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Also, smack him and don’t back down. Trump operates at the level of a toddler and he is a bully — you have to put him in his place and hold your ground. If you then also represent something he wants (NYC cultural prestige), you will have him in a completely subservient position.
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Also, smack him and don’t back down. Trump operates at the level of a toddler and he is a bully — you have to put him in his place and hold your ground. If you then also represent something he wants (NYC cultural prestige), you will have him in a completely subservient position.
That is a huge hotel room for Manhattan
November 22, 2025 at 5:51 AM
That is a huge hotel room for Manhattan
You are a marvel and we are lucky to have you. Keep it going! 🙌
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
You are a marvel and we are lucky to have you. Keep it going! 🙌
Luckily, he doesn’t have a chance in hell of winning that congressional seat. Unfortunately, his social media travels a lot further than that 😵💫
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Luckily, he doesn’t have a chance in hell of winning that congressional seat. Unfortunately, his social media travels a lot further than that 😵💫
No, but the fact that FDR’s leftist policies established such a long run for Democrats in the house and such a long sustained relationship with the working class proves my point.
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
No, but the fact that FDR’s leftist policies established such a long run for Democrats in the house and such a long sustained relationship with the working class proves my point.
Democrats came to power in the US house w the energy of FDR’s New Deal in 1931 and held power continuously until 1995, with the exception of 2 (isolated) 2-year periods.
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Democrats came to power in the US house w the energy of FDR’s New Deal in 1931 and held power continuously until 1995, with the exception of 2 (isolated) 2-year periods.
Is it ‘amazing’ though?? Really… ?? 🧐
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Is it ‘amazing’ though?? Really… ?? 🧐
But also — Johnson is literally a shell of a man. He is completely subservient to Trump and has no substance outside of that. Literally nothing he says has meaning unless he is a mouthpiece for the Trump administration. Thune clearly knows this
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
But also — Johnson is literally a shell of a man. He is completely subservient to Trump and has no substance outside of that. Literally nothing he says has meaning unless he is a mouthpiece for the Trump administration. Thune clearly knows this
I’m not saying no good things happened, but it still didn’t build a sustainable quality of decent living for working people or the political trust that doing such could have established
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I’m not saying no good things happened, but it still didn’t build a sustainable quality of decent living for working people or the political trust that doing such could have established
Yes, but these points are related. We need politicians to embrace left policies that are actually very popular w the base AND we need to run candidates with the political instinct to not ‘punch the left’ but rather the consultant class who the actual base loathes
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Yes, but these points are related. We need politicians to embrace left policies that are actually very popular w the base AND we need to run candidates with the political instinct to not ‘punch the left’ but rather the consultant class who the actual base loathes
But deregulation led to the vast inequality we have today and all the problems that come with it. I’m not saying they were the greatest villains ever, but I am saying that if the left today can’t understand that a large part of its problems are rooted in that era, there is no hope for them
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
But deregulation led to the vast inequality we have today and all the problems that come with it. I’m not saying they were the greatest villains ever, but I am saying that if the left today can’t understand that a large part of its problems are rooted in that era, there is no hope for them
Which is indicative of their failure — if you’re a left government and the working class doesn’t know it, your policy focus is out of whack and you also don’t understand the rhythm of contemporary politics.
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Which is indicative of their failure — if you’re a left government and the working class doesn’t know it, your policy focus is out of whack and you also don’t understand the rhythm of contemporary politics.
