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Mara Gay

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American. Journalist. New York Times Opinion writer and MS Now political analyst.

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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 22h
This sweet, gentle Brooklyn boy needs a new home. Lili is about 8 years old, and far as anyone can tell is a friend to all. Please reply or dm me if you have a lead.
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c-kinbote.bsky.social @c-kinbote.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I live in marble Hill. I was out there. I spoke to all my neighbors what we all want is to never see them again. There were at least 30 ICE goons It was horrible. Get them out of here. 
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The last public execution in the U.S. was of a Black man in Jim Crow Kentucky, in 1936. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says (Gift Article)
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE Agent Shoots Man in New York City www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE Agent Shoots Man in New York City (Gift Article)
The person who was shot had been taken to a nearby hospital and was conscious and receiving medical attention, according to the New York Police Department, which said it was not involved in the shooti...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Part (but far from all) of what's horrific here is: a woman weighing the consequences of speaking up about being sexually assaulted, because speaking up imposes burdens and costs (and so does not speaking up).
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Ivan Pereira @ivanper4.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"He further stated that there is no law against him walking around a voting site dressed as ICE," the arrest report said.
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Man arrested after posing as ICE agent at Miami polling site: Investigators
A man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly posing as an ICE agent and intimidating Brazilian nationals who were voting at a poll site in Miami, investigators said.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Gordon was many things: dogged public servant, barrier breaker, family man, friend and proud Black man who could have passed for White but had no interest, preferring to use his privilege and success to make good trouble. It’s hard to imagine New York without him. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/a...
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The City Leader Who Revived Central Park Dies at 85 (Gift Article)
Gordon J. Davis was New York City’s first Black parks commissioner and one of the most effective. He also led Lincoln Center.
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Morning Joe @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@maragay.bsky.social, an opinion writer for The New York Times, presses Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, with the question of why voters should “trust Republicans" in November's midterm elections given the party’s resistance to holding President Donald Trump accountable.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thank you
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hey thank you!
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How a Family of 5 Lives on $30,000 a Year in the Bronx www.nytimes.com/interactive/... @elizashapiro.bsky.social
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How a Family of 5 Lives on $30,000 a Year in the Bronx (Gift Article)
To help his family, Germel Younger has become a professional caregiver, but the pay barely covers their expenses.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“My goal has been to win..to win — to protect the Smithsonian — there were times I would fight, make clear what the red lines were. And there were other times I let things go.” Dr. Lonnie Bunch www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/a...
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Smithsonian’s Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution
In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Lovely piece abcnews.com/US/meet-new-...
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Meet the New York City chefs who kept Ground Zero workers fueled after the 9/11 attacks
In the weeks after the World Trade Center was destroyed, city chefs and thousands of New Yorkers banded together to help feed Ground Zero workers around the clock.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“I suspect that all they cared about was getting Wall Street reopened, and they didn’t give a damn about the health of the people down there.” - Congressman Jerry Nadler www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...
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After 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality (Gift Article)
The Mamdani administration is releasing more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Nice reminder of the inportance of local independent news, which has been gutted across America www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/n...
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Inside Mamdani’s Private Army of Public Influencers (Gift Article)
Zohran Mamdani is seen as a social media wizard. Some of his popularity stems from an influencer operation run by the mayor’s office.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Christian Women Say They’re Not Political. Their Living Rooms Disagree. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/o...
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Opinion | The Political Power of Christian Kitsch (Gift Article)
Precious Moments figurines and Christian romance novels aren’t overtly political, but they shape how Christian women see themselves and the world.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back
The autopsy report that Tyrin Johnson’s family shared with The Associated Press on Thursday contradicts accounts by law enforcement.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A man and woman embrace as ICE and FHP detain her during an immigration stop in Fort Myers this morning.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Truth and Reconciliation 2028
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hi. We were in Albany and Atlanta and its surrounding suburbs and outskirts, not Athens
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
www.ms.now/morning-joe/...
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What Black Georgia voters think of Trump, Democrats and the DSA
New York Times opinion writer Mara Gay joins Morning Joe to share some of her discussions with Black Georgia voters for the latest installment of the NYT Opinion series talking to voters across the co...
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hey thanks a lot, that’s really kind!
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
More context newrepublic.com/article/2144...
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Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew.
Court papers reveal that the Department of Homeland Security’s covert surveillance of anti-ICE groups is much darker than it first appeared. Welcome to Donald Trump’s America.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
What do Black voters in Georgia want? I went ahead and asked them www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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Video: Opinion | ‘I Just Want to See America Love Me’
In Georgia, Mara Gay sat down with Black voters to hear how they think America is doing — and what they make of the Democratic Party today. “Messy. All over the place,” Jarrett Willis, an entrepreneur...
