SullivanSaysSoCal

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This is a bigger political problem for @realDonaldTrump than all the criticism and scorn that @maddow and her colleagues at @MSNOWNews can muster.

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I was a longtime Angeleno and am now a happy New Yorker—and I was glad for both experiences when I encountered this touch of LA’s Santee Alley in the Washington Heights district of Uptown Manhattan.

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What Puerto Rican Day can teach New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani about PR
https://t.co/gjiBfiYflF

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Define “soon”— the residents of the Greater Bloomingdale/Manhattan Valley district of the Upper West Side want to know (and could someone provide clarity and make a definitive call on whether it’s Bloomingdale or Manhattan Valley?

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The power of incumbency is clear to see in this newspaper ad as Nassau County Chief Executive Bruce Blakeman proceeds with his challenge to Governor Kathy Hochul, who has a bigger bag of tricks as an incumbent in her own right.

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Don’t know how this Off-Broadway show is doing but I’m guessing it can’t hurt the box office to have New York’s recently passed pied-à-terre tax in the news.

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This would be funny if it weren’t so close to the bizarre reality of tempting our nation’s fate on a daily basis with no plan or end in sight.

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Manhattan’s density puts a lot of the daily grind that’s behind the scenes in most cities right up front— including sidewalk deliveries to basement staircases that get uncovered when needed. Sometimes that raises questions from the curious, such as: Are carrots getting bigger?

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I’d like to commission a top demographer, political scientist, sociologist and Latino-American marketer to analyze the electoral fortunes of Xavier Becerra and Antonio Villaraigosa in the 2001 mayoral primary in LA and the 2026 California gubernatorial primary. Any volunteers?

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Might NYC Mayor @ZohranKMamdani’s plan to give priority for “roof-to-cellar” health and safety inspections at buildings where tenants are “organized” violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment? What does “organized” mean? Are slum conditions OK for the unorganized?

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Is someone who’s dancing on a New York subway platform to the stylings of a street musician at 11 a.m still going from last night or getting a jump on tonight? I’d rather wonder than know, so I didn’t ask.

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@hitsamty @aussieflya Congrats @hitsamty on getting hit by the Lucky Truck—it’s a happy accident that only strikes journalists who work the street.

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Performative politics and performative “journalism” from @latimes and its stenographers. It seems they either don’t know or don’t want readers to know what actually happened—or didn’t happen—beyond a chat between a couple of government folks. The gushing quote is a distraction.

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Map of Western Hemisphere, circa 1520

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Downtown L.A. businesses and residents are frustrated with conditions there and are begging for more political support for the neighbhorhood. https://t.co/sT6Y4O1pBe

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Only the digitally addled would see 1,000 discounted World Cup tickets in a city of 8 million as much more than the politics of bread and circuses.

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What’s the difference? Marketing is a fascinating discipline.

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When the @nypost nails a headline it nails a headline

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Now that progressive @MayorOfLA Karen Bass and DSA-backed @nithyavraman have walked back from “Defund the Police” there’s room to reconsider this 2008 piece—offered as a reminder amid the mayoral race that a one-dimensional “ACAB” view of cops is off base.
https://t.co/jfomWmVLvJ

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The tone and tenor of the mayoral election in Los Angeles make it clear that  the premise of this column from six years ago was accurate and worthy of greater consideration than it got.

Has the time come for the City of Angels to confront its devils?

https://t.co/FYDDcTIycX