@SageOfTime1 i think he was elected as a delegate to the state Constitutional Convention in 1937, beating NY Post owner Dorothy Schiff
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HOWARD GRAUBARD
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HOWARD GRAUBARD
@HowardGraubard
Dad, husband, election lawyer, award winning political blogger, record collector & heterodox Jew
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This, coupled with Lehman's barnstorming of the state, and a general pro-Dem environment combined to bury Moses — who in addition to this election had only sought one office prior (NYC Mayor in 1933), held power continuously until 1968 would never seek elective office again.
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The 1934 NY Gubernatorial Election, a contest between Incumbent Dem Governor Herbert Lehman, and Republican NYC Parks Commissioner/NY State Parks Commissioner/Chairman of the Long Island council of Parks/Head of the Triborough Authority among many other positions Robert Moses
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@JoshForNY Well, not totally; from time to time, Stone has been caught spreading Salacious accusations which have to be true; while this is not his preference, it's happened now and then
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It’s disturbing to see how many people (largely, Blue MAGA) are blaming Roger Stone for the accusations about Eric Swalwell. Complete brain rot, folks.
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@KalmanYeger Eliot was fine, but didn't understand his expiration date; thakfully, now we have an adequate successor
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Saddened by the passing of former Congressman Eliot Engel, who devoted his life to our nation.
Honored to have known him throughout my life in public service. Kind, generous, deep integrity, and always supportive of the next generation to serve.
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@MarkK9w8bdmcfh @KalmanYeger it was Bowman, not AOC, and in the end, we did not end up with him
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@KalmanYeger He thought he was Teflon
He was to lazy to campaign
We ended up with AOC
Like all politicians he thought he was untouchable
They are all loses at the end of the day
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@petersterne @union_guy1 i believe he's on some County petitions as well.
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@HowardGraubard @union_guy1 So in Queens, Reynoso is on the county petition and in Brooklyn, he’s on the anti-county petition!
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In Assembly District 38, the Queens County Democratic Party carried joint petitions for congressional candidate Antonio Reynoso and Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar. They each face opponents backed by DSA (Claire Valdez and David Orkin, respectively)
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@union_guy1 @petersterne That's not the Regular Dems petition--this is the slate running against County.
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@petersterne Why would the BK dems put Christian on a petition if he’s challenging an incumbent
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Reminds of when, back in 2010, The Forward and Ben Smith (who is Jewish) should know better than to made fun of Carly Fiorina for using the term “breaking bread” to describe a Seder.
Now, I dislike Fiorina and her politics intensely, but the Forward and Smith both surely knew that, during the Seder, we say the Motzi (thanking G-d for giving us bread from the earth) before we eat the matzah. We say of matzah: "this is the poor bread, the bread of affliction." By every religious definition, matzah is bread. And there is surely no bread that breaks more frequently than matzah
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Unpopular opinion: we shouldn’t dunk on non-Jews who are trying to be nice to Jews.
Greg Bluestein@bluestein
A Georgia Senate candidate’s Passover ad in this week’s Atlanta Jewish Times features challah. It’s the thought that counts, I guess. #gapol
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@JoshForNY @AlinaHabba Pirro was a DA, not an AG--voters rejected her for AG
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Whomever Trump picks will require Senate confirmation. @AlinaHabba couldn’t get it to become U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, so what makes her think she’ll get it as AG? Jeanine Pirro has a better chance having actually served as an AG and now a U.S. Attorney.
Republicans against Trump@RpsAgainstTrump
Fox News reports that among the people on the shortlist to replace Pam Bondi as AG are Jeanine Pirro and Alina Habba. Habba, a former Trump attorney and former U.S. attorney for New Jersey who was disqualified by a judge, appears to have launched a campaign for the job. Yesterday she posted a photo of herself with Donald Trump and JD Vance in the Oval Office, writing: “Always an honor 🇺🇸” No idea who the next AG will be, but they’ll probably be worse than Pam Bondi.
