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Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn @lidbk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The 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!

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Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn @lidbk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Feeling let down by democracy after yesterday's Brooklyn Dem Party shenanigans? Turn the page tonight by joining us to support @movementvoter.bsky.social and support organizing for the midterms! Should be a wonderful event in partnership with other great Brooklyn orgs!

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Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn @lidbk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The silver lining of the chaotic and undemocratic behavior we saw from Brooklyn Democratic Party leadership today is that it makes it clearer than ever that we need change. LID will keep on working every day to build a transparent and effective party worthy of our borough.

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tomorrow! Join me and @lidbk.bsky.social @bkforge.bsky.social for a fundraiser in Brooklyn for Movement Voter PAC secure.actblue.com/donate/bkmvp...

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Should I have hard launched my campaign for the Sergeant At Arms of the BK Dems?

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 23/09/2026

i think it is worth noting that one of the first actual elected democrats to prominently call for underbussing trans people, seth moulton, just got crushed in his primary 65-35

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Whomst is live updating the BK Dems shenanigans?

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hey hey hey, it could be Coney Island, on a week night, at 7pm, with no food vendors open.

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New Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today's Brooklyn Democratic Party Organizational Meeting was supposed to start at 10am. It's 10:20 and everyone is still waiting outside in the cold for the doors to open.

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Whomst will be live updating on the BK county committee meeting today? 👀

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Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn @lidbk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Join LID and friends to flip southern Brooklyn blue for @chrismccreight.bsky.social! We're co-hosting a canvass this weekend (and next) for Chris -- you can register here! act.chrismccreight.com/knock-doors-...

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Knock Doors with Chris McCreight, BYD, NKD, and LID this September! - CMC for NY

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Usually my criticism of the BK Dems is that they should use their time and resources to help elect democrats instead of fighting them. But this is so cringe I think their social media person would do more harm than good.

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Journalistic malpractice to treat Anthony Jones like a normal District Leader and not someone who admitted to forging signatures.

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Rodneyse finally united the party around something! It’s not the big tent that she wanted, but it’s the big tent she deserve.

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I hate that most of the coverage of Brooklyn local politics is happening on The Other Site. Come to BlueSky you cowards!

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Brooklyn’s most exclusive club is…the county committee meeting on inclusivity.

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New Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Brooklyn's elected Democratic leaders have spoken out overwhelmingly to condemn the Party Chair's attempted last-ditch rules changes. This kind of anti-democratic power grab goes against everything our party stands for, and it must not succeed.

Democratic Party leaders from Brooklyn overwhelmingly slammed Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s announced plans to rewrite party rules in order to keep herself in power. Bichotte faces a coming leadership vote after a new majority of District Leaders, who make up the party’s Executive Committee, were elected by Brooklyn voters in the June primary. She is now trying to rig that vote in her favor by packing the committee with dozens of her handpicked supporters.

The following leaders have issued statements opposing the Chair’s proposed power grab: U.S. Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, Yvette Clarke, Nydia Velázquez; Democratic Congressional nominees Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, and Mike DeCillis; New York State Attorney General Letitia James; New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams; NYC Comptroller Mark Levine; New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes; New York State Assemblymembers Brian Cunningham, Robert Carroll, Jo Anne Simon, Phara Souffrant Forrest, and Emily Gallagher; NYC City Council Members Crystal Hudson, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Shahana Hanif, Sandy Nurse, Lincoln Restler, Chi Ossé, and Kayla Santosuosso; and New York State Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs.

They are joined by many past, present, and future Democratic District Leaders, including Bichotte Hermelyn's co-leader in Assembly District 42, Josué Pierre, who said in a statement: "Our party should respect the choices voters made at the ballot box. I will be voting no on this proposal."

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Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn @lidbk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

An Anti-Democratic Power Grab: LID responds to Brooklyn Party Dem Boss's proposed changes to Executive Committee and calls on Brooklyn Democratic voters and leaders to reject these proposals.

LID Statement beginning reading:

An Anti-Democratic Power Grab: LID Response to Brooklyn Dems Party Boss Bichotte Hermelyn's Proposed Rules Changes.

"These profoundly anti-democratic actions from the party boss are aimed at stopping the election of Brooklyn's first queer party chair."

