irene
@ireneyk.bsky.social
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He'll be asked about this until he is dead and in the grave or until he turns to the camera and says he thinks Palestinians should be killed en masse or give up and accept living under apartheid for the rest of time.
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
He'll be asked about this until he is dead and in the grave or until he turns to the camera and says he thinks Palestinians should be killed en masse or give up and accept living under apartheid for the rest of time.
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Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
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We've gotten $500 from DC donors today!
Can you pitch in (or ask a friend) to help us get to $750 by the end of the day and $3,200 by the end of the month?
secure.actblue.com/donate/aparn...
Can you pitch in (or ask a friend) to help us get to $750 by the end of the day and $3,200 by the end of the month?
secure.actblue.com/donate/aparn...
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We've gotten $500 from DC donors today!
Can you pitch in (or ask a friend) to help us get to $750 by the end of the day and $3,200 by the end of the month?
secure.actblue.com/donate/aparn...
Can you pitch in (or ask a friend) to help us get to $750 by the end of the day and $3,200 by the end of the month?
secure.actblue.com/donate/aparn...
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Our first 1,000+ door day of the campaign! 🚪🍂
Thank you to everyone who came out to canvass in Columbia Heights! We will win a DC and a Ward 1 that works for the people, not for billionaires or developers.
Door by door. Voter by voter.
Thank you to everyone who came out to canvass in Columbia Heights! We will win a DC and a Ward 1 that works for the people, not for billionaires or developers.
Door by door. Voter by voter.
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Our first 1,000+ door day of the campaign! 🚪🍂
Thank you to everyone who came out to canvass in Columbia Heights! We will win a DC and a Ward 1 that works for the people, not for billionaires or developers.
Door by door. Voter by voter.
Thank you to everyone who came out to canvass in Columbia Heights! We will win a DC and a Ward 1 that works for the people, not for billionaires or developers.
Door by door. Voter by voter.
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he still thinks "migrants seeking asylum" means they were released from an "insane asylum"
O'DONNELL: Are we going to war against Venezuela?
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
November 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
he still thinks "migrants seeking asylum" means they were released from an "insane asylum"
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Thank you to everyone who came out for our FIRST CANVASS EVER! 🚪
Such a beautiful, spooky fall day to talk to voters about how our campaign will fight to lower the cost of living and defend DC, and to hear from people about what they want to see in Ward 1. ✊🏾🍂💀
Such a beautiful, spooky fall day to talk to voters about how our campaign will fight to lower the cost of living and defend DC, and to hear from people about what they want to see in Ward 1. ✊🏾🍂💀
October 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out for our FIRST CANVASS EVER! 🚪
Such a beautiful, spooky fall day to talk to voters about how our campaign will fight to lower the cost of living and defend DC, and to hear from people about what they want to see in Ward 1. ✊🏾🍂💀
Such a beautiful, spooky fall day to talk to voters about how our campaign will fight to lower the cost of living and defend DC, and to hear from people about what they want to see in Ward 1. ✊🏾🍂💀
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This would strip *thousands* of DC residents who live in 2-4 unit buildings of their TOPA rights.
TOPA is the first right to buy your home — a key tenant right in DC.
DC residents had NO opportunity to testify on this because it was a last-minute amendment to the bill.
No one should support this.
TOPA is the first right to buy your home — a key tenant right in DC.
DC residents had NO opportunity to testify on this because it was a last-minute amendment to the bill.
No one should support this.
Tomorrow the D.C. Council will take a final vote on the RENTAL Act, which would speed up some evictions and exempt newer buildings from the law that gives tenants first right to buy. Also: CM Anita Bonds' amendment to exempt 2-4 unit buildings from TOPA. Rationale is below.
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This would strip *thousands* of DC residents who live in 2-4 unit buildings of their TOPA rights.
TOPA is the first right to buy your home — a key tenant right in DC.
DC residents had NO opportunity to testify on this because it was a last-minute amendment to the bill.
No one should support this.
TOPA is the first right to buy your home — a key tenant right in DC.
DC residents had NO opportunity to testify on this because it was a last-minute amendment to the bill.
No one should support this.
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Time and again, members of UNITE HERE Locals 25 & 23 have fought for a voice on the job, better pay & benefits, and dignity.
Yesterday, I met with members across the region and in Ward 1 specifically to talk about what a pro-labor Council could look like. When we fight, we win! ✊🏾
Yesterday, I met with members across the region and in Ward 1 specifically to talk about what a pro-labor Council could look like. When we fight, we win! ✊🏾
October 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Time and again, members of UNITE HERE Locals 25 & 23 have fought for a voice on the job, better pay & benefits, and dignity.
