And, ah, Mario Cuomo for the sick burn

Bovino actually means "Moo, I'm a cow" in Italian

I've never seen a news outlet so hell-bent on alienating its audience but then its purpose is neither to inform nor generate revenue but rather to flatter the leader and the regime

Fyre Fest-ass government. "Let's just do this and be legends" but for basic national social programs.

I think pundits and politicians imagine the Midwestern union hall of old as a homogenous situation. Simple minded White guys enjoying some masculine bonhomie. The absolute pinnacle of my folks' union local calendar year was the annual MLK Day dinner.

The Rust Belt is diverse. Factory floors, even a half-century ago, were surprisingly diverse because some of the more enlightened unions figured out the morally and strategically correct way to play the Great Migration and put themselves on the side of the Civil Rights Movement.

I know dude was imagining the retired white factory workers in diners that all people in the elite media bubble tend to imagine as the Middle American Volk, but even there, the dynamic is a bit more complex than depicted.

I'm thinking of that douchecanoe Labor MP that said Mamdani's politics wouldn't fly in the Rust Belt, @flyingrodent.bsky.social, and Waukegan is very much a quintessential Rust Belt town (of course, Chicago is the buckle of the Rust Belt, but never mind).

Sure they're all nice and socialistic these days and they bake nice bread and obesity cures and shit but for centuries parents in the British Isles would tell their children that if they didn't do their chores/go to bed/whatever the Danes would get them. I wouldn't test them.

Midwestern nice!

His vibes were very hurtful

As someone from the city that gave the world the likes of Trump, Giuliani, Schumer and Jeffries, I will, uh, welcome a favorable contrast for a change, I guess?

Maybe Eric Adams can cut him in on some of those sweet Turkish Airlines frequent flyer miles?

Like should he also be traveling to Nassau County to assuage the racist MAGA shitheads who hate him? Should he go to Ireland and Italy to reassure butthurt rightwing White ethnic cops and fire fighters?

Ahahaha, "I'M RICH AND IMPORTANT, WHY WON'T THIS GUY ME AND MY FRIENDS SPENT MILLIONS ON RACIST ADS AGAINST TALK TO ME, I WANT TO SPEAK TO A MANAGER" tears so delicious

My house doesn’t observe Christmas but I’m sure we could all get behind a two-month “Jug of coquito in the fridge and at some point, a tree” season

Only Democrats have agency for all eternity, MAGA is just a force of nature, the mystery of God’s plan, etc.