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Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
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Mamdani was unaware Dick Cheney had died when I asked just now:
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Mamdani was unaware Dick Cheney had died when I asked just now:
So anti-Mamdani he wants you to vote for Cuomo or who’s that other guy…Curtis…Silva? Sure
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
So anti-Mamdani he wants you to vote for Cuomo or who’s that other guy…Curtis…Silva? Sure
Americans are gonna be more insufferable than ever I fear
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history.
May 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Americans are gonna be more insufferable than ever I fear
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“The Zeteo documentary, citing an anonymous source, said that U.S. officials had initially decided after a site visit that Ms. Abu Akleh had been deliberately targeted, before changing their conclusions in the final version of the report to avoid upsetting Israel.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/w...
New Film Names Soldier in Palestinian American Journalist’s Shooting
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May 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“The Zeteo documentary, citing an anonymous source, said that U.S. officials had initially decided after a site visit that Ms. Abu Akleh had been deliberately targeted, before changing their conclusions in the final version of the report to avoid upsetting Israel.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/w...
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How Mahmoud Khalil—detained by ICE in "the black hole" in Louisiana alongside 1000 others, refused by ICE to be present for his wife giving birth—first saw photos of his newborn son. slate.com/news-and-pol...
What Trump Is Doing in Louisiana Is Quiet but Devastating. One Afternoon Showed It All.
One hour inside the prison holding America's political prisoners.
slate.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
How Mahmoud Khalil—detained by ICE in "the black hole" in Louisiana alongside 1000 others, refused by ICE to be present for his wife giving birth—first saw photos of his newborn son. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Former and current staffers paint a picture of an erratic senator who has become almost impossible to work for, and whose mental health situation is more serious and complicated than previously reported.
John Fetterman’s Struggle
The senator insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.
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May 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Former and current staffers paint a picture of an erratic senator who has become almost impossible to work for, and whose mental health situation is more serious and complicated than previously reported.
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide
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Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide
Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.
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April 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide
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4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent'
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4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent'
The Trump administration cut funding for lawyers aiding unaccompanied minors in court.
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April 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent'
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Mayor Adams is wearing his “in god we trust” American flag shirt once again. But this time it’s written in Italian. He says it’s Spanish to honor the victims of a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican republic last week.
April 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Mayor Adams is wearing his “in god we trust” American flag shirt once again. But this time it’s written in Italian. He says it’s Spanish to honor the victims of a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican republic last week.
Under immense legal pressure to back its case against Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration is calling into question aspects of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's personal life as well
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Trump officials attack Abrego Garcia’s personal life in push to defend removal
Trump officials have ridiculed the media for characterizing Abrego Garcia as a father, working instead to paint him as a violent husband.
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April 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Under immense legal pressure to back its case against Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration is calling into question aspects of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's personal life as well
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NEW: A Columbia University student was detained by immigration authorities in Vermont during his naturalization interview on Monday in “direct retaliation” for his participation in protests against the Israel-Gaza war, his lawyer says.
Columbia student detained while attending naturalization ceremony, lawyer says
Mohsen Mahdawi, who was born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank and is a U.S. permanent resident, was taken into custody in Vermont, his lawyer said.
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April 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
NEW: A Columbia University student was detained by immigration authorities in Vermont during his naturalization interview on Monday in “direct retaliation” for his participation in protests against the Israel-Gaza war, his lawyer says.
Bernie Sanders at Coachella rn, introducing Clairo with a speech criticizing Trump
April 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Bernie Sanders at Coachella rn, introducing Clairo with a speech criticizing Trump
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JUST IN: Trump administration can proceed with Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation, judge rules www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Trump administration can proceed with Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation, judge rules
Secretary of State Marco Rubio had argued in a memo that allowing Khalil to remain would foster a “hostile environment for Jewish students” in the U.S.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
JUST IN: Trump administration can proceed with Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation, judge rules www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Harvey Weinstein, whose lawyers have said is in extremely poor health and suffering in jail, nevertheless has the wherewithal to weigh in on the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni mess www.tmz.com/2025/04/09/h...
Harvey Weinstein Says New York Times Screwed Him and Justin Baldoni
Harvey Weinstein is backing Justin Baldoni in his legal battle with Blake Lively ... and blasting the New York Times for allegedly doing the same thing to him that the paper of record did to Baldoni.
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April 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Harvey Weinstein, whose lawyers have said is in extremely poor health and suffering in jail, nevertheless has the wherewithal to weigh in on the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni mess www.tmz.com/2025/04/09/h...
