Mamdani: There's not going to be any problem too big or too small for us to address. Day one we put bad landlords on notice. Day six we fixed a bump on the Williamsburg bridge. Day eight, more than a billion dollars in funding for universal child care.
I’d rather share a country with people who crossed oceans to build a life than to live with people who won’t lift a finger to make life better for anyone but themselves
Maybe people who knocked a football player wearing nail polish in honor of his nail technician mom will finally realize that sometimes, the guts it takes to be a little different are the same guts it takes to perform well under pressure
“We gave a gun to a bunch of guys who watched a recruitment ad during a football game and signed up for a 47 day orientation. Please react very calmly when they’re shouting at you because they might get scared and start shooting off under pressure. They are saving our America.”
as a white american i simply could not imagine giving a single shit about this. america isn’t an ethnostate and we’re not native to this land regardless. if you can’t grow up and learn to be in community with people who look a little different from you that’s frankly embarrassing
The U.S. spends roughly $300 billion a year on social safety nets — SNAP, Medicaid, housing assistance, child care subsidies and more, for employed Americans.
Those aren't "handouts" subsidizing "lazy" people.
They're handouts subsidizing employers who pay poverty wages.
Dave Portnoy is everything embarrassing/despicable abt right-wing "masculinity." He's serially accused of sexual assault & called on foreign terrorist state to kill Greta Thunberg. But *Dave Portnoy* is the real victim because a random teen was mean to him
Everyone being so shocked at how hard Zohran has been campaigning and it’s like… well ya, he’s 34 years old, this is what a normal campaign looks like when you run someone who isn’t a 1000 years old.
"You hate AI because it's going to replace you" Actually, I hate genAI because it is built off of stolen data, it breaks copyright laws, it's poisoning the planet & black communities. It's raising our electricity bills. It's spreading misinformation & making people fucking stupid
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk:
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."