Aisha Sultan

The most normal and human thing Trump has ever done is to fall in love with Zohran Mamdani.

This win is so obvious that even Fox News is struggling to spin it.

Zohran is a generational talent, but I really worry the democrats are gonna take away all the wrong lessons from this, because none of the rest of them can do this.

The charisma and charm of Zohran Mamdani must be scientifically studied!

We shouldn't. But those who stand to make the most money from this are doing everything possible to evade regulation and scrutiny.

TEN MONTHS IN:

The national debt is higher.

The trade deficit is wider.

The inflation rate has worsened.

The unemployment rate is up.

To the reporters that had no pushback against Trump for calling one of their own "Piggy", then later offering no pushback when Trump defended the man who orchestrated the murder and dismemberment of one of their own, I hope selling your integrity for access was worth it.

Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill besieged civilians Italians and others are alleged to have paid large sums to fire at Bosnians risking their lives in besieged Sarajevo.

www.bbc.com/news/article... This is depraved.

A friend of mine responded to someone who posted with cynicism about the latest Epstein email:

"Whether the president is a child rapist can never be a moot issue."

We all need to sit with that sentence for a minute.

it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

I have to hand it to Democrats. I'm one of the feds working and not getting paid and they manage to make reopening the government feel worse than the alternative.

Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?

An excerpt from the linked column that says "Mamdani’s victory required hundreds of thousands of Jewish voters rejecting the idea that criticism of Israel’s war crimes is antisemitic. It took NYC’s affluent voters recognizing that the city can’t thrive unless its workers can afford to live there. It took New Yorkers who have lived in the city for generations embracing the belief that immigrants make us stronger, and that together we can stand up against an aspiring authoritarian. More than 2 million New Yorkers cast ballots and picked a different vision for the city than it’s ever had."

Great piece from @aishas.bsky.social

www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected 43 days ago.

Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.

I write often about how private equity is destroying US healthcare. Lina Khan is a rare person who has used her position in power to fight back against private equity’s hold on the US economy. Very excited to see what she does in New York.

They’ve all gone mad.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”

sohom on X: "Zohran Mamdani closes victory speech as mayor of New York to Dhoom Machale. This is like a Bollywood movie in real life 😭🔥 https://t.co/2M9ic2wazO" / X Zohran Mamdani closes victory speech as mayor of New York to Dhoom Machale. This is like a Bollywood movie in real life 😭🔥 https://t.co/2M9ic2wazO

That speech, then this.
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I know :)

mamdani giving major obama vibes in this acceptance speech. reminding me of iowa 2008.

it's a weird thing...not feeling dead inside tonight

New York City Mayor PROJECTED WINNER Zohran Mamdani DecisionDeskHQ.com Vecision Tesk HQ

ZOHRAN MAMDANI

Trump, Musk, now Stephen Miller endorse Andrew Cuomo.

He now has the entire fascist movement behind him.

Meet the Aunties Behind Zohran Mamdani's Historic Campaign The mayoral candidate's meteoric rise was fueled by older immigrant women—long-time, experienced organizers who are often overlooked

“Without these women, Zohran wouldn't be anywhere near this close to the general election. They built his campaign from nothing. Their work was the difference between polling below 1% just a few months before and winning the primary."

www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

A headline from The New York Times opinion page Guest Essays saying "Josh Hawley: No American Should Go to Bed Hungry."

Ahhh, I've seen this film before. Josh Hawley puts out an op-ed staking out a position in The New York Times, then he folds and falls in line with the rest of the GOP. Remember when he did this with Medicaid?

It only counts as a scandal if you’re Muslim.

When a local rabbi said morally abhorrent things about Palestinians, the pressure campaign on the rest of the rabbinic community to not call him out was intense. When that same rabbi (with three others) writes a call out op-ed of me for recognizing the humanity of Palestinians? Bubkis. 7/

If you want to understand why Jewish institutional leadership is so out of touch with actual American Jews, you need to understand the funding dynamic of basically every legacy Jewish institution. 1/

This is an insightful explanation, and I probably applies to a lot of non-Jewish institutions, too.