friedben.bsky.social
@friedben.bsky.social
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Was Eric Adams ready for the job? Absolutely not.

Were there multiple pieces asking that question leading up to Jan 1, 2022? Also no.
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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What these people are doing to the power of calling out real antisemitism, in an incredibly dangerous time of surging global antisemitism….man, it is just so worrisome
December 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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But why Congresswoman???? Why must they be blamed? Y'all have to keep telling the public that they control the entire Federal government including the Supreme Court. You have to keep saying this in every single appearance. KEEP IT SIMPLE.
Trump and Republicans will take the blame if the government shuts down tonight.

They have already decimated federal agencies, fired thousands of federal workers, and stripped health care from 15 million people.

It's clear that they have no interest in working FOR the American people.
September 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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We simply cannot allow the world's most powerful antisemites to continue pretending they care about the safety or freedom of American Jews. They don't give a fuck about us, and no one should act like they do.
Trump, who referred to bankers as "shylocks" a couple days ago, says Harvard "has been very bad. Totally antisemitic."
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Cuomo spent the whole campaign trashing the Democratic Party while Mamdani never shied away from being a Democrat. For both centrists and leftists it's an important lesson: if you want to win a party primary you should outwardly like the party.
June 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Also, surely this should be the core media narrative about this war - they’re not doing it for any reason they can articulate!

There’s no intelligence supporting their claims, Trump himself seemed to think it was a bad idea a week ago, but no one’s in charge and Trump is an easily-pressured fool
WELKER: Do you and President Trump trust the US intelligence community and its assessments?

JD VANCE: Of course we trust our intelligence community, but we also trust our instincts
June 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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LAPD when they think nobody is watching
June 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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If Andrew Cuomo wants to run on his COVID record, he absolutely should:

✅Mismanaged pandemic response, resulting in extreme shortages of critical medical equipment
✅Sent thousands of elderly New Yorkers to their deaths in nursing homes
✅Lied to Congress to protect his $5 million book deal
April 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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I feel like “President of the United States suggests he would deport American citizens to prisons in El Salvador” should be fairly big news
REPORTER: You mentioned you're open to deporting individuals that aren't foreign aliens but aren't criminal to El Salvador. Does that include US citizens?

TRUMP: If they are criminals and hit people with baseball bats, if they rape 87 year old women, yeah. Yeah. That includes them. I'm all for it.
April 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Do not look away.
April 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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The claim that the destruction of essential civilizational institutions is being done in the name of the Jews is itself a form of antisemitism—cultural vandalism carried out in our name.

That, my friends, is rank bullshit.
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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At the Mike Lawler empty chair town hall in Peekskill, 102 year old Dee in danger of losing her Medicaid, heard FDR on the radio in 1935 when he created Social Security. @indivisible.org
March 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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🔥 “Wake the hell up.”

Former RNC chair @michaelsteele.bsky.social goes in on Elon’s infiltration into the federal government, accessing everyone’s personal info
February 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.

This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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i really like @johnpfaff.bsky.social's idea that the council should pass a resolution calling on Hochul to remove Adams and she should defer to it. it'd set a limited precedent which respects local democracy.
On MSNBC, Gov. Hochul does not commit to removing Mayor Adams, but implies she may consider it. "I'm consulting with other leaders in government at this time. We've got to have one sane person in the state who can cut through all the crap (and) say, 'What (does) my responsibility guide me to do?'"
February 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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I agree with @whstancil.bsky.social. Members of Congress should be demanding Bondi and Bove resign or be fired. They should be calling for investigations. They should be calling for subpoenas. They should be holding all Justice nominees. And they should be doing it loudly, publicly and now.
February 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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I say again that a problem with congress is a bunch of insecure turf defenders operating in a hierarchy are unwilling to divide the labor according to ability. Whatever the merits of Jeffries he fucking sucks as spokesperson. Yank him
February 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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This morning, President Trump and his crony Elon Musk illegally seized $80M in congressionally-appropriated FEMA funding from NYC bank accounts.

Trump and Elon stole tens of millions of dollars straight from our bank accounts--this is highway robbery, and NY cannot take this lying down.
Trump admin claws back $80M given to NYC to house migrants — but comptroller calls it ‘highway robbery’
Millions in FEMA funds sent to New York City last week to help with the migrant crisis were clawed back Wednesday, officials said.
buff.ly
February 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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The President of the United States is calling for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.

There are more than 2 million people in the Gaza Strip, nearly half of them are children.

Absolutely vile. He must be held accountable for his genocidal remarks.
February 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM