Kumar Rao

How much of Gaza is left standing? Analysis by independent researchers reveals the scale of the destruction

Netanyahu's plans are working... The studies imply estimated [Gaza] life expectancy has fallen by more than 35 years, to roughly half the pre-war figure. In percentage terms… bigger than…during China’s Great Leap Forward; in absolute terms it is similar to the one in the Rwanda genocide

Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor’s Race

Hey @andrewcuomo:

Is it true that you spoke to Donald Trump about clearing the right-wing lane for you? When? What did you promise him in return? New Yorkers deserve to know.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n...

Today we learned Andrew Cuomo is directly coordinating with Donald Trump, even as this President sends masked agents to rip our neighbors off the streets and guts the social services so many New Yorkers rely on.

It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.

A thing some of us have been warning about for months and even years.

Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor’s Race

Not shocked but still shocking.

Cuomo absurdly claimed for months that he was best positioned to fight the Trump regime. Now NYT reporting that Trump “spoke about the race directly with Mr. Cuomo” in bid to defeat Zohran. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n...

Much of what is described in this article is clearly being driven and executed from the right wing in India—it is blatant foreign interference and should be condemned as such.

Blatant criminality and lawlessness.

What did Trump know? (Everything) When did he know it? (From the start)
Why is he refusing to release the files? (Pretty obvious…)

Why is this children’s entertainer the absolute bravest person in the cultural industry by miles?!

Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

By a vote of 27-17, Senate Democrats voted to stop sending arms shipments to a Netanyahu government which has waged a horrific, immoral and illegal war against the Palestinian people.

The tide is turning.

Americans don't want to spend billions to starve children in Gaza.

*genocide

I’ve had nothing to do with that pedophile since he stole all of my teenage masseuses.

Screenshot from DFP crosstabs: The candidate pledges to support the Block the Bombs Act, a new bill in Congress which would withhold U.S. weapons to Israel and address concerns about Israel's violations of U.S. and international law. More likely (total): 72% Less likely (total): 11% More likely (net): +61%

Screenshot from DFP crosstabs: The candidate declines to take an international trip to Israel, saying they want to focus on addressing New Yorkers' issues and needs. More likely (total): 60% Less likely (total): 15% More likely (net): +45%

It seems the pro-Israel consensus among Democrats is well and truly dead at this point. Dem primary voters prefer candidates who refuse to travel to Israel (by net +45%) and back a bill to end military aid to Israel (by net +61%). www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/202...

I believe it. Zohran won the primary, not in spite of his righteous positions on Palestine and Israel, but (at least in part) because of them.

“Privilege”??? 🧐

In first, two major Israeli human rights groups accuse Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza Report marks first time that leading Israeli human rights watchdogs have made the accusation, which Israel vehemently denies

"B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights on Monday published a report accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, becoming the first major Israeli human rights organizations to join a list of international groups making the charge."

www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-two...

This article is such dogshit, hard to even process the absurdity and horribleness of it being printed in NYT and what that signifies.

"In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate, unnecessary force against a civilian population—an unarmed, starving population ... until I was in Gaza, at the hands of the IDF and U.S. contractors."

Some of Mamdani’s platform is surprisingly similar to Bloomberg's, experts say Some of Zohran Mamdani's policies are similar to those of former mayor and Cuomo backer, Michael Bloomberg.

The effort to make every policy sound crazy is quite intentional. It’s about control and powerful people losing it abcnews.go.com/Politics/mam...

These assholes

“Body cameras, new training, and changes to use-of-force policies have proven ineffective. Police are killing as many or more people per year as they were before the implementation of such reforms following the Ferguson and Minneapolis uprisings.”

Zohran Mamdani Must Confront the NYPD. Here's What He Can Do. No single issue will be more challenging for a Mayor Mamdani than policing. But there are concrete steps he can take to reform the NYPD and curb its culture of impunity.

Good piece from @alexvitale.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Explain to me why every single politician and elected official isn’t asked to condemn THIS?

this reminds me of the period in american politics when pundits would demand that any black politician of note — really, any black person in politics with a national audience — “condemn farrakhan”

The ungrateful US public can't see that *massive tax cuts* for the rich, much higher taxes for working people due to tariffs, CONTINUED inflation making purchasing power lower for most people, an attempt to start another war, the growth of the Secret Police, & losing healthcare is ACTUALLY WINNING.

Exclusive: Newly discovered photos and video shed fresh light on Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein | CNN Politics Newly uncovered archived video footage and photos reveal fresh details about Donald Trump’s past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/p...

The media inherently thinks secrets that are dug up are more damning than confessions shouted in public -- which is why a forgotten birthday greeting has gotten more attention than all the times Trump spoke into a microphone or voluntarily put in print the words "I LIKE TO FUCK CHILDREN"

Boycott, Divest, Sanction Israel.