Bucky
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the sister of the race science "academic" quoted by the New York Times in their shameless hit piece on Zohran Mamdani seems like a lovely person and is insisting her brother was never awarded his PhD and is just pretending to be a professional academic
July 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
the sister of the race science "academic" quoted by the New York Times in their shameless hit piece on Zohran Mamdani seems like a lovely person and is insisting her brother was never awarded his PhD and is just pretending to be a professional academic
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It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:
July 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:
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MY LATEST:
SCOTUS's decisions in the book ban case (Mahmoud) and the porn case (Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton) are part of a larger effort to erase queer people from civic life.
SCOTUS is basically speedrunning Project 2025's goal of sidelining queer folks and calling LGBTQ content "porn."
SCOTUS's decisions in the book ban case (Mahmoud) and the porn case (Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton) are part of a larger effort to erase queer people from civic life.
SCOTUS is basically speedrunning Project 2025's goal of sidelining queer folks and calling LGBTQ content "porn."
SCOTUS Gives Project 2025 Two Big Anti-LGBTQ+ Wins
Analysis: The Court's decisions in Mahmoud v. Taylor and Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton are part of the conservative legal movement's broader effort to shove queer people back in the closet.
rewirenewsgroup.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
MY LATEST:
SCOTUS's decisions in the book ban case (Mahmoud) and the porn case (Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton) are part of a larger effort to erase queer people from civic life.
SCOTUS is basically speedrunning Project 2025's goal of sidelining queer folks and calling LGBTQ content "porn."
SCOTUS's decisions in the book ban case (Mahmoud) and the porn case (Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton) are part of a larger effort to erase queer people from civic life.
SCOTUS is basically speedrunning Project 2025's goal of sidelining queer folks and calling LGBTQ content "porn."
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AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
July 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
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I used to think of vice signaling as a minor point about political communication. now I wonder if we need to develop it as a core aspect of political theory, at least as far as the Americas are concerned
Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
July 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I used to think of vice signaling as a minor point about political communication. now I wonder if we need to develop it as a core aspect of political theory, at least as far as the Americas are concerned
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I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it.
Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
June 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it.
Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
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They're inventing lies about Mamdani not because they're afraid he's gonna be a bad mayor but because they're afraid he's gonna be a good one
Remarkable re-digesting of reality in a local news article today (Hudson Valley NY):
"Jewish leaders and Washington D.C. representatives... are calling out Mamdani for continually using the phrase “Globalize the intifada” as part of his go-to material."
midhudsonnews.com/2025/06/28/l...
"Jewish leaders and Washington D.C. representatives... are calling out Mamdani for continually using the phrase “Globalize the intifada” as part of his go-to material."
midhudsonnews.com/2025/06/28/l...
Local Jewish leaders, elected officials call out NYC Mayoral candidate for 'intifada' comments - Mid Hudson News
NEW YORK- The man who shot two Israeli embassy staffers in cold blood in Washington, D.C. last month allegedly shouted “intifada” during the attack, according to one prominent Rockland County Jewish l...
midhudsonnews.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
They're inventing lies about Mamdani not because they're afraid he's gonna be a bad mayor but because they're afraid he's gonna be a good one
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I’m a Jew who lived in NYC for a decade and decided to leave due to affordability issues. The idea that Zohran doesn’t take Jewish safety seriously is ridiculous and racist.
It’s so harmful to conflate support for Jewish supremacy in Israel with concern for Jewish safety in the United States.
It’s so harmful to conflate support for Jewish supremacy in Israel with concern for Jewish safety in the United States.
My statement after meeting with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social:
June 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I’m a Jew who lived in NYC for a decade and decided to leave due to affordability issues. The idea that Zohran doesn’t take Jewish safety seriously is ridiculous and racist.
It’s so harmful to conflate support for Jewish supremacy in Israel with concern for Jewish safety in the United States.
It’s so harmful to conflate support for Jewish supremacy in Israel with concern for Jewish safety in the United States.
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Hey what do you know about this very obvious thing; do you think treating the very existence of a viable Muslim candidate as de facto antisemitic might be a white supremacist op, or
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Same Extremists Target Both Muslims and Jews
Far-right extremists shifted their online hate from Muslims to Jews in 2017, and offline hate followed the same trends
www.scientificamerican.com
June 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Hey what do you know about this very obvious thing; do you think treating the very existence of a viable Muslim candidate as de facto antisemitic might be a white supremacist op, or
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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Meta will pocket $15 billion from one new tax break in Trump's budget.
"By the way, that is more than the federal government spends annually on childcare."
- @warren.senate.gov
"By the way, that is more than the federal government spends annually on childcare."
- @warren.senate.gov
June 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Meta will pocket $15 billion from one new tax break in Trump's budget.
"By the way, that is more than the federal government spends annually on childcare."
- @warren.senate.gov
"By the way, that is more than the federal government spends annually on childcare."
- @warren.senate.gov
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Speaking to nonlawyers: never let a legal pundit tell you a SCOTUS case isn't a big deal because it's written around a wonky technical issue.
The true wonky technical cases are readily apparent and look quite limited in the number of people affected.
If it looks big and serious, it is.
The true wonky technical cases are readily apparent and look quite limited in the number of people affected.
