Good night peeps, sweet dreams.

What an excellent, inspiring speech from Mamdani. I haven’t felt chills like this… ever?

I don't know even what to say about the beauty of a simple free breakfast in lunch for all. My kid gets to kindergarten, and the teacher says, "OK, who's hungry?" Great for every kid in the room, especially those whose parents could afford it anyway. Every kid has fuel. Who wouldn't want that?

Nazis: You’re just fine with your tax dollars feeding EVERYONE ELSE’S kids lunch?? Me: Yes. And breakfast. And dinner. And two reasonable snacks. And everyone else in their family. Everyone. I want EVERYONE to have 3 meals and 2 snacks. And education. And healthcare. And homes. And water. And…

Good Superman stories are almost never about who wins the fights. They're about how to solve the problems. Superman can do massive, mighty things. The story is about his figuring out what massive, mighty things he should do. About understanding, not about overpowering.

So happy about Mamdani winning the primary.

Also a repeat of the idea that because of events in L.A., Congress should pass the wildly unpopular omnibus bill that cuts Medicaid, SNAP, energy credits, and so on.

"It gets somewhat lost in all the other high octane dimensions of this story that a raid on a Home Depot is literally an effort to arrest people who are eager to work and whose labor is in great demand. It’s about as far as you can get from just going after the bad guys, as the WH routinely claims."

“There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous…

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Raconteur/Licensed Mechanic @loubeard.bsky.social will be reading from HOLLYWOODSKI tomorrow evening at Chevalier's Books in Larchmont, 6pm. He'll also be chatting with one of LA's finest, @jryanstradal.bsky.social. If you can't make it...buy the book at your fav indie bookstore!