I'm honored to have Sen. @agounardes' support in this campaign for a New York that truly works for everyone. From tackling the affordability crisis to rebuilding trust in government, we share a vision for a city where no one has to struggle just to make ends meet.

NEW: A majority of voters (55%) support the Block the Bombs Act, which would prohibit the U.S. from selling large bombs and heavy artillery shells to Israel.

In 2024, 2,452 unique books were challenged, the third highest number ever documented by the American Library Association.

9. The data out of MMCPS makes one thing unmistakably clear: this crusade is not a mass movement. It’s the obsession of a vanishingly small minority, inflated by a Republican Party that has turned resentment of diversity—and especially of LGBTQ+ people—into the centerpiece of its politics.

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools. Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in. Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right. Subscribe to support our journalism.

this is so weird

ok I didn't mention this in my piece on friday but one of the things the judge asked about was whether the guardsmen were going to get paid during the shutdown the doj was like "idk" the state of oregon was like "we looked into it and the answer is no"

The International Criminal Court on Monday convicted a leader of the feared Janjaweed militia of playing a leading role in a campaign of atrocities committed in the Sudanese region of Darfur more than 20 years ago. https://to.pbs.org/46C7r9g

I feel like portlanders are out here cosplaying as portlanders

In a just world, Elizabeth Spiers would be in charge of the New York Times, but we live in an unjust world so instead she has to spend her time doing this and you should read what she has to say

“Get the fuck out of my city, Lebowski!” except it’s the Dude tossing the fascist Santa Monica police chief

Rodrick Johnson, a U.S. citizen who was briefly detained, said agents broke through his door and placed him in zip ties. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer,” the 67-year-old told the Chicago Sun-Times. “They never brought one.” https://to.pbs.org/4pWhXzN

This is an accurate description of some people’s beliefs. Why is this ban worthy? Is the claim that the mods can ban anyone?

suspending Jews for criticizing some of the most virulent anti-semites on the planet is ANTI-SEMITIC @support.bsky.team

Happy Banned Books Week, Washington! We all can protect the right to read and learn freely by: 🗣️Talking about book bans with friends and family 🗯️Sharing your thoughts at school board and city council meetings

I thought the one where he was a Black Panther was in poor taste

A food aid program that helps more than 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money within two weeks unless the government shutdown ends, forcing states to use their own money to keep it afloat or risk it shutting down. https://to.pbs.org/46WeNDp

Illinois leaders went to court Monday to stop President Trump from sending National Guard troops to Chicago, escalating a clash between Democratic-led states and the Republican administration during an immigration enforcement operation in the nation’s third-largest city. https://to.pbs.org/48Sjb91

What a mild way to say "this is against the law and has been anathema since the founding of this country."

Narrator: They did, in fact, vote for all of this.

Voting opened statewide Monday on whether to dramatically reshape California’s congressional districts to add as many as five Democrat-held seats in Congress — a possible offset to the president’s moves in Texas and elsewhere to help Republicans in the 2026 election. https://to.pbs.org/4nCDKL5

Even with House lawmakers away, the Republican and Democratic leaders have been holding almost daily briefings as they frame their arguments and seek to shift blame for the shutdown. https://to.pbs.org/4nwlZx4

SUE. HIM.

Thank you Portland FROG and everyone standing up to ICE

NEW: I'm listening in on a second new lawsuit out of Illinois today, addressing First Amendment freedoms surrounding protests, including press and religious claims. Judge Sara Ellis, an Obama appointee, is hearing the TRO motion and has found the plaintiffs, for TRO purposes, have standing.

I don't know which is worse ... ... that we have a federal government that is committing political violence ... or that we have a general public that is fine with the federal government committing political violence.

Who knew that all those far-right militias that we have seen reports on for years were really just training for being ICE agents?

Interesting interview. Deplorable or misguided? Misguided. Unfortunately, I didn't hear any reflection on what he would have done differently, or will do differently, to stop himself from being misguided again next time. Still wouldn't have voted for Harris. Still trusts the same news sources.🤷🏿‍♂️

I am enraged that the media is framing the shutdown as “democrats letting people suffer” because we won’t vote for a CR that will literally result in excess deaths and bankruptcies for thousands of people

ICE is filled with people who couldn’t meet the standards for the military who only wanted to join to torture and kill Brown people.

Doctors and plumbers need each other. We need doctoral programs and we need apprenticeships. It’s not an either or

Until people accept the deep seated bigotry that exists inside the hearts and minds of many Americans we’re never going to get anywhere. We’ve got to address the root causes.

jfc

Today I learned…

I’m going to weep

Lawyers need to be more scared of being reminded that they are officers of the court.

The only way this could possibly make sense is if he means nuclear weapons.

This afternoon, I sat with Palestinian New Yorkers in Astoria and listened to what they and their families have endured as the genocide in Gaza continues, funded by our government. In the face of immeasurable grief, they have showed unbreakable resilience.

look at my infrastructure dawg

NEW: Second, expanded TRO issued in Oregon case challenging Trump's National Guard deployment to the state bars any state or D.C. National Guard being deployed to Oregon. Update at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/judge-bloc...

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU. Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

6 Oct 2025 -- 16-person Aussie team publish a killer take-down of The Cass Review in the prestigious Australian Medical Journal titled, Cass Review Does Not Guide Care for Trans Young People ("lacking expertise & compromised by implicit stigma & misinformation..." @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

SIGH I don’t have the energy to fight with this, but I also don’t have the fucks to give about posting the name in the screenshot STOP EQUATING BODY SIZE WITH MORALITY, JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, THIS IS NOT HARD YOU HAVE LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE TO MAKE FUN OF HIM WITH

The first few Ultimate Fighting Championships were funny, because it was just a bunch of tough guys getting beat up by Jiu-Jitsu black belts. Because the tough guys couldn't accept that their tough guy training was not a winning strategy. 🤷🏿‍♂️ Eventually they figured it out. Now everyone can fight.

Nazi thugs though, they're completely fine with them. It's a government run by cowards either scared into compliance or active sympathisers. Absolutely nothing but the most sincere contempt for every bootlicker among them.

When the Orwellian named Dept of Homeland Security was created … MANY of us predicted that it would eventually be doing all the things that it is doing right now Pinning it uniquely on Trump really misses the point in a bunch of ways

This literally happened to me yesterday and there’s a profound anti-intellectualism lurking in the suggestion that we shouldn’t be interested in the history of the past 20 years

NEW: Oregon and Portland filed an amended complaint in their lawsuit against Trump tonight, with a new plaintiff added who is joining them: California. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In this episode of Talking in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors, I chat with documentary team about their work documenting the work and progress being made through the Walking in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors Project. open.spotify.com/episode/22Bl...

I’m glad Van Jones apologized for his sick joking about dead kids in Gaza. But the problem goes deeper: he spread Netanyahu propaganda that the mass killings of civilians in Gaza—including 20K+ kids—is Iranian fake news. It’s not the students and young people who are fooled. It’s Van Jones.