New York City Mayor Mamdani just gave one of the most amazing speeches you will ever hear:
"We are told that America is exceptional because we are richer, stronger, and more powerful than everyone else.
"The truth, my friends, is that America is exceptional because here, nothing is fixed into place. The frontier may be closed. We may have walked on the moon. But the work of fulfilling the values first enshrined in the Declaration of Independence — that work endures, and it belongs to us all.
"It belongs, too, to our newest Americans: those standing here with me today, all of whom were recently naturalized. Nearly a decade ago, I, too, felt what you feel: the joy of no longer being just a New Yorker, but an American, too.
"You each hold a special power: the power to determine what America means.
"The powerful have always known their answer. America, in their view, is an arena of supremacy where only a select few are allowed freedom; where not all are created equal. America, if you ask them, becomes less the more people it welcomes. America, they will tell you, belongs only to those with the right accent or the right shade of skin. The rest of us, they insist, should be grateful for merely being allowed to visit.
"How small they are. How weak. How unoriginal.
"At every moment in our past, those who led through exclusion and isolation have tried to win power and enrich themselves by turning us against one another. Division is the oldest trick in politics — and the cheapest.
"But time and again, including 250 years ago, those forces of division have been vanquished by the forces of progress."
@bigblue_g69226@WayneJetskiii Yeah. I like Wemby & I’m a Knicks fan. Coach Brown doesn’t believe what he said about the refs, sometimes that’s how it is, happy that the players aren’t complaining. Both teams are physically impeding each other & for the most part the refs are letting a lot go. Knicks just hoop
Scott Pelley responds to Trump saying he doesn’t care about the country: “I’ve never worn the uniform, but I’ve been in combat for this country. In Afghanistan, and Iraq, Kuwait. Been shot at. Spent nights in foxholes filling up with water in the desert. I’m not aware that the president has ever done any of those things for his country. You become a journalist because you love the First Amendment, you love the country. While all the other descriptions the president used about me might be applicable, not that one”
#POTUS “They can watch it on television. It’s sort of semi-free to watch it on television. That’s the way life goes.”
“If the team wasn’t a big success, you could go very easily… That’s the way life is.”
@nyknicks tix always been high. Even in the bad years. But this is nuts!
@PabloTorre#POTUS on missing his son’s wedding:
“I have a thing called Iran and other things. That’s not good timing for me.”
#Knicks Game 3 > #DonJr
James Dolan invited his friend Donald Trump to watch Game 3. In order to do that, they have to ban the organic, historically joyous parties happening outside MSG for fans who can't afford to be inside. Modern sports in a nutshell
@MalfoyCruddy@24hxn Ok. I’m done. You’ve got enough folks on Twitter to keep you entertained & engaged. My kids are grown & I haven’t had to do this shit in many years.