Zohran Mamdani winning via a year-long grassroots campaign that started with zero name recognition and visiting districts that Trump won is a lesson that political fatalism born of this fascist moment is not fate.

Dick Cheney dies, Zohran Mamdani wins, a beaver moon shines in the sky… I just know the Etsy witches have been busy.

I’m happy for Gen Z New Yorkers who — probably for the first time — got to feel genuinely excited about a political candidate in Zohran Mamdani. Everyone should enter adulthood feeling like the world is full of possibility and that hope is a worthwhile emotion.

Teen Vogue's politics section not only took young people — a crucial electorate — seriously, but allowed journalists like me to cover reproductive rights without the damaging and misleading bothsidesism of legacy publications. Another huge loss for media. www.teenvogue.com/story/what-t...

Zohran Mamdani just made a surprise appearance and speech talking about fighting for queer and trans New Yorkers at the Meow Mix 30th anniversary weekend. Meow Mix was an iconic lesbian bar that closed in 2004, and is a symbol of the fight for lesbian nightlife spaces. This is deep lez herstory.

The Trump administration is spending $250 million to build a new ballroom in the White House while Americans are paying for groceries with Klarna.

I'm incredibly sad to learn that NBC News has shuttered NBC OUT, a home for my work since its founding, along with all of the verticals that represented marginalized voices, NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, and NBC Latino.

Conversion “Therapy” is a harmful practice — disavowed by every major medical organization in the U.S. — that tells LGBTQ+ people we are fundamentally broken and must be “cured.” Queer and trans youth, in particular, will suffer when the court allows this. apnews.com/article/supr...

I am currently in Portland for a photoshoot and the craziest thing that's happened is that our lunch was 10 minutes late because the delivery driver got stuck behind a train. Also, Blue Star Donuts is really good.

Thinking from a 30,000 foot view about Trump's disinformation about autism and Tylenol, the administration's plans to declare trans people terrorists, and go after Antifa...first, linking autism to a cause with a cure paints neurodivergent people as having something wrong with them — stigmatizing.

The FBI's plans to target transgender people amount to criminalizing trans people for the act of existing. We've learned via other anti-trans bills that it would also target anyone who is gender nonconforming or deemed trans in the eyes of the state.

As Kimmel is pulled from the air, where are all the comedians who claimed free speech was under attack because they were criticized for offensive remarks about marginalized groups? If concerns about free speech were sincere, they would come as more than a justification to insult trans people.

The demise of free speech is also brought to you by corporate interests and complicity that would rather acquiesce to the autocracy of the Trump administration than stand behind comedians, journalists, and voices they hire. Free speech for me but not for thee. www.vox.com/politics/461...

I'm honestly terrified for the retribution that will come next. If you truly believe "political violence has no place in our country" then don't stoke your base to go out and commit more of it. By the way, there was also a school shooting today.

The Florida lawmakers eliminating vaccine mandates under the guise of medical freedom and bodily autonomy are the same ones shutting down abortion access and access to gender affirming care. This is all about medical freedom for me, not for thee. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

The Trump administration's efforts to denigrate same-sex marriage are part of a continuum of anti-LGBTQ activism that follows pervasive attacks on trans people. The marriage equality movement in the 2010s ignored trans people; cis queer people fighting for marriage this time have to do better.

Kim Davis, the clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses back in 2015 and who's now asking SCOTUS to overturn Obergefell, has herself been married four times. If anyone is cheapening the sanctity of marriage, it's her. abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...

The Trump administration is planning on *burning* nearly $10 million worth of contraceptive pills, IUDs, and hormonal implants stored in Belgium. “Women are going to die because they’ve not had access to those contraceptives.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...

“We’re not walking out on our responsibilities; we’re walking out on a rigged system that refuses to listen to the people we represent.” - Texas House Dem Caucus Chair Gene Wu www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Is the New York Times aware that Zohran Mamdani is not currently the mayor of New York City? Because reading the paper's coverage of the horrific shooting yesterday...unclear.

You know, one of Pete Buttigieg's stronger qualities was his ability to steamroll stupid Fox News arguments, especially over the culture wars. That goes out the window now with this laundering of transphobia and disinformation that he should be condemning, not parroting. www.them.us/story/pete-b...

As an American Jew, I'm haunted by images of starving Holocaust victims in concentration camps, and grew up being exposed to these images to teach us "never again." As I see images of starving Palestinians, I'm horrified that Israel is inflicting the same cruelty under the guise of protecting Jews.

