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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22h

أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك

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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 22h

All political ads should feature the candidate petting a cat

Zohran petting a bodega cat. The subtitles say “How are you, chief?” And also have Arabic that I cannot seem to properly copy and paste but I assume says the same.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 19h

The ceasefire continues according to virtually every media outlet. Israel is demolishing entire neighbourhoods in Gaza to make sure Palestinians never go back.

The genocide is ongoing

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 20h

Israel razes entire neighbourhoods east of Khan Younis: Report - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-razes-entire-neighbourhoods-east-khan-younis-report

Israel razes entire neighbourhoods east of Khan Younis: Report

<article data-history-node-id="430958" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-razes-entire-neighbourhoods-east-khan-younis-report" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-razes-entire-neighbourhoods-east-khan-younis-report" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel razes entire neighbourhoods east of Khan Younis: Report</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><article data-scroll-anchor="true" data-testid="conversation-turn-110" data-turn="assistant" data-turn-id="request-6901b48e-cf20-832a-9f2e-41bb2cc7fcbc-38" dir="auto" tabindex="-1"> <p data-end="277" data-start="76">Israeli occupation forces are bulldozing large swathes of land east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, destroying what little remains of homes and infrastructure after months of relentless bombardment.</p> <p data-end="447" data-start="279">Al Jazeera's correspondent on the ground reported that the army is conducting extensive demolition operations in the area, flattening residential blocks and farmland.</p> </article> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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chortles81.bsky.social @chortles81.bsky.social · 10h

According to another reply he did both! bsky.app/profile/gtha...

Puns N' Roses @gthanku.bsky.social · 20h

seeing many people praise Zohran's Arabic pronunciation, also this

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Puns N' Roses @gthanku.bsky.social · 20h

seeing many people praise Zohran's Arabic pronunciation, also this

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chortles81.bsky.social @chortles81.bsky.social · 17h

That's because in New York City, the Working Families Party was allowed to nominate and run Mamdani despite him having won the Democratic Party nomination, as they did for Biden in 2020 and Harris in 2024. In fact, Mamdani apparently said that he voted for her & Walz last year as the WFP candidates!

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Gobbo @grandgobbobarb.bsky.social · 1d

i love how this is full of comments like "this is confusing. the name is twice" whereas I, who am not a New Yorker & have never voted in New York, immediately went:

"oh, neat. New York has a slot for each party and lets them put forward the same guy if they want. That's so cool."

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

I see some grumbling that this is an unfair ballot design for Cuomo, but I don't see the problem. You have the major and minor party nominations and then a random order for the independent (technically, new party) nominations. It's not a favorable spot for Cuomo but they've got be in some order.

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 1d

For my last story for a week, I spoke with the people painting rainbows all over Houston to protest the rainbow crosswalk removal the other week: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

After Greg Abbott took theirs, Houstonians are painting rainbows everywhere

"The more rainbows I can paint, the better."

www.chron.com

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 1d

why did they make a two hour movie out of a post-cliffhanger two-part season premiere of the fourth season of a network television show about the president

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

It's scary how cute Park Slope was tonight.

Happy Halloween, NYC.

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 2d

for halloween, i wrote about how dressing up as madonna for halloween made me realize that i could actually just transition, open to see my bad madonna costume open.substack.com/pub/myownsum...

Halloween is a transgender holiday!

The experience of discovering yourself in a disguise.

open.substack.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

I personally expect Mamdani to not do very much on any immediately policy level wrt Israel-Palestine, partly because of the municipal nature of his role and partly because of still existing political constraints, but I do expect that he will continue to be a rare moral voice on the issue.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Though the NYT doesn't cite a direct quote from the Mamdani campaign, the newspaper reports that Mamdani intends to use his office to reassess the city's ties to Israeli universities as well as the various municipal-level Israel specific economic programs put into place by Adams.

If Elected, How Might Mamdani Use Mayoral Power in Ways That Affect Israel?

www.nytimes.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

"We are African. We are New York City. And we are voters."

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 3d

Last year we got a tip about a children's pastor who'd managed to stay in ministry for decades even as allegations of sex abuse trailed him across four states.

I kept pulling thread and found something far bigger: a 50-year pattern of abuse and cover-up in the largest Pentecostal denomination 🧵 1/

Image of an NBC News news article: Assemblies of God churches shielded accused predators — and allowed them to keep abusing children
NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 2d

“We cannot go back to anything approaching the old constitutional order, which already had been in a long, terminal decline.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...

The American Presidency Can Never Be Trusted Again

It’s time for multiparty democracy and a limited executive.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 2d

Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.

Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings

Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’

www.bloomberg.com

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 1d

He is the theater kid son of a lawyer and restaurant owner who went to a private high school and stole his birth certificate after graduation to go enlist in the Marine Corps against his dad's wishes. He certainly had access to higher education in 2003 if he had wanted it.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

interesting that people are treating his blue collar aesthetic as equivalent to having a blue collar upbringing

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Testudo Aubrei @ritterteufeltod.bsky.social · 2d

So much of this is a story about how the NY democratic party in particular sucks.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

It's funny that Kristol has endorsed a vote for Zohran before Gillibrand and Chuck

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · Mar 26

I keep saying this but the reason members of congress want to stay in office until they die is they can't buy that kind of elder care anywhere else, even if they are rich

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

one of the few kinda nice things about this period of time is that it's revealed, often surprisingly, which influential political figures actually believe in something

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

It's funny that Kristol has endorsed a vote for Zohran before Gillibrand and Chuck

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Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social · 2d

All across Georgia, my Democratic colleagues and I have been calling on Governor Kemp to use every tool he has to make sure Georgians don’t go hungry.

It’s shameful we even have to ask! #GAPol

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chortles81.bsky.social @chortles81.bsky.social · 1d

I thought he was leaning on Trump in hopes that that would turn things around with them

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.

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mskathleenquinn.bsky.social @mskathleenquinn.bsky.social · 2d

Why is Sami Hamdi still being held in detention by the US? Why are Western journalists not more concerned about this kind of treatment of writers and reporters passing through international airports? He's been imprisoned for 6 days without charges.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

‘Bring him home’: Sami Hamdi’s wife urges US to release UK journalist

Soumaya Hamdi describes shock detention at San Francisco airport as lawyers file emergency legal challenge.

www.aljazeera.com

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