"But we have to be clear-eyed: our labor movement isn’t in fighting shape. Most of our unions do not have recent muscle memory of striking or taking confrontational collective action." labornotes.org/2025/10/stop...

I would read the hell out of a deeply reported piece on how the media/political elite addiction to Twitter is shaping their views, which in turn shape the views of millions of people. It's a total reality-warper.

lawyers who are appointed to represent people in federal criminal cases (these are private practice lawyers who handle public defender overflow - about 40% of all cases) haven't been paid since july. we barely have a government right now.

the death total is going to be horrifying by the end of this and it will be an uphill battle for consequences given how much natsec democrats don't want to infringe on their own ability to vaporize 'terrorists' or open questions about their past conduct

An interesting analysis which makes the case that Hamas is prepared to engage in a Northern-Ireland style decommissioning process of its offensive arsenal if Europe and the Arab mediators are willing to exert the necessary pressure to ensure the political components are dealt with accordingly.

I think it’s possible I hate him more than I hated Sinema.

You should care about Jamaica and Sudan even if you don't know anyone there and the news isn't covering it. The anti-Blackness embedded in folks' lack of empathy is gross.

Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)

On the flip side in my experience those who find Mamdani and el-Sayed to be so exciting are often very skeptical of Platner, for a variety of reasons not least his military record and now of course his tattoo.

The overriding theme seems to be that this is a group which runs across the gambit of all the leftward of center that believes we should actively lower our standards in a race to the bottom against Trumpism.

Rupert Murdoch-owned @thetimes.com of London completely fabricates a hit piece on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social , gets called out by former mayor Deblasio — then deletes it.🤔

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

i will give this guy $5 if he promises to feel sorry for himself somewhere soundproof. sometimes our choices today prevent other choices tomorrow! oh well!

There is probably plenty going on inside Bill Gates' head, but I reckon one of the most parsimonious explanations of why he's sagely pronouncing that climate groups need to stop worrying about short-term emissions targets can be found in the sustainability reports of the company he founded.

i've been cooking without love for 4 months and my family and friends have not noticed. some have even complimented the food... usually i've left the dishes emotionless but have experimented with adding ennui and occasionally acrimony

honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)

Great indication that there is even more sketchy stuff going on that we don't know about yet www.reuters.com/world/americ...

I like how Zohran Mamdani scandals are like "He called his old cousin his aunt one time" and Andrew Cuomo scandals are like "He sexually assaulted 13 women."

Just a reminder that Bill Gates turns into the most rancid fatalist doomer dude in nanoseconds when the prospect of taking any real action on climate comes up

Graham Platner’s campaign thought they could silence me by offering me money and calling me a liar in the press. I was going to let it go. It has become increasingly clear they are unfamiliar with Maine women.

I realize that it's so basic that it's practically banal to say it, but we really, really, really need to stop talking so much about people's motives, explicit or presumed, and spend much more time simply and accurately talking about their actions the consequences of those actions.

I think it is genuinely interesting how this isn't labeled as an accusation of dual loyalty even though that is plainly what it is.

Cuomo's reasons for living in a rent-stabilized apartment are completely reasonable, but that's why his attacks on Mamdani living in a rent-stabilized apartment are so bizarre. No one should ever have to justify living in a rent-stabilized apartment. It's a totally normal thing everyone does.

I’m not saying Bill de Blasio was a great mayor - he was weak and self-serving and couldn’t get out of the way of his own ego. But he delivered two major pieces of legislation that changed the city - universal pre-k in particular has been a lifesaver. IDK why he’s considered a failure.

It's becoming chillingly clear: an administration that gleefully dismantled USAID and consigned countless people to slow death by starvation and preventable disease will not hesitate to inflict hunger on tens of millions of Americans by cutting off SNAP funds.

Think about how much further along we’d be if there was more pushback when they were testing their limits at the beginning of this term

I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time

If SNAP benefits vanished tomorrow, feeding 42 million Americans for a month would cost about $7.8 billion.That’s less than 1% of the combined net worth of the three richest men in the U.S. A reminder of how obscene inequality has become and how easily hunger could be solved if we chose to.

lol Platner doing a 'wow, I guess i'm not pure enough for you huh' tour, really showing why he's got nothing on Zohran skillwise. Zohran would just pivot back to affordability.

man you get yourself tattooed with one SS emblem for eighteen years and everybody gets mad at you for some reason

Sorry I refuse to entertain the complete non-existent world where white people don’t know that countless cultures, including some of their own but certainly diasporic racialized ones, call their mom’s cousin’s friend’s sister they grew up with “cousin” and call close women elders “aunt/auntie”

it’s kind of funny that the New York Times, which is probably at least 50% Ivy League on the editorial side, is one of the primary drivers of contemporary anti-intellectualism, but not really funny in a good way

“From the 1950s to the 1970s, federal contractors building the system deliberately mapped routes that rammed through and dismantled Black neighborhoods — payback, some say, for gains made during the Civil Rights Movement.”

and this is why I will never trust or support Newsom no matter what he does to push back on Trump if he becomes the Dem standard bearer, trans people will have no political party willing to stand up for their rights and that is simply unacceptable

When your Chotiner interview is going great

when it comes to Confederate statues, you gotta melt the shit down or otherwise fuck it up so badly it cannot be repaired bc if there is even a possibility that it can be restored?? these motherfuckers are gonna put it right back up at the earliest opportunity

"I hope your beeper doesn't go off." A year ago today, a racist tried to make a 'joke' about me being killed by Israel. It was the 1st time I've ever walked off of live TV. That night CNN said they'd ban the racist from their air. But in the year since, I myself haven't been invited back on CNN.

oh my god, The Tweet is exactly ten years old tonight

We live in an episode of Veep

imagine telling on yourself that you refer to adult relatives of your parents' age as something other than "aunt" or "uncle". the expression "am I your mate?" exists for a reason

where does he get more popular from here? SNAP is about to expire, tariffs are about to ruin everyone’s Christmas, CBP was just put in charge of ICE to make the raids even more extreme, the economy is fueled by AI speculation he’s got a floor but it’s not a high floor we can win this

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR supportjamaica.gov.jm

I feel like I’ve seen 100k+ in major job cuts in 24 hours

I’m so happy about this reply bc it is my deepest belief about Trumpism and I am writing / going to write a book in part about this lol.

Our elites are omnicidal. www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...

I do think Cathy Young is possibly too stupid to know that IDF training programs for US law enforcement, including the NYPD, are very common

Mamdani referred to a friend as 'bro' but a Free Press investigation has determined that this man is not his sibling.

Wait until they find out that some of us have cousins that aren't our cousins.

This seems like an unusually boneheaded argument for someone from La Mega to make. It’s a perfectly normal broad familial term across multiple cultures. /1