Russell Alden
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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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Pretty amazing that a former president will sit quietly as one of his successors orders US troops into American cities and ships innocent people off to concentration camps—but feels compelled to speak up when a fellow HR nightmare is at risk of losing to another member of the same party.
June 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Pretty amazing that a former president will sit quietly as one of his successors orders US troops into American cities and ships innocent people off to concentration camps—but feels compelled to speak up when a fellow HR nightmare is at risk of losing to another member of the same party.
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Well past time for big city mayors to call for the arrest of anyone who claims to be law enforcement but wears a mask and/or won’t identify themselves
June 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Well past time for big city mayors to call for the arrest of anyone who claims to be law enforcement but wears a mask and/or won’t identify themselves
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New Yorkers scream out each officer’s lawsuits against them for excessive force and more upon their city, right to their faces while protesting.
June 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New Yorkers scream out each officer’s lawsuits against them for excessive force and more upon their city, right to their faces while protesting.
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Tragically, the outrageous assault of Sen. Padilla today is becoming normal behavior for a Trump administration which is moving us toward authoritarianism.
The American people do not like petty tyrants. We defeated King George in 1776. We will defeat King Donald.
The American people do not like petty tyrants. We defeated King George in 1776. We will defeat King Donald.
June 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Tragically, the outrageous assault of Sen. Padilla today is becoming normal behavior for a Trump administration which is moving us toward authoritarianism.
The American people do not like petty tyrants. We defeated King George in 1776. We will defeat King Donald.
The American people do not like petty tyrants. We defeated King George in 1776. We will defeat King Donald.
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the goons who arrested padilla need to be held accountable too. physically assaulting a senator in the performance of his duties is an attack on the constitution.
June 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
the goons who arrested padilla need to be held accountable too. physically assaulting a senator in the performance of his duties is an attack on the constitution.
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NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL.
Thank you Senator Padilla for defending your constituents and showing exactly what Kristi Noem and this administration stand for.
Thank you Senator Padilla for defending your constituents and showing exactly what Kristi Noem and this administration stand for.
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL.
Thank you Senator Padilla for defending your constituents and showing exactly what Kristi Noem and this administration stand for.
Thank you Senator Padilla for defending your constituents and showing exactly what Kristi Noem and this administration stand for.
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Abolishing ICE isn't enough.
DHS as a whole is a fucking gestapo.
DHS as a whole is a fucking gestapo.
June 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Abolishing ICE isn't enough.
DHS as a whole is a fucking gestapo.
DHS as a whole is a fucking gestapo.
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As I've said before, what we're dealing with fundamentally here, and have been dealing with for some time, is evil. Our political norms and political media prohibit talking about a mainstream political faction this way. But it is the truth. It needs to be known and it needs to be said.
If this is even remotely accurate, Elon Musk and Donald Trump have killed more people in several months than the Iraq war killed in a decade
May 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
As I've said before, what we're dealing with fundamentally here, and have been dealing with for some time, is evil. Our political norms and political media prohibit talking about a mainstream political faction this way. But it is the truth. It needs to be known and it needs to be said.
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I do not hate Christians. I am annoyed at Christians insisting I acknowledge their unique virtue while oppressing me and others.
May 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I do not hate Christians. I am annoyed at Christians insisting I acknowledge their unique virtue while oppressing me and others.
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happy for Khalil of course but i must say, "lawful permanent resident not charged with any crimes, imprisoned by president's stormtroopers for having forbidden opinions about US-abetted genocide, briefly allowed to touch his child" is a hell of a thing to find oneself feeling joy and relief about
A HAPPY UPDATE! Mahmoud Khalil was allowed a "contact" visit—without plexiglass divider—with his wife and newborn son this morning before his immigration hearing, ACLU tells me, so I think we can safely assume that he was finally able to hold his child for the first time.
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys urgently ask Judge Farbiarz to order ICE to permit Khalil to hold his newborn son today "for the most elementary human reasons." ICE has so far denied the request, despite his wife and child having made the 1,500-mile trip. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
happy for Khalil of course but i must say, "lawful permanent resident not charged with any crimes, imprisoned by president's stormtroopers for having forbidden opinions about US-abetted genocide, briefly allowed to touch his child" is a hell of a thing to find oneself feeling joy and relief about
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It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is “bring back that one innocent guy” and not “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.”
