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Ravi Mangla

@ravi_mangla

3 years

GIVE PEOPLE A DAY OFF EACH WEEK TO READ THEIR BOOKMARKED ARTICLES

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3 years

Died because they wouldn't let him pay off his $1 bail. What an immoral system.

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Ravi Mangla

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PPP loan forgiveness averaged $95,700 per borrower.

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White House officials are leaning toward canceling up to $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers who make less than $125,000, sources tell CNN.

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I fear that anti-Asian violence will be used as a pretext for more policing. But police have never been an effective response to violence born of hate, racism, or xenophobia.

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Ravi Mangla

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So cool that the NFL effectively blacklisted Colin Kaepernick for his racial justice stances. But Aaron Rodgers can spout reckless conspiracies about HIV, Sandy Hook, etc, and continue to be one of the highest-paid players in the league.

The Intellectualist

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Aaron Rodgers falsely suggests that Dr. Fauci created HIV with the help of the U.S. government. @keithedwards

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Ravi Mangla

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Taking a moment to appreciate this paragraph from Kim Stanley Robinson.

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Ravi Mangla

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Arrested Columbia student on @WKCRFM sharing that many students were not read their Miranda rights by the NYPD.

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Ravi Mangla

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Kyle Rittenhouse is having Thanksgiving at home. Hundreds of thousands of people can't be home because of our racist and classist money bail system. That's what I'm thinking about right now.

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Ravi Mangla

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If AIPAC’s issues were popular, they wouldn’t have to spend $17 million to take out a public school principal.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is inspiring Brandon Johnson is dynamic Jasmine Crockett is courageous Kathy Hochul Raphael Warnock is passionate

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Ravi Mangla

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Bombshell from the @nytimes . The Israeli gov't created fake social media accounts to bombard lawmakers with pro-war propaganda and misinformation about campus protests.

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Ravi Mangla

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If it’s Shapiro, an orange, Gritty-like smoke will rise from Kamala HQ. If it’s Walz, a purple, Prince-like smoke.

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Ravi Mangla

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2 years

Make it make sense

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Ravi Mangla

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1 year

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

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Ravi Mangla

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So here's the problem in a nutshell: The right understands that public opinion is shaped. They regularly use their media apparatus to socialize unpopular/made-up ideas and turn them into "common sense." 🧵

Ben Smith

@semaforben

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. @daveweigel : No matter who wins, the U.S. is moving right

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Ravi Mangla

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It's not just Walz: Minnesota Democrats are an inspiration. They won a one-seat majority and *got to work*. I have this paragraph saved on my desktop & I periodically go back & read it just for pleasure.

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Ravi Mangla

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2 years

Found it

Zach Williams

@ZachReports

2 years

Was "Kathy Hochul" the answer to a Jeopardy question just now? Anyone got a screenshot?

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Ravi Mangla

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"Abolition… is not the absence of cops and prisons. It’s the presence of everything we need to secure that absence." - Ruth Wilson Gilmore on @haymarketbooks panel tonight

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Ravi Mangla

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katie honan

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8 months

On @NBCNewYork , @NYCMayor just called New York City “the Dublin of America”

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Ravi Mangla

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4 years

Cuomo has largely escaped mainstream criticism until this year, but let's be clear: he's always been an awful person.

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Ravi Mangla

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Participant shares the following: - Women had their hijabs removed by male officers. - NYPD officers were overheard talking about how much they were making in overtime. - Multiple students were hit with felony charges.

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Ravi Mangla

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The video of Monroe County DA Sandra Doorley fleeing and berating police has gone viral, and understandably so. But her 10+ year career as DA is filled with miscarriages of justice and abuses of power. A quick thread 🧵

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Ravi Mangla

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1 year

Maybe it's just me, but if I worked at a place that started every day this way, I'd feel pretty confident we were breaking the law.

mike spies

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Eric Adams: “I cannot tell you how much I start the day with telling my team, ‘We’ve got to follow the law, got to follow the law,’ almost to the point that I am annoying." Yes yes, it is completely normal to frequently remind your staff not to break the law

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Ravi Mangla

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3 months

I’m not sure someone with a 38% favorability rating should be giving advice to NY Democrats.