Part 2 of LID statement reading:

In June, Brooklyn Democrats voted overwhelmingly for change at all levels, including new Democratic Party leadership. LID was proud to join the Brooklyn Can’t Wait coalition, which successfully advocated for change across the borough. Now, 1.2 Million Democrats in Brooklyn could be rendered voiceless as a result of the actions of Brooklyn Democratic Party Boss Bichotte Hermelyn.

This past June, registered Brooklyn Democrats spoke out and overwhelmingly voted to elect more reform-minded District Leaders, who comprise the members of the county Democratic party’s Executive Committee. This committee steers the party’s direction in terms of focus and policy, judicial nominations and millions of dollars in donor funds. Our incumbent and incoming reform district leaders have selected District Leader, longtime reformer and LID Board Member Julio Peña III of Sunset Park to be the next county party chair. Julio will be our party’s first openly queer chair.

Part 3 of LID statement reading:

However, faced with the prospect of losing control, chair Bichotte Hermelyn has proposed stacking the deck. Her latest proposal would swell the number of executive committee members to 68. The proposed change to the executive committee would allow unelected officers to have the same weight and power as democratically elected officials. This is a radical move that undoes the spirit of democracy and the power of the vote.

These profoundly anti-democratic actions from the party boss are aimed at stopping the election of Brooklyn’s first queer party chair.

While couched in the name of greater participation, it is highly likely that these additional members won’t sit without the Chair’s approval. LID has been fighting for reform and transparency in the county party since its inception in 1978. If this proposal is being done in the name of greater participation, then we ask: why wait until you’re about to lose?

Part 4 of LID statement reading:

In a time where we face increasing attacks on our communities and democracy, we call on all Brooklyn Democrats and elected officials to reject this blatant attempt to nullify the will of Democratic voters. LID calls on all elected officials and party leaders to publicly condemn the proposed rule change. Please call your elected officials at the city, state, and federal level today and call on them to reject this undemocratic power grab!

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

For those who are not plugged into Brooklyn politics, yes, it is odd to have a Democratic Party chair who seems to hate democracy. For those of you who are plugged into Brooklyn politics, no surprised here.

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Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn @lidbk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

These profoundly anti-democratic actions from the Brooklyn Democratic Party boss are aimed at stopping the election of Brooklyn's first queer party chair, @juliopenabk.com -- we call on all Brooklyn Dems to reject this attempt to nullify the will of Democratic voters!

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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 18/08/2026

In San Francisco, permitting issues have delayed the opening of the city’s first gay bathhouse despite its ban being lifted six years ago: gothamist.visitlink.me/w5IDKM

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The music industry has a lot of problems, but the biggest one is bands not announcing a show in my city the second I become a fan.

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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

“Effective aging policy must recognize that LGBTQ+ older adults often enter later life with different experiences, support systems, and challenges than many of their peers." citylimits.org/opinion-what...

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Opinion: What We Owe Older LGBTQ+ New Yorkers - City Limits

"Effective aging policy must recognize that LGBTQ+ older adults often enter later life with different experiences, support systems, and challenges than many of their peers."

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

"That's the thing that Democrats tend to get wrong—we're so worried about what they're going to say about us that we forget that we also have mouths that work." —Abdul El-Sayed

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Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn @lidbk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Great to see this announcement of direct funding to support gender-affirming care for trans youth from @mayor.nyc.gov -- these supports are more essential than ever in the face of federally sanctioned transphobia. www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

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Standing Up for Trans New Yorkers: Mayor Mamdani Launches $15 Million Plan to Expand Access to Gender-Affirming Care

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Brooklyn Can't Wait wasn't created to "overthrow" anyone. It united clubs around the District Leader Pledge which formalized a shared standard of transparency and accountability. That's what kept us together through disagreements on candidates and what prevents reform from becoming another machine.

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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 26/06/2026

BREAKING: The Rent Guidelines Board on Thursday approved 0% rent increases for about 1 million rent-stabilized apartments, delivering on one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s signature campaign promises. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/25/r...

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Rent Freeze Approved By Mamdani-Era Board, Impacting 1 Million NYC Apartments

Thursday’s vote marked the first rent freeze ever for two-year leases.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

new yorkers en masse have expressed their enthusiasm for democratic socialism. but these forty men surveyed in the waiting room of the coeur d’alene family court have a different perspective

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

From one of our LID members upon hearing that we won the majority “I waited for this my entire political life in Brooklyn. Since 1983.”

