Jack Mirkinson
@jackmirkinson.bsky.social
Senior editor, The Nation (@thenation.com) | Editor/co-owner, Discourse Blog (@discourseblog.com)
Get in touch: jmirkinson at thenation dot com / jack at discourseblog dot com
Get in touch: jmirkinson at thenation dot com / jack at discourseblog dot com
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
not surprising dems are clinging to the filibuster. without it voters might expect them to do the things they always pretend they want to do. so the filibuster has to stay.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
not surprising dems are clinging to the filibuster. without it voters might expect them to do the things they always pretend they want to do. so the filibuster has to stay.
time to add it to the meme
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
time to add it to the meme
this is excellent three-dimensional chess. every good politician knows that the average person loves it when you openly care more about senate procedure than their lives.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
this is excellent three-dimensional chess. every good politician knows that the average person loves it when you openly care more about senate procedure than their lives.
wise choice for the bbc to cave to bad faith hysteria from trump et al — as we know in the united states, once you do that, they're definitely satisfied forever and nothing ever happens to you again
Bulletin: BBC director general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness are resigning "following criticism that a BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump."
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
wise choice for the bbc to cave to bad faith hysteria from trump et al — as we know in the united states, once you do that, they're definitely satisfied forever and nothing ever happens to you again
guys i think we can trust the tactical genius of senate democrats—when have they ever been wrong before
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
guys i think we can trust the tactical genius of senate democrats—when have they ever been wrong before
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"The Fettermans of the world have cut off their own feet, and then gleefully rolled about on the floor, wondering why on earth they cannot walk."
When I Was John Fetterman
I was one of the senator’s most dedicated consultants—until I saw a side of him that made me sick.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"The Fettermans of the world have cut off their own feet, and then gleefully rolled about on the floor, wondering why on earth they cannot walk."
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Great @gbbranstetter.bsky.social read on how throwing trans people under the bus is not a winning political strategy and in fact the opposite is true. Democrats have an opportunity here to not be craven cowards succumbing to transphobic messaging.
Democrats Can’t Blame Trans People for Their Own Failures
Despite the attempts by so many in the party's establishment to paint trans rights as a toxic issue, transphobia was soundly rejected across the country this week.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Great @gbbranstetter.bsky.social read on how throwing trans people under the bus is not a winning political strategy and in fact the opposite is true. Democrats have an opportunity here to not be craven cowards succumbing to transphobic messaging.
Today in @thenation.com: thrilled to have @gbbranstetter.bsky.social on how this week's elections should bury once and for all the toxic myth that trans people are to blame for the Democratic Party's political failures www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Democrats Can't Blame Trans People for Their Own Failures
Despite the attempts by so many in the party's establishment to paint trans rights as a toxic issue, transphobia was soundly rejected across the country this week.
www.thenation.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today in @thenation.com: thrilled to have @gbbranstetter.bsky.social on how this week's elections should bury once and for all the toxic myth that trans people are to blame for the Democratic Party's political failures www.thenation.com/article/poli...
zohran mentioned cuomo's name after pledging never to say it again last night....promises already being broken
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
zohran mentioned cuomo's name after pledging never to say it again last night....promises already being broken
the very first question at zohran's first post-election press conference is about....israel
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November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
the very first question at zohran's first post-election press conference is about....israel
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WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
www.discourseblog.com/p/we-got-a-h...
WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
www.discourseblog.com/p/we-got-a-h...
We Got a Hot Mayor
Zohran Mamdani won. We seized the hot future that we deserve. And the uggos better be afraid.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
www.discourseblog.com/p/we-got-a-h...
WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
WE GOT A HOT MAYOR
www.discourseblog.com/p/we-got-a-h...
Read @sdschuyler.bsky.social on the most important development from last night: We Got a Hot Mayor
www.discourseblog.com/p/we-got-a-h...
www.discourseblog.com/p/we-got-a-h...
We Got a Hot Mayor
Zohran Mamdani won. We seized the hot future that we deserve. And the uggos better be afraid.
www.discourseblog.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Read @sdschuyler.bsky.social on the most important development from last night: We Got a Hot Mayor
www.discourseblog.com/p/we-got-a-h...
www.discourseblog.com/p/we-got-a-h...
also as @liesandperfidy.bsky.social rightly points out, the final graf of this section—"lucky for zohran the dead guy's family was also brown and muslim!"—is extremely gross
a telling part of the nyt take on zohran's win: the insistence that a cop's killing was a "disaster" for his campaign. there has never been any real evidence to support this! but the nyt has a narrative and it refuses to budge. there will be lots more of this to come www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
also as @liesandperfidy.bsky.social rightly points out, the final graf of this section—"lucky for zohran the dead guy's family was also brown and muslim!"—is extremely gross
sliwa would obviously have been a shitty mayor but he conducted himself with more class and integrity than cuomo for the entirety of the campaign
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
sliwa would obviously have been a shitty mayor but he conducted himself with more class and integrity than cuomo for the entirety of the campaign
a telling part of the nyt take on zohran's win: the insistence that a cop's killing was a "disaster" for his campaign. there has never been any real evidence to support this! but the nyt has a narrative and it refuses to budge. there will be lots more of this to come www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
a telling part of the nyt take on zohran's win: the insistence that a cop's killing was a "disaster" for his campaign. there has never been any real evidence to support this! but the nyt has a narrative and it refuses to budge. there will be lots more of this to come www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
"we had a good night last night!!!" — a woman, unprompted, at the bodega this am
folks the vibes are still faultless
folks the vibes are still faultless
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"we had a good night last night!!!" — a woman, unprompted, at the bodega this am
folks the vibes are still faultless
folks the vibes are still faultless
erroll louis is grooving to the zohran music, the takeover is complete
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
erroll louis is grooving to the zohran music, the takeover is complete
oh my god he's quoting mario cuomo zsldkjfhzslkdjf
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
oh my god he's quoting mario cuomo zsldkjfhzslkdjf
feels like the reminder that zohran is constitutionally barred from becoming president is going to be needed quite a lot
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
feels like the reminder that zohran is constitutionally barred from becoming president is going to be needed quite a lot
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“whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community…” it is not difficult to just say
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community…” it is not difficult to just say
"i wish andrew cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time i utter his name" — zohran
ice cold lmao
ice cold lmao
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"i wish andrew cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time i utter his name" — zohran
ice cold lmao
ice cold lmao
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