And what did Trump get in the end for making Adams’ corruption charges go away? Besides destroying the reputation of SDNY and losing a bunch of career prosecutors.

I wonder what Eric got?

The idea that the "beer summit" was a point of radicalization for right-wingers is utterly incomprehensible.

They did this shit immediately when their favorite TV show was preempted but I guess I’m not very important compared to Jimmy Kimmel

How hard is it to say “invading an American city with the US military is treason and the second we have power we will prosecute anyone who gave or obeyed an illegal order”

complete loser shit

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reminder that you cannot spell aaron judge without “cal raleigh had a nice season but still isn’t the AL MVP”

1-12 now?

you probably need to be of a certain vintage to understand the absolute hilarity of ken starr being in the epstein files

MRW checking out the scores for the morning round at the Ryder Cup

If flooding the zone worked for That — a genuinely massive scandal that would have defined any other administration, but today it’s just a thing that maybe you recall vaguely — then our country is likely irreparably sick

I obviously had… low expectations for this year once the election was called but i honestly think the first moment I Knew how screwed we were — as a nation, our politics, or democratic health, our media — was the trump doj Eric Adams scandal just came & went, like it was another thing in the news

a real pattern here. Chris Christie arguably threw the nomination to Trump, later Trump almost killed him with Covid. but people line up to be toadies even today

This turning-the-stadium-lights-out shit has got to go. If it’s your All-Star closer entering the game, eh, I get it, but Yankee Stadium does it for mid-inning opponent pitching changes with the bases empty and what the fuck is the reason for that?? P.S. I am not a crank.

So the rats won the war already?

They are totally illegal and unconstitutional, they are terrible policy and people hate them.

I don’t think Roberts or ACB (or Kav) will take the off ramp being offered to them but striking down the tariffs is a no-brainer and I think probably a net political winner for the GOP.

This is so true - the city is a museum an increasingly expensive and mostly forgettable one at that

incredible that the Abundance guys took a dead-simple idea (it's better to talk about a future where there's more things and it's good) and made it toxic in part by being the whiniest dweebs.

One of the truly weird culture war flashpoints of this era is how an anti-parasitic on the market for 35 years became the right's cure-all snake oil and popular way of signaling contempt for modern medicine.

TMW prosecuting your political foes is bad but the opponent shouldn't know a moment's peace for 2016...

Ok folks, it’s been 20 minutes since I’ve read this, and I need to stop trying to picture how she thinks this will work.

Big opportunity for the generals to do the funniest thing possible now.

Really interesting tidbits in this latest NYT focus group

I'm gonna die on this hill, but Mangione isn't a political revolutionary. He's a Hobsbawmian "social bandit" whose good looks, choice of unpopular target, and amorphous politics (if any) provided a blank canvas for people to project their hopes and fears on. theracket.news/p/all-we-wan...

yeah this guy is dumber than donkey shit

Also: We had decades of structural encouragement for people to move out to the suburbs and exurbs and surprise, surprise, they stay in their houses more.

Retire and suddenly you have far more energy, time, and freedom to doomscroll, volunteer, and socialize.

Yes, I believe many of us need to spend a lot less time on screens! But FFS, let's not harangue adults and kids about not socializing when workplaces and schools are constantly pushing us to be on screens on and offsite, and when so many people are having to work ridiculous hours.

protesters to politician: doing this one specific thing we all agreeed that we want will get you all of our collective votes politician: wtf why are you being so mean to me

Absolute nerd shit to describe someone one day as "my friend" and then later say that the connection is "through our faith" Brother in that case I'm best friends with Dolly Parton because we enjoy music. Shut up

So they stole it

This shit is drilling holes into people's brains. They're mad at Trump, but they're angry because he's not repeating Russian disinformation about Ukraine, the way Tulsi Gabbard does.

You guys do yourself a favor and look at what Eric Adams wore to Rosh Hashanah services at the Sephardic Lebanese Congregation

Adams possibly getting fewer votes than Curtis Sliwa

Isaac Chotiner has invited me to sample some delicious Amontillado wine and I don’t know guys but I think I’m going to come out of this interview seeming like *quite* the wine expert

Can't wait to see guys like Chisholm blow through those challenges by the third inning

This interview is like one of those boxing matches where someone is down a few points but hanging in there then just wobbles into a right hook un-defended.

SO IMPORTANT to not have an old irish guy in charge of ADNY anymore

SCREAMING

quote this with your reaction to gettin left behind during the rapture

@relevantrachel.bsky.social Have fun!

Evergreen

Joe Manchin singlehandedly blew up Biden's welfare agenda and caused child poverty to ~double. Andrew Cuomo literally conspired with Republicans to give them control of the state Senate