It’s amusing seeing recent transplants to the Upper West Side (presumably) think they have a snowball’s chance in hell at winning this race 😂
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It’s amusing seeing recent transplants to the Upper West Side (presumably) think they have a snowball’s chance in hell at winning this race 😂
People who are being crushed by housing costs don’t care if officials work on long term increases in housing supply. They want help paying rent NOW. They’re not necessarily opposed to the former but if politicians can’t realize that the latter is MUCH more important to them, they lose voters’ trust
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
People who are being crushed by housing costs don’t care if officials work on long term increases in housing supply. They want help paying rent NOW. They’re not necessarily opposed to the former but if politicians can’t realize that the latter is MUCH more important to them, they lose voters’ trust
And in a thermostatic political environment where ppl are desperate and patience is short, neoliberal solutions simply TAKE TOO LONG, aside from chance of success. Globally, the left should look at Mexico as example - provide tangible benefits NOW & you can survive long enough for long term reforms
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
And in a thermostatic political environment where ppl are desperate and patience is short, neoliberal solutions simply TAKE TOO LONG, aside from chance of success. Globally, the left should look at Mexico as example - provide tangible benefits NOW & you can survive long enough for long term reforms
This isn’t hard to understand & it drives me nuts that these self-regarding ‘thinkers’ of the center left refuse to get it — ‘housing crisis’ to most means ‘I can’t pay my rent right now.’ Help ppl w that part now & you can deal w long term issue of supply later. Doesn’t work the other way around
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This isn’t hard to understand & it drives me nuts that these self-regarding ‘thinkers’ of the center left refuse to get it — ‘housing crisis’ to most means ‘I can’t pay my rent right now.’ Help ppl w that part now & you can deal w long term issue of supply later. Doesn’t work the other way around
This is the correct comparison
November 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is the correct comparison
It worked to win elections, but it ate the working class alive which set the stage for the current hellscape of our politics (and world)
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It worked to win elections, but it ate the working class alive which set the stage for the current hellscape of our politics (and world)
And the 90s ‘third way’ neoliberal agenda led to our current era of a desperate working class and fascism on the rise. Today’s left will not be successful unless it not only stands up to and turns back the right but also corrects the mistakes of last generation’s ‘new’ center left
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
And the 90s ‘third way’ neoliberal agenda led to our current era of a desperate working class and fascism on the rise. Today’s left will not be successful unless it not only stands up to and turns back the right but also corrects the mistakes of last generation’s ‘new’ center left
EXACTLY! Labour has been doing in real time what ‘centrist’ establishment Dems have been preaching & it has been not just bad, but a historic and cataclysmic disaster. In this era, working class voters are desperate — deliver tangible results immediately or suffer the (maybe permanent?) consequences
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
EXACTLY! Labour has been doing in real time what ‘centrist’ establishment Dems have been preaching & it has been not just bad, but a historic and cataclysmic disaster. In this era, working class voters are desperate — deliver tangible results immediately or suffer the (maybe permanent?) consequences
Renewing SCRIE and DRIE is also a nightmare. Two hugely important affordable housing programs in the city being hobbled by absurd bureaucracy and administrative dysfunction.
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Renewing SCRIE and DRIE is also a nightmare. Two hugely important affordable housing programs in the city being hobbled by absurd bureaucracy and administrative dysfunction.
They caved bc of the filibuster and their terror at not having it to hide behind
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
They caved bc of the filibuster and their terror at not having it to hide behind
Being dumb is a super undervalued dynamic in our politics. Like, a lot of Trumpism is related to him just being extremely stupid. Similarly, a lot of the infuriating things Dem politicians do is bc some of them are not so bright. (Like, Manchin was low key evil, but also just… kind of an idiot)
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Being dumb is a super undervalued dynamic in our politics. Like, a lot of Trumpism is related to him just being extremely stupid. Similarly, a lot of the infuriating things Dem politicians do is bc some of them are not so bright. (Like, Manchin was low key evil, but also just… kind of an idiot)
Fair point, but too much of YIMBY rhetoric is economically secure transplants in cities they are new to screaming at economically insecure locals about things they don’t fully understand.
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Fair point, but too much of YIMBY rhetoric is economically secure transplants in cities they are new to screaming at economically insecure locals about things they don’t fully understand.
If you don’t understand how rich people’s homes are often vacant, I mean, I do t l wow hat to tell you… Maybe start by looking at a NYC prep school’s holiday calendar and it’s exteeeeeeensive break periods?
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
If you don’t understand how rich people’s homes are often vacant, I mean, I do t l wow hat to tell you… Maybe start by looking at a NYC prep school’s holiday calendar and it’s exteeeeeeensive break periods?