#OtD 2 Jul 1951 trans revolutionary icon and sex worker of Puerto Rican & Venezuelan descent, Sylvia Rivera, was born in the Bronx, NY. She was a leading figure in the gay liberation movt of the 60s-70s & powerful critic of its middle-class leadership workingclasshistory.com/2019/05/13/e...

“Patriotism I s a word which always commemorates a robbery. There isn’t a foot of land in the world which doesn’t represent the ousting & re-ousting of a long line of successive ‘owners,’ who each in turn, as ‘patriots,’ with proud swelling hearts defended it… 8/9

They laughed in 1907 when he said, "The Declaration of Independence was written by a British subject…there was not an American in the country on that day except the Indians out on the plains." 3/9

There are only two types of US citizen: Naturalized and Birth. If you’re a citizen and you didn’t swear an oath of citizenship at a naturalization ceremony, you are a birthright citizen. When radical Republicans talk about birthright citizenship, they’re talking about _you_.

The only way to win against organized money is organized people.

Conservatives don't believe in living constitutionalism! the constitution is dead dead dead! they believe in UNDEAD constitutionalism. It's very different bsky.app/profile/kate...

A brighter day is inevitable not in the sense that we get to just do nothing, but in the sense that everyone who worked for every previous victory felt as exhausted and heartbroken as we do now up until they won, but they beat on anyway, because throughout history those people can't do anything else

Said better than I ever could.

Tomorrow at SCOTUS is gonna be like: a. Trans athletes get screwed b. Another campaign finance law is gutted c. Birthright citizenship is upheld ... and we're all supposed to focus on (c) and forget about all the atrocious decisions that preceded it. Let's not, please!

SCOOP: The political arm of Jewish Voice for Peace, known for protesting the genocide in Gaza, is endorsing El-Sayed for Senate in Michigan.

material interests are not enough to get people to organize or to be civically engaged. They can be a starting point but they are not sufficient.

There's way too much talk among Democrats right now that the 2028 nominee can't be black and can't be gay and can't be Jewish and can't be a woman. We are not good at this kind of "casting" crap and it usually bites us in the ass. We need to pick the right candidate, not the right type of candidate.

Our 17yo has given himself quite a pre-Senior year summer reading challenge. I would have thought it a little steep but he’s half-way through the Morrison in a couple days so who knows?

Knew it was coming after days of record-breaking, unabated, sweltering heat… massive power outage across downtown Budapest, right around 12:45 am. Eerie to experience, like being in an alien invasion movie. ⚡️😳👽

More wealthy people should believe in taxing the rich. Thats actually part of the goal in a city full of wealth.

Repost in the wake of the recent centrists vs Mamdani/DSA discourse

Newsom calling for billionaire tax while opposing billionaire tax really sums up where corporate Democrats are these days

Photographer Pennie Smith, The Clash, September 1979, an image used for the 'London Calling' album cover art and voted best rock 'n' roll image #WomensArt

#flower #stand in #rome at #night #italy #roma #italia #flowers #artphotography #art #photography

Good morning friends! You didn't ask for this life but you get to say yes to it each day and live as the beautiful organic messy wonderful learning creature you are! The world is a better place for you being in it and if you don't feel that's right then spend today making it so!

Today was a powerful day as thousands of Indigenous Peoples gathered at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Greasy Grass to reignite our warrior spirit and remember who we are as mighty Indigenous Nations.

Why is @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social still head of the DSCC? She engaged in a grossly corrupt act for all to see. Why are we not enraged? I am. Why aren't you?

Bruce Weber

Organizers of the billionaire wealth tax ballot measure in California announces they will not be withdrawing it from the ballot. "We're confident we will win"

With the party leaders' recent track records, I kind of doubt their targets are gonna be quaking their boots

by "war" centrists mean: "we are going to further alienate ourselves"

“We lost to Donald Trump twice. Now we’re coming for you!”

FDR would never have survived if there were Socialist members of Congress from NYC, and ... wait, I'm being handed something en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Ma...

I mean without occupy there was no Bernie 2016 and without Bernie 2016 there was no dsa as it is today and without dsa as it is today there's no Mamdani. Highly unlikely an AOC, but also Bernie 2016 on that one.

trying to imagine describing the last 13 months of NYC elections to any five random people in Zuccotti Park in 2011 (when I feel like I knew of maybe two DSA members who were under 50?)

The crowd in that room ROARED when he said "They are the same job."

NYT: “Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his allies swept a series of congressional primaries in New York City on Tuesday in a remarkable show of strength for the insurgent left that sent shock waves through the Democratic Party.”

And all despite the NY Times' best efforts.

Today is his 174th day in office

Clean sweep for Zohran, soooooo maybe the most politically effective mayor in NYC history, in addition to being good at the job.

Power is for using.

Thank you! 😊 Based on tonight's results, I think I can finally take a break from electoral work and focus on party-building for a while ❤️‍🔥

The city where strangers embrace in the street, where people line up to vote to feed and house and educate the most vulnerable in their midst, where more people choose to live than any other place in the country, the place enjoying the safest era in its history — this is the *real* America.

Mayor Mamdani showed to the DSA election night party and introduced newly elected slate winners Diana Moreno, Aber Kawas, Samantha Kattan, and David Orkin

Another Tuesday night confirmation that Bluesky had a better grasp on the political winds in the US. That's some bubble.

Results in NY tonight will have the far left in Denver hyped about the prospect of upsetting Rep Diana DeGette in CO-1 next week. Denver is not NYC and there’s no Mamdami here but Melat Kiros has put together the most serious challenge of DeGette’s 29-year House career.

If we can’t overturn citizens united we can render it irrelevant.

Zohran with a 🔥post after candidates he backed swept the night

Read the full piece: www.theroot.com/exclusive-ny...

I say this with no ill will or animosity: if you hate the people who are winning your nomination, then please choose a different nominating system. Don't use our time. Don't rely on our votes. Don't paper us with ads. Don't ask voters to invest their time, money, and energy in your primaries.

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so interesting to post this and not post any kind of congratulations to Mamdani and his endorsed candidates, who love the party so much they’re willing to invest in its future instead of running as independents when they’re the only candidates young people actually like

The thing you really have to understand to snap everything into alignment is that a lot of people who call themselves the heads of the Democratic Party honestly do not believe this true statement.

Two years after Darializa Avila Chevalier took part in the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University, she is now set to represent the district in which the university is located in Congress.

Congratulations to the young multi-racial coalition of New Yorkers who are demanding better.