Shawna Morlock
@shawnamorlock.bsky.social
Community organizer. Queens DSA. NYC-DSA CLC/national delegate. People’s Republic of Astoria District Leader. She/her
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Shawna Morlock
@shawnamorlock.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Follow the mass politics wing of DSA with this @dsasocmaj.bsky.social starter pack!
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The day's not even over, and we've already raised over $25,000 from 300+ donors, without a cent from corporations or the real estate lobby. We're so grateful for all of you.
Let's keep the momentum going! Join us this Saturday in Astoria for our official campaign kickoff. RSVP at the link below ⬇️
Let's keep the momentum going! Join us this Saturday in Astoria for our official campaign kickoff. RSVP at the link below ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The day's not even over, and we've already raised over $25,000 from 300+ donors, without a cent from corporations or the real estate lobby. We're so grateful for all of you.
Let's keep the momentum going! Join us this Saturday in Astoria for our official campaign kickoff. RSVP at the link below ⬇️
Let's keep the momentum going! Join us this Saturday in Astoria for our official campaign kickoff. RSVP at the link below ⬇️
Let’s GOOOOO!!!
So excited to get this badass organizer elected- she’s gonna rock in Albany.
Share on all platforms and donate today, PLEASEEEE!!! 🙏🏻💜
So excited to get this badass organizer elected- she’s gonna rock in Albany.
Share on all platforms and donate today, PLEASEEEE!!! 🙏🏻💜
My name is Diana Moreno. I’m a Queens mom, an immigrant organizer, and a proud democratic socialist with @socialists.nyc.
I’m running to replace @ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social in the Assembly in the upcoming special election to deliver on his affordability agenda and fight the rising tide of fascism.
I’m running to replace @ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social in the Assembly in the upcoming special election to deliver on his affordability agenda and fight the rising tide of fascism.
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Let’s GOOOOO!!!
So excited to get this badass organizer elected- she’s gonna rock in Albany.
Share on all platforms and donate today, PLEASEEEE!!! 🙏🏻💜
So excited to get this badass organizer elected- she’s gonna rock in Albany.
Share on all platforms and donate today, PLEASEEEE!!! 🙏🏻💜
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We're live: the official launch of our newest democratic socialist campaign! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Donate today and become a Day One supporter (link in next post)
Donate today and become a Day One supporter (link in next post)
My name is Diana Moreno. I’m a Queens mom, an immigrant organizer, and a proud democratic socialist with @socialists.nyc.
I’m running to replace @ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social in the Assembly in the upcoming special election to deliver on his affordability agenda and fight the rising tide of fascism.
I’m running to replace @ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social in the Assembly in the upcoming special election to deliver on his affordability agenda and fight the rising tide of fascism.
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We're live: the official launch of our newest democratic socialist campaign! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Donate today and become a Day One supporter (link in next post)
Donate today and become a Day One supporter (link in next post)
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Today’s Astoria Victory Walk was our way to follow our mayor-elect’s advice on election night: Breathe this in. 😌
This movement has always been fueled by something so much more powerful than the far-right’s fear, division, and hate— We have love, joy, and community! ❤️
The work continues. 🫡
This movement has always been fueled by something so much more powerful than the far-right’s fear, division, and hate— We have love, joy, and community! ❤️
The work continues. 🫡
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Today’s Astoria Victory Walk was our way to follow our mayor-elect’s advice on election night: Breathe this in. 😌
This movement has always been fueled by something so much more powerful than the far-right’s fear, division, and hate— We have love, joy, and community! ❤️
The work continues. 🫡
This movement has always been fueled by something so much more powerful than the far-right’s fear, division, and hate— We have love, joy, and community! ❤️
The work continues. 🫡
I’m SO EXCITED that my comrade @dianamor.bsky.social is going to be running to replace Zohran and carry the torch from Astoria and LIC in Albany!!!
People’s Republic of Astoria is undefeated, and I’m excited to push for her to be our next NYC-DSA elected!!
People’s Republic of Astoria is undefeated, and I’m excited to push for her to be our next NYC-DSA elected!!
Some personal news: I’m preparing to run for Zohran’s Assembly seat.
As a Queens mom, an immigrant organizer, and a democratic socialist, I’m ready to fight for the working people of Queens! LET’S WIN THIS!🔥
(DM me for volunteer/ donation form ✊🏽)
www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
As a Queens mom, an immigrant organizer, and a democratic socialist, I’m ready to fight for the working people of Queens! LET’S WIN THIS!🔥
(DM me for volunteer/ donation form ✊🏽)
www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Former DSA leader Diana Moreno hopes to replace Zohran Mamdani in the Assembly
She is one of three DSA members currently planning to run for the seat.
www.cityandstateny.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I’m SO EXCITED that my comrade @dianamor.bsky.social is going to be running to replace Zohran and carry the torch from Astoria and LIC in Albany!!!
