"I find it disgusting that someone who is one of the most powerful people in this country would repeat right-wing talking points to diminish...Zohran Mamdani." -Representative Emily Gallagher reacts to Kirsten Gillibrand's smears and subsequent public freakout via @AshleyABishop
“We are the working class… Whether they’re in trucking, whether they’re in welding, whether they’re in electrical, whether they’re in plumbing—we are them. So, it’s not just a UPS Teamster, it’s every other American family. We are you…” -Dave Rodriguez, @804_local@Teamsters
In my latest for @TheRealNews I wrote about the multifaceted roots of the National Strike that took place in Ecuador this past June and share the story of two Indigenous Ecuadorians, Yolanda Vargas and Raúl Elías Antuca.
I went to @ZohranKMamdani scavenger hunt and talked to dozens of people about why they showed up — alongside 4,000 other New Yorkers. (Promise I was not *trying* to make an ad for Zohran!) Camera work by the great @SpencerSny