Nick Reisman

@NickReisman

3 months

Gov. Hochul at the Aspen Institute says Democrats in New York running for office should “just be moderate” — and she describes herself as a moderate Democrat who is concerned with issues like public safety

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Ravi Mangla

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2 years

A quick primer on crime coverage: 1) Just as people began paying close attention to the midterm elections, Fox and right-wing media outlets went all in on crime.

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Ravi Mangla

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2 years

This is wild.

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Ravi Mangla

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Imagine if mayors did as much to stem police violence as they do to stem uprisings after acts of police violence.

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Ravi Mangla

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Democrats, in contrast, view public opinion as a natural occurrence, something to be responded to. So, in other words, one party is dictating the weather and the other is simply adjusting its sails.

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Ravi Mangla

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3 years

What if we—and hear me out—adequately funded our libraries and rec centers?

Gwynne Hogan

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Behold the NYPDs brand new Game Truck, coming soon to a block near you. Bunch of video game consoles inside.

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Ravi Mangla

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Columbia student journalists have a lot to teach some veteran reporters about the importance of not making broad generalizations or treating protesters as a monolithic group.

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Ravi Mangla

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"ethnic benefit"

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Ravi Mangla

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This is who India Walton is This is who Byron Brown is

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Ravi Mangla

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Budgets are moral documents. And a budget that gives millions to police for riot gear and military-grade weaponry while leaving teachers to pay for school supplies out-of-pocket is immoral any way you slice it.

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Ravi Mangla

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Peter Sterne

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Gov. Hochul calls retail theft "a break down of the social order" and promises to give more resources to state police to arrest people for retail theft and to cooperate with federal and local law enforcement on retail theft investigations.

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Ravi Mangla

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Clearest example of this is immigration, where border crossings are at their lowest level in years, yet GOP's persistence has made it into the central election debate (even as cities are literally being wiped away by floods).

Illegal border crossings fell in July to lowest level in four years

Border agents tallied 56,408 illegal crossings in July, a 32 percent decline from June and the fifth straight month that the figure has fallen, data shows.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ravi Mangla

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4 years

BREAKING: Police lie.

Craig McCarthy

@createcraig

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NEW: State bail reform and coronavirus-related releases from city jails are not driving this year’s surge in shootings, the NYPD’s own data shows — despite the insistence of department brass to the contrary.

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Ravi Mangla

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Police: “We’re taking white supremacist terror threats very seriously” Also police:

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Ravi Mangla

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We need candidates willing to see beyond their own elections and understand the importance of creating a united front. Until Dems learn to tell the same story (and repeat it over and over again), the GOP is going to drag our political system further right.

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Ravi Mangla

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More people should know what's going on with the NYS budget. Not only is Kathy Hochul trying to shoehorn in record subsidies for an NFL stadium and rollbacks to bail reform—but also pushing the extension of a $1.7b tax break for luxury developers.

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Ravi Mangla

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India Walton worked her way through school while raising her sons, managed 40+ nurses, became the first ED of the Fruit Belt Land Trust. And then an editorial board today has the gall to tell her that mayor is "not an entry-level job." That's racism and sexism at its worst.

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Ravi Mangla

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Messaging discipline is the other piece of this: Republicans of every stripe are incredibly consistent with their message on immigration, crime, and the economy. Democrats—much, much less disciplined on crime, immigration, and the economy (though very disciplined on abortion).

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When Democrats defect on issues (like they're currently doing on trans rights), the GOP's message gains more resonance. And it starts a domino effect of other Dems bending under the pressure of GOP attacks.

Texas Dem Colin Allred uses anti-trans language to attack Ted Cruz: ‘Don’t want boys playing girls’...

The ad has raised eyebrows among those who support the Texas congressman in his race for U.S. Senate against Cruz.

www.advocate.com

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Ravi Mangla

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Housing stability creates safety. Police don't.

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Dems not supporting Cori Bush's H. Res 25 should know that it's their BIPOC members who are at the greatest risk of harm from white nationalist violence. Safety is a privilege, and they're choosing to uphold systems of white supremacy by giving their colleagues a pass.

