That’s not toilet wine, that’s Alizé

Low-income seniors to get long-promised housing on city-owned land if Mamdani makes good on campaign promise.

I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.

my man

This is insane bullshit from within New York City (and not on the outskirts, and not in Staten Island, but right near a lot of spoke transit lines rather than this circumferential one)

Ooh, @lastweektonight.com did a whole thing on Felony Murder last night. Didn't mention my book chapter on the matter. :( But still, I happy to remind you that these laws are shitty and need to be repealed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y93l...

I do think taking simple things out of people's lives repeatedly sets the stage for a national revolt.

Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most

🏈 JAX 29 - 36 HOU FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.

When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

After the 2016 election, I wrote this, about how Chuck Schumer was the worst possible Democratic leader at the worst possible time. He still is! theintercept.com/2016/11/14/c...

These politicians aren't in disarray. They fucking hate you. They don't work for you.

I’ll also say this: first gloryhound in the senate to loudly call for Schumer to step down will reap lots of rewards. Van Hollen? Murphy? Who wants to pick up the $20 bill that’s lying on the sidewalk?

Sen. Lucy Football (D-NH)

These people are not made for the moment. It's never been more clear.

Here’s the thing: they keep selling out part of us, to cut deals that mean nothing and use no power. They will ultimately sell out all of us, completely.

This is Schumer’s real crime.

Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations

I thought my new health insurance premium was going to be $350 per month until I got this letter informing me that it would be $1,228.28 PER MONTH. I CURRENTLY PAY $50. Is my math mathing? Is that.... a 2,356.42% increase? 2256.42%???? TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩

He's on the Appropriations Committee. As is Shaheen. They want their little legacy to be a minibus appropriations bill that Trump will be withholding half the money from in a matter of months

It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not. If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.

This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.

If that's the case, then he's an utterly feckless leader of his caucus.

This is from March but I still think about it and find myself wondering if this is, you know, a viable system of government that can be saved or deserves to be saved.

Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.

Wow!

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

I’m not going to say something jackassed about this being “real courage” but isn’t Colorado a bellwether in this sort of thing? Why do these senators feel comfortable with this framing if the other “centrists” aren’t? That’s a good question

this is the thought that I have been struggling to articulate well →

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Oh lawwwd this is written so well. If you thought the James Watson obit going around was a feast, this is dessert

Someone’s Instagram stories right now will be like, a really expensive pastry, six photos from the club, a slide saying “just you wait… Zohran hates us… I’m not fooled… this is 10/7 all over again” and then two more club photos

deep cut

lmao this really took off. Opened my notifications and it was like tribbles

I am tired of being approached by retail employees when I am just minding my business

Earlier today, LinkedIn once again recommended I follow Bari Weiss. It is the 16th time this year LinkedIn has emailed me to recommend I follow her. This isn't tailored to me; my account is dormant with few connections. She's been a default recommendation all year—yet still only 33k followers.

Biden knew that Israel was committing crimes against humanity in Gaza and then decided to keep US commitments to Israel, shortly before handing it over to Trump www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

Mamdani embodies a pro-Palestinian politics that truly distinguishes between the state of Israel and the Jewish people, and truly takes antisemitism seriously as its own problem. That makes him a threat to those who want to absolutely conflate antisemitism and anti-Zionism, whether the ADL or WoL.

I have so many questions about this first “Rob Manfred and what mafia?” And second, who thinks you could reasonably disappear… Bryce Harper?! … without people noticing.

Is the fentanyl so cheap because they bought it on the street? The Tylenol so pricey because RFK Jr hates it? WTF is wrong with out health care system?

We can all unite if we can all act like non-psychotic grown-ups