Yesterday, I met with members across the region and in Ward 1 specifically to talk about what a pro-labor Council could look like. When we fight, we win! ✊🏾
Yesterday, I met with members across the region and in Ward 1 specifically to talk about what a pro-labor Council could look like. When we fight, we win! ✊🏾
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Today, we commemorate Indigenous People’s Day and honor the histories and resilience of the Nacotchtank, Piscataway, and Pamunkey peoples who were the original inhabitants of present-day DC.
October 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today, we commemorate Indigenous People’s Day and honor the histories and resilience of the Nacotchtank, Piscataway, and Pamunkey peoples who were the original inhabitants of present-day DC.
raising $40,433 entirely through small-dollar donations (averaging just $35!) in less than two months is absolutely NUTS 😭😭😭 people are ready to elect a real fighter and working class champion in ward 1!! 🩷🧡✊🏽
join us to make it happen ➡️ airtable.com/appTUXuvFKYK...
join us to make it happen ➡️ airtable.com/appTUXuvFKYK...
Our first financial report is in!
This campaign is about all of us. The single mother struggling to make rent. The child scared for their immigrant father. The couple scraping together money for childcare.
We’re fighting for a better DC. And we can’t do it without you. ✊🏽🔥
This campaign is about all of us. The single mother struggling to make rent. The child scared for their immigrant father. The couple scraping together money for childcare.
We’re fighting for a better DC. And we can’t do it without you. ✊🏽🔥
October 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
raising $40,433 entirely through small-dollar donations (averaging just $35!) in less than two months is absolutely NUTS 😭😭😭 people are ready to elect a real fighter and working class champion in ward 1!! 🩷🧡✊🏽
join us to make it happen ➡️ airtable.com/appTUXuvFKYK...
join us to make it happen ➡️ airtable.com/appTUXuvFKYK...
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What a night! ✨
First, we stopped by the @dclatinocaucus.bsky.social mixer at La Cosecha to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
Then, we had a house party in Mount Pleasant to meet neighbors and hear what they hope to see from a councilmember. Thank you Irene, Caleb, and Rami for hosting!
First, we stopped by the @dclatinocaucus.bsky.social mixer at La Cosecha to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
Then, we had a house party in Mount Pleasant to meet neighbors and hear what they hope to see from a councilmember. Thank you Irene, Caleb, and Rami for hosting!
October 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
What a night! ✨
First, we stopped by the @dclatinocaucus.bsky.social mixer at La Cosecha to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
Then, we had a house party in Mount Pleasant to meet neighbors and hear what they hope to see from a councilmember. Thank you Irene, Caleb, and Rami for hosting!
First, we stopped by the @dclatinocaucus.bsky.social mixer at La Cosecha to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
Then, we had a house party in Mount Pleasant to meet neighbors and hear what they hope to see from a councilmember. Thank you Irene, Caleb, and Rami for hosting!
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Workers are the backbone of DC. But for too long, it's been a struggle to get by and now, labor is under attack.
DC for Workers, by Workers is our new policy platform to strengthen workers' rights, support unions, raise the wage, increase benefits, and keep bad actors in check.
DC for Workers, by Workers is our new policy platform to strengthen workers' rights, support unions, raise the wage, increase benefits, and keep bad actors in check.
October 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Workers are the backbone of DC. But for too long, it's been a struggle to get by and now, labor is under attack.
DC for Workers, by Workers is our new policy platform to strengthen workers' rights, support unions, raise the wage, increase benefits, and keep bad actors in check.
DC for Workers, by Workers is our new policy platform to strengthen workers' rights, support unions, raise the wage, increase benefits, and keep bad actors in check.
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When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys
October 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys
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“good news, we’ve created the playroom that tells kids whatever they want to hear and makes them not care about their parents from the seminal Ray Bradbury short story, Don’t Create the Playroom That Tells Kids Whatever They Want to Hear and Makes Them Not Care About Their Parents”
Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.
"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”
"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”
‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?
Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“good news, we’ve created the playroom that tells kids whatever they want to hear and makes them not care about their parents from the seminal Ray Bradbury short story, Don’t Create the Playroom That Tells Kids Whatever They Want to Hear and Makes Them Not Care About Their Parents”
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Nadeau blaming the Uncommitted campaign for Trump is such tired bullshit. Uncommitted voters, of which I am one, were largely loyal Democrats who wanted to influence their party and were all but expelled for their tenacity.
In a preview of the bruising fights to come, Nadeau has already begun attacking @aparnafordc.bsky.social, the former DSA organizer, over her pro-Palestinian advocacy.
Raj has rejected her comments, saying she's a loyal Democrat and they're reminiscent of Trump's attempts to divide the left.
