Becky Saletan

Who’s Afraid of Zohran Mamdani? The panic within the city Establishment is overblown.

While a number of political leaders have pledged support for Mamdani, a significant faction is in full panic at the idea of a young Muslim democratic socialist taking control of City Hall without its help or permission. My latest in @nymag.com

As always, the crystal clarity we need, right when we most need it. Thank you @mashagessen.bsky.social

So mad I forgot to include her numbers!

(212) 688-6262

(202) 224-4451

As he wrapped up his speech, Brad Lander again congratulated Mamdani, whom he cross-endorsed. And Lander, who is Jewish, declared, “We are not going to let anyone divide Muslim New Yorkers and Jewish New Yorkers.”

Lander is a good egg

Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on a bold, hard-fought win. New Yorkers want leaders who challenge the status quo. I look forward to working with him to make our city more affordable, equitable, and just—for everyone who calls it home.

what’s funny is that if pro-cuomo centrist democrats were less myopic they might see that mamdani was running the kind of campaign that could help rebuild the party brand — accessible with an outsider persona and a focus on “kitchen table” issues.

“Protest is the new brunch”— a friend back in 2016

The L.A. protesters have really gone too far this time… 🌼

Evidently a prank (just checked). And a good one!

“We encourage people of color and ethnic groups to sign up for maximum perception control.” That is some serious Orwell shit.

Yes here we are again, @indvsblharlem.bsky.social stomping for @nywfp.bsky.social and the excellent #RankTheSlate candidates for mayor. It’s a month to the primary, 3 weeks till early voting. Get your dance cards ready for these 4 — +1 more? (But #NoMoCuomo!)

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren Senator Warren remarks on GENIUS Act

I’m on the Senate floor right now urging my colleagues to vote no on the GENIUS Act.

There is no excuse for Congress to pass a crypto bill that will turbocharge Trump’s corruption and undermine national security, consumer protection, and our financial stability.

Hitting the Columbia greenmarket bright and early with @indvsblharlem.bsky.social for @nywfp.bsky.social and #RankTheSlate! Lots of great energy (but not for C***o)!

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social is right.

The GENIUS Act, without serious fixes, rubber-stamps the President’s corruption.

Democrats should not be helping the President cash in.

Too many New Yorkers are under the impression that Cuomo would stand up to Trump because he, too, is a blustering, abusive person. But in reality, Cuomo is being backed by Trump donors. Trump recently said he likes him. Cuomo has avoided criticizing Trump or his authoritarian takeover.

Fantastic morning talking to voters at the Morningside Park Greenmarket about the @workingfamilies.org mayoral slate with fellow @indvsblharlem.bsky.social members. Lots of interest in #RankTheVote and lots of anti-Cuomo sentiment!

YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy Murphy To Secretary Of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: Your Department Is Out Of Control

Every administration official should be grilled like this, every time. Think like you're creating a record for future Nuremberg Trials. youtu.be/EwZWCk1ytPU?...

A new Montana majority defangs the far right - High Country News Disaffected Republicans and resurgent Democrats just took over the Montana Legislature and spent big on education and health care.

Hey New Yorkers, Montana (of all places) has a reverse IDC! Some of us were just talking about how we need this in Congress. www.hcn.org/articles/a-n... @juliegoldberg.bsky.social @beckela.bsky.social @gabriellers.bsky.social @inwoodactivist.bsky.social

My @indvsblharlem.bsky.social friends and I had a great time today talking to Harlem voters about the upcoming NYC mayor’s race, #RankedChoiceVoting and the @workingfamilies.org slate. Oh and #DontRankCuomo!

"Few writers have nailed the interpersonal thriller better than @katiekitamura.bsky.social." (@nytimes.com)

The day is finally here — AUDITION is OUT NOW! Start reading the novel "worthy of a standing ovation" (@peoplemag.bsky.social) today: bit.ly/3XdCjYn

👏 HUUUUUUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Antonia Lloyd-Jones, translator of THE EMPUSIUM by Olga Tokarczuk, for being a @penamerica.bsky.social Translation Prize Finalist!!! 👏

From Abby’s Bakery in Los Fresnos to the Australian MMA coach to the El Salvador gulag, we see the cruelty, stupidity & lawlessness of Trump’s war on immigrants.

The immigration issue can’t be ducked. It’s the beating heart of Trumpism. Confronting Trumpism means defending immigrants & immigration.

< Jaime Montana Cook is at Sackets Harbor Central School. 5h • Message from the Sackets Harbor Principal As the principal of these students, I need to speak plainly. Our three students who were taken by ICE were doing everything right. They had declared themselves to immigration judges, attended court on their assigned dates, and were following the legal process. They are not criminals. They have no ties to any criminal activity. They are loved in their classrooms. Their family has worked at the nearby "Old McDonald's" petting zoo and dairy farm for 15 years. They lived in a house on the same road as a home ICE had a warrant for. The fact that ICE went door to door is unfathomable. The fact that our students were handcuffed and put into the same van as the alleged criminal from down the street is unconscionable. When I think of my third grader's experience, my stomach twists and it is hard to breathe. We are in shock-and it is that shared shock that has unified our community in the call for our students' release. We are in direct communication with our students. Let me be clear: they are not "being medically evaluated." They are not being "questioned as potential victims." Calling a detention center by another name does not change what it is. We deserve better than spin and misinformation. My teachers and my students are already hurting. Please, think about how long every hour feels for a third grader in a detention center. The wait had already been too long a week ago. I have no other agenda. Please release my students and their mother back to our community. Jaime Cook Prek-12 Principal Sackets Harbor, NY

Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE.

Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:

#HandsOff Great Barrington MA

New Anti-Cuomo Acronyms to Feed the DREAM Changing political times call for changing political slogans. Hell Gate is here to help.

My favorites:

CUCK: Cuomo Upset? Could be Kool!

ACHOO: Andrew Cuomo? Have Other Options

GROPER: Go Reject Old Perverts Evading Responsibility

But honestly, these are all gold.

hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-n...

Trump’s tariffs give him a new way to dole out reward and punishment The president's latest power grab will devastate America's economy—and its democracy.

With tariffs, Trump is trading a strong economy for one run on loyalty and retribution. Tariffs scale his weaponization of government across the entire economy, with waivers for loyalists.

But history shows that an economy run on favors is ultimately a poor one. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

My statement on today’s announcement by our disgraced Mayor.

Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived. Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.

In which I try to call things what they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

Thank you @booker.senate.gov. Now let us all go get in good trouble.