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@nyt editorial board, covering politics and all things New York. @msnbc analyst. Subway rider and beachgoer. Go Blue.

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Shout out to Brian Williams, who just refused to name former POTUS, instead describing him as a “twice-impeached private citizen.”
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One thing I love about New York right now? How people pull up their masks as they approach strangers on the street. It’s a sign of respect, community and common sense. Just call us the heartland.
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This is remarkable
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This one feels right today: "In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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That’s the darkest Barack Obama we’ve ever seen. The message was clear: vote now or let democracy die.
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Merry Christmas to Robert, this MTA contractor, who I caught meticulously scrubbing every inch of this 1 train when no one was looking.
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This is both anecdotal and early, but many long covid survivors are feeling significantly better after receiving their first vaccine dose. Including me. Fascinating.
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All jokes aside: an entire generation of New Yorkers has been completely priced out of buying homes in their own communities. I think we help people most in need first (homeless, the working poor). But the inability of middle class to put down roots in nyc is a real problem.
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To recap, Tyler Perry provided security after the Royal family no longer would.
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One thing is clear, if Democrats don’t learn how to talk about race, Republicans will do it for them.
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A New York police union came after the mayor’s daughter. Think about that.
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NYPD sergeants' union tweets and deletes Chiara de Blasio's arrest report
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One thing that amazes is the distance between the daily suffering of those who’ve lost someone to this virus, or like me are in the battle of their lives to recover from it, and those for whom missing one Thanksgiving dinner is too big a sacrifice to make. They have no idea.
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No words for how wild it is to watch this as a Black American.
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There is no dinner table in America where women enjoy being spoken over, interrupted, dismissed.
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Can’t find the words to express my pain and disgust at seeing Rush Limbaugh receive the nation’s highest honor in the house that my ancestors built. But in their name, I say that this is not the end. We will overcome this hate and live to see a better day. This too shall pass.
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Just over here thinking about my family paying taxes while drinking from a segregated water fountain.
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I’m angry. When a man who made millions undermining democracy gets a slap on the wrist, it’s hard not to think about the people who built this country, served in its wars, and were treated like common criminals every day of their lives because of the color of their skin.
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Korey Wise, a member of the Central Park Five, who spent years in prison for a crime he did not commit, giving gifts to kids in Harlem. Merry Christmas from the heartland, America
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Lila A. Fenwick, 87, New York City, first black woman to graduate from Harvard Law School
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Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president, is now explaining the importance of hard work to Donald Trump. Kind of delicious when you think about it.
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Romi Cohn, 91, New York City. Saved 56 Jewish families from the Gestapo.
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Buying a calculator, brb 🙈
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“On Thursday, in a conference call with a group of lobbyists, Mr. McConnell vented that the party’s Senate candidates are being financially overwhelmed because of small-dollar contributions to ActBlue, the online liberal fund-raising hub.”
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The job isn’t to give equal weight to every side of a story. The job is to tell the truth.
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Journalists: Share one piece of advice you want to give to up-and-coming journalists about networking & professionalism
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Just put my running shoes on for the first time since I got sick. The goal was a single block. I made it half a mile.
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Washington Post editorial board calls for abolishing the electoral college. “It’s time to let the majority rule,” they write.
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Racism and covid are trying to kill us but I just ran my first mile since getting sick, and I feel great.
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I stand with Asian Americans. Nobody is free until everybody is free.
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“They hired more Black and brown officers, began training programs based on best-practices, required any officer who uses force in any way to report it in detail, and for the supervisor to review it. The bad cops were suddenly outed.”
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This weekend, someone - a white woman and a Democrat - told me @AOC “doesn’t know her place.” What a fascinatingly specific turn of phrase.
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Today, New York will repeal 50-A, the law that keeps police records secret. Activists have worked to overturn it for years. But just a year ago, it was nowhere. This victory is happening because of the protesters. It belongs to them.
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Don’t ignore the racism. Go right at it. Talk about it for what it is: a threat to democracy, a campaign of terror, the biggest con-job in our 400-year history, and a cancer on the human soul.
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The New York Times is now free for high school students and teachers in the United States. Please spread the word.
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NYC will remove the statue of Dr. J.Marion Sims from Central Park tomorrow. Doctor performed experiments on black women in slavery
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A Cuban doctor waiting for asylum in the United States has become the only full-time physician at a makeshift encampment for 2,500 migrants in Mexico.
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Statue of J. Marion Sims, doctor who performed experiments on enslaved black women, has been removed from Central Park. I see you, NYC
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Danny Lewis is mostly @dannydoodar.bsky.social now
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J. Marion Sims is down @WNYC
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Good morning from Brooklyn, where I just ran two miles for the first time in months, and the sun just came out. It all feels so good.
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Kavanaugh protesters on their way to Trump Tower. I’ve seen a lot of protests in New York since Trump got elected. The anger feels very different today
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😂😂😂 Thank you, Brooklyn
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This is great, but I’d rather the city just stop beating protesters in the street
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NYC will name/paint "Black Lives Matter" on one street in each borough, ala DC outside the White House, @BilldeBlasio says.
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How do you thank the friends who brought you homemade soup and groceries, lilacs and Zingerman’s, who lent you their oximeter, and walked you to the ER, and checked on you every single day? I am still searching for a way, but nothing is good enough.
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Hello from vacation, where I ran my first three miles post-covid. To those of you with long (long!) recoveries, this one is for you. You aren’t alone. Keep fighting. We will get there, together.
