Oh this isn’t just municipal employees. It would apply to all workers in NYC.
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Oh this isn’t just municipal employees. It would apply to all workers in NYC.
In NYC, employers now must list the salary ranges for open jobs. But a proposed City Council bill would go even further, allowing *current employees* to request the salary range for their position, to see if they're underpaid relative to their coworkers. www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
It can be difficult to demonstrate bad faith under 512(f), but "we filed the takedown without even reviewing the material to see if it was infringing despite the fact we thought it probably didn't infringe" probably meets that bar.
Uh, aren't you liable for damages if you knowingly file knowingly false DMCA takedown notices? This is a stunning and potentially very legally problematic admission...
![“We don't really review it [the list] because we are an agent for them,” Ananad said. “For the requests that we send out ourselves, usually they get reviewed, but sometimes they [clients] do a search by themselves, and they come across some content and they flag it and they're like, ‘We want this taken down.’ We don't review that because that is something that they want taken down. I'm not particularly sure about this case, but that is what happens. What we planned on doing was also reviewing these but it's usually not very fruitful, because the user is very sure they want that claim. And even if we say, ‘Hey, we don't think you should do that,’ they're like, ‘We want to do it. Just do it because I'm paying you for this.’ And if we just say, do it yourself, that kind of takes away the business from us. So that is basically how it works.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3o3xlahjenddxtpwwk6c6z5w/bafkreib2tk6tdaqyipb3oc3fs73iulrx2ob3fgx57ior72azrpesytopwq@jpeg "Click to view full size")
This was incredible, important lawyering from National Immigration Law Center (@nilc.org) over the past 24 hours. Here's their case page: www.nilc.org/litigation/l... Here was the statement from Efrén Olivares, NILC VP of litigation, from earlier today regarding the TRO:
Jesus fucking christ. The Trump administration tried to send a bunch of children to Guatemala at 3 am and justified it by saying that the kids just wanted to return to their parents in Guatemala, but the kids actually told the court that they are afraid of being sent back to Guatemala.
Judge: I got a call at 2:36 a.m. because the govt chose this time on a holiday weekend to execute this plan. I have been up since then. I haven't been able to reach anyone from govt until this morning at 9:30 a.m. So absent this intervention, all children would already have been sent to Guatemala!
Me when my wife sees the browser history
Yeah, that's what it says on the chyron. But like what's his deal? Is he a socialist?
Current NY state law blocks pharmacies from dispensing vaccines (including the COVID vaccine) without a prescription, unless RFJ Jr.'s handpicked vaccine advisory council signs off. But state Sen. @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social has proposed a bill to fix that: www.nysenate.gov/legislation/...
There's a state law in NY prohibiting the Covid vaccine from being dispensed without a prescription?
Goodness, if the President has a serious health problem I certainly hope he follows the expert medical advice of his Secretary of Health and Human Services
Incredible. And he has a Palestine flag pin? Who is this guy?
"Israel is engaging in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that the Committee to Protect Journalists has ever documented." cpj.org/full-coverag...
DSA is the Democratic Socialists of America, a leftist political group with chapters across the country: dsausa.org
Was recently reminded of one of my all-time favorite Onion articles, just a brilliant high-concept social satire: “Nation’s Gentrified Neighborhoods Threatened By Aristocratization” theonion.com/report-natio...
This feels like when he got Covid in October 2020.
Even if you think it's OK for the DFL to revoke the endorsement, I think it's completely unreasonable for them to penalize people for having yard signs that correctly noted that Fateh was endorsed!
A third previously AIPAC-backed Democratic member of Congress has renounced ties with the organization and sworn off future affiliation or fundraising with it. Rep. Deborah Ross of NC confirmed that she won't accept AIPAC donations in the 2026 midterms, making her the 2nd one from North Carolina.
Who are the other 2?
I think they just wanted to create something that was simpler to understand. The 2021 platform was a lengthy policy wishlist, while the 2024 platform is a short pamphlet that emphasizes key issues. 2021 platform: www.dsausa.org/dsa-politica... 2024 platform: 2024.dsausa.org/wp-content/u...
