Patrick T Shepherd

No good takes happen after the first 12 hours after a newsworthy event. After that you are commenting about comments about comments and scrapping the bottom of the barrel for something else good to say. Get off the merry-go-round before it stops. Now's your chance.

Old enough to remember when the Cuomo campaign spent millions trying to make Hasan Piker an issue in the mayor's race and lost by more than 200,000 votes.

@chorizanthe Appreciated your comments though

I resent that I'm eligible to vote on the AOC endorsement tonight

fantastic nyc-dsa @AOC forum tonight. an incredible deliberative process without parallel, elected officials and leadership speaking on equal footing with membership. for as much despair as there is in national and world politics right now, the future is bright!

And because he’s not on this site- I want to give Jeremy C his flowers for his leadership & diligent SIO work for @nycDSA 🌹 A testament to the importance of building power and relationships through a *shared* commitment to a better world.

When we build a serious political organization individual victories dont flash in the pan. They build power. AOC staked out an unapologetic left vision tonight built in part on Zohran changing the landscape with his win- which would have been impossible if she didnt win in 2018.

We should not send one more single cent to this evil government.

I mean she was traveling the country doing "FIGHT OLIGARCHY" rallys. So there's that.

@OutOnAnIsland @mxllysworld @chairmanmeowing @timerube I got this via email

@mxllysworld @chairmanmeowing @timerube RSVPd, thanks! I recommend that the EWG sends out invites to major forums like this via email.

En el #DíaDeLaTierraPalestina, ratificamos la histórica solidaridad de #Cuba con la justa causa de un pueblo que ha sido despojado de sus tierras de forma ilegal, violenta y sostenida por el genocida gobierno de #Israel. "Cese la filosofía del despojo y cesará la filosofía de la guerra". #Fidel

At the risk of sounding hyperbolic. This is literally a thing that the nazis did.

Interesting note: The only two House Democrats elected before 2020 to have never voted for weapons to Israel are Tlaib and AOC. Full spreadsheet: #gid=1984730710" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Our Congressional Dem Palestine Tracker tracks members' positions on 6 bills + 50 votes. TOP 10 House Dems* on 🇵🇸: 1. Tlaib - 98% 2. Omar - 94% 3. Ramirez - 91% 4. Lee (PA) - 90% 5. AOC - 89% 6. Pressley - 86% 7. García (IL) - 79% 8. Simon - 78% 9. Carson - 76% 10. Jayapal - 75%

I've met many people like Dr. Valdés-Sosa in Havana. It's a striking thing about Cuba, how many people the country has produced that are genuine, warm, shining examples of humanity. Beautiful men and women. It makes you shake with rage at the stupidity and evil of US policy.

Reporter: What do you think of Sid Rosenberg using the term cockroach? Mamdani: So Muslims in this city, for almost as long as we have been in this city, have had to deal with those with power and platform dehumanizing us — to be called animals, insects, to be called a jihadist mayor…. This language is both painfully familiar to me as a Muslim New Yorker, but also as someone who was born in East Africa, and it is difficult to hear. There’s also a reminder that the silence that often greets this kind of bigotry, this kind of Islamophobia, is what allows it to fester — the temptation to treat it as politics as usual. And I want to be very clear that I have far more urgent work in front of me than indulging the provocations of a man who trades in outrage and, frankly, fears the city that we are looking to build — one where every single New Yorker who lives here can call it their home. I am not ashamed of who I am. I am not ashamed of my faith. I am not ashamed of being the first Muslim mayor in the history of our city. And there’s no amount of racism that will change the way in which I lead or the commitment that I hold to each and every New Yorker in this city.

McGovern has been a champion for normalizing relations with Cuba for over 20 years. His new bill would end the U.S. embargo and let Cuba develop on its own terms. Tell your representatives to support @RepMcGovern's bill: go.dsausa.org/STSCongress

Fun Fact: Losing three U.S. fighter jets cancels out all of the money DOGE claims to have saved us

Lindsay Graham says “Cuba is next.” He’s nuts. For 6 decades we’ve pursued a failed Cuba policy that does nothing to promote our interests or values. I sat down with @TheNation to discuss why it’s time to rethink relations with Havana. thenation.com/article/world/…