Asked about if he would vote to approve future arms sales to Israel, Senator Cory Booker replies: "We have a long-standing commitment to Israel having a qualitative military edge. I will continue to support that."

It’s not possible to hate people who you don’t agree with politically, and have a capacity to really get good at organizing mass politics. I don’t know what to call it, but if you can’t see people as people, you can’t be that good at bringing people together collectively.

If we are operating only within the bounds of normal politics, then the most important thing the left can do is fight back against the conservative media apparatus. Otherwise we will all be crushed and there is no way out. Or, it’s mass politics y’all. And this ain’t exactly it.

And she was right

There isn’t a model of building long term political power in NY that can challenge Hochul and capital that doesn’t involve people needing to be able to have a non transactional conversation with your black middle aged neighbor.

Art exhibit at Brooklyn Public Library asks visitors to imagine a world without prisons “The Warehouse,” a collaboration between artist Vic Liu & abolitionist organizer Mariame Kaba, builds an environment where visitors can see and feel through the possible answers prismreports.org/2026/04/13/w...

The NYTimes editorial board—"elite" by any definition—writes this drivel about "elite cultural progressivism" after a hand-picked Trump supporter flown in from Arkansas for a photo-op was asked by Trump about trans athletes and said "I really don’t have an opinion on that."

For a few years, after having lived it, I’ve been telling dsa that if we want to run on the Dem line, we need to understand the political structure. Of course I get ridiculed for it. Now we face challenges navigating state power to get wins and people are surprised?

Every time I go see my mother in South Orange I have to drive by the mental gymnastics house that has a peace pole and a “We Stand with Israel” sign on the front lawn.

you, a naive fool: i do believe there are some things the nytimes won’t both sides the nytimes:

Wise words, as usual, from B.West. On a related note, there's something I used to avoid saying in org spaces but now say all the time: May we wean our orgs from trying to get people "excited" to put in work for campaigns; instead, let us build a sustainable culture of everyday, ordinary dedication.

The left will keep losing races if we don’t get out of the thinking that makes elections more about individuals and how great they are, instead of about the people and movements. It will always be advantageous for someone to raise their brand and spoil a coalition’s effort.

Tentative agreement reached! ✊️🎉 CBS News 24/7 members secured a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with CBS/Paramount management Tuesday. Details to come following ratification!

WGAE members at CBS News 24/7 are fighting to protect their livelihoods during a period of uncertainty in broadcast news. Layoffs, editorial interference and political pressure have all become existential threats that need to be addressed with a strong union contract. FAIR CONTRACT NOW!

So much solidarity for @wgaeast.bsky.social members striking and fighting for a fair contract! ✊✊✊

Thank you @ocasio-cortez.house.gov for supporting CBS News 24/7 members demanding a fair contract from @cbsnews.com/Paramount!

After I stopped paying for Spotify, I started to listen to music lyrics more closely. People only sing about two things. Self focused expressions of desire (I want you, you make me feel X) or mortality. That’s it.

Truly a perfect news alert

As the City Council and Mayor Mamdani pass the hot potato of implementing a 2024 state law that allows the city to impose reduced speed limits, local civic panels are taking matters into their own hands. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/09/c...

F this.

Posting here because it’s integral to how I’ve been feeling recently

If we had an opposition party in this country there would be tv and digital ads everywhere saying this.

There is no opposition party in the US. Any calculated and overly moderated consultant written response or strategy to this moment is the wrong message. We are in a crisis.

We should be storming the White House over these war crimes.

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

MNUFC CEO on making a statement against ICE: a statement from the club wasn’t “going to solve anything.” The same club that had a German team cancel a game due to ICE That had targets say ICE abductions and murders were part of their choice not to sign here But when a fan makes a flag:

Our media is totally cooked and we as leftists aren’t ready for what is about to happen in the next few years.

This is how USPS, a critical service provided by the US govt—paid for with taxes AND fees—can be maliciously withheld or weaponized for the purpose of racial harassment & punishment for success.* If Supreme Court says USPS can intentionally NOT DELIVER mail, consider BALLOTS. @profkori.bsky.social

What a time to watch the demise of the U.S. media landscape in record speed. 🫨

The SOTU just confirms the Dems can’t effectively be an opposition unified and on a coherent message. High school students are better at walking out than them. It’s a bunch of people acting for themselves. While we have to build mutual aid as storm troopers drive through our hood

There is a lot of toxicity in politics because it’s high stakes. Anything that truly matters brings this out. But often it’s easy to chastise the toxicity from our opponents but excuse the toxicity from people we identify with. We have to change how we relate to movement work.

Plums xkcd.com/3209/

Maybe I’m alone here, but a bunch of random Dems in Congress shouting at the president and nothing changing doesn’t project strength. A unified action would have. None of them should have gone. Then whatever response would have gotten covered and not been a blip.

If this were a serious country, if the Dems (are allowed) to take the government again we’d be doing truth and reconciliation hearings in javits nonstop for weeks.

Taking a step back, if Zohran galvanized you and you are surprised/frustrated with city politics, this video (though very basic) explains how exec politics works broadly. Start here and swap the players. The Rules for Rulers: How All Leaders Stay in Power youtube.com/watch?v=rStL...

WHAT DID I JUST SAY?

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP

I don't want to talk too much, but between the rule breaking of the BK Dems in previous years, r/ banning talking about ZM, using shady rules to stop Fateh in MN, and many establishment Dems still not talking about the race, it's clear there is a lot of work ahead still.

I almost can't believe that Elon Musk's AI called for the extermination of the Jewish people yesterday, and today not a single Congressional Democrat announced they were leaving his media network. A party that often claims to act against antisemitism didn't do jack shit about straight up Nazism.

. @brandonwestnyc.bsky.social—President of the Park Slope Food Coop and member of @bkcb6.bsky.social—presented a CB6 proclamation to Joe Holtz, founding member of the Coop, honoring 50 years of leadership. Joe’s legacy is a cornerstone of our great community. Thank you, Joe! 

I 💖 this headline. I 💖 @jfrejnyc.bsky.social I 💖 Hellgate.

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Lest you think white people can’t get the business too

UPDATE — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has now commented on the Trump admin’s detaining & attempted green card revocation of a Columbia Gaza encampment student negotiator: “We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”

Pretty much how I feel after reading anything about what Trump is doing at the global level.