“We’ll shoot the hostage unless you cave” doesn’t work if you’ve been shooting hostages for fun for the last ten months.

These guys are psychotically devoted to starving Americans. It’s sick.

more people live in Bushwick than South Bend

I do not believe that anti-Zionism is antisemitic, and I have consistently argued against those who say it is, but if you see the act of condemning anti-Diaspora antisemitism as inherently Zionist and pro-Israel, you are really telling on yourself.

“Hi, I’m trying to buy something but everything is locked away” “[smiles] and how is your day going?”

oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis

How many possible ways can we all tell Andrew Cuomo to fuck off?

The Republican message right now is "we're going to make your lives so much fucking worse for no good reason"

Even the use of the word “plan” is sane-washing.

In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.

Good longer read on Justice Jackson’s response to a very tricky situation tonight from @stevevladeck.bsky.social: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf

This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇

I also think this is what’s happening, and it’s extremely not great to touch the stove this way.

This sucks ass but it’s probably the correct procedural opinion considering everything going on. The First Circuit should figure out how to rule immediately really.

its been a disorienting week, but the thing i still cant truly comprehend is that they are willing to shut down air travel in the united states to avoid releasing the epstein files. like, we are talking chernobyl level toxicity in those files. some of the most radioactive stuff youve never seen

There's no amount of awareness from Alex Zeldin that makes him realize how bad this level of posting psychosis is for everyone else who's Jewish and hasn't lost their mind over the mayoral election.

I would imagine even this Supreme Court will take Trump to screw off, but this is how hard they're fighting to ensure that fellow Americans can't get access to food. Ghouls.

Man they’re already scraping the bottom of the the barrel for things to get mad about

Every time I see this room it blows me away anew how fucking ugly it is

Strongly thinking the Republicans do not actually want to reopen the government. This is stove-touching to the extreme.

OK, one, there is a reason to go to wartime footing, and that is war. I get that he is excited about war but that doesn't mean there is one. Two, we get it: you heard someone say FAFO and thought it was cool. It is not actually cool. Maybe you should say we will get 67 drones or something?

Dems proposed a deal they knew was DOA, now R’s can deal with air traveling halt, the President not wanting to do Food Stamps, him trying to kill the filibuster dividing them, and rising economic discontent weeks before thanksgiving R’s can’t afford more of this

This is a screenshot from when I went on Brian Lehrer's CUNY TV show a few days shy of my 25th birthday in 2008.

Truly what is his current ailment? He looks awful. Rapidly thinning hair, sunken eyes.

Very obvious what song should win the Grammy here.

Heartbreaking, Worst Person You Know, etc.

"No one likes me, I win."

I also looked around the election results this week and decided that now is the optimal time to lick Trump's ass. How embarrassing.

In the last 24 hours, Sean Duffy has proudly proclaimed he's willing to ruin Thanksgiving, Trump has said all of the money you pay for groceries is a lie, and now they are actively fighting to keep people hungry. It's amazing how notable the lack of adults in the room is this time around.

This might be one of the most monumentally insane things a government has done

This is so embarrassing, man. The six most influential Republicans in the country with the unreviewable power to make the law whatever they want, patting each other on the back for their courage. Butter-soft.

What is Kavanaugh talking about? Genuinely, what "cost" has Sam Alito incurred for his values or opinions or whatever? People who already didn't like him before now like him even less? These people are such babies, man. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Lotta good back and forth in the various strains of this thread about Jay Jacobs, but I really just want to focus on Brian's last line here. Nassau County Dems - Suozzi, Gillen, Jacobs - all spent more time melting down over Mamdani than boosting their own candidates. It's a huge failure.

Everything Rich Azzopardi has said to the press since Tuesday night is specifically designed to make him look like an even bigger asshole than he is. This guy should never get a job in politics again.

Good morning from the NY Times cooking email.

Constitutional crisis?

Does anyone understand why Jay Jacobs still has that job? I feel like I should and I don’t.

LitHub is a great site run by an old college friend of mine, and I'm really sensing a sea change when the literary community is willing to directly attack The Times like this. I have no idea what it means.

These operations would be unlawful even if those murdered had all been criminals. But it's important to show just how much deception is involved from start to finish in this gruesome charade.

Walmart is selling a loss-leader thanksgiving dinner and that means the economy is solved!

800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel. Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire. Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year. Glad everything worked out for them. How about you?

*Democrats demand costs be subsidized, Republicans shut down the government to prevent it* ABC News: abcnews.go.com/amp/US/insan...

“Fedora”

Kinda wild things have been going real bad for the Everyone is 12 politicians and pundits since it was tweeted

John Updike remains undefeated. “The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.”

In May, Trump accepted a 747 jetliner from Qatar valued at $200 million. Federal prosecutors have now opened a corruption investigation into Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, examining a foreign trip she took with members of her staff that was paid for by Qatar. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

A winning argument. Keep going, buddy. bsky.app/profile/atru...