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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 1d

If you or someone you care about are one of the 42 million Americans who buy groceries with SNAP benefits, you should know that on the night before those benefits ended, your president held a lavish, expensive private party at his estate in Palm Beach.

That is how much he cares about you.

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Katie Herman @katiehh.bsky.social · 19h

I think I contributed a line or two to this song. 😂 That was a really fun @jfrejnyc.bsky.social neighborhood group meeting.

Jennifer L. Pozner @jennpozner.bsky.social · 3d

Hope you enjoy #NoCuomo!, a pro- #Zohran "Gaston"/Beauty & the Beast #parody I produced+cowrote for @jfrejnyc.bsky.social!

Share to replace hate+disinfo with humor+joy!

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got majority of Jewish primary votes. We'll do it again! #LFG

#NYC #Mayor #Election2025 #Cuomo #GOTV

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 9d

We are in unbreakable solidarity with Muslim New Yorkers and all our neighbors.
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JEWS FOR RACIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
We are in unbreakable solidarity with Muslim New Yorkers and all our neighbors.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

Six days left and a whole lotta doors to knock.

Let's get it: zohranfornyc.com/gotv

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8d

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.

And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.

No more.

My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 8d

Yesterday - This afternoon in Gaza, two brother were killed in Israeli air strike east of Der el-Balah.
Their names are:
Said and Mas’oud al-Ghawash

(Mosab Abu Toha)

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staffunionndwa.bsky.social @staffunionndwa.bsky.social · 10d

It’s time for a labor org like NDWA to live up to their values.

We will not allow retaliatory & union busting layoffs.

We are ready to do everything it takes to win a fair contract, equitable layoffs & SAVE UNION JOBS.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9d

A few more pics from yesterday's absurdly adorable press conference.

Zohran says hi to a grinning baby held by his mom.

A mom and baby at the podium of a press conference, with Zohran smiling behind her and other parents around.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 9d

Mamdani: "I want to use this moment to speak to the Muslims of NYC. I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after 9/11 because she did not feel safe in a hijab. I want to speak for the Muslims who work for our city ... only to see their leaders spit in their face."

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 10d

The rabbi and cantor letter attacking @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social threatens our best ability to defeat fascism — our multiracial, multifaith majority.

Our Jewish communities must resist trading our freedom and the freedom of others for false promises of safety.

Read more:

Hundreds of rabbis & cantors just made Jews less safe: Why their Zohran Mamdani letter does Trump’s work

www.bendthearc.us

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 9d

MAMDANI:
Antisemitism is a real problem. Here's my plan to 800% increase for funding hate crime prevention and protect Jewish New Yorkers.

CUOMO:
Zohran is antisemitic and so are the Jews and allies who agree with him.

SLIWA:
"Jews must protect themselves.”

Jews are worried about Zohran Mamdani. Here's why they shouldn't be

Zohran Mamdani's run for New York City mayor has been marred by charges of antisemitism. Here's why Jews should trust the candidate.

forward.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10d

wow. zohran brought one of cuomo’s accusers, charlotte bennett, to the mayoral debate. he asked cuomo what he would say to his 13 accusers of sexual harassment. cuomo said it takes “a certain level of maturity to work in government” and that the cases were resolved anyway. fucking scum.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 10d

I agree with Cuomo that it takes a certain amount of maturity to work in government. Charlotte Bennet was driven out of public service because Andrew Cuomo doesn’t have it.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10d

Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”

Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 10d

Fact checking, given that a sexual predator just mentioned "600 New York Rabbis" at the mayoral debate:
OVER 90% of the rabbis who signed that letter ARE NOT FROM NEW YORK!!!

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 10d

We are sick and tired of the appalling, Islamophobic attacks on Zohran for daring to care about the well-being of Palestinians.

It's not antisemitic to call out Israel for indiscriminate bombings, war crimes, and killing thousands upon thousands of civilians.

Enough is enough.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 10d

As @ylefkowitz.bsky.social points out, this is a first in NY politics:
A mayoral candidate directly addressing the issues that most impact the Yiddish speaking community, in their (and mine) first language: "public safety, combating antisemitism, housing affordability, and universal child care."

Screenshot from a tweet by Yoel Lefkowitz @YLefkowitz, that reads:

"Gotta say, this is the first time I’ve seen a leading NYC mayoral candidate use Yiddish in an open letter to the community. Zohran Mamdani’s letter to the Yiddish-speaking Hasidic community addressed real issues like public safety, combating antisemitism, housing affordability, and universal child care — a first in NYC politics"

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 10d

Personal open letter by @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to the Orthodox community in New York City, written in Yiddish - the native language of most Hasidic Jews (and myself).

For now, here are the bold parts translated:
"An open letter from Zohran Mamdani
To Orthodox Jewish New Yorkers"

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 10d

61% of American Jews believe Israel has committed war crimes and 68% have a negative opinion of Netanyahu, according to a recent poll from The Washington Post.

Andrew Cuomo — who joined Netanyahu's legal team and has defended Israel at every turn — does not speak for or represent the views of Jews.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 10d

Andrew Cuomo publicly claims that he will stand up to Trump while privately telling wealthy elites that he will be Trump's puppet.

You are not fooling anyone.

We know you'll sell out our city to this authoritarian bully at the first chance.

Cuomo Tells Business Leaders He Doesn’t ‘Personally’ Want to Fight Trump

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s remarks about President Trump came just before The Times’s disclosure that he had spoken to Mr. Trump about the race.

www.nytimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20d

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 21d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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cordeliaappleby.bsky.social @cordeliaappleby.bsky.social · Sep 27

x.com/kennardmatt/... Greta Thunberg from the flotilla: “I'm not scared of Israel. I’m scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity.”

x.com

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Katie Herman @katiehh.bsky.social · Sep 27

This was a great event!

NYC DSA Comrades With Kids @comradeswkids.bsky.social · Sep 27

Parents for Zohran!

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · Sep 24

Morning Spew for Night Owls—Eric Adams Embraces Transphobia, the Last Recourse of Desperate Losers

Eric Adams Embraces Transphobia, the Last Recourse of Desperate Losers

And more links for your Tuesday morning.

hellgatenyc.com

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Aug 30

If you made a horror movie in which the bad guys sent flying robots to drop grenades on women and children taking refuge in tents, it would seem too comically evil to be believable.

But that's what Israel is doing in real life, right now, every day.

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Aug 29

Look!!!!!

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