New York Times. On Saturday, a number of progressive New York lawmakers followed suit, including state Senator
Alessandra Biaggi, Assemblywoman
Jamaal Bowman. Queens councilman
Jimmy Van Bramer also withdrew support, as did the New York chapter of Sunrise Movement, the climate-driven group that had co-backed Stringer and
Dianne Moralesâwhom the Working Families Party had also endorsed as a second choice to Stringer.
Stringer attempted to position himself as the leading progressive in New York Cityâs mayoral race, where he gained significant steam after the Working Families Party threw him their support a few weeks ago. Shortly thereafter, the United Federation of Teachers unionâs endorsement gave him further momentum. With support crumbling this week, a Stringer campaign staffer made matters worse for the imperiled campaign by accusing Kim of having political connections to his opponent,
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After the longest year in historyâor four, to be honestâABC News anchor and cofounder of meditation app Ten Percent Happier
Dan Harris stops by this weekâs episode ofÂ
Inside the Hive to talk about meditation for skeptics, the toll a year of isolation takes on our mental health, and what we can all do to be just a little bit more at peace.
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Despite all the predictions about
Donald
Trump venturing into the conservative media industry, the former president has yet to shake up the business since leaving the White House. His appearances on Fox News and Newsmax––mostly phoning them in, along with one in-person interview on
Hannity––have continued without the long-rumored launch of “Trump TV” or a similar enterprise. However, one group of investors have reportedly recognized Trump’s massive value in the right-wing media world and are taking it upon themselves to get him back in the game. The former president was recently pitched on founding an eponymously named conservative media and tech company, according to an Axios report. The concept involves “a conservative media powerhouse” called Trump Media Group “that will rival the liberal media and fight back against ‘Big Tech.’”
Minneapolis city councilwoman
Andrea Jenkins was watching Netflix when she got a text from
Jennifer White, the public safety aide for the city: âHave you talked to the mayor yet?â It was 1:00 in the morning the Tuesday after Memorial Day 2020; she brushed it offâshe would respond later. Then the mayor,
Jacob Frey, was calling her. He told her that there had been a âpolice-involved death,â noting that there were no guns involved. At the time she didnât understand the emphasis, as details were scant. Then Jenkins saw the video of then Minneapolis police officer
Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floydâs neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. âI started combing on Facebook, and then after about 30 minutes or so, I finally come across the video and I watch it. And I m like, Oh, my fucking God. Are you kidding me?â Jenkins told me in an interview last summer. âIâm in my own grief just as a Black person, as a Black trans woman
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As you’ve undoubtedly heard by now, on Wednesday morning at around 6 a.m., federal agents executed search warrants at
Rudy Giuliani’s Madison Avenue apartment and Park Avenue office, as part of an investigation into the former mayor’s dealings in Ukraine, which included trying to dig up dirt on
Joe and
Hunter Biden. As
The New York Timesnoted, “while the warrants are not an explicit accusation of wrongdoing against Mr. Giuliani, their execution shows that the investigation has entered an aggressive new phase.” In order to obtain a search warrant, prosecutors must convince a judge they have “sufficient reason” to believe that (1) a crime was committed and (2) searching the premises will uncover evidence of said crime. To laypeople, Wednesday’s action sure seemed like indication