David Yassky

Government junkie. True believer.

[David Yassky @davidyassky]

I had to go on X for first time in ages to commend ⁦@mattfleg⁩ directly, as he is not on Bluesky. https://t.co/cUs0YYYvje

[David Yassky @davidyassky]

I’m pretty sure the two impeachments and Kamala Harris were the rowboat, motorboat and helicopter and Republican elected officials and business leaders are the man.

[Jim Kessler @ThirdWayKessler]

Donald Trump spent 39 minutes in a dementia haze yesterday while Kristi Noem played caregiver. Why isn't this the one and only topic of the day? https://t.co/dfuKNfe42W

[Veterans For Responsible Leadership @VetsForRL]

*TRUMP DOESN'T WANT TO WIN THE ELECTION*

Trump is going to:

Coachella in LA County, California (Oct 12)
Madison Square Garden in New York (Oct 27)

The election? November 5

None of it makes sense, until you think about it the way he does.

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[David Yassky @davidyassky]

Happy New Year (from Brooklyn Bridge Park)

[John Kasich @JohnKasich]

Some people think that I hate Trump. I don't. I simply don't think America's president should be a person who fuels grievances to divide us and doesn't have a hopeful vision for our future.

I'm a lifelong conservative Republican, but I will not be voting for Donald Trump.

[David Yassky @davidyassky]

@YoYo_Ma Thank you. That was beautiful.

[Brianna Wu @BriannaWu]

This isn’t a blowout. Walz is respectable. But optically, Vance is clearly winning. No sense in pretending otherwise.

All we needed tonight was no major mistakes and that’s what’s happening.

[Mark D. Levine @MarkLevineNYC]

Big announcement today: A long empty landmark church on W. 96th St overlooking Central Park is going to be brought back to life as the new, expanded home of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan.

Will be a dynamic learning lab for kids from all backgrounds. Sched’d to open in 2028.

[Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @DrewPavlou]

Nasrallah: “The Holocaust is a myth … Throughout history the Jews have been Allah's most cowardly and avaricious creatures … If the Jews all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.”

The Guardian today: RIP to an effective public speaker

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Brilliant.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

The 50-state strategy probably underrated, you usually wind up looking dumb so incentives are against it, but making some medium-risk, high-upside bets is often +EV and perhaps some intangible value for the party brand from competing in more places.

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

*was. 🇮🇱

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

Was killing Osama bin Laden a "major escalation"?

[David Yassky @davidyassky]

@emilynussbaum What’s Up Doc is a top 5 all-time comedy

[Micah Lasher @MicahLasher]

Perhaps The New York Times might look at this situation as a reason to reconsider its decision to make no endorsements in the city’s next mayoral election. Some guidance on the merits in a chaotic — and potentially highly abbreviated — race would be very meaningful.

[Howard Slatkin @hslatkin]

This morning, my thoughts are with the thousands of New York City workers who took their jobs and go in every day not because of dedication to the individual at the top of the org chart, but out of a commitment to public service and what they do for New York City. /1

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

This is your wakeup call

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

This is now standard, the US right openly cheering on enemy Russia in its war of aggression on a US ally & democracy. As with everything he does, it's not what's good for America, but what's best for Trump. The GOP then arranges itself around that. May this lunacy soon end.