I’m old enough to remember:
1. Hochul halted congestion pricing b4 reversing herself under pressure - and now it’s great.
2. She’s under court order herself b/c she’s blatantly breaking NY’s climate law. She wants to amend it 🙄
Trump isn’t a King. Hochul isn’t a queen either. 🧵
There's been a lot of debate within the Democratic establishment about what rhetoric to use via ICE.
Well, an incumbent doesn't lose by 48 percentage points very often—and her vote on collaborating with ICE was the defining issue here.
Williamsburg needs to be upzoned from R6. We cannot keep letting this stuff get built, this is so much worse than luxury condos!
How is it possible that anything about the funding fight does not include at the absolute minimum releasing every child from these concentration camps?
Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account. n.pr/4bHoZDU
"In theater" is a nice touch for describing Minneapolis. Worth noting the people involved, from Trump to Miller to Noem to Homan to Bovino to the majority of ICE and CBP goons, have never served in the military. They're playing out a war fantasy, dressing up in army costumes, like incredible losers.
Worth a thousand words
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
The Adams years at City Hall felt like one rug pull after another. My latest in @nymag.com
Either one of @claireforqueens.bsky.social or @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social would be a great rep for NY-7.
But both of them should stop using Twitter as their primary comms channel.
Each new chapter of this story is further illustration of why the Brooklyn Democratic Party needs to move on from corrupt leaders who are eager to gain from their influence over an opaque judicial nomination process.
NYPD only issues a summons 38% of the time civilians report a fire hydrant blocked by an illegally parked vehicle.
68% of summonses for blocking a hydrant go to the same vehicles over and over and over - but fines don't increase (state law caps the fine at $100)
Still radio silence from Hakeem Jeffries, highlighting what his leadership as Speaker would be like.
Replace him now and put someone in Dem leadership who will fight Trump's authoritarianism immediately, not wait until he can take a poll before saying anything
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We cannot let this president drag us into more endless wars that risk the lives of American service members and civilians abroad.
The attack last night on Venezuela was unnecessary and unauthorized. The President’s actions are reckless and illegal.
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
I wrote about this exact policy on my substack months ago and it is very nice to see it get the press it deserves in the NYT
there should not be a single free parking space in Manhattan imo
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Another new a16z idea: giving letters of medical necessity to anybody so they can commit tax fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
Hochul’s justification for approving the Williams NESE fracked gas pipeline for Trump was that he’d leave offshore wind alone.
Now he’s attacking the wind projects, anyway. What a shock! 🙄
Hochul is in the bag for oil/gas and Trump on energy. 😡
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I am sure the 60 Minutes report on CECOT was very well done, but what makes the decision to kill it even more damning is that CBS was hardly out on a limb on this story. It has been extremely well documented and reported by many journalists.
Wikipedia screenshot: Unification to standard gauge on May 31-June 1, 1886
TIL: In 1886, tens of thousands of workers were coordinated to convert 14,000 miles of railroad tracks in 36 hours
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sex criminals stick together
I wish Grant Wahl was here rn
First and last annual fifa peace prize for our tinpot dictator
Dumbest possible quibble but why does his gold medal say 2025 real big if it's the 2026 World Cup
“What have I done!” 🤡
Elected officials very much included in this
I generally agree Bsky is much better bang for your buck but the number of journalists and elite "influencers" more generally who are still much more active on X are the main problem.
If you're trying to talk to or be seen by a certain crowd you need them to jump first.
