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How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor
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#NYC How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected #Mayor
> “… politics in the last nine years has been a lot of people being mean to each other on Twitter… We wanted people to get out in the world together in real spaces.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
> “… politics in the last nine years has been a lot of people being mean to each other on Twitter… We wanted people to get out in the world together in real spaces.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
Michelin Honored the Cheesesteak. Not All Philadelphians Cheered. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
Michelin Honored the Cheesesteak. Not All Philadelphians Cheered.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Michelin Honored the Cheesesteak. Not All Philadelphians Cheered. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
Quick memo to the Press and Sunday NYT: using the front page to call 1.03 million urban voters “Struggling #Yuppies” DOES NOT do anything to rebut the claim that your preferred candidates were trapped in a #psychodrama from 1983. #NYC @newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Quick memo to the Press and Sunday NYT: using the front page to call 1.03 million urban voters “Struggling #Yuppies” DOES NOT do anything to rebut the claim that your preferred candidates were trapped in a #psychodrama from 1983. #NYC @newyorker.com
#NYC #election : The progressives’ opponents were “trapped in a psychodrama where 1983 never ended.” www.newyorker.com/news/our-loc...
The Mamdani Era Begins
His opponents tried to smear him for his youth, inexperience, and leftist politics. But New Yorkers didn’t want a hardened political insider to be mayor—they wanted Zohran Mamdani.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
#NYC #election : The progressives’ opponents were “trapped in a psychodrama where 1983 never ended.” www.newyorker.com/news/our-loc...
#NYC How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected #Mayor
> “… politics in the last nine years has been a lot of people being mean to each other on Twitter… We wanted people to get out in the world together in real spaces.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
> “… politics in the last nine years has been a lot of people being mean to each other on Twitter… We wanted people to get out in the world together in real spaces.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
#NYC How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected #Mayor
> “… politics in the last nine years has been a lot of people being mean to each other on Twitter… We wanted people to get out in the world together in real spaces.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
> “… politics in the last nine years has been a lot of people being mean to each other on Twitter… We wanted people to get out in the world together in real spaces.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for #Students www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
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November 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for #Students www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
> it is a profound mistake to treat the 2024 presidential election as a referendum on the ideological direction of the United States or as evidence of a realignment or whatever else you happen to have as your hobbyhorse.
> it is a profound mistake to treat the 2024 presidential election as a referendum on the ideological direction of the United States or as evidence of a realignment or whatever else you happen to have as your hobbyhorse.
Opinion | Make No Mistake: Trump Is an Albatross
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November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
> it is a profound mistake to treat the 2024 presidential election as a referendum on the ideological direction of the United States or as evidence of a realignment or whatever else you happen to have as your hobbyhorse.
> it is a profound mistake to treat the 2024 presidential election as a referendum on the ideological direction of the United States or as evidence of a realignment or whatever else you happen to have as your hobbyhorse.
What Zohran Mamdani’s Bid for Mayor Reveals About Being Muslim in America
November 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What Zohran Mamdani’s Bid for Mayor Reveals About Being Muslim in America
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Writers are nothing if not well versed in the art of telling their writing software why its punctuation and grammar suggestions are incorrect.
October 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Writers are nothing if not well versed in the art of telling their writing software why its punctuation and grammar suggestions are incorrect.
www.vox.com/climate/4658... I hope the #voters of #FL hold their governor and legislature responsible for this.
What scientists saw underwater in Florida left them “shocked” — and devastated
Two incredibly valuable animals are now “functionally extinct” in Florida. That should alarm all of us.
www.vox.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
www.vox.com/climate/4658... I hope the #voters of #FL hold their governor and legislature responsible for this.
CBS News anchor John Dickerson becomes latest figure to exit network - The Guardian
October 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
CBS News anchor John Dickerson becomes latest figure to exit network - The Guardian
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It’s no surprise that Trump would lie about Reagan adamantly opposing tariffs.
He lies about everything.
It is however surprising that the @RonaldReagan foundation would help him do it.
What a disgrace.
He lies about everything.
It is however surprising that the @RonaldReagan foundation would help him do it.
What a disgrace.
October 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It’s no surprise that Trump would lie about Reagan adamantly opposing tariffs.
He lies about everything.
It is however surprising that the @RonaldReagan foundation would help him do it.
What a disgrace.
He lies about everything.
It is however surprising that the @RonaldReagan foundation would help him do it.
What a disgrace.
Why the demolition of the East Wing is so shocking
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Why the demolition of the East Wing is so shocking
