Michael Pollak

Lina Khan’s populist plan for New York: Cheaper hot dogs (and other things) Zohran Mamdani’s new aide will focus on “excavating the law” to lower prices, borrowing from her legal playbook at the Federal Trade Commission.

Sounds awesome. The broader concept of anti-trust as simply government regulation of prices & practices in the public interest

www.semafor.com/article/11/1...

crazy

IG em_clarkson

When she's on she's amazing, a one-of-a-kind speaker

"Corey Robin: Democrats Caved in the Shutdown Because of the Filibuster"

jacobin.com/2025/11/demo...

TIL that Laguardia ended his inaugural speech with The Oath of the Athenian Youth. Seems pretty appropriate for the Zohran generation

Pistachio Wars Coming Soon! Get notified when Pistachio Wars is available for streaming.

I saw Yasha Levine and Rowan Wernham's film last night & it's wonderful. It brings reality clearly into focus, exactly what a documentary ought to do. Water, Land, America, California, Oligarchs, the Future. Straightforward and never dull. Mike Davis would be proud of them.

www.pistachiowars.com

The one at Broadway Junction was a stray cat

Which socialists pronounce Mom date and Cuomo pronounces Ma'am date

From the recent New Yorker interview of @drodrik.bsky.social
on his new book, by
@johncassidysays.bsky.social

(Link below in the thread).

Marx's misfire is in knowing the cost, but not the value of the coat: warmth and protection against the elements.

I have to say, in the long history of “Marx failed to consider” takes by internet reply-guys, “Marx failed to consider the use-value of warm coats” should win its own category of award

Trump, 79, Gets Confused Explaining Water to the Navy The president went on a baffling rant about the scientific properties of water on board the USS George Washington.

Today in Not the Onion

www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-get...

YouTube video by AJ+ Billionaires Are Panicking Over Zohran Mamdani

It's not news to Zohran volunteers, but Tony Karon's 5-minute summary of the significance of this election is extremely charming and concise
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_6E...

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

my “not going to de-naturalize and deport my pagan foreigner wife” shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt

"everyone wants nice things from the government but they don't want to pay for them".

Yes well done son, you've invented the concept of a demand curve. That's just what 'nice things' means. That's just what 'paying' means.

Someone get me Sam Altman on the phone; I need to tell him I found his Halloween costume for this year

A Reminder That Marco Rubio's Brother-in-Law Was a Prolific Cocaine Trafficker While Trump deports immigrants for old drug charges, Rubio's brother-in-law was the frontman of a drug trafficking operation.

While we're on the subject of Hispanics getting deported for minor drug charges for which they served out their time, here's something interesting I didn't know

www.miaminewtimes.com/news/marco-r...

Trump threatening to raise tariffs on Canada by another 15% if Blue Jays win the series

Adams and Cuomo in joint appearance say Mamdani isn't a real Democrat (ny times headline).

Sirs.

Totally agree.

It also strikes me that inside your lockdown drill is the kid who will do the shooting. He'll be prepared for it.

Free public transport* + Fast-tracked career growth You do the math. +First country in the world to provide free public transport. The wisest investment is in yourself.

Luxembourg touts free transit in an FT ad. And they’re not even socialist!

It's kind of amazing that we showed we could cut child poverty in half for roughly 100 billion/year (absolute peanuts in a 7 trillion dollar budget), did it for a year, and then just stopped doing it.

auntifa

Voter turnout surges in NYC mayor’s race, with Boomers and Gen X leading the charge The data so far is good news for independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, a political scientist said.

Damn. I assumed the 5-7x increase in voters over 2021 was the youth like in the primaries, but it seems like slightly over half of them are over 55.

It's not in the bag.

GOTV! GOTV!

gothamist.com/news/voter-t...

Trump’s Crusade Against Critics Is So Much Worse Than “Cancel Culture” The liberal cancel culture of yesteryear is indeed regrettable. But let’s not succumb to bothsidesism.

Great & timely article by @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social . Her description of cancel culture is perfectly put, and the distinction between that what going on now is key

newrepublic.com/article/2022...

www.barrons.com/news/scrappe...

worth reiterating again that “the executive can raise and spend money however he likes” has been anathema even under monarchies for centuries

we’re not rolling back anything in US history here, we’re rolling back the English Civil War

Jamaal Bowman: Black Voters & Progressives - Power Map Magazine With Black voters, it isn’t class or race—it’s both.

Great interview article by @michaellangenyc.bsky.social

powermapmag.com/jamaal-bowma...

But you gotta be able to take a lot of punches