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If NYC can send Cuomo home with his tail between his legs, maybe we can all pull together to embarrass Rahm in a similar way.

Jeff Bezos is worth $230 billion and is reportedly spending $20 million on a three-day wedding in Venice while sailing around on his $500 million yacht. If he can afford to do that, he can afford a wealth tax and to pay Amazon workers a living wage. Hello?

Here's your periodic reminder that political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

From a key Mamdani adviser ❤️

if my opinions are nauseating i suggest you unfollow me and save yourself an upset tummy!

we're getting word that the bug has endorsed cuomo

One problem is that Trump is always so anxious to declare victory and seek credit/adoration/prizes for it that he gets out in front of reality to create his fan fiction. It’s all about short-term “wins” for Trump and Fox news cycles, not anything lasting, durable, or sustainable.

While all eyes were on the middle east, the SCOTUS, w/o explanation, proceeded to green light the deportation of migrants to countries with which they have no connection - without a chance to make the case that they could face torture there. This could easily apply to anyone further down the road.

My radical opinion is that the Supreme Court should never issue unsigned, unexplained orders.

What the Dem party doesn’t understand is that the election in NYC is a test for the 26 midterms. Young people are testing to see if they will ever be allowed to assert their priorities over the priorities of monied interests who buy elections like Bloomberg, and old school patrons like Cuomo.

no accidents

Dinner tonight! Greens from the garden cooked with andouille sausage and smoked turkey neck over white rice! Feeling extra black today!

Everyone look at my beautiful dog

Mike Lee was born with every conceivable advantage in life. His father was US Solicitor Gen & dean of BYU Law, where Mike went to school. Older brother UT Sup Ct justice. Then he got jobs where family connections certainly help open doors. But he decided he wanted to be Catturd.

It's amazing to me that they still don't know what Fortunate Son is about.

11 MILLION PEOPLE!! 💥💥💥 Are we nearing the magic 3.5%?? Never forget….WE hold the power. #nokings

What’s happened and is happening in Los Angeles is a personal question to all of us, regardless of where we live, asking how much we’re willing to do to preserve the America we call home and claim to love. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-are-all... #NoKingsDay

THAT part!

Double.

W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

This part

Jake Tapper's TV show ratings are tanking and his book isn't selling, proving that peddling irrelevant BS during a time of an actual national crisis isn't a winning formula.

Scott Pelley—American author and reporter for CBS News for more than 31 years, did not hold back

From Driftglass

Every progressive, pro-Palestine elected Dem in my feed is (rightly) condemning the murder of two Israeli staffers in DC. Funny how there’s rarely any reciprocity from their rightwing counterparts when there are hate crimes & murders against Palestinians, Arabs, & Muslims.

Hold every single Republican responsible. From dog catcher to Senator. Every. Single. One.

Omg. Democratic House Rep. Gerry Connolly passed away from esophageal cancer just weeks after he announced he was stepping down from as the top Dem. on the House Oversight Committee and wasn’t seeking reelection in 2026. He was 75. My heart goes out to his family and friends.

happy 3 month anniversary to this inside boy. i'm so happy we found each other 🥹

What do you call people that bomb schools and terrified human beings taking shelter in tents ? Anyone ? Human rights crowd ? Liberals ? Progressives ?

The current President is taking bribes from anyone who’ll offer them but I’m so glad Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper are not letting that distract them from the fact that the former President who just got diagnosed with cancer is also old.

It’s still hard for me to believe that after so many years of deranged posts like this, we’ve still never had a serious national conversation about this man’s mental health.

And when they've broken everything and made people's lives worse in dozens of different ways, the GOP response is going to be complaining that the government is broken and we need to try New Things instead. No, it was working. They broke it. Don't let them weasel out of responsibility.

No one looks as horrible as Jake Tapper does right now. May his book rot on shelves wherever good people gather.

Navy vet here. 86 means to cancel. Example: “86 my last order.” I have never heard it used as execute or kill anyone. Maybe that’s an Army thing. Who knows? But this vet feels perfectly comfortable saying 8647!