Cuomo is to the Yankees as Mamdani is to the Mets. Cuomo is to Quake as Mamdani is to Quisp. Cuomo is to Goofus as Mamdani is to Gallant. Cuomo is to Goliath as Mamdani is to David. To anyone under 55, look them up. To everyone, vote for the guy who fights for the underdog. #mamdani

Philosopher Richard Rorty would have agreed. He thought conversation in a democracy included shaming and embarrassing those whose anti-democratic statements demean or harm others. In fact, it's all that has really ever worked to limit bigotry and bring the marginalized inside the community.

It’s now Germany in 1936. #charliekirk #trump

This.

When exactly will Trump shift from “the job numbers are cooked!” to “this slowdown is exactly what we wanted to happen to fix global trade”.

The fourth estate is abdicating its vital duty to perform checks and balances in a democracy.

Whether you call it a Hoagie in Philly or a Spukie in Boston, it’s a hero everywhere. #sandwichguy

A guy found politicians’ Spotify playlists. The scandalous facts: JD Vance is still 15 years old. Karoline Leavitt wakes up nightly deeply conflicted. Mike Johnson has a steamy side. Pam Bondi needs to release the Epstein files. Ron DeSantis is as boring as u thought. panamaplaylists.com

1)This is a good take. Newsom has run MAGA into a corner knowing they will take the opposite position on anything to own the libs. Remember when the Fox crowd went crazy because Michelle Obama wore sleeveless dresses that !exposed her upper arms!, only to then… allchronology.com/2025/08/23/n...

Stewart & Colbert aren’t comedians. Theyre political satirists who understand that telling truth to power requires a veil of humor. Stewart is an incisive critic. Whether he can succeed as a politician is up for grabs. The celebrity factor does seem, strangely, right. zeteo.com/p/should-jon...

J Crew has joined the resistance.

The most incisive piece of independent journalism I’ve seen. Call it citizen journalism. We need more of this.

Space Farce www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Hi billionaire Peter Theil, I guess it’s scary for you to see the “ancien regime” of the ultrawealthy has been “unveiled”, so much so that we’re meant to follow be distracted by your libertarian fever dream—while your class tries to build a future where you rule us. www.ft.com/content/a46c...

Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the Whitehouse roof. Ronald Reagan promptly removed them when he entered office. Joy and hope for the future vs. vindictiveness and reactionary policies. We’ll be seeing so much more of the latter in a few weeks. #JimmyCarter

Instead of giving so much H2O to Elon Musk, we should be talking about JPMorganChase chairman & CEO Jamie Dimon’s support of the “Buffet Rule”: tax those making over 1 mil/year at 30% or more. He said we need a billionaire’s tax or we’ll have a revolution. #billionairestax #musk #jamiedimon

And it’s something you can’t even ask your doctor about.

What book were you assigned that you initially scoffed at or dreaded, only to see that book today as memorable or even profound? Fledgling by Octavia Butler was assigned in a doctoral class. I thought, vampire science fiction??? Drop an image here. #booksky #octaviabutler #fledgling

Day 20 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #betweentheworldandme #tanehisicoates

Day 19 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky

Day 18 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #theoverstory #richardpowers

Day 17 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky

Day 15 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #annakarenina #tolstoy

Day 15 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #artasexperience #americanphilosophy #johndewey

Day 15 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #bloodmeridian #cormacmccarthy

Day 14 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #thomaswolfe #lookhomewardangel

1/2 Trump is a piece of (art)work. He’s the embodiment of postmodernism: Rhetoric over Reason. Pastiche. Object and performance. Dissolution of guiding institutions. #art #trump #postmodernism

Day 13 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #hermannhesse

Day 12 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #Nietzsche

Day 11 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #tonimorrison

It’s vital we break things down and find reasons to be hopeful.

Day 10 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #richardrorty #americanphilosophy

How about we stop electing people who have to pardon their corrupt buddies, sycophants, and family members.

Joe Biden is the ultimate lawnmower parent plowing his child’s obstacles out of the way. It’s a bad parenting practice. It’s a worse presidential practice. #hunterbiden

Day 9 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #jung

Day 8 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

Day 7 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

Day 6 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

Day 5 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

Finding all the political voices on Bluesky that I used to follow on Twitter / X, but whose posts I no longer ever saw there, is like being greeted by familiar faces as I walk into an emergency shelter after a catastrophe.

Day 4 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

Day 3 Choose 20 books... #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

1/2 The next four years will be tumultuous because chaos is central to Trump’s manner of ruling over others. We are repeating an 80 cycle, the last two turns of which produced WWII and the Civil War. We might see something on their magnitude again. #trump

Day 2 Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

1 Three of the books I’ve savored recently foreground the importance of HOPE in our personal and social worlds. While presenting hope in quite different contexts (social justice, personal resilience, and leadership studies) these books speak to our current circumstances.

1/20 #booksky #books