Manvir Singh🌹
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At a South Asian film screening tonight, an *Indian* woman behind me complained that the Mayor's Diwali Celebration under de Blasio included more Guyanese, Sikhs and Bengalis than ever and she stopped going bc there were so many less *Indians* like her (i.e. high caste; Hindu)
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A prominent Sikh activist, and a member of my family, has received a warning from the FBI about a confirmed threat to their life by the Indian Government in New York City.
IN NEW YORK CITY!!!!
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The real lesson with these killings is we need to do more as a community for vulnerable low waged Sikh workers.
This is not an issue of identity but rather of class and how we as a community have not centered the most vulnerable but rather the most visible.
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It's been two months and I still have moments when it hits me like a brick wall that my dad's not here anymore. Grief is a wild thing.
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This victory goes to the taxi workers and those that stood in solidarity. This would 100% would not have happened without
@jaslinforqueens
@ZohranKMamdani
@AmninderNY
and the other hunger strikers who spent day and night demanding justice.
Driver power! Union power!
@NYTWA
BREAKING NEWS:
2 words:
WE WON!!!!
+3:
THANK YOU NYC!!!!
We have won a city-backed guarantee! Loans will be restructured to max $170K! No more debt beyond our lifetime. No more risk of losing homes.
DRIVER POWER! UNION POWER!
#EndCabbieDebt
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O'Shea Sibley was murdered for voguing as a Black gay man. IN BROOKLYN!! IN 2023!! COMING HOME FROM THE BEYONCE SHOW YOU ALL CAME BACK FROM SAFELY!!
In his honor, the community vogues as an act of resistance.
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AAPI cannot truly advocate for social justice in the United States without making anti-blackness our number one priority. By de-prioritizing it, we are directly perpetuating the core injustice that lets white supremacy rule our country
#LetsTalkAAPI
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Sikhi has never been about protecting and uplifting ourselves, we defend ourselves when we need to but our mission is ALWAYS to protect others first. Sikhs are selfless, not selfish.
Notes to myself.
Focus on yourself and your Sikhs. Keep walking the path. Keep your head high.
Don't let twitter, news, and wars distract you and your views. Do not let anything distract you. Spend more time reading and understanding Maharaaj jee and the sikhs of that era.
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Still the only candidate whose past is actually an asset and not baggage
We have been fighting to protect our planet from corporate interests for a long time. Now it is time to pass a Green New Deal and uphold our responsibility to our kids and grandkids.
#ClimateTownHall
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The fact that the City is requiring staff to come in but unsafe working conditions have led to staff shortages on subway lines making me wait 20 mins for an A train during peak rush hour while
@MTA
wastes millions on additional cops is peak capitalist dysfunction
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Grief looks like crying on my way home from the gym because I had a good day and couldn't share with my dad that things are going to get better
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We're not seeing Sikh doctors, lawyers and office workers being targeted but taxi drivers and store clerks, the same people who were targeted after 9/11. Sikh orgs rarely use their platform to fight for higher wages, better housing options and access to health care.
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My older cousin came over to my mom's house today with my little niece and nephew for the first time since my dad passed and they kept asking where "Orange Baba" is and now I can't stop crying 😭😭😭
Miss you so much papa 💕
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"diversity and inclusion" is a lazy and irresponsible way to avoid talking about the intricacies and nuances of race in the workplace
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Posted about how Sikhs align themselves with law enforcement even after we fled our country because of police violence and now my DMs are full of people saying a diverse police force is the key to "bringing police and community together" (Thread)
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So excited to be putting on the first mental health forum for the Queens Sikh community! Join us next Thurs @ 6:30!
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Idk what's going on with all this DSA drama but my sense is dissolution of a working group never feels like a democratic response, especially when you hear about it from a sign on letter rather than a proper proposal for members to vote on.
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The lesson from post 1984 Punjab should be that regardless of who the officers are, a law enforcement institution can and will behave as a terrorist organization to perpetuate racial/religious discrimination and to stamp out political dissent
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Modi came to NYC and we let it be known that he's not welcome. Thank you to
@DesisRisingUp
@JaggaS1ngh
for organizing.
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Bernie endorsing 2 Sikhs this year!!
cc:
@jaslinforqueens
Canada goes to the polls Monday.
