NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...

It's somewhat darkly amusing that this is the one instance in which we may have started a war over oil, and the oil companies don't want it (our president is just an idiot who doesn't understand oil markets).

literally every oil person I know doesn’t want anything to do with Venezuela: it’s just not worth it at current & foreseeable oil prices. It would cost tens of billions of dollars to get the equipment back to modern standards, and then require a ton of operations work to actually extract oil

not sure marco rubio should be criticizing other countries for being run by "incompetent senile men" with trump standing right behind him

Pay no attention to Trump's incoherent rambling. They have not thought through how to expropriate the oil. There is no US oil major that would operate in Venezuela in its current condition.

fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US

Let’s be very clear: Trump’s bombing of Venezuela is not about drugs or democracy. It’s a war crime. We must stand firmly against this illegal and belligerent act of war. No war with Venezuela!

you don't need to add caveats agreeing that the head of state abducted is a bad guy before opposing abduction of a head of state by military force. If the rule was any head of government is fair game then the entire world would be a series of decapitation strikes and show trials in foreign courts.

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Mamdani’s first act as mayor? Announcing the city as an interested party in my slumlord landlord Pinnacle’s bankruptcy auction. (And a slew of executive orders addressing housing!)

Cea Weaver heading the revived Office to protect tenants is a big deal. Mamdani putting a longtime tenant activist in this seat is in some ways suprising and in other ways, not at all, given what we know about Zohran. Exciting!

For a long time, I had a lot of self hatred, and I didn’t feel comfortable being called a survivor. It has become an integral part of who I am and I will never again run from that. If I see folks belittling survivors on my page. I will call that out & make an example of that if I have the time.

Merry Christmas

"fiercely nonhierarchical"? Lol. Lmao even.

Um, ok... This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY. This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations. And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.

A lot of people on here need to learn that lying and being an asshole isn't OK just because you're arguing for the right thing. It doesn't even help the thing you're arguing for, given that associating that thing with lying assholes will generally not make people want to flock to your position.

at the bodega, lmao

I'm at the combination

Read why Social Housing is the right fit for the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social admin by our own House the Future leader @iziah-thompson.bsky.social www.centernyc.org/urban-matter...

[showing you a picture of children frolicking] isn't this horrible? aren't you scared? wouldn't you hate it if your neighborhood looked like this? wouldn't you rather have an expressway? aren't you scared? aren't you scared? aren't you scared?

Gee, those are some high-quality rationalizations you got there. Gosh, those complex justifications for your behavior, repeated assertions of sanity, of logical soundness? By golly, I hope they don't come crashing down to reveal you've simply been reacting to old emotional triggers this whole time!

When the Wampanoag first fed the Pilgrims they didn't realize they'd just invented Socialism for undocumented refugee immigrants. Happy Thanksgiving.

I appreciate Ken Burns for using the warm, soothing voice of Peter Coyote to tell us all what a jerk George Washington was 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

Hello, please see attached. They want to sign on Monday so we have our work cut out for us before then. I have a prior family engagement this weekend, but I’ll be available for update calls 9pm each night. I’ve put time on your calendars for those. Let’s get started.

NYC-DSA results Steering overall: SMC 10 GW 8 BxB 1 Ind 1 CLC overall: SMC 32 GW 21 BxB 12 B&R 2 MUG 2 Ind 2 Co-chair: Grace (SMC) 40% Gustavo (GW) 36% Alex (BxB) 24% Labor coordinator: Olivia (Ind) 52% Sebastian (GW) 48% Electoral coordinator: Alvaro (SMC) 68% Nicola (B&R) 32%

It's me, I'm the good independent

Okay but the way the young creator of this weird AI necklace thing is reacting to New Yorkers' reactions to his dumb idea is hilarious: “'I’m just tired of talking to New Yorkers,' Schiffmann said. 'It’s just such a ordeal, I just don’t want to do it.'”

Wow NYC, we see you @handsoffnyc.bsky.social!! This training is at FULL capacity, they had to turn people away…

They line up perfectly.

TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that? We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to

CHOTINER: Why not pay to have the bamboo removed? LIZZA: It’s more expensive than you think CHOTINER: But surely you’ve made enough money in your career… LIZZA: I liked the ritual. And it’s a useful metaphor, right? CHOTINER: … LIZZA: … CHOTINER: You just like… LIZZA: … having a machete, yes

GAWKER! thou shouldst be living at this hour

I kinda dig this Olivia person, she’s awesome

Damn, she seems cool. socialists.nyc/join?source=...

You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique

What a good opportunity to remind folks that skilled baristas at one of the service industry's biggest employer - and union-buster - are about to go on strike this week, and we can stand with them by boycotting Starbucks until @sbworkersunited.org get a fair union contract: seiu.co/NoContract

We know this because he told us. The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way. The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.

If you’re tired of controlled opposition in support of fascism and want real opposition to fascism dsausa.org/join

HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS

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New Yorkers are sick and tired of the housing crisis. Thanks to our new mayor and big wins to expand affordable housing across New York City, we finally have the chance to start building homes for every New Yorker.

THIS IS SO GOOD

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

I can't believe according to the New York City Charter Cuomo now has to be held in a cage in the Central Park Zoo until June when he must be fed to sharks off the coast of Rockaway Beach. But them's the rules!

this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam

eggy: “what democrats need to do is adopt my specific set of coked-up mutant positions i came to after too many parties in georgetown” meemaw in mclean: “inshallah we will send stephen miller to abu ghraib”