Thomas V. Bona
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Bronx boy, NY sports fan, Electric Mennonite researching/writing about progressive politics, infrastructure, religion, music. Now with ADHD/anxiety expansion pack!
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Eric Adams has a mid-20s approval rating and it’s pretty consistent across demographics. Where’s he going exactly?
Mr. Adams said in an interview on Thursday that he would campaign with Mr. Cuomo in neighborhoods where the mayor is most popular, and push people to vote for the former governor.
Eric Adams Will Endorse Andrew Cuomo for Mayor
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Eric Adams has a mid-20s approval rating and it’s pretty consistent across demographics. Where’s he going exactly?
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If you put me courtside at a Knicks game with Cuomo and Adams I would wonder which circle of Hell I was in and whether I’d be spending eternity with those assclowns
October 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If you put me courtside at a Knicks game with Cuomo and Adams I would wonder which circle of Hell I was in and whether I’d be spending eternity with those assclowns
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"we" remember just fine. It's just the NYT opinion page editors who are apparently completely ignorant of history
Do we really have such abysmal collective memory that we need to be *told* that the right has a history of censoring free speech? Have we really swallowed so much reactionary-centrist bullshit about "cancel culture" that we've forgotten that primal political truth?
Opinion | We Have Seen the ‘Woke Right’ Before, and It Wasn’t Pretty Then, Either
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"we" remember just fine. It's just the NYT opinion page editors who are apparently completely ignorant of history
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They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office
After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects
Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs
Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs
October 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office
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This is the most beautiful and heartbreaking action by these bystanders.
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is the most beautiful and heartbreaking action by these bystanders.
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Exactly, the Dems' "condescension problem" is almost entirely a creation of right-wing media.
Honestly think the only way to solve the condescension problem is to stop insisting that we have one. It's very obvious why your opponent would call you condescending for being smart and right; stand up for yourself!
Klein is also obsessed with solving Democrats’ “condescension problem” but it’s not condescending to talk about how your political opponents are wrong! That’s kind of how it works.
September 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Exactly, the Dems' "condescension problem" is almost entirely a creation of right-wing media.
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This piece gets at something that I've been struggling to articulate: We've seen this exact push-pull before. When Republicans were out of power in the 1990s they invented "political correctness" to pretend they were being censored. Then they went right back to censoring once they had power again.
September 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This piece gets at something that I've been struggling to articulate: We've seen this exact push-pull before. When Republicans were out of power in the 1990s they invented "political correctness" to pretend they were being censored. Then they went right back to censoring once they had power again.
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Sam’s Law of Media:
The media treats Democrats as the only political actors with agency, responsible for everything happening
Republicans, by contrast, are treated like zoo animals: odd, fascinating, but never to be judged and, perhaps more importantly, never responsible for their own decisions
The media treats Democrats as the only political actors with agency, responsible for everything happening
Republicans, by contrast, are treated like zoo animals: odd, fascinating, but never to be judged and, perhaps more importantly, never responsible for their own decisions
October 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Sam’s Law of Media:
The media treats Democrats as the only political actors with agency, responsible for everything happening
Republicans, by contrast, are treated like zoo animals: odd, fascinating, but never to be judged and, perhaps more importantly, never responsible for their own decisions
The media treats Democrats as the only political actors with agency, responsible for everything happening
Republicans, by contrast, are treated like zoo animals: odd, fascinating, but never to be judged and, perhaps more importantly, never responsible for their own decisions
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question: why does the media treat democrats as the only ones with any agency? republicans have a trifecta, they can prevent a shutdown whenever they want
more important question: what is wrong with Alex Thompson?
more important question: what is wrong with Alex Thompson?
October 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
question: why does the media treat democrats as the only ones with any agency? republicans have a trifecta, they can prevent a shutdown whenever they want
more important question: what is wrong with Alex Thompson?
more important question: what is wrong with Alex Thompson?
Tell your grandkids this was Antifa:
October 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Tell your grandkids this was Antifa:
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kudos to ALL the comedians who have spoken out forcefully against this, including Marc Maron (who remains one of our greatest national treasures), Leslie Liao, and yes, even that conservative dipshit Shane Gillis. Pete Davidson's agreement to this "festival" especially is just disgusting, C'MON MAN.
