Meet Tanya. She was born in Los Angeles to parents who left the Soviet Union as refugees in 1979. After October 7, her group of friends and her lesbian basketball league turned on her. Teammates she'd played with for years stopped talking to her. When she said she was voting for Trump, they actually banned her from team events. Her story went viral, and now she's running for West Hollywood City Council, and working for ThinkAgain

We chat about:

• Losing friends in the queer community after October 7
• Why Tanya believes the fight against antisemitism is being lost online
• The moment she left the Democratic Party
• Why the best politicians change their minds

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• 00:28 Born in LA to Soviet Jewish refugees
• 02:30 Growing up a proud Jew and Zionist
• 03:40 The Lambda basketball league
• 04:40 October 7 and the friends who turned away
• 06:19 Where the misinformation comes from
• 07:00 Fighting antisemitism online at Think Again
• 09:40 Moving to Iowa to campaign for Hillary
• 11:54 Admitting you were wrong
• 13:26 Coming out at 14 and refusing to tone it down
• 18:20 The moment she left the left
• 19:30 Kicked out of the league's social events
• 21:25 Why she's running for city council
• 23:40 Bike lanes, parking, and the fight over Fountain Avenue
• 26:16 Running as a worried resident
• 28:33 Who sits on the WeHo City Council now
• 30:32 West Hollywood's voters and the immigration debate
• 34:00 The Democratic Party and antisemitism
• 37:12 Tanya's take on the LA mayoral race
• 41:01 Advice for anyone running for local office
• 44:14 Where to find Tanya and Think Again