my other take away from this story is that weiss pulling the classic fraudster move of spending endless resources on her personal comfort under the guise of "doing the job"

I think it bugs me (aesthetically) because it feels like ad copy:

"We're mighty proud of our new slip-on duck boots.

And we're not ashamed to say it."

when trump won nobody was like "he needs to extend an olive branch" and "he needs to move slow to not alienate people who didn't vote for him" but you're already seeing it with zohran

This is like when cops threaten to quit over a politician and we think “oh no, who will show up 20 minutes after my house is robbed, take some notes, and then never return my phone calls?”

Interesting that mamdani is beyond the pale but an out and out white supremacist is deemed to have poignant insights about the untermenschen

Also a complaint usually levelled at women. Notice no complaint ever about the cost of a man's suit

These dumb takes always go one way.

They never run a photo of a billionaire in Central Park, calling out a capitalist for hypocritically enjoying a public park like some kind of commie

Dipshit: We need to get the average American's viewpoint
Interviewer: How about a black guy
Dipshit: (hisses) He might be an extremist like that dastardly Ta-Nehisi Coates.