Something blue states will need to explore: how to create cross-state compacts dedicated to a functioning government as the Trump administration walks away from it's responsibilities.
Wasn't the revised contract being offered to creators in June 2025? A video made in 2024 would have been before they had signed (or refused to sign) the contract in question.
Maybe, but in my experience, when someone says "you can't publicize this information" they mean that you're not allowed to make that information public. So I think publicly acknowledging the relationship could still be considered "publicizing" it and get creators in trouble.
What's the distinction? If you can't publicize the connection then how can you publicly disclose it?
Do you have a full list of why each state falls into each category for the trans youth risk map, like you do for the trans adult risk map?
Every Dem governor and blue state should be building parallel institutions right now. There’s no excuse for any blue state to not have vaccine and abortion pill/birth control stockpiles to survive the next 5-10 years.
This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me. Dem govs must step up and fill the void. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
standing offer: if you work in a newsroom and are thinking about/looking for work outside one, I’m incredibly happy to have a call and help talk through things. Journalism is a guild that thinks of itself as a priesthood and you can use your skills elsewhere without betraying your self, I promise.
The R&R/MUG proposal (R34-A1) to adopt a new political program didn't pass.
R34 made "Workers Deserve More" the sole program and created a committee to amend it based on the 2025 convention, right? So won't the permanent program promoted next year just be an amended version of Workers Deserve More, as opposed to a totally new permanent program?
What do antidepressants do? How do they reconfigure our experiences, relationships, and politics? I sketch some basic contours of a response to these questions here. undark.org/2025/08/21/o...
I think it's more that they moved from a very detailed political program describing the world they'd eventually like to see to a broader statement of positions that mentions specific policies they're currently fighting for – in part to give DSA candidates concrete policies to campaign on.
In particular, Cuomo has accused Mamdani of supporting the decriminalizing all misdemeanor offenses. But while that's part of DSA's 2021 national platform (left), it isn't part of the organization's current national platform (right). The current platform is here: 2024.dsausa.org/wp-content/u...
Andrew Cuomo has suggested that Zohran Mamdani should be made to answer for DSA's 2021 national platform. Mamdani has responded by saying that his platform is distinct from DSA's platform. But Cuomo is also wrong about what DSA supports. The organization updated its platform last year.
this garbage framing really needs to stop. it's not about crime. we know this. asking people how they feel about crime pretends that it is about crime. pretending it's about crime is supporting trump's framing. stop it.
How many videos did you film in my local parking lot? @boringstein.bsky.social
Linking to Twitter because Bluesky doesn't let you post videos over 100MB is probably the most valid reason to link to Twitter though. It's why I had to post Zohran's Disney movie cameo on Twitter instead of here.
Here are 3 union leaders, who collectively represent nearly 400,000 workers, saying that Zohran Mamdani represents the future of Democratic politics: www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
Everything I've seen since the convention gives me the sense that Sarah is a future co-chair.
Folks who dream of a left-labor coalition will definitely want to read City & State on Friday morning.
Very annoyed that this isn't out yet
It sounds like SMC, but it's actually Megan from Red Star – which I think just goes to show that the caucuses aren't as far apart as it might seem.
A DSA member spoke to CNN about a socialist elected deliberately distancing themselves from some of the org’s positions. See if you can guess what caucus they belong to based on their quote. www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/p...
A DSA member spoke to CNN about a socialist elected deliberately distancing themselves from some of the org’s positions. See if you can guess what caucus they belong to based on their quote. www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/p...
NEW: Barack Obama & Zohran Mamdani: Community organizers shaped by early defeats whose oratory gifts transcended a lack of experience, both toppled political dynasties amidst a vacuum in the Democratic Party. Each laid claim to a movement. But what comes next? www.michaellange.nyc/p/obama-mamd...
Three senior CDC leaders who resigned told The Post they were asked to participate in an unscientific vaccine recommendation process that they believe could harm the health of Americans.
