Lambert Strether

Note that you can do “populism” as a political style without committing yourself to any particular policy ideas if you want to.

Mamdani: "I will continue to work with Morris Katz. He remains a top adviser of mine."

Shawn Fain won UAW's biggest contract victories in 40 years and organized the South for the first time ever. Now, right before his re-election and ahead of a potential 2028 general strike, the DOJ opened a grand jury investigation into him — via a federal monitor Fain has clashed with since the UAW's Gaza ceasefire resolution. Unions are one of the last real structural checks on oligarchy. That's exactly why the most effective labor leader in a generation is facing this kind of pressure right when it matters most. We need to watch this story closely.

Zohran Mamdani: "I will continue to work with Morris Katz. He remains a top adviser of mine."

Lindsey Graham: “I feel good about the Republican Party and where we're going as a nation. We're killing all the right people and we're cutting your taxes. Trump is my favorite president. We've run out of bombs. We didn't run out of bombs in WWII”