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Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People “What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”

here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol

Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.

He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

An important message to the people of New York City.

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It’s pronounced cyclist.

Trump says he'll send troops to Portland, Ore., to handle 'domestic terrorists' President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.

President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.

The night after the murder of Melissa Hortman, the Democratic legislator in Minnesota, the Yankees were at the Red Sox and neither team requested a moment of silence.

For an actual public servant.

Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.

Audible’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series Expands Cast With Keira Knightley, Kit Harington, James McAvoy, Simon Pegg and More Audible announced additional casting for its 'Harry Potter' audiobook series, including Keira Knightley, Kit Harington, James McAvoy and Simon Pegg.

this is a lot of people to be deeply disappointed in (and a lot of nonsense casting, not that that matters anywhere near as much)

How Trump's latest crypto launch enriches his family The president and his sons made $5 billion on paper as their cryptocurrency started trading — highlighting the extraordinary degree to which they are personally profiting from Trump's return to the Oval Office.

The president and his sons made $5 billion on paper as their cryptocurrency started trading — highlighting the extraordinary degree to which they are personally profiting from Trump's return to the Oval Office.

I am calm. I am breathing deeply through my nose. I am counting to ten. I…

WHAT, ARE YOU AFRAID YOUR DOG WILL INFODUMP TO YOU ABOUT THE FUCKING BALL?!?

Pritzker: Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next

Apparently Guillermo Del Toro has ruined Frankenstein by… being relatively faithful to the source material.

Oh my.

Governor Pritzker speaks behind the podium.

In the coming days, we expect to see what's playing out in LA and DC happen in Chicago.

These efforts are not about fighting crime or making communities safer.

This is about Donald Trump testing his power and producing political drama to cover up his own corruption.

Defaced transit shelter ad that now reads “Palantir enabling modern genocide for ambitious dictators”

I always appreciate how much SF hates Silicon Valley.

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

‘The Toxic Avenger’ Partners With Undue Medical Debt to Erase at Least $5 Million in Medical Debt It’s the final week of marketing and promotion for The Toxic Avenger, and the teams here at Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting have decided to do something a little different. Rather than spending the re...

We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most.

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Soldiers know that what's this administration is trying to do to DC is wrong.

No one joins the National Guard to terrorize American families.

No one joins the National Guard to chase down and arrest food delivery drivers.

The administration is trying to normalize all this. Do not let them.

BREAKING: The number of Palestinians who have died from Israeli-induced starvation in Gaza has risen to 147 people, including 88 children, says Gaza's health ministry.

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Ms Hughes, Ms Hughes, question from the West Brooklyn Gazette: What's it like being such a smoke show?

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”

NEW: The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”

Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns Descriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story.

250 people detained in the Florida Everglades have no criminal convictions or pending charges.

1) This is appalling
2) Bitch, half my forefathers were exhausted Polish people fleeing Hitler and the other half were exhausted Celtic types fleeing the English,* so MY homeland’s heritage mostly involves being insulted and really needing a nap.

Protesters in NYC blocking the entrance of the Palantir office, holding a sign that says “PURGE Palantir. Stop the kill-chain” and has an image of a computer with a Palantir logo and blood. Another sign says “Palantir has blood on its hands. Resist fascism” with an image of a bloodied hand.

Hundreds of protesters in Palo Alto at the Palantir Office standing in the street. A man with a megaphone calling out to the protesters to lead chants. Protesters hold two large signs, one that says “ICE runs on Palantir” and another on a much larger banner that says “Take Down the Oligarchs. Teslatakedown.com”

Protesters sit down to block the entrance of the Palantir headquarters in Denver.

Protesters at the Seattle Palantir office leading a sit-in protest, disrupting business as usual for the company. There’s a large sign that says “First Palantir Tracks, then ICE attacks”. The backs of protesters shirts also say “Jews say let Gaza live”.

Across the country, protesters with the #PurgePalantir movement showed up at Palantir’s offices to make good trouble, blocking employee entrances and demanding accountability.

Palantir is the Peter Thiel-founded surveillance company that powers ICE.

Follow @purgepalantir.bsky.social for more.

Where are the children being held?

🚨 Children, handcuffed and chained, being moved out of the LA Federal Building.

July 10 - ICE & CBP raided two Glass House Farms sites in Camarillo and Carpinteria. Up to 319 undocumented workers arrested. At least 10 migrant kids were found. The youngest was 14.

Gosh. How very terrible for them. Let me go unpack my violin.

With the updated RCV totals just released by the Board of Elections, our campaign has officially earned the most total votes in a primary in New York City history.

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

Paramount just paid Trump a bribe for merger approval. When Democrats retake power, I’ll be first in line calling for federal charges. In the meantime, state prosecutors should make the corporate execs who sold out our democracy answer in court, today.