This is the core project of Trumpism 2.0

This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that? The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.

>>Since the companies began buying up properties in the area, they have filed at least 130 eviction suits in the city and county. Some of the evictions have been on the same properties, as tenants turned over.<<

this is obviously an odious thing to say indicative of a shriveled little spirit. but if i know funny old jewish men rob reiner would be just tickled to pieces to inspire such a reaction from donald trump

Jesus christ

Prayers for all the victims of the Bondi shooting that targeted Jewish Australians celebrating Hanukkah. Grateful that Ahmed al Ahmed risked his life to stop this evil. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said: "We have seen Australians today run towards danger in order to help others."

The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year. This is not normal and we don't have to live this way. bradyunited.org @bradyunited.org

so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings. insanity.

America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies. Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market. This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵

So many stories of immigrants who have done nothing wrong being detained and held in awful conditions. They have to spend thousands on legal fees. Why aren’t more ppl speaking out against this? www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...

Brett Kavanaugh stop.

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

Pete Hegseth is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in American history. He is a national embarrassment who is putting the safety of our servicemembers at risk. He should be fired immediately.

For the next three months, I only want to hang out with people who are already sick of the cold, sleet and ice. #stlwx

Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence. In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT. Universities are cooked.

Important story from @aishas.bsky.social today: Child amputees from Gaza won hearts in St. Louis, creating a community of helpers: www.stltoday.com/life-enterta...

I never gloat this early in a game because I’m way too superstitious, but I would just like to say this is an encouraging start. #Michigan #GoBlue

Everything in this thread rings v. true, and in an uncomfortable way rings true for me. I grew up a voracious reader. Books were my life, my refuge. I was assigned and read complete books in college and graduate school. As a young writer, I read constantly read others.

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Zohran is a generational talent, but I really worry the democrats are gonna take away all the wrong lessons from this, because none of the rest of them can do this.

The charisma and charm of Zohran Mamdani must be scientifically studied!

TEN MONTHS IN: The national debt is higher. The trade deficit is wider. The inflation rate has worsened. The unemployment rate is up.

To the reporters that had no pushback against Trump for calling one of their own "Piggy", then later offering no pushback when Trump defended the man who orchestrated the murder and dismemberment of one of their own, I hope selling your integrity for access was worth it.

www.bbc.com/news/article... This is depraved.

A friend of mine responded to someone who posted with cynicism about the latest Epstein email: "Whether the president is a child rapist can never be a moot issue." We all need to sit with that sentence for a minute.

it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

I have to hand it to Democrats. I'm one of the feds working and not getting paid and they manage to make reopening the government feel worse than the alternative. Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?

Great piece from @aishas.bsky.social www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected 43 days ago. Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.

I write often about how private equity is destroying US healthcare. Lina Khan is a rare person who has used her position in power to fight back against private equity’s hold on the US economy. Very excited to see what she does in New York.

They’ve all gone mad. Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”

That speech, then this. 🔥 x.com/AwaaraHoon/s...

mamdani giving major obama vibes in this acceptance speech. reminding me of iowa 2008.

it's a weird thing...not feeling dead inside tonight

ZOHRAN MAMDANI

Trump, Musk, now Stephen Miller endorse Andrew Cuomo. He now has the entire fascist movement behind him.

“Without these women, Zohran wouldn't be anywhere near this close to the general election. They built his campaign from nothing. Their work was the difference between polling below 1% just a few months before and winning the primary." www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

Ahhh, I've seen this film before. Josh Hawley puts out an op-ed staking out a position in The New York Times, then he folds and falls in line with the rest of the GOP. Remember when he did this with Medicaid?

It only counts as a scandal if you’re Muslim.

When a local rabbi said morally abhorrent things about Palestinians, the pressure campaign on the rest of the rabbinic community to not call him out was intense. When that same rabbi (with three others) writes a call out op-ed of me for recognizing the humanity of Palestinians? Bubkis. 7/

If you want to understand why Jewish institutional leadership is so out of touch with actual American Jews, you need to understand the funding dynamic of basically every legacy Jewish institution. 1/

This is an insightful explanation, and I probably applies to a lot of non-Jewish institutions, too.

It should be called Hurricane Exxon.

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

We live in an episode of Veep