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Brooklyn Can't Wait candidates are now uncontested or leading in 22 seats, out of 42 that is a majority, enough to elect a new chair I think we did it

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Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn @lidbk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Happy Election Day, Brooklyn! If you haven't voted yet, don't forget to vote today! Polls are open until 9 PM. Please join LID in supporting these awesome candidates!

Image with a yellow and green background with list of LID endorsements for District Leader and Judge, including:

Nakisha Evans, DL, AD43
Akel Williams, DL, AD43
Emmitt Sklar, DL, AD44
Angela Kravtchenko, DL, AD46
Luke Olson, DL, AD50
Jacqui Painter, DL, AD51
Julio Pena III, DL, AD51
Aaron Ouyan, DL, AD52
Ilyssa Meyer, DL, AD52
Alam Gamboar, DL, AD54
Omar Hardy, DL, AD56
Shaquana Boykin, DL, AD57
Akwasi Agyeman, DL, AD57
Mark Hanna, DL, AD64
Celeste Felix, Kings County Civil Court Judge
Linda Lo Cascio, Kings County Civil Court Judge
Danielle Noel, Kings County Civil Court Judge
Christine Ortiz, Kings County Civil Court Judge
Lauren Brown Awoke, Kings County Civil Court (2nd District)
Tamara Ortiz, Kings County Civil Court (3rd District)
Janice Purvis, Kings County Civil Court (6th District)
Susan Liebman, Kings County Civil Court (8th District)

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Authentic question because I can’t find the answer: Which, if any, NYCHA tenant associations have endorsed Claire Valdez?

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Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn @lidbk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Happy Pride everyone! Happy to see our LID President @smfox.bsky.social honored as a Pride Trailblazer by City and State New York! Congrats on the well-deserved honor, Stephanie! www.cityandstateny.com/power-lists/...

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The 2026 Pride Trailblazers

New York’s LGBTQ+ leaders

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New Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This month we have a chance to finally turn the page on the Brooklyn Democratic Party machine. But they are going to spend big to defend the corrupt status quo. A donor is currently matching donations 2x — chip in what you can today at brooklyncantwait.com and let's win the party we deserve!

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Good to know that if I ever became mayor there would be a desk my size!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Friends, I’ve been around politics for over 50 years. I’ve never seen anything as brazenly crooked and corrupt as what Trump and his cronies did today.

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Housing Not Handcuffs @housingnotcuffs.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

📮HUD is now accepting public comments on the Trump admin’s dangerous proposal to repeal the Equal Access Rule! The Equal Access Rule helps prevent housing discrimination against LGBTQI+ people. Submit a comment urging HUD to preserve the rule here: buff.ly/fOGg7Ea

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Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn @lidbk.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Despite the downpour, we had a great time knocking on doors yesterday for Antonio Reynoso in Fort Greene! Proud to support this progressive champion for Congress in NY-07!

Photo of several volunteers for Antonio Reynoso for Congress under scaffolding on a rainy day (Saturday, 4/25) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, before heading out to canvass.

Photo of LID board members (Patrick Hart, Frank Julca, Stephanie Fox, Derek Gaskill) and AD57 District Leader Shaquana Boykin getting ready to go canvass for Antonio Reynoso for Congress in Fort Greene on a rainy Saturday, April 25.

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Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn @lidbk.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Very disappointing (but not surprising) to see the Brooklyn Democratic Party fighting to disenfranchise voters, demoralize grassroots activists, and keep community leaders off the ballot. Our County Party deserves inclusive leadership that works to uplift all Democrats.

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I very rarely comment on races outside of Brooklyn. But @lindseyboylan.bsky.social is the best pro-affordability candidate in both policy and alignment with the Mayor. If none of that is reason enough, she is also the most anti-Cuomo candidate.

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Pam Bondi is out of a job! Now most of media is focused on her Epstein file legacy. However few people are discussing her role in weaponizing the law enforcement system, first in Florida and then nationwide, against trans people.

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Trans Day of texting your trans friends “👀”

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The Big Boy @bravedelay.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

“We need a functioning DHS” yeah ok, the Thong Song was around before DHS

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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I'd like to speak with trans adults (18+) whose access to transition care has changed due to state and/or federal policy changes. DM, email Jo.Yurcaba@nbcuni.com or Signal joyurcaba.91

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