What’s Simmering

The Authoritarian Stack How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

Found this interactive chart super interesting:

www.authoritarian-stack.info/peter-thiel

The Greatest Production on Earth On Zohran Mamdani, New York City, and the difference between seeing the lights and knowing the work it takes to make them shine.

Everyone’s got an opinion about New York until they realize the show doesn’t run without us.
🎭 Read The Greatest Production on Earth — a love letter and reality check.
whatssimmering.substack.com/p/the-greate...

#zohranmamdani #nyc #nycmayor #election #democracy

Health Insurers Are Hiking Premiums as Their Profits Balloon The US’s six largest health insurers reported massive profits last year, doling out billions on stock buybacks and divid

UnitedHealthcare is raising premiums for policyholders in New York and Washington after spending $9B on stock buybacks last year.

Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders.

This is why we need Medicare for All.

#FoodDelivery #GigEconomy #MarketResearch #PlatformEconomy #NYCBusiness #DoorDash #UberEats #Grubhub #UrbanEconomics

(Looking into city-level revenue distribution by platform—leads welcome!)

❓ Anyone know what % of total revenue major food delivery apps (DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub) make from NYC specifically?

Not asking about NYC market share—looking for how much NYC contributes to their overall revenue. Bonus if you’ve seen this for other top cities too! 🗽📊
#marketresearch

#congress #bigbeautifulbill #healthcare #medicare #useyourvoice #america #tax #usa

The coolest pic to post right now? Proof you called your Rep. 📞💥
Do it! (202) 224‑3121. They count calls not social posts!

Schoolhouse Rock said bills come from people calling their congressman with ideas. So… does that mean the 30,000 Americans making $10M+—out of 245M eligible voters—are the only ones who know how to get ahold of Congress?

#cowardsincongress

Meet Bob. Bob runs a private equity firm. His fund made $500M last year. Companies cut jobs, got tax breaks, and boosted profits. Bob paid 20% tax on his share. Management got bonuses. Workers got left behind. So—why should Bob get it all instead of paying a fair share?
#taxreform

The country is being treated like a portfolio company—gutted to maximize the sale price, with the mindset that it’s the next buyer’s problem. Except we are the next buyers. We’re about to be left holding the bag: suffocating debt, crumbling infrastructure, and only a memory of what once was.
#obbba

Congress—you do still have a choice. Understanding that now is critical so future Congresses have one too. What’s the legacy of being the coward who gave it away?

I wish she would have pressed him on what he thought was a good response. His personal character.

When Donald Trump sued me and others for RICO, we didn't settle. We fought and won. Perhaps the legacy media should give that a try and stop debasing itself.

Congress—you do still have a choice. Understanding that now is critical so future Congresses have one too. What’s the legacy of being the coward who gave it away?

Hey Congress—our country’s in debt every way imaginable. Try this: “Sorry billionaires, we can’t afford it now.” No excuse not to tax literal billionaires. Be the ones remembered for saving us. Stop rushing. Didn’t your parents teach you to read before you sign?

👀 WATCH: “She’s a cheap date if that’s all it took.”

@repmcgovern.bsky.social reacts when @neguse.house.gov explains tax benefits for Alaska whalers Murkowski insisted on before she backed Trump’s Trillions Transfer (and sold out the rest of 🇺🇸)

Great leaders do not control every event, but they own their response. They own their choices. They own the impact of their decisions.

Congress is at its best when its members remember this simple truth: You were elected not to protect yourself, but to serve the people who entrusted you with power.

I’m genuinely baffled—why would anyone support a provision in the reconciliation bill banning states from regulating AI for 10 years? Everyone I know agrees that’s bad… though I guess I don’t know any AI company owners.

#AIregulation #chatgpt #AI #shityoushouldcareabout #congress #teachology

This Isn’t Radical. It’s Reality. When a billionaire grocer with no stores in the Bronx threatens to pull out of NYC over a plan to open one city-run store per borough, the media spins it as a crisis. Meanwhile, everyday New Yorkers a...

One billionaire threatens to pull out of NYC over one city-run grocery store per borough—and somehow that’s the crisis?

This isn’t radical. It’s reality.

✍️ Read the full post: whatssimmering.substack.com/p/this-isnt-...

#democraticparty #NYCPolitics #leadership #ProgressivePolicy

We’re criticizing a local candidate for a made-up foreign policy stance, while ignoring the people who actually shape those policies. Meanwhile, NYers of every race, religion, and creed are just trying to stay safe, housed, and here. Guess it’s easier to invent outrage than fix real problems.

“An antidote to the Trump administration and the hatred and division it spews… a better day is possible.” #ZohranForMayor

My 7-year-old on the way to school this morning:
“Mom, I hope Z Man wins today.”

Same, girl. Same. 💙

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #zohRANKmamdani #nycmayor #vote

VANCE: "Our view has been very clear that we don't want a regime change."
 
HEGSETH: "This mission was not and has not been about regime change."
 
RUBIO: Regime change is "certainly not the goal of what we're working on here."
 
TRUMP:

The Eras Tour might be over but @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has strangers trading friendship bracelets again!

Last day to early vote in NYC! Literally took less than 5 min. #votenyc

Dodgers break silence on recent events in Los Angeles with $1 million commitment to immigrant families following ICE raids For nearly two weeks, silence sat heavy around Chavez Ravine. As ICE raids rattled immigrant neighborhoods, National Guard trucks rolled through East L.A., and families watched loved ones pulled from ...

@dodgers-team.bsky.social supporting their community with $1M donation www.nbclosangeles.com/news/sports/...

🗳️ What If Dancing With the Stars Used Ranked-Choice Voting? Reimagining civic engagement through the lens of product strategy and consumer behavior.

“What If Dancing With the Stars Used Ranked-Choice Voting?”

This isn’t just about voting systems. It’s about how civic reform keeps ignoring the most basic rules of product strategy. If you want buy-in, you need a user journey—not a white paper.

Read: whatssimmering.substack.com/p/what-if-da...

Shouldn’t the NY Times headline note that this new policy breaks the law?

if you can get your friends to link up this weekend,
you can get them to swing by an early voting site too.

takes 10 minutes.
makes a real difference.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social crushing it with voters under 45.
cuomo’s counting on the usual suspects to show up.

let’s be the surprise.

the polls say @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social behind.
but he’s up 40 points with voters under 45.

what if the polls are measuring yesterday’s voters…
and we’re building the future?

what if we actually show up—and flip the whole thing?

#rankzohran #nycprimary #youthvote #letsdosomethingwild