Peter Sterne
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· Oct 2
Alexa Avilés exploring challenge to Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10
The DSA-backed City Council member has been talking to allies about potentially challenging the incumbent representative.
www.cityandstateny.com
SCOOP: DSA-backed City Council Member @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social is exploring a primary challenge to Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10.
Avilés is meeting with @socialists.nyc's Electoral Working Group next week to discuss her potential congressional run.
Read more at @cityandstateny.bsky.social:
Avilés is meeting with @socialists.nyc's Electoral Working Group next week to discuss her potential congressional run.
Read more at @cityandstateny.bsky.social:
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BIG NEWS! So excited to announce my new role as senior enterprise editor @ms.now, where I’ll work alongside @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social to build on our incredible coverage at the intersection of politics, extremism and culture.
This is a dream team, I can’t wait to get started. Watch this space!
This is a dream team, I can’t wait to get started. Watch this space!
December 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BIG NEWS! So excited to announce my new role as senior enterprise editor @ms.now, where I’ll work alongside @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social to build on our incredible coverage at the intersection of politics, extremism and culture.
This is a dream team, I can’t wait to get started. Watch this space!
This is a dream team, I can’t wait to get started. Watch this space!
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We're doing pogroms in America now
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We're doing pogroms in America now
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Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
City Council Member Alexa Avilés – whom DSA has endorsed to primary Rep. Dan Goldman – wrote an op-ed arguing that Zohran Mamdani's victory shows NYC voters want candidates who reject AIPAC and stand in solidarity with Palestinians.
Opinion: From Puerto Rico to Palestine, now is the time to grow our movement
No matter how often our residents voice dissent to additional military funding for Israel, many of their representatives still vote to aid violence.
www.cityandstateny.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
City Council Member Alexa Avilés – whom DSA has endorsed to primary Rep. Dan Goldman – wrote an op-ed arguing that Zohran Mamdani's victory shows NYC voters want candidates who reject AIPAC and stand in solidarity with Palestinians.
If NY's congressional district boundaries stay the same, then Chi Ossé could have a decent shot at unseating Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in 2028.
But if there's any mid-decade redistricting before 2028, Bed-Stuy will probably be moved from NY-8 (House Speaker Jeffries) to NY-7 (Rep. Julia Salazar).
But if there's any mid-decade redistricting before 2028, Bed-Stuy will probably be moved from NY-8 (House Speaker Jeffries) to NY-7 (Rep. Julia Salazar).
December 3, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If NY's congressional district boundaries stay the same, then Chi Ossé could have a decent shot at unseating Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in 2028.
But if there's any mid-decade redistricting before 2028, Bed-Stuy will probably be moved from NY-8 (House Speaker Jeffries) to NY-7 (Rep. Julia Salazar).
But if there's any mid-decade redistricting before 2028, Bed-Stuy will probably be moved from NY-8 (House Speaker Jeffries) to NY-7 (Rep. Julia Salazar).
Olivia Nuzzi told her side of the story in a (paywalled) interview with Emily Sundberg's "Feed Me" newsletter, which means you now need at least two Substack subscriptions to follow the whole saga: www.readfeedme.com/p/olivia-nuz...
Olivia Nuzzi answers your questions.
"If I was elected president in a write-in campaign I would not return to Washington."
www.readfeedme.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Olivia Nuzzi told her side of the story in a (paywalled) interview with Emily Sundberg's "Feed Me" newsletter, which means you now need at least two Substack subscriptions to follow the whole saga: www.readfeedme.com/p/olivia-nuz...
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Teaching thing I find useful: if a student stops showing up for class, make the subject line of your email "Is everything OK?" When people are overwhelmed they'll often avoid even opening bad-news emails (cf. me & my bank statements). This way, they know I'm reaching out to help, not chastise.
December 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Teaching thing I find useful: if a student stops showing up for class, make the subject line of your email "Is everything OK?" When people are overwhelmed they'll often avoid even opening bad-news emails (cf. me & my bank statements). This way, they know I'm reaching out to help, not chastise.
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Polls are now closed in Georgia, where I'm watching: 3 mayoral elections in the metro Atlanta region, & 4 local elections in Atlanta
(details on each my guide, though if you've been following me the last few days you know about them! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...)
stay tuned for returns & results
(details on each my guide, though if you've been following me the last few days you know about them! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...)
stay tuned for returns & results
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Polls are now closed in Georgia, where I'm watching: 3 mayoral elections in the metro Atlanta region, & 4 local elections in Atlanta
(details on each my guide, though if you've been following me the last few days you know about them! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...)
stay tuned for returns & results
(details on each my guide, though if you've been following me the last few days you know about them! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...)
stay tuned for returns & results
Disappointed no one has sent me Part 4 yet.
