Dylan Flesch
@dylanflesch.bsky.social
Organizing with For the People Leftist Library Project and NYC PLAN. Day job in the archives at New York Public Radio. Views my own. He/him.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
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60 MINUTES CORRESPONDENT: “Our story was screened 5x and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.” #CBSNewsMAX #BariWeiss
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
60 MINUTES CORRESPONDENT: “Our story was screened 5x and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.” #CBSNewsMAX #BariWeiss
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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This year, many people resigned their posts at the slightest hint that the Trump regime was displeased with them instead of staying and making someone fire them.
Sharyn Alfonsi is showing us why you stay and refuse: you make clear your superiors are wrong and may them pay the costs of firing you.
Sharyn Alfonsi is showing us why you stay and refuse: you make clear your superiors are wrong and may them pay the costs of firing you.
Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
It must be read:
December 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This year, many people resigned their posts at the slightest hint that the Trump regime was displeased with them instead of staying and making someone fire them.
Sharyn Alfonsi is showing us why you stay and refuse: you make clear your superiors are wrong and may them pay the costs of firing you.
Sharyn Alfonsi is showing us why you stay and refuse: you make clear your superiors are wrong and may them pay the costs of firing you.
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Some good news. Thank you Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for sticking to your campaign commitment.
We need NYC residents to pressure the City Council to deliver. Help by sending a letter to your CM: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
We need NYC residents to pressure the City Council to deliver. Help by sending a letter to your CM: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
December 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Some good news. Thank you Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for sticking to your campaign commitment.
We need NYC residents to pressure the City Council to deliver. Help by sending a letter to your CM: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
We need NYC residents to pressure the City Council to deliver. Help by sending a letter to your CM: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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Library board dismissed for refusing to remove a book about a trans kid. Kudos to the board, though, for not caving to censorship. They lost this round, but retain their values.
www.randolphhub.com/article/news... Serve on your local library board! Find it here data.librariesforthepeople.org 📚
www.randolphhub.com/article/news... Serve on your local library board! Find it here data.librariesforthepeople.org 📚
Commissioners vote 3-2 to dismiss Library Board of Trustees
<p>How the Library Board voted to handle a controversial children's book led to a majority decision by commissioners to dismiss the whole board.</p>
www.randolphhub.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Library board dismissed for refusing to remove a book about a trans kid. Kudos to the board, though, for not caving to censorship. They lost this round, but retain their values.
www.randolphhub.com/article/news... Serve on your local library board! Find it here data.librariesforthepeople.org 📚
www.randolphhub.com/article/news... Serve on your local library board! Find it here data.librariesforthepeople.org 📚
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From what I can tell, this is the first document in US history to conceptualize and name ”public broadcasting,” in 1936. It would take another 31 years of advocacy for the idea to become a policy.
December 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
From what I can tell, this is the first document in US history to conceptualize and name ”public broadcasting,” in 1936. It would take another 31 years of advocacy for the idea to become a policy.
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The 2026 city budget proposes eliminating library vacancies and cutting about half the funds for new materials, security, and custodial services. https://bit.ly/4aMCmlz
Chicago Public Library doesn’t exist without its workers - Chicago Reader
The 2026 budget proposes eliminating library vacancies and cutting about half the funds for new materials, security, and custodial services.
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The 2026 city budget proposes eliminating library vacancies and cutting about half the funds for new materials, security, and custodial services. https://bit.ly/4aMCmlz
Great zine! Loved seeing @nycplan.org recommended in here too.
Started handing out my "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" zine this weekend! It includes shoutouts to @bkindivisible.bsky.social @nywfp.bsky.social @socialists.nyc @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social and SO MANY OTHER GREAT GROUPS!
Download it digitally at zinefun.fyi !
Download it digitally at zinefun.fyi !
December 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Great zine! Loved seeing @nycplan.org recommended in here too.
Make your own version with this template from @dunderdale.bsky.social! I plan on doing this in the new year.
I made a blank one for anyone who wants to make their own based on their local library's special offerings! My own custom card based on things I need/want to utilize at my library for reference.
December 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Make your own version with this template from @dunderdale.bsky.social! I plan on doing this in the new year.
Public library treasure hunt bingo!
Here's a draft I made! My 7 year old helped my with some suggestions of things she likes to do at the library. And I made a custom one for myself of things I want to do next year at the library.
December 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Public library treasure hunt bingo!
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Takes less than 15 mins. Send us your photos and tell us about your library!: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Takes less than 15 mins. Send us your photos and tell us about your library!: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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@librariesftp.bsky.social is inviting folks to send a photo + 100 words about what your local library means to you and your community. We'll feature them every month in our newsletter. Submit: tinyurl.com/b44bfx23
I wrote about @slcpl.bsky.social for this month's newsletter! tinyurl.com/2rac688x
I wrote about @slcpl.bsky.social for this month's newsletter! tinyurl.com/2rac688x
For The People Newsletter Vol. XXXIV
For everyone working to strengthen and expand public libraries
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December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@librariesftp.bsky.social is inviting folks to send a photo + 100 words about what your local library means to you and your community. We'll feature them every month in our newsletter. Submit: tinyurl.com/b44bfx23
I wrote about @slcpl.bsky.social for this month's newsletter! tinyurl.com/2rac688x
I wrote about @slcpl.bsky.social for this month's newsletter! tinyurl.com/2rac688x
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NYPD Clears a Path for Federal Agents on Canal Street With Violent Arrests and Pepper Spray
An immigration crackdown was scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Canal Street, but was abandoned after demonstrators and vendors caught wind of it.
An immigration crackdown was scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Canal Street, but was abandoned after demonstrators and vendors caught wind of it.
