I for one will not forget that an army of 20-something bros like this guy, who openly admits he had no expertise or even education in the topic, marched into the government and tore it down, destroying people's lives and livelihoods.

Senators Liz Krueger, @senatorkevinparker.bsky.social @senatorharckham.bsky.social roast Hochul’s attack on NY’s climate law, pointing out GAS drives up bills, so rolling back the law would *raise* utility bills! They rightly compare this attack to Trump. 🔥 www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/12/k...

@nycplan.org is calling on the @council.nyc.gov to fund at our public libraries at 0.5% of the city's expense budget. Please send them a letter if you live in NYC supporting this demand: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

Yup. We came up with a billion dollars a day overnight to bomb Iran for no reason. We could end hunger and homelessness on a whim instead of starting a pointless war on a whim.

“When you see something that looks like a change in the economy, make sure it’s not a change in how data is collected.”

“For New Yorkers, the fight is simpler: when the ‘fast lane’ biometrics company shows up at the hospital door, the real question is whether face ID is becoming the price of entry to essential services, and what happens to the people who can’t, or won’t, pay it.”

@mayor.nyc.gov It’s clear : New Yorkers want increased funds for our public libraries.

Huge NYT article on the back story of those two weeks in March/April 2025 when DOGE illegally terminated hundreds of NEH grants. Gift link!! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...

seeing more disgusting genocidal racism talk coming from Israeli politicians now that more bombs are dropping. There is no justification. Every human being's life is equally precious and demands our dignity, care and consideration. Full stop.

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

The lack of affordable child care is sometimes a cause of homelessness — and often a barrier for families in shelters transitioning to permanent housing, according to a new report.

This is utterly unacceptable.

👀 New letter from 29 NYS Senators (>2/3 of the Dem caucus) to Hochul this morning: “We categorically oppose any effort to rollback New York’s nation-leading climate law… and urge you to stand strong in the face of misinformation that seeks to blame the CLCPA for the energy affordability crisis”

Federal workers serve the public, not a political agenda. The AFL-CIO is joining this lawsuit because the labor movement is not intimidated by this administration's union-busting campaign meant to silence workers. We’ll see President Trump in court. https://bit.ly/4b0hLJ2

NEW: Lost in the news cycle last week, the Labor Department moved to make it easier to classify workers as “independent contractors”—a shift that could strip millions of workers of their minimum wage and overtime protections and make basic labor rights harder to enforce. Patrick Oakford explains ⬇️

🚨 Big news for the littlest New Yorkers: 2-K is coming.   Starting this year, we’re delivering 2,000 FREE child care seats for 2-year-olds across our city.   By Fall 2027, we'll be ready to serve 12,000 kids.   Grateful to our partner in this work, @governor.ny.gov, for her support.

States are going to have to spend over $1 billion just to upgrade their Medicaid in order to comply with Republicans' new work requirements. A windfall for the consulting companies that have a monopoly on this work. apnews.com/article/medi...

21% @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.

imo the threat posed by CBS News and CNN getting absorbed by pro-regime billionaires isn't that they're going to produce right-wing slop that convinces people to be right-wing, it's the dismantling of newsrooms capable of doing investigative reporting on the administration. Fewer eyes on the street.

Just underneath the absurdity lies one of the most volatile fault lines in city politics: The rift between elected government on the one hand, and the political power of the NYPD and the constellation of interests with which it is aligned on the other. hellgatenyc.com/mamdani-is-g...

Fuck this and everyone who helped get things to this point. Trans rights are human rights—full stop.

Excellent analysis of the “script” that uses racism to perpetuate + deepen economic inequality, harming all workers The next act: further slashing unemployment insurance using the familiar pretext of fraud www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/u... We need to flip the script before more harms are inflicted

Excellent analysis of the “script” that uses racism to perpetuate + deepen economic inequality, harming all workers The next act: further slashing unemployment insurance using the familiar pretext of fraud www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/u... We need to flip the script before more harms are inflicted

In the thread: "We find that Operation Metro Surge caused declines in employees working, hours worked, and businesses open, leading to an estimated $106 million wage loss for Twin Cities workers." #Minnesota

“Come for one, face us all! We will pass New York For All!” Marching to the Capitol with @ourtimefornyc.bsky.social @thenyic.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social @socialists.nyc @caringmrising.bsky.social and so many more!

Working in extreme heat or cold is hazardous. “As climate change causes ever more dangerous storms, workers need protection in extreme weather of all kinds.” Great piece by @terrigerstein.bsky.social calls on state and local governments to step up to protect workers: thehill.com/opinion/ener...

Trump’s lies and deception are at such a clip it’s nearly impossible to keep track, but, the blatant, inciteful racist & xenophobic rhetoric against the Somali community is too dangerous & disgusting to be ignored. No one should sit in that chamber giving audience to such hatred.

I have spent the past several months studying the cutting-edge research on modern democracies that have defeated authoritarian leaders. I've learned that the conventional wisdom on the topic is wrong — in ways that have clear implications for the US going forward THREAD www.vox.com/politics/479...

NYC public libraries are some of the last places in the city where you can use the bathroom without purchasing anything. Again, we need city government to stop underfunding the libraries. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

Corporate tax avoidance has already surpassed $71 billion for 2025 – and counting. Our new tracker shows the dozens of huge corporations paying little to no federal income taxes with the help of Trump's tax cuts. itep.org/corporate-ta...

That is so much $$$. We could do universal national child care and pre-k for less than a tenth of that.

This allows the Trump administration to literally condition citizenship on what it defines as acceptable speech

After months of relentless rapid response in Minneapolis, members of Defend the 612 had a moment to breathe and reflect on the lessons they’ve learned, the grief they carry, and the citywide fellowship they hope will endure. The crisis is not over, and I’m grateful they made time to speak with me.

The concept here is to get well-heeled travelers to pressure the government to restore secret police funding

Congratulations, NewYork-Presbyterian nurses! They overwhelmingly ratified a new contract and will return to work next week!

I also took note of this yesterday. It was austerity messaging and I'm like... no.

. @nhannahjones.bsky.social: "...the race traitor label evokes an inspiring and hopeful lineage: white people who are willing to give up the protection whiteness offers to stand for justice with those who are fewer in number and have far less power."

“Black and Hispanic consumers with pristine past and future repayment history receive lower credit scores than White consumers with similar records”

I’m reading new research from @npwf.bsky.social finding that after years of progress, Black women’s union gains declined under Trump in 2025 nationalpartnership.org/after-years-...

i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.

One can't defeat white supremacist politics without tackling wealth concentration. They are flip sides of the same coin. Wealth buys a lot of media, politicians, & influencers to scapegoat immigrants, women's careers, & DEI for pain caused by wealth concentration.

The rule of law can’t survive this

“The numbers tell a painful story. The impact on journalists of color is staggering and devastating,” the Post Guild said in its statement on Friday. “We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization.” www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

My latest research looks at how the unemployment insurance system systematically disadvantages women who are out of work -- and offers practical policy recommendations for states and the federal government. 👇

Some personal news

"Others say that this action is destructive. ... What is destructive is the insidious belief that the world outside your front door is to be treated with suspicion; that every passerby is a potential threat; that every neighbor is a potential enemy" good @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social today

No one has seriously said LLMs aren’t important or that AI is categorically junk. Some of us have said that there is something bigger than tech. It’s called power — governance, civic norms, etc — & refusal is absolutely part of how we think soberly about that power. Who has it & how they use it.