Justin H. Vassallo

I'm very grateful for the opportunity I had to be the Monday columnist for @TheLibPatriot since May of last year. Here's my last post for them in case you missed it. Sorry to see the project come to a close liberalpatriot.com/p/the-future-o…

think I have to be in Long Island City Sunday afternoon for a random obligation. What should I do there with my hour to kill? I haven't gone East and North of Myrtle and Franklin in a loooonnng time lol

sounds bad

sleep? In this economy?

do people "vibe" to daybook? Is premium worth it? Lots of jobs listed as exclusive to members :/

Clarke was phoning it in until Trump's first-term travel bans prompted demands for a town hall. Relatively easy take out for the right anti-monopoly, anti-AIPAC candidate, despite people's assumptions about how Flatbush, East Flatbush, and Crown Heights will vote

Fun fact: In 2024 Justin Pearson and the other two members of the Tennessee Three were scheduled to speak at the DNC that final night before Kamala spoke, but she bumped them for... former CIA Director/Defense Secretary/85-year old warhawk Leon Panetta

No surprise that Republicans feel better about the nation's future than in 2014, during the Obama era. But they're much less optimistic than Democrats were then - which says a lot about their current mood. pewresearch.org/short-reads/20…

Am I mistaken in thinking Hannah Dreier is the only major reporter who continues to focus on the ills of migrant child labor, which was made permissible by Biden appointees who repeatedly failed to exercise real oversight? nytimes.com/2026/05/14/us/…

(here's looking at you, friends of the mayor's office 😍)

casual reminder that I'm looking for work, for all my think tank- and campaign-connected mutuals

establishment media contempt for candidates who don't play the game--i.e., rejected (some) of the privileges they had growing up or tried to carve their own path and stay down to earth--isn't terribly surprising, but it does reveal their neuroses about status and credentials

I’m in this to beat Mike Flood – and yes, this is personal.  We grew up in the same town, but Millionaire Mike’s life was not like mine. I lived in trailer parks. Our whole family spent periods living in my grandmother’s basement. I went to bed hungry.  But last year, Millionaire Mike – who takes more than half his cash from corporate pacs and special interests – voted to hand tax cuts to big business and billionaires while gutting healthcare, education and food programs. Those callous votes show he takes voters for granted.  Why didn’t folks hear about this? Because Millionaire Mike is also a media monopolist who bought up our local media.  And right now, he’s sabotaging a bipartisan housing bill – supported by President Trump and even Senator Warren – because he wants to protect Wall Street speculators who are buying up homes to extort desperate families. That should be banned.  And while we’re struggling with gas over $4 a gallon and farmers battle rising fertilizer prices, Millionaire Mike is all in on the Iran war while raking in money from AIPAC. I’ll vote to stop funding dumb foreign wars. Most Republicans and Democrats in this district feel frustrated with their options and the failed political establishment on both sides. They use culture wars to divide us and stop us focusing on things that would actually improve people’s lives.  I’m not a Democrat. I’m not a Republican. I’m Independent Nebraskan who wants to give folks something to vote for – not against.  With your support, we’re going to #TakeNebraskaBack

great ad--one of the best in the past year

In fact, the data center moratorium issue is so powerful that *Republicans* in PA are calling for one. They see an abuse of ratepayers because we just paid $492 million toward data center infrastructure yet we have no say in where and how they are built.