Don’t do this. It almost certainly violates local health codes, the food pantry won’t accept it, and if they do, they will throw it in the trash. Donate money.

Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart. If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.

sometimes he gets real close to making a good point, but he doesn't even realize that's what he's doing. the answer to this is some sort of single-payer or national health service that cuts out the profit-seeking insurer. but that's never where these guys end up.

always appreciate my hyperlocal news outlet focusing on the real issues, like an almost imperceptible typo in the Fairway sign.

that it's a blinkist ad only makes this 1000% funnier.

My dad's not even on here and he's getting called out like this.

We have reached “my silly history podcasts have lost their minds due to trump” (in the best way) overcast.fm/+AA2oF38I36E

always kind of astonishing how they *almost* get it but then their answer is "so no one should get healthcare" instead of "everyone should get option 1". (also, no one gets 'free government healthcare'. we all pay taxes. yes, even the people on Medicaid.)

Right wing men: being a wife and a mother is the most important job in the world. Also right wing men: that bitch should have gotten a “real” job instead of taking my money.

Gonna be really funny when Mike Johnson still refuses to reconvene the house to vote for this addition to the CR because he’s more worried about releasing the Epstein files.

So far I’ve only seen four names confirmed to cave: Hassan/Shaheen/King/Kaine. Who are the others?

Imagine looking at Election Day…five days ago, seeing the voters in your state vote for dems in historically massive margins, and then deciding your next best move is to roll over and cave to the republicans.

We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.

This is the point at which you still hold firm and let the republicans nuke the filibuster so that they take all of the blame for this shitshow. Now it’s gonna be entirely framed as dem’s fault.

Even if Schumer is still opposed to this cave, the fact that he can’t hold his caucus together is a fucking problem.

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

This is not a deal — it's an empty promise. Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families. Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

The other clue overall is that 5th avenue (which doesn’t run to lower manhattan) isn’t famous for being where investment bankers are. it’s famous for being where all the flagship retail is located.

I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.

Even the eras that we think of as being incredibly abundant (post WWII in particular) were buoyed on the backs of entire classes of people who were simply not permitted in overwhelmingly white, male workplaces except in the most subservient roles.

A colleague of mine was telling me how she’s on a mission to see as many older/aging bands before they’re not around anymore, and she’s really waiting for a FM tour, except she needs to fly to whatever city they start in because there’s no guarantee they will not break up again in the middle 🤣

This guy is now just stalking me from behind my block because I had the temerity to block him.

Yep. This was honestly one of the reasons for the ubiquity of video rental stores.

The mayor can’t even get residents here to move their cars for street cleaning. But this choad (tuberville, not Filipkowski) seems to think we’re all suddenly gonna convert? Our greatest mayor (TM) was both Italian and jewish but was actually a practicing Presbyterian. We contain multitudes.

Just going back to the talking filibuster would cut about 90% of the nonsense that goes on now, and would still give the special children of the senate the theoretical possibility to jam things up that they really want to jam, rather than being a de facto 60 votes for EVERYTHING.

It’s actually good for the retirement-eligible cops to retire. They cost the most (highest paid, gobble up tons of overtime) and are often the most resistant to change.

I may have overbought a bunch of unnecessary Barilla spaghetti today because I read this immediately before going to the grocery store.

This is even more ridiculous than mayor. he doesn’t actually live in the city, and doesn’t like the city. if he wants to run for a house seat, he could actually run in the district where he does live. (this is aside from the fact that this sex pest just won’t STOP)

Thinking about the many times I've seen "Obama is ignorant" or "AOC doesn't understand economics" or the like while Trump belches out a half-baked insincere proposal for a two-step version of the same ACA subsidy he's trying to eliminate.

[Goose meme] WHO WILL THE PEOPLE PURCHASE THEIR HEALTHCARE FROM? WHO?!![end goose meme]

This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇

The absolute gall of this administration full of Christian dominionists suddenly, well, getting religion on the separation of church and state because clergy is embarrassing them. (Also obviously they are wrong on both the law and morality)

This whole thing is bullshit but what the actual fuck is that part about questioning a random Chicago guy about his awareness of Mamdani?

Do they think he’s already mayor? It’s completely normal to take a little vacation in between the end of a year of absolutely grinding campaigning and when you start the job on January 1. Also phones and the internet exist.

it's starting! and by "it" I mean end of year gift lists that I mostly browse for stuff I might like.

I'm mildly amused at how all of these are staffing issues and then LaGuardia, as always, is just "fucking wind".

Do not try and undermine the needs of a district with your attempt to get the perfect candidate elected. Tuesday is our blueprint. Run everywhere and run the best candidate for that specific district. If we do that, the Republican party’s dominance will soon be a distant nightmarish memory. 8/

This whole thing is a mess, but I’d like to see what the overall cancellation board looks like. For instance, is it easier to cancel flights between NY<=>DC because a lot of people can re-direct themselves to the Acela if necessary?

My description the other night was that it had some deep early 90s cable access vibes, and that was awesome.

Thinking this morning about how in the last two days, my Lebanese sister-in-law's instagram feed is just alternating videos of Mamdani winning with reminders to the Lebanese diaspora on how to register vote in next year's parliamentary elections. I think that's cool.

This was genuinely the most important (technocratic) reason to vote for mamdani over cuomo - mamdani is well-liked in the assembly, and Hochul saw his popularity and jumped on board, whereas Cuomo spent his entire tenure making sure everyone in Albany hated him.

American Jews have spent the last 75 years fighting against the notion that we have some sort of dual loyalty and thus are not real americans and Schumer's just out there all "oh no I prioritize Israel over my own constituents". Fucker.

I’m sure this will continue to be absolutely fine…four weeks before the busiest travel week of the year.

Well, it was just a normal show, no surprise mayor-elects, but Ana Gasteyer was so fucking funny that I was crying from laughing so hard. Hope all of it makes it to the podcast version.

one reason for this is the filibuster ultimately saves republicans from their worst policies. I don't want those policies, but I've begun to think that the only way to break through this issue is for them to get what they claim to want and for the rest of us to suffer the consequences.

Love getting lectures on what is a crime from a french guy who I first learned about when he defended his buddy Dominique Strauss Khan against rape allegations.

No one's forcing you to use the free stuff! we've had free Pre-K and 3K for years now and there are parents who still pay for the bougie nonsense that they think will be a pipeline to Harvard for their toddlers.

I LIKED Mario Cuomo and I have never once called this the Mario Cuomo bridge. (I am a person who literally grew up on the western end of the old bridge)

Identify yourself: I'm the blonde lady with the big headphones and glasses, with an I [heart] NY tote (sans dog though).