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said, explaining he wants to see a deportation process “like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings.”
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ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings’ • Michigan Advance
The leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that his dream for the agency is squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the same way that Amazon trucks crisscross American citi...
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April 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said, explaining he wants to see a deportation process “like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings.”
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"Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore do not get overtime for their unexpectedly long stay on the International Space Station, according to NASA rules. But they do get $5 a day for 'incidentals.'"
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NASA Astronauts Don’t Receive Overtime Pay for Space Mission But Get $5 a Day
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore do not get overtime for their unexpectedly long stay on the International Space Station, according to NASA rules. But they do get $5 a day for “incidentals.”
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March 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore do not get overtime for their unexpectedly long stay on the International Space Station, according to NASA rules. But they do get $5 a day for 'incidentals.'"
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NEW — 8 members of Congress are asking Marco Rubio for answers on the killing of American Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi.
Blinken never responded to a similar letter.
It's now been 194 days since Israeli forces killed her.
Signed:
Sens. Welch, Murray, Sanders, Merkley, Van Hollen
Reps. Jayapal, Jacobs, Castro
Blinken never responded to a similar letter.
It's now been 194 days since Israeli forces killed her.
Signed:
Sens. Welch, Murray, Sanders, Merkley, Van Hollen
Reps. Jayapal, Jacobs, Castro
March 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW — 8 members of Congress are asking Marco Rubio for answers on the killing of American Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi.
Blinken never responded to a similar letter.
It's now been 194 days since Israeli forces killed her.
Signed:
Sens. Welch, Murray, Sanders, Merkley, Van Hollen
Reps. Jayapal, Jacobs, Castro
Blinken never responded to a similar letter.
It's now been 194 days since Israeli forces killed her.
Signed:
Sens. Welch, Murray, Sanders, Merkley, Van Hollen
Reps. Jayapal, Jacobs, Castro
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OPINION by @clarissajanlim.bsky.social:
Facing deportation, Mahmoud Khalil calls out Trump and Biden, as well as Columbia’s leaders.
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Facing deportation, Mahmoud Khalil calls out Trump and Biden, as well as Columbia’s leaders.
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Facing deportation, Mahmoud Khalil calls out Trump and Biden, as well as Columbia’s leaders
Khalil said he was targeted for his pro-Palestinian activism and as part of the Trump administration’s “broader strategy to suppress dissent.”
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March 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
OPINION by @clarissajanlim.bsky.social:
Facing deportation, Mahmoud Khalil calls out Trump and Biden, as well as Columbia’s leaders.
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Facing deportation, Mahmoud Khalil calls out Trump and Biden, as well as Columbia’s leaders.
READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
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NEW: Betar US, a far-right pro-Israel group who claimed credit for the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, told me that they've created a "deportation list" and say they submitted “thousands of names” to Trump administration officials for similar treatment.
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Pro-Israel group says it has ‘deportation list’ and has sent ‘thousands’ of names to Trump officials
Betar US is among far-right groups supporting Trump effort to deport students involved in pro-Palestinian protests
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March 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
NEW: Betar US, a far-right pro-Israel group who claimed credit for the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, told me that they've created a "deportation list" and say they submitted “thousands of names” to Trump administration officials for similar treatment.
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Columbia says it’s suspending, expelling & revoking the degrees of students who protested over Gaza last year, as eight people, including Mahmoud Khalil, sue to prevent the university from handing over disciplinary records to a House committee
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Columbia disciplines students for protests as activists seek to block school from sharing records
The sanctions, which range from suspension to degree revocation, come days after the Trump administration said that it would cancel $400 million in federal grants.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Columbia says it’s suspending, expelling & revoking the degrees of students who protested over Gaza last year, as eight people, including Mahmoud Khalil, sue to prevent the university from handing over disciplinary records to a House committee
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Federal immigration authorities deported a 10-year-old girl recovering from brain cancer and her undocumented parents to Mexico when they were on the way to an emergency medical checkup in Houston last month. The girl is a U.S. citizen.
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U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
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March 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Federal immigration authorities deported a 10-year-old girl recovering from brain cancer and her undocumented parents to Mexico when they were on the way to an emergency medical checkup in Houston last month. The girl is a U.S. citizen.
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New — Donald Trump celebrates the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, calls him "a Radical Foreign Pro-Hamas Student," and says "This is the first arrest of many to come."
March 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
New — Donald Trump celebrates the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, calls him "a Radical Foreign Pro-Hamas Student," and says "This is the first arrest of many to come."
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UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.