People’s Republic of Astoria is undefeated, and I’m excited to push for her to be our next NYC-DSA elected!!
People’s Republic of Astoria is undefeated, and I’m excited to push for her to be our next NYC-DSA elected!!
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Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
October 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Making It About Yourself
"Many of you who covered me ... were salivating at the thought that Eric would go to jail for 33 years. So don't start asking me about what I think about [Letitia James]: I want to know, what did y'all think about when my life was destroyed in this city. And I wish I had a mic so I can drop it."
October 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Making It About Yourself
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This is terrorism and mayhem. Cities and states have an obligation to enforce laws to prevent it.
ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.
October 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is terrorism and mayhem. Cities and states have an obligation to enforce laws to prevent it.
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Holy shit. I didn't see this on the news. What judge signed a warrant for this? Did they even have a warrant? Police don't even do raids like this.
“Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'” — chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Holy shit. I didn't see this on the news. What judge signed a warrant for this? Did they even have a warrant? Police don't even do raids like this.
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Those up-to-$400 checks coming from NY state? You'll have to pay federal tax on them.
"(T)he federal tax liability could have been avoided if the rebate program were structured differently."
From Jimmy Vielkind: gothamist.com/news/you-sho...
"(T)he federal tax liability could have been avoided if the rebate program were structured differently."
From Jimmy Vielkind: gothamist.com/news/you-sho...
You should report Gov. Hochul’s ‘inflation refund’ checks on your taxes
The program will send hundreds of millions of dollars to the administration of President Donald Trump.
gothamist.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Those up-to-$400 checks coming from NY state? You'll have to pay federal tax on them.
"(T)he federal tax liability could have been avoided if the rebate program were structured differently."
From Jimmy Vielkind: gothamist.com/news/you-sho...
"(T)he federal tax liability could have been avoided if the rebate program were structured differently."
From Jimmy Vielkind: gothamist.com/news/you-sho...
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This weekend:
35 canvass launches.
All five boroughs.
Six weeks left.
The home stretch starts now.
Sign up at zohranfornyc.com/bfcv
35 canvass launches.
All five boroughs.
Six weeks left.
The home stretch starts now.
Sign up at zohranfornyc.com/bfcv
September 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This weekend:
35 canvass launches.
All five boroughs.
Six weeks left.
The home stretch starts now.
Sign up at zohranfornyc.com/bfcv
35 canvass launches.
All five boroughs.
Six weeks left.
The home stretch starts now.
Sign up at zohranfornyc.com/bfcv
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Always remember that sick, twisted people find camaraderie in their shared love for hurting others.
Woody Allen's actions, in particular, deeply disgust me.
Story time 🧵/
I grew up in New Milford, Connecticut. Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, and their children were seen around a lot when I was young.
Woody Allen's actions, in particular, deeply disgust me.
Story time 🧵/
I grew up in New Milford, Connecticut. Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, and their children were seen around a lot when I was young.
September 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Always remember that sick, twisted people find camaraderie in their shared love for hurting others.
Woody Allen's actions, in particular, deeply disgust me.
Story time 🧵/
I grew up in New Milford, Connecticut. Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, and their children were seen around a lot when I was young.
Woody Allen's actions, in particular, deeply disgust me.
Story time 🧵/
I grew up in New Milford, Connecticut. Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, and their children were seen around a lot when I was young.
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I'm horrified by the shooting of Charlie Kirk at a college event in Utah.
Political violence has no place in our country.
Political violence has no place in our country.
September 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'm horrified by the shooting of Charlie Kirk at a college event in Utah.
Political violence has no place in our country.
Political violence has no place in our country.
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A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ troops’ ‘shame’ over D.C. presence
Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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I want to once again reiterate what I said earlier. The reason the vast majority of Democratic and so-called centrist elites have acquiesced over and over again is that they are COMPLICIT. Because they actually know that direct confrontation is how you defeat fascists and choose not to do it.
Certainly looks like we scared the President away from Chicago. Fighting like hell works.
September 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I want to once again reiterate what I said earlier. The reason the vast majority of Democratic and so-called centrist elites have acquiesced over and over again is that they are COMPLICIT. Because they actually know that direct confrontation is how you defeat fascists and choose not to do it.
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On "Mainstream," the app set up by "Fix the City" (the Bloomberg/Doordash PAC) there are many pre-written, terribly misleading, and evil posts sharable directly to Facebook and X.
Only a sick campaign would use things like 9/11 this way.
I wouldn't expect anything less from Cuomo + his friends.
Only a sick campaign would use things like 9/11 this way.
I wouldn't expect anything less from Cuomo + his friends.
September 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
On "Mainstream," the app set up by "Fix the City" (the Bloomberg/Doordash PAC) there are many pre-written, terribly misleading, and evil posts sharable directly to Facebook and X.
Only a sick campaign would use things like 9/11 this way.
