Hurrah to the @mta.info for getting this additional entrance to Grand Central -- the NE corner of 47th & Madison (under the new JPMC tower) completed over the holiday weeks. I saw no announcement of this anywhere. This will alleviate the jam across the street at the SE corner. Thanks!

I have yet to opine on Mamdani or the NYC race, but this unearthed quote bears some consideration. This quote is probably not a surprise to his critics -- or even to his defenders: "when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it's been laced by the IDF" www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news... Thread: 1/n

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We've been in a slow-motion government shutdown for months, as the Trump administration withheld appropriated funds and engaged in mass firings. Now we're going to finally admit it. From me and @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social: prospect.org/politics/202...

@dandrezner.bsky.social @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social @halbfinger.bsky.social help us understand the latest Israel-Gaza peace proposal. Surely both sides have had varying ceasefire proposals on the table for nearly 2 years now. How is this one different from all other ones?

Amazing how we couldn’t do what Brazil did: Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

I'm confused about some things here. Help me @joshtpm.bsky.social @davidcorn.bsky.social 1) Surely the real reason for pressing for the release of the "Epstein files" is to embarrass Trump and split the MAGA movement. But what's the *public* reason? That he's breaking a campaign promise to QAnon?

I don't always use Amazon customer service, but when I do, I expect the world's leading retailer in 2025 to have a chatbot that is easy to find. It's not here: www.amazon.com/hz/contact-u... @consumerreports.org @consumerwatchdog.bsky.social @timothynoah.bsky.social Google's preview says it is:

Lawler: "There’s not going to be a primary. There can’t be a primary. It’s a waste of time, money and effort on everybody’s part." translation: Lawler is scheming with the White House to find an ambassadorship for Stefanik. cc: @joshtpm.bsky.social spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...

Tyrannies have commonalities. buff.ly/ah2uBgN

Jewish left: Release the hostages, no matter the cost. Jewish right: Destroy Hamas, no matter the cost. For the last 10 years, Trump has solidly aligned himself with the Jewish right. But... www.cnn.com/2025/06/29/m... why? @dschraub.bsky.social @joshtpm.bsky.social @jonathanbchait.bsky.social

So, per the American Jewish Committee, all civilian deaths during war are to be called "murder"? Umm. @dschraub.bsky.social @joelhs.bsky.social @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social @jaymichaelson.bsky.social

@nickkristof.bsky.social @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social Jodi Ernst's nihilism that the only response to the cruelty of death is *acceptance of Jesus*... needs prompt and clear answers by respected theologians. whowhatwhy.org/politics/us-...

re: newrepublic.com/article/1947... by @caseyquinlan.bsky.social Trade deals are opaque to many of us. Taking on "good faith" that trade deals are never perfect, and supposed to be regularly tweaked... could we ordinary people have a better understanding of this all? (a short thread...)

On @realtimers.bsky.social this past weekend, Rep. Mike Lawler claimed: "we had people throwing things, punching my staff, verbally, accosting my staff." Waitasec. Did that really happen? @donnabrazile.bsky.social had an opportunity to dispute that, but she didn't app.podscribe.com/episode/1335...

The first question about the potentially gifted 747 from Qatar to Trump has been widely asked ("Is it legal?") Now to start asking the bigger question: What's the deal? What is Trump giving up for it? @dandrezner.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @joshtpm.bsky.social

Sure, this is just shooting fish in the barrel -- picking apart the spotty logic of low information voters. But this does seem like a needed first step to capture their votes, no? @msifry.bsky.social @joshtpm.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @jonathanvlast.bsky.social

I've not seen very many reactions here to the latest NYT focus group by @margieomero.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... I do wonder, for these independent voters especially, is there ever *any* attempt to help them with a reality check? Now, I realize that's not the job of the pollster...

"I don’t oppose many of the things that are being done" -- words I wouldn't want on my epitaph. cc: @jaymichaelson.bsky.social @joelhs.bsky.social @dschraub.bsky.social @amysiskind.bsky.social @joshtpm.bsky.social @michellegoldberg.bsky.social @timothynoah.bsky.social @jonathanbchait.bsky.social

I am looking for a contemporary & timely essay reflecting on Passover under our nascent American despot era -- simply listing all of the illiberal offenses of the Trump 2.0 regime. This would echo what we do in the traditional Haggadah text by reading the verses from Exodus (1:11, 1:13)

The ADL has yet to comment on this, as of now.

did I get this right, that Netanyahu is now supporting BDS, he wants to "eliminate the trade deficit" -- and a quick way to do that is for Americans to buy *less* Israeli goods? cc: @joshtpm.bsky.social @jonathanbchait.bsky.social @schraubd.bsky.social nypost.com/2025/04/07/u...

@steve1rattner.bsky.social This raises a lot of questions like where these guys get their news and how much they are really paying attention to what's going on. They have no reservations at all? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/o...

@today.yougov.com you might get more survey responses if they were shorter (or, at least, could advise the surveytaker when they are free to go) And also, let's make sure we're surveying people on reality here:

I'm not part of the Bothsidesing Brigade... but pinch me here, has the NYT put Trump and "Habitual Lying" in an above-the-fold headline on a Sunday before? @pkrugman.bsky.social @dankennedy.net @joshtpm.bsky.social @noupside.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @saletan.bsky.social

the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs

Why wasn't the headline of yesterday or today's NYT this: "TRUMP/MUSK FIRE UNTOLD NUMBERS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES IN VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE; UNLAWFUL AGENCY PURGE CONTINUES UNCHECKED" @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social @joshtpm.bsky.social @dandrezner.bsky.social @dankennedy.net @pkrugman.bsky.social

I'm not in private equity and I've never personally taken over a business, but is it possible that many Americans have a raw or otherwise warped view of how management changes work? @mcuban.bsky.social www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Make America Wait Again. A friend was asking, apropos of nothing, whether anyone knew of any criticism of Hannah Arendt, of all people. El Goog brings up this link first. www.neh.gov/humanities/2... Unfortunately, NEH.gov is apparently down now. Do we need a @downdetector.bsky.social for .gov ?

I realize I'm getting middle-aged and hopelessly nostalgic, but is it too much to return to a time when... college football conferences were regionally organized, pitchers could bat in the National League, and our government was led by people who are neither criminals nor conspiracy theorists.

Quick take on the Meta announcement (subject to revisions later). 1. Duh, of course this is political posturing nonsense. 2. That said, fact checking by the platforms themselves has always been more problematic and less helpful than many people imagine.

We need to address the problem of tracking shame online. The Applied Social Media Lab at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet Studies at Harvard is not yet on BlueSky, so I'll just tag some folks: @jbellack.bsky.social @zephoria.bsky.social @lessig.bsky.social @daniel-solove.bsky.social

I'm wondering if the NYT editors had simply asked their best-known "blended faith" columnist to ask practically how he's going to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah with his families as they're on the same day this year... And this is what David Brooks turned in instead www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/o...

I think we could see mass deportations selectively applied: In blue areas, highly-publicized raids; in some red areas, Trump-allied Rs and favored industries quietly secure forbearance. There's some historical precedent for this, as I document here. newrepublic.com/article/1890...

Can I introduce #BadIsraelTakes on this platform? Here's one, courtesy of JNS: www.jns.org/crush-the-an... "Many Reform and Conservative synagogues have 'social justice' committees. They must be disbanded immediately." cc: @jaymichaelson.bsky.social @schraubd.bsky.social