Poughkeepsie town councilman-elect. Former bartender & journalist; now a polyglot volunteer fireman. Local & state politics matters more than national politics.
Hudson Valley, NY
Joined September 2008
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Every year in the 2020s so far has been a new record-setting year for people very publicly losing their mind through social media filter bubbles
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Laser focus on the economy, laser — you know, funny word, you used to not hear “laser” anymore. I’m building a laser defense system, the generals, they came to me and said “Sir, we don’t have ammunition” and I said that’s ridiculous, build a laser you won’t need it, but BIDEN-
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Our shitty institutions allowed everything to depend on one guy, now his disorderly departure tanked our share price. We can only conclude we should have paid him even more.
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The call is coming from inside the house. Equinox and Dig Inn and Blank Street Coffee were all founded in NYC. Manhattan is essentially a laboratory for venture capital proof of concept. The idea that people from the Midwest are creating this ecosystem is exactly backwards
Whereas Massie and Crenshaw (one a maverick in likely popular directions, the other telegenic) might have helped build the brand back
Four Republicans lost House primaries this cycle:
-Dan Crenshaw
-Cory Mills
-Andy Ogles
-Thomas Massie
Arguably saved Republicans two seats, as Mills and Ogles would probably have lost.
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Josh delivered SUCH a good performance here, and his final line is a very true observation about NY fashion
NEW ODD LOTS
How NYC takes out the trash
@tracyalloway and I talk to @jshgdmn, deputy commissioner at the sanitation department, about the multi-year plan to revolutionize garbage collection in the city podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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As far as I can see, David Valadao's defeat is the worst for a general election incumbent against one major party opponent in 94 years, since the Great Depression.
In 1932, Peter Granata (R) lost to Leo Kocialkowski (D), 72-28.
Even in 2010, Joseph Cao (R) lost to Cedric Richmond (D), 65-34.
Valadao is at 31.9%.
I was never in favor of this effort but now I am vocally against it. Texas Democrats are fighting for independent redistricting. Why is New York different? We should not trust NY Democratic leadership with gerrymander power: it was a long fight to get rid of in the first place.
Gov. Hochul says she's still looking at mid-decade redistricting in NY to expand Democratic seats even after the blue wave midterms. Calls GOP redistricting "abhorrent," but "while it didn't have an effect on this year's election, there's always another election every two years"
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Finally read this @KaitlynnLisa story from two weeks ago and as far as I can tell EVERY SINGLE Republican incumbent (9) mentioned in this piece about who is receiving state legislative campaign committee support lost their re-election
In a solidly blue state where the Republican Party apparatus has limited resources and where Democrats hold a majority in the state Senate and a supermajority in the Assembly, the GOP knows it needs to pick its battles. cityandstateny.com/politics/…
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I think Haley Stevens really needs to get her side of the story out there, and the best way she can do that is by sitting down with an in depth interview with Isaac Chotiner.
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They are cooking up the worst UI you’ve ever seen
Skydance Plans Launch of Combined Paramount+, HBO Max Streamer in Early 2027 variety.com/2026/more/news/s…
The AP US history test 100 years from now will be like “please prompt and edit the best essay on wokes versus chuds”
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Laura Poitras (and Mark Obenhaus) have a new documentary coming out about Hersh, called Cover-Up
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Most of the people talking about the huge shifts among men 18-29 from 2024 to 2026 (which are admittedly very very big) are kinda forgetting that 2024 and 2026 are two totally different cohorts and many of the 2024-only dudes will show up again in 2028
These crossover numbers fit what we found using precinct results: real persuasion, but nowhere near enough to explain swings of 20+ points on its own. Turnout did the majority of the lifting, with persuasion a big part of the story in some states.
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