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This is a big development that the local Fifth Avenue Association has been planning for years. Will convert Fifth Avenue (yes, the one with the stores) into a pedestrian boulevard with massive sidewalks, greenery, and only two car lanes. www.amny.com/new-york/man...

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Another anti-Trump election result. www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/e...

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Democrats need to make this attempt to castrate the judicial branch as famous as Netanyahu’s.

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“It’s a banana, Michael, what could it cost?”

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This is as much incompetence as it is any kind of Machiavellian plan to reduce the size of government. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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This is obviously corruption by a foreign power of exactly the type the Founders feared. But if you’re looking for the slightest silver lining, it might be that he does, in fact, plan to leave office.

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Surprising degree of Trump admitting he’s delegating all the big decisions to other people lately.

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Not to be too pro technocrat, but it is astounding how much this country depended on the selflessness of like a few hundred thousand highly educated public servants who, for peanuts, made sure our food and medicine and environment etc were safe. And in return these servants were demonized.

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In 2018, Phil Murphy announced that the New Jersey Office of Innovation would make it easier to start a business in New Jersey. Five years after launching Business.NJ.gov, new businesses start 25 days faster and have generated $167 million more per year. www.nj.gov/governor/new...

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What a line from Warren Buffett this morning: “Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer." [applause] 🙏🏼

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Insanely anodyne headline for twelve new types of conflict of interest. The son of Trump’s Middle East envoy and Trump’s son announced a Trump family financial partnership with a financial exchange under criminal investigation for laundering and supporting terrorism. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...

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Took me a second longer than it should have to answer my own question, “wait, what the hell does Germany export?” Then I remembered about Volkswagen and Pfizer. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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So this would put the tariff cliff around mid-late June. I think May will mostly be okay but the big question is June/July.

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It begins. Actual economic data takes time and the real effects of strangling the economy will emerge gradually. It took like 6–12 months after Covid started to feel the real supply chain impacts (which is how Biden got tagged with them).

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Sometimes I think back to how Republicans claimed Obama was too big of a celebrity to be a serious President.

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That’s always a comparison you want to see yourself in. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/t...

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Aaaand, there’s the scapegoating.

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Usually a great sign.

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DOGE claims it will take only a few months to replace legacy systems at the Social Security Administration. Having worked on similar modernization efforts before, we can tell you that isn’t true—here’s why.

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By all means, keep inventing deadlines NY can ignore. New Yorkers love ignoring things. www.timesunion.com/news/politic...

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Okay, for about a week it felt like Trump doesn't care about the stock market, but clearly that was just a phase. He's back. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/21/t...

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"God, give me a sign: am I accurately doing your will, or should I course correct?"

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They made Jimmy Carter sell his family’s peanut farm. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...

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Dave’s right, this gets funnier and funnier the more you think about it.

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Trump's DOT seems to have posted that they are ejecting MTA from rebuilding Penn Station. www.transportation.gov/briefing-roo...

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If your goal is hitting numbers instead of the impartial application of justice, guess what? You’re gonna start inventing new crimes to accuse innocent people.

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Repost with your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

There’s a lot of these, but this could be the best one.

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Trump would end American space exploration. This is fucking un-American sabotage. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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Not for nothing, free trade and the inherent connection between the economies of the U.S. and China has been preventing military conflict for decades. And Trump is undoing it. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/b...

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HAPPY REX MANNING DAY! Today is the 30th anniversary of the Empire Records release! In celebration @sunnymabrey.bsky.social made another custom shirt! It features a selfie I took during filming, possibly while high on “brownies” On sale now in her Etsy shop!! DAMN THE MAN! freddiecircles.etsy.com

This is a big development that the local Fifth Avenue Association has been planning for years. Will convert Fifth Avenue (yes, the one with the stores) into a pedestrian boulevard with massive sidewalks, greenery, and only two car lanes. www.amny.com/new-york/man...

Another anti-Trump election result. www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/e...

Democrats need to make this attempt to castrate the judicial branch as famous as Netanyahu’s.

“It’s a banana, Michael, what could it cost?”

This is as much incompetence as it is any kind of Machiavellian plan to reduce the size of government. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

This is obviously corruption by a foreign power of exactly the type the Founders feared. But if you’re looking for the slightest silver lining, it might be that he does, in fact, plan to leave office.

Surprising degree of Trump admitting he’s delegating all the big decisions to other people lately.

Not to be too pro technocrat, but it is astounding how much this country depended on the selflessness of like a few hundred thousand highly educated public servants who, for peanuts, made sure our food and medicine and environment etc were safe. And in return these servants were demonized.

In 2018, Phil Murphy announced that the New Jersey Office of Innovation would make it easier to start a business in New Jersey. Five years after launching Business.NJ.gov, new businesses start 25 days faster and have generated $167 million more per year. www.nj.gov/governor/new...

What a line from Warren Buffett this morning: “Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer." [applause] 🙏🏼

Took me a second longer than it should have to answer my own question, “wait, what the hell does Germany export?” Then I remembered about Volkswagen and Pfizer. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

So this would put the tariff cliff around mid-late June. I think May will mostly be okay but the big question is June/July.

It begins. Actual economic data takes time and the real effects of strangling the economy will emerge gradually. It took like 6–12 months after Covid started to feel the real supply chain impacts (which is how Biden got tagged with them).

Sometimes I think back to how Republicans claimed Obama was too big of a celebrity to be a serious President.

That’s always a comparison you want to see yourself in. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/t...

Aaaand, there’s the scapegoating.

Usually a great sign.

DOGE claims it will take only a few months to replace legacy systems at the Social Security Administration. Having worked on similar modernization efforts before, we can tell you that isn’t true—here’s why.

By all means, keep inventing deadlines NY can ignore. New Yorkers love ignoring things. www.timesunion.com/news/politic...

Okay, for about a week it felt like Trump doesn't care about the stock market, but clearly that was just a phase. He's back. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/21/t...

"God, give me a sign: am I accurately doing your will, or should I course correct?"

They made Jimmy Carter sell his family’s peanut farm. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...

Dave’s right, this gets funnier and funnier the more you think about it.

Trump's DOT seems to have posted that they are ejecting MTA from rebuilding Penn Station. www.transportation.gov/briefing-roo...

If your goal is hitting numbers instead of the impartial application of justice, guess what? You’re gonna start inventing new crimes to accuse innocent people.

Repost with your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)

There’s a lot of these, but this could be the best one.

Trump would end American space exploration. This is fucking un-American sabotage. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Not for nothing, free trade and the inherent connection between the economies of the U.S. and China has been preventing military conflict for decades. And Trump is undoing it. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/b...

Damn right they did. www.untappedcities.com/new-subway-m...

It was always the smart move, and Janno knew it.