April 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is “bring back that one innocent guy” and not “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.”
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that major league baseball isn't called "major league baseballs" is a perpetuation of the one-baseball myth, one easily dispelled in the age of streaming. one can now simultaneously watch two games, in different cities, played with different baseballs. mlb does not use one ball and hasn't since 1997
March 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
that major league baseball isn't called "major league baseballs" is a perpetuation of the one-baseball myth, one easily dispelled in the age of streaming. one can now simultaneously watch two games, in different cities, played with different baseballs. mlb does not use one ball and hasn't since 1997
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Genuinely, at this point, I don't think this organization has a single redeeming quality.
The ADL has always struggled - sometimes productively, sometimes not - to balance its particularist commitment to Jewish peoplehood with its universal commitment to fighting bias and discrimination. Now it no longer even seems to be trying to balance those poles. jewishcurrents.org/adl-shutters...
ADL Shutters Flagship Anti-Bias Program
Former employees say the organization is shifting away from educational content on racism and the LGBTQ experience and focusing more exclusively on…
jewishcurrents.org
March 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Genuinely, at this point, I don't think this organization has a single redeeming quality.
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during the 2020 blm protests donald trump sent out plain clothes officers in unmarked vans to disappear protesters and then dems got power and did absolutely nothing about it
March 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
during the 2020 blm protests donald trump sent out plain clothes officers in unmarked vans to disappear protesters and then dems got power and did absolutely nothing about it
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Legal residents getting kidnapped by plain clothes agents of the state for expressing their political opinions isn't something that happens in democratic countries.
RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
March 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Legal residents getting kidnapped by plain clothes agents of the state for expressing their political opinions isn't something that happens in democratic countries.
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Ritchie Torres represents one of the poorest districts in America.
He has more content on his website and social media profiles about Israel than he does on taxes, Medicare and Medicaid, social security, healthcare policy, labor rights, wages, and inflation.
Combined.
He has more content on his website and social media profiles about Israel than he does on taxes, Medicare and Medicaid, social security, healthcare policy, labor rights, wages, and inflation.
Combined.
this is a john birch society level of delusional conspiracy theory being promoted by a democratic congressman
March 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ritchie Torres represents one of the poorest districts in America.
He has more content on his website and social media profiles about Israel than he does on taxes, Medicare and Medicaid, social security, healthcare policy, labor rights, wages, and inflation.
Combined.
He has more content on his website and social media profiles about Israel than he does on taxes, Medicare and Medicaid, social security, healthcare policy, labor rights, wages, and inflation.
Combined.
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Consider this. 6 people in plainclothes approach you, and begin to cover their faces. At least one appears armed. As they grab your phone and backpack, they do not prove who they are. They say they're going to take you, but they're not saying why.
What would you call that?
What would you call that?
NEW—After a day of uncertainty on where agents took Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, she appears to be in a Louisiana facility.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
WATCH: The Moment Masked ICE Agents Arrested Tufts Graduate Student Who Spoke Out in Support of Palestine
“I can buy that badge from a fucking costume store,” says a witness to the “kidnapping” of Rumeysa Ozturk as she was on her way to break her Ramadan fast.
zeteo.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Consider this. 6 people in plainclothes approach you, and begin to cover their faces. At least one appears armed. As they grab your phone and backpack, they do not prove who they are. They say they're going to take you, but they're not saying why.
What would you call that?
What would you call that?
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Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
March 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
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Becoming a “thank you for your service” guy for a car dealership is the logical endpoint of American conservatism
March 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Becoming a “thank you for your service” guy for a car dealership is the logical endpoint of American conservatism
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I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
March 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
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Still sound like something not worth condemning @gallego.senate.gov ?
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Still sound like something not worth condemning @gallego.senate.gov ?
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Everyone responsible for this should get a Nuremberg style trial.
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Everyone responsible for this should get a Nuremberg style trial.
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if you kill your kid by not allowing them to be vaccinated you can get a full time grifter job in the anti vax movement but if a school shooter kills your kid you'll get smeared by the same people that make anti-vax child killers their heroes. the commonality is they all love it when kids die
March 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
if you kill your kid by not allowing them to be vaccinated you can get a full time grifter job in the anti vax movement but if a school shooter kills your kid you'll get smeared by the same people that make anti-vax child killers their heroes. the commonality is they all love it when kids die