eliminating banks and private corporations from the act of riding the bus is 100% a socialist policy. every bus ride you take, you transact with a bank, a payment processor, and a private company that owns the card reader before that money reaches the government.

the mayor can't change the system, because he can't even access the tax revenue we produce without the NYS governor sending it our way. NYC mayorship has a long and complicated relationship with Albany. what he can and is doing is building broad support for socialist policy.

you just linked to an article that was cribbed from a Bloomberg article, which in turn was cribbed from an article written by the OP of the thread you are replying to. I suggest reading Ed's newsletter instead!

so do the job that we elected you to do, and shut down the government if they won't defund ICE. don't let us down like you did last time. don't let your legacy be one of cowardice, capitulation, and complicity with fascism.

Shout out to my friend Nick Doglio for contributing the KMP setup

you're not doing anything either. last I checked, the democrats let the government reopen without securing an extension on the healthcare subsidies, and allowing it to reopen didn't even save all the jobs. my own brother never got his job back after the furlough ended, because the budget was cut.

I think this might be my favorite newsletter that you've written this year. It really ties together everything that's come before it, and it kept me riveted from start to finish.

the moment I put anything in my basket that is not a vegetable or a chicken is the moment the bill instantly becomes sickeningly expensive

true "we don't need homework where we're going" 🧠🧠🧠

it's because they cheated their way through college and managed to become rich (because they are all nepo babies), which they incorrectly attribute to their "earned" degree.

billionaires are like cheaters in a game that allows cheating. we need valve anti cheat for billionaires smh

I showed them how to do a Google song search on their phones by hitting the microphone button and said if it couldn't identify the song that it was most likely AI. it's hard just off the video because the video might be AI but the music might be real or vice versa.

this is a PSA to butterfly your turkey.

people told me the economy was fine as the number of people we served at my food pantry went up 50% between 2022 and 2024. yeah financially it was a great time for me, but awful for people making median wages and below. and yes, the number went up 50% this year too thanks to tariffs + SNAP issues.