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I was embarrassingly off-target on this; I figured he'd have a slightly longer grace period than a week and a half before they turned on him for denouncing Hamas.
If Mamdani wins (which I hope he does) he’ll have to govern by consensus and compromise to have a successful mayorship, basically guaranteeing these guys hate him in under 2 years.
January 10, 2026 at 5:19 AM
I was embarrassingly off-target on this; I figured he'd have a slightly longer grace period than a week and a half before they turned on him for denouncing Hamas.
I don't think he understands that 'disciplining the internal security services' is becoming a completely separate issue from 'what should immigration enforcement in America look like?'.
the fact that this is Yglesias’ only post about ICE murdering an American really just goes to show how his excessively poll-tested popularist philosophy completely fails when faced with a rapidly shifting public narrative
it’s an entirely backwards-looking worldview
it’s an entirely backwards-looking worldview
January 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I don't think he understands that 'disciplining the internal security services' is becoming a completely separate issue from 'what should immigration enforcement in America look like?'.
Crystal clear that the administration and its supporters view this as exculpatory because they, too, would like to shoot a mouthy lib broad in the face.
i have watched the shooter's video. it's going to make you way the fuck madder.
I have watched the video. I think you probably do not need to watch the video. it shows what you think it's gonna show in terms of lack of justification.
January 9, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Crystal clear that the administration and its supporters view this as exculpatory because they, too, would like to shoot a mouthy lib broad in the face.
Kind of wonderful to imagine a tech workplace where you take the trouble to watermark a document 'Confidential' instead of writing 'A/C PRIV' in 20 point red font at the top of the document and tagging the first lawyer you can find on Slack.
I see why this would be convincing but it’s amusing how fake it is lol
I really encourage folks to check out the document he sent me. Once you know it's fake, the mistakes are easy to spot. But it still amazes me to think that he likely generated this within a few minutes www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Kind of wonderful to imagine a tech workplace where you take the trouble to watermark a document 'Confidential' instead of writing 'A/C PRIV' in 20 point red font at the top of the document and tagging the first lawyer you can find on Slack.
Fascinated by this characteristically middle-aged male habit of using your kids to justify why your minor aesthetic peeves are actually deeply troubling signs of societal degeneration.
The profanity on everyday objects in these sort of tchotchke shops feels aggressively childless, like they are trying to make all the surrounding space hostile to children.
January 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Fascinated by this characteristically middle-aged male habit of using your kids to justify why your minor aesthetic peeves are actually deeply troubling signs of societal degeneration.
Went to a hockey game a couple of weeks ago and there was a big round of applause for the pre-game land acknowledgement. Going long on woke 2.0 in 2026.
January 2, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Went to a hockey game a couple of weeks ago and there was a big round of applause for the pre-game land acknowledgement. Going long on woke 2.0 in 2026.
"Are Turks white", the longest and most heated Signal group-chat in the history of the national security establishment
December 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Are Turks white", the longest and most heated Signal group-chat in the history of the national security establishment
Cameron Winter is intentionally doing Mick Jagger's affected honky-tonk voice in all of his songs, right? He's from Brooklyn, so I can't really think of any other reason why he'd sound like a British guy putting on a southern accent...
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Cameron Winter is intentionally doing Mick Jagger's affected honky-tonk voice in all of his songs, right? He's from Brooklyn, so I can't really think of any other reason why he'd sound like a British guy putting on a southern accent...
staten island four years from now inshallah
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
staten island four years from now inshallah
Reading Victor Serge's memoir, he seems to spend most of his time in post-revolutionary Russia remonstrating with the Cheka, trying to get guys they want to shoot off the hook. Good material for a downbeat historical detective serial.
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Reading Victor Serge's memoir, he seems to spend most of his time in post-revolutionary Russia remonstrating with the Cheka, trying to get guys they want to shoot off the hook. Good material for a downbeat historical detective serial.
We have got to stop letting Long Island-Americans into the government.
EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We have got to stop letting Long Island-Americans into the government.
Remember Napoleon’s famous maxim: Amateurs talk logistics, professionals talk deadlifts
this attitude — paperwork is for sissies, real wars are won by Big Strong Men — is traditionally a harbinger of ruinous for defeat for everyone who holds it
Bureaucracy, famously not important in war
February 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Remember Napoleon’s famous maxim: Amateurs talk logistics, professionals talk deadlifts
I will teach Kensington Palace how to make a deepfake in exchange for the Bailiwick of Jersey.
March 13, 2024 at 4:42 PM
I will teach Kensington Palace how to make a deepfake in exchange for the Bailiwick of Jersey.
I wasn’t paying attention when I opted into an HSA for this year and now I need to spend a lot of money on healthcare in the next 45 days. Would anyone like to hit me with their car?
November 20, 2023 at 4:05 AM
I wasn’t paying attention when I opted into an HSA for this year and now I need to spend a lot of money on healthcare in the next 45 days. Would anyone like to hit me with their car?
If you could go back in time and give Qin Shi Huang a Bang! energy drink, he'd be blown away. He'd probably make you the Duke of Zhou.
August 30, 2023 at 2:40 AM
If you could go back in time and give Qin Shi Huang a Bang! energy drink, he'd be blown away. He'd probably make you the Duke of Zhou.
I believe my apartment complex is faking the Pet of the Month with AI. I have no evidence for this and cannot be convinced otherwise.
July 20, 2023 at 3:21 PM
I believe my apartment complex is faking the Pet of the Month with AI. I have no evidence for this and cannot be convinced otherwise.
etching cryptic runes into the brickwork of my apartment to befuddle and disconcert the next occupants
July 12, 2023 at 5:02 PM
etching cryptic runes into the brickwork of my apartment to befuddle and disconcert the next occupants