David Giambusso

Mamdani and his campaign doubted viability Six people who spoke with the candidate and those close to him said the goal of his mayoral bid was to expand the city’s DSA chapter, not win City Hall.

This right here is why Dems get their asses handed to them with such frequency: 'Many progressives fear Mamdani’s label as a Democratic Socialist repels voters in a city ruled by a moderate Democratic governor and a moderate Democratic mayor' www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

In a dramatic incident captured on video, U.S. Department of Homeland Security police Wednesday handcuffed one of Rep. Jerry Nadler aides in the congressmember's Manhattan office, which is in the same federal office building as an immigration courthouse. In the video, which was shared with Gothamist and filmed by a person who was monitoring activity in immigration court, DHS officers entered Nadler’s district office and accused staff members of “harboring rioters.” A Nadler staffer is seen crying and being handcuffed. Another officer is at a door trying to enter a private area of the office while a staffer asks for a warrant. DHS later said in a statement that “one individual” — the woman seen being handcuffed — had blocked police from performing a security check they intended to do based on information there were protesters in the lawmaker’s office. Later that day, protesters gathered outside of the federal building, demonstrating against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Department of Homeland Security officers invading a congressman's offices and arresting a staffer who tried to stop them is very, very bad. gothamist.com/news/homelan...

Homeland Security cops handcuff one of Rep. Nadler's aides in chaotic day at NY fed building Two dozen demonstrators were later arrested outside the building in Lower Manhattan.

More great reporting by @aryasundaram.bsky.social on DHS and ICE threatening and harassing people in their crackdown on immigration (read: dissent.) gothamist.com/news/homelan...

NY lets Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards owner skirt huge penalties for affordable housing failure New York’s Empire State Development is letting the owner of the Atlantic Yards avoid millions of dollars in monthly penalties for missing a decade-old affordable housing deadline.

Basically everything that opponents of Atlantic Yards said would happen has happened. But hey, at least now NY's two mediocre basketball teams can each have their own stadium. gothamist.com/news/ny-lets...

Exclusive | NYC Council’s productivity plummets 86% as speaker, lefty pols ‘distracted’ in power struggle with mayor The City Council has seen a shocking drop-off in productivity, with its 51 members this year introducing 86% fewer bills than in 2024, The Post has learned.

New York Post calling for more government regulation across the board in NYC. nypost.com/2025/05/17/u...

Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment

These methods have been in the works for a long time, but this is a pretty stunning result, not just for these brave parents, but for the arc of human history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

Audra McDonald’s ‘Gypsy’ Showstopper Is a Revelation

Audra McDonald’s ‘Gypsy’ Showstopper Is a Revelation www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/t...

Here's @repbonnie.bsky.social just before flipping the two ICE officers at her back forward and over her shoulders in a single motion, scattering the crowd in front of her and invading the facility. Allegedly.

I used to cover @repbonnie.bsky.social as a reporter at Politico and the Star-Ledger. She's a strong woman, no doubt, but she's also 80 and has a back condition. The folks at DHS say she was out here piledriving ICE officers like Hulk Hogan.

man the drop down menu on "year of birth" is a sobering act.

YouTube video by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty R.E.M. Releases New Remix To Support Radio Free Europe

Here's a special dispatch from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty including messages from Mike & Michael of R.E.M. and Radio Free's Europe's president Stephen Capus on World Press Freedom Day TODAY! More here: ffm.to/remrfe2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=InfP...

Trump Threatens To Defund Beauty Schools That Don’t Comply With MAGA Standards WASHINGTON—After dispatching “Dear Colleague” letters to top cosmetology programs across the country, President Donald Trump threatened Monday to defund any beauty school that did not adhere to the standards of the MAGA movement. “We’ve set exact metrics for hairstyles that comply with my administration’s agenda, and any school that fails to respect our policies will […]

Trump Threatens To Defund Beauty Schools That Don’t Comply With MAGA Standards
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Why it’s time we change how we talk about conspiracy theories | CNN Politics CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, who interviews people with crazy beliefs, reflects on some of his own.

Oh ok, let me update my biases, CNN. Thank you for telling me how to think now that you've changed your mind about what you used to tell me how to think. www.cnn.com/2025/05/03/p...

Zohran Mamdani will be first on the mayoral primary ballot, by random NYC BOE draw.

Full ballot order:
Zohran Mamdani
Scott Stringer
Selma Bartholomew
Zellnor Myrie
Adrienne Adams
Andrew Cuomo
Jessica Ramos
Whitney Tilson
Michael Blake
Brad Lander
Paperboy Prince

1 million times this. When people say "we're fucked" they're really saying, "I'm too scared and frail to fight." bsky.app/profile/duen...

Sorry anyone who thinks that @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social with the GOAT was awkward has never watched a Belichick interview.

Measles exposure warning issued for New Jersey Turnpike service area Travelers who stopped at a New Jersey Turnpike service area in Middlesex County earlier this month may have been exposed to measles, state health officials say.

Never would have happened at Cheesequake. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

Do we say "Kafkaesque" so much because "Dostoevskyesque" is too hard to pronounce?

Fear Shadows Many Children in Immigrant Families Heightened immigration enforcement is stirring anxiety among children whose parents are vulnerable to deportation. “Every day I worry they could take my mom.”

“Nine million children, 17 percent of all 5- to 17-year-olds, live in a U.S. household with at least one noncitizen adult who could be affected by immigration enforcement” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...

Today’s Twitter is like yelling into a void that yells back with horrible grammar and a conspiracy theory.

I want to be supportive of Cora but leading the majors in errors is just bad coaching.

DO NOT RETALIATE AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED bsky.app/profile/worl...

City to begin issuing fines to New Yorkers who don’t compost Curbside composting has been the law of the land since October, but the vast majority of New Yorkers aren’t following the rule.

Millions of New Yorkers need to learn how to compost right away or risk $25 fines next week... but who will teach them? gothamist.com/news/city-to...

Madison Square Garden bans T-shirt designer over 'Ban Dolan' shirt — years after he made it Frank Miller Jr. says he was stunned to learn he’s barred from all Madison Square Garden venues, years after mocking the Knicks' owner with a satirical shirt.

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AARONG

KFile: Gavin Newsom spent years fighting for progressive positions he now bashes on his new podcast | CNN Politics Since launching his new podcast two weeks ago, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken aim at a number of progressive cultural causes: He’s rejected the term “Latinx,” said he doesn’t back t...

Confirming long-running rumors that Gavin Newsom is actually just a hair-do with a face and body attached. www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/p...

Actual lol at: "We don’t even have any more bloods [sic] left to give."

To the person on the 7th floor who microwaved fish: You will be found and brought to justice.

Looking forward to the @washingtonpost.com Op-Ed on how selective tariffs are anathema to the principles of free market capitalism.

Andrew Cuomo ad touting transit projects, including one where bullying by his staff resulted in the architect committing suicide, according to the architect's widower.

In which Andrew Cuomo touts Moynihan Hall, leaving off that the architect committed suicide. His widower blamed it in part on bullying by the governor and staff -- nypost.com/2021/01/09/m...