December 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Disappointed no one has sent me Part 4 yet.
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Porn was only ever the cover.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.
www.404media.co
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Porn was only ever the cover.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
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Our office has clients caught up in this. Hearing from colleagues nationwide about people having their naturalization oath ceremonies canceled. Some of the affected people aren't even subject to the travel ban due to other acquired citizenship, but they are still being caught up.
The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.
More coming soon.
More coming soon.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Our office has clients caught up in this. Hearing from colleagues nationwide about people having their naturalization oath ceremonies canceled. Some of the affected people aren't even subject to the travel ban due to other acquired citizenship, but they are still being caught up.
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"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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While I’m glad Commissioner Tisch let Ricky Patel (Special Agent in Charge at HSI) know that she’s not happy with their raids, I’m disturbed by footage of NYPD officers clearing the way for ICE vehicles. It’s a violation of our sanctuary city law to facilitate deportations.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
While I’m glad Commissioner Tisch let Ricky Patel (Special Agent in Charge at HSI) know that she’s not happy with their raids, I’m disturbed by footage of NYPD officers clearing the way for ICE vehicles. It’s a violation of our sanctuary city law to facilitate deportations.
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As immigration courthouse ICE arrests have dipped over the past several weeks, seemingly random ICE arrests appear to be on the rise. Attorneys are calling it “a coordinated campaign of race-based stops in largely Hispanic and immigrant neighborhoods in New York City."
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
As immigration courthouse ICE arrests have dipped over the past several weeks, seemingly random ICE arrests appear to be on the rise. Attorneys are calling it “a coordinated campaign of race-based stops in largely Hispanic and immigrant neighborhoods in New York City."
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Happening now near Canal Street, federal agents had been staging inside a fed owned parking garage, now being confronted by a group of protesters. masked agents are looking on from above.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happening now near Canal Street, federal agents had been staging inside a fed owned parking garage, now being confronted by a group of protesters. masked agents are looking on from above.
Northwestern throws trans women under the bus to please the Trump administration (while also paying off the Trump administration).
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Northwestern throws trans women under the bus to please the Trump administration (while also paying off the Trump administration).
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"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com
He Killed for the CIA in Afghanistan. Trump Blames Afghan Culture Instead of Langley’s
After the National Guard shooting, the US needs to reckon with how its legacy of global violence inevitably comes home. Stephen Miller wants to do anything but.
zeteo.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com
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New from me @zeteo.com is an exploration of just how compatible Rahmanullah Lakanwal was with American culture:
He Killed for the CIA in Afghanistan. Trump Blames Afghan Culture Instead of Langley’s
After the National Guard shooting, the US needs to reckon with how its legacy of global violence inevitably comes home. Stephen Miller wants to do anything but.
zeteo.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
New from me @zeteo.com is an exploration of just how compatible Rahmanullah Lakanwal was with American culture:
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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Strong message from Congressman Moulton:
“Mark my words: It may take some time, but Americans will be prosecuted for this, either as a war crime or outright murder.”
“Mark my words: It may take some time, but Americans will be prosecuted for this, either as a war crime or outright murder.”
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Strong message from Congressman Moulton:
“Mark my words: It may take some time, but Americans will be prosecuted for this, either as a war crime or outright murder.”
“Mark my words: It may take some time, but Americans will be prosecuted for this, either as a war crime or outright murder.”
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
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This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
Some progressives have suggested primarying some of the City Council members backing Menin.
But that won’t work. The next City Council elections are in 2029, and most current City Council members (who were elected in 2021) will be unable to run for reelection then due to term limits.
But that won’t work. The next City Council elections are in 2029, and most current City Council members (who were elected in 2021) will be unable to run for reelection then due to term limits.
The New York City Council speaker race seems to be over.
Council Member Julie Menin announced that 36 of the City Council's 51 members are supporting her for speaker. (You need 26 votes to be speaker.)
Menin is a moderate who's expected to serve as a check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Council Member Julie Menin announced that 36 of the City Council's 51 members are supporting her for speaker. (You need 26 votes to be speaker.)
Menin is a moderate who's expected to serve as a check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Julie Menin announces she has the support to be the next council speaker
The council member from Manhattan claimed to have 36 votes and the backing of four unions.
www.cityandstateny.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Some progressives have suggested primarying some of the City Council members backing Menin.
But that won’t work. The next City Council elections are in 2029, and most current City Council members (who were elected in 2021) will be unable to run for reelection then due to term limits.
But that won’t work. The next City Council elections are in 2029, and most current City Council members (who were elected in 2021) will be unable to run for reelection then due to term limits.
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...