Powerful thread from Summer Lee on how she defeated AIPAC and took head-on the pro-insurrectionist, Republican influence they seek to have in Congress and on the Democratic party.

annual reminders:

1. the whcd sucks.
2. Meredith Shiner remains undefeated.

rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

This clip from CBS backs this up completely. She is literally standing next to one of CUAD's student negotiators –– says she'd keep in contact, and when another student asks for a 'quick selfie,' she tells him out of respect only outside the perimeter.

standing in solidarity with courageous students is not theater. the visit was not announced, no one in the media was notified she was going, and it was at the invitation of student organizers.

leading organizers after they took a vote. i refuse to name people, but know she’d never go if the invitation was from people who were on the fringes of the movement on campus.

important context: rep. ocasio-cortez’s visit today was requested by student organizers at columbia. she made it clear she did not want to be there if it became a distraction. organizers insisted that she was welcome and a visit would help deter escalation.

AOC visits students in the Columbia University protest encampment today.
CBS New York

turns out the american people really like when the government works for them.

The IRS says 140,803 people successfully filed their taxes with the agency's free direct file pilot program – exceeding their goal of 100,000.

The Persian Jewess Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is currently in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment.

go dodgers.

let’s go, dodgers.

pretty appalling to like a tweet telling a colleague to “fuck off lady.”

Incredible message discipline from AOC, take an issue that divides the party and pivot to the opposition’s worst issue 👇

Sen. Sanders’ family was killed in the Holocaust. He dedicates his every moment to realizing tikkun olam.

His commitment to protecting innocents in Gaza stems FROM his Jewish values.

He and many other Jewish leaders deserve better than to be treated this way. This is shameful.

Jake Sherman Just a heads up: this is not the Columbia campus, evidenced by the street in the background.

There are horrific people wandering outside, their virulent antisemitism is disgusting and must be rejected at all costs - but this is not the Columbia protest. Important to distinguish.

Bernie is right

the ohtani homer was fucking insane in person. i couldn’t even scream “see ya” in time before it was gone.

Decision Desk HQ projects Summer Lee wins the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District.

#DecisionMade : 8:45pm ET

Follow results here: decisiondeskhq.com/results/2024/P…

1. Today FTC issued a final rule banning noncompetes for workers across the country.

The rule will ensure that Americans have the freedom to pursue a new job, start a new business, or bring a new idea to market.

ftc.gov/legal-library/…