Raj has rejected her comments, saying she's a loyal Democrat and they're reminiscent of Trump's attempts to divide the left.
October 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Nadeau blaming the Uncommitted campaign for Trump is such tired bullshit. Uncommitted voters, of which I am one, were largely loyal Democrats who wanted to influence their party and were all but expelled for their tenacity.
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The Mayor’s office explicitly confirms what we’ve seen on the ground: MPD continue to be collaborators.
This is absolutely unacceptable, and we have the local power to stop this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
This is absolutely unacceptable, and we have the local power to stop this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
October 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Mayor’s office explicitly confirms what we’ve seen on the ground: MPD continue to be collaborators.
This is absolutely unacceptable, and we have the local power to stop this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
This is absolutely unacceptable, and we have the local power to stop this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
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this article shows how critical local partnerships are for ICE to hit their numbers, which is why you should keep the pressure on your local city governments to refuse cooperation with them
ICE had made only 85 arrests in Washington from Jan. 20 through the end of July. But from early August until mid-September, ICE made around 1,200 arrests, according to officials with knowledge of the data.
We detail how that happened:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
We detail how that happened:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
How Washington Became a Testing Ground for ICE
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
this article shows how critical local partnerships are for ICE to hit their numbers, which is why you should keep the pressure on your local city governments to refuse cooperation with them
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it is just a straightforward statement of fact to say that the trump administration sees any black student at an elite institution as one too many
So Much for Class-Based Affirmative Action
The Trump administration considers even race-blind admissions policies illegal if they’re intended to achieve diversity.
www.theatlantic.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
it is just a straightforward statement of fact to say that the trump administration sees any black student at an elite institution as one too many
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Workers built DC and they make this city run.
Today, we’re proud to announce that 4 major unions representing workers in food service and hospitality, public transit, and DC government have endorsed our campaign: @unitehere.org Locals 23 and 25, @atulocal689.bsky.social, and AFGE Local 2725 ✊🏽🥳
Today, we’re proud to announce that 4 major unions representing workers in food service and hospitality, public transit, and DC government have endorsed our campaign: @unitehere.org Locals 23 and 25, @atulocal689.bsky.social, and AFGE Local 2725 ✊🏽🥳
September 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Workers built DC and they make this city run.
Today, we’re proud to announce that 4 major unions representing workers in food service and hospitality, public transit, and DC government have endorsed our campaign: @unitehere.org Locals 23 and 25, @atulocal689.bsky.social, and AFGE Local 2725 ✊🏽🥳
Today, we’re proud to announce that 4 major unions representing workers in food service and hospitality, public transit, and DC government have endorsed our campaign: @unitehere.org Locals 23 and 25, @atulocal689.bsky.social, and AFGE Local 2725 ✊🏽🥳
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mRNA medicine is a miracle. We should be investing in it HARD as a country, not cutting it.
a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
mRNA medicine is a miracle. We should be investing in it HARD as a country, not cutting it.
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The Holocaust Museum’s new slogan: “Again and again for everyone”
September 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The Holocaust Museum’s new slogan: “Again and again for everyone”
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The cause of labor is the hope of the world!
Throughout history, we’ve seen labor defeat billionaires, bad bosses, and oligarchs to guarantee rights for all of us. The current occupation in DC is another moment showing that we need the force of organized labor to defeat fascism.
Throughout history, we’ve seen labor defeat billionaires, bad bosses, and oligarchs to guarantee rights for all of us. The current occupation in DC is another moment showing that we need the force of organized labor to defeat fascism.
September 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The cause of labor is the hope of the world!
Throughout history, we’ve seen labor defeat billionaires, bad bosses, and oligarchs to guarantee rights for all of us. The current occupation in DC is another moment showing that we need the force of organized labor to defeat fascism.
Throughout history, we’ve seen labor defeat billionaires, bad bosses, and oligarchs to guarantee rights for all of us. The current occupation in DC is another moment showing that we need the force of organized labor to defeat fascism.
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"HuffPost asked Bowser whether she’d received any commitment that the 'crime emergency' would end as scheduled after 30 days. She suggested it might not, and that the city would be OK."
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser today praised Trump for flooding the city with federal law enforcement.
“We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city." 😐 www.huffpost.com/entry/muriel... via @delaneyrules.bsky.social @phillewis.bsky.social
“We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city." 😐 www.huffpost.com/entry/muriel... via @delaneyrules.bsky.social @phillewis.bsky.social
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Praises Donald Trump’s Police Takeover
The city’s Democratic mayor has maintained an unusual friendship with the Republican president.
www.huffpost.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"HuffPost asked Bowser whether she’d received any commitment that the 'crime emergency' would end as scheduled after 30 days. She suggested it might not, and that the city would be OK."
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