This from Riley Gaines is why trans people freak out when Democrats try to carve out some compromise over sports. The politicians and activists attacking trans people are not interested in compromise! They're interested in our eradication from public life and are exploiting sports to that end
I think AIPAC funding (or the threat of a primary challenger being backed by AIPAC) might convince middle of the road Dems who don’t have strong views to take more pro-Israel stances than they might otherwise. But it can’t turn people into Torres or Fetterman.
It’s been a while since I played, but can’t you choose to save the Rachni queen?
I disagree that it sounds innocent
New: In 7 months, Kennedy has broken the CDC, perhaps irreparably. For all he’s done with mass firings, gutting expertise, and attacking vaccines, Wednesday’s loss of its most senior and competent leaders—truly the CDC’s backbone—is the most consequential attack yet. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...
Mayor Eric Adams was in a Turkish rom-com, Zohran Mamdani had a scene in a Disney movie and Bill de Blasio played an animated version of himself in The Simpsons. New York politicos sure do love a cameo. www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
Fascism by definition requires a working set of false assumption which both the government and most of the people propagating them know to be untrue. Here are the biggest lies Trump/MAGA are now runing the country under and the purpose served by each one.
McIver's case will be an important test of what, if any, guardrails remain to prevent the Trump administration from siccing a pack of Justice Department lawyers on anyone with the temerity to question his administration’s authority. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Isn’t that just the PC Richard & Son parking lot on 35th next to the theater? I live like 3 blocks away from there. I can literally go take a photo of it if you want.
The Trump administration says they're the "most transparent" in history. But when I asked the Department of Homeland Security who writes their social media posts, something extremely weird happened: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The way I describe it is: we are under an authoritarian regime, but we don't know that it has consolidated -- for all we know, it could still be thrown out via elections.
My latest in @newrepublic.com: an urgent plea to recognize the humanity of DC residents, their longtime second-class citizenship and need —should democracy not already be lost forever—for statehood. “Washington, D.C., residents are the most powerless canary in the most authoritarian coal mine.”
The Trump administration is making buying cameras, retro games, board games, skincare, flashlights, sex toys, watches, and anything else from overseas far more complicated, slow, and expensive. 🔗 www.404media.co/trump-tariff...
Show hearings and trials are a key marker of a concentration-camp regime. Even in countries with existing detention crises, the conscious step to degrade due process for targeted groups further diminishes the larger legal system while shifting power to emerging quasi-legal and extralegal approaches.
After purging over 100 immigration judges, the Trump regime has announced that “temporary immigration judges“ will no longer need to have any experience in immigration law (!!)
Has been clear for some time now that federal government announcements that once would have been taken as basically authoritative should be viewed with skepticism now
Very interesting that Reporters Without Borders isn't one of the organizations involved, given that it currently works closely with CPJ, FPF and RCFP on the @uspresstracker.bsky.social project.
Five press freedom groups band together to form the Journalist Assistance Network. @rcfp.org @penamerica.bsky.social International Women's Media Foundation @freedom.press @pressfreedom.bsky.social
The Mamdani campaign, understandably, wants to have the broadest possible coalition to consolidate as much support as it can. The socialist left is a dominant player in Mamdani's coalition but has a slightly different goal. It wants Mamdani to win by crushing conservative political forces.
The landlord lobby released a new poll showing that Andrew Cuomo could beat Zohran if no other candidate ran against him. The poll is essentially fake, but it is good for the left if the landlord lobby doubles down on Cuomo in a delusional belief that he can actually win.
If you missed it, definitely check out this @cityandstateny.bsky.social story about how the real estate industry is grappling with the reality that Zohran Mamdani will likely be the next mayor: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Turning the U.S. Senate into something akin to the House of Lords could solve a number of problems bsky.app/profile/pete...
Apparently London has both a “Mayor of London” (does normal mayor stuff) and a “Lord Mayor of London” (does civic events in costumes) and like, not to hand it to England, but I think I’ve figured out what we can do with Eric Adams
my dog won't stop FRACKING he spends all of his free time FRACKING
It was originally a geopolitical division. First world = US/NATO, second world = Soviet sphere and third world = non-aligned. But after the fall of the Soviet Union, it was reformulated as an economic division, with second world = emerging markets.
