David Giambusso
@giambusso.bsky.social
Senior editor at Gothamist and WNYC. Native Masshole turned NJ defender.
A Jersey City metaphor, courtesy of the local business improvement district
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Jersey City metaphor, courtesy of the local business improvement district
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Commentary: Sen. Andy Kim gets disgraceful welcome in Trenton newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/02/a...
Sen. Andy Kim gets disgraceful welcome in Trenton • New Jersey Monitor
State Sen. James Beach showed no graciousness to fellow Democrat U.S. Sen. Andy Kim at the Statehouse on Monday.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Commentary: Sen. Andy Kim gets disgraceful welcome in Trenton newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/02/a...
Murphy the Moribund will let NJ's Nick Scutari dismantle transparency and executive oversight. Will @mikiesherrill.bsky.social ? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n...
Democrats in New Jersey Ram Through Bill to Defang a Corruption Watchdog
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December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Murphy the Moribund will let NJ's Nick Scutari dismantle transparency and executive oversight. Will @mikiesherrill.bsky.social ? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n...
I see the latest Lizza has dropped bsky.app/profile/kare...
Is this platform still against stabbing people in the eyes or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I see the latest Lizza has dropped bsky.app/profile/kare...
On this point, a simple “crisp” top with no crust beneath is not a deliberate choice. It means “I didn’t have to time to make or even buy a pie crust.” Let’s stop insulting each others’ intelligence bsky.app/profile/kern...
If there's no lid of pastry or potato, it's not a real pie.
When the "lid" is burnt marshmallows, that's just type 2 diabetes masquerading as tradition.
When the "lid" is burnt marshmallows, that's just type 2 diabetes masquerading as tradition.
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
On this point, a simple “crisp” top with no crust beneath is not a deliberate choice. It means “I didn’t have to time to make or even buy a pie crust.” Let’s stop insulting each others’ intelligence bsky.app/profile/kern...
Also tell them to never use the term ‘sui generis’ unless they want to be regarded as a pseudo intellectual buffoon bsky.app/profile/bjba...
When I talk to students about public speaking or teaching, I always bring this up: Just tell people when you don't know something! It's remarkably powerful b/c it signals to your audience that you know the boundaries of your expertise and they can trust what you DO talk about.
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Also tell them to never use the term ‘sui generis’ unless they want to be regarded as a pseudo intellectual buffoon bsky.app/profile/bjba...
Catholic League: Hold my beer bsky.app/profile/theo...
Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too
Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too
NEW YORK—Faced with backlash against comments she made last week downplaying the sex trafficking crimes of Jeffrey Epstein, an anxious Megyn Kelly appeared on her podcast Monday waiting for everyone e...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Catholic League: Hold my beer bsky.app/profile/theo...
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The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
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A true side note: Prince cared deeply about food insecurity, and would routinely make substantial donations to local food banks and community kitchens in every town that he would play in during his later tours. Sometimes they would ask for supplies & his team would show up with huge amounts of food.
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A true side note: Prince cared deeply about food insecurity, and would routinely make substantial donations to local food banks and community kitchens in every town that he would play in during his later tours. Sometimes they would ask for supplies & his team would show up with huge amounts of food.
this is gossip, not journalism but still bad for real journalists who can't afford townhouses and Mustangs but who are doing the work of keeping democracy afloat in a time of extraordinary peril. That said, am I reading a bootleg copy of the Bamboo Diaries? Oh yes I am. bsky.app/profile/this...
Olivia Nuzzi lied to her editors at New York Magazine, repeatedly, during the RFK Jr. affair, something the people who hired her at Vanity Fair knew, and chose to dismiss.
The more Lizza writes the more he indicts himself in serious ethical lapses but there are a lot of editors and publishers who are complicit here, too.
The whole thing is just gross.
(And shout out to the serious journalists who do good work. You deserve better peers and a healthier industry.)
The whole thing is just gross.
(And shout out to the serious journalists who do good work. You deserve better peers and a healthier industry.)
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
this is gossip, not journalism but still bad for real journalists who can't afford townhouses and Mustangs but who are doing the work of keeping democracy afloat in a time of extraordinary peril. That said, am I reading a bootleg copy of the Bamboo Diaries? Oh yes I am. bsky.app/profile/this...
