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As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.

“Fire Through Dry Grass”: Andrew Cuomo Saw COVID-19’s Threat to Nursing Homes. Then He Risked Adding to It. A nursing home in Troy, New York, followed the governor’s order to accept patients being treated for COVID-19. Six weeks later, 18 residents were dead of the disease.

Andrew Cuomo, in addition to being a serial sexual harasser, knowingly sent people with Covid into old folks homes, leading to a massive rate of infection and death for the elderly.

Read and share the @propublica.org story about how Andrew Cuomo killed your elders.

Part of the lesson here is that Trumpists, like many bullies, don’t handle it well if you stand up to them rather than caving. If Trump or Vance or their supporters had any character this petulant display and Zelenskyy’s defiance would be humiliating to them.

YouTube video by NBC News Watch Zelenskyy's Full Address To Congress

Zelenky stood in front of the American government, in the seat of our democracy, and thanked our entire nation. Every farmer, teacher, engineer, nurse, and cop. Thanked us on behalf of his entire country. youtu.be/7gjwlCe5T6M?...

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

Profile in cowardice

One of the reasons I love living in Manhattan—with a zillion people around, there are several zillion opportunities to experience things like this every day.

Did you call for the mayor to resign yet? Proposing legislation that has no chance of passing doesn’t do us a lot of good: the mayor has made a transparently corrupt bargain to escape prosecution by inviting persecution for our neighbors NOW.

The Dispatch belongs in this category too.

"Where Law Ends Tyranny Begins"

Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.

It should be a source of profound embarrassment that a bunch of FedSoc lifers are taking a more vocal and principled stand against the corrupt Eric Adams deal than most elected Dems.

Are you calling for the resignation or removal who has sold the vulnerable members of our community to buy his way out of corruption charges?

I firmly believe @petebuttigieg.bsky.social should lead a daily press conference. We are in desperate need of simple, unified messaging

Rats! I was hoping to hop on the call today (for the first time since the pandemic). But more importantly, feel better!

If you live in NYC, TODAY is the last possible day to register as a Democrat so you can vote in the primary elections in June against Adams. You can NO LONGER update your registration online and MUST physically hand-deliver to your Board of Elections by close today. vote.nyc/page/party-a...

Déjà vu all over again.

Not sure why this dude thinks not sleeping, working “day & night” in the office is a flex when in fact it reflects lack of discipline, unsustainable work plans and sacrifice of attention to detail. Probably also drug use, since the human body and especially brain needs sleep to operate effectively.

Kind of surprised no one has been able to get a case in front of a judge who will issue one yet.

Most of us have lost or been forced out of a job at some point

All of us have heard school /parental /church-etc /motivational lectures on "your job shouldn't define you" or "higher purpose."

But these GOP Sens willing to do *anything* to cling to a job

JFK wrote 'Profiles in Courage.' Not now.

Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly

Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you.

Do something

One thing for Senate Democrats to do is announce they will use every tool at their disposal to block Bondi’s nomination until DOJ appoints a special counsel (ideally with beefed up firing protections) to investigate the widely reported crimes committed this week by Musk and his band of DOGE goons.

Come on AOC—THIS is your first post all weekend? Get to the buildings where Musk is illegally kicking out career government officials and shine some light on this. You’ve got a heck of a lot more power than we or those civil servants do. We need you. Please act.

You may not like it, but Leah's right. There's a reason the Prodigal Son is a parable in almost every culture. when someone experiencing cognitive dissonance comes to you, you have two choices: embrace them, and win them over forever; or reject them, ensuring they never again question their beliefs.

And they can thank the ACA for that.

I kind of like it too because I can’t think of a better option. Could any group of private citizens sue based on PII?

Are you really making all these posts about prices and saying nothing about Elon Musk accessing every key aspect of the federal government? Are you taking legal action? Do we need to give up on separation of powers? Say SOMETHING!!!

Trump is correct- it’s time to celebrate our Founders. Let’s read their words - in classrooms, in town squares, online, and in print. Let’s re-learn what they meant when they wrote about consent, arbitrary government, tyranny, and civic virtue. Let’s overwhelm Trump with our love for the Founders.

We're worried that you're doing nothing to stop any of this.