dsperling
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The Five Boro Bike Tour is like riding through our city with 30,000 friends! Glad to run into these two on the FDR southbound: @ZohranKMamdani & (fellow former comptroller) @LiuNewYork.
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🚨We are deeply concerned for the safety of activists #SaifAbuKeshek and #ThiagoAvila who are being taken to #Israel for questioning after being arbitrarily detained by the Israeli military after the unlawful interception of the #GlobalSumudFlotilla vessels in international waters.
🚨The two activists were participating in a peaceful solidarity mission aiming to break Israel's unlawful blockade of the #Gaza Strip and deliver aid to Palestinians struggling to survive under Israel’s genocide and unlawful occupation.
🚨They are at great risk of human rights abuses, including torture and other ill-treatment given @amnesty's previous documentation of the abuse inflicted on flotilla activists detained in October 2025 at the hands of the Israeli authorities
🚨It is especially concerning that Saif Abu Keshek, a Palestinian-Spanish-Swedish national, is being detained on suspicion of affiliation with a terrorist organization given Israel's discriminatory laws and persistent record of harassment and oppression of Palestinians under Israel’s system of apartheid. Israel must immediately release them and ensure they are protected while in custody.
🚨Israel’s defiance of international law must end. The ICJ has been clear: Israel’s #occupation is #unlawful and must be brought to an end. States must act now to restore some faith in international law by holding Israel accountable for its violations and crimes.
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It is an abomination that Apartheid Israel, while continuing its genocide undisturbed, is allowed to patrol European waters, seize boats, kidnap people.
Hostage taking is a crime. Palestinian and @gsflotilla hostages must be released now.
European countries:
BREAK
THE
SIEGE
Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng@drtlaleng
Geneva: Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Shek were not released with the other participants after interception and are currently taken by Israel. They have been abducted by Israel and are being kept under unlawful detention. Being in international waters to deliver aid to Gaza is not a crime. Israel continues to be allowed to act with imputing and face no consequences for illegal actions and violations of international law. UN member states must act now The reported torture of a civilian activists, combined with the unlawful transfer of detainees from European waters, marks a dangerous escalation with far-reaching legal and moral consequences. Failure to act now risks not only the safety and lives of Saif Abukeshek and Thiago Ávila, but further erodes the credibility of international law in the face of ongoing atrocities in Gaza. All the UN member states must take immediate action to ensure the safety of all flotilla participants and the release of Thiago and Saif. Release them now!!!!!! Issued by Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to health
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This isn’t some random asshole on the internet.
This is the President of the United States of America proudly spewing racist tropes.
We can’t allow this vile shit to be normalized.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Trump: "Somalia, it's a beautiful place. It's got no anything. It's got one thing that's really strong -- crime. All they do is run around shooting each other. It's filthy dirty, disgusting dirty. It's a horrible place. They come here, and Ilhan Omar, she heads it. She married her brother. I would imagine they're looking at her. Isn't she despicable? We ought to get those people the hell out of our country."
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I can confirm that both Saif and Thiago have been *severely* beaten and tortured by Israeli authorities. This is not a “questioning.” It’s an extrajudicial abduction to brutalize Israel’s critics without charge — but with blessing of the United States.
Israel Foreign Ministry@IsraelMFA
Saif Abu Keshek, a leading member of the PCPA - an organization designated and sanctioned by the United States as a Hamas front - and Thiago Ávila, who operates with the PCPA and is suspected of illegal activity, have arrived in Israel. They will be transferred for questioning by law enforcement authorities. Both will receive a consular visit from the representatives of their respective countries in Israel.
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Jimmy is a AMERICAN AND Proud. , He speaks his mind ,, Dont you ?? Isn't one of the the GREATEST reason we live here ??
