Rex Doty

Formerly @crc_nyu

[Omar Elayat @oelayat]

The lucrative market for telling young progressives what they want to hear has somehow produced an entire media apparatus of Never Trump conservatives and common-sense moderates paid to tell them nothing better is possible and they’re insane for asking.

[Ron Placone @RonPlacone]

Why is she doing this? Because there was general strike after general strike in Rome calling for an end to the genocide. Because the Italian dockers refused to ship weapons to Israel. The people made their fascist, pro-war PM change her tune because they demanded it. ✊🇮🇹

[Correcting the Record with Guillotines ☭ @SetPixels]

@factpostnews @VazquezSonne4 Said within a day of each other. We live in the stupidest of times.

[brian @brianonhere]

just watched israel intentionally kill like 60,000 kids and intentionally destroy every single hospital in gaza and and intentionally destroy 90% of the buildings in gaza but it’s pretty fucked up of you to suggest they hit that iranian school on purpose. let’s wait for the facts

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Tons of very smart “well actually” people spent the campaign saying Mamdani simply couldn’t deliver on this promise. It’s February.

[Jonah Furman @JonahFurman]

No it’s been largely destroyed by corporate politicians and their masters on Wall Street.

It was called the labor movement.

[Jordan Rosenberg Cobos 🇲🇽🇱🇧🇸🇾 @JordanRosenberg]

@AsadFromNYC Haters became his waiters at the table of success.

[Austin Ahlman @austinahlman]

How the Post’s Editorial Board describes the speech vs. the transcript of the speech in question.

[Chris Sommerfeldt @C_Sommerfeldt]

Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.

He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.

[Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha]

It was Tuesday, October 21, when I managed to reach a member of the Abu Sha‘baan family in Gaza. His sister, Randa, had been killed along with her husband and four children in an Israeli airstrike on October 17. That same strike also claimed the lives of other relatives from the Sha‘baan family, including three more children.
I contacted the family for two reasons: to obtain photos of the children to share on my social media, as I have done for other victims, and to ask whether the bodies had been recovered and buried.
It was strange because I have not seen any photos of the kids on social media or in newspapers online.
Mohammad, the uncle of the Abu Sha‘baan family, told me that he had previously been contacted by The New York Timesoffice in Jerusalem. He said that although he provided the reporter with all the necessary details for the article, he never received a link to it after its publication on October 18.
When I finally read the New York Times piece myself, I was deeply shocked. The article did not mention the names of a single victim, not Randa Abu Sha‘baan (the mother and Mohammad’s sister), her husband Ihab, or their children Nasser (13), Jumana (10), Ibrahim (6), Mohammad (5). It also omitted the names of their relatives who were traveling with them in the same minibus: Samar (mother), Sufyan (father), and their children Nasma (12), Karam (10), and Anas (8).
Mohammad told me he had shared with the reporter photos and videos of the children as well as images showing their mutilated remains.
When I sent Mohammad the link to the article, he felt a shock run through his body upon reading its headline. Instead of calling the atrocity by its name, the headline repeated the Israeli military’s justification for the attack. It read:
“Israeli Military Fires on Vehicle, Saying It Crossed Gaza Cease-Fire Line.”
“Gaza’s rescue service said at least nine people, including several children, were killed in the strike in northern Gaza on Friday, underscoring the fragility of the week-old cease-fire.”

“How the hell was the family supposed to know where the line was?” Mohammad cried over the phone. “They were just returning to their destroyed homes. And even if they crossed a line, would that justify missiles? Why didn’t the soldiers warn them long before they came close to or crossed the line?”
The NYT article fail to include not only the names, photos, or acknowledgment of the humanity that was lost but also two critical details Mohammad had shared:
1. Israeli forces did not permit first responders or family members to reach the victims until 22 hours after the strike.
2. When first responders finally arrived, Israeli forces forced them to leave within minutes.
To this day, the family has been unable to recover the bodies of two of the children. It is feared that stray animals may have consumed what was left of their small remains.
Yet The New York Times article largely echoed the Israeli narrative, framing the killing of these children and their parents not as a war crime, but merely as a sign of the “fragility” of the cease-fire.
Is the killing of the Abu Sha‘baan family truly just an indicator of political tensions, or a crime that demands investigation and accountability? If the victims had not been Palestinian children, would their deaths still be treated as a mere data point in a geopolitical analysis rather than a tragedy deserving outrage and justice?
Why were the voices of the Abu Sha‘baan and Sha‘baan children erased from the New York Times article? Why were their pictures absent, their names, their ages, their dreams, their stories? Why, instead, was the voice of the perpetrator granted prominence in the headline itself?
On October 23, the Abu Sha‘baan family released a statement condemning The New York Times for taking an editorial stance that echoed the silence imposed by the two artillery shells that ended their loved ones’ lives.