There's one party that stood up for working people in the pandemic.
One leader who has the courage to make the wealthy pay their fair share so everyone gets the medication they need.
That's why I support the
@NDP
and
@theJagmeetSingh
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@Mezikenyc
@aaronnarraph
@stefanizinerman
@JuliaCarmel__
@JabariBrisport
Constituent here 👋🏾
I'd love to not be wrongfully evicted and continue living in my apt and my neighbors unanimously agree, shocking!
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So after being rightfully called out for wanting to convert a park into a parking lot, Rajkumar is trotting this embarrassing list of literal bare minimum co-sponsors to defend herself.
We just went thru a total collapse of our transit system and you think this means anything??
In the aftermath of yesterday's deadly storm, it's time for all leaders to come together and acknowledge that the climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time. I'm proud to have supported the following initiatives to protect our earth.
#EnvironmentalJustice
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Dear Sikh-Am writers/flimmakers,
Please please PLEASE stop writing that movie about a kid with a turban who gets bullied after 9/11.
Sincerely,
Our stories deserve better
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UPDATE: Ms. Flo in apt 214 is an angel and had taken all my packages while I was gone so no one stole them. I love being in a building where neighbors look out for you
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Starting a new job and this is the agenda for our 5 day onboarding. Pleasantly surprised that (I think) all new hires have to do this, my group has folks ranging from custodial staff to lawyers to Directors
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Glad to see this push did not include more severe penalties for hate crimes and instead provides alt to lengthy jail time by allowing offenders to learn through education and exposure about the community they targeted to help end the cycle of ignorance and hate.
[PRESS RELEASE] The greater Sikh community of Pennsylvania is mobilizing to support key legislation in the Pennsylvania General Assembly that will improve existing hate crime laws. Read more here:
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I wish I had done more but I'm still going to walk with my turban held high because I know I belong here
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Non-profit industrial complex FTW!
@drashti979
@LindaLeeforNYC
I didn’t watch the debate and know Linda through many gatherings and mutual friends. We have a beautifully diverse progressive City Council & I believe Linda will do the right thing.
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Any Punjabi speaking organizers looking to work with one of the most rad orgs in NYC, please apply!!
DRUM is hiring!
We are seeking a Punjabi Community organizer with an orientation to mass-based organizing of working-class communities to build our South Queens base with a focus on Punjabi communities.
🔗To apply and for the full job description visit
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Tragedies like these are never black and white, lots of pain and confusion for PoCs and queer folks dealing with trauma
Bronx student who fatally stabbed classmate was relentlessly mocked with homophobic slurs, friends say
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Also this backward ass mentality by our Mayor and Gov to prioritize businesses in the central business district rather than our actual local businesses.
I spent more in my own neighborhood during the pandemic than my entire time living in the 5 boros. I'd rather give them my $$
@ABetterNY
Offices are still too empty and too many workers are at home – that has an impact on our economy and ripples across the entire city.
I’m putting a stake in the ground: It’s time to get back to the office. 2/
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Random dude asks to take my picture around the corner from my apartment. Chill dude with good style so I said yes. Turns out he's the Fashion Director at GQ!!
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While I was an intern in the Assembly in Albany, our office was directly across from Steve McLaughlin. Him and his entire staff were massively rude to us and I've been waiting for the day life paid him back. Feels good.
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Thank you to the six elected officials that were arrested today to support
@NYTWA
taxi workers and demand debt relief from the the City.
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I still don't understand why we're perpetuating the gender binary when talking about mental health services. I get that our community still functions within the binary but shouldn't our services also play a role in dismantling? Where do non-binary/gender non-conforming Sikhs go?
we are so proud to be supporting
@kaurageousuk
to platform the mental health experiences of Sikh women — please contribute to the project if you are able to, so we can, together, continue to break down stigma!
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Wait until they find out I don't put my phone in airplane mode during flights 😬
🤣🤣🤣…. Yo Flight Attendant just told me I committed a Federal offense cause my headphones were on while the announcement was happening… 🤣🤣
My bad.
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Let's not forget Amitabh Bachchan's role in instigating the November 1984 anti-Sikh genocide
#30yearsof84
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The only time this country cares about children is before they're born and after they're dead
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Every single one of these people should be embarrassed to be standing with the Mayor and publicly supporting this barbaric policy. So sad to see the regression of DSS under this new leadership (or lack thereof)
.