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Julie Menin has to be the richest person who ever served in the City Council. Only other super-wealthy member I remember Mark Gjonaj, who'd self-finance his campaigns.
levernews.com/the-quiet-fort…
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@RossBarkan @powellAtlantic meaning its own municipal income tax
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@RossBarkan @powellAtlantic Our property taxes are low, but except for Yonkers, none of our suburbs has its own income tax
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Biggest political mistake Zohran Mamdani has made so far was threatening to raise property taxes. Whether it's a good idea or not, it's politically TOXIC and also had no chance of happening. City Council wouldn't pass it. And he clearly just wanted to use it as a negotiating ploy
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@lyndonbajohnson Max's description is wrong. UES fought to keep that district so they could dominate a district of their own rather than sharing one with UWS, which has more votes in a Dem primary.
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The UES is thought of as classic old money New York. However, between 1st Avenue and the FDR is a bunch of huge apartment buildings with cheapish rents (for Manhattan) and few amenities. Its mostly nurses and normal folks who do have more in common with Astoria than the UWS. -OS
Max@maxtmcc
this district existed throughout much of NYC’s history, basically until 2022! It died *despite* the resistance of the Upper East Side, which insisted that at the end of the day, it was more similar to Astoria than the Upper West Side, a fascinating look into the New York mind
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@itstiffanieb "You know, some people got no choice
And they can never find a voice
To talk with that they can even call their own
So the first thing that they see that allows them the right to be
Why, they follow it, you know, it's called bad luck"--Lou Reed
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Some people get into politics because they don’t have an identity or a real voice so they use the seat to create something they never had. Others get in because they put in the real work for community & want to amplify voices not heard or protected.
Which one are you?

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Depends upon what type of signatures you're getting. I've seen races where one candidate with over 1500 indifferently gathered street signatures goes down like a repentant husband on Mother's Day, while another candidate with barely 600 door to doors gathered from a list of registered party members survives.
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Anyone settling for <1000 signatures in races with a 500 threshold is rolling the dice.
With dubious court challenges like last years @LincolnRestler V. @sabrinagates @AMBichotte — any decently powered campaign is seeking the 1200-1500+ range, ideally
Candidates, how are your numbers stacking up this year?
#petitionseason 🗳️✍️☘️
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@bri_guy_ny which why it was repeated only about 100,000 times, not counting the Russian bots
but you're right that it was as unimportant about this thing, why makes me wonder why you are mad enough about it to waste your time commenting about it
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@HowardGraubard You seem awfully mad about something from ten years ago that was mentioned by some people in passing-- it was by no means important to even a single person that mattered
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I am saying this sincerely: I will never ever ever EVER care about a 15 year old girl's Tumblr posts from 2013. Never. Not once.
Eyal Yakoby@EYakoby
Progressives continue to prove that they only care about racism when it’s politically useful for them.
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@agounardes Change it to an exemption for purchasing vinyl LPs.
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In NY, if you’re wealthy and can afford to buy gold bars, you get a tax break. That’s bonkers.
WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom@CapPressRoom
State Sen. @AGounardes makes the case for ending a tax exemption on gold bar purchases over $1,000.
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A little offensive to call a frum publication “dirty.” Zionist is fine though.
Yaakov Langer@jacklanger
BREAKING: TheYeshivaWorld.com has been HACKED by Iranian terrorists! It says: "We are in control now. You dirty Zionists."
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Assuming facts not in evidence.
What makes you think if he hadn't started a war, Trump would spend this money on healthcare instead?
In fact, we can say with certainty that, as a result of this war, more Americans are receiving government provided single payer healthcare than would have occurred otherwise.
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BREAKING: The Pentagon is trying to get more than $200 billion from Congress for the Iran war.
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@TradeUnionJake @downi75 Tataleh, when was the last time you recited the L-rd's Prayer?
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