The attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney today was a vile act of antisemitic terror. I mourn those who were murdered and will be keeping their families, the Jewish community, and the Chabad movement in my prayers. May the memories of all those killed be a blessing. While we are still waiting for all the facts to emerge, what we already know is devastating. At least 11 dead, including Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who held deep ties to Crown Heights. At least 29 injured. Another Jewish community plunged into mourning and loss, a holiday of light so painfully reduced to a day of darkness. This attack is merely the latest, most horrifying iteration in a growing pattern of violence targeted at Jewish people across the world. Too many no longer feel safe to be themselves, to express their faith publicly, to worship in their synagogues without armed security stationed outside. What happened at Bondi is what many Jewish people fear will happen in their communities too. On Bondi Beach today, as men with long guns targeted innocents, another man ran towards the gunfire and disarmed a shooter. Tonight, as Jewish New Yorkers light menorahs and usher in a first night of Hanukkah clouded by grief, let us look to his example and confront hatred with the urgency and action it demands. When I am Mayor, I will work every day to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe—on our streets, our subways, at shul, in every moment of every day. Let this be a purpose shared by every New Yorker, and let us banish this horrific violence to the past.

Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ

Instacart got caught running real-time price experiments on shoppers — same groceries, different prices.

Workers know this game well: Instacart’s algorithm does the same thing to their pay.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

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NOEM v. VASQUEZ PERDOMO SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting this Court decides to take the once-extraordinary step of staying the District Court’s order. That decision is yet another grave misuse of our emergency docket. We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent.

Justice Sotomayor is crystal clear in dissent as to what's happening: "We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent."

The VA’s unilateral termination of union contracts for ~360k workers represents a loss of 2.5% OF ALL UNION MEMBERS IN AMERICA.
I’m not sure what it will take for the labor movement to get into crisis mode, but the crisis is here.

Cherry on top of this really interesting interview was the @moeperiod.bsky.social song at the end. A proper throwback.

Democratic Voters Who Skipped 2024 Election Want Candidates Like Bernie, AOC New research suggests the prevailing wisdom in Washington — the idea that Democrats tacked too far to the left last year — might be wrong.

EXCLUSIVE: Democratic voters who skipped the 2024 election favor candidates like Bernie Sanders and AOC. Polling shows they believe inequality is at the heart of America’s problems and health care should be available to everyone.

The economy got half a percentage point smaller last quarter

Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.

One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.

They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.

Amazingly, some news organizations are still using the term "fiscal hawk" to describe Republicans who are professing concern about the Trump bill adding $3.3 trillion to the debt.

If those Republicans vote for the bill in the end, *at that point* can we stop calling them that?

Opinion | Democratic Leaders Tried to Crush Zohran Mamdani. They Should Have Been Taking Notes.

“I am begging Democrats to embrace candidates who can authentically speak to the electorate they’re running to represent, whether they’re in red, blue, urban or rural areas.” @rebeccakkatz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

Brad Lander Is Having a Great Day Ain’t no party like a Zohran Mamdani victory party (attended by New York City comptroller Brad Lander).

Brad Lander IS having a great day

(Also: don’t I always look like an off-duty rock star? ;-)
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Loving the love for Brad Lander. It’s updated me a bit on RCV. RCV could create more Brad Landers, more coalition builders. A counterweight to the extremely individualistic incentives of executive and single member district legislative elections

More Provisions in Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Are Subject to Byrd Rule, Parliamentarian Advises | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

If am reading this correctly, the 10 year AI regulation moratorium for states is one step closer to becoming law- so much awfulness going on but more people need to pay attention to this: www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.

(3) resetting the narrative on immigration and creating the conditions for long-term immigration reform... and so much more. We need leaders doing this work now.

(2) rebuilding a multi-racial working class coalition around an economy that grows because the working and middle-class is thriving;

Can't stop thinking about the all the political realignment opportunities on the table for Dems: (1) Go hard on fighting the sale of public lands and pick up the outdoors community- I'm not talking about the REI crowd- go get these hunters;

ENOUGH. Release Brad Lander now!

Trump regime arrests another politician of the opposing party, this time a top NYC elected official and candidate for mayor. These are gestapo tactics. They must end now.

Every American must call their representatives and demand an end to this. (202) 224-3121

Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.

Repeat after us: Rich people don’t create jobs.

Your job doesn’t exist because a billionaire felt generous. It exists because people buy stuff.

That’s how the economy works.

🎧 Listen to the full episode at the following link or wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/BBartlett

U.S. attorneys office in LA just sent an email saying David Huerta, president of SEIU California, has been charged with conspiracy to impede an officer. He’s been in jail since Friday and is expected to make his first appearance in federal court this afternoon

SEIU California President David Huerta has apparently been charged with a federal crime--conspiracy to impede an officer. This is a felony that carries a sentence of six years in federal prison.

Today:

Tanks are being moved en masse into DC.

Trump is deploying a state national guard over a governor’s objection to police protests.

Trump threatened a major donor with “severe consequences” if they support his political opponents.

If you’re still wondering what time it is, read this again

This is what hope feels like. So glad @daveyseligman.bsky.social is getting in the fight for Colorado AG.

Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

U.S. economy shrank in early 2025, as tariffs sapped growth GDP shrank in the first quarter, a new report shows, offering a look at how tariffs are reshaping spending patterns and changing the economy.

Breaking news: The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of 2025, contracting by an annualized rate of 0.3 percent, a stark reversal after nearly three years of solid growth, as tariff-related uncertainty upended spending patterns and raised fears of an impending recession.

This is fascinating: On the pod, @kedseconomist.com cites the example of a US manufacturer of board games to explain what's wrong with Trump's tariffs and why unleashing so much pain and turmoil to restore manufacturing is an incoherent goal.

Transcript here:

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It was great stuff today. Kudos to Booker. But it needs to be the <start> of continuous action, every day, to keep this going & build on it. Prove those of us who were skeptical about the performative nature of it wrong. Use every possible platform & power as Senators to defeat the fascism. More.