Stephen Lurie
@luriethereal.bsky.social
thinking about some stuff here and there
writer / strategist
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writer / strategist
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Well it’s almost been a week since Zohran won and we’ve had one Upper East Side rabbi say that “It’s beginning to feel like the 1930s” … but I still welcome all other clergy to start apologizing to your congregants!
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Well it’s almost been a week since Zohran won and we’ve had one Upper East Side rabbi say that “It’s beginning to feel like the 1930s” … but I still welcome all other clergy to start apologizing to your congregants!
don’t say the shut down didn’t achieve anything, okay???
it allowed coup co-conspirators to each fleece the American people of half a million dollars!
it allowed coup co-conspirators to each fleece the American people of half a million dollars!
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
don’t say the shut down didn’t achieve anything, okay???
it allowed coup co-conspirators to each fleece the American people of half a million dollars!
it allowed coup co-conspirators to each fleece the American people of half a million dollars!
just one idea that comes to mind for what Democrats could have done when flights were being cancelled — instead of cave — would be to remind everyone how this administration started gutting air safety from their very first month in office
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
just one idea that comes to mind for what Democrats could have done when flights were being cancelled — instead of cave — would be to remind everyone how this administration started gutting air safety from their very first month in office
chat is it a good sign for the party when the paper notorious for hedging uses the word “universally” in front of the word “furious”
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
chat is it a good sign for the party when the paper notorious for hedging uses the word “universally” in front of the word “furious”
JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the court:
Benjamin Franklin could have, at most, delivered a few hundred mail-in ballots. For this reason, all mail-in ballots are now unconstitutional.
Benjamin Franklin could have, at most, delivered a few hundred mail-in ballots. For this reason, all mail-in ballots are now unconstitutional.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the court:
Benjamin Franklin could have, at most, delivered a few hundred mail-in ballots. For this reason, all mail-in ballots are now unconstitutional.
Benjamin Franklin could have, at most, delivered a few hundred mail-in ballots. For this reason, all mail-in ballots are now unconstitutional.
“New York Times conducts hostile interview with children’s education influencer questioning her recognition of comprehensively documented war crimes” is not a sentence I could have imagined a few years ago
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“New York Times conducts hostile interview with children’s education influencer questioning her recognition of comprehensively documented war crimes” is not a sentence I could have imagined a few years ago
incredible to keep this up as your pinned post after you sacrificed Americans’ health care for…[checks notes…still checking…hmmm, not finding anything here] … absolutely nothing?
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
incredible to keep this up as your pinned post after you sacrificed Americans’ health care for…[checks notes…still checking…hmmm, not finding anything here] … absolutely nothing?
show this to an alien and ask them which one of these senators is the leader of the opposition party
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
show this to an alien and ask them which one of these senators is the leader of the opposition party
If Chuck Schumer secretly sanctioning acompromise with fascists makes you really mad, Justice Democrats has a few words for you!
go.justicedemocrats.com/signup/jd-em...
go.justicedemocrats.com/signup/jd-em...
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If Chuck Schumer secretly sanctioning acompromise with fascists makes you really mad, Justice Democrats has a few words for you!
go.justicedemocrats.com/signup/jd-em...
go.justicedemocrats.com/signup/jd-em...
Zohran’s campaign manager Maya Handa on the energy behind this campaign:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1kf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1kf...
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Zohran’s campaign manager Maya Handa on the energy behind this campaign:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1kf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1kf...
a very merry hope week & weekend for all who really needed this win🫡
empty-brain.ghost.io/is-this-what...
empty-brain.ghost.io/is-this-what...
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
a very merry hope week & weekend for all who really needed this win🫡
empty-brain.ghost.io/is-this-what...
empty-brain.ghost.io/is-this-what...
Ziwe: “Marry, f, kill: communism, socialism, capitalism”
Eric Adams: “I would marry capitalism. Israel.”
Eric Adams: “I would marry capitalism. Israel.”
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ziwe: “Marry, f, kill: communism, socialism, capitalism”
Eric Adams: “I would marry capitalism. Israel.”