"I don't know what you would call it other than mass starvation, and it's man-made, and that's very clear." How anyone can see this coverage and that Israel is starving Palestinians and simply turn away is beyond me. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Barring trans women from women's sports at the Olympics is not only discriminatory but thwarts research about transition and athletic performance. It will also lead to more policing of any woman athlete who doesn't adhere to conventional white femininity. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...

“My life has just been unbelievable...You couldn’t write my story; you couldn’t invent me.” He got that right. As a teenage girl, my entry into enjoying Black Sabbath's music was first seeing Ozzy as the well-meaning if not kooky dad from the MTV reality show. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The more Republicans try to block information about Epstein from getting out, the bigger the appetite to know what's in the files will become. www.axios.com/2025/07/15/e...

"The Red Cross said its field hospital saw its largest influx of dead in more than a year of operation after the shootings..." Israel is starving Palestinians then shooting into the crowds at food distribution sites. www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...

I did not care about Epstein conspiracy theories until Trump pulled the biggest Streisand effect move and now I want to read all of them.

For July 4, thanks to Congressional Republicans passing the spending bill, the country can celebrate declaring independence from policies and infrastructure that keep Americans healthy, fed, functioning, and in a word, alive.

For @msnbc.com, I wrote about how RFK Jr. and MAHA's touting of medical freedom and choice ring especially hypocritical during a Pride month when LGBTQ civil rights are facing an accelerated retraction, with an intense focus on rescinding health care access. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

For @msnbc.com, I wrote about how RFK Jr. and MAHA's touting of medical freedom and choice ring especially hypocritical during a Pride month when LGBTQ civil rights are facing an accelerated retraction, with an intense focus on rescinding health care access. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Today is the 10th anniversary of Obergefell, the Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage across the U.S. Jim Obergefell's late husband John Arthur had ALS and his death certificate wasn't going to list his marriage. Marriage equality is about the dignity of our relationships.

Andrew Cuomo is a double loser because he not only lost the mayoral primary but also deployed a racist poster about Mamdani to do it. Loser at the polls and a loser in life.

I hope the centrist Democrats who’ve refused to to accept any constructive criticism about the presidential election and have been insistent that progressives put their views aside to join the “big tent” are watching Zohran Mamdani’s victory tonight.

Back in the host seat on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social kicking it off early with a stacked lineup to make sense of the chaos in the news. @katiephang.bsky.social, @oriion.bsky.social, and Matthew McGuire join me shortly. Channel 127 — tune in and gimme a call. siriusxm.us/Zerlina

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The leaders of the party that claims to be pro-life escalating a war to support Israel’s genocidal regime that will cost countless more human lives really says it all about the moral bankruptcy and hypocrisy of these people.

Trump ordering the bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran then posting on social media in all caps that it’s time for peace is a terrifying epitome of his chaotic and incoherent understanding of international affairs. And, Hegseth is a yes man who has no idea what he’s gotten the U.S. into.

I am especially struck by this decision during Pride, which celebrates a movement started by Black and Latinx trans people. I know I better see fellow cis GLBQ people who're going to parades and parties speak up because the commemorating was built by trans people. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

A giant cup of coffee in and I’m so ready to go live on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social this morning to process the news. Talking to @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social, @everywhereisqueer.bsky.social, and @leahlitman.bsky.social. 7-9AM ET. Listen on channel 127 and call in: 866-997-4748 siriusxm.us/Zerlina

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I saw a protest sign today that read “the only acceptable kings are drag kings.” amen!

A statement from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said the ship bringing aid to Gaza was “unlawfully boarded, its unarmed civilian crew abducted, and its life-saving cargo — including baby formula, food and medical supplies — confiscated." apnews.com/article/mide...

As the world's richest man, Elon Musk is proof that having money doesn't make you automatically cool, happy, nor beloved. So if you're lamenting that you don't have a super yacht, remember that all the money in the world can't buy integrity, real relationships, and serenity.

It was always been a matter of time before Trump and Hegseth sicced the military on protesters, but that doesn’t make it any less horrifying.

Elon and Trump got exactly what they deserve: Each other.

The Supreme Court really said "straight pride!" with this one. I don't know how profoundly uncool you have to be to claim reverse discrimination as a straight person, but one thing I know for certain: Your life has less sunshine without LGBTQ+ people in it. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Oh, Elon Musk is mad *mad* at Trump. Hell hath no fury like a petty white man on boatloads of ketamine, I guess. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

We live in hell.