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
And she won by a lot
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Notable that the same tactics were used on Black Americans and our allies during the Civil Rights Movement, and on Muslim Americans after 9/11 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...
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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown
The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is very funny www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...
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Opinion | Gen Z-ers Dress Like They’ve Never Worn Clothes Before (Gift Article)
It used to be that you could tell goths from preps by the look of them.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is not great, folks www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
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Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea (Gift Article)
In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“Bro is a term casually applied just as often to women these days, Mr. Mamdani’s colleagues emphasized, noting that the mayor refers to both men and women in his administration as ‘brother.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/n...
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Mamdani’s ‘Bro’ Culture in City Hall: Sports, Memes, Nicknames for All
As much as Zohran Mamdani’s team runs on leftist idealism and social media hits, its style of governing also relies on humor, sports references and pop culture.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Opinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All (Gift Article)
Is Kansas just the beginning?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/08/2026
A man in Utah was indicted on a federal hate crime charge after he rode a scooter to a mall, bought a knife and repeatedly stabbed a Muslim man selling wares at a kiosk, the authorities said on Wednesday.
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Federal Hate Crime Charge Filed in Stabbing of Muslim Man in Utah
The attack left the victim with at least a dozen wounds as several bystanders rushed to intervene.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The @kentucker.bsky.social gives us the scoop on Kentucky-based Complaint Technologies, the electric glove company. The article has a link to a public demonstration of the gloves. I've added the video below.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Mamdani now wants to use thermal energy to cool and heat subway stations and city buildings. This would apparently involve capturing heat in “boreholes” 500-600 feet underground and installing a system of circulating pumps. Very nerdy. abc7ny.com/post/nyc-eye...
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New York City eyes first US transit thermal energy network to fight subway heat
NYC launches study to cool subway stations plagued by extreme heat. The congestion pricing-funded project would explore ways to lower platform temperatures and recycle excess heat.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thank you so much
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
More on our episode from Georgia here www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/o...
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Opinion | What Black Voters in Georgia Want and Aren’t Getting (Gift Article)
In Georgia, where Black voters could help decide control of the Senate, Mara Gay asks what they want from America and the Democratic Party.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We traveled to Georgia - with a diner booth - to talk to Black voters about their relationship with the Democratic Party. Many of the tired assumptions about what Black voters want are wrong. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio... www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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After Michigan Loss, AIPAC Weighs a Second Effort to Defeat El-Sayed (Gift Article)
The pro-Israel organization spent $32 million in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. It might try again in the general election.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A Black democratic socialist has won a primary in Detroit and the Grosse Pointe suburbs…. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
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Shri Thanedar Is Ousted by a Democratic Socialist in a Michigan House Primary (Gift Article)
Representative Shri Thanedar is among a wave of Democratic incumbents in Congress whom primary voters have sent packing in a surge of anti-incumbent fervor this cycle.
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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
really important conversation @maragay.bsky.social is on it
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Are Republicans going to let the Heritage Foundation destroy Head Start? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
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Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It (Gift Article)
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Oh there are definitely a lot of pregnant people about
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Snowstorms!
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Ohio Senator Calls Former Son-in-Law Accused of Abuse Unfit for Office
Senator Bernie Moreno, Republican of Ohio, broke his silence about allegations of domestic abuse his daughter has made against Representative Max Miller.
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Kathleen Rubenstein @kbrnyc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Yes and Steve Banks, who also resigned and went on lead NYC's law department. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/b...
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Top Pro Bono Leader Resigns from Paul Weiss, a Firm Hit in Trump’s Crackdown on Big Law (Published 2025)
Steven Banks, who once ran New York’s social services department, said he wanted to return to helping the homeless. He leaves within weeks of the elite firm striking a deal with President Trump.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
One point of contrast is Damian Williams - the first Black American to serve as attorney for the Southern District of New York - who quit Paul Weiss last year after the firm struck a deal with Trump.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
A story of late-capitalism and cowardice www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
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How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (Gift Article)
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
just a devastating dispatch from @nysfocus.com about the acceleration of kids having to argue for asylum alone, without an attorney, and then most of them getting deported nysfocus.com/2026/07/31/t...
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NY Lawyers Fear Trump Blitz Will Speed Up Child Deportations
The Trump administration is accelerating asylum proceedings as legal aid funding expires, leaving immigrant children less time to prepare.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Goodbye and thank you to Betye Saar, a giant and a favorite www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/a...
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Betye Saar, Artist Who Upended Black Stereotypes, Dies at 99 (Gift Article)
Working with dolls, family photographs, fabric scraps and other found objects, she became a leading figure in assemblage art.
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