Indiscreet Function
@homotopic.bsky.social
Jew. Mostly leftist. Queer. Most people refer to me with the pronouns "he/him" and I acquiesce in this.
Kim Davis's petition seeking to overrule Obergefell was denied this morning without noted dissent
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Kim Davis's petition seeking to overrule Obergefell was denied this morning without noted dissent
Alex thinks that anyone who beats up a Jew in NYC (a real thing that happens) is a Mamdani supporter who should be held against Mamdani. This is a very stupid and obviously indefensible view
We really need to make it much more unpopular to openly lie on the internet.
There are zero reported cases of Mamdani supporters beating up Jewish people. This is just racism.
There are zero reported cases of Mamdani supporters beating up Jewish people. This is just racism.
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Alex thinks that anyone who beats up a Jew in NYC (a real thing that happens) is a Mamdani supporter who should be held against Mamdani. This is a very stupid and obviously indefensible view
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Abolish Border Patrol.
Trump deportation agent: "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Abolish Border Patrol.
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The Nexus Project is deeply concerned by the divisive, hyperbolic and aggressive response that we are seeing from some corners of the Jewish community to the election of Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor of New York City.
Our full statement: nexusproject.us/press-releas...
Our full statement: nexusproject.us/press-releas...
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Nexus Project is deeply concerned by the divisive, hyperbolic and aggressive response that we are seeing from some corners of the Jewish community to the election of Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor of New York City.
Our full statement: nexusproject.us/press-releas...
Our full statement: nexusproject.us/press-releas...
It should be illegal for Shabbat to start before 5pm
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It should be illegal for Shabbat to start before 5pm
The fine is hefty ($60 million!) but on my read Cornell does not commit to anti-trans discrimination the way other schools have--am I missing anything? statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University
statements.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The fine is hefty ($60 million!) but on my read Cornell does not commit to anti-trans discrimination the way other schools have--am I missing anything? statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
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I don’t think may non-trans people understand this isn’t about international travel. Passports function as identification for those of us from red states that prohibit gender marker changes.
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I don’t think may non-trans people understand this isn’t about international travel. Passports function as identification for those of us from red states that prohibit gender marker changes.
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"Beyond being the 24th consecutive grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration, the cryptic ruling in Orr is a reminder of just how bankrupt the Court’s proffered justifications are in these cases—both legally and in other ways, too."
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
189. The Breezy Inequity of Trump v. Orr
The Supreme Court's latest grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration illustrates in technicolor the direct (and ugly) consequences of the two different ways it keeps messing up "equity."
www.stevevladeck.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
"Beyond being the 24th consecutive grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration, the cryptic ruling in Orr is a reminder of just how bankrupt the Court’s proffered justifications are in these cases—both legally and in other ways, too."
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
The Supreme Court's equal protection reasoning in Orr is insultingly conclusory. Is sex listed on a passport really an attestation of "historical fact"? That seems pretty weird! It's not even "differential treatment" to let some people use a sex label and not let others do the same?
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The Supreme Court's equal protection reasoning in Orr is insultingly conclusory. Is sex listed on a passport really an attestation of "historical fact"? That seems pretty weird! It's not even "differential treatment" to let some people use a sex label and not let others do the same?
One of the reasons "Zionist" litmus tests are bad is that the list of things that will get people to call you a Zionist is very expansive
For those who aren't keeping up, Mamdani is a Zionist now (for condeming swastika graffiti on a yeshiva)
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
One of the reasons "Zionist" litmus tests are bad is that the list of things that will get people to call you a Zionist is very expansive
Trump v Hawaii is a good cite for the majority in this shadow docket ruling--it's another striking instance where they ignored the most obvious facts to let Trump's open bigotry control
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Trump v Hawaii is a good cite for the majority in this shadow docket ruling--it's another striking instance where they ignored the most obvious facts to let Trump's open bigotry control
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One thing the mayor-elect could do between now and January 1 is to call on Kathy Hochul to veto the bill on her desk that would ban one-person train operations in the NYC subway. Mamdani was absent the day of the vote, and banning OPTO is incompatible with lower cost (or free) transit.
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
One thing the mayor-elect could do between now and January 1 is to call on Kathy Hochul to veto the bill on her desk that would ban one-person train operations in the NYC subway. Mamdani was absent the day of the vote, and banning OPTO is incompatible with lower cost (or free) transit.
When you think about large 2024 -> 2025 swings you have to keep differential turnout in mind--a lot of low engagement voters who voted for Trump didn't show up, you shouldn't assume they've changed their minds
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
When you think about large 2024 -> 2025 swings you have to keep differential turnout in mind--a lot of low engagement voters who voted for Trump didn't show up, you shouldn't assume they've changed their minds
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What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.*
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.*
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
This variety of Zionism has only one note for diaspora Jews
Israeli politicians are announcing that they are going to use the election of Mamdani as a reason to try to convince a substantial number of NYC Jews to emigrate to Israel. I do not think they will be successful in substantial numbers. (www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...)
