Daniela Lapidous

Call Your Senator: Sen Gillibrand on Trump's 'Big Beautiful Betrayal,' Mamdani's Victory and More | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC Senator Kirsten Gillibrand talks about President Donald Trump's spending bill, the administration's strikes on Iran and comments Assembly member Mamdani's victory in New York City.

Deeply ashamed of @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social for going on WNYC and suggesting he may be a "supporter of global jihad" and declining to answer whether she thinks he's a support of Hamas

(key moments at 12 min and 23 min)

www.wnyc.org/story/call-y...

so this is how it feels when my haters become my waiters at the table of success

I'm in touch with a source in Cuomo's camp. They're all screaming and turning back into rats. Not looking good so far

i would like it a lot of zohran did whatever it takes to keep lander involved with the campaign. ride a tandem bike with him in your ads man this is great stuff

Zohran please come give your speech and make me cry I’m sleepy

NEW: Gov. Hochul announces that the state is dedicating $50 million for legal assistance for immigrants like those who may be targeted by ICE when leaving the federal courthouse

Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.

A reporter from The City had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, “Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?”

www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/b...

The Working Families Party — which just days ago ranked Jessica Ramos as its No. 5 pick as part of an anti-Cuomo slate — calls her Cuomo endorsement "sad" and "desperate."

The party won't immediately say, tho, whether it's removing Ramos from its slate. www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/06/j...

Jessica Ramos Will Endorse Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor

Less than 48 hours after saying she wished New Yorkers cared about women getting harassed, State Senator Jessica Ramos is set to appear at a campaign event with Andrew Cuomo and announce she is endorsing him.

Incredible Eric Adams anecdote from @nymag.com's Zohran piece. nymag.com/intelligence...

Take the Quiz: Meet Your Mayor 2025 Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.

I'm a 76% match with Zohran Mamdani on the Meet Your Mayor quiz! Find your own match, powered by @thecity.nyc and @gothamist.com: projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-ma...

(NB: In my heart, it's a 100% match ;) But I like this quiz for learning about their positions)

hell yeah thanks for coming to our Seder!!

This is truly wild… looks like maybe the Secretary of Energy assigned a lucrative contract to his unqualified buddies from Colorado??

Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon The president is pleased with Musk but the decision comes as the tech mogul increasingly looks like a political liability.

Looks like Elon disappointed Daddy last night in Wisconsin www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Useful new resource - The Impact Map, a visualization of how federal funding cuts affect communities. Love how it integrates different kinds of data, including personal testimonials submitted by fed workers as well as links to news articles, etc theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...

Marine Le Pen Found Guilty of Embezzlement, Banned From Next Elections Judges convicted the far-right leader of misusing EU funds and barred her from running in the 2027 French presidential elections.

*gazes wistfully out a window*

Live: French Court bans far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for office A French court handed far-right leader Marine Le Pen a five-year ban on running for office on embezzlement charges Monday, dashing her ambitions of standing in the 2027 presidential race unless she su...

Marine Le Pen banned from running for office for 5 years and gets 4 year prison sentence in embezzlement case. Love a country where politicians aren’t immune to basic accountability www.france24.com/en/live-news...

From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement.

Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”

Criminal targeting of environmental groups ‘scary,’ advocates say Groups now worry about FBI probes as they struggle to rebound from federal spending freeze enacted under President Donald Trump

Criminal targeting of environmental groups ‘scary,’ advocates say
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In a total betrayal of their constituents and our democracy, 10 Democrats just voted with Senate Republicans to give Trump and Musk a blank check to continue their coup. @schumer.senate.gov led Democrats to this total surrender. We need strong leadership, not cowards who cave at any GOP pressure.

1. BREAKING

Cloture has been invoked on the continuing resolution, which means that a government shutdown will be avoided, as the final vote will only require a simple majority.

The vote was 62-38.

10 members of the Democratic caucus voted YES on invoking cloture.

List in post below.

Senate advances plan to avert shutdown, in vote that exposes Democratic rifts The Senate voted to advance a spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown. The vote exposed a deep rift among Democrats.

JUST IN: The Senate voted to advance a spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown. The vote exposed a deep rift among Democrats.

Meme in real life

Good morning and a hearty fuck you to @gavinnewsom.bsky.social for waking up, deciding to host Charlie Kirk on his podcast debut, and throwing trans people under the bus to chase clout

"Developing a device that could treat severe bleeding. It seems to have caught the committee’s attention for using the words “victims” — as in gunshot victims — and “trauma.” Creating biosensors to detect infectious diseases. The grant appears to have been tagged for the repeated use of “POC,” an acronym often used for “people of color” but in this context meaning “point of care” — that is, the place where people receive medical treatment — and “barrier,” referring to a part of the biosensor itself. Designing eye-tracking technology for diagnosing and treating concussions. It appears to have gotten flagged for referencing “traumatic” brain injuries and the “status,” meaning the condition, of patients."

ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.

This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

Sen Marshall (from Kansas) flees his town hall early after constituents tell him they’re worried about veterans being fired from government jobs

The Cruelty and the Casualties Inside Andrew Cuomo’s toxic workplace.

Yes, to everyone recalling the nursing home mistakes and coverup, yes! But ALSO the cruelty, braying self-regard and total lack of interest in effective governance or good policy extended years and years and years before that!

I don’t even know what to say about Cuomo entering the mayoral race that hasn’t been said, but I will share this list I wrote of why I hate Cuomo for a friend newer to the city, hope it helps

DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.

Back in the mid-20th century, the FBI could place an individual under surveillance solely for being LGBTQ. This is what enabled the anti-queer witch hunts of the McCarthy era. Now, DHS permits surveillance of LGBTQ people again. Just being queer makes you a suspect. www.advocate.com/politics/dhs...

Surreal to watch Trump and Vance so thoroughly humiliate themselves and give the rest of the world the final motivation they need to unite against the Putin surrogacy. It’s so shocking!