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My heart is with my fellow covid survivors, and the family members of the 209,000 Americans who died. Together we are powerful.
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I’m not embarrassed for this man, I’m embarrassed for us.
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We need more elected officials who ride public transit.
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This is the kind of passion a whole lot of Democratic voters are looking for
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🔥🔥 After @malcolmkenyatta points out their lies about this abortion rights ban and hypocrisy saying they “want voters to decide” after majority of @PAHouseGOP tried to help Trump overturn PA’s election, GOP shuts off his mic then shuts the public from the debate. #StopPABans
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We are staring down the face of fascism. The differences between the Democrats are nothing.
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How is it that a 36,000-officer police force can’t stop stop isolated looting but can manage to beat up peaceful protesters? Asking for a city.
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If this is the way a police union talks about an elected official almost certainly headed for Congress in January, how do its gun-carrying members treat New Yorkers?
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“We do not have kings. We have presidents,” says Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, who literally bled for democracy.
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Mayor de Blasio asks President Biden to invoke the Defense Production Act, says, rightly, that NYC needs more at-home tests, more monoclonal antibody treatments, and fast-tracking of Pfizer’s antiviral pill, Paxlovid.
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The last word goes to you, Congressman. “Though I am gone, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe.” John Lewis’ final op-ed to the country he loved.
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Counterpoint: This is how you talk about race. More like this, please
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Please see my statement below.
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I thought about making Christmas dinner. It was so exhausting I ordered two days worth of takeout instead.
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Trump told governors this morning they are on their own: “Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment — try getting it yourselves,” Mr. Trump told the governors during the conference call, a recording of which was shared with The New York Times.
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NYC Subway today, on 4th anniversary of Eric Garner’s death
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My dad just reminded me that today is my two-year anniversary of working at The New York Times. Still pinching myself, and am so grateful I get to write about New York every day.
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Some white people would rather burn our country to the ground than share it with the rest of us.
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I have just managed to book a vaccine appointment. In Potsdam. Which is over five hours away. Potsdam here I come!
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If getting out of bed this morning was an act of courage, you aren’t alone. Be kind to yourself today, and dream of the happy Christmas mornings to come.
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Soak this up. Tomorrow, we have a democracy to rebuild.
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“Doctors and nurses would gasp with joy when they saw her smile as they entered her room. She adored music therapy and had some of her first big laughs playing with a balloon of Elmo, her favorite Sesame Street character.”
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I just ran to Manhattan. Take that, covid.
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My best friend is in active labor, texting to ask how I am feeling. Women are fierce. And yes, I am bragging about her.
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The most painful thing is not the racist things Donald Trump says. The most painful thing is that we told America who he was and half of the country didn’t believe us, or care
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Staten Island
Staten Islanders with masks drive out non-mask wearing person in grocery store. #Coronavirus
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One time not long after I graduated, I complained to my dad about how much I was paying in taxes on $40K in income. He smiled but admonished me, said it was my duty as a citizen, and told me I should be proud to contribute to our democracy. Go figure.
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Today, a Jeffrey Epstein assault survivor was able to sue his estate because of New York’s child victims act, passed this year. A great reminder that local elections matter.
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You have to be really obsessed with black people to dream up this nonsense
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In the days and weeks to come, we will publish essays demonstrating that nearly everything that has made America exceptional grew out of slavery. @nytimes
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My personal view as a New Yorker is that we were left to die.
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Wear your mask
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It turns out that the first snow after surviving a plague feels like magic.
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Local elections are beautiful
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Five of the six “no” votes on the Alabama abortion ban were from black legislators
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Here’s the full roll call on the abortion ban bill:
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This may prove to be the finest moment of Andrew Cuomo’s public life.
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Unity is a poor substitute for a working multiracial democracy.
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Sometimes, faced with tyranny, people fold and just give democracy away. It can happen here.
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New York 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
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Frederick Douglass is an American hero, and his name has no business in your mouth.
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You quote a mighty and historic speech by the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass, but, without context, many modern readers will misunderstand. Two critical points:
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Most New Yorkers in my neighborhood are still masked up this morning. This is a community that believes in science, but it will take us time to feel comfortable. If you had been through what we have, you might feel the same way.
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This tribute to New Yorkers who died in the pandemic is beautiful.
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“I get so angry when I see people not wearing masks,” Hart said. “It makes me want to take a bar of soap and write on my car’s rearview window that ‘My husband who saved so many lives died of COVID-19. Wear a mask!’
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A reminder that the way to fix this is for Gov. Cuomo and the State Legislature to create a nonpartisan body to administer elections, and to set clear standards for those appointees.
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This is some cold truth from @AOC . If NYC were in a swing state, its election administration would be a national outrage.
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Today is six months as a Covid-19 survivor. I am running, thriving and stronger every day. Recovery is hard work. I’m doing it not only for me, but for the many others who are fighting their way back to full health, and the more than 200,000 of our fellow Americans who died.
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Running this puts black people in danger. And other Americans standing up for our humanity and democracy, too. @nytimes
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AFL-CIO statement on Scott Walker’s defeat to Tony Evers in Wisconsin governor’s race:
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These workers have every right not to get vaccinated. They don’t have the right to keep jobs in which they needlessly endanger those around them. Personal decisions carry consequences.
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I remember a time when Detroit was a punchline. Now it’s playing a key role in saving our democracy. How very sweet this is.
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