Saudi comedy festival draws big names and backlash
Human rights advocates and some comics say the festival, at which Bill Burr, Louis C.K., Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart are performing, whitewashes abuses.
wapo.st
September 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
kudos to ALL the comedians who have spoken out forcefully against this, including Marc Maron (who remains one of our greatest national treasures), Leslie Liao, and yes, even that conservative dipshit Shane Gillis. Pete Davidson's agreement to this "festival" especially is just disgusting, C'MON MAN.
Tell me again how the problem is Democrats’ “messaging.” 🙄
BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.
Democrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown
Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Tell me again how the problem is Democrats’ “messaging.” 🙄
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Remember: however much contempt you have for journalists, it’s not nearly enough
BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.
Democrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown
Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Remember: however much contempt you have for journalists, it’s not nearly enough
Republicans are getting the kind of government they want.
Remember this in future elections.
Remember this in future elections.
October 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Republicans are getting the kind of government they want.
Remember this in future elections.
Remember this in future elections.
@miriam.codes Big thanks for introducing me to the Court Theatre 21 years ago! It’s been an amazing artistic companion most years since! www.courttheatre.org/about/blog/c...
Court Receives Nine Jeff Awards - Court Theatre
Photo of Alfred H. Wilson, Kelvin Roston Jr., Willie B., David Dowd, AnJi White, Geno Walker, and Juwan Lockett by Michael Brosilow. What a night! We are
www.courttheatre.org
September 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
@miriam.codes Big thanks for introducing me to the Court Theatre 21 years ago! It’s been an amazing artistic companion most years since! www.courttheatre.org/about/blog/c...
To all the people who type “Who??” in response to the Bad Bunny Super Bowl announcement:
It’s actually “¿¿Quien??”
It’s actually “¿¿Quien??”
September 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
To all the people who type “Who??” in response to the Bad Bunny Super Bowl announcement:
It’s actually “¿¿Quien??”
It’s actually “¿¿Quien??”
EXACTLY
People were talking on here the other day about what a good guy Klein is interpersonally. He's thoughtful, generous and always tries to see the best in people.
You can see that at play here. He simply cannot accept the fact that Kirk was acting in bad faith.
You can see that at play here. He simply cannot accept the fact that Kirk was acting in bad faith.
September 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
EXACTLY
Exactly.
This was the most fascinating exchange to me. Coates asks whether a liberal going to Evangelical churches and selectively editing exchanges to mock Christians would be "doing politics the right way."
Klein says it would if it were done completely differently.
Klein says it would if it were done completely differently.
September 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Exactly.
Fun fact: There’s a whole second clause to the quote Ken klipped out for some reason. 🤷🏻♂️
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: "We hope and expect that Republicans will do the right thing"
September 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Fun fact: There’s a whole second clause to the quote Ken klipped out for some reason. 🤷🏻♂️
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Reading this, I'm seeing something I call the swerve
there are people, usually with a high level of in-born privilege, who *will not see certain things.* They just *won't.* And if you put it in front of their faces they will do ANYTHING to insist it's not there.
Klein keeps swerving.
there are people, usually with a high level of in-born privilege, who *will not see certain things.* They just *won't.* And if you put it in front of their faces they will do ANYTHING to insist it's not there.
Klein keeps swerving.
September 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Reading this, I'm seeing something I call the swerve
there are people, usually with a high level of in-born privilege, who *will not see certain things.* They just *won't.* And if you put it in front of their faces they will do ANYTHING to insist it's not there.
Klein keeps swerving.
there are people, usually with a high level of in-born privilege, who *will not see certain things.* They just *won't.* And if you put it in front of their faces they will do ANYTHING to insist it's not there.
Klein keeps swerving.
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Coates says Black Americans have stories about relatives who were lynched or had to flee and that a life free of political violence is not in reach in his time
Klein:
"Sometimes I think that having a historical scope that wide can make the present too deterministic."
They lynched a kid last week.
Klein:
"Sometimes I think that having a historical scope that wide can make the present too deterministic."
They lynched a kid last week.
This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Coates says Black Americans have stories about relatives who were lynched or had to flee and that a life free of political violence is not in reach in his time
Klein:
"Sometimes I think that having a historical scope that wide can make the present too deterministic."
They lynched a kid last week.
Klein:
"Sometimes I think that having a historical scope that wide can make the present too deterministic."
They lynched a kid last week.
When you’re going to an LGBTQ+ wedding but let’s face it you’re still straight white cisdude af. 🤣
September 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
When you’re going to an LGBTQ+ wedding but let’s face it you’re still straight white cisdude af. 🤣