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historian/writer/prison educator/activist, book:Sacred Mission, Worldly Ambition, Words: The Nation, Jacobin, Dissent, City Limits #CeaseFireNOW #NotInMyName

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@arash_tehran BDS is mostly virtue signaling in the West. Omar Barghouti went to U of Tel Aviv as he called for an academic boycott of Israeli universities. Not a single Palestinian trade union supports BDS. Comparisons w the ANC’s calls for boycotts in SA are vacuous
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@RepDanGoldman I think you mean Israel must BECOME democratic. A democracy by definition cannot occupy another people. Period. Full stop.
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Rep. Dan Goldman@RepDanGoldman·
Absolutely abhorrent. This law unambiguously creates a two tiered system of justice based entirely on which form of extremism is deemed acceptable. I pray Israeli courts do the right thing and strike it down. Israel’s future must remain democratic. Its survival depends on it. nytimes.com/2026/03/30/wor…
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Suzie rizzio@Suzierizzo1·
Holy Hell broke out in Rockland County,NewYork at the town hall meeting of Republican Mike Lawler after some Veterans stood up & told him how they feel about him & Trump! So Lawler decides to have them all kicked out & that made it even worse for him! He finally had to leave!
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@TheMoneyApe The OBBB was the largest transfer of wealth to the billionaire class in American History. The 1 percent now owns more wealth than the bottom 93 percent. Truly unprecedented
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Money Ape@TheMoneyApe·
🚨 POWELL BIG WARNING 🚨 FED CHAIR POWELL: U.S. DEBT IS GROWING MUCH FASTER THAN THE ECONOMY & CALLS IT “NOT SUSTAINABLE.” ALSO WARNS: “IT WILL NOT END WELL IF WE DON’T ACT SOON.” U.S. DEBT ~$39 TRILLION WITH INTEREST COSTS ~$1 TRILLION A YEAR. TRUMP MAY LOSE MID… Show more
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adele@adeleoltman·
@JohnTeufelNYC Does he still take AIPAC money? What about Big Pharma money? 🤷‍♀️
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@RamAbdu May his memory be a blessing
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Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده
Palestinian detainee Marwan Fathi Harzallah (54), from Al-Ain camp in Nablus, has died in Israeli custody following severe torture.
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@JohnTeufelNYC Or maybe bc Hasan understands that we live in a 2-party system, not a parliamentary one. The last time a third party replaced one of the 2 parties was the 1850s when the Republican P replaced the Whigs. The No-Nothing Party was a contributory factor
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john teufel@JohnTeufelNYC·
I think these centrists don't understand that Hasan really is the nice way. Certainly he's a lot friendlier to the Democrats than I am. My preference is a third party, Hasan still thinks the Democrats have value.
Adam Wren@adamwren

New: @hasanthehun is driving a wedge in the Democratic Party. @playbookdc surveyed 14 potential '28 Dem candidates, asking whether they would appear on a livestream with Piker if invited. Only 3 definitively said they would. Plus: my interview w/ Piker. politico.com/newsletters/pl…

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@GoodVibePolitik Don’t yell at me - I think Ossoff would be a very interesting contender
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adele@adeleoltman·
@RossBarkan Ever read CLR James’ Beyond a Boundary?
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adele@adeleoltman·
@AnaliliaForNJ Has @EspaillatNY agreed to refuse/return all money he has received from DFMI and/or AIPAC? And stop voting to fund the extermination of Palestinians in Gaza AND the West Bank. At minimum
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Analilia Mejia for NJ@AnaliliaForNJ·
Politicians should be working for the people they represent—not the billionaire class or lobbyists. The deck is stacked against working people because of big money in politics. That’s why I don’t take a dime from PACs, and I’m ready to fight for you, not special interests.
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@JohnTeufelNYC Unfortunately authenticity or lack of sleaziness will not necessarily disqualify a candidate. There are better ppl out there but with PACs/Dark Money, ie oligarchs buying elections “we” will have to have to demonstrate an ability to create a big enough tent to beat ppl like GN
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john teufel@JohnTeufelNYC·
This guy is not going to be President. He's so inauthentic. He oozes it out of his pores, he's like a used car salesman. People don't like politicians like this anymore. He will wilt under the glare of a campaign spotlight.
POLITICO@politico

Asked whether he considers himself a Zionist, @GavinNewsom tells our @jmart he's "proud" to support Israel, but "deeply, deeply" opposes Netanyahu’s leadership. Newsom explains his Israel stance — and defends his "apartheid" comments👇 Full interview: politi.co/4uNSF9f