Alex Christy@alexchristy17
Meryl Streep had some profusive praise for Jimmy Kimmel, "You're a prince. You are a Knight Templar. You are carrying the banner of freedom of the press." (1/2)
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Mamdani raises eyebrows with Gracie Mansion video pushing DSA House candidate Claire Valdez: 'Unseemly' trib.al/0fdyMWj
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I love Zohran for bringing back aesthetically beautiful pro worker propaganda
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@NYCMayor
There is no NYC without unions. A people united and organized cannot be defeated. Together, we're showing the world what solidarity means.
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Η μεταγωγή των 170 απαχθέντων ακτιβιστών για τη Γάζα από τον Ισραηλινό στρατό μέσα στην ελληνική ζώνη ευθύνης προς το αεροδρόμιο του Ηρακλείου.
Λες και είναι εγκληματίες.
Ντρέπομαι. Σιχαίνομαι.
Που είναι οι πολιτικοί οι διανοούμενοι να βγουν να μιλήσουν? ΠΟΥ?
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On Wednesday evening, over 600 nautical miles from their own country, the Israeli Navy violently boarded our ship that was sailing with the Sumud Flotilla in international waters. The Israelis said they would shoot us if we didnt stop the boat and give them conrol. They evebtually seized 21 ships and kidnapped over 180 people.
While they kidnapped us, they physically harrrased and beat us, as they stole our phones, money, and clothes. When i asked if we were being detained and why, i was told "i dont speak English."
The Israeli Navy intercepted 21 vessels altogether, and then took us to a Frigate, which was outfitted with shipping containers where we were forced to live the past two days. Israeli forces kept us in stress positions throghout, under floodlights. They fed us once with bread. Israeli forces took away some people one by one to beat and torture them; the Israelis dislocated the shoulder of a person on my ship, beat the face of a captain to a pulp, and gave severe concussions to at least two people.
I dont have a phone or money, but this is my update for now.
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As Jewish American Heritage Month begins, we’re celebrating the generations of Jewish New Yorkers who have shaped our city’s history, from Barbra Streisand, a Brooklyn-born icon, to Jonas Salk, whose work transformed public health, to Bella Abzug, a trailblazing leader for women’s rights and social justice.
As a proud Jewish New Yorker and the first Jewish Speaker of the City Council, I'm committed to fighting antisemitism and celebrating our diverse Jewish communities across every borough.
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Two Jews are injured in London, the world stops revolving and Starmer is all over the media expressing horror.
Jews slaughter 80,000 Palestinians and not a cheep from Zionist Starmer.
The hypocrisy is revolting
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Vickie Paladino is suggesting we throw a human being out of an aircraft. She is inciting racist political murder and it’s not her first time.
This is MAGA extremism right here in our own City Council. We cannot normalize this vile behavior.
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I owe my position as Mayor of New York City to the power of working people and I will always govern with them in mind.
We’ve delivered millions of dollars in corporate settlements to workers — nearly $100K each day we’ve been in office.
We’re just getting started. Happy May Day, New York.
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Everyone’s doing it! (well, at least 99%). A supermajority of New Yorkers. Even the Pope!
Supporting taxing-the-rich.
While I commend @GovKathyHochul’s support for a pied-a-terre tax, I hope that she won’t stop there. On May Day, let’s think about all of the working people who will be harmed by draconian budget cuts. Tax ultra-millionaires so we can fund healthcare, childcare & public services.
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Scott gets very hot and bothered by a smart man that’s younger than him. It is hilarious how entitled and superior he acts when you bring up real cogent points. Or makes slights about your masculinity like a man who is worried about his own. But like all MAGA’s they demand agreement without earning it and resort to violence when they are being bested on ideas. Good job staying on point and composed.
As Trump melts down so do his enablers.
One day he will pretend he was always against this.
Like all the neocon hacks of Iraq.
And all the boosters for the genocide against the Palestinian people. And the Epstein Class. They only follow power and have no real moral center.
Adam Mockler@adammocklerr
Scott Jennings claimed I got in his face; Watch what actually happened in the full CNN segment. He throws a personal jab... then folds the second he gets pressed. Scott loves to dish it but can’t take it.
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