Clarkson, Kolek, now McCullar… bench production is outlandish right now for New York, especially given that McBride and Shamet are out. If Yabusele would start playing like he does in international tournaments, the Knicks would be a clear chip contender. Still plenty of time, of course…

1984 with Matthew Rhys as Winston Smith.

I think you need Kermit as Odysseus and then someone like Margot Robbie as Penelope

This game has happened before but I want to revive it. What story would you give the Muppet Christmas Carol treatment, where one character is played by a human and the rest are muppets? And who would the human actor be? I’ll start: The Odyssey, with Pedro Pascal as Odysseus.

We already have a public insurance company that insures the oldest, sickest, most-expensive-to-insure people. Expanding that program to younger, healthier, cheaper-to-insure people does not pose an insurmountable logistical challenge.

And Donavan Mitchell, who was NOT him

“Do you support the United States’ right to exist as a Christian and democratic country?”

Posted these 5 years ago today and I stand by them.

Don’t let this sophistry muddle your thinking. Remember what is important: every wealthy country in the world has either a nationalized healthcare delivery system or a nationalized health insurance system, and the US is wealthier than all of them.

The Intercept reports on the companies that are making millions as ICE bounty hunters: theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...

Bari Weiss got her start in public life as a pro-censorship activist, and that is how she’s conducting herself in her newfound position of power. That she ever acquired a reputation as a champion of free speech is simply a testament to the power of the grift.

James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people

The Be Prepared rhyme scheme is diabolical

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

Outnumbering your enemy is not enough. *Strength* in numbers requires a shared sense of purpose. That must be cultivated. Understanding and relationships must be built. This is the work most people don't want to do. To turn moments into lasting movements, we need organization.

25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.

What a difference a Bari Weiss makes

This was a great year for music! Several albums could have been included here but I cut myself off at 25! In case you want my recommendations:

Just as “It’s a problem that young people get their news from social media” here means “It’s a problem that young people are not subject to our consent manufacturing apparatus,” “They don’t know the history” means “They know the history we haven’t approved.”

A Jet 2 holiday would have beat the Wiz.

Primary 2026: Elect as many fighting progressives as possible. General election 2026: End as much GOP governing power as possible. #2026midterms #midterms

The answer, functionally, is: Palestinians.

If airstrikes “test” a ceasefire, what violates one?

Union busters told us immigrants are a threat to wages. Neo-Nazis told us student protesters are a threat to Jews. Child rapists told us trans women are a threat to kids. And too many people who should know better just went right along.

If you take down a memorial to a slaver who made war on the United States, that is a disrespectful attempt to erase history. If you take down a memorial to Black soldiers who fought for the United States, that is making America great again.

Our National Director, Jonathan Jacoby, is deeply concerned by the divisive and hyperbolic response from some corners of the American Jewish community to the election of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

Over 35 Million people in the US live below the federal poverty line

Things I hope Sefaria incorporates in the coming years: 1. Overlays breaking down which lines are of J, E, D, and P authorship 2. Audio companions so you can hear how the text is chanted in assorted tropes כן יהי רצון

Glad to see more people noting that, whatever divisions there may be on Palestine-Israel, the tradition of "sewer socialism" which Mamdani represents is actually a deeply Jewish tradition. forward.com/culture/7816...

The ADL is terrified that the Mamdani administration will continue to demonstrate that a genuine, tangible commitment to the well-being of Jews in America can coexist alongside staunch opposition to the policies of a country on the other side of the planet. It hurts their bottom line

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I’m already feeling safer wearing a kippah on the street

serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them

Zohran winning Upper West 👀

“Did you vote the way Kathy Hochul, Tish James, and Jerry Nadler said to vote, or the way Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and Elon Musk said to vote?” should not be a difficult question for a Democratic Senator from New York to answer.

This would be a fine message from someone who is not the national leader of one of the political parties.

May the memory of Cheney’s crimes against democracy be a blessing upon us as we struggle to undo his evil work.

The route from Trump’s childhood home to Cuomo’s

The political reign of those who grew up in the red circle isn’t long for this world. Byron Brown: done in politics. Eric Adams: done in politics. Andrew Cuomo: done in politics. After tomorrow, there’s just the big one left. They want us to believe he’ll be in the White House forever. Nope.

Dreadful loss.

Chag Weeping At The Marathon Sameach to all whose practice it is to observe

Central to the Trump regime’s “warrior ethos” is being a gigantic coward

May Zohran win an outright majority, so Cuomo isn’t even able to blame his humiliating loss on Sliwa’s refusal to drop out.

Perhaps interesting to note that previously Podhoretz took a much more permissive attitude toward flagrant antisemitism on the right.

BREAKING: Both Satmar factions decide not to endorse a candidate for mayor and decry the vicious campaign against Mamdani that paints him as hostile to Jews. In letters to their community members, the Satmar leadership calls the attacks against Mamdani false and dangerous.

Stagflation The Fed Chair is describing stagflation but does not want to say the word.

When I face my next misfortune, embarrassment, or disgrace, I hope I remember Andrew Cuomo’s abject moral bottoming-out and endeavor to retain even a shred of dignity and self-respect.

This is the person. And yet all some of my colleagues’ energy these days goes into fighting a Brown Muslim who hangs out with Jews and wants to increase the NYC hate crime budget by 800%. 📣 WHITE SUPREMACY IS THE REAL ENEMY 📣 SOLIDARITY IS THE ONLY WAY HOME 💥COLLECTIVE LIBERATION OR BUST 💥

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.” It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”