Larson Lee
@larsonlee.bsky.social
Distracted lawyer, lapsed reporter, occasional songwriter. Longtime Iowan in New York; current New Yorker in Iowa.
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A friend of a friend, named Melanie, wore the same jeans all the time as a teen. My friend's dad nicknamed her "Unchanged Melanie", in a nod to the Righteous Brothers classic, Unchained Melody.
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A friend of a friend, named Melanie, wore the same jeans all the time as a teen. My friend's dad nicknamed her "Unchanged Melanie", in a nod to the Righteous Brothers classic, Unchained Melody.
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Stone Age: We made this thing extinct one at a time by inventing a better way to throw darts.
Early Modern: We hath mayde these thinges extincte by bringing cattes whence there should nought be cattes.
Contemporary: lol we did a mass extinction with our plagiarizing nonconsensual porn machine lmao
Early Modern: We hath mayde these thinges extincte by bringing cattes whence there should nought be cattes.
Contemporary: lol we did a mass extinction with our plagiarizing nonconsensual porn machine lmao
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Stone Age: We made this thing extinct one at a time by inventing a better way to throw darts.
Early Modern: We hath mayde these thinges extincte by bringing cattes whence there should nought be cattes.
Contemporary: lol we did a mass extinction with our plagiarizing nonconsensual porn machine lmao
Early Modern: We hath mayde these thinges extincte by bringing cattes whence there should nought be cattes.
Contemporary: lol we did a mass extinction with our plagiarizing nonconsensual porn machine lmao
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you cannot create a viable third party without changing the constitution.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
you cannot create a viable third party without changing the constitution.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
These stupid Charlie-Brown-with-the-football motherf——
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
These stupid Charlie-Brown-with-the-football motherf——
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
Is there a news source somewhere that can explain the context of what the hell Trump was doing reading the oath of office at the Commanders game? Because I am very confused.
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Is there a news source somewhere that can explain the context of what the hell Trump was doing reading the oath of office at the Commanders game? Because I am very confused.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
After all these years, it’s finally true that Chicago has been taken over by gangs of heavily armed thugs.
November 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
After all these years, it’s finally true that Chicago has been taken over by gangs of heavily armed thugs.
This really was fantastic and I’m gonna check out the author’s books now.
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This really was fantastic and I’m gonna check out the author’s books now.
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ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
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Mamdani's line that billionaires spent more to oppose his candidacy than he proposed to tax them really says it all.
Like a company that shuts down a profitable location as soon as it unionizes. The principle of maintaining control is more important.
Like a company that shuts down a profitable location as soon as it unionizes. The principle of maintaining control is more important.
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Mamdani's line that billionaires spent more to oppose his candidacy than he proposed to tax them really says it all.
Like a company that shuts down a profitable location as soon as it unionizes. The principle of maintaining control is more important.
Like a company that shuts down a profitable location as soon as it unionizes. The principle of maintaining control is more important.
I feel like there’s a real chance the right sequence of posts on Truth Social could convince him to do Medicare for all.
Hmm, who would people be purchasing their own healthcare from, Mr. President?
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I feel like there’s a real chance the right sequence of posts on Truth Social could convince him to do Medicare for all.
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Donald Trump must follow the law and give people their full SNAP payments.
Trump is using hungry children, veterans, and seniors as a political tool. It’s fundamentally wrong.
Trump is using hungry children, veterans, and seniors as a political tool. It’s fundamentally wrong.
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Donald Trump must follow the law and give people their full SNAP payments.
Trump is using hungry children, veterans, and seniors as a political tool. It’s fundamentally wrong.
Trump is using hungry children, veterans, and seniors as a political tool. It’s fundamentally wrong.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
Jurors roast pigs, rule sandwich beef a real turkey
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Jurors roast pigs, rule sandwich beef a real turkey
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
Does he look suddenly older and nearer death today?
Trump: "It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do and that's terminate the filibuster ... we should start tonight with 'the country's open, congratulations,' then we should pass voted ID, we should pass no mail in voting ... you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID."
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Does he look suddenly older and nearer death today?
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For years, but especially for the past year, Democrats have been in thrall to the idea that they need to chase an imagined median voter, and adopt that voter’s positions. Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them.
I wrote about Zohran’s victory. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:13 AM
For years, but especially for the past year, Democrats have been in thrall to the idea that they need to chase an imagined median voter, and adopt that voter’s positions. Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them.
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Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
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Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
King shit
Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
King shit
Woo, Zohran is a savage (laudatory)
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Woo, Zohran is a savage (laudatory)