I wouldn't expect anything less from Cuomo + his friends.
Only a sick campaign would use things like 9/11 this way.
I wouldn't expect anything less from Cuomo + his friends.
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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The oligarchs are waging a war on the working class.
Now it's our turn to fight back.
Starting with the billionaires who spent over $19 million trying - and failing - to defeat @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in the New York Democratic Primary 🧵
Now it's our turn to fight back.
Starting with the billionaires who spent over $19 million trying - and failing - to defeat @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in the New York Democratic Primary 🧵
August 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The oligarchs are waging a war on the working class.
Now it's our turn to fight back.
Starting with the billionaires who spent over $19 million trying - and failing - to defeat @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in the New York Democratic Primary 🧵
Now it's our turn to fight back.
Starting with the billionaires who spent over $19 million trying - and failing - to defeat @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in the New York Democratic Primary 🧵
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Breaking news in this follow to The City’s potato chip scoop. “New York Times reporters witnessed supporters of Mayor Eric Adams handing out cash-filled envelopes. Sometimes, that money went to reporters from Chinese-language outlets” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/n...
Red Envelopes With Cash Are Changing Hands at Adams Campaign Rallies
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Breaking news in this follow to The City’s potato chip scoop. “New York Times reporters witnessed supporters of Mayor Eric Adams handing out cash-filled envelopes. Sometimes, that money went to reporters from Chinese-language outlets” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/n...
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Today we took our five borough tour to Staten Island, which too often has been caricatured or ignored.
The truth is that the story of Staten Island is the story of New York — a city built by generations of immigrants, where everyone wants to be able to afford a dignified life.
The truth is that the story of Staten Island is the story of New York — a city built by generations of immigrants, where everyone wants to be able to afford a dignified life.
August 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Today we took our five borough tour to Staten Island, which too often has been caricatured or ignored.
The truth is that the story of Staten Island is the story of New York — a city built by generations of immigrants, where everyone wants to be able to afford a dignified life.
The truth is that the story of Staten Island is the story of New York — a city built by generations of immigrants, where everyone wants to be able to afford a dignified life.
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Another convention in the books! Thank you to all our delegates, alternates, volunteers, and supporters for their hard work and organizing this past weekend.
Congratulations to our new NPC members, Christian, Clayton, Jeremy, and Katie!
Congratulations to our new NPC members, Christian, Clayton, Jeremy, and Katie!
August 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Another convention in the books! Thank you to all our delegates, alternates, volunteers, and supporters for their hard work and organizing this past weekend.
Congratulations to our new NPC members, Christian, Clayton, Jeremy, and Katie!
Congratulations to our new NPC members, Christian, Clayton, Jeremy, and Katie!
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His lies about fighting Trump have always been for the cameras and, unfortunately, the voters.
Few people benefit from Trump being in power more than abusive corrupt men like Andrew Cuomo. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/n...
Few people benefit from Trump being in power more than abusive corrupt men like Andrew Cuomo. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/n...
Cuomo Tells Business Leaders He Doesn’t ‘Personally’ Want to Fight Trump
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
His lies about fighting Trump have always been for the cameras and, unfortunately, the voters.
Few people benefit from Trump being in power more than abusive corrupt men like Andrew Cuomo. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/n...
Few people benefit from Trump being in power more than abusive corrupt men like Andrew Cuomo. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/n...
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This week’s convention must prioritize debate & discussion on the major questions facing us: trans rights, Palestine, youth organizing, the climate crisis & fighting Trump.
That’s why we’re proposing this agenda change. Sign your name in support!
docs.google.com/forms/d/1V-0...
That’s why we’re proposing this agenda change. Sign your name in support!
docs.google.com/forms/d/1V-0...
Put Politics First: For an Organizing Agenda at DSA Convention
We are living through the biggest political crisis in modern US history. In Chicago, we will have a short window of time to discuss the key political and strategic questions facing our organization an...
docs.google.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This week’s convention must prioritize debate & discussion on the major questions facing us: trans rights, Palestine, youth organizing, the climate crisis & fighting Trump.
That’s why we’re proposing this agenda change. Sign your name in support!
docs.google.com/forms/d/1V-0...
That’s why we’re proposing this agenda change. Sign your name in support!
docs.google.com/forms/d/1V-0...
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The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
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Now that Andrew Cuomo is deigning to talk to voters, New Yorkers can actually tell him how we *really* feel.
Here's our guide on how to approach Cuomo and create a memorable experience that will make him regret running in the general election.
Here's our guide on how to approach Cuomo and create a memorable experience that will make him regret running in the general election.
August 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Now that Andrew Cuomo is deigning to talk to voters, New Yorkers can actually tell him how we *really* feel.
Here's our guide on how to approach Cuomo and create a memorable experience that will make him regret running in the general election.
Here's our guide on how to approach Cuomo and create a memorable experience that will make him regret running in the general election.