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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Thread 1/3 I've written three posts on the Ramos/JGR SD-13 primary. The legislative records compared — 50 signed bills for @jessicaramosqns.bsky.social vs. 3 for JGR. www.reddit.com/r/jacksonhei...

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From the jacksonheights community on Reddit: Jessica Ramos and Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, the legislative records.

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

NYCLU Condemns Hochul’s New Immigration Proposal www.nyclu.org/press-releas...

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NYCLU Condemns Hochul’s New Immigration Proposal - NYCLU

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I finally figured it out: this Iran war feels like the kinds of wars I used to have in Civilization II after I saved the game and felt like seeing how big a mess I could make.

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This from The Economist. Trump's doing a solid for his buddy Putin

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Did nobody tell this homicidal moron that this outcome has never been achieved solely through aerial bombardment? www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...

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Trump demands Iran's 'unconditional surrender' as Israel says it hit leadership bunker 'with 50 jets'

Tehran residents tell BBC Persian

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

This afternoon, I spent two hours with the @nynurses on their picket line. They're still there, as they have been every day since Janury 12, and will continue to be until they get proper pay, staffing, and security. Here's how you can help www.nysna.org/news/take-ac... #NYCNurseStrike

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

It will be "Arbeit macht frei" next.

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Some notable signs from today's #NoICE rally

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Pre-rally match #Nokings #NoIce "Pharaoh does not win in the end" - a rabbi at a pre-rally invocation

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

My year in theatre. The only missing play is "Polishing Shakespeare", which is better off receding into the mists of memory.

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Reading Petals of Blood, by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, I came across this great description of procrastination--"I dwelt in the twilight of doing and not-doing."

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

So the policy establishes a kind of "Fascist International" (Fascintern?) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...

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Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Democracy is worth fighting for #NoKings Nokings.org

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Happy Italian Heritage Day for all Italians except Columbus and Mussolini (no, the Borgias were Spanish).

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Today, a Trump-picked prosecutor indicted AG Tish James in a politically motivated attack aimed at AG James--who's held Trump accountable. We are having a rapid response rally TOMORROW at 5:30PM in Foley Square. www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...

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Hands OFF Tish James Rally · New York Working Families Party

## **CALL TO ACTION** **FRIDAY 10/10 at FOLEY SQUARE** ### On the evening of October 9th, Attorney General Tish James was indicted by a prosecutor handpicked by Trump. Attorney General James has lon...

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

There needs to be a mini-series called Portlandia: War Diaries

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I wanted to let a bit of time pass since this particular episode of The Last of Us aired, but how cool is that scene where Catherine O'Hara character is reading Earth Abides (sci-fi fans will get the reference)?

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

He joked multiple times about Paul Pelosi getting smashed in the skull with a hammer.

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Is Charlie Kirk the new Horst Wessel? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

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Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Standing ovation 👏👏 for brand new group Forest Hills Indivisible for slaying highway visibility by the US Open & hells yes the motorcade went RIGHT UNDER IT. You love to see it ❤️🎾 @indivisible.org @marisakabas.bsky.social @elizaorlins.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social @leahgreenberg.bsky.social

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50501 South Carolina ❌️👑 📎 🐰🩵 @50501-sc.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

🚨 South Carolinians Condemn the Deployment of the #SouthCarolina National Guard to D.C. 🚨 Gov. McMaster, we will not stand for the militarization of our nation's capital, nor for the military being weaponized against our people. #50501SC #USProtest #ResistsSC #scpol www.50501sc.org/p/emergency-...

Emergency Statement: South Carolinians Condemn the Deployment of the S.C. National Guard to D.C.
We remind our leaders: Your power comes from the people, not from the threat of force.
Aug 17, 2025

August 17, 2025
Emergency Statement: South Carolinians Condemn the Deployment of the S.C. National Guard to D.C.
We unequivocally condemn yesterday's announcement that Governor Henry McMaster is sending the South Carolina National Guard to Washington, D.C. to support the regime's agenda.

The deployment of the National Guard and militarized forces into the streets of Washington, D.C. — our nation's capital, the symbolic heart of American democracy — is an authoritarian move cloaked in the language of "order."

This isn't about security or peace or order. This is about power. This is about silencing dissent through intimidation.

Tanks and troops do not belong on our streets.

We will not stand for the militarization of our nation's capital, nor for the military being weaponized against our people.

