Zohran Mamdani visited a soup kitchen yesterday, and one of the clients told him, “you’ll be the best mayor ever.” This was Zohran’s response:

Imagine an abortion ban so radical that even leading anti-abortion groups have lined up to denounce it. That’s what abortion “abolitionists” are hoping eventually to unleash on South Carolina, with a key legislative hearing scheduled for today.

South Carolina's abortion bill is so extreme even anti-abortion groups have doubts

“It’s like a Frankenstein construction of all the worst possible restrictions from around the country.”

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US UN Ambassador votes in favor of Trump’s Gaza plan. Next to him, Algeria’s Ambassador Amar Bendjama, reluctantly raises his hand.

I may not be the face of freedom of press, but I am its legs. But seriously, give to @freedom.press

🔔 Join us for a conversation about ICE's targeting of pro-Palestinian journalists, featuring Hassan Ahmad 韓安山, Chris Godshall-Bennett, Samantha C. Hamilton, Sam Judy, Marium Uddin, and moderated by FPF's Seth Stern. 🗓️ Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2 p.m. EST RSVP: http://freedom.press/targeted-by-ice

A $3 million settlement is major victory, but it can’t undo the damage to press freedom from the illegal raid on the Marion County Record. If other communities don’t want to learn First Amendment law the expensive way, they must train police and prosecutors to respect press rights.

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker@pressfreedomtracker.us · 9mo ago

Update: Marion County, Kansas, agreed Nov. 10 to pay more than $3 million for its role in a raid on the Marion County Record newsroom in 2023.

Some photos from Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Mayoral campaign and elections on assignment for @nytimes.com @apnews.com and @epaimages.bsky.social (wait, I can only post four photos?!)

Iconic pic—captures America in 2025 perfectly

amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Portland ICE facility now.

These New York City anti-ICE blockades yesterday, for example, are equally targeted in the wording of the White House's Department of Defense / Homeland Security memorandum deploying the National Guard, as are the ones in California. Video: @olyafe.bsky.social FreedomNews.tv via @scootercaster.com

When I met Luz, she was staying at a Tijuana shelter for women with her son after escaping gang violence in her home state of Guerrero. The wait time for appointments at that time was 6-9 months, and it is quite possible her appointment was among those abruptly canceled by the new administration.