There have been reports of DHS sources saying they plan to deploy four times as many agents here in March. Whether that's accurate or not, I think we all knew that if they opted out of the deep winter in Chicago, they'd be back after the thaw. We need to synthesize what we've learned and prepare.

It’s a great commercial to see once or twice. It gets really cloying after that.

But it shows that he understands people’s pain points.

Twenty minutes to sit down with your family or hang with your friends or practice the oboe or work on the next great American novel?

It’s a slice of possibility.

For all that people are bemoaning that Mamdani is radical, the central issues in his campaign are actually relatively small.

“This bus will be fast and free” saves people a few dollars and twenty minutes every day. This isn’t huge; it’s concrete and imaginable.

A focus on kitchen table issues has to look like: I understand how you’re struggling, and here is how I want to make your life better.

And the answer HAS to be something other than “well that guy will suck worse.”

Saying “we have to keep the status quo because the alternative is bad” ends up making people feel like you’re either gaslighting or out of touch, because the status quo actually sucks for a lot of people.

It’s going to look different in every place. It doesn’t have to be Mamdani. But a focus on kitchen table issues doesn’t mean just shouting “this other guy is gonna make your kitchen table issues worse!”

It means having a vision for a better future.

Same applies to healthcare, clothing, housing, education etc

This has been true for at least a century and probably more. That one hundred of years with the ability to eliminate material want and yet we make it worse by choice.