Emma Montoya Hills

it's equal parts great and bizarre to see someone in office who seems genuinely proud to be a public servant

Well….fuck.

Time for debate night bingo ✅ We're co-hosting the final NYC mayoral debate tonight with NY1 and WNYC. Let's play.

(Psst, stream the debate for free here, no paywall or sign-in: www.thecity.nyc)

i have really come to believe that this — treating the public like its too stupid to understand anything complex — is one of our big problems.

firmly convinced that the ideal American mayor is a genial transit nerd

I have never felt such a cosmic connection as I do to that dude

This is hilarious and wholesome

Also the dude saying "I voted for someone who won!" is so real for that lmao

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.

Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

Do you want to win elections or do you want to be right? Because you can start from the latter and work to the former but there’s serious work involved and yes, you’ll have to appeal to white males.

This bill is a real piece of shit it and it would be excellent if that’s all anyone talked about for the next few days. Super interested in your think piece about the NYC mayor’s race but let’s get to that after we try to stop the biggest wealth transfer in American history.” — Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), on X, about the GOP megabill.

Not gonna lie, I’m kind of turned on right now

This guy is cool in the most important and perhaps the only way a guy like him can be cool- by not giving a single shit whether other people think he's cool

People may not like this take but I think this is spot on for how modern politics & comms works (and tbh, I don’t think that’s a bad thing!)

Andrew Cuomo has the experiences and character to save the nation. He is an exceptional choice for mayor of New York, a city I’ve never stayed in for more than 45 minutes. I’m afraid to cross a street that has more than two lanes. I think the American Airlines chatbot is a real person who likes me

It cannot be overstated just how much Andrew Cuomo HATES New York City.

I had a rough time at Yale but god the regalia makes me nostalgic!

yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone

Just me banging on again that BROADWAY employs more people than coal.

Everybody romanticizing about the heyday of American manufacturing needs to carefully listen to one (1) Bruce Springsteen song.

I love this analysis!

Honestly this is too much perspective

Summer is around the corner— what better time to way to enjoy the weather then a low key friend hang with a million new friends???

JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN 85 thumbs up, excellent play, fantastic production & the audience was completely hyped

This.

The speech mattered as a rallying point.

How do you join people in shared cause?

You model it.
You project it.
You shout the sincerity of it.
You inspire.

You rally people to pay attention...and respond.

You create a "we."

Art that prioritizes community and connection is the best kind of art — it’s been wildly impressive to watch how @powerhousearts.bsky.social has doubled down on that idea.

I'm not a programming guy but MSNBC and CNN should be airing this Cory Booker thing in the same way you take over programming if there's a no-hitter or a basketball player with 60 points in three quarters. It's a physical feat! Cut in for this kind of thing. Costs nothing, gooses ratings, good TV.

It is wild that not even 5 years later we’re willing as an industry to let back in one of the truly worst bad-actors— if you need a refresher, go read the literally hundreds of testimonials from Scott Rudin’s former assistants.

Soooo who is gonna primary her?

10/10 would attend this seminar

Ok so this is delightful and i now need you to move away from administrative law and YIMBY policy commentary and instead exclusively post back-to-the-land/homesteader influencer content