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Win Peiper@yankie_review·
@shannonrwatts Good for Jamaal. Aipac spent $20 million against him, and hired Hillary Clinton to help campaign against the incumbent.
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Shannon Watts@shannonrwatts·
“Former Rep. Jamaal Bowman finds work with Track AIPAC. The ousted New York lawmaker consulted for the far-left PAC, which is partially funded by Don Henley of The Eagles." jewishinsider.com/2026/03/jamaal…
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adele@adeleoltman·
@ElishaWiesel This is not hatred of Jews. It is lover of justice. As a Jewish American I say when the oppressed becomes the oppressor all of us must stand up and stop it. Otherwise we can’t claim to have learned anything at all from Jewish suffering
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Elisha Wiesel@ElishaWiesel·
"Through the infamous Durban conference, History is giving us Jews a signal. And we had better learn to decode it." - Elie Wiesel ### Today, Mayor Mamdani celebrated St. Patrick's Day by spreading the vicious blood libel against the Jews, claiming that we had perpetrated a genocide in Gaza. He platformed and praised Mary Robinson, the previous President of Ireland, whose leadership of UNHCR was forever marked by the stain of the antisemitic Durban conference, from which the American delegation resigned in protest. Read here what my father wrote in September 2001, days before 9/11, expressing his profound disappointment in Mary Robinson and the hatred against Jews she had allowed to foment at Durban through the United Nations. Elisha Wiesel - March 17th, 2026 ### FROM ELIE WIESEL'S PRIVATE ARCHIVES: The Durban Conference will go down in History as an enterprise of shame. Instead of being an important international gathering of goodwill, it became a circus of slander. Conceived as a world gathering against hatred, it turned into a mean spirited meeting of hatred. I was supposed to be there. Both Kofi Annan and Mary Robinson tried their best to persuade me, especially since I was a member of the small "Committee of Eminent Persons", created by the UN High Commissioner, to help with the proceedings. But when I read the working documents I resigned. Antisemitism, which is the oldest group prejudice in History, didn't even figure in the program. What did figure was something about "holocausts such as the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by the Israelis". Mrs Robinson called me several times. I had lunch with the UN Secretary General, whom I had known for years. I explained to both why I simply cannot be part of an event that is so outrageously anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish. They claimed that the language would be changed. But the trouble was the content. I warned the UN Secretary General that the Conference, the way it was being prepared, will remain a moral disaster in the annals of social and political conduct among nations. For the content was sheer vicious hatred whose reverberations must revolt all decent and civilized people. Secretary Powell and his colleagues were outraged. Their courageous stand deserves support and praise. The American and Israeli delegations left; others did not. I wish European and South-American delegations had followed their example. Their explanation is that they will work from the inside to work out another draft resolution. It's too late. The damage was done. Hatred is like cancer. It goes from cell to cell, from limb to limb, from person to person, from group to group. We have seen it at work in Durban. Even respected personalities such as Kofi Annan somehow lost his way and said things that are unworthy of him. With the Durban scandal in the background, how can the world expect Israel to trust the United Nations? And how can good people, idealistic people have faith in its mission to bring nations together in an atmosphere of dignity? The Durban conference will be remembered as a forum dominated not by anti-Israelis but by antisemites. That militant Palestinians hate Jews that is known. It is enough to hear the various Islamic leaders harangues and read schoolbooks printed by the Palestinian Authority: they preach hatred and violence not against Zionists but against Jews. Their slogan, naked and brutal, which is everywhere the same, has been felt and heard in Durban too: "Kill the Jews!" What hurts is not that Palestinians and Arabs voiced their hatred but that so few delegates had the courage to dissociate themselves from them. It is as if in a weird and frightening moment of collective catharsis, they all dropped their masks and showed their true faces. Through the infamous Durban conference, History is giving us Jews a signal. And we had better learn to decode it. Elie Wiesel - September 4th, 2001
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adele@adeleoltman·
@admcrlsn He did run as a “progressive” for gov of NJ. And his predecessor at the Partnership supported or at least was willing to work w Mamdani. Why he’s taken this rightward turn is anyone’s guess. Fulop is wrong btw. Ppl don’t live in NYC bc of low taxes
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Adam Carlson@admcrlsn·
I’m old enough to remember when Fulop was an actual progressive as Jersey City Mayor & candidate for NJ-Gov, instead of a paid apologist for the mega-wealthy & business interests. And that was just last year. Either he was being disingenuous then, or he’s being disingenuous now
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Steven Fulop@StevenFulop

This is a warning for NYC as well - People can resent the wealthy, but the math doesn’t change: a small number of taxpayers fund a large share of the system. The “tax the rich” soundbite ignores how mobile people are today. When they leave, the ripple effects go far beyond taxes - philanthropy, investment, and hiring tend to follow where people live.

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Jacob N. Kornbluh@jacobkornbluh·
📸 Michael Blake, challenging Ritchie Torres and who cross-endorsed Zohran Mamdani last year, poses w/radio host Sid Rosenberg, who called mayor a “jihadist” & recently apologized 4 calling him a “cockroach.” In radio intvw, Blake called K Harris’s comment on Jamaicans “racist.”
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adele@adeleoltman·
@katewillett If NYC DSA, particularly BUM DSA, were to lose their purity streak and engage honestly w intellectualism and practice (praxis) I would consider rejoining
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Kate Willett@katewillett·
No tendency should be expelled from DSA. The left won control of the national org and works respectfully with the right- they both add to each other. That is all we ask in NYC, as well as for robust democratic structures so leadership may reflect the will of members.
OOLONGXMYSTIC ☭🇵🇸🔻⛓️‍💥@Lyrical_Sativa

Politically, DSA has outgrown the likes of Groundwork and SMC. They should no longer be welcome in the org when they can join WFP or a progressive caucus within the Democratic Party. They despise the left flank and take every opportunity to hinder growth outside of electoralism

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Power to the People ☭🕊@ProudSocialist·
Rubio: “Iran is run by religious fanatics.” The White House right now:
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@StreetsblogNYC @lpolgreen If this is accompanied by residential parking it would help those of us living outside of congesting pricing areas and near bridge and tunnel conduits
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Streetsblog New York City@StreetsblogNYC·
NEW: Mamdani's City Hall is discussing charging fees for currently free on-street parking — a policy change that would not only create a new revenue stream but also seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the streetscape. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/05/mam…
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