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Dad, gadfly, housing abundance and safe streets. Your neighbor from Kew Gardens, Queens.
Honestly could have stopped that sentence at VDARE and it would have been wholly disqualifying.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h agoSCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know
QueensLink is a slam dunk for the entire city and easily fits into Mamdani’s affordability agenda. So why did he endorse the QueensWay plan instead? nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/05/m...
OPINION: Mamdani Is Making a Catastrophic Mistake on QueensLink - Streetsblog New York City
Many residents of Queens have supported the QueensLink project that would extend the M train from Forest Hills to the Rockaways. Yet on May 22, the Mamdani administration renounced the project and…
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The GOP has edited the first Amendment out of the Bill of Rights, so makes sense they would also edit out the first Article of the Constitution.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
The highlights make you question what year this is coming from; what follows it (is it legal for the Trumps to profit from the his position) makes you ask if there's anything in that brain at all.
@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social · yesterdayAre you kidding me with this? THESE are the pressing questions of the day right now for the lead anchor at CBS NEWS? Covid & Joe Biden are his top 2 before anything Trump? Come the f*ck on. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
X is the place where the lethality of COVID is constantly litigated as if a million Americans dying was some type of fiction. Just 2021/22 forever there.
Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · 2d agoThese guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.
Yes, but have you considered how much our warfighters can bench, bro?
CNBC@cnbc.com · 2d agoU.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
I'm not even a huge backer of city-owned grocery stores (more curious, but can see it becoming a boondoggle), but this is the opinion-page version of an audible fart.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Funny it's happening the same time we close on a Park Slope brownstone.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d ago*TRUMP: TALKING ABOUT HAVING STRAIT OPEN BY TOMORROW
Lol, Gillibrand post-POTUS run has been an abject failure and embarrassment. She needs to fade into the sunset already.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 3d agoIs Gillibrand on crack? Why was she telling donors, without a shred of evidence, that Mallory McMorrow is a DSA member???
He's not the first mayor to propose this but hopefully public sentiment has moved enough that it won't be NIMBYed to death.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 4d agoWe're using City-owned land to build the affordable homes New Yorkers need.
Isekai as a genre is exploding in popularity because it appeals to a universal desire to get hit by a truck rather than live in the 21st century.
Keep pushing these ideas into the mainstream. We need to get more 2028 hopefuls on the record for basic democratic survival.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 5d agoKamala Harris: I know this is going to be controversial coming from me in particular, we need to revisit the electoral college. We need to revisit the point of expanding the court. We need to revisit, if they so want, statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.
‼️‼️ICE IS IN EAST ELMHURST/NORTH CORONA Known targeted locations in Queens today 7/31: -97th st and Northern blvd -85th street btwn 31 and 32 ave -97th st and 32nd ave -99th btw Northern Blvd and 32nd ave 📢📢More people are needed OTG NOW to patrol the area! #abolishICE
Yeah, no, the only benefit from datacenters (esp. hyperscalers) is the tax revenue, but I love how the Admin is wrapping themselves around this topic. It should work out well for them.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
Hidden behind the condescension and fake-spun folksiness is the death of the Dem consultant-class talking points for the second Trump era.
@thejrocktv.bsky.social · 6d agoShe knows she’s losing so she said let’s just go mask off.
Seems like that Islamophobic campaign is working out really well for the GOP.
Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 6d agoTexas hasn't had a Democratic governor since the great Ann Richards (whom I worked for in 1990/1991)! If you care about Texas, please consider donating to @ginafortexas.bsky.social. You could be part of the greatest moment in Texas political history in a generation. ginafortexas.com
I don't know about you, but I always look to former Manhattan Institute, NJ natives when I'm looking for insights on how Michigan Dems should vote.
Rav@rvbdrm.com · last wk.What the fuck?? “While Mr. El-Sayed is fringy and radical, he’s also a Muslim man. Ms. Stevens is a white woman. This puts her at a disadvantage in the identity Olympics that internal Democratic Party politics have become.” www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
I see we're entering silly season again. citylimits.org/city-storefr...
City Storefronts Stay Empty, But Rent Won't Come Down. Is Commercial Rent Control the Answer? - City Limits
"Neighborhood businesses may want these spaces, but too often landlords keep storefronts vacant rather than lower rents to a level small businesses can actually afford," said Irene Tung, senior direct...
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One way I know we're in for a dot-bomb 2.0 is that the people who have skin in the game have surrendered to the magical thinking of cultists, much like in 2000.
Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.
The sword dangling over my head had lowered a touch over night. Still not close enough that I was freaking out but I could sense its movement.
I'm sorry but if this happened on a flight I'm on I'd have to kindly remind this person that there's nowhere to run if someone resorts to physical violence.
Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
I love how free transit became this shorthand for BEING SERIOUS ABOUT TRANSIT without actually doing the things to make it a system ppl want to use. Parachute-style governing.
Mayor Karen Bass@mayor.lacity.gov · 2w agoAs Chair, I’ll build a long-term financial plan to make Metro fare-free. I’ve fought for a world-class transit system my entire career because public transit should create opportunity for everyone.
June 2027 will give us enough time for the AI bubble to burst and for the Ellisons' fortunes to evaporate with it.
David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 2w agoParamount agrees to delay the merger until at least June 2027, after litigation is complete. That means $2 billion dollars in ticking fees from the Ellisons to Warner Bros shareholders. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Would be hilarious if UKR took over transfers when the Orban gravy train got ousted.
Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2w agoI guess Russian transfers stopped?
This is basically starting the Monte Hall Problem with the first door is opened. I'd likely take the goat/$1M shot, but it really does test your risk-averseness for this.
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 2w agoIf you had a choice between instantly receiving £50,000 or a 50% chance to win £1m, which would you pick? £50,000: 73% 50/50 chance of winning £1m: 21% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
"Waah, they won't buy our auto parts and spirits?" Who tariffed who first, you regime dipshit?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoPeter Navarro claims that Canadian officials are "some of the most dishonest people I've ever met. They stab you in the back ... they're screwing us"
