Sara Eckel

In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.

​Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.

It is tragic to see what figures like Mamdani are doing to a once great Democratic Party.

by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich

Gave me flashbacks to 2016 when Trump stole Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders “rigged economy” line, which mainline Democrats left on the table.

Mamdani was masterful but I think it’s less about lion-taming and more about Trump recognizing a powerful opponent and trying to co-opt his message.

Really smart and thorough analysis of why Democrats get branded as elites and Republicans don’t.

It’s incredibly frustrating that Trump recognizes the power of popular Democrats more than Democrats.

We hereby retire the “record scratch-Freeze frame-You may be wondering how I got here” meme.

It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.

Dude waltzed in there with the same playbook EVERY FOREIGN HEAD OF STATE uses to effortlessly flatter this guy into submission. He's an immense political talent but it's also NOT THAT HARD.

The funny thing about this meeting is that Mamdani didn't back down on a single policy point or anything he's said about Trump.

I’m gonna implore everyone here to take the W if only to experience the feeling again.

Bari Weiss, I believe this is your moment.

In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."

I chose Larry Summers.

Better late than never.

Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...

Imagine what this number will look like when health insurance premiums go through the roof and countless people will have no coverage.

It’s time for new, bolder leadership that will fight fascism, not roll over for it.

@schumer.senate.gov step aside.

@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @nychange.bsky.social @fwwnewyork.bsky.social @jh-indivisible.bsky.social @targetmajoritynyc.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social

Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska

A masked ICE agent sprays David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois. Sept 19 2025 Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Pastor David Black of the First Presbyterian Church in chicago being hit in the head with a pepper ball Sept 19 at the Broadview ICE facility

An unidentified federal agent fires a chemical weapon into Rev. Jorge Bautista's face during a protest outside of Coast Guard Island in Oakland on Thursday Oct. 23, 2025. Credit: David Bacon

ICE vs the clergy

‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation WASHINGTON—Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...

‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation

Let’s fight for a Democratic Party that will actually fight for us: indivisible2026.org/?utm_source=bluesky

Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.

This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.

For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:

splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

Helpful tracker!

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

this strange feeling you're experiencing this morning is optimism. hang on to it, we've got a long road ahead to the midterms next year, this is what will get you there.

The Dems are a big tent coalition. Whether you're a communist who hates Republicans or a centrist who hates Republicans, you can be part of a united party.

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

lot of messages tonight...but i don't think there's any as strong or replicable as having an identity, an ideology, and a clear message for people and then staying, without ever wavering:

"I refuse to apologize for any of this."

Democrats flip the Onondaga County Legislature for first time in nearly 50 years

the sort of headline we're seeing all over: www.syracuse.com/politics/cny...