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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 6h

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 9h

Mamdani: "The bigger question is whether we are willing to say goodbye to ... anti-Muslim sentiment that has grown so endemic in our city that when we hear it, we know not whether the words were spoken by a Republican or a Democrat."

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 19h

Consider how few anecdotes it took for the media to declare a Free Speech on Campus crisis.

Every day we get more evidence that the Republican Party is teeming with white supremacists yet elite institutions refuse to frame this as a crisis that needs the nation’s attention.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

DHS posted a disturbing video today featuring a song that’s popular with Nazi creators

DHS Posts Video Featuring Song Popular With Nazi Creators

The agency denied making

gizmodo.com

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Siobhan Connally @toyfoto.bsky.social · 15h

Affordable Housing’s Slow-Motion Financial Collapse

Nonprofit groups say swelling operating costs exceed the rent they collect for more than one in five of their apartments, housing some of the city’s most vulnerable tenants.

www.thecity.nyc

Siobhan Connally @toyfoto.bsky.social · 15h

NYC recycling myth busting.

Recycling in NYC Is Easier Than You Think: A Guide for the Confused

Where do pizza boxes go? What exactly is rigid plastic? How clean do empty jars need to be? Relax, experts say.

www.thecity.nyc

Siobhan Connally @toyfoto.bsky.social · 15h

Prisoners of war

*giftartical

Who Were the Palestinian Prisoners Freed by Israel?

www.nytimes.com

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Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

And that’s because, and this is important, life is messy.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

I love that this is literally just

we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

"Black organizers had noticed gaps in the campaign’s strategy for reaching Black voters. To address them, they led canvasses in working-class Black neighborhoods...By early October, Mamdani had taken a commanding lead over Cuomo among Black voters"

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Will Zohran Mamdani Win Over Black New Yorkers?

Five people talk about their experience of the Mamdani campaign — from the inside and the outside.

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Siobhan Connally @toyfoto.bsky.social · 1d

And after all that he didn’t even seem wrinkled. Amazing.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

I hear you, but the legal question is whether this court has to follow the 1968 Gun Control Act. We want that answer to be *yes* and then we want to reform the Gun Control Act to fix this stupid application of it.

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Siobhan Connally @toyfoto.bsky.social · 1d

WAMC panelist defending Trump’s impulsive renovations at the White House as emblematic of how hard it is to get anything done in government because of bureaucracy is really something. Change happening this fast and furious will *definitely be an improvement.

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Siobhan Connally @toyfoto.bsky.social · 1d

Of course he covered his Nazi tattoo with another form of symbolism white supremacists have adopted. theconversation.com/far-right-ex...

Far-right extremists keep co-opting Norse symbolism – here’s why

Norse symbols and references to Valhalla repeatedly show up the manifestos of far right terrorists. An expert explains why.

theconversation.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

The East Wing of the White House, which will be torn down by this weekend to make way for President Trump’s new ballroom, has been a base for the first lady, an entryway for social functions and an emergency bunker. Here's what to know about its history.

What to Know About the White House East Wing and Its History

The East Wing has been a base for the first lady, an entryway for social functions and an emergency bunker.

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Siobhan Connally @toyfoto.bsky.social · 1d

Justice should not be blind to facts.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Two significant legal actions — including a possible decision from the U.S. Supreme Court — are expected this week. While both would be preliminary, they could impact how courts weigh in on such cases going forward. n.pr/4qpPvGu

Confused by the legal battles over troop deployments? Here's what to know

Two significant legal actions — including a possible decision from the U.S. Supreme Court — are expected this week. While both would be preliminary, they could impact how courts weigh in on such cases going forward.

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Siobhan Connally @toyfoto.bsky.social · 2d

Another lesson unlearned.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 2d

The day after the Chinatown raid, New York AG Tish James launches an online portal for the public to submit photos and videos of ICE activity.

"We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law," she writes.

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Attorney General James Launches Portal to Collect Photos and Videos of ICE Activity in New York

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James is encouraging New Yorkers to submit videos or other documentation of federal immigration enforcement actions in New York following yesterday’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on Canal Street in New York City.

“Every New Yorker has the right to live without fear or intimidation,” said Attorney General James. “If you witnessed and documented ICE activity yesterday, I urge you to share that footage with my office. We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law. No one should be subject to unlawful questioning, detention, or intimidation.”

Attorney General James is asking New Yorkers to share photos or videos of federal government actions using the Office of the Attorney General’s new online portal.

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Cesar Santiago @cesarsantiago.net · 3d

Just read the article and saw the photos and all I have to say is that there has to be a reckoning for this.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

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Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

This is important because what they’re actually defending is the right to get a Nazi tattoo without consequences in public life. These people don’t know or care about the guy they’re defending.

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 2d

The bananas thing is… he didn’t even know who this dude was 5 minutes ago? You gotta go this hard for a nazi tattoo guy _you just met_? Just find another dude who makes good videos! There are literally millions of dudes who have done physical labor with no nazi tattoos, like all the non-white ones.

Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 3d

“Let him among you who is without a Nazi tattoo cast the first stone.” -The Bible

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Siobhan Connally @toyfoto.bsky.social · 3d

They are emboldened now for sure. But racism and sexism are the underpinnings of Nazism. What’s happening right now wasn’t just spontaneous or opportunist. It was waiting.

Siobhan Connally @toyfoto.bsky.social · 3d

I’m not saying it was considered normal, but I think we should be honest that it always had an easier time existing in the mainstream than affirmative action.

Siobhan Connally @toyfoto.bsky.social · 3d

I think it was there. Just like racism and antisemitism was always an undercurrent. David Duke was in the Louisiana state house. People were quieter is all.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 3d

The best time to abolish ICE would have been in 2021. The next best time is if we win in 2028. At this point, any Democrat unwilling to abolish ICE must be drummed out of the primary.

Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 3d

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3d

The Maine primary is in what, June? People really wanna die on the unrepentant Nazi tattoo hill instead of, idk, using the next eight months to support somebody else?

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Siobhan Connally @toyfoto.bsky.social · 3d

And as we castigate her for talking about coalitions and changing her voter registration, know that George Clooney moved his family to FRANCE because he said they couldn’t get a “fair shake” here.

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Siobhan Connally @toyfoto.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine saying her experience in the room at the time it was happening isn’t worth anything?

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