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Ravi Mangla

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@TheLincoln Baby shoes? In this economy?

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Good to see that East Buffalo will receive 1/17th of what the Buffalo Bills were given in public subsidies.

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Men will literally run for NY-10 instead of going to therapy.

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Umm, this is a big deal. "Some attendees discussed making political donations to Adams, as well as how the chat group’s members could pressure Columbia’s president and trustees to permit the mayor to send police to the campus to handle protesters..."

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Ravi Mangla

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Holy shit. Police used K-9s, drones, and thermal imaging to find a kid who stole… an Xbox

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George Latimer green-screening himself in the Bronx perfectly sums up his campaign.

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Ravi Mangla

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India Walton: has parking tickets Byron Brown: under FBI investigation, funded by big real estate, backed by Carl Paladino and GOP leaders

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Ravi Mangla

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Imagine being pleased with Mayor Adams

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Ravi Mangla

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Will elected officials condemn this or nah

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Ravi Mangla

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Find someone who loves you the way Rochester police love the Public Safety Building.

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Ravi Mangla

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Let's not forget about tax evasion, union busting, and drawing on massive public subsidies!

TIME

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. @elonmusk made his money differently than most billionaires. Instead of a bunch of clever, safe investments, he made just a few spectacularly risky ones. The sum total of those bets made him the world's richest person this year #TIMEPOY

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Ravi Mangla

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. @nytimes map of where NYPD officers are stationed (circa 2018).

Sally Goldenberg

@SallyGold

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“The NYPD now has eyes, ears and boots across the globe,” @NYPDPC says, ahead of video (3rd or 4th of the morning) showing police officers stationed in countries the world including Israel and Spain.

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Ravi Mangla

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I feel like the timely delivery of SNAP and cash benefits would do a lot more for public safety than a police roomba.

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We must use every available method to keep New Yorkers safe — including state of the art technologies like the Knightscope K5 security robot. These devices will serve as an important, innovative deterrent to crime so we can keep NYC the safest big city in America.

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Cuomo: ::passes ten years of austerity budgets while giving tax breaks to the rich:: Also Cuomo: "COVID has laid bare the inequities in our society..." #SOTS2021

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Ravi Mangla

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Asian-Americans must be proactive about resisting carceral or policing solutions that put Black and brown ppl in danger while doing nothing to address the root causes of hate.

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Ravi Mangla

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Democrats should take a lesson from Tim Walz here. He doesn’t punch left, get caught in a defensive loop, or speak in vague abstractions. Draws on lived experience, names the bad actors, and offers solutions.

Morning Joe

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. @GovTimWalz : "People like JD Vance know nothing about small town America... He gets it all wrong. It's not about hate."

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Ravi Mangla

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Imagine if Mayor Adams fought as hard to stabilize rent costs as he does to shield police from basic transparency.

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I don’t think it’s asking for too much to have a pro-union Chief Judge, just as it’s not asking for too much to have a pro-winning NY Dem Party chair.

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Democrats haven't lost a presidential election on National Sandwich Day (Nov. 3) in over a century. FDR (1936), LBJ (1964), Clinton (1992), ??? (2020)

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What does it say about our democracy when *66%* Americans want a ceasefire but only *1%* of Senators have called for one?

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Ravi Mangla

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Time to share some professional news: I'm joining @NYWFP as Communications Manager. Excited to be part of the growing movement for racial, social, and economic justice in New York!

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Ravi Mangla

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The makeup of Rochester City Council will be 1/3 leftists and socialists. The Buffalo Mayor-elect is a socialist. We've watched our cities decline for decades, grow more unequal under neoliberalism. WNY is the place to be. It's a rebuilding moment.

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I spent a decade as a Green Party member before becoming a Democrat. Now I work at the Working Families Party. Here’s my quick and dirty take on voting strategy + third parties… 🧵

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Ravi Mangla

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There are things more important than intellectual property rights. For instance, human life.

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Daily reminder that only 6% of Rochester police live in the city they terrorize.

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Such an overload of national news no one is even talking about the fact a Republican elected official in NY bit a Police Chief.

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What's happening at Rikers is a human rights atrocity. Read the new op-ed from @tiffany_caban .

