Go Fund Me for the teacher who was kidnapped in front of children in her classroom today: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”

It's also why all of those smug european countries are pulling back on their welfare programs. They were happy to have them when they were relatively homogenous but now that they're afraid of immigrants having them - esp POC - they're scaling back

Today someone was telling me how bad socialism is, and then later was lamenting how SNAP and Medicaid are under attack. I think a lot of people truly don't realize what socialism is other than a boogeyman they've been conditioned to hate.

People complaining about Socialism always use Capitalism as the example.

When asked by Stephen Colbert why he was wearing a mask in public, Tom Hanks said.. “I’ve had Covid enough in my life I don’t need to do that again. I’m wearing this for health reasons” More celebrities need to speak out like this.

Always weird to be alone in a #NYC subway car during rush hour. 😬 I don’t advise being alone in a subway car (admittedly my mindset on navigating New York public transit is largely stuck in ‘the 90s), but I was getting out at the next stop and it ended up being fine. #transportation #PublicTransport

Shutting the government down AND cutting off funds for food stamps, right before an election was a masturful move. Compliments to the chef.

The country has spoken. Get ready to drink some soy milk and hire minorities.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

Colorado had some wins tonight, including in my dumb county (Lauren Bobert’s district) we had a vote for the school district board of education. 4 spots up for grabs. 8 people running— 4 progressives and 4 MAGA ban books, anti-trans, dog whistlers. All 4 progressives took the win.

What we know, final edition of the night: [Now in 3 parts] —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG —Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS —Dems defend NJ-Gov —Dems win NJ+VA trifectas —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win state supreme court —ME anti-mail voting measure loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices

if you didn't follow the VA governor race you didn't know that Earle-Sears ran like a billion anti-trans campaign ads and Spanberger didn't flinch or pull a Newsom. going all-in against trans people is a losing move, especially when the federal government has made harming and killing us a priority.

Zohran says you’re trans now

This is what a New Era looks like.

OH HE ACTUALLY NAMED BLACK WOMEN?!?

Wednesday morning, I started watching his victory speech on YouTube but stopped because I had to go to work. Came home and finished it, then watched it again, rewinding to rewatch certain parts. In my living room, I raised my hands and applauded as if I was actually there. #ZohranMamdani #NYC

Y’all really don’t get how Black women be in the TRENCHES outchea. Like, after last night, the first women mayors were elected in Albany, Detroit, and Syracuse. And every one of them is Black.

We have Black Women mayors to celebrate in Albany and Detroit.

So proud of my city 🥹🥹🥹

Detroit has a Black woman millennial mayor

History: The City of Detroit just elected its first female mayor: Mary Sheffield.

HISTORY: Made) Dorcey Applyrs Elected the Next Mayor of Albany👏👏👏

It’s an in-joke that when Black women get bored, we go get a degree & pivot. It’s a whole lotta Black women unemployed right now, watching Rep Jasmine & Kamala & now the Detroit mayor etc, and I don’t think *those people* understood what they’ve activated by forcing us to have time via layoffs

"One of the many Black women Donald Trump has fired from a job" Zohran Kwame Mamdani, the man that you are.

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

You know what I REALLY, REALLY hate...? When a woman remarks on a man's attractiveness on here and someone will jump in with an unsolicited, "But, he's gay!" As though my eyes care who HE fucks.

#QPLTeens: Don't miss the next session of the Lavender Literary Society Book Club, on Thursday, November 6 at the Flushing Library Teen Center! queenslibrary.org/calendar/lav...

THURS Nov 6 @ 6:30PM: "MARSHA: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson." Tourmaline, author of "the first definitive biography of the Black trans activist and icon," will chat with C. Riley Snorton at Barnard College. FREE! bcrw.barnard.edu/event/marsha... #activism #QueerHistory #LGBTQIA #NYC

Attention: trans kids and their guardians and allies! 📣🏳️‍⚧️

local elections matter. never ever forget.

LOCAL ELECTION RESULT: Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board. For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.

I need more people to understand the movement that could be brewing here in Georgia if this young man only lost by 87 votes in COBB COUNTY.

After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate. Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections. buff.ly/nTvLlFI

Black people always vote like our lives depend on it because we know it does. I love us.

Reposting with alt text because yeah, I remember the discourse around what Black voters would and wouldn’t go for

In 2020, a young socialist organizer & AIAC contributor sat down with us, sharing his vision for a world that empowers working people over the rich and powerful. Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall. Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...

On this morning’s subway commute from Queens into Manhattan, I heard the name “Mamdani” spoken in two different conversations, one in Mandarin and the other in Spanish. #MayorMamdani #ZohranMamdani #NYC

This person took this when they called the race

Steinway freaks out at mention of Steinway in Mamdani's victory speech. @thecity.nyc

Watching Mamdani's victory speech, I'm struck by his—and his campaign's—unabashed vision of the US as an immigrant society, a culture built from the ground up from diversity. It is a complete rejection and reversal of the search for a white-washed homogeneity that the political right projects.

shout out chicago.

I wrote this in June and the disgusting way since then that Cuomo and the oligarchs have been willing to tear the social fabric of the city apart to stop him has only made it more true and Zohran’s victory more thunderous. Next we stop ICE.

Still thinking about yesterday 😊 Woke up to news that Cheney’s dead and went to bed knowing Mamdani is our next mayor. Tuesday was a good day. #NYC

Legit breathing a sigh of relief. If it can happen here, it can happen across the country. #ZohranMamdani #NYC

OutHistory recently completed updates of two different timelines of transgender history. One, “Transgender History,” is an interactive timeline and “Transgender U.S. History, 1528-2020” is a chronological listing of source material. Head to the link in our bio to learn more!

Congratulations mayor elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.

Awwright, New York! #MayorMamdani #ZohranMamdani #NYC