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Francesca Scorsese is really delivering

Martin Scorsese and his daughter Francesca read Letterboxd reviews and guessed which Scorsese movie they were about.

Wish I could agree with this but left-wing media is a threat to corporate power (complimentary, lol). Think it’s a pretty uphill battle to pitch it as serving any rich person’s business interests. But—

Friends, if you have the means to donate to a local food pantry financially via online giving, I highly encourage you to do that. But I don’t want to discount the importance of actually showing up at the pantry, even if it is just to drop off food. (1/5)

I have a few Mamdani opponent friends and I don’t really know how to go forward when I absolutely believe this is their motivation—that they’re not really afraid socialism will fail, they’re afraid it will succeed.

I thought I had already adjusted this but was glad I went to look—my faith in @bsky.app mods’ judgment has dropped precipitously since I last considered my settings.

Extremely pained that the left contested almost none of these, to my knowledge (will count Nadarius Clark altho idk whether Tidewater DSA has reendorsed him since 2021).

conde nast fired the vp of new york newsguild for asking HR questions

Now that the election is done, I thought it would be nice to share this clip from the field launch back in January. What eventually became a field op with 104,000 people started with about 200. For me, it's a reminder that most great things start small—and that what makes them big is organization.

Hell yes

Everybody opposed to authoritarianism and oligarchy should needs to stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers who are likely going on strike starting November 13 This is a winnable fight — but it'll take all of our support to help workers get past the finish line

Crossing the timeline this evening: “I don't think the US will invade Nigeria.” Gotta be honest, that still sounds like much more of an open question than I am comfortable with 😭

Another mass call.

Wrt NoVa, the deep blue exurban shift has me thinking about @prisonculture.bsky.social’s remark about how easily demagogued USians are. There was only room for Loudoun, Prince William, etc to shift so far left because of how far right they’d swung the year before. That susceptibility is worrying.

Just FYI for anyone who needed a Hot Girls for Zohran shirt and didn’t get one before they cut off sales— They’re now back up on the HG4Z site: hotgirlsforzohran.myshopify.com

Do you really think I'm not ready to break down The Age of Innocence like an NBA roster. Do you think I won't do that at the drop of a hat. Do you think I don't sit around all day longing for someone to ask me the question

Something to be said about a movement so broadly popular as to attract this level of talent in everything it touches.

Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.

good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx

I'm a dues paying member and also there's a mass call tonight.

Really baffled by how much of this is bad faith and how much is sincere delusion.

While we’re going full-bore election nerd— Want to flag that if you give $50 to the brilliant Kenneth Mejia’s reelection campaign for LA controller, not only do you get a free Corgi sweater, but also a personal email from Kenneth to thank you and get it to you?? www.mejiaforcontroller.com

I eyeballed it. Okay, turns out it's nearly *half* of Senators got fewer votes than Mamdani.

You really haven’t lived til you’ve gotten fucked by your “progressive” funder

“In fact this is already happening.”

“And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power.” In one sentence, the difference between DSA cadre and conventional Democrats.

Bluesky rn

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to TAX THE RICH!!

PBS is live from the Mamdani victory party— www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnM_...

Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.

stay tuned

I want this printed on a thousand tshirts

Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't. Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.

roses are red big laughs are hearty

Tonight, Virginia elected: - the first woman to be Governor - the first Muslim and AAPI Lt Governor - the first Black Attorney General And that is the message Virginia Democrats are sending to the world.

The New York Times concedes.

y’all this is nuts

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The race I’m watching in Virginia is Attorney General, a pretty powerful office Dems are threatening to lose. But in super early returns (21/133 precincts reporting), Dem AG candidate Jay Jones is only running 4 points behind the top of the ticket. If that margin holds, should be enough…

I really like this photo in particular.

Polls are now closing in Virginia As always, if you are in line at 7, still allowed to vote Results should come in quickly and I’ll be posting my hot takes Follow results at link below Virginia Department of Elections: enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/publ...

Since a plane just crashed not far from where I live, I’m going to take this moment to beg you to get an air purifier (or two) for your home. This should be part of your climate crisis preparations. And if you can afford it, please purchase one and donate it to your local school or nursing home.

I had less than zero interest in this person until Naomi Klein’s superlative Doppelganger persuaded me she could be instructive by negative example—but really, holy moly WHAT is she talking about???

Just looked up my parents’ NoVa precinct—in the general last year 918 people voted on Election Day. At 2:30 today, my mom was already voter number 730.

At this point, I think this is a good thing. With less than five hours of voting left, he couldn’t help much now anyway, so by all means Senator, please keep digging your own grave for 2028.

Dopamine boost for my timeline.

“Center-left”