Eric Adams: “I would marry capitalism. Israel.”
yah people are publishing picture books for future generations about a mayor-elect’s campaign stunt but I’m sure that’s not the literal future of the party
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
yah people are publishing picture books for future generations about a mayor-elect’s campaign stunt but I’m sure that’s not the literal future of the party
Another lens for this gathering: recognizing that people are not hypothetical median voters.
People in this room were committed to very concrete things and asked to express that commitment with conviction.
@alexshephard.bsky.social describes campaign contrast:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
People in this room were committed to very concrete things and asked to express that commitment with conviction.
@alexshephard.bsky.social describes campaign contrast:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Another lens for this gathering: recognizing that people are not hypothetical median voters.
People in this room were committed to very concrete things and asked to express that commitment with conviction.
@alexshephard.bsky.social describes campaign contrast:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
People in this room were committed to very concrete things and asked to express that commitment with conviction.
@alexshephard.bsky.social describes campaign contrast:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
the Zohran victory party was a vision of a Left maturing into power
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
the Zohran victory party was a vision of a Left maturing into power
Altogether, as @waleedshahid.bsky.social writes here, it felt like people moving together again.
www.waleed-shahid.com/p/zohran-nyc...
www.waleed-shahid.com/p/zohran-nyc...
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Altogether, as @waleedshahid.bsky.social writes here, it felt like people moving together again.
www.waleed-shahid.com/p/zohran-nyc...
www.waleed-shahid.com/p/zohran-nyc...
An interesting piece of data for the block-by-block nerds.
On left is the Queensbridge Houses in Zohran’s core territory of Astoria/LIC. It goes slightly for Cuomo in a sea of blue.
On right is the Albany Houses in Crown Heights, which went slightly for Cuomo in primary. Now part of the blue sea.
On left is the Queensbridge Houses in Zohran’s core territory of Astoria/LIC. It goes slightly for Cuomo in a sea of blue.
On right is the Albany Houses in Crown Heights, which went slightly for Cuomo in primary. Now part of the blue sea.
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
An interesting piece of data for the block-by-block nerds.
On left is the Queensbridge Houses in Zohran’s core territory of Astoria/LIC. It goes slightly for Cuomo in a sea of blue.
On right is the Albany Houses in Crown Heights, which went slightly for Cuomo in primary. Now part of the blue sea.
On left is the Queensbridge Houses in Zohran’s core territory of Astoria/LIC. It goes slightly for Cuomo in a sea of blue.
On right is the Albany Houses in Crown Heights, which went slightly for Cuomo in primary. Now part of the blue sea.
It wasn’t just that major news cameras were there, but that we also have the likes of @mehdirhasan.bsky.social & @democracynow.org & other allied traditional and new media loudly amplifying this movement. It’s about the layers!
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It wasn’t just that major news cameras were there, but that we also have the likes of @mehdirhasan.bsky.social & @democracynow.org & other allied traditional and new media loudly amplifying this movement. It’s about the layers!
Any attendee that night encountered three kinds of people — and the presence of all of them made it historic.
(The Marshall Ganz to @lindseyboylan.bsky.social to @mauricewfp.bsky.social anecdote here was truly wild).
(The Marshall Ganz to @lindseyboylan.bsky.social to @mauricewfp.bsky.social anecdote here was truly wild).
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Any attendee that night encountered three kinds of people — and the presence of all of them made it historic.
(The Marshall Ganz to @lindseyboylan.bsky.social to @mauricewfp.bsky.social anecdote here was truly wild).
(The Marshall Ganz to @lindseyboylan.bsky.social to @mauricewfp.bsky.social anecdote here was truly wild).
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
turns out email good actually
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
turns out email good actually
this map and note kinda sums it up: Zohran had to rematch Cuomo in the same electorate and limit damage in a Republican electorate. The big yellow arrows here are places that elect republicans!!!
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
this map and note kinda sums it up: Zohran had to rematch Cuomo in the same electorate and limit damage in a Republican electorate. The big yellow arrows here are places that elect republicans!!!
This is New Yorkers who are waiting to catch a glimpse of the new mayor
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This is New Yorkers who are waiting to catch a glimpse of the new mayor
Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.