Decarcerate Rikers Island right now

For seven hours on Monday, I bore witness to the deadly conditions on Rikers Island. What I saw is beyond anything I experienced as a public defender. Intake cells, where folks should only spend th…

www.nydailynews.com

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Ravi Mangla

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Since George Latimer thinks it's impossible to be racist if a person of color endorses you, here is a thread of some of George Latimer's past comments. Will let you be the judge. 🧵

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What's the worst movie you've ever seen in the theatre?

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Latimer ran on the basis of opposing Bowman’s foreign policy stances, yet when put on the spot has no clear positions whatsoever.

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We're out here. It's chill. This is what defunding the police could look like.

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Ravi Mangla

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Important q: If this presser were happening in NYC, would Dem nominee Eric Adams similarly be told to get out of the frame?

Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social

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India Walton just asked not to stand among pols and others setting up behind where Gov Kathy Hochul will speak before Buffalo Labor Day Parade

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Read the @onesarahjones piece on what political courage looks like in this moment.

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CDC says you can now go chasing waterfalls

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I’m excited to share I’ll be stepping into the role of National Press Secretary for the @WorkingFamilies .

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Fair question

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As you’re deciding which candidates to donate to…

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3) The big twist here is that there wasn’t a corresponding increase in shootings or violence.

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Provocateur? I think you meant to say racist.

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Corporations are pushing to roll back child labor laws specifically to fill low-paying jobs in dangerous industries. Everyone should be paying attention to this.

More Perfect Union

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Rep. Linda Chaney is the author of a Florida bill to let bosses make 16- and 17-year-olds work more than 30 hours a week, and let them deny teens meal breaks. She says "This bill is about teenagers, they're 16 and 17 years old, they're driving cars, they are not children."

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“Landlords won’t provide housing if tenants are given rights” is a myth made up by landlords so that tenants won’t be given rights.

Read Abolish Rent

@JoshuaPHilll

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Yeah starting to seem like a lot of stuff works like this

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Every time Kasich talks, I'm resharing the story of when he tried to get Fargo removed from Blockbuster.

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The largest egg producer in the U.S. saw a 600% ⬆️ in profits last year (not a typo). But instead of stopping price-gouging or taxing corporations, the solution is… starve families?

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This opening line slaps: "India Walton estimates there are at least 50 people walking around Buffalo with her art on their body." @ryanbort profiling @Indiawaltonbflo for Rolling Stone

India Walton’s Blueprint for the Future of Progressive Politics

India Walton, winner of Buffalo NY's Democratic primary for mayor, discusses her grassroots campaign, the future of progressive politics.

www.rollingstone.com

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In 2022, Doorley was co-chair of Lee Zeldin’s campaign for NY Governor. When a man attacked Zeldin on stage, she charged him with an uncharacteristically low-level offense to allow Zeldin to use the incident to fear-monger about bail reform.

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There are at least 20 more popular Democratic Governors

Bernadette Hogan

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NEW: @KathyHochul says she will be speaking at the DNC on Monday night

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Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War

Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the...

www.nytimes.com

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The rate of high lead tests in Buffalo is "eight times greater" than rates among children in Flint. Can you tell me again why Byron Brown deserves to keep his job?

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Two lingering questions: 1) When is Twitter going to verify @Indiawaltonbflo ? 2) When is Byron Brown going to release any kind of policy platform?

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Judges should have been held to this standard all along. Many Dems are finally doing what they should have done from the start—paying close attention to judicial records.

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"Why is he being held to a standard different than all the rest?" Hochul says in answering questions from reporters about LaSalle's nomination. She said she hasn't gotten a good answer from senators.

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69 journalists were killed during WWII. 97 journalists have been killed in Gaza since October.

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Barrett was confirmed in 8 days. The Senate works mighty fast when solidifying power. Unbearably slow when it comes to providing aid to people.

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It's official. After a long engagement, finally took the plunge. Meet my new party.

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Doorley was hit with an ethics investigation for her role with Zeldin's campaign, since DAs are restricted from engaging in political campaigns.

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4) So in large media markets like New York, where incidents of violent crime are still less frequent than Oklahoma, voters began identifying crime as their top issue.