Always great to chat with @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social and @doughenwood.bsky.social Great episode on #Zohran #Mamdani

We had such a great time chatting with @palumboliu.bsky.social -- as always, but this time we had something truly hopeful and exciting to discuss!

"Assessing the Democrats’ victory this week, some key Republicans told Politico that the Democrats had dominated them on the energy affordability issue—an issue for which they have no solutions." – @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2028...

Wondering why Tuesday was so great for Democrats all over? @environmentalvoter.bsky.social has some data -- and did some organizing -- that offers a clue. newrepublic.com/article/2028...

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply

Strangely enough, blocking offshore wind and spreading misinformation about green energy, as Trump has been doing, isn’t helping a single voter pay her utility bill. That's one reason Democrats won big this week. newrepublic.com/article/2028...

Wednesday, Nov. 12: a reading & conversation to celebrate the launch of Celina Su's new book, "Budget Justice," which shows how communities can solve our cities' most pressing problems. With @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social and Kesi Foster. Register for this free event! @princetonupress.bsky.social

Finally, the election is over! Let's get to work... Next week! centerforthehumanities.org/event/budget... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social sky.social @eesgccuny.bsky.social ky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social

It doesn’t have to be this way, and it turns out that when Democrats say so, they can win. newrepublic.com/article/2028...

If you want to chart the rise of Zohran Mamdani from his 2020 election to state assembly to his likely election as New York City mayor today and everywhere he’s been in between, you can — through Jacobin’s extensive coverage of Mamdani.

oh just straight up gutter racism!

Great & timely article by @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social . Her description of cancel culture is perfectly put, and the distinction between that what going on now is key newrepublic.com/article/2022...

I was not a fan of cancel culture. At the time I called it "You're Fired" liberalism, arguing that it was Trumpian, unworthy of the left. That said, what Trump is doing now is much worse and it's not even close: newrepublic.com/article/2022...

Cancel culture was a bad vibe and probably did drive many to the right, I wrote @newrepublic.com. But what Trump is doing now is not "cancel culture." newrepublic.com/article/2022...

approximately seven million people were out in the streets protesting last week. these people need to grow a spine. www.ft.com/content/1377...

After the polls close and the election is over, New Yorkers will still need to organize for the city they deserve. Join us for a reading and conversation to celebrate the launch of Budget Justice: a bold vision that empowers communities. Register! centerforthehumanities.org/event/budget...

yes, i am confused about why Trump posting that video is not the top story across all platforms. Violent, juvenile, stupid and utterly lacking in class. Seems like something people should know about.

Thanks to @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social for the sharp piece on the blue state governors who have gone weak on climate policy. @nyrenews.bsky.social ED Stephan Edel said Hochul has "embraced the Republican narrative that climate policy and affordability are at odds." newrepublic.com/article/2017...

Here's my convo about Run Zohran Run! last night w/ the great @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/yBA5roq...

The people go wild for blue state governors showing the slightest bit of spine. So on climate, why aren't they doing it? thanks for insight and good info from @nyrenews.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/article/2017...

Michigan Avenue right now.

I’m not hearing a downside www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

Excited about next week’s nearly daylong @economichardship.bsky.social event at @columbiajournalism.bsky.social starring @jeffsharlet.bsky.social , @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social , @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social Ray Suarez and others!

I got to interview @omarfatehmn.bsky.social for @jacobinmag.bsky.social Asked what democratic socialism means to him, Fateh, whose first child was born last month, had a straightforward answer. “It’s pretty clear-cut,” he said. “You want to take care of everyone.” jacobin.com/2025/09/omar...

He still thinks/claims that “asylum seekers” come from insane asylums

Wow this campaign keeps outdoing itself. A history lesson tied to the present and connected to one of my favorite badass history ladies rolled into one???

The Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S.

We relaunched our canvassing operation a month ago— and our volunteers already surpassed 235k doors knocked, including 39,700 this past weekend. There's a hunger in our city for a new kind of politics and it's motivating people to participate at a scale they never have before.

It needs to be said that by rebranding Charlie Kirk's views as moderate by both right wingers and liberal cowards resets the extremist views he held as normal and pushes the Overton window to the far right

Why am I yawning? Because this plan sounds so safe and poll-tested. Because it is essentially playing defense (again). And mostly because Donald Trump is not merely a threat to the health care subsidies of a comparatively small minority of Americans—he’s a threat to our way of life. trib.al/5gIlv5D

It’s a real firehose of lies out here.

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

Not good for Kash! 😬

I appreciate that Liza ends the piece with a question, which she doesn't try to resolve. I feel like a lot of political writing could be improved by simply trying to clarify what the questions are, without necessarily taking a side.

A lot of wisdom in @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social 's latest piece on NY governor Kathy Hochul - someone who's hardly been a leader, but who has repeatedly been willing to tack left when that's what the prevailing winds seems to favor. jacobin.com/2025/09/hoch...

Many right wing Silicon Valley billionaires are sick freaks who welcome human extinction because they want AI to take over. Their influence explains why Trump 2.0 is such a terrible time to be alive: newrepublic.com/article/2003...

What a time to be alive! Actually quite the opposite, thanks to Trump's policies, but it's a fabulous time to be a bot: newrepublic.com/article/2003...

happy bolsonaro is going to jail day to all who celebrate

...the Joe Biden playbook: build renewables while also building fossil fuel infrastructure at the same time, ensuring that we make no meaningful climate progress. Better than Trump’s atavistic death drive of an environmental policy, but that doesn’t make it any less daft. jacobin.com/2025/09/hoch...

Despite her anti-Trump posturing, New York governor Kathy Hochul is hardly a paragon of progressivism. But winning her over on at least some key issues is crucial for a socialist mayoralty’s success. Does the Left have any leverage over Hochul?

On climate, @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social writes that Hochul and Trump "appear to be BFFs." New Yorkers deserve better.

You’re just not allowed to do journalism if it displeases MAGA

A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Here is the @uaw.org statement on the arrests at Hyundai (h/t @lfelizleon.bsky.social)

it’s fascinating. majorities of americans oppose the military occupation of cities. a substantial number of those are fucking furious about it, but rather than lean into this anger and attack trump’s perception of strength, these “strategists” want democrats to avoid the confrontation entirely.

Zohran Mamdani’s general election campaign has reached its fundraising cap ($8 million) and no longer needs to raise any money. He released a new video telling people to stop donating.

@lizafeatherstone.bsky.social's piece communicates the very dream that committed me to the practice of politics: The dream of a collective life in which all of us have enough time to do the things we enjoy, to do things other than work. Two decades later, this dream still inspires commitment.

And here's @phara4assembly.bsky.social's sibling bill to create a pilot project in New York State for private-sector employers to implement a four-day workweek. www.nysenate.gov/legislation/...

One stepping stone to realizing this dream is instituting a four-day workweek. As Liza notes, when it comes to making the impossible possible, it's socialists who usually lead the way; here, it's @phara4assembly.bsky.social. Here's Phara's bill for state employees: www.nysenate.gov/legislation/...