Vince Cima
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I think Mamdani has a massively uphill battle to be an effective mayor, but unlike most people we elect here, he seems to realize that.
I think people are underestimating how much Mamdani, even more so than your average elected leftist, see it as his top priority to not be seen as a failed mayor. He is not going to be another Brandon Johnson, I’d wager
January 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I think Mamdani has a massively uphill battle to be an effective mayor, but unlike most people we elect here, he seems to realize that.
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Man who starts war with the a coalition featuring endless manpower, unlimited manufacturing capacity, and control of all the world’s communication lanes which ends in the complete destruction of his country. Genius indeed.
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Man who starts war with the a coalition featuring endless manpower, unlimited manufacturing capacity, and control of all the world’s communication lanes which ends in the complete destruction of his country. Genius indeed.
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Elder Dems have fundamentally misdiagnosed the problem. They’re like the leaders of a city during a bank-robbing spree, promising to pass more laws making bank robbery illegal.
It’s already illegal. The failure is along another dimension: you need to catch the robbers and put them in jail.
It’s already illegal. The failure is along another dimension: you need to catch the robbers and put them in jail.
I’ve seen no serious engagement from senior Dems about what, exactly, they plan to do in terms of reasserting congressional power, as in identifying the available tools and thinking seriously about ways to use them to dig us out of the current state of total constitutional collapse.
Pelosi: "Right now, Republicans in Congress have abolished the Congress. They just do what the president insists that they do. That will be over as soon as we have the gavel."
December 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Elder Dems have fundamentally misdiagnosed the problem. They’re like the leaders of a city during a bank-robbing spree, promising to pass more laws making bank robbery illegal.
It’s already illegal. The failure is along another dimension: you need to catch the robbers and put them in jail.
It’s already illegal. The failure is along another dimension: you need to catch the robbers and put them in jail.
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it's kind of weird that bethesda makes games which are almost entirely combat and the combat is never very good
December 31, 2025 at 10:43 PM
it's kind of weird that bethesda makes games which are almost entirely combat and the combat is never very good
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This is one of my favorite paintings, from any painter, ever.
Not only is she crushing Mein Kampf, but the arc of her rivet gun's cable also evokes a serpent being crushed under her heel - even while the rivet gun herself is laid on her apron like Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
Not only is she crushing Mein Kampf, but the arc of her rivet gun's cable also evokes a serpent being crushed under her heel - even while the rivet gun herself is laid on her apron like Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.
August 17, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This is one of my favorite paintings, from any painter, ever.
Not only is she crushing Mein Kampf, but the arc of her rivet gun's cable also evokes a serpent being crushed under her heel - even while the rivet gun herself is laid on her apron like Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
Not only is she crushing Mein Kampf, but the arc of her rivet gun's cable also evokes a serpent being crushed under her heel - even while the rivet gun herself is laid on her apron like Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
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Who can ever forget this banger. We lost a real one.
December 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Who can ever forget this banger. We lost a real one.
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Universalism and secular civic nationalism or fucking bust. Everyone is a citizen or no one is a citizen.
December 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Universalism and secular civic nationalism or fucking bust. Everyone is a citizen or no one is a citizen.
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Virtually everybody involved in American politics accepts the implicit premise that that Republican voters are owed deference while Democratic voters exist on sufferance.
why are there rarely articles written about liberals in red state urban centers (e.g. Salt Lake City) being gerrymandered into some rural conservative representative?
December 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Virtually everybody involved in American politics accepts the implicit premise that that Republican voters are owed deference while Democratic voters exist on sufferance.
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One of the earliest-ever modern portrayals of Santa Claus features him gifting Union soldiers with a jumping-jack doll of Jefferson Davis dangling from a noose - as drawn by political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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![HARPERS WEEKLY.
JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION
Vor. VII.-No. 314.]
NEW
YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY
1863.
GELCOM
SANTA CLAUS
SANTA CLAUS IN CAMP.-[SEE PAGE 6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qiknc4t5rq7yngvz7g4aezq7/bafkreiez4d5lsrpbn3mrwkwrnbrhb3ra7dmvagbxjaz7hg5be7njnsbary@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
One of the earliest-ever modern portrayals of Santa Claus features him gifting Union soldiers with a jumping-jack doll of Jefferson Davis dangling from a noose - as drawn by political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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they’re bluffing when they say you can still get knocked off the nice list this late in the game. santa’s been delivering gifts in japan for hours by now; that list is locked, do whatever you want.
