Rachel Leon

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Fall is in the air and so are the Knicks❤️🏀

Opinion | You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next.

With civil society itself under attack, our country’s foundations — our ability to hold the government accountable, to be free to dissent and debate, to support vulnerable communities — are also threatened. Even if you’re not the target this time, you could be next.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

This is so true and so abhorrent. “The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House.” Shameful.

A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa.

It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)

It's so New York.

🧡💙 Gotta love the grit of NY

1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.

These are their stories 🧵

A tweet from Maxwell Alejandro Frost criticizing Republican budget cuts to Medicaid, urging continued protests, advocacy, and pressure. The tweet includes the Indivisible logo.

Your calls are working. Let’s keep the pressure up — if you’re represented by a Republican, tell them to reject Trump’s tax scam and massive giveaways to billionaires that stick everyday Americans with the bill: act.indivisible.org/...

This is beautiful!

Interesting to note – Levi Strauss, who created the brand and is considered to be the inventor of blue jeans as we know them, immigrated from Franconia in Germany to America in 1847 as a child. He created the first blue jeans in San Fransisco. In that sense, Levis jeans are the epitome of diversity.

YouTube video by Associated Press LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor

#thisisdemocracy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...

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Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.

The Post canceling Common Cause's "Fire Musk" ad saved the org $115,000 and handed them maybe more than that in free coverage. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b...

Important read on growing power and need for independent journalism. Thanks @dbauder.bsky.social for shining light on it.

🧡💙#knicks!!!

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🧡💙#goNYgo#Knicks#Brunson

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#knicks you are breaking my heart today

Ocasio-Cortez bids to become top Democrat on key House committee New York congresswoman to take on Gerry Connolly for oversight committee role amid wider tensions within party

The 35-year-old New York congresswoman’s announcement comes as Democrats are reshaping their committee leadership, with the oversight committee set to play a critical role in challenging potential actions during the next second Trump administration.

Read this

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🚨 In re: Provisional Ballot Sufficiency Determination and Provisional Ballot Challenge Hearing of the November 5, 2024 Election Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania Court REJECTS David McCormick and GOP lawsuit to discard Philadelphia provisional ballots. This victory ensures that 966 voters will have their ballots counted.

Congratulations to Team Casey who fought and won for these voters!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...