NYPD Clears a Path for Federal Agents on Canal Street With Violent Arrests and Pepper Spray
An immigration crackdown was scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Canal Street, but was abandoned after demonstrators and vendors caught wind of it.
hellgatenyc.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
NYPD Clears a Path for Federal Agents on Canal Street With Violent Arrests and Pepper Spray
An immigration crackdown was scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Canal Street, but was abandoned after demonstrators and vendors caught wind of it.
An immigration crackdown was scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Canal Street, but was abandoned after demonstrators and vendors caught wind of it.
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NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation
Dozens of masked federal agents were staging inside a parking lot when a spontaneous group of protesters got word of their presence. The NYPD helped clear a path for the federal agents to leave the ar...
www.thecity.nyc
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...
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Also Rank Choice Vote for speaker. Candidates shouldn’t fear seeking it.
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Also Rank Choice Vote for speaker. Candidates shouldn’t fear seeking it.
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New: In vying to become the City Council’s next speaker, Julie Menin has in private conversations floated bringing back use of the chamber’s subpoena power, a tool that could be a check on incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s admin, per sources. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/25/n...
NYC Council speaker hopeful Julie Menin floats using subpoena power, a potential check on Mamdani
It’s not unusual for city agencies to refrain from providing all the information and documents requested by the Council — an issue that has become especially pitched under Mayor Adams, whose …
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November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
New: In vying to become the City Council’s next speaker, Julie Menin has in private conversations floated bringing back use of the chamber’s subpoena power, a tool that could be a check on incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s admin, per sources. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/25/n...
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Is your council member on this list? Ask them why they’re joining with Vickie Paladino in support of Julie Menin, and remind them that you want a city council that will work with the mayor elect on delivering the agenda that more than a million New Yorkers voted for.
Abreu
Aldebol
Ariola
Banks
Bottcher
Carr
Dinowitz
Encarnacion
Epstein
Feliz
Gennaro
Hankerson
Hanks
Krishnan
Lee
Louis
Maloney
Marte
Mealy
Morano
Narcisse
Paladino
Riley
Salaam
Stevens
Justin Sanchez
Pierina Sanchez
Santosuosso
Schulman
Thomas-Henry
Ung
Vernikov
Williams
Wong
Zhuang
Aldebol
Ariola
Banks
Bottcher
Carr
Dinowitz
Encarnacion
Epstein
Feliz
Gennaro
Hankerson
Hanks
Krishnan
Lee
Louis
Maloney
Marte
Mealy
Morano
Narcisse
Paladino
Riley
Salaam
Stevens
Justin Sanchez
Pierina Sanchez
Santosuosso
Schulman
Thomas-Henry
Ung
Vernikov
Williams
Wong
Zhuang
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Is your council member on this list? Ask them why they’re joining with Vickie Paladino in support of Julie Menin, and remind them that you want a city council that will work with the mayor elect on delivering the agenda that more than a million New Yorkers voted for.
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The two front-runners for City Council Speaker, Crystal Hudson, the progressive from Brooklyn, and Julie Menin, the Upper East Side moderate, both had Uber spend over 100K on their reelection bids.
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The two front-runners for City Council Speaker, Crystal Hudson, the progressive from Brooklyn, and Julie Menin, the Upper East Side moderate, both had Uber spend over 100K on their reelection bids.
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The New York City Council speaker race seems to be over.
Council Member Julie Menin announced that 36 of the City Council's 51 members are supporting her for speaker. (You need 26 votes to be speaker.)
Menin is a moderate who's expected to serve as a check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Council Member Julie Menin announced that 36 of the City Council's 51 members are supporting her for speaker. (You need 26 votes to be speaker.)
Menin is a moderate who's expected to serve as a check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Julie Menin announces she has the support to be the next council speaker
The council member from Manhattan claimed to have 36 votes and the backing of four unions.
www.cityandstateny.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The New York City Council speaker race seems to be over.
Council Member Julie Menin announced that 36 of the City Council's 51 members are supporting her for speaker. (You need 26 votes to be speaker.)
Menin is a moderate who's expected to serve as a check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Council Member Julie Menin announced that 36 of the City Council's 51 members are supporting her for speaker. (You need 26 votes to be speaker.)
Menin is a moderate who's expected to serve as a check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
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With a lot of buzz about the City Council speaker's race, Crystal Hudson allies are increasingly pushing the narrative that Julie Menin would be a Mamdani foil if picked for the post.
One progressive City Council member tells me:
One progressive City Council member tells me:
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
With a lot of buzz about the City Council speaker's race, Crystal Hudson allies are increasingly pushing the narrative that Julie Menin would be a Mamdani foil if picked for the post.
One progressive City Council member tells me:
One progressive City Council member tells me:
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Menin got over $100K spent on her by Uber, $1,600 donation from Tony Argento, $1,000 from Randy Mastro, no response to questions about it:
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Menin got over $100K spent on her by Uber, $1,600 donation from Tony Argento, $1,000 from Randy Mastro, no response to questions about it:
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If you don't want the #Dems to cave & allow ACA health insurance costs to explode you can contact your US Senator here: senate.gov/senators/sen...
& your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati...
Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.
& your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati...
Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.
U.S. Senate
senate.gov
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If you don't want the #Dems to cave & allow ACA health insurance costs to explode you can contact your US Senator here: senate.gov/senators/sen...
& your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati...
Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.
& your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati...
Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.
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Schumer is not bad at something good, he is good at something bad.
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Schumer is not bad at something good, he is good at something bad.
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BROOKLYN WE ARE GOING TO CHUCKS! Join us across from 9 PPW at 8:30 *tonight*
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
BROOKLYN WE ARE GOING TO CHUCKS! Join us across from 9 PPW at 8:30 *tonight*
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social