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@jamesthacher.bsky.social

animator, teacher, and tenant organizer in Brooklyn, NY. Contact: hello@jamesthacher.com

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Without the night shift, there is no morning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Without the night shift, there is no morning.

Without the night shift, there is no morning.

03.11.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 11831    πŸ” 1815    πŸ’¬ 186    πŸ“Œ 148

🚨Breaking: Israeli forces carried out a strike targeting senior Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar, earlier this hour, with explosions and smoke reported in the capital. Local media reported 6 powerful simultaneous explosions.

Drop Site’s @ryangrim.bsky.social has more details below πŸ‘‡

09.09.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 9
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Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in Mayor’s Race, Times/Siena Poll Finds Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the New York City mayoral race, is way ahead of his three rivals, but his lead would diminish considerably if the field shrank to a two-man race.

Zohran Mamdani has nearly twice the support in the New York City mayoral race as his closest rival, a New York Times/Siena poll found.

09.09.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 521    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 82
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Elon Musk Just Won His War on Labor Unions The Fifth Circuit has done the mogul’s bidding and neutered the National Labor Relations Board, in a move that will likely substantially damage workers’ rights.

This flew by my radar this week, but massively important: the 5th circuit court of appeals ruled that the NLRB’s structure unconstitutional.

It is a huge blow to β€œAmerican workers who hope to organize their workplaces without fear of retaliation. It represents a partial negation of the New Deal…”

23.08.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1397    πŸ” 797    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 76
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Data Shows The Vibes Are Bad In the Bay, data and vibes compete to define our lives. But what if they’re not as different as they seem?

Vibes and Data are two cultural forces that shaped the Bay Area, and increasingly the wider world.

But they are two styles of the dogma of our capitalist time: self-optimization.

bayareacurrent.com/vibrational-...

13.08.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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#ReleaseTheCuomoList

12.08.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 35013    πŸ” 8904    πŸ’¬ 1072    πŸ“Œ 2155
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Understand that Israel assassinated Anas Al-Sharif after approving the plan to invade Gaza City.

They knew he would not leave the city and would cover the assault and killed him ahead of it. Let’s just be very clear here.

11.08.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 417    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3
Tweet from Andrew Cuomo: Today, I am proud to announce that I will be proposing β€œZohran’s law," a law that will keep the rich out of New York’s affordable housing. 

@ZohranKMamdani
 : you say freeze the rent. But for who?  Rich people like you? Hardworking, working class New Yorkers are being pushed from their neighborhoods.  

Let’s build affordable housing that helps the people who need it. Under Zohran’s law, landlords can no longer rent vacant rent-controlled units to the wealthy. 

You are a rich person stealing affordable housing from the poor. And you’re not the only one. It’s past time we address this injustice. Let’s build a new NYC that works for the people who need it.

Tweet from Andrew Cuomo: Today, I am proud to announce that I will be proposing β€œZohran’s law," a law that will keep the rich out of New York’s affordable housing. @ZohranKMamdani : you say freeze the rent. But for who? Rich people like you? Hardworking, working class New Yorkers are being pushed from their neighborhoods. Let’s build affordable housing that helps the people who need it. Under Zohran’s law, landlords can no longer rent vacant rent-controlled units to the wealthy. You are a rich person stealing affordable housing from the poor. And you’re not the only one. It’s past time we address this injustice. Let’s build a new NYC that works for the people who need it.

Cuomo has proposed a new law to means-test rent-controlled and rent-stabilized housing, which make up half the apartments in NYC.

It's a ludicrous idea – you can't bar the middle class or the rich from half of the city's apartments – but it's part of Cuomo's larger attack on rent stabilization.

10.08.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 14

This is genuinely western liberalism summed up in a 30 second video. Incredible. Put it in an art gallery.

08.08.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3148    πŸ” 1132    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 19
Barefoot Gen (1986) - Atomic Bomb Scene [4K] [35mm Film Scan]
YouTube video by Kineko Video Barefoot Gen (1986) - Atomic Bomb Scene [4K] [35mm Film Scan]

80 years later, an event we should never, ever forget, in hopes that it should never be repeated again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI9Q...

05.08.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
Enemy of the Sun: Poetry of Palestinian Resistance
Edited by Naseer Aruri and Edmund Ghareeb
New Forward by Greg Thomas
Yellow background with black sketch of bird, flowers, sun, and four people.

Enemy of the Sun: Poetry of Palestinian Resistance Edited by Naseer Aruri and Edmund Ghareeb New Forward by Greg Thomas Yellow background with black sketch of bird, flowers, sun, and four people.