The militarization of D.C. is not a show of strength. It's a show of fear. It's a government afraid of its own people. This is what creeping authoritarianism looks like. This is what happens when elected leaders forget who they are supposed to serve and decide to rule by force.

We refuse to accept the normalization of military presence in civilian life. Washington, D.C. is not a war zone. Our people are not the enemy. The National Guard was not created to patrol city blocks in peacetime, to menace homeless people and protestors, or to send a political message.

Every soldier deployed against civilians weakens the foundation of our republic.

We reject the notion that military intervention is a legitimate answer to the fake crisis Trump claims is happening in D.C. When our government turns its uniformed forces inward against its own citizens, it risks not only escalating tensions, but undermining the public's trust in the institutions meant to serve them.

We demand:

An immediate withdrawal of all military forces from Washington, D.C.

Accountability from SC Governor Henry McMaster and his counterparts in West Virginia and Ohio who have confirmed they are also sending the National Guard to D.C.

A reaffirmation from our elected leaders to uphold the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution

We call on elected leaders at every level to denounce this militarization of our public life.

We remind our leaders: Your power comes from the people, not from the threat of force.

50501 SC

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

None of this is based on actual crime statistics, btw. It’s based on Trump’s brain calcifying in the late 1980s and his deeply ingrained racism.

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Advantage of a CitiBike membership. Coming home from Tribeca I faced delays on 4/5 of the Jackson Heights trains. Only the 7 wasn't delayed and that was nowhere near downtown, but it less than a 1/2 hour to get to the Hudson Yards stop.

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

More fun wordplay from The Economist An opinion piece on the impact of tariffs had the title "Suddenly, then gradually", an transposition of a line in the Sun Also Rises, where a character describes how he became bankrupt -- "Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

NYC Council Member Vickie Paladino is spreading lies and inciting hatred against a NYC-DSA member and leader who has defied Paladino’s racist and fear-mongering ideology. Tell Speaker Adams & the Council Ethics Committee: she must be expelled actionnetwork.org/letters/expe...

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Expel Vickie Paladino

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Clever wordplay at The Economist. An article on Mamdani's proposal for city-owned grocery stores was titled--"Welcome to Trader Zoh's"

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

“Her Excellency . . . Dear Mr. President”

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

So not just trust fund kids living off their parents. www.michaellange.nyc/p/the-zohran...

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The Zohran Coalition

Mamdani's Mandate & The Dawn of a New Day

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Ooohhh! Maybe Jay Jacobs does some serious soul-searching about how he needs to run the Democratic Party. NAAAHHH!

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Andrew Cuomo has the experiences and character to save the nation. He is an exceptional choice for mayor of New York, a city I’ve never stayed in for more than 45 minutes. I’m afraid to cross a street that has more than two lanes. I think the American Airlines chatbot is a real person who likes me

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

The choice between Cuomo and Mamdani comes down to this--Mamdani can make up for being light on experience by hiring really good commissioners and deputy mayors; Cuomo can't undo being a corrupt, narcissistic, bully. #DontrankCuomo #NotoCuomo

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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 16/06/2025

The characterization of the subway is stuck in mid-pandemic mindset and honestly who cares about these bus fare numbers that much? Yeah fare evasion is bad but this isn’t a good reason to hand the mayoralty to an inept sex creep out for revenge. What a useless editorial board.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Millions pour into the streets because they hate his policies, and he decides more violence in furtherance of those policies is the answer. I have moments these days where I wonder how this all ends, because it’s going to get a lot worse before it gets any better.

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Bill Bruno @bailyn.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Not liking this mayoral race. It looks like it's coming down to an corrupt narcissist and a someone who campaigns extraordinarily well but comes up short on policy and experience. Mamdani is my #5 and Cuomo isn't ranked, but I would have liked a different outcome.

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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Thursday night, Jessica Ramos held a Queens fundraiser where she delivered a speech lined with anti-Cuomo jabs, per sources. Some Ramos staffers only found out she had flip-flopped to endorse Cuomo from the NYT story the next morning, per the sources. www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/06/j...

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Jessica Ramos endorsing Andrew Cuomo for NYC mayor weeks after questioning his ‘mental acuity’

In an extraordinary about-face, back-of-the-pack mayoral candidate Jessica Ramos is endorsing her front-running rival Andrew Cuomo — just weeks after questioning his “mental acuity” and…

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