Nick Mangigian
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Writing in The Pinch and Bodega. I work at a butcher shop and a cheese shop. Cocktail napkin film analysis at letterboxd.com/nickmangigian
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Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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It’s an honest attempt at encapsulating— and they’re reporting it, which counts. But maybe more like: “Among the victims of disgraced former congressman Matt Gaetz: a teen w/ a homeless parent, who used the money Gaetz paid her to get braces.” Gaetz is a villain, plain & clear. “Upended.” smh.
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It’s an honest attempt at encapsulating— and they’re reporting it, which counts. But maybe more like: “Among the victims of disgraced former congressman Matt Gaetz: a teen w/ a homeless parent, who used the money Gaetz paid her to get braces.” Gaetz is a villain, plain & clear. “Upended.” smh.
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"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
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Now imagine if the people who took to the streets today had committed hard-charging mobilized and relentless political leaders.
October 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Now imagine if the people who took to the streets today had committed hard-charging mobilized and relentless political leaders.
Heartening as it is to see Trump’s approval crater, we’ll need serious good-governance-y democratic reforms if the left ever has power again (scotus, dc, vra, etc). I don’t think those reforms are politically possible unless the argument starts getting made for them very soon & very charismatically
September 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Heartening as it is to see Trump’s approval crater, we’ll need serious good-governance-y democratic reforms if the left ever has power again (scotus, dc, vra, etc). I don’t think those reforms are politically possible unless the argument starts getting made for them very soon & very charismatically
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And to vote against Harris. We are a bored, decadent nation, and we wanted a show, not a minority woman with actual plans for governing. The voters got bored with the show that replaced White House Apprentice, so they brought it back.
Do you think inflation was more of an excuse voters used to cover their actual reasons to vote for Trump?
September 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
And to vote against Harris. We are a bored, decadent nation, and we wanted a show, not a minority woman with actual plans for governing. The voters got bored with the show that replaced White House Apprentice, so they brought it back.
There are 600+ billionaires in the US (many of them multi) & 600k homeless people. A billion dollars is a THOUSAND million. Forget about funding the federal gov— we could end homelessness (and invigorate the economy) and all these folks would still be hugely wealthy. What kind of society do we want?
Fun fact: If you taxed every U.S. billionaire into oblivion—wiped out their entire net worths—you could fund the federal government for…less than a year. And like it or not, many of them built things that vastly improved people’s lives.
I know it’s trendy to hate billionaires, but many didn’t get rich by accident.
Jeff Bezos made goods cheaper & quickly accessible. Bill Gates put computers in homes. Sergey Brin gave the world a search engine that works. I could go on.
So yes…they should exist.
Jeff Bezos made goods cheaper & quickly accessible. Bill Gates put computers in homes. Sergey Brin gave the world a search engine that works. I could go on.
So yes…they should exist.
June 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
There are 600+ billionaires in the US (many of them multi) & 600k homeless people. A billion dollars is a THOUSAND million. Forget about funding the federal gov— we could end homelessness (and invigorate the economy) and all these folks would still be hugely wealthy. What kind of society do we want?
At the bottom of this article, Sen. Kennedy (R, LA) refers to Chris Van Hollen as a “friend” who is “utterly and gloriously wrong.” What we need from Dems is no more “friendship” in the Senate— Instead, ~55-60 Dems in the Senate because we’ve won the case that R’s are beyond-the-pale wrong. A goal.
Trump 'trying to change the subject' on deportee, Van Hollen says
Speaking in multiple interviews, Sen. Chris Van Hollen discussed the implications of the Abrego Garcia case.
www.politico.com
April 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
At the bottom of this article, Sen. Kennedy (R, LA) refers to Chris Van Hollen as a “friend” who is “utterly and gloriously wrong.” What we need from Dems is no more “friendship” in the Senate— Instead, ~55-60 Dems in the Senate because we’ve won the case that R’s are beyond-the-pale wrong. A goal.
I think my ideal political 30-second ad right now draws the quickest contrast between Trump's obvious narcissism (which most of his voters would concede) and a believable, compelling alternative. I think it would basically be:
A guy in a bar, ranting about political stuff in obviously
A guy in a bar, ranting about political stuff in obviously
April 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I think my ideal political 30-second ad right now draws the quickest contrast between Trump's obvious narcissism (which most of his voters would concede) and a believable, compelling alternative. I think it would basically be:
A guy in a bar, ranting about political stuff in obviously
A guy in a bar, ranting about political stuff in obviously