If it looks big and serious, it is.
Remarkably strong correlation between pundits who told me the Supreme Court upholding Texas’s abortion bounty hunter law was technical and not a sign it would overturn Roe, and pundits assuring me birthright citizenship is fine because people can “just file a class action” or whatever
June 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Speaking to nonlawyers: never let a legal pundit tell you a SCOTUS case isn't a big deal because it's written around a wonky technical issue.
The true wonky technical cases are readily apparent and look quite limited in the number of people affected.
If it looks big and serious, it is.
The true wonky technical cases are readily apparent and look quite limited in the number of people affected.
If it looks big and serious, it is.
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Protests have sprung up in response to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's Venice wedding, including a variety of life-size mannequins placed throughout the city.
The satirical project is protesting the billionaire's wedding as a symbol of unchecked wealth inequality. wapo.st/3I1z8hU
The satirical project is protesting the billionaire's wedding as a symbol of unchecked wealth inequality. wapo.st/3I1z8hU
June 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Protests have sprung up in response to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's Venice wedding, including a variety of life-size mannequins placed throughout the city.
The satirical project is protesting the billionaire's wedding as a symbol of unchecked wealth inequality. wapo.st/3I1z8hU
The satirical project is protesting the billionaire's wedding as a symbol of unchecked wealth inequality. wapo.st/3I1z8hU
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A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a new ICE directive targeting courthouses.
Read More👉 www.tpr.org/border-immigrat...
Read More👉 www.tpr.org/border-immigrat...
June 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a new ICE directive targeting courthouses.
Read More👉 www.tpr.org/border-immigrat...
Read More👉 www.tpr.org/border-immigrat...
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Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.
June 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.
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I wrote about Zohran Mamdani and the revolt of the Democratic base. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Zohran Mamdani has struck a blow to the Democratic party's passivity | Moira Donegan
Democrats’ actions have not matched the passions of its energized voters. You can only antagonize your base for so long
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I wrote about Zohran Mamdani and the revolt of the Democratic base. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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From @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social's Cup of Coffee newsletter this morning, the glorious dismantling of fascist chuds by the Durham Bulls social media. Fuck yeah, Durham. This is the way.
June 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
From @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social's Cup of Coffee newsletter this morning, the glorious dismantling of fascist chuds by the Durham Bulls social media. Fuck yeah, Durham. This is the way.
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IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza.
Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
June 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza.
Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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the way calling for the deportation of any visible non-white person is rapidly becoming normalized is a huge cause for concern.
Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, has sent a letter to Pam Bondi calling for Zohran Mamdani to be stripped of his citizenship and deported.
June 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
the way calling for the deportation of any visible non-white person is rapidly becoming normalized is a huge cause for concern.
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Black americans, for the millionth time, THIS IS OUR BUSINESS. some of our family members don’t have complete birth certificates, if any. should someone seek your ancestry before 1900 as proof of citizenship, you very well may be fucked.
If the Supreme Court makes *any* changes to birthright citizenship, it's a free pass to literally declare anyone a non-citizen and detain them indefinitely.
Like how would I "prove" my citizenship? It's not like I have the Ellis Island records from when my ancestors came over 130 years ago.
Like how would I "prove" my citizenship? It's not like I have the Ellis Island records from when my ancestors came over 130 years ago.
June 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Black americans, for the millionth time, THIS IS OUR BUSINESS. some of our family members don’t have complete birth certificates, if any. should someone seek your ancestry before 1900 as proof of citizenship, you very well may be fucked.
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Mamdani wins the primary with hearty support from the Jewish left, cross-endorses with Brad Lander, wins the Upper West Side, wins Dan Goldman's district, gets Jerry Nadler's endorsement
The NYT:
The NYT:
June 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Mamdani wins the primary with hearty support from the Jewish left, cross-endorses with Brad Lander, wins the Upper West Side, wins Dan Goldman's district, gets Jerry Nadler's endorsement
The NYT:
The NYT:
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Women who reported former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment expressed relief after hearing about his stunning election loss.
“I said a prayer of gratitude because I just felt like it was poetic justice.”
“I said a prayer of gratitude because I just felt like it was poetic justice.”
Women Who Alleged Harassment by Cuomo Celebrate ‘Poetic Justice’ of His Primary Defeat
Women who reported harassment express relief, after getting ensnared in the former governor’s costly legal gauntlet.
buff.ly
June 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Women who reported former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment expressed relief after hearing about his stunning election loss.
“I said a prayer of gratitude because I just felt like it was poetic justice.”
“I said a prayer of gratitude because I just felt like it was poetic justice.”
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I'm so old I remember when Zohran Mamdani's policies were mainstream Democratic positions & not 'socialism'
The party has been pulled so far right in Reagan's wake it views the simple idea of helping people as something to be suspicious of and hostile toward
The party has been pulled so far right in Reagan's wake it views the simple idea of helping people as something to be suspicious of and hostile toward
June 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I'm so old I remember when Zohran Mamdani's policies were mainstream Democratic positions & not 'socialism'
The party has been pulled so far right in Reagan's wake it views the simple idea of helping people as something to be suspicious of and hostile toward
The party has been pulled so far right in Reagan's wake it views the simple idea of helping people as something to be suspicious of and hostile toward