Mary
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· Nov 5
"Today we have spoken in a clear voice. Hope is alive."
Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
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It’s the last day to support our Sponsor an Incarcerated Reader fundraiser! 📖
With each $10 donation, you can send a book and note of holiday cheer to someone imprisoned in Appalachia.
Get the details:
With each $10 donation, you can send a book and note of holiday cheer to someone imprisoned in Appalachia.
Get the details:
Sponsor an Incarcerated Reader
Help us send books to people in prison.
appalachianprisonbookproject.org
December 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It’s the last day to support our Sponsor an Incarcerated Reader fundraiser! 📖
With each $10 donation, you can send a book and note of holiday cheer to someone imprisoned in Appalachia.
Get the details:
With each $10 donation, you can send a book and note of holiday cheer to someone imprisoned in Appalachia.
Get the details:
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
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This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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$20 billion could end homelessness in the US
$40 billion could end hunger globally
Both would still only cost 3/4 of what Meta blew on Mark Zuckerberg’s obviously bad ideas because nobody would tell him they were stupid because he’s worth over $200 billion because he doesn’t pay his share of taxes
$40 billion could end hunger globally
Both would still only cost 3/4 of what Meta blew on Mark Zuckerberg’s obviously bad ideas because nobody would tell him they were stupid because he’s worth over $200 billion because he doesn’t pay his share of taxes
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
$20 billion could end homelessness in the US
$40 billion could end hunger globally
Both would still only cost 3/4 of what Meta blew on Mark Zuckerberg’s obviously bad ideas because nobody would tell him they were stupid because he’s worth over $200 billion because he doesn’t pay his share of taxes
$40 billion could end hunger globally
Both would still only cost 3/4 of what Meta blew on Mark Zuckerberg’s obviously bad ideas because nobody would tell him they were stupid because he’s worth over $200 billion because he doesn’t pay his share of taxes
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I have been given the shiny and very real War Stopper Award by
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I have been given the shiny and very real War Stopper Award by
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
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Yes, we do talk a lot about his personal failings, often in very ableist terms, I'd say we talk enough about that.
What we don't talk enough about is the concentration of power that enables one person to destroy so many lives; or indeed about the fact the problem is a political machine, not one man
What we don't talk enough about is the concentration of power that enables one person to destroy so many lives; or indeed about the fact the problem is a political machine, not one man
I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Yes, we do talk a lot about his personal failings, often in very ableist terms, I'd say we talk enough about that.
What we don't talk enough about is the concentration of power that enables one person to destroy so many lives; or indeed about the fact the problem is a political machine, not one man
What we don't talk enough about is the concentration of power that enables one person to destroy so many lives; or indeed about the fact the problem is a political machine, not one man
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Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997
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Literally a participation trophy.
December 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Literally a participation trophy.
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This is murder to satisfy racists. No more. No less.
U.S. Southern Command says that the Defense Department carried out another “lethal kinetic strike” at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s direction on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean that killed four men.
U.S. Southern Command says it conducted a new 'lethal kinetic strike' on alleged drug boat
The U.S. has carried out at least 22 known strikes on alleged drug traffickers in recent months.
nbcnews.to
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is murder to satisfy racists. No more. No less.
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
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PSA: If you're reporting on undocumented people, their safety is more important than your story.
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
PSA: If you're reporting on undocumented people, their safety is more important than your story.
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TRYING TO FLIP” THE BOAT MEANS THE BOAT WAS CAPSIZED AND THEY WERE SHIPWRECKED IN THE WATER.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
TRYING TO FLIP” THE BOAT MEANS THE BOAT WAS CAPSIZED AND THEY WERE SHIPWRECKED IN THE WATER.
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Three progressive organizations have launched the “Spotify Unwrapped” campaign in response to the music streamer running ICE recruitment adson its platform, its alleged promotion of AI generated music, and CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in an AI military defense company.
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Three progressive organizations have launched the “Spotify Unwrapped” campaign in response to the music streamer running ICE recruitment adson its platform, its alleged promotion of AI generated music, and CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in an AI military defense company.
“Everything we say, they can see."
Khaled said that during an interrogation, an officer showed him a private text message he’d sent his family; the point was to show this 61-year-old father of seven how deeply they could peer into his private life.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Khaled said that during an interrogation, an officer showed him a private text message he’d sent his family; the point was to show this 61-year-old father of seven how deeply they could peer into his private life.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
nymag.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
“Everything we say, they can see."
Khaled said that during an interrogation, an officer showed him a private text message he’d sent his family; the point was to show this 61-year-old father of seven how deeply they could peer into his private life.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Khaled said that during an interrogation, an officer showed him a private text message he’d sent his family; the point was to show this 61-year-old father of seven how deeply they could peer into his private life.
nymag.com/intelligence...
This is America.
"unsanitary conditions, overflowing toilets with fecal matter seeping into where people are sleeping, limited access to showers, exposure to insects, lights on 24 hours a day, poor quality food and water, and lack of privacy.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"unsanitary conditions, overflowing toilets with fecal matter seeping into where people are sleeping, limited access to showers, exposure to insects, lights on 24 hours a day, poor quality food and water, and lack of privacy.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges
Amnesty International finds immigrants at Florida facility were shackled and left outside in metal cage for up to a day
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is America.
"unsanitary conditions, overflowing toilets with fecal matter seeping into where people are sleeping, limited access to showers, exposure to insects, lights on 24 hours a day, poor quality food and water, and lack of privacy.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"unsanitary conditions, overflowing toilets with fecal matter seeping into where people are sleeping, limited access to showers, exposure to insects, lights on 24 hours a day, poor quality food and water, and lack of privacy.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Poor dumb young people; indoctrinated by the evidence of their eyes and ears; living in a bubble of what is actually happening instead of here in the real world of billionaire donor events and funder dinners.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Poor dumb young people; indoctrinated by the evidence of their eyes and ears; living in a bubble of what is actually happening instead of here in the real world of billionaire donor events and funder dinners.
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Amazing we are still being asked to think about Olivia Nuzzi. A talentless writer who added nothing and disgraced herself with bad judgment and worse ethics returns floating on nothing but society's desire to reward shamelessness. If there is a draw beyond rubbernecking an accident I don't see it.
December 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Amazing we are still being asked to think about Olivia Nuzzi. A talentless writer who added nothing and disgraced herself with bad judgment and worse ethics returns floating on nothing but society's desire to reward shamelessness. If there is a draw beyond rubbernecking an accident I don't see it.
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this really isn’t an exaggeration
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
this really isn’t an exaggeration
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Between this and sticking up for the Epstein-connected congressman ...
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Between this and sticking up for the Epstein-connected congressman ...
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you do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to him!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
you do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to him!!!!!!!!!!!!