@NYCMayor
, deputy mayors, and heads of many agencies announcing new task force to clear encampments across the city
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As someone who empathizes w those that are skeptical of electoral politics, this why local elections matter.
@ZohranKMamdani
,
@yuhline
,
@ShahanaFromBK
,
@HarveyforNY
,
@AOC
+ all the other electeds that fought for taxi workers showcased real leadership. Makes me proud to live here
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The best thing I can say about
@HillaryClinton
is that at least she's flipping her position in the right direction
#DemDebate
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@ImpunityCity
@JeniferRajkumar
yeah cause all these protestors were able to do was get local and national press coverage, force the Assemblymember to actually explain her half baked plan and unite climate and transit advocates in the district.
Nothing to worry about at all...
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This is also obviously true for Sikhs who join the military and advocate for more Sikhs in the military
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Trash position from all the electeds here and not a single Black/Latinx elected present.
Clearly self interest (like what drives a lot of Eastern Queens) and a false sense that your kid is more "gifted" than the rest of the City's kids supersedes desegregation
Today I joined parents and our elected officials to condemn the Mayor's decision to eliminate G&T programs from schools. Students deserve the opportunity to excel according to their ability. Removing the program won't address inequality in education, but only distract from it.
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@fatehsingh96
What is the relationship between a safety decision made and enforced by a gurdwara and having state actors of violence recruiting our sangat?
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But that doesn't account for the fact that the focus is always on joining the institution which strengthens it and makes us actors of state sponsored violence instead of working with communities impacted by police violence to tackle the systemic issues
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Someone said I dress like a lesbian and it's hands down the best compliment I've ever gotten
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@katie_honan
Peter Theil and other right winger billionaires are trying to seed a fascist counter culture movement in Chinatown using the scene created by the Red Scare podcast and taken up by the litterati of NYC.
Or something like that.
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@HIMANSHU
First set of bars I ever felt seen:
My eyes droopy? Mami that's what doobies do/
Kalidasa, but across the Kalapani/
Probably with a Khalistani mommy high as I'll be
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Watching The Anarchist on HBO (which is pretty good so far) and I gotta say that anarcho-capitalism is the dumbest shit I've ever heard. You want to destroy the state but keep the elements that make the state bad???
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It's important not to separate this from her broader record as a prosecutor and AG, an apology for her actions here is not enough if she doesn't also address her record putting black and brown people in jail. Sikhs should be standing in solidarity with those communities
We're still waiting for
@KamalaHarris
to address her record of defending the discrimination of Sikhs in state jobs when she was California's Attorney General
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A Sikh police officer still has to follow policy and respond when a white person calls the police on someone for being black. Or being the back up to a cop who is choking a man to death because he feels afraid for his life. Diversifying the police doesnt address those issues
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As a reminder, a bill that is not signed by the Mayor lapses into law after 30 days. Not signing a bill is not the same as a veto.
Eric Adams will not promise that he will sign into law the recent bill that passed the City Council that would give non-citizens the right to vote.
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Has NYC Council publicly passed a resolution condemning CAA & NRC?
If not, maybe it's because there isn't a single South Asian Councilmember. Hopefully
@ShahanaFromBK
will change that soon!
@NYCSpeakerCoJo
Victory! The Seattle City Council
@SeattleCouncil
just passed Resolution 31926, which condemns the CAA & NRC, fascist policies in India that discriminate against minority communities, including Muslims & Dalits.
Every City Council in the U.S. should follow their example.
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My friends baby was just delivered and I could not be more excited to be an uncle!!
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Wow even knowing this was going to happen, this is still a gut punch. We're truly seeing the dismantling of our basic human rights in this country.
The Supreme Court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito and obtained by POLITICO.
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Alito writes.
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I signed on to a letter calling for
@CarlHeastie
to keep South Asian and Indo-Caribbean communities together in a single Assembly district!!! Anything short of that will be purposeful erasure and disenfranchisement of working class people of Richmond Hill and S. Ozone Park.
NEW THIS MORNING: 100+ NY-based South Asian and Indo-Caribbean community leaders sent a letter to
@CarlHeastie
in support of a unified Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park Assembly district.
