Kombiz Lavasany
@kombiz.bsky.social
Former Twitter dad is now a skeeting dad. I do a lot of political work mainly focused on empowering educators, nurses and workers. Beyond that it's Iran, music and trying to believe i can one day be funny. @kombiz everywhere
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We are upset, like many, that the ACA tax credits are not restored in this “deal” to reopen the govt. But let’s be clear why: the Rs refused to budge as the hunger & aviation crises worsened. Let’s be clear who is hurting working families. The AFT will keep fighting www.aft.org/press-releas...
AFT’s Weingarten Responds to Key Vote to End Shutdown
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement responding to the Senate’s key vote on reopening the federal government:
www.aft.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We are upset, like many, that the ACA tax credits are not restored in this “deal” to reopen the govt. But let’s be clear why: the Rs refused to budge as the hunger & aviation crises worsened. Let’s be clear who is hurting working families. The AFT will keep fighting www.aft.org/press-releas...
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Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
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* the lede in question: bsky.app/profile/katz...
Jeremy W. Peters identifies the tell-tale sign of “leftist dogma” in @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: pronouncing Haiti’s name correctly
November 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
* the lede in question: bsky.app/profile/katz...
God, this is embarrassing - that Trumpism has completely engulfed the already kind of insane parts of being in the Iranian diaspora.
It's expensive to keep up an entourage, I guess.
It's expensive to keep up an entourage, I guess.
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
God, this is embarrassing - that Trumpism has completely engulfed the already kind of insane parts of being in the Iranian diaspora.
It's expensive to keep up an entourage, I guess.
It's expensive to keep up an entourage, I guess.
Google Photos presents me with my memories from the beach in November over the years. (4 of these aren't mine)
November 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Google Photos presents me with my memories from the beach in November over the years. (4 of these aren't mine)
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incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
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I'm already frustrated at how much the next Democratic president will be blamed for the problems being caused by the Trump administration's destruction of the federal government.
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I'm already frustrated at how much the next Democratic president will be blamed for the problems being caused by the Trump administration's destruction of the federal government.
Good morning from the NY Times cooking email.
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Good morning from the NY Times cooking email.
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Now including Bucks County PA—a Trump district last year.
There is an opening to reclaim public schools as a winning issue for Democrats—for Democrats ready to do it.
There is an opening to reclaim public schools as a winning issue for Democrats—for Democrats ready to do it.
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Now including Bucks County PA—a Trump district last year.
There is an opening to reclaim public schools as a winning issue for Democrats—for Democrats ready to do it.
There is an opening to reclaim public schools as a winning issue for Democrats—for Democrats ready to do it.
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If your flight is cancelled this weekend remember this:
It’s because Trump and Congress want to make your health care more expensive and Democrats won’t give them the votes to do it.
That’s it. That’s what the entire shutdown is about.
It’s because Trump and Congress want to make your health care more expensive and Democrats won’t give them the votes to do it.
That’s it. That’s what the entire shutdown is about.
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
If your flight is cancelled this weekend remember this:
It’s because Trump and Congress want to make your health care more expensive and Democrats won’t give them the votes to do it.
That’s it. That’s what the entire shutdown is about.
It’s because Trump and Congress want to make your health care more expensive and Democrats won’t give them the votes to do it.
That’s it. That’s what the entire shutdown is about.
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Queens renter beats Queens slumlord.
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Queens renter beats Queens slumlord.
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WHY aren't politicians telling this to the public? Instead they think they can "get votes" by bashing immigrants.
PS It isn't even about "immigrants" it's about race.
PS It isn't even about "immigrants" it's about race.
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
WHY aren't politicians telling this to the public? Instead they think they can "get votes" by bashing immigrants.
PS It isn't even about "immigrants" it's about race.
PS It isn't even about "immigrants" it's about race.
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What if "popularists" failed to understand popular opinion?
ICE-loving sheriff loses his election in Bucks County, PA, to a young progressive candidate. Apparently, people really don't like it when their neighbors get kidnapped and disappear. buckscountybeacon.com/2025/11/buck...
Bucks County’s ICE-Loving, MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran Got What He Deserved: A Pink Slip From Voters on Election Night - Bucks County Beacon
Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the “Blue Wave” that washed away local Republican office holders.
buckscountybeacon.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What if "popularists" failed to understand popular opinion?
what kind of person finds a delicious home cooked dinner with someone or a family as an attack on their faith. it would be funny if these people didn't run our entire world.
At a meeting yesterday, staff voiced deep concern about anti-Jewish sentiment at Heritage and on the right.
That was followed by a Heritage staffer complaining about attending a Shabbat dinner.
That was followed by a Heritage staffer complaining about attending a Shabbat dinner.
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
what kind of person finds a delicious home cooked dinner with someone or a family as an attack on their faith. it would be funny if these people didn't run our entire world.
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"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
ICE-loving sheriff loses his election in Bucks County, PA, to a young progressive candidate. Apparently, people really don't like it when their neighbors get kidnapped and disappear. buckscountybeacon.com/2025/11/buck...
Bucks County’s ICE-Loving, MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran Got What He Deserved: A Pink Slip From Voters on Election Night - Bucks County Beacon
Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the “Blue Wave” that washed away local Republican office holders.
buckscountybeacon.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
ICE-loving sheriff loses his election in Bucks County, PA, to a young progressive candidate. Apparently, people really don't like it when their neighbors get kidnapped and disappear. buckscountybeacon.com/2025/11/buck...
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a lot of money to be on the margins though betting against stupid people
A good illustration of the current GOP dominance over media narratives/conventional wisdom.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
a lot of money to be on the margins though betting against stupid people
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CONFIRMED: Georgia Democrats have won their first statewide elections for non-federal offices since *2006.*
The two Dem challengers, Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, have ousted two GOP Republican commissioners on the state's utility commission.
The two Dem challengers, Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, have ousted two GOP Republican commissioners on the state's utility commission.
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
CONFIRMED: Georgia Democrats have won their first statewide elections for non-federal offices since *2006.*
The two Dem challengers, Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, have ousted two GOP Republican commissioners on the state's utility commission.
The two Dem challengers, Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, have ousted two GOP Republican commissioners on the state's utility commission.
a new subway line paid for by a helicopter commuter tax
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
a new subway line paid for by a helicopter commuter tax
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score one for "the pundits are projecting their own preoccupations onto the electorate"
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
score one for "the pundits are projecting their own preoccupations onto the electorate"
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i guess we will never know if they were ICE or not
“Three men in black vests entered a NY restaurant claiming to be ICE agents. Inside, they tied a worker’s hands and pulled a garbage bag over the person’s head. Another, believing the burglars’ story, surrendered themselves, only to be kicked to the ground and tied up as the intruders robbed an ATM”
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
i guess we will never know if they were ICE or not
apparently, we're learning what you actually shouldn't do in a small town.
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
apparently, we're learning what you actually shouldn't do in a small town.
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I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
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Congratulations to Lieutenant Governor-elect Hashmi on her historic win! We are *SO* close to adding a Democratic trifecta in Trump’s backyard.
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Congratulations to Lieutenant Governor-elect Hashmi on her historic win! We are *SO* close to adding a Democratic trifecta in Trump’s backyard.