a tiktok account dedicated to worshipping judy hopps (the bunny cop from zootopia) just IDed a january 6th protestor on a conservative dating app who admitted to bringing a hacksaw to murder AOC/biden
everyone: defund the police
mayors: yes we’ll rename streets and paint murals
everyone: no we said de—
celebrities: ok we’ll stop voicing cartoon characters
everyone: that’s not wh—
hulu: fine we’ll remove the golden girls episode with mud masks
everyone: what is happening
mere hours before the massacre in rafah, every senate democrat (except warnock, who was absent) voted to advance a package that includes $14 billion for israel
sanders was the only member of the democratic caucus to vote NO. every other senator is complicit in genocide.
the past week’s twin broken discourses of “libraries are gentrification” and now “strikes are ableist” is a good reminder that this app has a permanent cavalry of haters who will weaponize academic/non-profit language just for the sake of being publicly contradictory
thinking about this energy in nebraska of “don’t say hi to me in the halls, i will make your lives miserable for attacking trans people” vs the florida legislature’s bipartisan cupid shuffle
NE State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh (D-Omaha) prepares to filibuster every bill on the legislative agenda unless Republicans pull their anti-trans bill.
"If people are like, 'Is she threatening us?,' let me clear: Yes, I am. I am threatening you."
I am running for truth and justice as a presidential candidate for the People’s Party to reintroduce America to the best of itself - fighting to end poverty, mass incarceration, ending wars and ecological collapse, guaranteeing housing, health care, education and living wages for…
I support the negotiations seeking a deal on a ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages and the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
My full statement:
the pro-genocide march in D.C., its brazenly anti-Semitic speaker, the “no ceasefire” chants, the signs in the crowd advocating violence against palestinian civilians, are getting 0.00000001% of the scrutiny and outrage that every college campus event for palestine does
US Rep Brian Mast, “I would encourage the other side to not so lightly throw around the idea of innocent Palestinian civilians.
I don't think we would so lightly throw around the term innocent Nazi civilians.”
This is absolutely vile
so the NYPD lied and only released an edited video that excluded the part where they attacked a guy who was walking away from them
and democrats bought the cops’ story without question and immediately called for the migrants’ deportation
this is literally just racism
🚨🚨🚨New Videos Contradict NYPD Account of Lead-Up to Times Square Attack on Cops
The surveillance footage shows Brito walking down the sidewalk away from the police officers, pushing a baby carriage that appears to be holding his possessions.
Here are the only 13 members of Congress not co-sponsoring this disgusting, anti-Palestinian resolution:
Jamaal Bowman
Cori Bush
André Carson
Al Green
Summer Lee
Gwen Moore
AOC
Ilhan Omar
Ayanna Pressley
Delia Ramirez
Melanie Stansbury
Bennie Thompson
Rashida Tlaib
Oh my god. He called 911 *on himself* to ask for help during a mental crisis.
Instead of sending mental health professionals, they sent cops to “take the man into custody.”
The situation escalated to the point where both cops opened fire and killed him.
NYPD cops fatally shoot an emotionally disturbed teen wielding scissors in his Queens home
The 19-year-old called 911 on himself, spiraled out of control during a “mental crisis.”
he responded like this when she was just pointing out that he raised millions of new yorkers’ rents? and people actually clapped for him when he said that?
we live in hell
.
@NYCMayor
went off on a woman during his town hall tonight: "I'm the mayor of this city and treat me with the respect that would deserve to be treated. I'm speaking to you as an adult. Don't stand in front like you treated someone that's on the plantation that you own."
I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that New York politics have changed dramatically in the last 48 hours.
5 incumbents have donated and sworn off cop contributions. We've returned $26,500 to the people.
51 incumbents and $287,270 to go. I'm tagging them all here. THREAD:
This is huge. Senator Gianaris is donating his $16,650 from police, correction, and court officers to bail funds and mutual aid.
We're at 5 incumbents now and over $25,000 returned to our communities. Let's keep it going! Tag your electeds who've taken money below.
This January, I served as a grand jury foreman in Queens.
When I spoke up about blatantly illegal behavior by court officers. they removed me from the room & tried to intimidate me into shutting up.
I filed an affidavit to dismiss one of our indictments.
@haideechu
has more 🧵
A new House resolution, which may be voted on as early as tonight, "clearly and firmly states that anti-Zionism is antisemitism." This comes after a previous resolution hinted at that claim, but did not fully state it. So now Congress wants to leave no question.
But there's an…
i think a huge mistake a lot of folks make is attacking individuals who move into gentrifying areas and branding them as the enemy, when our focus should be trained on the politicians and real estate industry who created the conditions for gentrification in the first place.
In 2001, amid enormous pressure, Barbara Lee voted against HJ Res 64, which approved use of military force after the 9/11 attacks. At the time, Lee criticized the measure as having the potential to "spiral out of control." She was the only member of the House or Senate to vote No
If not carefully analyzed and contextually, the refusal to form part of the IOF can serve as a settler colonial move to innocence aimed at absolving the “settler of feelings of guilt or responsibility without giving up land or power, without having to change much at all.”
