Katie Herman

If you or someone you care about are one of the 42 million Americans who buy groceries with SNAP benefits, you should know that on the night before those benefits ended, your president held a lavish, expensive private party at his estate in Palm Beach.

That is how much he cares about you.

I think I contributed a line or two to this song. 😂 That was a really fun @jfrejnyc.bsky.social neighborhood group meeting.

JEWS FOR RACIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE We are in unbreakable solidarity with Muslim New Yorkers and all our neighbors.

We are in unbreakable solidarity with Muslim New Yorkers and all our neighbors.
(5/5)

Six days left and a whole lotta doors to knock.

Let's get it: zohranfornyc.com/gotv

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.

And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.

No more.

Pictures of Said and Mas’oud al-Ghawash

Yesterday - This afternoon in Gaza, two brother were killed in Israeli air strike east of Der el-Balah.
Their names are:
Said and Mas’oud al-Ghawash

(Mosab Abu Toha)

It’s time for a labor org like NDWA to live up to their values.

We will not allow retaliatory & union busting layoffs.

We are ready to do everything it takes to win a fair contract, equitable layoffs & SAVE UNION JOBS.

A few more pics from yesterday's absurdly adorable press conference.

Mamdani: "I want to use this moment to speak to the Muslims of NYC. I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after 9/11 because she did not feel safe in a hijab. I want to speak for the Muslims who work for our city ... only to see their leaders spit in their face."

Hundreds of rabbis & cantors just made Jews less safe: Why their Zohran Mamdani letter does Trump’s work Hundreds of rabbis & cantors just made Jews less safe: Why their Zohran Mamdani letter does Trump’s work

The rabbi and cantor letter attacking @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social threatens our best ability to defeat fascism — our multiracial, multifaith majority.

Our Jewish communities must resist trading our freedom and the freedom of others for false promises of safety.

Read more:

Jews are worried about Zohran Mamdani. Here's why they shouldn't be Zohran Mamdani's run for New York City mayor has been marred by charges of antisemitism. Here's why Jews should trust the candidate.

MAMDANI:
Antisemitism is a real problem. Here's my plan to 800% increase for funding hate crime prevention and protect Jewish New Yorkers.

CUOMO:
Zohran is antisemitic and so are the Jews and allies who agree with him.

SLIWA:
"Jews must protect themselves.”

wow. zohran brought one of cuomo’s accusers, charlotte bennett, to the mayoral debate. he asked cuomo what he would say to his 13 accusers of sexual harassment. cuomo said it takes “a certain level of maturity to work in government” and that the cases were resolved anyway. fucking scum.

I agree with Cuomo that it takes a certain amount of maturity to work in government. Charlotte Bennet was driven out of public service because Andrew Cuomo doesn’t have it.

Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”

Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.

Fact checking, given that a sexual predator just mentioned "600 New York Rabbis" at the mayoral debate:
OVER 90% of the rabbis who signed that letter ARE NOT FROM NEW YORK!!!

We are sick and tired of the appalling, Islamophobic attacks on Zohran for daring to care about the well-being of Palestinians.

It's not antisemitic to call out Israel for indiscriminate bombings, war crimes, and killing thousands upon thousands of civilians.

Enough is enough.

Screenshot from a tweet by Yoel Lefkowitz @YLefkowitz, that reads: "Gotta say, this is the first time I’ve seen a leading NYC mayoral candidate use Yiddish in an open letter to the community. Zohran Mamdani’s letter to the Yiddish-speaking Hasidic community addressed real issues like public safety, combating antisemitism, housing affordability, and universal child care — a first in NYC politics"

As @ylefkowitz.bsky.social points out, this is a first in NY politics:
A mayoral candidate directly addressing the issues that most impact the Yiddish speaking community, in their (and mine) first language: "public safety, combating antisemitism, housing affordability, and universal child care."

Letter written in Yiddish, white on a blue background, at the top with yellow banner, a red star next to a headshot of Zohran Mamdani. The bottom left side says in small print "Paid for by Zohran for NYC"

Personal open letter by @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to the Orthodox community in New York City, written in Yiddish - the native language of most Hasidic Jews (and myself).

For now, here are the bold parts translated:
"An open letter from Zohran Mamdani
To Orthodox Jewish New Yorkers"

61% of American Jews believe Israel has committed war crimes and 68% have a negative opinion of Netanyahu, according to a recent poll from The Washington Post.

Andrew Cuomo — who joined Netanyahu's legal team and has defended Israel at every turn — does not speak for or represent the views of Jews.

Cuomo Tells Business Leaders He Doesn’t ‘Personally’ Want to Fight Trump Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s remarks about President Trump came just before The Times’s disclosure that he had spoken to Mr. Trump about the race.

Andrew Cuomo publicly claims that he will stand up to Trump while privately telling wealthy elites that he will be Trump's puppet.

You are not fooling anyone.

We know you'll sell out our city to this authoritarian bully at the first chance.

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

x.com/kennardmatt/... Greta Thunberg from the flotilla: “I'm not scared of Israel. I’m scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity.”

This was a great event!

Eric Adams Embraces Transphobia, the Last Recourse of Desperate Losers And more links for your Tuesday morning.

Morning Spew for Night Owls—Eric Adams Embraces Transphobia, the Last Recourse of Desperate Losers

If you made a horror movie in which the bad guys sent flying robots to drop grenades on women and children taking refuge in tents, it would seem too comically evil to be believable.

But that's what Israel is doing in real life, right now, every day.

Journalist Abdel Qader Sabbah reports Israeli occupation vehicles are advancing in Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, south of Gaza City, as explosive-laden robots are detonated and shelter centers are evacuated under threat of bombing. A state of fear and panic prevails among residents.

On this beautiful Saturday in Brooklyn, it was honor to receive the endorsement of Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (@voteyvette.bsky.social).

"Unlike his opponents, I have no doubt that Assemblyman Mamdani will never surrender this city...for the sake of his own self-preservation."

Adams Says He Will Revisit N.Y.C. Schools’ Bathroom Gender Policy

Can't get this asshole out of office soon enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

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