Abra Marie Said

Y’all are seriously unwell

I’m so tired I need a new word for tired

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

transition2025.com

Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
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Breaking News: California voters agreed to aggressively redraw the state’s congressional district lines to wipe out as many as five Republican seats, according to The Associated Press, delivering a major victory for national Democrats. nyti.ms/3WAARih

Ghazala Hashmi, a Democrat who was elected as lieutenant governor of Virginia, became the first Muslim woman elected to statewide office in any state. nyti.ms/48YQg3e

The Backlash Has Arrived: 6 Takeaways From a Good Night for Democrats In Virginia, New Jersey and beyond, Democratic voters powered their candidates to victory and sent a warning sign to President Trump and his Republican Party.

It was the wave election of 2025. In Virginia, New Jersey and beyond, Democratic voters powered their candidates to victory and sent a warning sign to President Trump and his Republican Party.

Here are six takeaways from the first major elections of the second Trump era.

Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.

Mikie Sherrill, a Democratic congresswoman, was elected governor of New Jersey on Tuesday by a convincing margin, beating Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican running his third race for governor. nyti.ms/47TdpmF

This one got me right in the heart. I’m crying reading it, actually. Because hope is NEVER wrong. It is beautiful and righteous and all about love of self and other and really the best thing in this world.

Breaking News: Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker from Queens, will be the 111th mayor of New York. He will be the first Muslim to ever lead the city, as well as its first South Asian mayor and the youngest mayor in more than a century.
nyti.ms/47O4mT0

Mamdani wins. Screen shot from msnbc showing mayoral race breakdown.

Aragorn saying “for Frodo,” from the big tobacco meme.

For Cheney

The Mamdani Era Begins His opponents tried to smear him for his youth, inexperience, and leftist politics. But New Yorkers didn’t want a hardened political insider to be mayor—they wanted Zohran Mamdani.

Zohran Mamdani’s opponents tried to smear him for his youth, inexperience, and leftist politics. But New Yorkers didn’t want a hardened political insider to be mayor—they wanted Zohran Mamdani.

BREAKING - Dailycast News projects Zohran Mamdani will be the next Mayor for New York City

I am not a New Yorker, so take this with a grain of salt, but comparing that handsome, energetic, seemingly liberal assemblyman who wants to tax billionaires to the guy who sold us hope and change, running one of the most progressive campaigns in history only to be a centrist is not the move.

Your life is worse off because too many white people hate Black people.

17 years ago today, my friends and I were watching as Obama got elected, sobbing and chain-smoking cigarettes, waxing poetic about the first Black president.

In hindsight, it is a privilege to have believed in something so completely. I’ll never fault the person I was who believed in hope & change.

What a fall from Grace…

😂

The turnout so far for the New York City mayoral election is the highest since 1993. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

The choice is clear as day: Trump and Musk for Cuomo vs. our campaign for change.

a small corgi with huge ears stands in front of a kitchen. he is wearing a snail costume with a concerned look on his face

This is Rufus. His Halloween costume arrived late. Really wants to escargot trick-or-treating if you don’t mind turning on your porch light. 13/10 (IG: rufuscorg)

Alarmed Taylor Swift Watches As Travis Kelce Prints Out Buffalo Wild Wings Catering Menu

Alarmed Taylor Swift Watches As Travis Kelce Prints Out Buffalo Wild Wings Catering Menu https://theonion.com/alarmed-taylor-swift-watches-as-travis-kelce-prints-out-buffalo-wild-wings-catering-menu/

Whew. Cuomo getting a Trump endorsement is such a kiss of death

A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.

It was a little different last week.

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

NBA Reaffirms Commitment To Gamblers Only Ruining Their Lives Legally NEW YORK—Following a series of illicit betting scandals that have sent shock waves through the league, the National Basketball Association issued a statement Monday reaffirming its commitment to gambl...

NBA Reaffirms Commitment To Gamblers Only Ruining Their Lives Legally

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