the rest of you

If you listen to the actual audio, it's very clear that she didn't misspeak. She was told she was wrong, but she refused to listen and continued to double and triple down. The least she can do is apologize and endorse the Democratic nominee even though he's Muslim. Whether she will is unclear.

Blue states: pass a strict gun control law, one the Court would strike down. Anyone who sues can actually get a gun, but only when they win. And only them. The next person who wants a gun also has to sue. And so on. A dumb system? Sure. But it's the one the Court just imposed on the rest of us

Crypto Kirsten is a racist who has no place in the Democratic party

The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it. - Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders. - Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.

abolition now

Meanwhile everyone in the actually existing Israeli government hates their guts lol

Lander: "It's just gross, racist bigotry. Meanwhile he's running an optimistic, upbeat campaign for a NY where everybody belongs, and I feel proud as the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in NYC to be supporting somebody who would be the first Muslim mayor—what could be more NYC than that?"

see I would have just said "he's divorced and spending a lot of money on hobbies he's not very good at" and that's why I'm not allowed to be a magazine writer

NYC Democratic electeds who oppose Mamdani at this point are making a very risky bet. They are just asking to be primaried if he wins, as he is most likely will. They should go ask the IDC how much Democratic primary voters like Democrats who ally with conservatives to block other Dems.

this is an embarrassing thing for this guy to say in public but also touches on something that constantly rankles me, which is the vague idea of "feeling unsafe" as a problem that someone else needs to solve for you regardless of whether you are actually unsafe or not

I am once again begging every serious progressive/leftist to read "Don't Think of an Elephant"

They're gonna CECOT this dude

Schumer and Jeffries refusal to immediately endorse Mamdani exposes the hollowness of their so-called kitchen table agenda. It was never about actually doing anything about affordability, as Mamdani is proposing -- it was always just about running away from confronting Trumpism

Five (5) municipally owned grocery stores in a city of 8+ million people is such a small policy intervention, but it is clearly going to drive all of the worst people completely insane so I'm looking forward to it. Will definitely make a special trip to NYC to get a t shirt or whatever

Stephen Miller is in America today because his ancestor Wolf-Leib Glosser came to NYC fleeing antisemitism in Europe in 1903. He didn't speak a word of English By 1920 the US government implemented immigration quotas in part b/c many of those Jews were anarchist-socialists remaking the electorate.

My mom texting to congratulate me on the "DSP" candidate defeating "that scumbag"... Zohran has arrived

90% of their case against Mamdani is he is insufficiently pro-Israel. His budget and public safety priorities are barely more than a footnote. This is a rickety old dog that won't hunt much longer. A win for Mamdani today will help us take out the establishment trash more quickly -- fingers crossed

brad lander primary chuck schumer

It’s almost like you don’t want a sexual harassing elderly uncharismatic man who was already told to step down in disgrace and who is endorsed by Laura Loomer and funded by the same billionaires funding Trump to be your mayor and to that I say PURITY POLITICS

Will the national media admit that Andrew Cuomo's attempts to make this a referendum on Israel totally backfired and Zohran Mamdani's intense focus on housing and public transit won it?

It appears NYC DSA has ground up, pureed, and served Andrew Cuomo lol

Very frustrating watching people who will still go out of their way to disavow the idea of taking funding from policing react in disbelief when they, once again, see police operating like an occupying army.

90% of their case against Mamdani is he is insufficiently pro-Israel. His budget and public safety priorities are barely more than a footnote. This is a rickety old dog that won't hunt much longer. A win for Mamdani today will help us take out the establishment trash more quickly -- fingers crossed

"Why Won't Zohran Mamdani Stop Asking Me to Bring Him the Red Pages?"

When I'm trying to get a tennis ball out of my dog's mouth

Democrats in Maryland decided not to ban sheriffs from contracting with ICE, worried that the White House may retaliate. Jordy Diaz, who advocates for immigrants' rights in the state, says he's disappointed: "They really dropped the ball.” boltsmag.org/marylan...

Supreme Court: Anyone, citizen or not, can be disappeared to a concentration camp in a foreign country without trial, warrant, or evidence. Democrats: We have to make sure a muslim doesn't get elected mayor