Steve Lichtman

I assume Stephen Miller has lasted so long in Trump's good graces because he does two things at once: gleefully feeds Trump's worst impulses, and does it while being such an unappealing loser that Trump has never felt threatened or overshadowed.

A “relentless desire to believe” isn’t a great trait in a journalist.

Was Pinochet doing it in a “smart” way? Were the Argentinian & Guatemalan generals doing it in a “smart” way? What about Putin or the Chinese, are they doing it in a “smart” way?

YouTube video by Angelo Lunch tony soprano sings dirty work for 30 mins (feat. livia and steely dan)

Tony driving back from seeing One Battle After Another at the Paramus Mall

Hey Zabar’s! Isn’t that the point??

People at the company (Disney) that now owns the company that released THE POST in 2017 (Fox) should rewatch it. Katharine Graham published the Pentagon Papers while The Post was in the run up to an IPO and the Nixon Administration was threatening the FCC licenses of stations it owned.

Opinion | We Can No Longer Tell Ourselves This Isn’t Really Happening

An urgent and essential piece by @hirschorn.bsky.social

Media moguls and senior execs are happy to bask in a prestige and perceived gravitas owners and execs of boring run-of-the-mill companies don’t. They get awards at dinners widget manufacturers aren’t invited to. But they’re failing now that strength and courage are asked of them.

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

ONE NATION, ONE PEOPLE, ONE LEADER!

WORK WILL SET YOU FREE!

@dieworkwear.bsky.social

It’s implicit in the Unteenth Amendment.

Mets best trade deadline acquisition this year? 2024 Mark Vientos!

“… and nothing but the truth?”

“So help me Chard.”

For sure. That’s why I was disappointed the article didn’t mention it.

You’d think the article would cite some prior example to justify the choice of “little” versus “no” precedent… alas you’d be wrong.

It’s wild, absolutely wild, how for EVERY. SINGLE. CITY. Trump wants to militarize I can post data showing how crime is plummeting in all of them without any federal invasion…

… and the press KEEPS stenographing the naked bad-faith claims about “fighting crime!” in the headlines.

Infuriating.

Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown President Donald Trump said Chicago is his next likely target to crack down on urban crime. Military planning has been ongoing for weeks, officials say.

We’re 7 months in, and “Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago” is a headline in the Washington Post. And because it’s city number three, we’re already numbing to it.

If you read this about any other democracy in the world, you’d conclude that it was well on the road to a dictatorship.

How many times are we going to go on this same discursive merry go round? Are we going to see solemn “It Was Never About Crime” takes in a few months too or will we skip that this time.

Is there actually some antisemitism on college campuses? Sure but that’s not why Trump is shaking down universities for research funding even if he claims that is to benefit The Jews TM.

These “DC elites shouldn’t deny crime” takes are so…did you just land here from the moon. First of all who are you talking about. Second of all the point isn’t that there is no crime, it’s that Trump is clearly describing a fictional dystopia for political gain while making our real city less safe.

Find Me a New Yorker Who Doesn't Support Zohran Mamdani A new poll sees Mamdani decisively on top. And more links for your Wednesday morning.

Mamdani is winning....85 percent ....of men 18-34
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So he’s not dying of starvation, he’s dying with starvation. Thanks for the clarification, @nytimes.com!

Orphan White

Yeah, no.

My second:

You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature?