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Suicides in NY Prisons More Than Doubled Last Year, New Data Shows The Correctional Association of New York on Tuesday unveiled a new dashboard detailing that the suicide rate at state lock ups spiked 108% last year.

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Trump seeks to fire official overseeing jobs data after weak employment report President Donald Trump said Friday that he has directed his team to fire the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a weak report showed hiring slowed and was much weaker in ...

Will anyone trust the numbers coming from this administration after this? Tell the truth, lose your job. The Mad King will tell you what the numbers will be and you'll like it! #econsky

In Patriarchy No One Can Hear You Scream: Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein and the Silencing Machine One of my favorite books when I was young was T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, and one of its central themes is the attempt of King Arthur to replace an ethos of “might is right” with someth…

Me, 2019: "Epstein gambled on the differential between his power and voice in the world and theirs and for the most part he won, because the game was rigged by dozens of people around him... Monsters rule over us, on behalf of monsters." lithub.com/in-patriarch...

July 23rd, 2025 @indivisible.org @colbertlateshow.bsky.social

New York’s Health Companies Could Pocket Millions Meant for Low-Wage Care Aides Offering hard-to-use benefits instead of cash could help two state-funded companies dodge a 2011 law meant to boost care workers’ pay.

“That is them keeping the money that they were supposed to pay to the employees,” said LaDonna Lusher, partner at employment law firm Virginia & Ambinder, after New York Focus described the business model to her. “I do think that the New York attorney general could investigate that.”

I tragically do not believe it matters now either. It just matters for a bit, because it serves another purpose. And this is coming from both “sides”. I will
never understand. It continues to shock me.

DAILY MEMO: Part 2 of 2, Camarillo Sees a Military Raid and ICE faces closed doors and protesters at an Oxnard Hospital~ @eltragon.bsky.social

“It is up to all of us to fix this.”

“These people” “stupid people with stupid policies”. Dude even brings up “bike lanes” as something radical and “stupid”. Way to talk about many millions of people he is supposed to represent. BTW, in the 4 decades riding the NYC subway, nothing has ever happened to me. Nothing. Zero.

Opinion: Weaponizing antisemitism is dirty politics Zohran Mamdani has been unfairly branded as both antisemitic and a Communist. Neither are true.

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BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.

No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.

He is totally a true mensch. And not saying he isn’t savvy, but the Working Family Party laid the groundwork over a year ago to ensure the progressive candidates were a team. Lander is one of the main organizers at WFP.

'The New American Gothic', Oil on Canvas by Criselda Vásquez

Proud of NYC! We chose care and courage in a world that dares us to go numb. Now: shoulder to shoulder, let’s build. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @bradlander.bsky.social

I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history

Hmm. Someone took the initiative here. And it sure was not the official Dem party.

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Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.

ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.

We’re not a threat.
We’re not a headline.
We’re not going away.

We were there.
We are here.
Still singing.
Still staying human.

No kings.

The buckets were planned.
The chanting wasn’t.
It just… happened.
People heard us, felt it, and joined in.

No agenda.
No leader.
Just the rhythm of resistance
and the instinct to gather.

What does it look like to be called a “radical,” a “mob,” or worse—for simply showing up, speaking out, or banging a pot?

This is No Kings:
a protest, a chant, a bucket brigade.
Voices rose. Strangers joined.
Not chaos—connection.

🎥 Watch the video here

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Amazon CEO Says AI Will Lead to Smaller Workforce Referring to the impact of artificial intelligence, Andy Jassy tells employees, “We expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce.”

This should be headline news, and smart people should organize, and think hard about where these lay offs will happen, and prepare those communities with services, and quick and easy re-training (1 in 4 job postings in tech are looking for people "fluent in AI").

This is powerful! TY @aoc.bsky.social and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to be leading the way, inspiring people with power to be bold as well. And TY @bradlander.bsky.social !

Live: Comptroller's Office Addresses Media After Arrest In Federal Plaza YouTube video by Comptroller Brad Lander

LIVE: @nyccomptroller.bsky.social spokesperson + wife address media after Comptroller Lander’s arrest in federal immigration court.
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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.

While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.

This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

YouTube video by The Enemies Project The Enemies Project: A Palestinian and a Jew

No solutions here, just human beings listening to each other. It's important.

Go figure, focusing on community, compassion, grassroots organizations, the people who are effected leading and given resources, sustained over time, WORKS!

Here we go again. The arc of justice bends slow, and it won’t bend by itself.