ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*

it is very amusing that the DC abundance bros are mad about Lina Khan being one of Zohran’s transition co-chairs even though the other co-chair is Maria Torres Springer, NYC’s ultimate abundance YIMBY technocrat

Arguing with a toaster

Y'all 😭

The Grifter Collaborative

Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

I'm sorry but she made the sculpture 100% better www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kind of hope this is a rainmaker situation for the murderbot companies.

I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

at some point they are going to just stop the live events i mean jfc

Most of the Tesla shareholder proposals are like "Tesla is an incredible company, but maybe we should make sure we have some basic accountability or make sure we aren't exploiting child labor" and the board recommends against all of them

if you’re only a casual Tesla watcher you might not realize that Elon has mostly pivoted away from cars and is now constantly talking about populating the earth with humanoid robots

Puerto Rico would absolutely be a swing state, fwiw.

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Should women be hated as witches or patronized as overgrown children? The paper of record debates the two available options.

Donald Trump for Prison: 20-Forever www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

I guess she wasn’t compliant enough with the occupation of DC.

All this means is they haven't paid their bribe to Trump yet. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/t...

They have the time to tweet at me but no time for Trump to pick up a phone and negotiate huh?

The “Home Goods” White House: @governor.ca.gov

FUN FACT: The number of people signed up for today’s chat is greater than the number of people who voted for JD Vance’s half-brother on Tuesday. There’s a lot to discuss! @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social will see you at 3p ET/12p PT.

a lot of the former Heritage guys are turning into the joker

Seems that Donald's "irrefutable fact" was refutable after all . . .

watching hanania despair about the reality of modern right wing politics is kinda funny

Metaphor Alert

Any word on this?

Dr Oz talking about obesity, diabetes and dementia while Trump is slumped over like a man minutes from death is supremely funny content

He is so pissed off that someone bothered him with their own problem.

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

We might find out very soon if Trump has the juice for 2028 or not… www.axios.com/2025/11/04/t...

Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con. Please.

While the NYT's asks if feminism ruined the workplace, the Washington Post gives us a look into a workplace without feminism

There will be much said about Nancy Pelosi, the greatest Speaker in modern history (& yes, imperfect otherwise). For now, I'll simply note that, along with passing the ACA, she (& Biden) spent the last 4 years passing some of the most progressive legislation in 🇺🇸 history, with threadbare majorities.

Literally, what?

If it's true that RealClearPolitics removed their polling average of the VA Attorney General race because it was wrong, that should really be the nail in the coffin for them. It's GOP polling propaganda that hasn't been rigorous or transparent in a long time (www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-pollin...)

New: Women candidates, running on affordability, powered many of Dems’ big wins last night. Aside from the VA and NJ gov races, women made up a large % of those who flipped VA House seats + set a record for women’s representation in that chamber 19thnews.org/2025/11/demo...

Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

One of the grieving parents in this photo works at the White House, btw. Imagine going to work for an administration that would do this to your family. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/b...

This is legitimately big news, and likely sets up a crowded primary. There are a LOT of Democrats in San Francisco who have been waiting a LONG time for their shot. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

There's apparently an alternate reality where Zohran Mamdani is running a trendy coffee shop in Milwaukee's Third Ward and I'm not going to be able to get it out of my head.

Wow, what an interesting question. Looking forward to follow-ups, “Did Black People Ruin the Workplace,” “Did Gays Ruin the Workplace,” “Did Jews Ruin the Workplace,” etc

The hed now reads "Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace" and the dek reads "And if so, can conservative feminism fix it?" ✌🏾Conservative feminism✌🏾 is an oxymoron.

Oxymoron

"Nippon Steel: U.S. steel market conditions worse than expected" www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

It unraveled at conception because it was incredibly stupid.

It’s crazy how the entire national platform from discretionary spending to diplomacy has become a series of make-a-wish projects for a senile octogenarian.

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

The reality was both Dem candidates were equally good and both GOP candidates were equally bad. But in VA the Republican nominee was a black woman, so media had no hesitation about simply calling her bad and in NJ the nominee was a known quantity who had done surprisingly well before.

What else would explain all of her recent behavior?