Zohran Mamdani drags the Democratic Party into the future This was a local race with national implications, whether the party's leaders liked it or not.

Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, defeating Andrew Cuomo for the second time in five months and capping a stunning rise from obscurity to the helm of the nation’s largest city.

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I spent the last hour on the phone with my son who’s prepping for his trip here:

“You won’t find them in my town but you might run into them in Columbus. Keep your head down. They’re grabbing people for yelling. Be invisible, son.”

My son: “They really are Gestapo, aren’t they?”

“Yes. They are.”

Speaking of SNAP:

This is such a great callout…

Does your Christian church have a plan to help the community when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November?

If not, you’re at the wrong church.

This....

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Here’s what’s at stake in the shutdown:

If Republicans get their way, 50,000 Americans will die unnecessarily every year.

15 million will lose their health care.

20 million will see their premiums double.

All so they can give a trillion dollar tax break to the 1%.

The article has contact information for the various companies and individuals involved if you want to tell them how abhorrent it is to tear down the WH.

This is an important reminder that we are in fact the majority.

A photo of a small stone monument with the text of the First Amendment etched on it: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances"

Spotted on our way to court to challenge President Trump’s targeting of Mahmoud Khalil for his protected speech.

President Trump thinks he can disregard our rights guaranteed by the First Amendment — we’re here to remind him he cannot.

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Shawn Fain: “Solidarity Doesn’t Stop at the Border” United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain lays out the union’s vision for rewriting trade rules, raising wages across North America, and challenging the race to the bottom.

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain lays out the union’s vision for rewriting trade rules, raising wages across North America, and challenging the race to the bottom.

This kind of thread is important for people to see. While shit is bad, we aren't losing on the grand scale. We will make it through this regime and the data bears this out.

Damn Trump For Destroying The White House Imagine their reaction if Obama had done this.

Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

The federal workers who showed up at "No Kings" are not the villains in this story A shutdown, mass firings, political hacks aiming to traumatize them: It's been a rough year for dedicated civil servants.

“When they come for one of us, they come for all of us. We stand with them.”

The federal workers who showed up at “No Kings” are not the villains in this story.

Purple graphic reading ""Observers may be tempted to view the majority’s ruling, which accepts the government’s characterization of Portland as a war zone, as merely absurd. But today’s decision is not merely absurd. It erodes core constitutional principles, including sovereign States’ control over their States’ militias and the people’s First Amendment rights to assemble and to object to the government’s policies and actions." – Judge Susan P. Graber, dissenting in the decision to allow President Trump to deploy 200 Oregon National Guard members to Portland

Military troops shouldn't be policing our communities.

Donald Trump Is Bailing Out Javier Milei’s Austerity Regime As Washington shuts down and safety nets vanish, Donald Trump is sending billions to rescue Argentina’s far-right government. Argentine pensioners, driven into poverty by Javier Milei’s cuts, are in the streets demanding survival.

As Washington shuts down and safety nets vanish, Donald Trump is sending billions to rescue Argentina’s far-right government.

Argentine pensioners, driven into poverty by Javier Milei’s cuts, are in the streets demanding survival.

We're in court today to ensure the Trump admin cannot re-detain or deport our client, Mahmoud Khalil, as punishment for his protected speech.

Ideas are not illegal. No administration should be able to weaponize immigration law or unilaterally incarcerate people for sharing opinions they don't like.

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country. The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...

Schools in South Carolina recently sent home unvaccinated kids, to stem a growing measles outbreak. Turns out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly infected their classmates for days.

That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.

Shubh Deepavali! Wishing everyone a very happy Diwali.

Across our city, families are lighting diyas and celebrating the triumph of light over darkness and hope over despair.

New York shines brighter tonight because of the people who bring their light and traditions home.

Black and white photo of Sir Lady Java with a quote written in red text: "There was nothing to help us. No one cared. So I had to care, and I kept on, kept on and kept on." The quote is attributed to Sir Lady Java, transgender rights activist, drag icon, for LGBTQ History Month.

In 1967, we represented legendary drag queen Sir Lady Java when the LAPD threatened to arrest the owner of the club where she danced. This case was just one small part of her lifelong advocacy of queer expression.

We carry her legacy with us today as we defend our communities in joy and style.

“No actual plan”: Why the ceasefire does not mean peace "It is also being claimed that we have a historic peace deal. That is absolutely fictitious.”

“No actual plan”: Why the ceasefire does not mean peace

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders Shutdown Day 20 | Sen. Bernie Sanders

In the middle of all Trump’s distractions, pay attention to the fundamental issue:

While the richest people are getting richer, tens of millions of people are struggling to pay for rent & groceries.

Now 15 million Americans are going to be thrown off health care. Unacceptable.

The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us? Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.

The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?

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I know No Kings was a success because MAGA has spent the last 48 hours desperately trying to convince us it was a failure.

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

"Current and former national security officials…describe the legions of masked immigration officers operating in near-total anonymity on the orders of the president as the crossing of a line that had long set the US apart from the world’s most repressive regimes." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Mamdani education plan would focus on helping NYC homeless students Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, said Wednesday he wants to double the size of a program for homeless students at public schools in a plan shared exclu…

The program pairs students living in shelters with school staff, who hold daily check-ins with children and weekly meetings with their parents.

154,000 New York City Students Were Homeless Last Year, a Record Number

The scale of the homelessness crisis among the youngest New Yorkers is staggering. We have to tackle it head on.

In addition to building significantly more affordable housing and bringing down the cost of living, I'll double funding for "Every Child and Family Is Known."

That is unconscionable. How do they justify it in their tiny little minds?