If it were real facts we'd just call them facts.

If it were real medicine we'd just call it medicine.

If it were real news we'd just call it news.

I'm not saying this rule always works, just sometimes.

If you live in NYC and you're a registered Democrat it's super important you vote in the primary. Early voting is already happening or you can vote on June 24 (last day). I recommend you do it early and get it taken care of as soon as you can.

NYC uses ranked choice for the primary, they allow you to pick up to five names. You should fully fill out your ballot if you can. If you can't decide on five names, don't sweat it, participating is the most important part. Here is a list of the candidates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_City_Democratic_mayoral_primary#Other_declared_candidates

You should rank the following names and rank them from #1 to #5, #1 being the person you like the most.

Zohran Mamdani, Brad Lander, Adrienne Adams, Michael Blake, Zellnor Myrie, Selma Bartholomew*

Urge all likeminded friends and family to participate in the primary. Never assume someone is going to vote, I've had times where I contacted people I knew were reliable Democrat voters and they told me if I hadn't asked them, they would have forgotten.

I recommend voting for candidates that you feel will inspire and motivate lots of door knockers and volunteers for the general election, that's why I endorse Zohran as the #1 choice.

The worst candidates should be entirely excluded from your ballot, this includes Cuomo who has a history of sexual abuse and also killing people in nursing homes. I would hope the conversation about not ranking Cuomo would stop here, this should be a dealbreaker for everyone but sadly some people might need more reasons. Additional reasons for not ranking Cuomo include the fact that he will almost certainly lose the general election. The reason why is because Adams is running as an independent. Cuomo and Adams are cut from the same cloth. They are both uninspiring and easy to attack. Democrats won't feel excited about the election and will stay home if Cuomo wins or Adams and Cuomo will split the vote since they both suck. You got to give people a good inspiring alternative to win.

In addition to Cuomo following names should not appear on your ballot:

Jessica Ramos: She endorsed Cuomo.

Scott Stringer: also has some sexual accusations.

Whitney Tilson: says he's a hedge fund manager right on the Wikipedia table.

Paperboy Prince: I wasn't sure if I should put him here but Wikipedia says he's a perennial candidate which usually means not serious.

* Selma Bartholomew seemed OK to rank but I could not find much information about her. She's not listed as a major candidate and this guide suggests not ranking her.

What's the difference between a German in the 1930s who said "I don't support Hitler's stance on Jewish people but he promised to make the economy great again so I'm voting for the Nazis" and a German who said "I fully support Hitler and I'm voting for the Nazis"?

What's the difference between a German who said "I don't support the regime's actions but this job at the weapons factory pays the bills" and a German who said "I'm fulling my patriotic duty building weapons for the Nazis who I fully support"?

What's the difference between a German solider who said "I don't agree with the regime but I'm just following orders" and a German solider who said "I'm doing this because I support the regime"?

The answer is not very much. Their actions accomplish the same end result and they're judged by history to be almost no different. The Nazis were in part comprised of millions of people who unintentionally or intentionally supported the regime with their small daily actions.

This time around things must be different. Make ensuring your actions don't support the Trump regime your mission. Be bold and speak out whenever you can. Teach others that silence is tacit consent in the regime's actions. Don't worry about imperfection, your actions no matter how small will make a difference. You could be grain of rice that tips the scale.

When you visit Twitter's website your browser is fingerprinted and tracked. Then instead of being able to see the Tweet you're prompted to login or if for some reason you don't get the login prompt you might be shown advertisements which fund Elon Musk's Nazi bar. Using a Tweet viewer solves all three of these problems: you're not being tracked by Twitter, you're not shown a login prompt and lastly no advertisement money going in Elon Musk's pockets.

This should be your routine if you must share a Tweet:

1. Search for the text of the tweet and see if the same person crossposted to another social media platform like Bluesky. If that person did instead prefer a link to Bluesky. Avoiding Twitter all together is the best option.

2. If you cannot find the Tweet on any other platform edit the link to strip it of any tracking parameters. Generally you can remove the part with the question mark and everything after it. Then replace x.com or twitter.com with xcancel.com or nitter.net or another similar Tweet viewer. If you're posting on your website never use Twitter's embed code because that can put Twitter's tracking on your website. Instead consider taking a screenshot and including a link using a Tweet viewer instead of a direct link.

3. You can now safely share that link.

Avoiding linking to Twitter shows empathy because you care that other people can see what you wanted to share and are not inconvenienced with a login prompt.

What fuels the Republican party and Donald Trump? Money from big donors including fossil fuel money. The fossil fuel industry spent $219 million on the 2024 election according to Yale Climate Connections citing data from OpenSecrets.

If you're from another country and you're buying U.S. fossil fuels you are funding your own demise due to Trump's disastrous tariff policy and aiding of the global far-right authoritarian extremists.

Donald Trump and the Republicans are not just hurting Americans, they're hurting nearly everyone in the world due to damage to the global economy and damage to the environment which impacts everyone due to rolling back pollution regulations. It's the right of every person who's been hurt by Trump to fight back!

I have an easy way you can fight back! Reduce your dependence on fossil fuels, switch to electricity powered by renewable energy.

All you need to do is contact your politicians and build up public support for electrification and switch to renewable energy. When you boycott fossil fuels you're taking away funding from the fossil fuel companies who are hurting the planet and hurting everyone by promoting authoritarian, far-right policies.

I'm call on you to take the following action:

1. Contact at least one elected official and tell them you feel electrification and renewable energy is important and we need a faster transition to it.

2. Make at-least one post on social media urging people to move away from fossil fuels.

Then keep scaling this up!

Also another thing if you personally can switch to solar or wind, if it's right for your situation, do it! You'll save money on power bills in the long run.

I personally feel it's best for most people to just focus on a few companies. Having a lot of people focused on boycotting Tesla, Twitter, Uline and the fossil fuel industry would likely have the most success fighting against the far-right extremists and the Republican party.

However what if you want to take things up a notch and take action against all the other funders of the extremist Republican party? OpenSecrets has a list of the top donors to the Democrats and Republicans.

When you look at the list you'll notice the seven biggest political donors are all going to the Republican Party and Trump (Republicans labeled in red). If that money were to be taken away it would really make a big difference in saving our country.

Here's what I suggest doing:

1. Click on the last column (To Republicans) and sort by descending order to see the highest donors to the GOP. Quickly skim the list and see if there are any companies on the list you can take action. For example if you work for a company that orders from Uline tell your boss that the company could save money by switching to an alternative.

2. Contact a few of the companies at random and tell that you're disappointed in their political contribution. If the company is a company that you can boycott mention that you'll boycott them if they keep donating Republican.

3. Take advantage of the fact that these are often harmful companies or companies that are not the best choice in terms of value and switch away from them.

As an example of a harmful company is British American Tobacco who donated over $26 million to Republicans. If you buy their products consider quitting smoking. You'll reduce your chances of getting lung cancer and you'll help defund the Republican party.

As an example of a company who's products are not a good value Uline is overpriced when compared against its competitors, so you'll both be saving money and defunding the Republican party.

Also it can make a huge impact if you enter local politicians into the search box and demand local boycotts for their top donors.