Yuanxin is six years old. He sat in a classroom in our neighborhood. His family fled danger seeking safety and were met with state violence and deportation instead. This is a moral failure. Demand accountability. Support local immigrant defense efforts. Refuse to let this happen in silence.

If they say it’s “targeted,” remember Iraq. If they say it’s quick, remember Afghanistan. If they say it’s necessary, ask who profits. They lied before. 600K+ Iraqis killed. Decades of devastation. Now the U.S. is bombing Iran, it’ll be endless. Bombs fall abroad, as people die from poverty here.

The Egyptian aunties of Astoria are not voting Cuomo for Mayor!

Just days ago, Brad Lander called me to interpret for an Arabic-speaking asylee whose case was approved, yet ICE was still harassing him inside the building. Brad personally escorted him out to safety. He does this kind of work quietly, every day.

If I had a nickel for every time a young progressive Arab American woman launched a quixotic primary challenge against an older Dem establishment congresswoman representing a deep blue district in a major city who had been in office for decades, I’d have two nickels…