Reposted by Bryan MaygersPatrick Hart @patrickhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This 100%. Whoever else may or may not decide to run, @juliopenabk.com is the choice of the district leaders elected by voters across Brooklyn and if respecting election results means anything, he should be our next Party Chair. Plus, he's an amazing leader who will be an awesome chair! 0125
Reposted by Bryan MaygersLambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn @lidbk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The key thing is that the Brooklyn Democratic Party needs to honor the will of the voters. That means the newly elected District Leaders should be the ones selecting the new Party Chair, and that chair should be @juliopenabk.com -- the clear choice of a majority of duly-elected District Leaders! 04012
Reposted by Bryan MaygersGwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Brooklyn Democratic Party County Committee meeting has ended, the rules changes were passed with hundreds of proxy votes, Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn was nowhere to be found. Chaos reigned. dispatch for @thecityreporter.nyc www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/09/23/b...thecityreporter.nycRaucous Brooklyn Party Meeting Rubber Stamps Rule Changes That Judge Found to Be IllegalEmbattled Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn didn’t attend Wednesday’s chaotic meeting, where four of her allies contended with an angry crowd of opposition leaders. 66622
Reposted by Bryan MaygersNew Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 04/09/2026ICYMI, the Brooklyn Democratic Party posted a 2nd video aimed at critics of Chair Bichotte Hermelyn's ongoing power grab. We have to ask: Who's paying for these videos? 34211
Bryan Maygers @bmaygers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“Why does it feel like everything is bad and getting worse?” 110
Reposted by Bryan MaygersMike Konczal @mtkonczal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026BLS this morning, with revised 2Q data: "The labor share, which is the percentage of output that accrues to workers in the form of compensation, was 52.8 percent in the second quarter of 2026, the lowest level in the series, which begins in the first quarter of 1947." 571968818
Reposted by Bryan MaygersNew Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Our Democratic party must practice democracy and respect the will of the voters. We are confident that the court will overrule the party chair’s last-gasp power grab. 0222
Reposted by Bryan MaygersNew Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This isn’t just political inside baseball. The current leadership is failing to do the core job of our party — mobilizing voters to elect Democrats. And they are doing irreparable damage to the Democratic Party more broadly by destroying voter trust. 1221
Reposted by Bryan MaygersNew Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Update on the legal challenge to Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s Brooklyn Democratic Party power grab: 🧵 24411
Reposted by Bryan MaygersNew Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The Brooklyn Democratic Party chair has called a meeting for Tuesday so she can change the rules and overrule the results of a primary she and her allies didn’t win. 114556
Reposted by Bryan MaygersDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Yesterday Mayor Mamdani endorsed a bill to force Amazon to employ its own delivery drivers, rather than outsource the work to subcontractors. The Prospect can report that Amazon's lead lobbyist on that bill is Chuck Schumer's daughter Jessica. prospect.org/2026/08/11/m...prospect.orgMamdani’s Taking On Amazon. His Opponent? Chuck Schumer’s Daughter. - The American ProspectLegislation before the New York City Council would end Amazon’s subcontracting of delivery drivers. Jessica Schumer is the lead lobbyist against it. 852985880
Reposted by Bryan MaygersJaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 07/08/2026I mean they're being babies about this, but "dodging a loophole" by moving someone into the property/renting it out long term/establishing residency here is kind of the point?? 21347154
Bryan Maygers @bmaygers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I liked a lot of what Fulop had to say during the NJ gov primary but he's really not helping the abundance people beat the corporate shill charges 000
Reposted by Bryan MaygersProPublica @propublica.org · 18/07/2026THREAD: The boy is called a liar. He’s told not to defend himself. Then the private school owner encourages all of his peers to attack him, one by one. She hits him, repeatedly, with a plastic pipe-like object. How does this school still exist — and receive state funds? 🧵 108093515047
Bryan Maygers @bmaygers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Julio is the kind of person we need in politics. Dedicated, generous with his time and energy, focused on helping people, and perhaps most importantly for this role, he's patient and welcoming with newcomers who want to get involved. Excited to see what a party that reflects his leadership can do. 030
Bryan Maygers @bmaygers.bsky.social · 14/07/2026"I have no intention of complying. No intention at all.” Heroic. I hope the rest of her KU coworkers make it clear the scumbag who reported her is the one who is unwelcome. 000
Reposted by Bryan MaygersMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10706502920329
Reposted by Bryan MaygersBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Joan Sebastian Salguero, the 26-year-old husband & father killed by ICE today in Maine, was at least the 9th person killed by federal immigration agents, and at least the 22nd person shot, during the lawless regime of Donald Trump. 7712236
Reposted by Bryan MaygersAmanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The videos from different immigrant communities across the country celebrating their World Cup teams is just the perfect summation of what's actually worth celebrating about 250 years of the USA. I love this so much. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comIn the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home TeamAt block parties, backyards and beer halls, an expanded tournament gave immigrant diasporas large and small the chance to revel in support of their home countries. 1627
Bryan Maygers @bmaygers.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Went to the soccer yesterday and Olise and Mbappe playfully running circles around everyone else is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Can't see how anyone is beating France. 020
Bryan Maygers @bmaygers.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Earnest good job to the ref for not blowing the play dead for the foul too soon 000
