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Adamalons

@adamalons.bsky.social

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The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 18h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Mamdani Is Shunning New York Business Leaders Who Are Used to Calling the Shots

The mayor fired corporate leaders from a city fund’s advisory board in the latest sign that he is changing the way such power brokers access City Hall.

on.wsj.com

Adamalons@adamalons.bsky.social · 19h ago

We should bring back hangings for a limited time for anyone who worked on or supported project 2025. Just like, ya know, as a clear message. I don't think we get loud enough anymore. The financial divide is deafening apparently.

404 Media@404media.co · yesterday

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 3d ago

I think it also revealed just how quickly a bunch of otherwise very hard problems can be to solve with global collective action. The fuckin Ganga was running clear water for the only time in my lifetime because for 2 weeks nobody threw garbage in it. The canals in Venice had fish.

Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 4d ago

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

Rachel Cohen@cohen489.bsky.social · 5d ago

want to be clear there are absolutely big differences b/t Dems & GOP, don’t ascribe to all-the-same, and that said, it’s awfully telling how many high profile Dems now profess to prefer a Republican in office than a progressive and how that appears to be driven by who is closer to their values

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 5d ago

Trump 2 has shown that the bulk of federal, state, and local "law enforcement" don't perform any useful functions at all. If they did, it would not be so easy to re-task them to brainless gestapo work like rounding up whole neighborhoods and waiting outside public buildings.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 6d ago

I wrote about how immigration arrests are at all-time highs, even as ICE is trying to assume a lower public profile. How are they doing this? Look to your local police.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 5d ago

Exactly. The idea that you're not allowed to talk about the most money spent in a single congressional primary by a single organization in history, which breaks the previous record held by the same organization, just because some people cannot help themselves but be conspiratorial, is absurd.

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 5d ago

I agree that the role of AIPAC in US politics is often overstated, in the same way that the NRA serves as a synecdoche for a broad-based collection of interests, but the thing about spending $30 million on an election is that people are going to assume you have some kind of stake in winning it.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5d ago

BREAKING: New York just sued Kalshi — alleging it’s an illegal gambling operation. New York AG Letitia James alleges Kalshi failed to obtain a state gambling license and pay taxes. Her office is seeking an order enjoining Kalshi’s operations, plus fines, restitution and forfeiture of profits.

New York sues prediction market Kalshi alleging it’s an illegal gambling operation | CNN Politics

The New York attorney general’s office is suing Kalshi, one of the largest prediction markets, alleging it’s running an illegal gambling operation in the state.

cnn.com