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From City Hall to… Albania? The Strange, Confusing, and Slightly Absurd Next Chapter of Eric Adams

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There are political exits, and then there are whatever the hell this is. News that former New York City mayor Eric Adams has reportedly moved to Albania feels less like a natural next step and more like someone spun a globe, pointed at a random spot, and said, “Yeah, sure, why not there?” And look,Continue reading “From City Hall to… Albania? The Strange, Confusing, and Slightly Absurd Next Chapter of Eric Adams”

I Told You So: Zohran Mamdani’s Trump Meeting Is Everything Wrong With Progressive Politics

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Let me start with something simple. I called this. Not in some vague, wishy-washy, “well anything could happen” kind of way. I called this specifically, and clearly, and the people who told me I was being too cynical, too harsh, too uncharitable toward a promising young progressive politician can now sit with what happened onContinue reading “I Told You So: Zohran Mamdani’s Trump Meeting Is Everything Wrong With Progressive Politics”

THIS IS MAMDANI’S MOMENT — AND HE CAN’T FUCK IT UP

This post builds directly on what I wrote yesterday, because the situation has already escalated in a way that exposes something bigger than Trump alone. As of January 4th, 2026, Donald Trump didn’t just launch an illegal and reckless attack on Venezuela. He doubled down by dragging Nicolás Maduro into New York City to faceContinue reading “THIS IS MAMDANI’S MOMENT — AND HE CAN’T FUCK IT UP”