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"You only use 10% of your brain, but allowing blood to pool there at night fuels the brain to repair the body during the day."
Everyone has different thresholds before fight or flight kicks in, but I'm a middle aged woman who has ridden the subway for 25 years and have never felt more than concern that a situation was going to cause a delay.
Have you seen Merchants of Doubt? It explores the comms strategy for the tobacco and fossil fuels industries. In those cases, the goal was never to convince anyone per se, but to keep the debate going so they had freedom to operate while their opponents debunk claims. tubitv.com/movies/10003...
Mamdani on the way to film this.
I think you're missing the most important aspect of the Epstein story...what's the truth about Biden's age?
A-friggen-men. slate.com/news-and-pol...
If DEI were still legal, providing them with adequate support to thrive in a work setting would be an excellent application of it.
It could be a Gen Z thing, but I wouldn't use the word fault. Only the oldest among them reached adulthood pre-pandemic. I'd still rather see them a tad under-socialized than starting life with long-COVID, but I don't think we do them any favors by not acknowledging that those years had no effect.
I think he means James Carville, and lol.
Lander-mania! Finally, I'm on the ground floor of something cool. As bad as Adams' tenure has been, it would have been worse if anyone with less spine had been comptroller.
They can't say "Brown" or complain that he's not sufficiently connected to NY machine politics. They can't criticize his policies without making more NYers aware of them. They're kind of stuck with the experience angle.
NYC does not need these people, and it never has. Anyway, here is a link to EB White's "Here is New York."
The historically reliable method? Ornithomancy.
I meant their political instincts regarding voters which is evident in their not fighting Trump harder. But, wait, you say they're fighting for donors over constituents!? This is not something that I've heard anything about in my 47 active political years! This is valuable use of both our time!
There's a phrase I learned in NYC, "don't waste good worry." What gifts are they even bringing other than an acknowledgement that they're not in the pole position here? I pray they DON'T offer direct campaign support. Their instincts are terrible for this moment. Fastest route to Mayor Sliwa.
Unpopular opinion, but good for them. I'm not saying they deserve a cookie, but they didn't clown themselves in the lead-up, and they're not being jerks now. I still hope Schumer gets primaried, but I don't see this development as bad.
I feel like these are the people who want five years of experience for an entry level civilian job if the candidate isn’t a “cultural fit” - Pete’s highest elected office was mayor of a small town and people are still trying to draft him for president - funny how that works
I have voted for Lander on every ballot he's been on, and that man has never disappointed me.
You love to see this happen to a guy who is absolutely parked in a bike lane right now
Even if they finished all of the absentee and provisional ballots tomorrow morning, they won't start tabulating Round 2 until July 1. But I think the scheduled gap is to ensure they have plenty of time.
They only start counting Round 2 on July 1st after someone doesn't take more than 50% in Round 1 with all votes counted.
And Mamdani was so good wherever he showed up.
Why didn't these dingdongs get behind Lander instead of putting all of their chips on the opportunistic sex pest? He's been the comptroller, is that not experience?
centrists constantly complain about the left being insufficiently partisan and then line up behind a Democrat who handed the state Senate to Republicans and then gerrymandered the state to their benefit
A lot of the younger eligible voters here (who vote) maintain their home registration (e.g. OH, PA) for "maximum impact," while regular voters here are uninformed, nimby, Little Red Glasses-types (and their male counterparts). youtu.be/FPAa7VpOvwU?...
it is funny how many people affiliated with the secret police have had to say "stop making fun of the secret police, the guy in the tac vest that covers him like a training bra is a hero, he tracked down and subdued two hospice orderlies using only the W-2 forms they file annually"
This is so much more interesting than the war over who has better bagels and pizza! NJ Dems didn't fill a generic corn flake box with lead chips, bring it to life, get people to believe it's a human named Kathy, and somehow arrange for it to be governor.
But I do want to push back on Dems being bad in general. There's a lot of talent in the Midwest where the party can't hope to win with a slate of hot garbage.
The NY Democratic Party is the worst in the nation. Their adherence to their machine politics over all common or political sense cost Dems the House. They would rather lose than see anyone but "their guys" in office. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
NY Dems are so much worse than the national Dems; the 2 have to be distinguished. I doubt they care that Mamdani is a socialist. They run this state through machine politics and back door agreements and cannot have a position this important held by someone who hasn't been corrupted by them.
