Tag: Politics
Here’s a treat for those of you who produce electronic music and are interested in NYC politics. Our friends at Evolver.fm point to WNYC Soundcheck‘s mayoral remix competition, in which participants are asked to create tracks using at least one of a handful of samples of past mayors speaking. There’s Rudy ranting about “little weasels,” Koch […]
According to the latest everything, Bill de Blasio has won the Democratic primary for mayor with 40% of the vote and likely won’t face another contest against Bill Thompson who has yet to concede. Meanwhile a guy named Joe Lhota won the Republican ticket. In the race for comptroller, Scott Stringer beat out Eliot Spitzer. […]
Some political pundits say Anthony Weiner’s mayoral run could be winding down in lieu of his latest sexting scandal, but candidate Carlos Danger? He’s just getting started. Progress, one inch at a time. (Mixed and recorded: Michael Coffman) […]
Anthony Weiner, a NYC mayoral candidate, likes to show random women pics of his dick. Because of that he had to hold a press conference this evening. During that press conference, there was an older guy in the shot who appeared to be leering over the divider as Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma spoke […]
There’s only one city in the United States that arrests more people for bullshit amounts of weed than New York City and that is our national’s capital. Soon, that could change, Yahoo News reports. Brave D.C. Council Member Tommy Wells has introduced legislation that would decriminalize possession of small amount of weed — defined as less than […]
The documentary project Citizen Koch was greenlit last spring and was headed to PBS, until David Koch himself — a big PBS donor — had PBS drop its financial support. What’s next? Kickstarter, obviously. Citizen Koch tells that story — from the political influence wielded by billionaire industrialists and conservative activists David and Charles Koch, and […]
A bill that recently passed through the New York State Senate would make it a felony punishable by up to four years in prison to “harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm” a police officer, as long as that harassment is accompanied by physical contact. The bill is on its way to the State Assembly. On first […]
With every uprising comes the media blackout. When thousands of anti-Erdogan regime protestors marched into Istanbul’s Taksim Square last week, Turkish television was broadcasting penguins. Shortly, #OccupyGezi updates rippled across the internet. Citizen social media channels exploded with photos of police dousing unarmed protestors with pepper spray. An ocean away, Turkish-Americans watched helplessly — alone by their computer […]
Justin Wedes of Occupy Wall Street is reporting from the front lines of the protests in Turkey for ANIMAL all week. He’s also tweeting from the field continuously. Walking down Istiklal Street — a broad pedestrian path leading out of Istanbul’s downtown Taksim Square — the air is festive. It feels like a vibrant party scene, with techno music […]
Joe Lhota would like you to get off his lawn, please. At a candidates forum this week, the Republican mayoral candidate and former MTA chair and Giuliani lieutenant governor took a host of positions at stark odds with the city’s quickly growing demographic of meddling kids. Enjoy living in a converted warehouse space in East […]