[Michael Kandel @K_A_N_D_E_L]

Zohran: New York should be affordable for everyone

Cuomo: A single mother is homeless because your rent is too low

Eric Adams: Deep down, I think I must be little bit Dominican

[gal debored @ckayerawlings]

For context Israel is one of the safest places for mothers (2 deaths per 100k births) and Arkansas is one of the most dangerous states for mothers (44 deaths per 100k births)

But yea I’m sure Israel really needed the money

[The Sameer Project @sameerproject]

During this difficult time and our support for Palestinians in Gaza, it is crucial that you do your due diligence on the groups you’re donating to. We are seeing Zionist “aid groups” entering Gaza who in the past have collected data from people in exchange for aid.

In addition, there are groups claiming that they’ve distributed hundreds of thousands of meals with meat using videos from months ago. This is really problematic and lacks transparency. Other groups are not paying their ground team and/or hoard goods (e.g. formula/ medication) during the famine.

Due diligence is important and supporting groups with the goal of liberating Palestine is what we need to do. Many have different strategies and approaches but are firmly anti-Zionist and transparent. Some of these groups who need your support are:

- @Reviving_gaza : Palestinian-led group providing assistance to Palestinians in Gaza, mainly water trucks and also has an orphan program.

- Zaynab Project (only on Instagram): The Zaynab Project is a woman-led, grassroots nonprofit that focus on food aid, clean water, medical relief, orphan sponsorship, and emergency relief. Follow their page here: https://t.co/ckpxrwwjoa

- Hope for Gaza’s Children (@Nagiha1990): Hope for Gaza’s Children is a grassroots campaign that raises $500 for each child in need. The campaign does not fundraise for children who already have active fundraising links, to avoid duplication and ensure support reaches as many families as possible. Any donations exceeding the $500 target are used to provide essential items such as diapers, formula, and additional support for families. To maintain transparency, a detailed breakdown of all funds is available via a shared Google Drive link. Follow their page: https://t.co/73QoJD2GoZ

- @gazafunds : Gaza Funds vets and adds fundraisers to their list that appears on the Gaza Funds website for anyone who wants to contribute. Behind the scenes, they check up on every fundraiser to make sure it’s moving along and getting donations.

- @GazaGreatMinds : An essential group focusing on education in Gaza by providing school supplies and cover the costs for running various schools in Gaza.

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

Seems like the Corbyn playbook whereby Mamdani is compelled to “call out” an increasingly exotic list of theoretical and hypothetical statements and actions he’s never said or done in a never ending, unwinnable game of Condemnation Theater

[Peter Ryan @_PeterRyan]

1/ Ok, I'm officially annoyed at this intelligence insulting consevaslop take that says Mamdani won rich college educated trust fund brats.

The data tells a much different story.

MAMDANI WON THE BROAD MIDDLE 60%

Let's examine...

[NBA Youngbob Official @bust_bob]

We’ve met before. At your house, don’t you remember?

[Isaac @GalaxyPeaBrain]

Zohran: "We can make housing affordable together!"

Centrist democrats puking blood like a rage zombie from 28 days later: "MAKE HIM SHOW US HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE! "

[Will 🦥 Menaker @willmenaker]

@ThirdWayTweet @playbookdc Let's get this brand back on track!

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

I’m angry, says Dr Rose; the footage is everywhere: I don't understand why we are STILL supporting the needless killing of 1000s of children

[You Know Who @MuskTillDawn]

“This guy has two educated parents with global perspective and he has persistently popular views, I don’t know why this is still working” is a hell of an argument against a guy whose only true opponent is a grandparent murdering sex pest