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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 12h

So far my major takeaway from the Supreme Court tariffs oral argument is that the liberal justices are still so, so mad about the Biden student debt decision

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count

If these elections had gone the other way — if the Democratic Party had underperformed or even lost one of these contests — then every commentator under the sun would say, rightfully, that Democrats were in disarray; that even the president’s deep unpopularity couldn’t keep them afloat with voters.

But Tuesday was a Democratic victory. And the party didn’t just win — it won by commanding majorities on virtually every field of play. In polls, in focus groups and now at the ballot box, the public is telling us something very clearly: Trump is simply too much. If this is an opportunity for Democrats to win back lost ground — and it is — then it is also a warning to a Republican Party that has tied its entire identity to the man from Mar-a-Lago.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 22h

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 22h

It is gonna be so funny watching the NYC bajillionaires scramble to get appointments with Mayor Mamdani after they all insisted they were gonna move to Florida if he won. First of all, most of you already have places in FL and claim it as your primary resident so you don’t have to pay NYC taxes

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

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Darkstar_Actual @bradhoward.bsky.social · 22h

Also I can’t help but think of this when reading Trumps post: youtu.be/lExqoEMeH34

South Park otter - It begins

YouTube video by Mriya6

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Darkstar_Actual @bradhoward.bsky.social · 22h

Agreed, and the opposite is also true

Trump’s response to tonight, which I’d imagine is mostly a response to Mamdani winning

Get ready for the filibuster strong arm tomorrow

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 1d

Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez

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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 1d

"I wanted to check in and see how much “Gulf of America” had stuck in news media. The answer is: not very much."

www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine...

Nine months later, that body of water down south is still the “Gulf of Mexico” to news outlets

Since the start of summer, "Gulf of America" has been losing what little popularity it had in newsrooms.

www.niemanlab.org

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 1d

with the feet under the blanket? Nick's done for good, baby, it's his snuggle daddy era

Maybe:…… @getthebagcoach.bsky.social · 1d

Me and Nick Saban the same way…. When my lady tell me to do something I be doing it just like she say

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Darkstar_Actual @bradhoward.bsky.social · 23h

Great thread:

John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 1d

People will mock this. But something to note:

When Remembrance Day was introduced, this is EXACTLY what many British WW1 veterans did on it.

They would meet up with old friends and colleagues from their units. Talk. Laugh. Cry. Toast those not there and get joyously, and utterly shitfaced. /1

Ad saying "raise a glass in remembrance" with a pic of Ross Kemp holding a pint with a poppy on it up

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 1d

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1d

One lesson from Zohran's campaign is that the scavenger hunt was cool as hell and we need more fun civic events like it

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Members of Gen Z in New York City found something unexpected in the mayoral race: a chance to hang out. Their enthusiasm for Zohran Mamdani turned into real votes.

Mamdani’s Mayoral Run Gave Gen Z More Than Politics

Members of Gen Z found something unexpected in the mayoral race: a chance to hang out. Their enthusiasm turned into real votes.

nyti.ms

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 1d

The myth of Trump as unbeatable and a perpetual winner is just that. The GOP struggles when he's not running, and there's no evidence his personal popularity carries over to other R's. 2026 is shaping up to be a massive loss for the GOP.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

i don’t like him, but, man, turning down $10M in favor of haterdom is an all-time, world-class, heavyweight champion hater move

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

according to @jessyedwards.bsky.social of @hellgatenyc.com Curtis Sliwa just said on stage that he was offered $10 million to drop out of the race

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 1d

A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 1d

I love the TikTok idea that Curtis Sliwa would be Night Mayor of New York

like at 9 pm he and his talking rat assistant man a folding card table at the Port Authority and hold court on important issues like the CHUDs, dance gangs, and why the Jets suck

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1d

The National Guard and Marines left Los Angeles but the paramilitary assault on the city never ended. And sadly gets ignored in a lot of the national conversation.

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1d

These stunt queen ICE losers are back at Dodger Stadium just outside the parking lot trying to do god knows what. Leave LA alone your friendless freaks: www.latimes.com/california/s...

After World Series celebration, ICE and Border Patrol gather at Dodger Stadium once again

Videos shared with The Times and on TikTok, show agents in unmarked vehicles, donning green vests and equipped with white zip ties in parking lot 13, next to the Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Cente...

www.latimes.com

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 1d

Eric Adams locked in a neck-and-neck race with Write-In Votes

Curtis Sliwa
Rep.
144,123
7.2
Eric Adams*
Ind.
6,182
0.3
Irene Estrada
Con.
2,575
0.1
Jim Walden
Ind.
2,128
0.1
Joseph Hernandez
Ind.
1,228
0.1
Total Write-ins

6,163
0.3

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JPWeiland @jpweiland.bsky.social · 1d

The sun is ULTRA active right now, two X flares today and multiple CMEs! While not directly pointed at earth, we might still see some impacts. I hope these ARs keep it up as they rotate toward earth!

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

I'm mad. Please put in the newspaper that I'm mad.

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Darkstar_Actual @bradhoward.bsky.social · 1d

By 2040 I’ll only have opinions on I-5 politics

Darkstar_Actual @bradhoward.bsky.social · 1d

Being on the west coast has made me slightly less intense about east coast elections but I figure it’s sort of a single digit percentage of care leaving my body per year

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