I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

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I think this misses one thing: the reason democratic socialists are able to channel this demand to "do something" so much more effectively is BECAUSE they're socialists. a socialist analysis gives any viable candidate a much stronger ability to get and act like shit is as fucked up as it is

america has a fun shortage and it's important we talk about it (decline in third spaces, etc etc)

if the left actually did "excommunicate" people or whatever they say, anyone who talks like this would be a good start

we are going to have to win bigger left wing transformations of the US than most people alive have ever experienced, and very soon. there is no alternative

I think this case is one where—paradoxically—the larger the reform, the more moderate it appears. A small change to just the Supreme Court is much more easily dismissed as a partisan power grab.

"Cross age with race and the generational law that has defined politics in the Mamdani Era snaps into focus...it is the signature of a multi-racial, cross-generational coalition." - @michaellangenyc.bsky.social www.michaellange.nyc/p/when-narra...

It’s not just New York; Democrats everywhere rate lefty anti-establishment candidates better than party leadership. New polling: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-06-29...

I think the term, which really caught on to differentiate Hillary and Bernie's ultimate goals more than their their methods of getting there, isn't that useful anymore. even revolutionary parties that literally overthrew governments had long buildup periods you could describe as more incrementalist

I know this is not the biggest concern going these days, but it stresses me out that basically every artist/writer/critic is now expected to create their own tiny empire instead of getting paid by any existing entity to perform a job they've worked to get good at!!!!

I assimilated all the way to Congress and this idiot still tells me to go back where I came from.

there is SUCH an opening for the left to seize on "video games and computer prices are going UP, a thing that never used to happen, because of billionaires" as the gateway to democratic socialism you don't even know

I think what's really special about Claire Valdez winning is that she might be the first actual "a DSA'ers DSA Congressmember" - previously it had always had the air of tailing of an aligned person who was down for the endorsement and paying of dues, but wasn't necessarily "one of us"

does anyone seriously think that young progressive voters who keep electing people of color to office (including two in NYC last night) are out for Hakeem Jeffries because he's black? please be serious. if you're saying shit like this, you literally belong in kindergarten.

My big objection to "woke 1" critiques is that the sort of shallow, dishonest identity based attacks that are often associated with "woke" people are deployed far more frequently by centrist and right wing "anti-woke" voices. Here's centrist thinktanker Jordan Weissmann reveling in this garbage.

I think the thing I like the most about Claire Valdez is that she not only takes bold stands in support of trans people, but that when people on the right try to use those positions to attack her, she's just like, "yes, that is correct."

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Imagine if someone had subjected the Civil Rights Movement's messages, tactics and strategies to polling.

Astoria is 100% socialist right down to the LinkNYCs 🌹

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.

They hate gender studies for the same reason they hate legitimate journalism: They don’t like people pointing out what they’re doing.

like get a load of these morons. President Pedophile causes the worst oil shock in history, gas prices shoot up 50%, and they're like "we need more fossil infrastructure, because of Affordability" nytimes.com/2026/06/11/c...

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I think we can all agree that this is the most shocking surprise of the century

there is a type of left media figure whose main ideological principle is contrarianism. pointed in the right direction, that can lead you to plenty of good journalism. but it will also lead you to some of the stupidest takes imaginable

damn. too bad the new york times op ed page told me that we can't talk about this!

The easiest way to end up in the NYT Opinion section is to be someone they perceive as “progressive” arguing that progressives actually have to capitulate to the right on x issue

This is great

Claire Valdez led on the fight against genocide from day one, when it was a huge political risk. Antonio Reynoso didn't even *talk* about it until he was running for Congress years later. We need people who will lead when it's tough, not people who sit it out until those leaders make it safe.

Two and a half years ago, Israeli leaders clearly stated their intent to carry out a genocide in Gaza. And that's exactly what they did. I was in the streets with so many New Yorkers protesting our complicity and to free Palestine. Antonio Reynoso stayed silent.

Billionaire heiress police commissioner Jessica Tisch is smugly taking clean hits on her boss, the mayor, in front of the entire City Council, cheered on by its speaker. City Hall is letting this continue for political reasons, but it's increasingly unsustainable. hellgatenyc.com/nypd-commiss...

Platner is obviously way better than the alternative, so the calculus of overlooking all this bad stuff he has done makes enough sense. What's unsettling to me are the group of ostensible lefty personalities gloating about this overlooking as if it's actively good, or even part of the appeal

lmfao

A bit on the nose

this is not true, and this guy doesn't speak for me! nymag.com/intelligence...

This was my first budget, and I was deeply frustrated, and frankly shocked, by just how undemocratic the negotiation process was. Hochul dragged out the budget as long as possible to wear down the legislature. But we refuse to give up, and will continue fighting to tax the rich!

Condé Nast shit the bed so hard when it fired four journalists last year that it's now settled with the union and given three out of the four reporters "two years’ pay and furnished [them] with positive letters of recommendation." UNIONS, PEOPLE. UNIONS! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

It is actually incredibly important for one of the most well regarded senators in the Democratic Party to say clearly and unequivocally that the next president should blacklist officials who aided and abetted crimes against humanity.

sorry but the new york times op ed page said we can't talk about this!

ftfy

It is interesting what issues get framed as being not materialist or not life-or-death archive.ph/boWUm

unfortunately trying to regulate whether mark zuckerberg can turn your water shit color is "everything bagel liberalism" from "the groups"

Only one way to find out

it's just displacing climate anxiety all the way down with these guys huh

A brief history of things billionaires have compared taxing the rich to: Hitler invading Poland ~Steve Schwarzman, 2010 Hitler punishing the Jews ~John Catsimatidis, 2012 Kristallnacht ~Tom Perkins, 2014 Calling people the n-word ~Steven Roth, 2026

wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