Bernie is no white supremacist insurrectionist. But by sitting on the Capitol steps, he manifests privilege, white privilege, male privilege and class privilege, in ways that my students can see and feel.
This disgusting resolution passed 311–14, with 92 members voting "Present."
The 14 NO votes who rejected equating anti-Zionism and antisemitism:
Bowman
Bush
Connolly
García, Jesús
Grijalva
Jayapal
Lee, Summer
Massie
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pressley
Ramirez
Tlaib
Watson Coleman
A new House resolution, which may be voted on as early as tonight, "clearly and firmly states that anti-Zionism is antisemitism." This comes after a previous resolution hinted at that claim, but did not fully state it. So now Congress wants to leave no question.
But there's an…
“The accumulated evidence raises serious concerns about a possible coordinated effort to maintain the TAU Dual BA Program as almost exclusively for Jewish students, effectively barring Arab and Muslim students”
Columbia is aware that they are violating the Civil Rights Act
BREAKING:
LEAKED DOCUMENT from Columbia University admin detailing:
1. Discriminatory Admissions policies for the Tel Aviv Dual Degree program
2. Disproportionate financial aid given to Tel Aviv Dual Degree Students
3. Bias from the Dean of General Studies
Thread 🧵
we’ve spent the last two and a half years debating how defund is unpopular and a flawed slogan or whatever but as it turns out none of the pitiful reforms liberals have proposed and implemented have done a thing. defunding the police is still the only policy to deliver results
BREAKING: The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least 198 people have been killed and more than 1,600 wounded in Gaza in Israeli retaliation after a Hamas attack killed at least 40.
wisconsin governor sneakily using his line-item veto to fund schools for 4 centuries vs eric adams and NYC councilmembers slashing public education budgets and lying about it
Gov. Evers, by vetoing the digits "20" and the hyphen from a reference to the 2024-25 academic year, has created an annual school funding increase authorization that persists for more than four hundred years.
My name is Isaiah Martin and I’m running to become the next Gen-Z member of the United States Congress — because democracy is only guaranteed if we fight for it.
#TX18
notice how politicians’ statements condemning columbia students started dropping around the same time yesterday, and now every article is leading with “politicians condemn anti-semitism at columbia” to smear protesters instead of reporting WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND WHY
Just saw a spark of humanity on my F train home.
Two guys sit across from each other. Suddenly one starts yelling at the other in typical NYer fashion: “Stop staring at me. If you keep staring at me I’m getting the cops.”
Silence for 20 minutes. Then the first guy speaks up…
imagine barely winning your election in a deep blue state and immediately wasting all your political capital on a judge who protects anti-abortion clinics, rules against unions & thinks it’s okay to pick people with dark skin off juries
“I’m willing to do everything I need to do to get it through the committee,” Gov. Hochul says about LaSalle, who she says has been “so horribly maligned.”
big city elections be like
MAYOR
fascist running as democrat 98%
boring moderate 71%
standard liberal 5%
progressive activist 1%
COMPTROLLER/CONTROLLER
nerdy communist 184%
Congratulations to the
@NYCCouncil
for successfully getting me to delete my tweet. I’ve gotten countless calls and messages from folks telling me how upset they are, including from a Post reporter saying the NYPD has been involved.
They’re elected officials with power. I’m 19.
BREAKING: NY-10 candidate Maud Maron is under fire after saying she’s “open” to Maoism in a recent interview with Hamodia.
Her campaign later clarified that she is only open to “the vibes” of Maoism.
This is huge. Senator Gianaris is donating his $16,650 from police, correction, and court officers to bail funds and mutual aid.
We're at 5 incumbents now and over $25,000 returned to our communities. Let's keep it going! Tag your electeds who've taken money below.
I am donating all contributions received from police PACs for my re-election to bail funds and mutual aid organizations, and I will not accept them going forward.
We need to call out injustice, but most of all we must act.
this is really bad: anti-trans, anti-CRT, far-right org PLACE just won 40% of seats on NYC community education councils
the nationwide fascist creep just put down roots in our public schools under the guise of supporting the SHSAT and gifted & talented
BREAKING: White House statement on anti-Israel protests at Columbia University:
“While every American has the right to peaceful protect, calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community are blatantly Antisemitic, unconscionable, and…
After
@isaiahrmartin
launched his campaign today (with support from
@VotersTomorrow
@0liviajulianna
& others), it quickly become clear that he’s a centrist Zionist with potential Republican sympathies
I’m going to thread all the evidence below and keep it updated 🧵
My name is Isaiah Martin and I’m running to become the next Gen-Z member of the United States Congress — because democracy is only guaranteed if we fight for it.
