Good morning, Bluesky! What's everyone up to today?

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600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead. Quick summary by me:

The point was to kill people, not to save money

Public education in Ohio is under attack from @vivekramaswarmy.bsky.social! This week, I'm thankful for everyone working to hold him accountable for his disastrous education policies. Join our fight! Learn the #TruthOnVivek

🧵I want to prepare you for my interview with the great E. Jean Carroll, because she says some things that we may not want to hear -- but need to. Her insights are invaluable: she's one of the few people who managed to actually hold Trump accountable. gaslitnation.libsyn.com/i-never-had-...

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Jeff Yass: a billionaire who’s spent millions to divert public education funding to unaccountable school vouchers. Why is Vivek Ramaswamy parrotting Yass’ talking points? #TruthOnVivek share.truthonvivek.com/s/0Igsk4Mk

THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY. CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY. I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.

This is an important point. The exchanges also act as an unbiased market where you can compare all ACA-compliant plans fairly.

Under @VivekGRamaswamy’s proposed Merit Pay system, educator salaries would be based on subjective evaluations rather than credentials and experience. That means educators’ credentials and years of experience won’t count. Share to spread the #TruthOnVivek.

Another dipshit without any understanding of unions, teachers, public schools, standards, life, the universe, and everything. I'm tired, but not enough to not fight back against it.

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Nothing to really say, except we all know Nancy Mace is a seriously sick individual who will do and say anything if it gets her attention and power. You know, typical MAGA.

This Veteran's Day I give thanks to those that served to protect our nation and uphold democracy. I'm also saddened and extremely angry as so many freedoms are lost — but we should continue to care for those that served with education, healthcare, housing, mental health services, and deep gratitude.

You will have missed open enrollment for this year. How to help those folks?

What *evidence* is she basing this assessment on? The Republican party has refused any serious attempt (perhaps ANY attempt) to address healthcare costs FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES.

I know quite a few folks who look to melatonin as a safe sleep aid, this is disturbing.

"The Captain promised we would discuss saving the people from the lower decks next week, so we agreed to reopen the lifeboats for first class." — Chuck Schumer on the Titanic, probably.

Profoundly disappointed in the caving Senate Dems, but they're banking on short memories for the electorate. Provided we still have elections in '28 and '30, they're hoping folks forget this betrayal by the time primaries come around.

It wasn't easy at all, Bill, but we did it. theonion.com/de-blasio-we...

Call Nicole Malliotakis at 718-568-2870 and tell her to get back to work! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DyCCqw/

Evidently, there’s a Republican in the NYC mayoral race? 🤨 The only thing all of us non-New Yorkers see is a full fascist regime endorsement for Cuomo. It’s Election Day nationwide. Do not let apathy or complacency silence your voice. Every Dem vote counts towards saving our democracy. VOTE! 🗳️

We need to triage the family food shortages now, and continue the necessary and frustrating work to eliminate the reasons for hunger — which is strictly a policy choice.

When I was campaigning I always tied the actual dollar savings to policies I advocated — and I was often met with the same anger towards these programs by Republicans, because it was never about the money, it was the fictional "robbery" they envisioned by "undeserving" people.

The kind of civil war where the losers don't want to admit they've lost. Oh WAIT.

Wait. THIS WAS AN OPTION?

"I would go to school choice on steroids." - Vivek Ramaswamy Universal school choice takes funding from public schools and shifts it into unaccountable private school vouchers. That's a a terrifying take on public education. #TruthOnVivek

the Constitution obviously has a lot of room for improvement (which shouldn't be a controversial statement imo but that's a conversation for another day), but there are a lot of lines that Trump has illegally crossed where it's like...THAT LINE IS THERE FOR A PRETTY GOOD REASON, ACTUALLY

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue. POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

📣 ATTENTION NEW YORKERS: If you're an #ACA enrollee who's going to be impacted by the expiring tax credits (which is to say, if you're an ACA enrollee), please DM me TODAY if you're interested in being interviewed about your siutation.

Streetsblog continues to expand! Now the biggest NYC-devoted newsroom in town needs a social video producer. Check it out and share: www.journalismjobs.com/job-listing/...

He stopped fundraising on 9/5. He will have had two months to build the biggest wall of volunteers this city has ever seen. Election Day is going to be an exercise in chaos. Vote early. #NYCVotes

The most boring people on earth used the plagiarism machine to make an uninteresting cartoon character. That’s all this is. Slop.

Max Headroom, an AI-generated avatar, is being compared by its creators to A-list human TV hosts…

If you care about someone vulnerable, repost this. If you want better things for people you've never met, smash the like button. Some of us (me) are desperately trying to see something.

This is actually amazing.

I cannot emphasize enough that this administration shouldn’t get 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 from the Dems until they start obeying the law. Not. One. Optics matter: if you want people to turn out next election despite troops in the streets, then show them it matters. Do your goddamn jobs and hold the line.

Past a certain time of night my dog goes under the couch. I just told him he's a grouchy old man. He's Four.

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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the NAACP and the NAACP New York State Conference, my law firm has filed to intervene as defendants in a DOJ lawsuit seeking access to New York state's voter registration data. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

This AI actress thing is seriously fucked up. Like do agents really think it’s a good idea to sign a computer program up for movie roles? How would that even work on the red carpet or late show marketing tour?

Not at all chilling to see one of Cuomo's top advisors lashing out against the free press. Mini-Trump and his Mini-Trump Minions.

Over on the hell site, Cuomo is attacking Sliwa, because that's where this deeply unserious mayoral race has come to.

Factory resets are never not terrifying.

What if we only call the people doing Nazi stuff Nazis? Is that okay, you #Shillbilly dope?

As of this morning he had 7M YouTube views in 9 hours, compared to 3.somethingM views in 6 days for the previous episode.

Meanwhile the pup is drinking like....allllll the freshly made chicken broth. By tomorrow morning I'm not sure it will be OK to drink so he might as well enjoy it now, even if it means a midnight walk.

When life breaks your fridge and you have frozen strawberries, make daiquiris.