Spyder Monkey
@SpyderMonkey0_0
Independent Reporter based in NJ covering activism and protests. Email is [email protected] // signal is SpyderMonkey.45
This is exactly why I said Mamdani supporters need to start holding him accountable now and stop celebrity worshipping
This may upset some folks, but it is the truth. It’s not a good sign that Mamdani hired a top DNC operative to his campaign. The goal is not to get the establishment to like you. The goal is to defeat the establishment because it is corrupt & puts corporate greed over human need.
More than that, people need to start calling out these bad faith crybully campaigns for what they are and stop acting like anyone cares about “feeling safe” or some other such liberal claptrap. It’s about disciplining critics of Israel and needs to be framed as such.
A lesson from Corbyn is the more you talk about not being antisemitic, the more your opponents will smear you as antisemitic and the more salient the issue will become. Dismissing baseless attacks and pivoting to cost of living concerns seems like the way to go.
"We invited 20 hitlers to talk to a regular guy. Can they find common ground?"
This one looks interesting to watch
Attempts to placate the racist fears of those who see Palestinians as less than even subhuman will only further the dehumanization of Palestinians in this country. Every inch of ground you cede to those who laud, support & fund extermination will also chip away your own…
Mamdani tells @errollouis he’d discourage to use ‘Globalize the Intifada’ slogan because the distance between what some intend as a form of protest and what most Jewish New Yorkers hear as a call to violence is “a bridge that is too far.”
Breaking: House overwhelmingly rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's amendment to cut funds to Israel 422-6.
this is getting next to no media attention and it’s horrifying. transphobes weren’t going to stop at bathrooms, no hormones for minors, they are going to keep pushing until it’s entirely illegal and no one is standing up for us other than fellow trans people
First ban that goes up to age 21. This has my support.
ICE is rapidly hiring social workers. I’m studying for my license and receive these ads constantly. these jobs are flagged as “above average” with significantly higher salaries compared to your typical social work job. disturbing.
She walked out of her immigration hearing smiling — papers in hand, standing tall. She had no idea the man waiting in the hallway was ICE. No idea she was about to be detained. This is happening inside NYC’s immigration courts. Every day. #ICE
NYC is spending $16,000,000,000 on four new jails. Right now every highway and subways are flooded with rainwater and raw sewage
If you’re attempting to head into NYC tonight “Fuhgeddaboudit” there is serious flooding on Bronx River Parkway and 287 - many main routes in are closed.
Happening now: Nearly 100 tech workers and anti-genocide activists are picketing outside the United Nations. Demo comes following @FranceskAlbs report on big tech’s involvement in Israel’s apartheid & genocide, which the U.N. Secretary General distanced himself from.
Lander has dropped the $40M in Israeli bonds from the NYC pension fund which was the only foreign sovereign debt held by the city, which Lander calls a politically motivated exception made only to favor Israel by previous comptrollers.
🚨 In response letter, first shared w/ me, Lander pushes back against @NYCMayor’s claim that he’s divesting from Israel. He defended decision not to reinvest in Israel Bonds as standard fiscal practice — treating Israel same as other countries and not as part of BDS movement.
I'm still digesting the fact that the BBC requires Palestinian journalists to have posted at least some material online "supportive of the other side" in order for them to be acceptable. In the midst of a genocide. observer.co.uk/news/national/…
Israel assassinated journalist Fadi Khalifa in Gaza today. Another voice from Gaza has been silenced, but they will never be able to kill his story.
the OJ trial very famously documented the number of times Nicole called the police—and told them OJ was going to kill her—only for them to shrug and leave her to die. again, this is one of the most memorable elements of the most famous criminal trial in history, you genius
Yes, Zohran, what Nicole B. Simpson really needed to stop OJ from nearly decapitating her was a social wkr who could have centered OJ’s blackness to make him feel seen. Same for Diddy as he beat Cassie to a pulp. Just needed a reminder to be his best self! mediaite.com/media/news/zoh…
Trump supporters call on the president to sue Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for defamation after she referred to him as a “rapist.”
Trump supporters call on the president to sue Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for defamation after she referred to him as a “rapist.”
Turns out Mayor Adams flew to Florida for a fundraiser with the Fort Lauderdale Young Republicans.
The Fort Lauderdale Young Republicans held an event for Democrat NYC Mayor Eric Adams last night. The YR knows Eric terminated me from the NYPD for supporting President Trump, holding events for @RogerJStoneJr Some claiming they’re MAGA have no integrity. fortlauderdaleyr.pixieset.com/mayorericadams…
Activists disrupt Boiler Room, climb on stage w/“This party KILLS” shirt & “Boiler Room + KKR fund genocide. BOYCOTT NOW” banner, 2 banners hung overhead. Boiler Room was acquired by KKR, which invests in weapons manufacturers sold to Israel for its genocide of Palestinians.
if you are a dem who still pushes a militant anti immigrant stance at a time when gestapo is packing up our neighbors to ship them to concentration camps AND ITS UNPOPULAR - you need to fucking resign man. this response to right wing lies IS WHY THE DEMS LOST ON THIS ISSUE.
This "Democrats and Republicans" line is bullshit. I wrote a bipartisan bill last year that would have stopped all asylum seekers from being released into the country. It gave POTUS emergency power to shut down the border. It put billions into border security. Trump killed it.
BREAKING: The New York Times reports that FEMA failed to answer two-thirds of the calls to its disaster assistance line in the days following devastating floods in Texas, after firing hundreds of call center contractors on July 5.