Jordan Zakarin
@jordanz.bsky.social
I make content about discontent. Producer at More Perfect Union, publisher of ProgressReport.news.
Mets fan, Liverpool FC supporter, Scunthorpe United shareholder.
Mets fan, Liverpool FC supporter, Scunthorpe United shareholder.
There’s a lot of important stuff happening on this site but it’s such a bummer experience, like doomscrolling with the voice of your most panicked and righteous friend narrating everything. Overwhelming.
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
There’s a lot of important stuff happening on this site but it’s such a bummer experience, like doomscrolling with the voice of your most panicked and righteous friend narrating everything. Overwhelming.
Where we are assuming naivety, we might instead assign cynicism. Instead of Democrats whiffing once again, maybe they were betting that their voters — you and me — would take the bait and play the role of old hapless Charlie Brown yet again. www.progressreport.news/p/democrats-...
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Where we are assuming naivety, we might instead assign cynicism. Instead of Democrats whiffing once again, maybe they were betting that their voters — you and me — would take the bait and play the role of old hapless Charlie Brown yet again. www.progressreport.news/p/democrats-...
The Miracle Mile shopping center is a basement mall on the Las Vegas strip lol
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Miracle Mile shopping center is a basement mall on the Las Vegas strip lol
Andrew Cuomo will end his political career the same way it began: hurling bigoted smears in service of a losing mayoral campaign
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Andrew Cuomo will end his political career the same way it began: hurling bigoted smears in service of a losing mayoral campaign
People who remember the McCarren Pool Parties have finally taken over NYC
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
People who remember the McCarren Pool Parties have finally taken over NYC
The Upper West Side defied predictions and is +5 for Zohran Mamdani. Honestly a huge statement about Cuomo's failure to scare Jewish voters off Zohran.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The Upper West Side defied predictions and is +5 for Zohran Mamdani. Honestly a huge statement about Cuomo's failure to scare Jewish voters off Zohran.
Andrew Cuomo spent years as governor working to give Republicans a majority in the state Senate, so they're really just paying him back.
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Andrew Cuomo spent years as governor working to give Republicans a majority in the state Senate, so they're really just paying him back.
Anybody here a heart surgeon or cardiologist? Have some pressing questions...
November 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Anybody here a heart surgeon or cardiologist? Have some pressing questions...
The NY Times keep asking the same seven voters what they think about various political issues.
The Onion has been preemptively parodying this for decades.
The Onion has been preemptively parodying this for decades.
October 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The NY Times keep asking the same seven voters what they think about various political issues.
The Onion has been preemptively parodying this for decades.
The Onion has been preemptively parodying this for decades.
If he really thinks Zohran is so dangerous, it looks like Cuomo should drop out to help Sliwa
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If he really thinks Zohran is so dangerous, it looks like Cuomo should drop out to help Sliwa
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In 2016, I went to Japan, saw a few baseball games, and then came back and wrote this article about a two-way player named Shohei Ohtani who was breaking out in NPB. www.vice.com/en/article/s...
October 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
In 2016, I went to Japan, saw a few baseball games, and then came back and wrote this article about a two-way player named Shohei Ohtani who was breaking out in NPB. www.vice.com/en/article/s...
In 2016, I went to Japan, saw a few baseball games, and then came back and wrote this article about a two-way player named Shohei Ohtani who was breaking out in NPB. www.vice.com/en/article/s...
October 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
In 2016, I went to Japan, saw a few baseball games, and then came back and wrote this article about a two-way player named Shohei Ohtani who was breaking out in NPB. www.vice.com/en/article/s...
For somebody running on his experience, Andrew Cuomo doesn't seem to remember anything he did as governor (other than rebuild an airport)
October 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
For somebody running on his experience, Andrew Cuomo doesn't seem to remember anything he did as governor (other than rebuild an airport)
This is far worse than any glib old Reddit post
October 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This is far worse than any glib old Reddit post
If there's one thing plaguing most New Yorkers on a day-to-day basis, it's prostitution on Roosevelt Ave. Spend more time on this, please.
October 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
If there's one thing plaguing most New Yorkers on a day-to-day basis, it's prostitution on Roosevelt Ave. Spend more time on this, please.
Only 34% of the million low income New Yorkers eligible for free transit are enrolled. When you make a program opt-in, especially for people of fewer means, you kneecap it
October 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Only 34% of the million low income New Yorkers eligible for free transit are enrolled. When you make a program opt-in, especially for people of fewer means, you kneecap it
I lived in a rent-stabilized apartment for three years and had no idea. Landlord and real estate agent never told me.
When I moved out, they still raised the rent by a thousand bucks.
When I moved out, they still raised the rent by a thousand bucks.
October 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I lived in a rent-stabilized apartment for three years and had no idea. Landlord and real estate agent never told me.
When I moved out, they still raised the rent by a thousand bucks.
When I moved out, they still raised the rent by a thousand bucks.
Curtis Sliwa has been going without the beret so long that his forehead is almost one color again
October 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Curtis Sliwa has been going without the beret so long that his forehead is almost one color again
If you told me that Marjorie Taylor Greene and John Fetterman did a Freaky Friday, I woudl be zero percent surprised
Marjorie Taylor Greene on polls showing Republicans are getting blamed for the shutdown: "I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening ... we control the House & Senate & have the WH."
October 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If you told me that Marjorie Taylor Greene and John Fetterman did a Freaky Friday, I woudl be zero percent surprised
Looking to platform more progressive/populist community and grassroots activists in my newsletter, Progress Report.
If you fit the bill or are inspired by work someone is doing, please reach out!
JordanZakarin@gmail.com
ProgressReport.news
If you fit the bill or are inspired by work someone is doing, please reach out!
JordanZakarin@gmail.com
ProgressReport.news
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October 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Looking to platform more progressive/populist community and grassroots activists in my newsletter, Progress Report.
If you fit the bill or are inspired by work someone is doing, please reach out!
JordanZakarin@gmail.com
ProgressReport.news
If you fit the bill or are inspired by work someone is doing, please reach out!
JordanZakarin@gmail.com
ProgressReport.news
Paramount just paid $150 million for a publication with 1.5 million subscribers, which is about 37% of the total that we have at More Perfect Union.
If it's all about merit and reporting relevance, why didn't David Ellison call us?
If it's all about merit and reporting relevance, why didn't David Ellison call us?
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
October 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Paramount just paid $150 million for a publication with 1.5 million subscribers, which is about 37% of the total that we have at More Perfect Union.
If it's all about merit and reporting relevance, why didn't David Ellison call us?
If it's all about merit and reporting relevance, why didn't David Ellison call us?
Excited for Bari Weiss because it shows that you don't have to suck up to billionaires or coddle those in power to succeed in this world
October 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Excited for Bari Weiss because it shows that you don't have to suck up to billionaires or coddle those in power to succeed in this world
It’s disgustingly hot outside and fall in New York is all we really have left
October 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It’s disgustingly hot outside and fall in New York is all we really have left
Reposted by Jordan Zakarin
When states restrict the rights of local govs & cede authority to the federal government, they open the door to abuses of power across policy areas. Read @jordanz.bsky.social's interview with LSSC’s Katie Belanger on the dangers of abusive preemption efforts. www.progressreport.news/p/how-states...
September 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
When states restrict the rights of local govs & cede authority to the federal government, they open the door to abuses of power across policy areas. Read @jordanz.bsky.social's interview with LSSC’s Katie Belanger on the dangers of abusive preemption efforts. www.progressreport.news/p/how-states...