Michael Butlin

Mayor Mamdani and Councilmember Kayla Santosuosso visited the New York Aquarium to meet some seals and celebrate the impact of the administration’s $2 million investment in the aquarium.

Explosive 53-page congressional report cites allegations involving 11 women, possible criminal conspiracy, and evidence of a Justice Department cover-up. We examine the evidence and the legal case. michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/house-dems...

And... it's election day in Israel. Here is your reminder that if the Jewish politicians opposing Netanyahu were willing to work together with their Arab peers we wouldn't be wondering whether or not Netanyahu can be beaten. It would be clear that he could www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

Rep. Joey Arrington over a graphic showing diesel at $6.35: "Thank God we have a commander in chief that's willing to do things that aren't in his political interest"

The hidden GOP fundraising weakness is getting worse politi.co/4yMFiHl

Opinion | "The boy who started scoring and simply never stopped, merits his place on top of the world," writes Daniel Storey trib.al/0Usd1wO

Texas officials huddled with tech companies before grid blitz politi.co/4yKnTyS

🧵Between 1831 and 1834, Ibrahim Pasha, son of Egypt’s ruler Muhammad Ali, led the Egyptian army in an invasion of Palestine, taking control of much of the region from the Ottoman Empire: www.palquest.org/en/overallch...

During an interview with Roop Raj on a local Fox affiliate in Detroit, Michigan Trump made several misleading and false statements about the auto industry and U.S. manufacturing. I've included a brief fact check.

Republican vows he’ll push Hegseth impeachment even if Democrats win midterms

Ex-FBI chief James Comey faces third prosecution attempt by Trump justice department

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This! #Blues 👇👇👇

❗️The Kremlin, through the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev, is luring Trump’s team with lucrative deals in energy, aviation, rare earth metals, AI, and technology (including investments by people close to Trump in Lukoil), without stopping the war.

"when United Airlines began printing its in-flight magazine on lighter paper to save a single gramme, the fuel cost saving across its fleet was close to $300,000 a year". That is a phenomenal fact. www.ft.com/content/2f16...

He's about to get slaughtered at the ballot box. He's running a war he can't exit cleanly. He has tariffs wreaking havoc on the World. The American economy is headed to the bottom of the outhouse. 16 million booted off medicaid. Gallon of gas off the charts. ICE killing people. But Golf course, #1?🤡

Polls predict that Binyamin Netanyahu will lose the election. But the prospect of a short time left in office could spur him to order an attack on Iran bit.ly/4zKZnhW Photo: Getty Images

African immigrants have done well in the U.S. Their neighborhoods are relatively safe. Their incomes are high. They are well educated and speak English. What’s not to like?

President Donald Trump vowed to appeal a federal judge’s order to restrict his sweeping plan to transform a municipal golf course in Washington into a championship course.

This is how the rich and powerful see everything: the rules don't apply to them because they are special. Who decided they were special? They did because they were powerful enough to decide it. We need to take that power back.

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 In 19th-century Charleston, SC, urban slavery gave rise to a unique and chilling tool of control: Charleston Slave Badges. Who knew? 🤔 Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory relicrecord.com/blog/charles...

⚡️ Ukraine has proposed that E5 partners transfer 10% of their Patriot and IRIS-T missile stocks immediately. Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara stated Ukraine will return the missiles from future delivery contracts.

Catholic leaders who met with President Donald Trump at the White House last week say they were unwittingly used for a political stunt ahead of the midterm elections and that images and video of the meeting were publicly distributed without their permission. www.ms.now/news/catholi...

Yeah, this is getting absurd. Zero scrutiny. BBC News broadcasts Reform UK speeches in full without interruptions www.thenational.scot/news/2667178...

Binyamin Netanyahu posts AI image of nuclear explosion in advance of Israeli elections

A Ukrainian soldier rode a large ground robot to rescue a damaged one stuck on a dangerous stretch An operator drove it remotely while he sat on the platform. Jammers and interceptor drones covered the run 🎥 91st Separate Anti-Tank Battalion

Shortly after the event, the restaurant issued a Facebook statement that its owners had no advance knowledge of the gathering and had not authorized it. The statement attributed the event to a “rogue employee.”

Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick face rows of empty seats as big speech falls flat www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

The El Paso firefighters are back in their 👠! Yesterday, they completed the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event to stand against violence toward women. What an amazing group of men, and they looked great doing it! 👏🏽 #SheShed

Mehdi Hasan Is Correct.......

“He’s not even an American.” “We have a problem in this country, it’s called Muslims.” “He doesn’t have a birth certificate.” “Perhaps it would be that where it says religion, it might have Muslim.” Sound familiar to what Trump and Republicans are saying about Abdul El-Sayed right now?

It only took them 4 years and 8 months. A UN Commission of Inquiry says Russia’s systematic attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, concluding they were intended to deprive civilians of essential services and cause suffering. #Ukraine

A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

#VoteBlue

Well done, Harry Kane. Well deserved.

Last week, we celebrated Eastern European heritage at Gracie Mansion, because the story of New York City cannot be told without the story of our Eastern European neighbors.