The Glass Beast

It's Robert Moses attaching himself to Smith/LaGuardia, forever.

I'd prefer for the series finale to be a Cuomo family vote on what to get for dinner. Cuomo loses and they settle on pierogis, only for Dershowitz to become terminally ill due to food poisoning.

Reducing the sacrifice of Jesus to the public masturbation of Diogenes is certainly a take.

Wu Tang Khan

Once again, the playbook is public: to end democracy in all cities that Republicans have power over.

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The buck stops with them in their states, and they all have career-defining elections coming in the forseeable future (POTUS for Newsom, reelection for Hochul and Pritzker.)

Even in the worst case scenario where the seat is practically unwinnable, I still think it's better for Brown to serve as a sacrificial lamb instead of a potential rising star torching their image as a statewide loser.

Nice to see the Party of Small Government at work.

As for Shinji himself, he voted Communist to piss off his LDP dad.

It’s Ultron all over again!

The High Price of Free Media

Biden didn't want his presidency to be defined by Trump. Ironically, his inaction assured that it always will.

Sounds like a Saturday morning cartoon villain. All that’s missing is the maniacal laugh.

Trump, in firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is fucking with the money. Rupert Murdoch and WSJ take money very seriously.

Yes, she currently is head of Operations for Hochul.

They don't believe in themselves as an institution, but they do believe in themselves *as a brand.* As long as they have a name they can raise money off of, agency and the details of governance are irrelevant.

@csilverandgold.bsky.social had a great thread on how the flattening of social media can flatten hierarchy so ordinary people can ratio influential people.

I think the opposite may be true: sustained exposure to social media made elites feel powerless, so everyone's hoping the Godot-adult steps in.

They eat, shit, and cook their brains on X the same as anyone else.

In The Long, Lucrative Right-wing Grift Is Blowing Up in the World's Face, a text I go to frequently, Alex Pareene makes the argument that the mechanism that led to us getting Trump was the Republican elites and electeds consuming the same media that used to be only consumed by the rank and file.

Well, somebody has to make a “The Crown” style Robert Moses series.

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At least President Kaine saves thousands of lives during COVID and wins a full term… before we get Nikki Haley in 2024.

Socialism with a Human Database

Metal is a bit much, but I’d like a Death tribute.

Despite the fact that it may cost thousands the morning after, Saul Goodman.

Can’t be challenged for your beliefs if you’re too daft to have any consistent ones.

Brooklyn Bridge Park

To be fair, a quid pro quo to get a merger is arguably a "financial decision."

If he walked, the 200 people he mentioned would lose their jobs immediately too.

We had all the ingredients, but the brainrot needed to marinate.