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AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…

Democrat Mikie Sherrill Declared Winner in Closely Watched New Jersey Governor's Race Read more here.

New Jersey voters elected Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D) as their next governor, rejecting Trump-endorsed Republican Jack Ciattarelli whose loss is a significant blow to President Donald Trump and his authoritarian push to undermine constitutional rights and norms.

I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.

Tonight, Zohran Mandani walloped Trump, Cuomo, Sliwa, the oligarchs, MAGA and yes, even some establishment democrats.

He did it by listening to his constituents.

By promising to fight for them and their needs.

Not the ruling class who have broken and corrupted America.

That’s the lesson.

Six Lessons from Zohran Mamdani The results of Tuesday's elections in New York, New Jersey and Virginia should tell us whether a significant change in Democratic politics is underway

What can Dems learn from Mamdani?
1. He is an authentic human.
2. He cares about people.
3. He has a sense of humor.
4. He focuses on econ inequality.
5. He rejects corporate politics.
6. His policy proposals & messaging are laser-focused on affordability.
www.americaamerica.news/p/six-lesson...

• "We have no inflation." Inflation is at 3%. • "It's at 2%. It's-- it's the perfect inflation." Inflation is at 3%. • "Right now [grocery prices are] going down." Grocery prices are up 1.4% since Trump came to office. • "A year ago, we were a dead country." Not only did the US have the fastest-growing economy in the G7 in both 2023 and 2024, but the Economist magazine called it "the envy of the world." • "11,888 murderers were let into our country." Not only is this number inaccurate, but many of the non-citizens convicted of homicide either here or abroad came in during Trump's first term. • "Washington, DC, was... almost like a crime capital of the world." In 2023, per PolitiFact, "at least 49 other cities in the world had higher homicide rates. • "[Biden] hardly went anywhere. Guy couldn't leave his bedroom." Not only did Joe Biden visit roughly as many countries in his term of office as Trump did in his first term, but Biden was the first US president to visit an active warzone - Ukraine - not under the control of US forces. • "I made Middle East peace. For 3,000 years, they couldn't do it." There is no peace in Palestine, no peace deal in place, and it isn't a 3,000-year-old conflict. • "Communist, not socialist. Communist. He's far worse than a socialist." Zohran Mamdani is not a communist. • "I can't give them $1.5 trillion so that they can give welfare to people that came into our country illegally." The Trump/GOP claim that Democrats want to give free healthcare to undocumented immigrants has been repeatedly debunked. • "They emptied their mental institutions and their insane asylums-- into the United States of America." Asylum seekers don't come from "insane asylums." Obviously. • "One thing I can tell you, the 2020 election was rigged." It wasn't. The courts agreed. • "And a lotta people say when it's rigged you're allowed to do it again." A lot of people don't say this. The US Constitution doesn't, for sure.

Trump did on 60 Minutes what he does every time. He spews a blizzard of lies, exaggerations and assorted other falsehoods, and if (as usual) the reporter isn’t equipped or doesn’t bother to push back, he keeps going.

Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

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Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

Illustration of hands sewing with red thread, surrounded by pink and purple flowers, with a quote by David Graeber: "The ultimate, hidden truth of the world, is that it is something that we make and could just as easily make differently.

"The ultimate, hidden truth of the world, is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently." —David Graeber

Art by Kate DeCiccio (Imagination Card - www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...)

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I need this chair. (just not in this color)

As someone who has worked in libraries in the past, thank you for, um... promoting literacy! 🤓🤤😍

one mistake people made in this era — in my opinion — is developing a brand rather than a style. developing a style makes you distinct and irreplaceable; it will carry with you to anything you choose to write about. it's one of the reasons people get excited about specific magazine writers

Challenge accepted! 💦💦💦

Opinion | My Bosses Were Afraid of Crossing Trump. So, I Quit. A veteran journalist opens up on the censorship that he says led to his resignation.

“Capitulation becomes the easier course…Self-censorship is particularly damaging because it takes place in private… Not knowing where the line might be, they grow hyper-cautious and shy away from publishing anything that might cause offense.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Holy Jebus! He's going to cause some damage with that thing! 😍🤤

This is the lesson of 2025

45 yrs of US history, in 25 words:

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.

Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

The White House hasn’t looked this bad since the War of 1812.

Ugh. The *cat* in the background...

He's an absolute cutie, but once I saw the car in the background I had to stay until the end to see if it reappeared. Enjoyed watching him until the end, too. 😄

Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970

The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside

Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23

They constantly let America down

Worth reading my colleague Ron Brownstein on intensifying calls for a general strike (gift link):

The "economy" is not an issue -- overpriced health insurance, rising costs of necessities like water, gas, electricity; masked agents terrorizing our neighborhoods & disappearing people; the loss of our freedoms & media failing to do their jobs

THIS is what voters are frustrated about
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a bookstore window, in all caps: "fuck social media. marry books. kill ai."

I have that same IKEA "Be yourself" poster! lol. Pity I don't have a bed with those guys, too.

Chris Murphy is one of the only Dems who gets that there is no budget “deal” to make. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa Iris scanners, facial recognition apps, phone-hacking software and cellphone location data are among the agency’s recent technological purchases.

ICE "has been rapidly building out its surveillance capabilities in recent weeks, signing a string of contracts for technologies to identify individuals by their irises or facial features and to monitor their cellphone activity, social media posts and physical movements," per spending disclosures.

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!