I love NYC mayoral elections. It’s always “but what if we could actually afford to live here” vs “but if you people could actually afford to live here, we would feel less special, which is illegal”
Telling me "the subway is so dangerous now" is my immediate sign that you need your TV taken away and your news algorithm adjusted www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...?
I was looking at all of the Daddy Newsome posts on Tiktok and remembered this post.
It's worse than that. They saw the hooting and hollering when Kissinger died.
I'm fairly certain Canada and Greenland would disagree with that second paragraph.
I don't want to be that guy and come in with a non-sequitur, but have you heard about The Alters? It came out Friday and I'm obsessed.
Don’t send me an unsolicited picture of your peewee cocktapus unless you want me to… A: find your mom’s Facebook B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were C: badly photoshop that into a locket D: convince you I’m your daughter. Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
Tiniest Boomer Boss.
A true dead end cul-de-sac with no engagement would be the butt of Quibi-esque jokes, not repeated think pieces. But whether they're over there or over here, the problem isn't that they can't speak but that they can't force people to listen. And that the audience over there isn't...legitimizing.
I don't think the complainers' concern about echo chambers is honest. Every platform has core audiences and customs that make them into echo chambers. Heck, X is an echo chamber mandated by its owner. I think they say it b/c it will prod its intended audience into self doubt.
Don't let the Earth being a 13 septillion pound rock that's home to billions of people where objectively and subjectively important things happen literally all day, every day distract you from the fact that it's actually an elaborate psy-op where only one truly important thing happens at a time.
Could immigration court go back to COVID-era remote proceedings? Would that make it harder for ICE?
What would be interesting would be if reporters cited some recent campaigns by these senior strategists so we know if they actually know how to win.
Triangulating losers, the lot of them. If you want to fight fascism, YOU go out and win an election.
These losers have even less incentive to change than a common Schumer, they get paid win or lose and they get to go to the next job where they will give awful advice. Sorry to pop off in your comments. I want to fist fight whoever came up with Welcomefest.
I don't know if they're imposed on candidates by the donors or what, but every time someone emerges who might excite voters, their staff give them "the ol Sheedy."
I am 47 and have had a gross obsession with politics since elementary school (I used to voluntarily watch all the Sunday shows with my mom). These guys have had bad strategy MY ENTIRE LIFE. Unless there's a generational talent like Obama or Clinton (you had to be there), they don't, can't win.
While the buck, of course, stops with the actual candidates and officials, I'd like to see more heat given to Dem political consultants. These folk are (forgive me) triangulating losers with loser energy who were mentored by losers and get paid either way.
As a New Yorker, let me say that there is MUCH more talent in the Midwest and South.
And he's not just a liar, but he's a vengeful liar. After the WFP leaned on him about the IDC he sought revenge, while publicly saying he did no such thing. www.politico.com/states/new-y...
Never forget that Cuomo is a self-serving liar. People don't talk about the IDC because its inside baseball, but the upshot is that he convinced a bunch of Dems to caucus w/the GOP in order to maintain his own power. www.politico.com/states/new-y...
Would you let a student compare a social post to a legal opinion? If you're going to make this point, shouldn't you use Jamelle Bouie's OpEds? Are you lazy, or would comparing apples to apples not give you the result you want?
Sadly, I think if you asked their voters they'd say that the problem with death panels was that they were coming for "us" but Medicaid cuts are fine because it's going to effect "them."
every time I see something about Target's 2025 Pride collection it just looks like a bunch of very tense meetings
I'm no square, but I think we can agree that you have to be sober enough to drive a Honda to operate the levers of power.
They'd also lose all marginalized straight and cis people with any sense. "Yeah, they cut loose their LGBTQIA supporters out of expediency, but I'm sure they wouldn't do that to me off of some Chris Cilliza article headline they read."
WHO IS SAYING THIS? GIVE ME THEIR NAMES!
I love these guys! The flutist also plays bag pipes. www.tiktok.com/@truth_share...
British tabloids are gross.
I hope I'm not hijacking this thread if I point out that there is an area where differences in race are very real: healthcare. Not just how we're treated, but there are diseases where progression and symptoms can differ by race...and they call any research trying to figure out why "DEI."
I cannot fathom the widespread idea that it was reasonable to look at that grifting lunatic and think to yourself, "give me a reason! I need to be inspired somehow to stop this."
"Atlantic editor in the news again after going viral for serving an adult cake at a child's birthday party. Melts down in an England, AR restaurant."
I am a size 10 who never let go of my favorite size 14 and 16 clothes from 20 years ago. It paid off during COVID (and a couple of other high stress periods).