The exercise of political power isn’t downstream of people looking at the right posts. But I think your messaging is probably downstream of what you’re seeing on social media.
When I think of "independent progressive voices" I am definitely imagining people funded by a dark money group with veto power over content under terms of secrecy.
A DC grand jury has no billed Jeanine Pirro's attempt to charge the sandwich thrower with felony assault. In fact, the U.S. Attorney's office in DC has repeatedly been rejected by grand juries in their efforts to charge residents with assault on federal agents. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
This thread has received a lot of responses, and it's clear that I didn't articulate the point I intended to make as clearly as I could have – partly due to the character limit in posts. Let me try again:
This thread has received a lot of responses, and it's clear that I didn't articulate the point I intended to make as clearly as I could have – partly due to the character limit in posts. Let me try again:
This is what happens when you order delivery in DC right now.
As I said months ago, I think institutions have to plan for just never getting federal funds. If Trump can arbitrarily cut off funds and place unacceptable conditions on the funds, that money is as good as gone (unless you want to be a collaborator with the Trump admin).
You're right, but I don't think Mamdani is bending the knee to Jeffries here. (If he were, Jeffries would endorse him!) Taking meetings with skeptics to defend your positions and invite them to get on board while making it clear you won't bend the knee is a sign of strength.
Personally, I preferred in-class exams to take-home assignments, because I was a perfectionist when it came to papers but thrived under pressure. But that also makes me worry about what the shift to in-person exams will do to students who understand the material but crack under pressure.
So far, the main businesses that have been financially benefited from AI have been the producers of blue books www.wsj.com/business/cha...
Haha, no. I'm not talking about a challenger in the mayoral race. I mean that if Jeffries doesn't endorse Mamdani, that creates space for a pro-Mamdani challenger to Jeffries in the midterm elections next year.
Lander lives in Dan Goldman's district (though I don't expect Lander to run for Congress).
The way you know that the "conflict of interest" claim is bullshit is that they wouldn't object if someone who had been involved in *defending* the Chicago PD were chosen for this job.
Cracker Barrel has decided to dump its new logo hours after Trump urged the restaurant chain to go back to its old one
It depends. In a situation like this, where it's sort of like a high-stakes diplomatic meeting, I think they use the same euphemisms. But when it's like two members of Congress who frequently work together, I think they're much more candid behind closed doors.
A serious primary challenge against Jeffries is unlikely. But if he doesn't endorse Mamdani, that creates real space for a potential pro-Mamdani challenger. Whereas if Jeffries endorses (and campaigns for) Mamdani, there isn't as much space for a primary challenge.
Well, there's no chance of pre-2026 redistricting.
There's no reason not to take the meeting. Mamdani's time is precious, but meeting with the House minority leader for an hour or two is still worth it (especially when the meeting doubles as a chance to speak with other Black community leaders).
I don't think too many Zohran supporters are waiting with bated breath to see whether Jeffries endorses him (except insofar as it makes a potential primary challenge to Jeffries more or less likely).
It's not just that Jeffries hasn't endorsed. It's that he's creating this whole drama where he's a central figure – he has to have all these meetings before he can decide whether to endorse his own party's nominee, but he's not sure yet, but maybe he'll make a decision in the future, etc.
I think we're definitely past the point where this reflects much more poorly on Jeffries than it does on Mamdani. www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/26/m...
Activist investors have taken a stake in the NYTimes, and I'm sure their prescription for success has never occurred to the executives who've built a business with almost 12 million subscribers. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The idea that voters are naturally centrist is something that Democratic establishment politicians have long believed. But even if it was true before (and I'm not sure it was), it's certainly not true now. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/n...
Here is an article on the practice, which I had genuinely never heard of until today as the last time INS carried it out was in 1991 when I was 4. The obvious result of this practice will be a reduction in the number of people applying for citizenship. www.cbsnews.com/news/neighbo...
The Trump Administration’s war on legal immigration escalates, as they move to reinstate a practice ended 35 years ago that would see federal investigators interviewing peoples’ neighbors and coworkers to determine whether they are of good moral character and thus eligible for citizenship.
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