Now a freebie for Mamdani His political opponents oppose more taxes on the rich. They oppose higher property taxes. They oppose cuts in future police hiring. The oppose other cuts (parks, libraries) he's also looking to make. All of these positions arguably have some merit,

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Credit where it is due

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Trump's War on Dissent open.substack.com/pub/charliesyk…

Having just reposted a Charlie Sykes piece about the Trump/MAGA's attempts to suppress dissent by every means possible, I would consider myself a hypocrite if I also did not post the following. Hatemongering Councilcreature Vicki Paladino is excrement wrapped in skin, and

Somewhere, Cathy Nolan and Eileen Dugan are celebrating their reunion; oh, to be a fly on that wall!

Randy Fine doesn't represent me or any decent Jew and should remove his kippah. I'm not telling any Jew how to observe their faith—personal practice is sacred and private. Full stop. However, since Randy Fine himself says that he isn’t an observing Jew but puts on a kippah to

All I have to say to Virginia Republicans is now you know a little bit about what it feels like to be a Texas Democrat. Only you have Medicaid and roads.

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just wanted y'all to know that County's efforts to knock Monique Chandler-Waterman off the ballot for State Committee have proven unsuccessful.

Advice to candidates: If you tell a reporter on Tuesday you're not appealing a decision which let your opponent remain on the ballot, it's really bad form to have your staff start calling lawyers on Wednesday about doing an appeal. Jes' sayin'

The Voting Rights Act was built on an assumption by its authors (primarily Abe Fortas and Nicholas Katzenbach) that the South would only act in racist ways if allowed to and so had to be stopped from doing so at all times forever, and holy shit was that assumption dead on. -OS

You would never know from reading this that the first (and only) candidate to challenge anyone's petitions in this race was Nickie "The Dog Lady" Kane. In fact, The Dog Lady almost always files frivolous challenges against her opponents--last year she filed cases accusing Shahana

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Is there anything more Trump-like than a candidate for public office who threatens that any public comment about them will lead to a complaint to the agency which licenses your profession?