There comes a point in a political campaign where the accumulation of scandal stops being a series of isolated incidents and starts being a pattern, and I think Graham Platner crossed that point months ago, long before this latest allegation ever became public, and I want to walk through why, because I do not thinkContinue reading “The Weight of a Campaign Built on Sand”
Category Archives: Analysis
The Difference Between Political Theater and Political Reality in New York
There is a massive difference between what politicians say during campaigns and what they would actually do once they are sitting in office with the full weight of government institutions, diplomatic pressure, federal agencies, media scrutiny, police unions, donors, courts, foreign governments, and financial markets all staring directly at them. That difference is exactly whyContinue reading “The Difference Between Political Theater and Political Reality in New York”
The Reflecting Pool Indictment Is a Perfect Snapshot of What This Administration Actually Cares About
There is a particular kind of news story that makes you stop scrolling not because it’s shocking but because it’s so absurd you have to read it twice to make sure you understood it correctly. The story of a former Olympic canoe racer named Davey Hearn getting indicted on a felony charge for allegedly damagingContinue reading “The Reflecting Pool Indictment Is a Perfect Snapshot of What This Administration Actually Cares About”
Treats While the World Burns: Why Democratic Party Entryism Still Doesn’t Work
This week, New York City delivered what a lot of people are calling a historic moment for the left. Three congressional candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani swept their Democratic primaries, ousting two sitting members of Congress in the process. Brad Lander took down longtime Rep. Dan Goldman. Claire Valdez, a member of the DemocraticContinue reading “Treats While the World Burns: Why Democratic Party Entryism Still Doesn’t Work”
You Can Be Alt and Conservative, Whether That Makes Sense or Not
There’s an argument I keep running into lately, usually framed as a kind of gotcha, that goes something like this: you can’t be alt and conservative. The logic seems airtight to the people saying it. Alt culture, whatever specific flavor of it you’re talking about, has historically leaned progressive, countercultural, anti-establishment in a particular direction,Continue reading “You Can Be Alt and Conservative, Whether That Makes Sense or Not”
My Red Line: The United States Should Not Be Threatening Israel With Bombs, and I Don’t Care Who That Makes Me Sound Like
I want to be upfront about something before I get into this, which is that I did not expect to be writing a post defending Israel from the United States, of all configurations, and I am writing it anyway, because what I am seeing happen right now bothers me enough that I am willing toContinue reading “My Red Line: The United States Should Not Be Threatening Israel With Bombs, and I Don’t Care Who That Makes Me Sound Like”
The Strait of Hormuz Cannot Stop Opening and Closing, and Neither Can the War It Sits Inside
If you have spent the last several months trying to track whether the Strait of Hormuz is open or closed, you are not confused because you are bad at following news, you are confused because the situation itself has been built, almost mechanically, to resist a stable answer. It opens, it closes, it opens aContinue reading “The Strait of Hormuz Cannot Stop Opening and Closing, and Neither Can the War It Sits Inside”
Stop the “what if Obama” whataboutism
Both Sides Are Using Democratic Politicians As Whataboutism Punching Bags And It Needs To Stop There is a particular kind of argument that has become so common in American political discourse that most people do not even notice it anymore. It hides in plain sight. It shows up in comment sections, in dinner table arguments,Continue reading “Stop the “what if Obama” whataboutism”
AI Bans Just Got Way More Terrifying: What Happens When They Come For The Platforms You Actually Depend On
So I have been thinking. And the more I think about it, the more I realize that what I wrote about before, as serious as I believe it was and as seriously as I stand behind every word of it, did not go far enough. Because I have had a realization since then that hasContinue reading “AI Bans Just Got Way More Terrifying: What Happens When They Come For The Platforms You Actually Depend On”
Why I Don’t Go Out More
These riots after the Knicks won the NBA Championship honestly gave me an answer to a question I’ve been asking myself for years. Why don’t I go out more? Why don’t I do more things? Why do I spend so much time at home? Well, I think I found my answer. Because of shit likeContinue reading “Why I Don’t Go Out More”