Voters Want Fighters, Not Complicity
Gaslit Nation
Gaslit Nation
4.7 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Today is Orwell's birthday. We're celebrating with the recording of the Mrs. Orwell live-taping – available in full this Sunday, only on Patreon and Substack for our supporters who make Gaslit Nation possible. For now, here's our special primary election recap.
The message from New York's elections is clear: voters want fighters.
Brad Lander built trust by showing up at immigration court to protect vulnerable people. Progressive challengers are defeating establishment politicians tied to AIPAC. Across the country, voters are demanding consequences for lawlessness and attacks on democracy–the unholy trinity of strongmen: Trump and his two buddies Netanyahu and Putin.
But our solidarity must be morally consistent.
Progressives cannot just rightfully condemn Netanyahu's violations of international law while repeating Kremlin propaganda that blames the United States or NATO for Russia's genocidal invasion of Ukraine. Putin and Netanyahu belong to the same transnational crime syndicate, as Gaslit Nation is here to remind you.
Ukraine is not the reason Americans lack universal healthcare and a functioning social safety net. We can tax the rich, confront corporate greed, invest in our communities, and help Ukraine defeat Russian imperialism.
The struggle against authoritarianism is global. Our solidarity must be, too.
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Show Notes:
NATO - The largest military alliance in the world | DW Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cTFk6MNUHQ
Brad Lander New York Primary Night Victory Remarks https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2026/brad-lander-new-york-primary-night-victory-remarks/681601
Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE https://www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06/federal-agents-track-down-syracuse-woman-demand-she-remove-instagram-post-about-ice.html
Darializa Avila Chevalier: pro-Palestinian doctoral student steps into politics with 'faith in the future' https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/24/darializa-avila-chevalier-win-new-york
Where AI, pro-Israel and other big-money groups spent millions, won and lost in Tuesday's primaries https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/ai-israel-groups-big-money-spent-millions-won-lost-tuesdays-primaries-rcna351599
The Bibi Files documentary on Gaslit Nation: https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/episodes/hitler-youth/
Mamdani-backed congressional candidate deleted posts calling to seize private property, abolish police, borders, prisons https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/01/politics/kfile-ny-13-darializa-avila-chevalier-deleted-tweets-defund-abolish-police-prisons-deportations
Brad Lander found not guilty in trial over immigration court arrest https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/brad-lander-guilty-immigration-court-arrest/
What the Prairieland Prosecutions Reveal About Trump's America https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/06/trump-justice-antifa-texas-january-6/687707/?gift=5sEjti6FimVYKnwaLcONjEJ8wOgaBa9e-kSI9ttDNhI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Glen Greenwald cheers on lack of support for Ukraine among progressives: https://x.com/KareemRifai/status/2069977490765021387
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| 0:00.0 | You can criticize Israel and not be anti-Semitic. |
| 0:04.0 | You can be an anti-Zionist and not be anti-Semitic. |
| 0:10.0 | Many Jews are and many non-Jews also. |
| 0:15.0 | Now, too often, though, people have started using Zionist as a slur for Jews. |
| 0:22.1 | You can just check my mentions if you don't believe me. |
| 0:25.9 | And anti-Semitism, it rises with fascism and with war, and we're amidst both right now. |
| 0:32.8 | Our opening clip was former Gaslight Nation guest Brad Lander and soon to be member of Congress for New York 10's district, my district. |
| 0:42.6 | I had the pleasure of running into Brad at the Prospect Park Sware, a fundraiser for our beloved Prospect Park on Saturday night. |
| 0:52.2 | Check out the photo of us in the show notes. We are pretty much |
| 0:55.2 | wearing the same outfit, as people have pointed out. You may remember Bradlander from that |
| 1:01.1 | viral clip where he was roughly grabbed and dragged out of court by ICE. People learned about |
| 1:08.3 | Bradlander being a regular immigration court in New York City. |
| 1:13.3 | This is something he would do quietly, didn't make a big deal about it. |
| 1:17.0 | He would just show up at court to make sure that immigrants facing the court knew their rights |
| 1:24.0 | and he would help them secure legal representation. |
| 1:26.9 | Again, he did not try to milk this |
| 1:30.7 | for social media, but he just happened to go viral because ICE is the Gestapo. When asked by the |
| 1:37.9 | press following his big election night victory, his big win, Lander answered that he plans to be |
| 1:43.8 | back in court to help immigrants to bring that |
| 1:46.9 | same energy to Washington. And that is why I endorsed Brad Lander number one for New York City mayor. |
| 1:56.6 | And Lander, joining forces with Mom Dani, is what helped get Mom Donnie over the finish line, |
| 2:03.4 | defeating Predator Andrew Cuomo not once, but twice. |
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