DON’T GET ON YOUR EZRA KLEIN NONSENSE DON’T LET EZRA KLEIN ANALYZE THIS

the media has made a huge deal about Neutrality and Not Editorializing and it all falls apart when you realize they are too afraid to publish a factual description of the video Trump posted

Imagine thinking they ever cared about debt, fraud, waste, abuse, or anything of the sort. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

"Mr. President sir the idea is you're constantly flying around in a big jet filled with your own shit in it. Like human shit. Anyways you're wearing a little crown in your little shitmobile and you're dumping the shit out. I think people will like it."

Democrats are so frightened by Graham Platner. 🦇💀

If you have read "Careless People" you know this was their intended direction. Again, a company with waaaay too much power with people at the helm that do not care about the cost of human life that comes with this.

My 3 big takeaways: -We pressured the capitulators. -We were a bigger threat than the Trump Regime. -We operated at the speed and scale necessary to win.

I don’t see many people talking about this, but Christopher Smalls, Amazon labor organizer, was on a freedom flotilla that was captured and is now being physically assaulted in custody. newrepublic.com/post/198550/...

There is no city, state or federal district where it is legal to terrorize and detain people for being brown and working in agriculture. These raids must stop immediately. 8/

FINAL RESULT of the New York City election: Mamdani: 56.0%. 545,334 votes (+99069 over first-round). Cuomo: 44.0%, 428,530 votes (+53493 over first-round). Mamdani wins by 12 percentage points.

Tenant unions, affordable childcare, accessible public education all stem from making sure the vulnerable is better off. They attack #TheDoubleTax squarely and leave no one behind. bsky.app/profile/itsa...

Bloomberg out there losing more campaigns than the United States loses wars.

Brad Lander shouting “Good fucking riddance” to Andrew Cuomo is the energy I want from every Democrat in 2026 and 2028.

Zohran Mamdani! Now let's see what California can do in 2016.

Nearly half of 140 senior SSA administrators have been forced out or left the agency. A decimation of hundreds of years of administrative expertise at the insitence of the ignorant. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

"To everyone who pulls me aside to whisper with the best intentions 'You have already won', I am sorry, but the days of moral victories are over. And as my father told me years ago, 'When the Right wins power, the Left writes a great book.' Those days are over too." -Zohran Mamdani

The Times saying last year they'd no longer endorse candidates in local elections, then immediately being like "oh but not THAT guy" 10 months later because the candidate wants free buses gives away the whole game. "Objectivity" means you break your own rules to punch left as much as you want.

1) The fact that Trump can't get rid of Vance makes this all the more delicious - and dangerous. 2) More proof that we live in a simulation because this simply can't be real.

There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to Medicaid.

BREAKING: Rümeysa, our union sister who was snatched by ICE, is free today. We stood up for our union family and demanded justice! When you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. #4the1st ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

man this is grim. and reflective of how strapped for cash lefty media is, you could probably get this quite successful guy above water with like 2k a month youtu.be/vlf8c8SV39o?...

They’re lashing out against Habeas and arresting Mayors because they know their position is weak and getting weaker, and they’re panicking. It’s scary to live through, but it’s less scary when you remember this isn’t coming from a position of strength, it’s sweaty desperation.

For folks wondering how to name what is happening, it's a fascist power grab. What does "fascism" actually mean and why is it imperative that we use the f-word? (Full video and explanation: bit.ly/on-the-f-word)

MASSACHUSETTS FOLKS:

I am so happy to see this picture and to read this news. “Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was released from ICE detention on Friday, offering brief words of thanks to supporters gathered outside the Louisiana facility. "Thank you so much for all the support and love," she said”

The crowd won't let him leave, so Newark Mayor Ras Baraka gets out and starts walking with the people for the crowd to finally start clearing.

"We're on a quiet residential street on a peaceful spring day, the sun beating down serenely, a light breeze. The sort of day you wait all year for. For this mother and her daughter and the little baby it was that sort of day before federal agents showed up..."

GenAI's hallucinations expose the rot at the heart of the system: much of the information economy is useless and wouldn't be missed.

Based on a quick read here, it's pretty clear to me that TWO gorillas could definitely take on 100 men. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

A new NYT opinion piece by @robflaherty.bsky.social nails how anti-democratic influences have managed to capture the "opt-out" voter. "They present right-wing cultural narratives on every issue set — and push messages into nonpolitical subcultures."

"270,000 of you have self verified" but we only give check marks to important people. @bsky.app @support.bsky.team

Turns out you can shape the agenda with dramatic action and maybe even shift public opinion. Crazy.

My name is Randy Villegas. I’m a son of the Central Valley, a school board trustee, and a college professor. And I’m proud to announce that I’m running for Congress in CA-22 – to fight for working people, not billionaires.

Current law allows cumulative rent hikes of 90-100% over 10yrs, pushing families into homelessness. The Affordable Rent Act #AB1157 lowers CA's rent cap from 10% to 5% - bringing relief to millions of Californians. Urge legislators to vote YES on #AB1157! www.acceaction.org/l...

There we go. Support this man.

PLANET OF THE APES was released 57 years ago today. Regarded as one of the great science fiction films and a movie with one of the great plot twists, the behind the scenes story is like talking a walk through The Forbidden Zone… 1/50

RIP Val Kilmer

Target foot traffic falls for the eighth consecutive week after the retailer ended its DEI programs. Meanwhile at Costco, which kept its DEI programs, foot traffic has been up for 13th straight weeks.

So say we all.

The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

Me and countless other authors today…😂

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

My favorite bird is the Brown Pelican.

The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites. Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.

I think an American flag created entirely by black men at the Superbowl is one of the best pieces of art I've seen in my lifetime. I hope it actually killed some folks. And I hope it finally closes the fucking book on the argument that we shouldn't use the flag to fight the God damned fascists.

Egg shortages, oh my.

Costco, which has come out saying it supports DEI, will make no changes to its existing programs, AND pays workers a minimum of $30/hour, is up 15% YTD. Target, which announced it is ending all DEI programs and has a minimum wage of $15-$24/hour, is down over 4%. Keep voting with your wallet.