would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Fascinating story, which also provides an answer to the question "why do I keep seeing Fisker Ocean's w/TLC plates in NYC." www.theverge.com/transportati...

The official added "Brett said I could."

On-brand for a new Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney's first act to be "ceremonially hand the judge some papers" and they don't just screw it up, they also lie about it and are instantly caught because what they said contradicts the thing they just handed to the judge.

This is how elections in competitive autocracies work. Your vote can still lead to a change in who holds an office -- but those in power use the state to tilt the playing field in their favor.

Sickening behavior by this agent. The fact that Mayor Adams has rolled out the red carpet for ICE is a stain on our city.

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

Coming up on 20 years of plaintiff's litigation and I can assure everyone: A "mistake" which just so happens to be profitable for a company is always the intended outcome of the company's choices.

Amazing how quickly the NYT can find the people affected by such bullshit — and craft stories that give voice to the vulnerable and hold those in power accountable — when they want.

The way the NYT covers this, while they helped to create a similar moral panic that preceded Skrmetti, might be the thing that drives me mad.

Once again, if you are just repeating shit from this administration, including especially Kash Patel, you are most likely repeating lies and spreading misinformation

As a child of the Reagan years, the fact that the *Republican Party* is expropriating shares in companies and shaking companies down while saying stuff like this is wild

Gillibrand had a conniption on live radio over statements Mamdani didn't make but found it in herself to keep quiet as to the fellow democrat she (once) knew to be a serial sex pest. Even for the Democratic Party, it's all about who gets the benefit of the doubt and who is an other.

Oh NOW we can compare ourselves to Europe. I thought we weren't Amsterdam, or whatever.

We all have our red lines. For me, opposition to the Civil Rights Act is a red line.

"By kissing Trump’s ring, Iger and co. have made it impossible to know whether Disney’s movies, shows, theme parks, and toys are just pieces of entertainment or reflections of government-approved ideas that the Trump administration wants the public to internalize." www.theverge.com/policy/78196...

Absolutely shameful. Just gutter racism on the world stage.

I'm just gonna keep reposting this inane BS from Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence on the roving immigration patrol case from LA.

More people should be talking like this and about this

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

Last week we canceled a popular show because of remarks the host made that cast the president in a negative light. We grossly miscalculated how angry people would be at our willingness to capitulate to an insecure authoritarian and hope you'll stop canceling Disney+ and ESPN (who has a new app!).

They rush when they want to rush and they slow walk when they want to slow walk and it’s an ideological decision always in either direction.

The offer made to women in the enticement to become trad wives is the same as the offer made to citizens in the enticement to embrace authoritarianism: give up. Abandon the aspiration to self rule. It’s imprisonment recast as rest and relief.

“They should accept it because they looked a little Mexican. It’s the price of a free society.” Kavanaugh, J., concurring.

John Roberts's "there's no such thing as corruption" and "the president has the right to use the DOJ as his personal law firm" jurisprudence is really working out well for us.

With the Senate unanimously supporting the same, Schumer, Gillibrand and Jeffries have all publicly indicated their support for Charlie Kirk while withholding it for the nominee for Mayor we all picked here in NYC. What is the point of these people. Do they even know?

The one belief that unites Long Island Republicans and Long Island Democrats is that New York City does not have a legitimate claim to self-governance and the needs of the suburbs always outweigh the needs of the 8 million people who live in New York City. Jay Jacobs embodies that perfectly.

Streets like this reflect an affirmative decision by the city to allow cyclists and pedestrians be victimized by traffic violence. All it would take to change this environment is one (1) phone call from Tisch to the local precinct saying "clean this up."

"Shock endorsement" by the democratic governor of the democratic nominee for mayor in her state's largest city. The only thing shocking is that Jay Jacobs - who has been persistently wrong, and borderline republican for years - still has a job in democratic politics. He's a dinosaur.

Hey Brett Kavanaugh, is this a “brief investigative stop”?

Every pundit who took at face value the idea that the Right sincerely cares about free speech, or ideological diversity, or in fact has any principles at all, should be wearing a dunce cap and writing a lengthy mea culpa right now. Not for our catharsis but for public awareness at least

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

Important to keep remembering and repeating that Kimmel didn't mock Charlie Kirk or celebrate his death in the monologue. He mocked the president's lack of feeling and criticized the regime.

they're dangerous and we shouldn't shy away from describing things accurately but they *like* being called dangerous. what they hate most is being called bumbling buffoons.

i think that if the FCC threatened to revoke ABC’s license unless it replaced Jimmy Kimmel with Kevin Hart to diversify the network, Ilya Shapiro would be able to identify the issue here

The loser energy that radiates off "it's illegal not to like me" shit like this is palpable bsky.app/profile/zack...

Incredible achievement that the one price that the Trump administration has brought down notably is "cocaine."

"We do not regret the error."

Charlie Kirk was a martyr for free speech, which is why we're going to deport anyone who "makes light" of his death.

This morning there were three cruisers blocking basically all approaches.

Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Fundamental Interests Of United States Of America Would Be Irreparably Harmed If It Race-Based Harassment And Detention By Masked Thugs Were Even Temporarily Halted

Again I didn’t start out thinking Trump was hiding something truly horrific vis a vis Epstein, but literally every single thing he’s done…

Fox 17 Nashville reports that Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from criminal detention in Tennessee and is on his way home to Maryland. “Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free,” his attorney, @sean-hecker.bsky.social, said in a statement. fox17.com/news/local/k...

Explain to me like I'm five how soldiers enforcing law in an American city is not martial law

It's both very funny and very infuriating watching this unfold. The big fish in these scandals still gets to be mayor for 4 more months where he and Mastro can do too much damage.

You can tell that the Times is no longer the top dog in NYC coverage because Greco didn't try to bribe a Times reporter. Instead, Greco tried to bribe Katie Honan, who's covered the hell out the Adams admin for The City.