Reposted by Bryan MaygersRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Things I never thought I would type: look at how they greeted the Algerian team arriving back at the DoubleTree in Lawrence, Kansas 11679931300
Reposted by Bryan MaygersNew Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Last night, Brooklyn Democratic voters sent a message. 22 Brooklyn Can’t Wait candidates won their seats — making up a majority of District Leaders in Brooklyn. 1/🧵 37115
Reposted by Bryan MaygersCarey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I want to give a special shoutout to our leader for this campaign cycle: The wonderful, kind, hardworking, humble, and all-around brilliant @tonymelone.bsky.social. Brooklyn, please give him his flowers! We owe him a huge debt of gratitude for this victory. 2144
Reposted by Bryan MaygersCarey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I'm INCREDIBLY PROUD of my fellow @repyourblock.bsky.social and Brooklyn Can't Wait organizers! They've worked so, so hard — with the odds stacked very highly against us — to defeat the corrupt Brooklyn Dems machine. And it looks like our work is paying off! 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶 Y'all are the real heroes. 2357
Reposted by Bryan MaygersNew Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Visit brooklyncantwait.com for more information and a map of the competitive State Committee races (highlighted in bright blue, light blue are where reform-aligned incumbents are running uncontested) 002
Reposted by Bryan MaygersNew Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The machine that lined up behind Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo is still running the Brooklyn Democratic Party. Tomorrow, that can change. But we need help winning these nine key races in districts across Brooklyn. 113845
Reposted by Bryan MaygersNew Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Brooklyn Democrats deserve so much more from their leadership than the petty corruption of Frank Seddio. Vote Stanley Scutt for Democratic State Committee in Assembly District 59! 194
Reposted by Bryan MaygersMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Here are the Chicks performing “Not Ready to Make Nice” on Kimmel last night on the 23rd anniversary of them being right about the Iraq War and getting actually canceled for it: youtu.be/Gc84Qk7f-pgyoutu.beThe Chicks - Not Ready to Make NiceYouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live 423344773
Bryan Maygers @bmaygers.bsky.social · 08/06/2026grantwahl.substack.com/p/grant-wahl...grantwahl.substack.comGrant Wahl Should Be Covering this World CupThe 2026 World Cup has no public health command. The Ebola outbreak has reached 350 cases. And the journalist who would have asked the hardest questions isn’t here. 000
Bryan Maygers @bmaygers.bsky.social · 03/06/2026That would have been Turek's opponent who lost decisively despite polls suggesting he would be equally or more competitive against Hinson. No easy way to change that but one thing would be for NY Dems to throw out party leaders who help put big money on the side of cowardice nationally 010
Reposted by Bryan Maygersparis martineau @paris.nyc · 02/06/2026the current director of national intelligence is a guy who two years ago received a trophy declaring he “Fucks Only The Young” at an (oddly dildo focused) event he organized dedicated to the conspiracy that Bed Bath and Beyond never actually went bankrupt 49265702789
Reposted by Bryan MaygersJon Orcutt @jonorcutt.bsky.social · 02/06/2026No they will not. Community boards don’t decide. Stop over-valorizing these local advisory panels 2276
Reposted by Bryan MaygersRoger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Good for Scott Pelley. These people need to be humiliated personally because they have no humiliation about what they’re doing professionally 429352
Bryan Maygers @bmaygers.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Second day of @mayor.nyc.gov's affordable World Cup ticket lottery seems to have maxed out on daily entries in less than 5 minutes again 010
Reposted by Bryan MaygersJason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 21/05/2026“The investigators soon discovered a potential cause for the unit-wide dereliction of duty: Sgt. Edmond Williams was locked out of his agency computer for 10 weeks leading up to Lin’s arrest. This whole story is some real Super Troopers shit, but without the cheeky pranks in rural Vermont. 2194
Bryan Maygers @bmaygers.bsky.social · 15/05/2026For instance stories like this new update might spur more people to question why (allegedly) shameless financial criminals get released on unsecured bail instead of getting locked uphellgatenyc.comA Former Judge and an Alleged Fraudster Find Themselves Arraigned on Federal ChargesThe law finally came for Sam Sprei. Who's next? 020
Bryan Maygers @bmaygers.bsky.social · 14/05/2026The relentless beat reporting that @hellgatenyc.com has been doing on the Frank Seddio-adjacent fraud and corruption case is exactly the sort of thing I think of when I think about the importance of local journalism and what has been lost in too many communitieshellgatenyc.comFederal Arrests, Shocking Audio, and Alleged Judicial Interference: The Case of the Missing $2 Million Is Getting HotterRecordings introduced into evidence appear to show an alleged fraudster boasting about having inside information and influence within the Brooklyn court system. 111
Reposted by Bryan MaygersStreetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 06/05/2026“Vehicle throughput is one factor to consider, but it shouldn’t be the only one or automatically outweigh the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, and everyone else who uses the street.”buff.lyCan DOT's Park Avenue Plan Have Even More Park And Less Avenue? - Streetsblog New York City"Park Avenue can't be both a park and a highway," said street safety advocate Alex Duncan. 1165
Reposted by Bryan MaygersElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 28/04/2026This is a wild misunderstanding of the NYC public school system. The averages are 40k because there are big disparities, but he misses so many things that NYC does for students that other cities do not. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comA Mediocre Public-School Education for Just $40,000 a PupilHow New York City’s education budget became an untouchable money pit 1825248
Reposted by Bryan MaygersNew Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 25/04/2026🚨 Today, we witnessed an alarming attack on ballot access in New York City 🚨 Brooklyn Democratic Party leaders are fighting to block two Stop Deed Theft advocates from running for District Leader in Bed-Stuy... (thread) 27534
Bryan Maygers @bmaygers.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The big newspaper opinion section stays winning at making lots of smart people spend their time and energy engaging with dumb arguments 020
