President @thenation, founding editor @jacobin, member @demsocialists
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This is outrageous. A jury should get to decide if Victor Romero should be in prison for the rest of his life.
🚨 Charge against retired NYPD officer accused of fatal road rage shooting on GWB downgraded to manslaughter
🎤 @Ml_buckley1010 reports
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Bhaskar Sunkara retweeted
The thing is. And this was a major 🔑 for me several years ago, in thinking about the podcast, is that communists are obsessed with capitalism. Some of them are so obsessed that they might even secretly love it. Whereas capitalists rarely spend any time thinking about it.
Bhaskar Sunkara retweeted
No need to sign. As long as he doesn't veto, the bills become law anyway. His approach is actually more efficient. That's why he gets more done than other Mayors. – at Brooklyn, NY
NEW: Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed just one bill into law in 10 months since taking office — leaving critics to wonder if the millennial mayor is more interested in social media stardom than his daily government duties. nypost.com/2026/10/22/us-new…
Looking forward to listening to my coauthor @mikejbeggs' chat with @DougHenwood. (Mike and I met via Henwood almost two decades ago!)
fresh audio product:
Mike Beggs <@mikejbeggs>, co-author of The Blueprint, on what a socialist economy might look like
leftbusinessobserver.com/Rad…
Donald Trump’s first wife, Ivana Trump, accused him of rape in a 1990 sworn divorce deposition. And yet that didn't "lead to him being precluded from serving in Office, let alone the Office of President."
The rise of general anticapitalist sentiment, especially since it's so generational, so the noteworthy thing here
Bhaskar Sunkara retweeted
Important contribution to the housing debate from @sunraysunray. Whether you call yourself a socialist, capitalist, YIMBY or NIMBY it's clear we need new ideas to address the housing crisis facing working people.
People are right to want control over their homes and their futures.
Socialized housing, not private ownership, can make that promise a reality for everyone. jacobin.com/2026/10/housing-…
Thanks to @TheStalwart and @tracyalloway for entertaining a discussion on the dictatorship of the proletariat. There were lots of free snacks at the Bloomberg office too.
NEW ODD LOTS:
Jacobin founder @sunraysunray tells me and @tracyalloway that after the socialists take over, we don’t have to worry. Markets will still have a major role to play in the economy open.spotify.com/episode/1cv…
Bhaskar Sunkara retweeted
A proposal for transcending capitalism. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Bhaskar Sunkara retweeted
NEW ODD LOTS:
Jacobin founder @sunraysunray tells me and @tracyalloway that after the socialists take over, we don’t have to worry. Markets will still have a major role to play in the economy open.spotify.com/episode/1cv…
Vivek, what is this behavior?
@megynkelly exposes the truth about Amy Acton. It’s uncomfortable, but every voter in Ohio should watch every second of this.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Court records corroborate that Amy Acton's stepfather was charged and indicted in 1978 for raping her as a child, after which she and her brother were removed from their mother's custody.
nationalreview.com/news/amy-acton…
cbsnews.com/news/ohio-gove…
I already knew I was going to quote tweet this and type "this isn't a travel" before I watched the video
Disgraceful from this pair. Polymarket should not be anywhere near professional sports. It doesn't matter if they're talented athletes, it's fine to shame people for their naked greed.
Thinking about @hasanthehun, who doesn't have a multimillion dollar contract, passing up on $1,000,000 from Polymarket out of principle.
Zohran doing such a good job, a small personnel change is being touted as a news story.
NEW: @NYCMayor's team abruptly & inexplicably fired his director of advance, Val Sanders. By many accounts Sanders did his job well & staffers were surprised by the nature of his ouster. It comes as 3 deputy mayors' chiefs of staff have left their posts.
nytimes.com/2026/10/21/nyreg…
This stings. I have no idea why a brand with this cache and value would just disappear.
(Strangely, just this morning, I was making the Obsidian > Bioware case to another dorky friend.)
Bhaskar Sunkara retweeted
Thanks, and so glad that the excellent @mollycrabapple agreed to do that beautiful cover!
Finally came in the mail, excited to read @mattduss and everyone’s work! And a beautiful cover too.
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