December 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
they’re bluffing when they say you can still get knocked off the nice list this late in the game. santa’s been delivering gifts in japan for hours by now; that list is locked, do whatever you want.
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There are significantly better bus systems around the world with fewer stops than Chicago. The status quo of transit being 3x slower than driving is unethical
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
There are significantly better bus systems around the world with fewer stops than Chicago. The status quo of transit being 3x slower than driving is unethical
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there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
![Gallup poll | 12/1-12/15
President Trump approval crosstabs (%)
🟥Overall (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥Democratic (93/3 disapprove) [-90]
🟩Republican (89/8 approve) [+81]
🟥Independent (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥18-34 (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥35-54 (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥55+ (53/43 disapprove) [-10]
🟥No college (55/37 disapprove) [-18]
🟥College graduate (59/37 disapprove) [-22]
🟥Male (53/42 disapprove) [-11]
🟥Female (64/30 disapprove) [-34]
🟥White (52/46 disapprove) [-6]
🟥Non-white (71/21 disapprove) [-50]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreifnv6vxufu6icjvsd5toirz3lmqkzertdpdnlqh7q44momevhfjqq@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
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Very well done. I could nitpick as I usually do but Elizabeth got all the important stuff right and didn't sensationalize anything. Worth your time to read!
read CHIPWRECKED here www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
December 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Very well done. I could nitpick as I usually do but Elizabeth got all the important stuff right and didn't sensationalize anything. Worth your time to read!
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God it’s such a perfect synecdoche for Trump’s entire life. Take some institution that someone else carefully designed and bully your way into slapping your name on it, and turn it into a cheap imitation of itself in the process. His real estate. His golf courses. The United States of America
December 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
God it’s such a perfect synecdoche for Trump’s entire life. Take some institution that someone else carefully designed and bully your way into slapping your name on it, and turn it into a cheap imitation of itself in the process. His real estate. His golf courses. The United States of America
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One reason I like this is because spacing out bus stops would allow for more consistently co-located services. Arterial stops could be aligned with Divvy stations, L stations, larger warming shelters, grocery stores, etc.
New from me! Chicago has far too many bus stops to provide efficient service for its riders—nearly twice the national standard. I reimagined what Chicago's bus network could do to make it look like its peers.
citythatworks.substack.com/p/a-plan-for...
citythatworks.substack.com/p/a-plan-for...
A plan for faster buses
We can speed up the bus at (almost) no cost
citythatworks.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
One reason I like this is because spacing out bus stops would allow for more consistently co-located services. Arterial stops could be aligned with Divvy stations, L stations, larger warming shelters, grocery stores, etc.
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NY transit workers union demanding double the level of staffing on trains that other cities have is what I mean by unions interest’s not always being the public’s interests. Totally legitimate and appropriate thing for union to push for, would make transit system worse overall.
December 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
NY transit workers union demanding double the level of staffing on trains that other cities have is what I mean by unions interest’s not always being the public’s interests. Totally legitimate and appropriate thing for union to push for, would make transit system worse overall.
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Not that it will but the willingness of Americans to obey is a very funny contrast with our self-image and should probably prompt some reflection bsky.app/profile/jonf...
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Not that it will but the willingness of Americans to obey is a very funny contrast with our self-image and should probably prompt some reflection bsky.app/profile/jonf...
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The unrealized promise of America is good, actually, and we should fight for it
i have been thinking a bit about how any political program that requires the premise of “america bad” is a dead end
December 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The unrealized promise of America is good, actually, and we should fight for it
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Democrats letting Trump get credit for Medicare drug negotiation is one of the stupidest policy designs of all time
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Democrats letting Trump get credit for Medicare drug negotiation is one of the stupidest policy designs of all time
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Reminds me of the whole work from home/return to office thing, where people wanted services they paid for to return to in person, and services they got paid for to stay remote.
The fact that the public *overwhelmingly* wants the actual price level to fall, and for prices to go down across the board is important info about public opinion, but also more than a little tricky to try to implement!
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Reminds me of the whole work from home/return to office thing, where people wanted services they paid for to return to in person, and services they got paid for to stay remote.
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A silver lining to the Epstein files is the demonstration that many people who have achieved the highest levels of professional success are deeply pathetic.
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A silver lining to the Epstein files is the demonstration that many people who have achieved the highest levels of professional success are deeply pathetic.