#TX18
CONFIRMED: As recently as 2020, (centrist and Zionist) Democratic congressional candidate
@isaiahrmartin
was hanging out with Greg Abbott at a rally for a Harlan Crow-backed Republican.
BREAKING:
LEAKED audio of Columbia University vice president Gerry Rosberg unable to respond when asked if Palestinians are human.
He stated that this question was “intimidating”.
Acknowledging that Palestinians are human is “intimidating rhetoric” to Columbia admin.
“it turns out” = “we willingly ignored this for ten months because cuomo’s dumb powerpoints were more fun than the thousands of nursing home patients who died on his watch”
So this is actually the perfect opportunity to answer an important question: Why did so many leftists on this app start hating on the squad (mostly) about a year ago?
The answer, I think, has to do with 4 things: (longgg thread)
I’m inside the Columbia campus now, and the pro-Israel crowd is yelling through the gates at students. “Stop wasting mommy and daddy’s money!” “You want to camp? Go camp in Gaza!” “Go back to Gaza!”
When I get off the train, first guy is showing the second guy a video on his phone & explaining something.
Genuinely one of the most beautiful interactions I’ve seen on a subway—and the first enemies-to-friends storyline.
Maybe there’s hope for us yet?
UPDATE: no confirmed source or date yet, but along with posing for photos with Greg Abbott, "Democratic" congressional candidate
@isaiahrmartin
also appears to have posed for photos with TED CRUZ.
As if his centrism and Zionism weren't enough, this should end his campaign.
CONFIRMED: As recently as 2020, (centrist and Zionist) Democratic congressional candidate
@isaiahrmartin
was hanging out with Greg Abbott at a rally for a Harlan Crow-backed Republican.
moderates: we need to run on working-class issues
bernie: medicare for all?
moderates: no
bernie: free college?
moderates: no
bernie: cancel rent?
moderates: no, biden 2020
*centrist house and senate candidates lose*
moderates: ah, we talked too much about queer people
maybe someone has already said this but both percy jackson & harry potter have lower classes looked down upon (minor gods/demigods and house elves/goblins) but while in PJO the entire series culminates in percy giving up godhood to give them rights, harry just becomes a cop
Pro-Palestinian Reps. Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib and Summer Lee are all wearing keffiyehs at the State of the Union.
None are clapping for Biden. Tlaib is staying seated.
if you endorsed joe biden in *april 2019* it is literally impossible for you to be progressive. it means you fundamentally have a theory of change that is incompatible with the left. this shouldn’t be controversial!
Nadler also (correctly) explained that anti-Zionism and antisemitism are not the same thing, noting the long history of Jewish anti-Zionism and many non-Zionist Orthodox Jewish sects like the Satmar
insane: republican and democratic NYS legislators are joining forces to demand the expulsion of binghamton's student government leaders who supported their BDS resolution. our very own mccarthyism
UPDATE: Some state legislators sent a letter to SUNY Chancellor King asking for the expulsion of me and my fellow student government members.
BU administration has assured our student government that this will not happen, but it is still concerning nonetheless.
If you don’t understand the difference between accepting an endorsement from AIPAC and from the “Animal Wellness PAC” you probably shouldn’t be in journalism
SCOOP: Rep. Jamaal Bowman and his allies have repeatedly slammed AIPAC for supporting “insurrectionist Republicans.” Yet in the last two years, he accepted almost $40K from 20 PACs that gave more than $700K last quarter to those same type of Republicans.
Governor Hochul just nominated a conservative judge to lead New York’s highest court, who has sided with anti-abortion “crisis pregnancy centers”
So much for protecting abortion rights!
new: NY Gov. Kathy Hochul has nominated Hector D. LaSalle, the presiding justice of the state supreme court’s second department, as chief judge of the state court of appeals, NY’s highest court. if appointed, LaSalle would be the first Latino chief judge on the court, says Hochul
I can’t believe this is real.
In less than 72 hours, we’ve gotten 9 incumbents to donate their law enforcement contributions to anti-racist causes, giving $28,250 back to the people.
Let’s keep this momentum going. Keep tagging your electeds. THREAD:
#BREAKING
National Guard and Police CHECKING BAGS at Grand Central subway station in NYC.
Earlier today Governor Hochul announced deployment NATIONAL GUARD and the State Police in NYC Subways after violent crime.
Desk
@freedomnews
.tv to license
…“I’m sorry. I’m just having a really bad day.”
Second guy, who doesn’t appear to speak English, gives him a thumbs up. He seems to be smiling under his mask.
“No, I was wrong. You didn’t do anything wrong & I took it out on you.”
The two get up & embrace tightly.
ilhan: impeach trump for sedition
cori: expel republicans for sedition
biden: can't we all just get along...this is "bordering on" sedition but this is not who we are i swear
I didn’t gather a single phone number. I simply passed along a list of numbers someone else compiled so that voters could contact their electeds.
The fact that the Council can’t handle a few calls is absolutely embarrassing and tells you everything you need to know about them.