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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 2h

The Lever’s first book is now atop the charts - a big win for independent reader-supported media, especially considering we published this book in-house without the support of a giant publisher and a huge PR machine.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 3h

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The Liberty Pear: Best of All Time (So Far)

A mega-collection of the most impactful and most-read pieces across The Liberty Pear. Start here to discover highlights, must-reads, movies/TV lists, and policy explainers.

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 2h

I wrote about mass video surveillance and what the Hasan Piker dog controversy says about where our internet is headed.

Hasan Piker and the Future No One Is Ready For

The backlash that Piker is facing shows the consequences of a world where everyone is constantly being recorded and our internet is built to reward outrage and controversy.

www.usermag.co

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2h

Trump wants to DOUBLE Argentina's bailout to $40 billion to save his political ally.

Yet he is doing nothing to prevent 15 million Americans from losing their health care and 20 million from seeing a doubling in their premiums.

Is this what Trump means by America first?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.

The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.

The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2h

Billionaire wealth has gone up by $33 trillion in the last ten years.

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The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 3h

The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 5d

🆕✨🍐 New here? Best of All Time (So Far) ⭐️

One link, many gems: quick hits for now, deeper dives for later, all in a clean flow.

It’s phones-down when you want it, scroll-friendly when you don’t. 🫡🍐

🚨Start here → thelibertypear.com/2025/08/30/b...

The Liberty Pear: Best of All Time (So Far)

A mega-collection of the most impactful and most-read pieces across The Liberty Pear. Start here to discover highlights, must-reads, movies/TV lists, and policy explainers.

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The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 4h

Just absolutely wild

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h

HAPPENING SOON: SCOTUS will hear arguments in a case that could end one of the last safeguards against racial gerrymanders, and lock in GOP control of the U.S. House for generations to come. We’ll be providing real-time court updates at the blog below👇

LIVE BLOG: Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Gut the Voting Rights Act

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Rebellions Are Built On Hope @builtonhope.bsky.social · 4h

Epstein Files

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.

Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.

Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.

Authoritarianism hurts all of us.

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

We’re kicking the politics of the past aside and scoring a new generation of leadership — and we want you on our team.

Join us for The Cost of Living Classic, a free citywide soccer tournament in Coney Island this Sunday, co-hosted by NYC Footy.

Details + register at zohranfornyc.com/colclassic ⚽

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

Read the full plan. bit.ly/3KRZxQy

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4h

BREAKING: A Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire east of Gaza’s Khan Younis amid the first phase of the ceasefire, according to sources at Nasser Medical Complex.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ttcve3

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

This morning in Astoria — alongside State Senate Education Chair John Liu, City Council Education Chair Rita Joseph, and UFT VP Mary Vacaro — we released “Community to Classroom,” a new citywide teacher recruitment initiative.

Zohran at a podium in a park. Behind him are State Sen. John Liu, Councilmember Rita Joseph, and UFT VP Mary Vacaro.

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The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 5h

Thank you 🙏

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

The city failed this family, just as it's failing to hold bad landlords accountable.

Those days will end.

We will rebuild the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants—a longstanding tool of City Hall that has been defunded and deprioritized.

And it will finally have real teeth.

Zohran for NYC

Zohran Mamdani is running for Mayor to lower the cost of living for working class New Yorkers.

www.zohranfornyc.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

A Bronx family lived without utilities for over 6 weeks after they were shut off without explanation.

The landlord, despite receiving severe violation notices, didn't fix the problem.

HPD couldn’t turn the utilities back on, so it issued the family a vacate order.

These Bronx Tenants Lived Six Weeks Without Water and Power. The City’s Fix? A Vacate Order

The plight of the Ramos family reveals the weaknesses in the City's system to protect tenants from unlivable conditions—and from being put out on the street.

hellgatenyc.com

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Tom Thurston @tomofbaja.bsky.social · 5h

A much needed message of hope

The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 2d

🎥🤝 Mayor to Mayor: Bernie × Zohran.

Two populists on how to win power and **use it**: organize, deliver, and pass the baton. And... Zohran's massive responsibility is discussed. 🍐

Watch, share, plug in. 👉 thelibertypear.com/2025/09/26/p...

[Video] Mayor to Mayor: a conversation between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani

Some really great lessons with a bit of 'passing the baton' energy — two populists talk mayoral politics.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5h

OpenAI has pledged to spend $1 trillion in the next five years.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: BlackRock, Elon Musk's xAI, Microsoft and Nvidia are all part of a consortium that is buying major data center builder Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 20h

Despite huge advancements in technology & worker productivity since the 1970s, wages for American workers have remained stagnant and almost all new wealth has gone to the people on top.

Will it be any different with AI and robotics?

I don’t think so. Maybe even worse.

Was Life Better 50 Years Ago? | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 23h

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The solution for the Democrats is here.

📈 Zohran Has Net-Positive Favorability Among Young Conservatives.

Surprised? You should not be! 🚨

Here’s the data + what it signals about messaging, identity, and coalition building. 🌹

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Zohran Has Net Positive Favorability Nationally Among Young Conservatives!

Boilerplate setup for a post on Zohran Mamdani’s national net-positive favorability.

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