Also, if I was a rich liberal/“progressive” type who is upset about Trump, I’d be throwing as much money as I could at journalists and publications that actually cover labor in a way that matters. It’s obvious why normal people don’t like or trust the corporate media; give them something better

There are already so few existing publications that will run stories from a pro-labor and working class perspectives. Generations of excellent would-be labor reporters are being shut out of the profession due to lack of resources and opportunities. Unions should care!!!!

Hell, individual big international unions could also do this. Give out grants to working class journalists, fund reporting trips, pay for things like records requests and training—it would be such a good investment. We used to have a widespread, well-funded labor press. We badly need one now.

The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact

Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.

i heard the sandwich guy was acquitted. i bet he went up to the judge and said "i'll have an acquittal sandwich with lettuce and tomatoes!" or something like that. i'm just kidding, i doubt he did that. this post is just for fun really

The key thing to watch here: they fired a Wired political reporter. That’s the title doing the most effective, pointed work. Teen Vogue’s stuff was culturally impactful, but less focused on investigating the administration. Within the Condé portfolio, Wired and the New Yorker are the canaries.

the weird thing here is that she seems to believe that running to the center is the best way to win a presidential primary in the gop. 1

What is happening at Goddard is absolutely devastating. We are losing history. We are losing an incredible amount of human talent, skill, and knowledge. Rebuilding it will be impossible same for same. Industry can not absorb the people or the equipment. This is undoing space science in the US.

Okay yeah lets do it, because it is an interview with two conservative women, which I think is getting missed in some of the drive by dunks. This isn't just Ross's normal crankery, its a window into a specific conservative project aimed at getting women to buy in.

Remember all the ‘just release the hostages & Israel will stop starving people’ comments you used to get if you said something like ‘Israel should stop starving people’ ?

Please note this: Raising the "salience" of immigration actually worked in Dems' favor in one of the most important swing counties in the country. This is more grist for the idea that attacking Trump is succeeding among the nonwhite working class (see thread below).

People who hate Zohran and everything he stands for: Now that Zohran has won, the most effective thing he can do is betray all of his principles

In my brief time as an op-ed editor (<year), Brettbug Stephens argued Ashkenazis might be genetically superior, & Tom Cotton called for violence against George Floyd protestors. Some of us were constantly pushing back. I met with Sulzberger multiple times. Lip service was given, nothing changed.

Readers in Arizona, Michigan, & Georgia! Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare. If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call! Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.

"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."

I hope the people who dig up our civilization take our satirical texts at face value like, “well it seems outlandish but it’s a contemporaneous account so it must be true”

I can't help noticing the Supreme Court conservatives expressing the first doubt of a Trump assertion in oral arguments the day after the election day where every Republican running lost by 20 points. But they would never be swayed by such worldly things in their consideration of The Law, right?

It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column

Into my veeeeeiiiiiiiins

always important to consider the signaling effect of elections. one likely outcome of tuesday is to encourage the strongest candidates to throw their hats in the ring.

“But celebrate we must, if only to create some space for the optimism that things can get better.”

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.

The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout: Humanities majors killed on the job market 1) Mamdani- Africana Studies 2) Spanberger -French 3) Sherill - Global History

Ngl that [dramatic pause] Would be [puts on sunglasses] goated [won't be fooled again starts blaring/ puts on dark goggles on top of sunglasses]

Pen nerds 🤝 typeface nerds

My kids came home from school today and told me that Zohran made today Wahabi Wednesday, which I thought is strange because he's not mayor yet and I live in Charlotte, but those are the rules now I guess

This sounds like nothing so much as a mass shooter event tbh

Getting new details on this now: As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.

Can’t emphasize enough that Mamdani *absolutely* has “lol fuck you, your hate makes me stronger” energy, he just delivers it with a huge charming smile and a welcoming message about making life affordable

Nifty little data point here. Don’t chase the manosphere into hell. Give young men a positive masculinity to aspire to.

"What radicalized you" Nothing really, its just that society had redefined radicalized to mean "Basic Fucking Human Empathy"

NEW: We reviewed 700+ videos, hours of footage from ICE protesters and counterprotesters in Portland. In 2 months before Trump said he was sending the National Guard, federal officers fire on, grab, pepper-spray or tear gas people 20 times -- without charging anyone. "Gratuitous," one expert said.

I am not a military strategist, but I have a vague memory that not feeding the troops was one of those big fuck-ups that Sun Tzu talked about.

I would love an aloof wife to steer my campaign from behind the scenes

this truly is the thing that brings me real joy because this is the piece that’s replicable everywhere. if enough of us show up, their millions of dollars in dark money, bribes and attack ads accomplish nothing. Mamdani is clearly a generational talent but he won’t be the only one we find if we look

Don't talk to the NYT. They've betrayed families' trust before. They will lie to you and use you and then turn around and tell you it was their job. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

People fled Elon’s Twitter, joined Bluesky, but engagement was pretty flat. Engagement was also flat everywhere else online though. It has just been a shit year, and it is nearly impossible to build a massive community when everything everywhere kind of sucks.

[big-picture thought that I’ll eventually turn into a blog post or something]: One of the real developmental challenges for Bluesky over the past year is that the site hadn’t been fun, because *2025 hasn’t been fun.* The vibes under fascism are rarely gonna be uplifting.

Y’know how the vibes are immaculate right now, and so you’re constantly refreshing the timeline? Bluesky didn’t cause that. It channeled it. Good times make good platforms. Bluesky, as a platform, has been saddled with trying to scale amidst bad times.

I seriously can’t stop listening to it, what a fucking banger

I think everyone should have a micro explosive implanted behind their orbital socket and if you get someone's pronouns wrong it detonates blowing out the front half of your skull This would achieve nothing and generally increase human misery across the board and I stand by it

oh look this guy supports medicare for all and i assume he doesn't have a nazi tattoo so there are options in maine just fyi

It was a rejection of the entire administration and Dems should see this as a signal to become an actual opposition party. On everything. You don't stop the shutdown. You don't approve another appointee. You do nothing at all. The voters saved you, not the other way around. LEARN TO LEAD.

Mamdani basically ran the campaign they said they wanted Dems to run, and they still hate him I think of a thing @slacktivistfred.bsky.social said once: “Don’t waste time trying to please people who are determined never to be pleased by you.”

This is so good—and in particular, I feel like in all the buzz about what a great campaign Mamdani ran, this point often gets lost He started by—guess what—*talking to people who voted for Trump.* He went on the Bulwark podcast. He went on Fox News. He demonstrated a willingness to talk to anyone

being trans is a decision to me. because it's hard, we don't do it unless it's the right one. being cis is also a decision to me. because it's easy, people pick it by accident all the time i tire of the story where we naturalize everything. every day you live as cis is your decision. are you happy?

They don’t even have to be anti AI , they just have to be pro people

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