My latest: DOGE canceled a CDC contract for FDNY research work, part of a study of the links between firefighters' cancers and their work responding to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. UEMSO Local 3621 Uniformed EMT's, Paramedics & Fire Inspectors NYC

New Orleans born 2-year-old deported to Honduras with ‘no meaningful process’. politico.com/news/2025/04/2…

Will have a lot more to say. But hard to tell the story of the Election Day results without Brad Lander who went all out in the closing 10 days, defending Zohran, spending nearly half a million dollars attacking Cuomo, and building momentum that could not be overcome.

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Air drops are a horrible way to distribute relief but Israel is clearly feeling the pressure. The US Admin and Dem political leaders are silent but we don't have to be. There is nothing in Israel's present policy in Gaza that is related to eradicating Hamas or counterterrorism.

200 days into Trump's term, where are we? In the race between Trump's authoritarianism and efforts to resist it, authoritarianism is ahead. And while there are hopeful signs from the public, the chance of effective resistance is fatally undermined by the capitulation of elites.

As you’re stung by rising electricity bill, remember the Trump admin is shadow banning virtually all new wind and solar and forcing us to pay to keep old, inefficient coal plants online. We’re paying for stupid.

At least ten cities in states whose Republican governors are deploying National Guard troops to Washington, DC, had higher rates of violent crime or homicide than DC last year, according to a CNN review of FBI data. cnn.com/2025/08/22/pol…

People have to know what’s happening: your citizenship, your status, the color of your skin will not keep you safe.

Hochul to let pharmacists prescribe COVID vaccines amid federal policy shift An executive order comes as access tightens and lawmakers eye state-level solutions gothamist.com/news/hochul-to…

There are only two possibilities -- John Roberts is so afraid of a constitutional crisis that he will give Trump everything he wants, or Roberts is 100% in on the MAGA project to destroy our democracy.

Horrified by news that Charlie Kirk has been shot. Political violence has no place in our country.

I'm horrified by the shooting of Charlie Kirk at a college event in Utah. Political violence has no place in our country.

New York City deserves a mayor who will stand up to Donald Trump and make life more affordable for New Yorkers. That’s Zohran Kwame Mamdani. nytimes.com/2025/09/14/opi…

Rep. Jason Crow: "Every American and every elected official must unequivocally condemn political violence...Trump's rhetoric right now—calling Democrats a domestic terrorist organization, calling us enemies of the state, calling us traitors—only makes things much worse."

cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today (w/ Gustavo Rivera), where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital.

In the past, a threat on a school bus might have been overlooked. Now, thanks to our efforts, law enforcement, educators, and mental health experts worked together — and stopped gun violence before it happened. This is how we keep our communities safe. nytimes.com/2025/09/27/nyr…

If you live in these states, your ACA premiums are about to jump: SD - Up 235% LA - Up 150% WV - Up 387% WY - Up 382% TN - Up 320% MS - Up 314% AK - Up 346% Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/sou…