Also, DO NOT cry for Living Colour. They're getting WWE money (note: WWE uses a remastered version of Cult of personality so they pay the band directly rather than the record label). I have a friend who plays on these things and according to her, cruises are very sweet gigs.
Were I willing to go on a cruise (I'm not), I could see going to see Living Colour and spending the rest of the time at the buffet/drinking.
The only betrayal about Biden's age is I was assured if he dropped out we'd stop fucking discussing how old he is.
Oh! A little tip from your bike-crazy friend. If you don't see a model you like at the bike shop, they may be able to order one you like better (especially if they're independent and you've struck up an accord). It's how I got my pink monster.
During just the week that the Special Counsel’s report came out, the NYT ALONE published 26 unique articles about Biden’s age. This and "Harris's campaign was too wacky and left-wing" are complete retcons.
He thinks paying for things is getting cheated. Ask his vendors.
It's not about "foreign-produced" films. It's making sure we don't see more movies like Sinners get a green light.
🎵Serf-in' serf-in! USA!🎶
Are people differentiating b/t liberalISM, the philosophy of government characterized by the consent of the governed and the idea that government is necessary to protect individuals from being harmed by others vs. the current policy platforms of center-left (liberal) political parties?
I think this helps describe what I was trying to get at yesterday. The most experienced Dems angling for the nom are out of step w/the moment. Whatever they're planning now, and whoever is making plans, there's a sizeable chance of them being blindsided in the home stretch. bsky.app/profile/adam...
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.
I don't disagree with you on that point, but national elections have become increasingly based on short-term vibes. Of course people are maneuvering but it's like Mike Tyson said
I think trying to predict the 2028 frontrunner now is like predicting whether it will be cloudy on 9/28/2026, but our current president lost the preceding election. Who knows?
The former judge has tried to defend himself and is credible, knowing how these brownshirts operate.
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Apparently today's arrest is the second judicial arrest this week. I guess the difference might be that this judge was forced to step down from the bench in March for harboring a Venezuelan man.
Did anyone else get this fundraising email from Newsom yesterday? (I don't know why I'm on this list but I'm glad I got to see this bit of pure chutzpah.)
It would almost be worth it to go to my next Oberlin class reunion and find the various people who tried to convince me in 2000 that THIS guy was the same as Bush and...I don't know, throw buckeyes at them.
I'm still mad I get peer pressured into leaving Friendster.
Or for Surgeon General lastcampaign.substack.com/p/trumps-sur...
"...the number of professional pundits who have NOT lost their minds..." I think maybe just Jamelle? And possibly because he doesn't live in NY or DC?
Sincerely held beliefs are good for you; punditry is generally bad for you. I can count on one hand the number of professional pundits who have lost their minds, yet social media has made a pastime of doing it for free. idiotreport.substack.com/p/the-debris...
democrats look at the 31.97% and salivate while ignoring the 36.37%
He hasn't even achieved that reliably. To say Vivian Wilson doesn't share her father's politics is an understatement.
I think an important part of this primary will be educating NYers about ranked choice voting as much as about the candidates. Last time, a hefty number of Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley voters ranked Adams (way down on the list). Had they left it blank... Everyone needs to know blank is an option.
This seemed too wild to be true, but I just tried this search and it is indeed true.
Moreover, seeing how the State Department has been playing games with trans citizens' passports, I'm not comfortable with getting to decide in practice who gets to vote.
I can't keep up with which programs Musk is defunding, but after Covid there was a BARDA program to encourage stockpiling of APIs and encourage state-side production. But I guess...we'll do it with tariffs.
It's real! Screenshot it myself.
I was on X (for work, I have to monitor), and I couldn't help but rubberneck. There were a lot of people arguing we don't NEED vanilla. It's only used in a few foods and the fake stuff is easy to synthesize.
It makes sense that they thought there was little risk in holding out for something better. The idea that you could fall into a pit of spikes reaching for a brass ring is not their experience & they're not to listen to us.
I guess it can grant these people grace to the extent that they were likely raised on fairy tales while, as soon as they reach the age of reason, black children are shown the knife edge this country has danced on.
The domino effect from a shithead boyfriend starting a movement because he's mad at his ex to the switch 2 costing 500 dollars is something isn't it
You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
The National Review published an OpEd today calling out the Rumeysa Öztürk arrest (reminder, you DON'T gotta hand it to them), and about 50% of the comments agree.
In the 19th century, oranges were such a rare and expensive treat that it made a good Christmas present. We're going back to that!
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