What a streak

This is a pattern of politicization across the Trump administration, but the threats are more existential in the military, which has tried to stay above politics. The country does not need Generals promoted because they will do anything Trump or Hegseth asks of them. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

A very generous column by @bgrueskin.bsky.social today, in Columbia Journalism Review, highlighting the work of our team at @boltsmag.org. Bolts is "one uniquely excellent place" to learn what's at stake in elections, he says. I'm glad this resonated with many of you this week! Thanks for reading!

“Democrats need charismatic young candidates who understand today’s fractured information ecosystem and know how to inspire hope in those who feel deeply disaffected. And to run candidates like that, older ones must make way.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...

NEW: For decade or more, the the majority of U.S. political support for Israel has come from the right. Now there are serious signs that support may be crumbling. full story www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...

It surprises me that Musk’s arrogant, autocratic, incompetent, mistake-prone, drug-addled, and deadly reign at DOGE is not mentioned. Nor does it discuss his Nazi salute, support for far-right political causes, and turning Twitter into a purveyor of lies and hate. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

For @forward.com, I wrote about the right’s bad bet on antisemitism and why acting as though mainstream right wing antisemitism started last week is deeply misguided forward.com/opinion/7820...

It was great to talk with friends at @jewishcurrents.bsky.social on Nick Fuentes & rising anti-Zionism on the Right. Why is the Right fracturing over Israel right now? What do we do when they weave in unmistakable antisemitism, with real critique of Israel's genocide & repression of speech?

On a side note--I have been reading @404media.co more and more and they do some really fantastic reporting on issues that I find really important (AI in particular). Just became a subscriber. Check them out if you have time: www.404media.co

Jake is a resourceful political reporter with deep access to the White House; he goes out of his way to befriend everyone in the newsroom; and he is tireless at promoting our work on TV. WIRED will carry on politics reporting with his legacy, but he deserves a better employer and platform.

This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop. Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.

I was one of the four people who got canned. In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply

On the new episode of On the Nose, Arielle Angel, Daniel May, Andrew Marantz, & @benlorber8.bsky.social discuss Nick Fuentes on Tucker Carlson, Norman Finkelstein on Candace Owens, and the newfound influence of the anti-Israel right. jewishcurrents.org/confronting-...

Never been a better time for journalists and politicians to get off of X.

“HOW ELON MUSK IS BOOSTING THE BRITISH RIGHT: For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does.” news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

#tbt sorry we missed this, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

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

Democrats have spent the last nine months wringing their hands about how now one cares about climate or energy policy, blah blah blah. Meanwhile, HIGH ELECTRICITY PRICES were key to Democrats winning in Georgia, New Jersey and Virginia. Maybe, uh, people do care? www.axios.com/2025/11/05/n...

love the idea of an ambitious, hyper-competent government. basically the root of my politics.

Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection. The arrest reportedly took place in front of children. 19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...

"It is a profound mistake to treat the 2024 presidential election as a referendum on the ideological direction of the United States or as evidence of a realignment or whatever else you happen to have as your hobbyhorse." - @jamellebouie.net is right as usual www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...

I had some incredibly depressing conversations with older Jews just before the election. One likened Mamdani to Trump lying about Project 2025. They sincerely believe his goal as mayor is to harm Jews.

“If this is an opportunity for Democrats to win back lost ground — and it is — then it is also a warning to a Republican Party that has tied its entire identity to the man from Mar-a-Lago,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.

I happen to think our CUNY @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social map is a bit more detailed & hopefully as visually appealing & even more useful (20 filters, comparison w/2021, and overlays to display subways, NYCHA sites, & Council districts). Hope it's helpful! www.urbanresearchmaps.org/electioncomp...

This NYT map of election results is gorgeous, reader-friendly, and in the case of this 🎁 link, free. If you've ever lived in NYC, visited it, or watched an episode of Seinfeld or Friends, you'll want to spend time clicking around www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Along with everything else, Trump admitting the shutdown led to a bloodbath for Republicans should at an absolute minimum lead Dem Senators to shelve their apparent plan to prematurely cave. He's admitting he and the GOP are in a weak position, Dems. Exploit that!

i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count

I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not

As a Jewish person I’m safer in a city with Zohran Mamdani as mayor than in a country with Donald Trump as president. That some Jews are freaking out about the former and totally okay with the latter is mind-boggling.

We've already offered incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani a list of the livable streets movement's low-hanging fruit that he could quickly accomplish on Day 1 to make the city a better place. Now, the hard work must begin.

This quality of reporting is what made Teen Vogue indispensable—and why what's happening to it is so infuriating. Withholding SNAP could cause "the greatest hunger catastrophe in America since the Great Depression." A 22-year-old with diabetes said: "It's like a death sentence for people like me."

Amazing how upfront and unfiltered he is about his ongoing authoritarian project. The goal is to make sure the opposition can never win, and he flat-out says it.

NEW: ALL FOUR PRO-HOUSING BALLOT QUESTIONS PASS!!! For the first time, New Yorkers had the chance to choose more housing at the ballot box—and they chose it overwhelmingly. This is a historic victory for housing that will help make NYC more affordable. 🧵

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Pretty, pretty good

I love Brad Lander. I just want him to hang around the city and say hi to folks. Called something like “the city’s buddy.” He asks if you need a coffee or something when he runs to the bodega. You have to venmo him after but he’ll round down and ask for less than it cost

so it turns out that fascism is unpopular

If you want the granular look at how the NYC mayoral candidates perform in neighborhoods across the city, you'll want to watch this precinct-level map, which will update as results start coming in.

Trump tries to build a fake wall of inevitability around everything he does. Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.

Massive night for voting rights & democracy: -California passes Prop 50 -Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court -Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg -Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting -KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push

Today, New York voters made history, passing Proposals 2-5 and clearing the way for the affordable housing we deserve! ✅🌆🗳️ @opennewyork.org @bradlander.bsky.social @marklevinenyc.bsky.social @donovanrichards.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Spanberger-Sherill-Zohranism lives

The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.

Cuomo Announces Plan To Govern New York City As Independent https://theonion.com/cuomo-announces-plan-to-govern-new-york-city-as-independent/

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

Mamdani and ballot props 2–5 all winning is such a great result for urbanism. Get in losers, we're building housing and modernizing city records!

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM