ryan cooper
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Senior editor at The American Prospect, cohost and producer of the @leftanchor.bsky.social podcast https://www.patreon.com/leftanchor Newsletter: https://www.ryanlcooper.com/
They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 13h agoNew 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.
"influencer" is one of the most desirable jobs for young people, according to polling at least, but to me it sounds like one of the worst jobs imaginable vulture.com/article/infl...
The Influencer Recession
Once upon a time, lifestyle influencers could post cute photos and make millions. Now they are forced to pivot.
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thus do we understand half the reason for the NYT’s seething anti-Mamdani grudge
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 13h agoNew 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.
60 Minutes had major Epstein scoop before Donald Trump’s hand puppet fired the reporter www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/08/60-m...
60 Minutes had major Epstein scoop before Donald Trump's hand puppet fired the reporter - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Bari’s Weiss’s rolling catastrophe continues: Deutsche Bank AG failed to promptly notify authorities of more than $250 million in questionable transfers tied to Epstein, according to Wyden’s report. T...
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Conover is catching hell for this in the comments but he’s not wrong about a lot of it, particularly the union angle youtu.be/GnHyKckbwIw?...
We love work from home, but it's also making us depressed.
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Chuck Edwards: At night when I look into the stars, I see your name written among them. I cannot bear to think of you in the arms of another, for you have captured my heart and soul. 23 year old staffer: you're highkey freaking me out rn periodt
"That, I expect, will be the defining feature of public policy (and particularly public health) post-Trump. Not that you’ll be able to trace every policy disaster back to Trump, but that you won’t be able to trace them at all." stringinamaze.net/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to the Age of Diarrhea
The future is not knowing what ails you
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notable how Trump is seemingly the only Republican who is immune from the Full Scandal media feeding frenzy
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 19h agoWhen things are going great for you www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
One of my favorite short stories of all time. There’s an animated short film of it from the Soviets in 1984 that’s trippy as hell and worth the watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LNH...
"There Will Come Soft Rains" - Budet Laskovyj Dozhd
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Why are Bari Weiss and David Ellison manipulating the news to protect child rapist Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplices? Possibly connected to how Weiss pushed to hire Epstein friend Peter Attia?
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterdayOne more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.
"Germany is not poorer than the US. It has just chosen to cash out more of its productivity in the form of free time than the US has. The other Western European countries have made similar decisions." peoplespolicyproject.org/2026/08/04/w...
Western Europe Is Richer Than the US
Let's put an end to the stupid GDP discourse.
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In May we covered some of the IDF demolitions in southern Lebanon finding that at least 46 villages within the IDF’s “yellow line” had been heavily damaged: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/05...
Satellite Imagery Shows Ongoing Demolitions Across Southern Lebanon - bellingcat
Dozens of towns and villages within the IDF's “Yellow Line” in southern Lebanon have been heavily damaged or destroyed in recent months.
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this is part of Doug Ford's war on traffic safety btw. every country has this kind of malicious idiot chud now
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 23h ago"In the Canadian capital of Ottawa, 14% of vehicles were speeding on Katimavik Road last fall while the cameras were in use, but a whopping 80% did in May following their removal." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"In the Canadian capital of Ottawa, 14% of vehicles were speeding on Katimavik Road last fall while the cameras were in use, but a whopping 80% did in May following their removal." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off
In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.
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"I bribe a bunch of kids to start singing a nursery rhyme I can't fully crafted to spread misinformation and further my strategic ends But they changed the lyrics to be about poop and the enemy isn’t misdirected at all"
Brian O'Connor@johnnybesad.bsky.social · 24h ago
"More needs to be made of this," a senior CBS News staffer tells me about the 60 Minutes story that Sharyn Alfonsi was working on about Epstein and banks that appears to have been scuttled after her firing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"This presents a problem for the right: If your winning issue is trans women in sports, and you're struggling to uncover trans women in any league that anybody has ever heard of, then how do you keep trans athletes at the top of people's minds? Answer: You invent them." defector.com/the-right-ha...
The Right Has Created Its Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector
A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN p...
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pleased to announce that I've been hired by The New York Times. my job is to commission articles written by right-wing politicians, activists, and billionaires where they describe their activities in whatever way they see fit. it's nice because I don't have to edit or fact check anything
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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is that good www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rhine Falls to Lowest Since 1880, Threatening European Trade
The Rhine River’s water levels dropped to the lowest in nearly 150 years as hot, dry weather grips Europe, threatening to disrupt a crucial route for transporting coal, fuel and industrial commodities...
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The deals made to fund the government and confirm Todd Blanche are fake. Cornyn and Tillis' "win" can easily be altered and reversed, while the funding deal only blocks Trump's vengeance-based budgeting until December, and OMB can still work on it until then. More from Bob Kuttner.
Republican Senators Pretend to Constrain Trump - The American Prospect
John Cornyn caves and agrees to vote for Todd Blanche as AG, while Susan Collins orchestrates a loophole-ridden deal on OMB rules politicizing federal grants.
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"Thus do the priorities of Israeli nationalism collide headlong with the needs of the Jewish diaspora." zeteo.com/p/in-michiga...
In Michigan, AIPAC Is Playing With Fire
As an ostensible defender of Jewish rights, it is unwise to behave like the stuff of antisemitic conspiracy theories.
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Tomorrow’s ballot in Missouri includes a GOP-backed proposal that would kill the popular initiative process that allows voters to use referendums to enact the policies that lawmakers refuse to act on: boltsmag.org/missouri-ame...
Under this August Measure, All of Missouri’s Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed - Bolts
Republicans have dominated Missouri’s legislature for over two decades, but they haven’t entirely controlled state lawmaking, in large part because Missouri empowers citizens to petition for ballot re...
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"Their opponents focused on positioning and arguing for who is the most electable... But El-Sayed and Lawrence focused on what would actually energize the voters determining their fate." prospect.org/2026/08/04/m...
The Michigan Revolution Is About Old-Fashioned Politics - The American Prospect
Progressives like Abdul El-Sayed and Will Lawrence are running solid races. Moderates have fallen back on old arguments. Signs point to the progressives winning.
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It's election day in Michigan, and I'm struck by how the centrists have run to win an electibility argument and the progressives have run to win the race they're actually running in. Almost like mobilizing support and speaking to the needs of voters matters! prospect.org/2026/08/04/m...
The Michigan Revolution Is About Old-Fashioned Politics - The American Prospect
Progressives like Abdul El-Sayed and Will Lawrence are running solid races. Moderates have fallen back on old arguments. Signs point to the progressives winning.
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