
MostlyGoodTakes
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I'm not running for office. But if I were, these are some of the lessons I'd take away from what happened in NY yesterday. 1. Authenticity is measurable. Voters can smell a focus group from a mile away. 2. Endorsements from the current Democratic leadership now read like warnings. The establishment wing of the party is no longer a sword. It's a question mark. 3. Conviction beats caution. The candidates who said hard things about rent, about who pays for what, about Gaza, they won. The triangulators lost. 4. Cost of living is everything. Everything else is wallpaper. 5. The middle is not a strategy. It's an empty room. Voters reached past the establishment to grab someone who actually believes something. 6. Don't fear the base. Court it. The Democrats who ran from their own voters lost. The ones who ran toward them won. 7. If you want to lead a party you have to be willing to fight inside it. Mamdani didn't ask permission. He took the field. The lesson under the lessons: the country is tired of being managed. People want to be led.






🚨 Dustin Poirier was arrested last night in Georgia for allegedly being drunk in public, per @TMZ “Poirier, 37, was booked for ‘Public Drunk’, a misdemeanor, at 6:38 PM... before being released several hours later, a quarter after 10 PM. It's unclear what led up to Dustin's arrest. Public drunkenness can carry up to one year in jail and/or a fine, if convicted.”

5 years in prison vs 1 hour in a slow roadway.



The final photos of James Gandolfini, who passed away 13 years ago today after suffering a fatal heart attack in Rome. His last meal included four rum shots, two piña coladas, two beers, two orders of fried king prawns, and a large serving of foie gras.








