Once again I'm asking Democrats to take their messaging cues from the sitting Democratic Senator who is the most vulnerable for re-election in 2026

Good read. My hot take: Trump being Trump but improving w non-white voters in 2024 made Rs hubristic about what they could say/do to non-white voters.

Honestly, I would be happy for my taxpayer dollars to pay for this. Let some red-state people see the world outside of their bubble. But organized, in a way that’s designed to maximize their exposure to the wider world. See that the rest of the planet is not their enemy.

This is unequivocally true.

I say this as a huge Weird Al fan raising a huge Weird Al fan: The correct answer is whatever big song of his came out when you were 12.

Of all the insane fringe takes one encounters in very left social media circles, few more detached from reality than the idea that the US Democratic Party is hostile to trans rights (or queer people broadly). Cassie’s take here is correct. The party cannot win over behind who deny these realities.

Nothing makes me feel like liberals are wearing some magical “They Live” glasses that show them a different reality than everyone else than how obvious it always was that Donald Trump is a mentally ill sociopath, but the median voter simply saw a charismatic (if roguish) populist.

you have to vote for the democrat in november 2028. any other option - voting republican, not voting, voting third party - is completely and totally morally unacceptable and should result in your expulsion from polite society

Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?

"As recently as 2019, blue states had better average test scores than red states, after adjusting for demographics; now, red states are mostly ahead. We used to say that education was the civil rights issue of the 21st century, and if so, we should be ashamed." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...

I have no idea what you’re talking about. What rules? Joe Biden campaigned (and governed) significantly to the left of where he was probably naturally inclined, in an effort to keep allies like Warren and Sanders happy. But ultimately the left is a minority of Dems, it will compromise more.

the reflexive response in the nyc subreddits to calling out this behavior is “mind your own business” and man do i hate that specific New York City behavioral tic

I’ve been deep into planning a trip to China. One week each in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing. The primary purpose of the trip is to complete my travel bucket list of visiting every Disney theme park, but I’ll also obviously be visiting major landmarks too. Drop any recommendations you have.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t criticize Dems - of course not - but acting like “a mediocre Dem versus an actual fascist” is a tough choice is extremely unhelpful for people trying to build a broad united front against fascism.

We can’t trust anything coming out of this administration. It’s getting tiresome.

Yes, the most exhausting thing about the far-left is responding to their completely fictional version of the Democratic Party (one that is not, for instance, one of the most visibly pro-trans parties on Earth). And where they believe punishing America with fascism is justified by Dem failures.

yeah nothing says “I’m an adult” like screaming about how the America is nothing more than a genocidal racist empire from the very start with absolutely nothing noteworthy about its founding

BART in SF used new gates to essentially eliminate fare evasion. And then… it also essentially eliminated vandalism & all sorts of other problems in the system. This is why fare evasion is not primarily a money issue. It’s about maintaining basic order in the system, and keeping bad actors at bay.

Cool video showing a US journalist exploring the trains and transit options to get between the different sites in northern Italy where the Olympics are being held. www.instagram.com/reel/DUbQg3x...

God bless Dan McQuade (RIP) for never letting folks forget about the politics of AEW's chief rival, WWE.

Another Green-Wood walk, late afternoon.

Not one reporter in the room willing to ask to be treated with respect. Not one.

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TACO does not go far enough in capturing the dysfunction of Trump's threats to the rest of the world. Everything he says about his interactions with others is unreliable for assessing what will happen. In this sense, he might as well be ignored.

Oooops! 🤷🏻‍♂️

This, of course, happened in Spring and Summer of 2020, and too many on the left felt that they needed let it happen out of ideological solidarity. It’s good to see that lessons were learned from why that turned out so wrong.

No the “anarchists in bloc” flocking in to fight ICE are very specifically interlopers. Minneapolis is being protected by ordinary neighbors using tactics that they are comfortable with and can learn. That’s why there are tens of thousands of people involved.

The "organizer" code of conduct here, where we don't "snitch" on arsonist allies, is not going to be widely shared by the people who make Minnesota's resistance possible. They will not see fires or violence in the street as good or righteous. I know this because I know many, many of these people.

I am at a loss to understand why GDC isn’t suing over Gateway and why the MTA isn’t suing over 2nd Ave. yet. They still seem to think they can negotiate with or placate the lunatics in the White House.

Yeah no. Don’t set random fires in my neighborhood. People live here actually

The responses to this are why this site has gotten a reputation as the left-wing version of Twitter/X. A bunch of terminally online anarchists & communists (once again trying to hijack protests for their own revolution larp) getting mad at one of the most visible anti-ICE voices in Minneapolis.

The national press desperately misses having Biden around to beat up, so they are vowing to make the 2028 Dem primary all about Biden ... and having the gall to pretend that it's *voters* who want this.

With East River ferry service suspended for several days in a row (a far more common winter occurrence in the 19th century), New Yorkers are getting a real life history lesson a top reason why the Brooklyn Bridge needed to be built.

I attended a panel discussion at the Woolworth Building about the historic building. The panelists: -Carol Willis, Skyscraper Museum -Gregg Pasquarelli, Founding Principal at SHoP Architecture -Ron Castellano, Founder of Studio Castellano -Nate Rogers, Partner at Beyer Blinder Belle Architects

Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?

Trump is clearly not well. At a meeting with oil industry CEO’s Trump suddenly interrupts his introductory remarks, gets up and looks out the window and starts talking about his ballroom. Trump then realizes his mistake and says “unusual time to look”, and sits back down to continue.

Left NIMBYs are fucking bonkers.

I would absolutely choose the same spot.

Once again, the "because you're 12" theory. A lot of people seem to think modern urban fire service is all about big, shiny trucks & heroes rushing into burning buildings, not mostly medical calls, often dealing with the most disadvantaged residents.

Merry Christmas! 🎄

NYC is the most linguistically diverse place on the entire planet. Some of those languages are spoken more here now than in the regions where they originated. Many people are working to document these languages before they disappear forever. www.instagram.com/reel/DSlW2yr...

“Transit YouTubers make longest possible trip with MetroCard” ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

That's because the point of the OMNY system isn't to create a single card. It's to create a more flexible fare payment system that specifically does not require a purchase of a card.

"[T]he United States, the world’s most powerful travel economy, typically enticing tens of millions of international travelers each year, will be the only major nation to experience a downturn in spending this year." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...

Had a great time riding the Holiday Nostalgia Train (vintage 1930s subway cars running on Sundays in December) with Steve this morning. Highlight: Meeting Bernie Wagenblast and Charlie Pellett, famous voices of automated subway announcements, who recorded this video with me.

My friend Steve and I went to the soft opening preview of some of the new experiences at One Times Square. The previews include access to the 19th floor viewing platform, which wraps around the building, and an add-on to get up close and personal experience with the New Year’s Eve ball.

Good writeup here on how Trump 2.0 is turning off growing numbers of international tourists, and costing the US global cultural power + billions of dollars.

Trump’s role in eroding social norms and American dignity will be his lasting legacy.