Signatories include
@ShahanaFromBK
@voteshekar
@RichDavidNYC
@amintakilawan
@MohamedQAmin
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Saw My Cousin Vinny at Metrograph this past weekend and my god was that a fun theater-going experience. Truly can't remember the last time I heard that much easy laughter from that many people all at once.
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Capitalism is wild. I went to an advanced screening of Pearl (free w/ Alamo Drafthouse membership) this week where they gave Pearl paper masks and bandanas which I promptly listed on eBay and just sold both for $200 to some dude in Ohio lmao
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This explains why it felt like an algorithm scraped every piece of media in America about Sikhs to make the most predictable and lame "comedy" video possible. Seriously, we need to cancel anyone that makes a "sick/Sikh" joke, not just cause its offensive but CAUSE ITS NOT FUNNY
"National Sikh Campaign Partners with Comedic Powerhouse Funny Or Die for "Diversity Day," the First Faith-Based Digital Short" via
@PRWeb
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Love to see the directors of the most forward thinking film in a generation (Everything Everywhere All at Once) supporting a DSA-LA endorsed candidate!!
ugh I need to vent a little. I just got an unsolicited phone call about a local Los Angeles election. And the person on the phone was the actual candidate Eunisses Hernandez. 😬
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Glad to see delivery workers getting this support only a few years after the Mayor made a big show about ordering police to harass these same workers and routinely destroy their bikes.
WATCH: I delivered food with
#LosDeliveristas
&
@WorkersJusticeP
to show the difficult conditions and low pay too many face as app-based delivery workers
Today we're starting a push for
#DeliveristasHUB
in NYC—needed worker-led spaces for the 65000 to charge bikes, organize, eat
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In all the coverage of male Sikhs being elected into office, let's not forget the women who have the added burden of overcoming the patriarchy and misogyny
Six months ago, a Sikh was shot in Kent, Washington and told to go back to his country.
Today, citizens of that town elected its first-ever Sikh city council member.
Kudos to Satwinder Kaur, the city of Kent, and all good people everywhere!
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cc: any non-black person
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So NY-3 is basically about to become 3 entirely separate, isolated and independent races with winner representing all three totally random geographic regions.
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At Washington Square park again and literally every single person is beautiful and I love the energy in the air.
New York City is back baby! If you don't like it, you can get out (like some of y'all already did)
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“My concern is not for my job. My concern is for the future of this city,” said Manvir Singh as he leaned against the Municipal Building across the street from City Hall. Working for the mayor had been his first job out of college, (1/2)
Weeks into the George Floyd protests, Mayor de Blasio has alienated his constituents, the police, and even his own staff.
@freedlander
reports
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As a person of a non-christian faith, I would def prefer we avoid prayers at DSA meetings unless you're going to the work of representing all faiths each time. Otherwise it will default to Christian prayers as the dominant faith and recreate religious hierarchies
@chorizanthe
I think everyone knows it would have been a non-denominational and non-evangelical reflection and not like, a direct appeal to Jesus Christ. There is no path to socialism in this country that doesn’t recognize the role religion plays in working peoples lives.
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Really happy to see my social media feeds flooded w/ articles about
#ChapelHillShooting
and doing what the mainstream media has failed to
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Lmao
@SALDEF
blocked me on insta bc I called out this tennis kid whose whole family supported Trump. So apparently calling someone a Trump supporter is worse than actually being a Trump supporter 😂
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Though I might be disenchanted by our political institutions, I'm super proud of my former colleagues
@jessicaramos
,
@SEichenstein
and
@Charlesdfall
on their victories last night! Hope y'all fight as hard for progressive values in Albany as you did while at City Hall
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This announcement was nowhere near enough but damn my entire student loan debt is about to be cancelled, just like that 🫰🏾
If you received a Pell Grant while enrolled in college, the amount that can be cancelled goes up to $20,000.
If you’re not sure if you received a Pell Grant or not, click here to learn how to check:
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In true 2020 fashion, I heard of the final results while waiting in line for a rapid covid test
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Such an amazing turnout at the first ever forum on mental health with NYC's Sikh community. Thank you
@RichardBuery
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Saw Oppenheimer in IMAX at Lincoln Square tonight the way it was intended
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India is about to ELECT a dude who was openly involved in mass killing of minorities in India. What the fuck is wrong with those people?!
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The same day I'm informed that my
@nycgov
agency will be going back to the office full time, with no telework option, we are hit with an unexpected tropical storm that crushes our public transit system.
Clearly the City does not care about the safety and health of its workers.
Important updates this morning:
• There is a travel advisory in effect. Avoid non-emergency travel.
• Alternate Side Parking is suspended.
• Mass transit is very limited and delayed.
• Report flooding to
@nyc311
.
• Check on your neighbors.
• Follow
@NotifyNYC
for updates.
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DSA has more substantive wins then the Dems right now tbh
People can dismiss Queens insurgent left but they can't dismiss how yall have materially improved peoples lives. Every COVID meal delivered, every family that can breathe without horrific debt, every family that can literally breathe without fracked gas plants in their backyard
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Replace the issue of farmers with policing and this is exactly how I feel towards booting licking uncles who sell out our communities for their own benefit
A Sikh shopkeeper in Payal, Ludhiana took the BJP workers to task when they came to him for campaigning. He asked them very simple questions. They had no replies.
ਨਿਰੀ ਬੇਇੱਜ਼ਤੀ ਪਰ ਭਾਜਪਾ ਆਲੇ ਬੇਸ਼ਰਮ ਹੀ ਇਸ ਕਦਰ ਦੇ ਨੇ ਕਿ ਟੱਲਦੇ ਹੀ ਨਹੀਂ..
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more worker coops!!!
Khao’na Kitchen, a BK-based queer, GNC womxn & POC-run worker cooperative catering service, was at the Council’s annual Worker Cooperative Fair.
Khao’na in Visayan, Punjabi, AND Bangla languages means ‘eat now’.
Their delicious menu includes vegan options. I had two plates😩
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These men were supporters of
@sjindalforny
and
@hstoor
during the NYC Council District 23 race. We heard rumors they were being promised contracts in exchange for support and now that is much easier to believe.
This was a lengthy investigation involving multiple locations, numerous defendants and many financial transactions. The defendants have been charged with third-degree bribery and other related charges. I expect additional charges to come as a result of this investigation.
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Bardi Sanders 2020
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“I would urge those workers in Alabama to form a union and forget the NLRB process, just start acting like a union because that was our plan,” he said. “Even if we lost, we were still going to build the union as if we won."
Now this is the energy the labor movement needs 🙌🏾
A historic win for Amazon workers at Staten Island, 2,654 workers voting in favor of a union versus 2,131 who voted against.
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Lol so the timeline the BOE had was without any quality control
NEW YORK'S BACK BABY!!!!
@courtneycgross
As a result of the various quality control measures implemented; the Board will not release the preliminary RCV rounds for Borough President & City Council today.
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2021 is a Bernie meme going viral on Biden's inauguration day.
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Serving as police officers is antithetical to the ideals of Sikhi. We should not be recruiting more Sikh police officers but rather educating the community on how policing upholds white supremacy and oppresses black and brown communities.
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Shout to my former white colleagues who DID NOT sign on to this letter. We see you.
De Blasio staffers pen letter slamming mayor’s handling of NYC protests and criminal justice failures
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PUTTING MORE PEOPLE IN PRISONS DOES NOT SOLVE HATE CRIMES. HOLDING PEOPLE ON BAIL DOES NOT SOLVE HATE CRIMES. MORE POLICE DO NOT MAKE US SAFER.
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When any other City agency does not live up to its responsibilities, they are called "ineffective" and "mismanaged." When NYPD doesn't do their job, they are called "overstretched."
An $11B agency unable to do the most basic element of their job sounds like failure to me.
A friend was at dinner last night at a Bay Street restaurant on Staten Island & when he returned to his vehicle his side back window was smashed in ,his laptop, (it wasn’t visible) keys etc stolen. Waited 2 hours 4 overstretched
@NYPDnews
, went home & they called at 1 am
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Only sharing this because it's like the 4th time I've gotten it on the second try and I need the world to know!!
Wordle 216 2/6
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Overheard at WSP from a young skater to another:
Him *skates by*: yo I follow you on Insta
Her: yeah, I know
Him: skates off
A 2021 romance
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Spent the evening indoctrinating little kids about socialism
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