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This variety of Zionism has only one note for diaspora Jews
Live by conservative justices' separation-of-powers intuitions, die by conservative justices' separation-of-powers intuitions
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Live by conservative justices' separation-of-powers intuitions, die by conservative justices' separation-of-powers intuitions
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Roberts now going at the solicitor general like a cat with a wounded mouse. Keeps telling him that tariffs are taxes on the American people. "Who pays the tariffs??" Says Trump's argument would neutralize separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches. Incredible stuff.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Roberts now going at the solicitor general like a cat with a wounded mouse. Keeps telling him that tariffs are taxes on the American people. "Who pays the tariffs??" Says Trump's argument would neutralize separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches. Incredible stuff.
The strategy of rhetorical affiliation with aspects of classical socialism while pursuing basically a pragmatic moderately social democratic policy is more common in Europe but it's well-trodden ground
Nothing says "young person with fresh new ideas in politics" like starting your victory speech off by name-checking Eugene Debs.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The strategy of rhetorical affiliation with aspects of classical socialism while pursuing basically a pragmatic moderately social democratic policy is more common in Europe but it's well-trodden ground
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In his victory speech, Mamdani claimed fighting antisemitism as HIS issue. He ranged it right alongside fighting Islamophobia.
That is the move that many on the left never quite figure out. And it is the OBVIOUS move when you are the Democratic mayor and the Republican Party is embracing Nazism.
That is the move that many on the left never quite figure out. And it is the OBVIOUS move when you are the Democratic mayor and the Republican Party is embracing Nazism.
The ADL is terrified that the Mamdani administration will continue to demonstrate that a genuine, tangible commitment to the well-being of Jews in America can coexist alongside staunch opposition to the policies of a country on the other side of the planet. It hurts their bottom line
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In his victory speech, Mamdani claimed fighting antisemitism as HIS issue. He ranged it right alongside fighting Islamophobia.
That is the move that many on the left never quite figure out. And it is the OBVIOUS move when you are the Democratic mayor and the Republican Party is embracing Nazism.
That is the move that many on the left never quite figure out. And it is the OBVIOUS move when you are the Democratic mayor and the Republican Party is embracing Nazism.
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Hochul needs to fire Jay Jacobs and then pass a state law to upzone every single LIRR station
Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Hochul needs to fire Jay Jacobs and then pass a state law to upzone every single LIRR station
Who is "the New York Democratic Party" in this sentence
At the risk of sounding petty, calls for Democratic unity going forward are all well and good, but let’s not forget that the reason Cuomo ran against Mamdani in the first place was a last-ditch effort by the New York Democratic Party to ratfuck their duly elected nominee.
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Who is "the New York Democratic Party" in this sentence
You know who else had a good night? The New York Times forecasting model. They pinned the winning margins for Sherrill, Spanberger, and Jones quite early. Next time they shouldn't turn it off after the AP makes a call and they should reverse whatever editorial decision made it less prominent
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
You know who else had a good night? The New York Times forecasting model. They pinned the winning margins for Sherrill, Spanberger, and Jones quite early. Next time they shouldn't turn it off after the AP makes a call and they should reverse whatever editorial decision made it less prominent
The striking thing about these statements is that they feel the need to say "delegitimize Israel OR excuse antisemitism" in the same breath. These are different things www.ujafedny.org/news/stateme...
Statement from UJA-Federation of New York, JCRC-NY, ADL New York/New Jersey, AJC New York and New York Board of Rabbis on the Election of Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani
www.ujafedny.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The striking thing about these statements is that they feel the need to say "delegitimize Israel OR excuse antisemitism" in the same breath. These are different things www.ujafedny.org/news/stateme...
Yglesias is framing this in a trolly way but the basic analysis here is right:
- progressives winning big city elections is normal
- part of what's different about Mamdani is Israel but that didn't work as an issue for Cuomo
- his real challenge is that NYC's problems are not left/right problems
- progressives winning big city elections is normal
- part of what's different about Mamdani is Israel but that didn't work as an issue for Cuomo
- his real challenge is that NYC's problems are not left/right problems
Progressives winning mayor's races is not that rare — what's rare is mayors who progressives continue to like after a term or two of grappling with budgetary tradeoffs.
www.slowboring.com/p/now-comes-...
www.slowboring.com/p/now-comes-...
November 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Yglesias is framing this in a trolly way but the basic analysis here is right:
- progressives winning big city elections is normal
- part of what's different about Mamdani is Israel but that didn't work as an issue for Cuomo
- his real challenge is that NYC's problems are not left/right problems
- progressives winning big city elections is normal
- part of what's different about Mamdani is Israel but that didn't work as an issue for Cuomo
- his real challenge is that NYC's problems are not left/right problems
What is she talking about, NYC Jews already do these things
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
What is she talking about, NYC Jews already do these things