This is incredibly endearing.

Like in ‘08, these CMBS’s are also wrapped in another level of securities called Collateralized Loan Obligations. There are also CLOs for Student Loan Asset Backed Securities. I think the cascade will be far worse than 08’.

bull shit like this is why dems lose on “masculinity” by the way

That says it all, really.

Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent. Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado. One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide. Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.

One of my kids used to work at a Major Grocery Store deli, and they all rang up hot foods as cold for SNAP recipients. If you work in a deli and can do this without losing your job, please do so.

Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.

Yet there is a common thread in these if you look closely.

The election of Zohran Mamdani as NYC mayor has exposed a gulf between the younger and older generations of American Jews. I made this zine to explore a significant part of that divide. 1/2

“…what this sort of reporting ultimately means is that if you have enough money to get somebody, anybody, to produce a white paper for you, which you can then put on some think-tank stationery? Then, my friend, you are ready to enter into the rushing current of elite reportage.” Sublime.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Trolls are running whitehouse.gov because they’re that desperate to distract you from the epstein files.

This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility. Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?

“We’re not worried at all. We swear. That’s why we cannot stop talking about it. Because everything is fine.”

A whole bunch of people younger than me got elected last night and I am totally good with that

Mamdani got a humanities degree. His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.

The rumors are true: scrolling through Zohran’s transition website and seeing that his co-chairs so far are eminently qualified women of color is a great way to feel like better things are possible

I am SCREAMING "There’s one bird that sounds just like a human woman screaming, “YOU HAVEN’T SWORN ME IN YET! IT HAS BEEN WEEKS! THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA DESERVE BETTER!” and I’m really trying to identify what bird that is. Maybe a hoopoe?"

Dems could learn so much from grassroots movements.

here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol

What we know, final edition of the night: [Now in 3 parts] —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG —Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS —Dems defend NJ-Gov —Dems win NJ+VA trifectas —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win state supreme court —ME anti-mail voting measure loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices

AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."

speaks volumes that Trump's response to tonight's resounding defeat is to demand Republicans redouble efforts to rig elections

face of the party haha i wish

Jeffries: "Abigail focused relentlessly on affordability and driving down the high cost of living in VA. Mikie Sherrill focused relentlessly on affordability & dealing with some of the escalating prices in NJ. And of course Zohran focused relentlessly on affordability. That's the connective tissue"

This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n... 1/

Tonight New Yorkers firmly rejected a rich, elite sexual abuser. They showed Cuomo the door. They chose the young, energetic progressive instead. Can we do the rich elite sexual abuser in the White House next? And then release the files?

I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-) he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit

this genuinely feels like a moment history books will look back on where the Democratic Party was forced to either fix its hearts or die

Fortunately the Supreme Court ruled that any act taken by the president, including directly defying court orders, is immune from criminal prosecution, so nothing to be done here.

Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.

OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models. OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so. A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

*smells mustard and onions*

Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter. He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.

I’ve been following Teen Vogue’s work since MeToo. I really hope this team starts their own publication, ideally called Teen Rogue.

Love an honest obit. Decorum isn’t deserved by war criminals that sped up our journey to autocracy.

cool cool cool cool cool

I stopped listening to Bill Gates talk about climate change a long time ago. You should stop too.

The powers that be are afraid of people like her and Mamdani, because they inspire everyday people. Hopeful masses are a threat to their power, which only comes from fear and bigotry.

You’re at a haunted house but the theme is just “AI bros” #halloween #chatgpt

YouTube recommended a PragerU video to me and I have never once slammed the "Never Recommend This Channel" button so fast

Yesterday, the NY Post denounced the "nepo baby" in the mayor's race, but they weren't talking about the former governor who's the son of a former governor. Today, the NY Post has an even bigger scoop about the vile stolen valor of calling someone "aunt" Tomorrow? Mamdani's Yelp review history.

Q: What do you think of the weather today? MJ: I don’t know anything about that. I’ll have to look into it. This is literally his answer to everything.

It really is as simple as that.