Preorder the newly reissued ENEMY OF THE SUN: POETRY OF PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE (Seven Stories Press) from us. All proceeds to Sameer.

It was originally published by Drum & Spear, the publishing arm of SNCC and is finally being reissued!

open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...

06.08.2025 07:08 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe

"Executives anticipated hundreds in millions of dollars in revenue and 'an incredibly powerful brand moment' for Azure, according to the files."

06.08.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 8
The reception was mostly warm besides an occasional detractor, including a man who pulled Cuomo in for a handshake, took out his phone for a selfie, and as the former three-term governor of New York smiled for the camera, told him, "I can't wait to watch you lose again.

The reception was mostly warm besides an occasional detractor, including a man who pulled Cuomo in for a handshake, took out his phone for a selfie, and as the former three-term governor of New York smiled for the camera, told him, "I can't wait to watch you lose again.

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28.07.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9429    πŸ” 1245    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 65
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Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.Β  Purpose and

Predictable, but no less shocking or reprehensible: Trump just signed an executive order urging states to forcibly institutionalize homeless people, defund Housing First, criminalize encampments, and cut aid to cities that don't comply.

24.07.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 980    πŸ” 561    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 178
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Hamas is insisting in the ceasefire negotiations that the UN retake control of aid distribution.

Yesterday Israel insisted publicly that the UN must step up when it comes to aid delivery. Yet in negotiations they are now rejecting the UN role in aid distribution.

@jeremyscahill.com

24.07.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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πŸ”΄ Mass Starvation in Gaza: Over 100 humanitarian groups, including Oxfam, warn aid workers are starving alongside those they serve. With supplies blocked and massacres near aid sites ongoing, Gaza’s collapse is accelerating.

23.07.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7
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Adams administration must expand city-funded rental subsidies, appeals court says The decision reverses a lower-court ruling, requiring New York City to implement a package of laws to expand rental vouchers.

β€œIt's just a major victory, a decisive victory for all New Yorkers who are facing housing instability, who can't make ends meet, and who want to live in our city, want to contribute to our city but need some assistance in doing that,” @cmpisanchez.bsky.social

10.07.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Weird threat to make since Hakeem already went after @jabaribrisport.bsky.social and I. How’d that go for him, again?

2022 Primary Results:
SD 22 Jabari Brisport: 70.4%
AD 57 Phara Souffrant Forrest: 67.2%

If the leader wants another public beatdown, he knows where to find me.

09.07.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1735    πŸ” 275    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 48
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The Houthis released a video where they captured a vessel that was carrying weapons to Israel to use against Gaza and then they blew it up.

09.07.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 226    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 14

the singular message of this ad is "zohran loves new york city" and it is incredibly effective

08.07.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 20540    πŸ” 2657    πŸ’¬ 368    πŸ“Œ 125

They just announced a new system of convict leasing. Trump uses the word β€˜owners’ to describe the relationship between business owners and workers

03.07.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7
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Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.

Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.

Join us. The time is now.

Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

03.07.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6498    πŸ” 1726    πŸ’¬ 600    πŸ“Œ 608
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1/ At immigration court today, I watched the judge grant a young boy two years to finish his application. ICE agents grabbed him from his mother, put him in a freight elevator, and disappeared him.

I am calling on Gov Hochul to come here, see what is happening in her state, and

03.07.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

The debt, deportation, and death bill has passed. Congress further decimates care work to fund violence work.

Vital services eviscerated and ICE becomes the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency ever known. It hasn’t been sold this way, but it’s a massive public jobs program for fascists.

03.07.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 848    πŸ” 354    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 18
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Donald Trump is attacking me because he is desperate to distract from his war on working people. We must and we will fight back.

02.07.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 13062    πŸ” 2806    πŸ’¬ 248    πŸ“Œ 180

Zohran Mamdani received more first-round votes (432,305) than Andrew Cuomo received total votes after ranked choice voting (428,530).

That means more people ranked Zohran first than ranked Cuomo anywhere on their ballot (without ranking Zohran above him).

01.07.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6838    πŸ” 1174    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 72

Eric Adams is running for reelection on the platform "actually the rent is too low."

30.06.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨 105 Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza on Monday.

β–ͺ️ 65 killed in Gaza City
β–ͺ️ 15 killed waiting for aid in Khan Younis
β–ͺ️ At least 24 killed at a beach rest stop
β–ͺ️ 13 killed in a warehouse strike

Entire families buried alive. Details ⬇️

01.07.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 206    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 13

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