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i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
On to Cincinnati bsky.app/profile/dian...
Joe Burrow (toe) will not play against the Patriots.
League sources say that the Bengals made the decision Friday to roll with Joe Flacco for another week, with the hope that Burrow will return to the lineup Thanksgiving night against the Ravens.
League sources say that the Bengals made the decision Friday to roll with Joe Flacco for another week, with the hope that Burrow will return to the lineup Thanksgiving night against the Ravens.
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
On to Cincinnati bsky.app/profile/dian...
I wish I didn't have to write this but I have to get my side of the story out there but also I have to pay the mortgage on my aforementioned townhouse as well as the landscaper for this fucking bamboo so my side will be paywalled. bsky.app/profile/mari...
ryan lizza is a bad person
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I wish I didn't have to write this but I have to get my side of the story out there but also I have to pay the mortgage on my aforementioned townhouse as well as the landscaper for this fucking bamboo so my side will be paywalled. bsky.app/profile/mari...
the press conference was strange. the truth social post was truly surreal.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
the press conference was strange. the truth social post was truly surreal.
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Thoughts 'n' prayers
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Thoughts 'n' prayers
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Alligator Alcatraz By The Numbers https://theonion.com/alligator-alcatraz-by-the-numbers/
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Alligator Alcatraz By The Numbers https://theonion.com/alligator-alcatraz-by-the-numbers/
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really not trying to shade folks but a lot of these newsletters are a reminder of why editors exist
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
really not trying to shade folks but a lot of these newsletters are a reminder of why editors exist
This is true of most newsrooms. Also most reporters (and many editors) are naturally suspicious of authority and like to pick fights, so the idea of organization-wide agreement on anything other than 'covering the news well' is far fetched.
I have my own criticism of their story mix - i think there should be fewer stories about some things and a lot more about others - but there is no top down mandate that determines that and stories tend to be driven by what individual section heads and editors think is important
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is true of most newsrooms. Also most reporters (and many editors) are naturally suspicious of authority and like to pick fights, so the idea of organization-wide agreement on anything other than 'covering the news well' is far fetched.
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Gov. Hochul angers environmentalists with walk-back of climate policies https://gothamist.com/news/gov-hochul-angers-environmentalists-with-walk-back-of-climate-policies
Gov. Hochul angers environmentalists with walk-back of climate policies
Don Pollard/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul
The state on Wednesday agreed to delay the implementation of the All-Electric Building Act, which was set to go into effect in January. [ more › ]
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November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Gov. Hochul angers environmentalists with walk-back of climate policies https://gothamist.com/news/gov-hochul-angers-environmentalists-with-walk-back-of-climate-policies
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“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
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“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”
this was in 2 hours ago and the headline is: Man quits before getting fired. Why are news orgs acting like this is a thing? Half of Eric Adams' staff quit before he even dropped out of the race.
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
this was in 2 hours ago and the headline is: Man quits before getting fired. Why are news orgs acting like this is a thing? Half of Eric Adams' staff quit before he even dropped out of the race.
Did not hear @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social use the term "MAMDATE" so far, @claytonguse.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Did not hear @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social use the term "MAMDATE" so far, @claytonguse.bsky.social
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Mayor Adams notably took office without a sweeping policy goal that could leave a permanent imprint on NYC
Yet, he’ll leave office having achieved a lasting legacy when it comes to housing and zoning
Will his reforms make NYC more affordable?
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Yet, he’ll leave office having achieved a lasting legacy when it comes to housing and zoning
Will his reforms make NYC more affordable?
@wnyc.org @gothamist.com gothamist.com/news/mayor-a...
Mayor Adams’ legacy? Look to the future of affordable housing in NYC.
Adams achieved zoning and housing reforms that could help future mayors address New York City’s affordable housing shortage.
gothamist.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Mayor Adams notably took office without a sweeping policy goal that could leave a permanent imprint on NYC
Yet, he’ll leave office having achieved a lasting legacy when it comes to housing and zoning
Will his reforms make NYC more affordable?
@wnyc.org @gothamist.com gothamist.com/news/mayor-a...
Yet, he’ll leave office having achieved a lasting legacy when it comes to housing and zoning
Will his reforms make NYC more affordable?
@wnyc.org @gothamist.com gothamist.com/news/mayor-a...