Ari Feldman

"I do not want the attempts to secure my safety to threaten that of others." All day, every day, on repeat.

HUGE NEWS: ICE’s courthouse arrests have been STAYED by a New York district judge. That means that ICE will have to stop arresting our immigrant neighbors on the spot when they show up to court at places like 26 Federal Plaza, 290 Broadway, and 201 Varick. This is a massive win for our communities in the fight against ICE. I’m proud to have worked alongside the incredible organizations like @Door_NYC who filed this case.

@GinnyRusso19 @C_Sommerfeldt He can return the favor by backing her in the general if she gets there, the same as she did for him.

@C_Sommerfeldt And how shocked will we all be when Mamdani doesn't return the favor.

Inbox: State Sen. Jabari Brisport, a longtime friend and ally of Mayor Mamdani, is endorsing Antonio Delgado for governor. Mamdani hasn't endorsed in the gubernatorial primary yet. Gov. Hochul backed Mamdani for mayor, tho.

@elonmusk @RayDalio Are you planning on giving it to people? Seems like you could be doing that right now.

@RayDalio It is certainly a nice gesture of the Dells, but there will be no poverty in the future and so no need to save money. There will be universal high income.

I personally appreciate the Trump administration’s launch of the Trump accounts, appreciate the Dells for piling on with their support, and appreciate both of them for allowing Dalio Philanthropies and others to join in. This emerging bipartisan effort exemplifies the sort of movement that I hoped for when I wrote “Why and How Capitalism Needs to be Reformed” economicprinciples.org/Why-and-How-Ca… six years ago. These Trump Accounts are great not just because they put money into stocks for these young people but also because they draw their attention toward how finance, stocks, companies, and capitalism work to improve society and can work for them. For capitalism to work, it must work well for most people. In addition to contributing to these accounts, I will work with others on financial literacy education so everyone gets the basics down—like learning to earn more than one spends and how to save and invest well. Said differently, I believe that human capital—the ability of humans to earn money and handle it well—is the most valuable type of capital and the backbone of a strong country, so that is what I am now most interested in investing in. If the American people can do this in a bipartisan way, we will have a strong country.

Sometimes you do need to beat a dead horse

I am heartbroken to share that another one of our students was detained by ICE, while attending his immigration hearing. Our Project Open Arms team is standing with the student’s family, working closely to connect them with legal support and other critical services.

Your turn @UFT! Major Unions Are Dropping Cuomo to Back Mamdani in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race nytimes.com/2025/06/27/nyr…

Yesterday's mayoral debate reference to old tweets and defunding reminded me of this one from September 2020 when parents & students had to march masked on the streets because Gov Cuomo DEFUNDED NY SCHOOLS thread #DoNotRankCuomo

Just in case you forgot who Andrew Cuomo is….if you have kids in public school, you might want to read this thread: 🪡 🧵

🏫The NYC public school system is a marvel, serving nearly a million students and employing 130,000 teachers and staff. 🏫 But Andrew Cuomo fought time and again as governor to lower funding to NYC public schools. As mayor, he can’t be trusted to put students first 👇

At @UFT mayoral forum, @AndrewCuomo says he’ll “roll back” Tier 6 and revert the retirement age back to 55. He’d raised it to 63.

At #uftspring ed conference mayoral forum, @ZohranKMamdani says mayor should not have full control of the PEP. “We need a school system where decisions are not made on high, but include parents and educators,” he says.

@SusanBEdelman @NYCSchools @DOEChancellor @UFT @deirdre_bardolf @Rich_Calder It seems you are confused about the meaning of "personal." The union is "collective."

NEW: NYC Chancellor's Reg D-130 forbids use of @NYCSchools for "personal political purposes." Yet @DOEChancellor let @UFT demand that mayoral candidates teach for a day if they want a possible union endorsement. w/@deirdre_bardolf and @Rich_Calder nypost.com/2025/05/10/us-…

Van Hollen says that he asked the VP why El Salvador continues to hold Abrego Garcia even though he’s not charged with a crime and there’s no evidence that he’s MS-13. “His answer was that the Trump administration is paying the government of El Salvador to keep him at CECOT”

@C_Sommerfeldt This is very slanted language. "Jack up" is aa pretty extreme way of talking about a 2% increase.

New: Socialist mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani is proposing to jack up the income tax rate for NYC millionaires by 2% and use revenue generated from that and other tax hikes to fund some of his most ambitious policy proposals, like free bus service. nydailynews.com/2025/04/16/may…

How well is congestion pricing doing? Very.

Bone chilling. A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0. 1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.

AOC: I was watching earlier today on TV, someone was saying, “Why are AOC and Bernie going to Idaho?” I’ll give you one simple answer: It’s because you matter

The Administration is blatantly defying the Supreme Court and the Rule of Law by refusing to bring home Kilmar Abrego García AND suggesting that American citizens should be deported to prisons in El Salvador. This is not what Democracy looks like.

Give Queens our money back! Lives are at risk.

Millions of students heading to college this fall depend on federal financial aid to pay for their degree. These are students studying to be nurses, teachers, business owners, and more. Our communities need their skills, and President Trump is making it even harder for them to pay for college.