Yet more evidence that all career “success” is an unpredictable mix of life-long education, keeping at it through tough times and a ton of luck.

If Congress is condemning Socialism, does that mean they are going to end corporate welfare?

Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

Priorities.

universities teaching full-grown adults are now erasing LGBTQ topics -- our history, our existence -- from the record. THIS IS FASCISM.

...and then they came for the social workers...

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

So thrilled it is official! @ebottcher.bsky.social How can I sign up to volunteer?

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

I need you all to know that my mother sent me this. 🤣 That is all.

Trump steals from the poor and middle class to give even more to the rich. That has always been the #1 goal.

1. This is the most insane political interview ever. 2. Ziwe is America's best interviewer today.

Meanwhile, USA is still trying to make coal happen.

this is content created for me.

I would like to request that all those who said they would leave NYC if Mamdani won to now GTFO. There are a zillion people who want to live in NYC and can't afford the rent, so by all means, please leave and free up the housing for those who actually want to live here.

NYC to Cuomo: We told you twice now.

"HOW WILL ZOHRAN PAY FOR FREE BUSES" screamed the Staten Islanders who have a free ferry

I shaved off all my facial hair to dress up as the most frightening thing I could think of: Log Cabin Republican. Now I hate my face and I can’t shake the shame.

The thing about the slow death of local news is that it gets lamented, but local leaders (both elected and non) actually act like it suits them perfectly fine.

“A scandal involving its brand-name lead architect, David Adjaye, caused him to absent himself” is an extraordinarily evasive choice of words by the NYTimes in its Studio Museum coverage.

An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs. Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker. Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps. Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

NYC to Andrew Cuomo: Please go away.

Slavery has always been the goal.

This is the NYTimes saying, "even before his inevitable loss in the general election, before his loss in the primary, Cuomo was already a sad, desperate, irrelevant looser." Ouch. LOL. Fun read.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

H*l*n Andr*ws is just another Phyllis Schlafly -- there will always be women who profit off of the diminishment and fact-free stereotyping of other women and men. So tedious, but I'm sure she'll become famous and more prominent on the Right.

gee, I wonder if something she injected into her face or ass shifted.

Why aren't we talking about Letitia James as a potential candidate for a Senate seat or even president?

I predict that Cuomo's next reprehensible but totally predictable act AFTER HE LOOSES will be to declare that he's been cancelled by the "far left" and become a Republican.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 79th day out of the last 91. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

the craven corruption is mind-blowing 🤯🤬. Trump to pay himself $230M in tax-payer money and no one is going to stop him.

…and we had a ton of fun, too. 💪🏿💪🏾💪🏽💪🏼💪🏽💪🏻💪🏿💪🏾💪🏽💪🏼💪🏻💪🏼💪🏾💪🏻💪🏿💪🏿💪🏾💪🏻💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿💪🏼 #nokings #nokingsnyc

The dangerous radicals have appeared! Fairfax, Virginia! #NoKings

It’s finally here! Let’s go.

my queen, performing in Portland, “at the same time, some other people who shouldn’t fucking be here are … So let’s just make a few things abundantly fucking clear. Fuck Ice. Fuck this administration. And fuck Trump.” 🏳️‍🌈👑🏳️‍🌈

this is what movement solidarity looks like.

was literally just telling some folks that i thought mamdani was going to break 50%

“I knew Mario Cuomo. Andrew Cuomo, you are no Mario Cuomo.” -the one and only time I'm going to boost something Curtis Sliwa said, just because it is the BEST shade to cut to Cuomo's core.

AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries

Yes, please do get on that sinking ship together.

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

apparently there aren't enough white supremacists in the US already, so Tr*mp needs to import them?

I would love to hear from Argentinians how they feel about Trump trying to buy their election. Like people are going to vote FOR that?

the blatant corruption is hardly even notable anymore. This article was so deep in on the news page...

ok, I always thought Thiel was disconnected from reality, but this guy definitely thinks GOD has a plan for him, as nearly all insane people do. This f*cking lunatic...

Now... what will happen for the people of Gaza? Will the death, destruction and disenfranchisement continue? Will there be leadership to bring a new day of peace, prosperity and political free will? Or will we just return to the same apartheid?

It is a work holiday and a n’oreaster blowing outside on this Monday AM and I’m still here. When people ask me how I’m so fit at age 56, the answer is always “force of habit,”

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.