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@IsaiahLCarter @ClwnPrncCharlie This is exactly the point. So many people want all the benefits of NYC, but don't actually want to live here. We're the ones who deal with the noise and exhaust of your vehicles, who lose valuable space so your car can sit idle for 23 hours a day on our streets.

@ClwnPrncCharlie You can fuck off straight to hell with that, Communist. I still WORK in NYC. Besides, y'all don't bring that "it's none of your business" shit when RICHMOND, VA'S Andy Boenau any other out-of-state urbanists give you solidarity, do you? I'd be you weirdos' WORST nightmare.

Maybe I should run for Mayor. Because as Mayor of NYC, I would tear out EVERY single bike lane, from EVERY single street and avenue, in EVERY SINGLE BOROUGH. I would gut the Department of Transportation Alternatives. I'd fire EVERY SINGLE MEMBER of the DOT's brass, and sever EVERY tie with TransAlt, Riders Alliance, and StreetsPAC. AT MINIMUM.

@JerryCoog @TALL________ @JeremyJBelcher @JimBreuer Lol now I know what Grok thinks

What Biden did to jack up gas prices: He waged a deliberate war on U.S. fossil fuel production and infrastructure from day one. Paused new federal oil/gas leases, canceled Keystone XL pipeline (killing jobs and supply routes), pushed aggressive EPA regs and “net zero” mandates that scared investment, slow-walked permits, and cheered high energy prices as part of the “transition.” This tightened domestic supply when demand was roaring back post-COVID. U.S. production recovered to records later thanks to private industry and prior leases, but the early hostility and uncertainty added a premium. Refinery capacity didn’t expand, and policy signals favored green dreams over reliable supply. Why gas skyrocketed GLOBALLY right after Putin invaded Ukraine: Because Russia is a top oil/gas exporter. The invasion + Western sanctions disrupted massive Russian supply flows to Europe and world markets. Oil and nat gas prices spiked worldwide from fear of shortages—supply shock on top of already tight post-COVID markets. Europe scrambled for U.S. LNG and alternatives, bidding up prices everywhere. It wasn’t some U.S.-only thing; it was a global energy crisis triggered by Putin’s war. Biden’s team tried to blame it all on that while downplaying their own pre-invasion restrictions. Bottom line: Biden’s anti-drill policies made America (and the world) more vulnerable to Putin’s bullshit. Global events hit hard, but weak domestic policy amplified the pain at the pump. No conspiracy—just bad priorities and reality.

Same gas prices, no stickers. Funny how the outrage only works in one direction.

@Misery_n_Gin Wait what song is this?

Imagine being known for a song that John Prine refused to which to assign his name and John was right all along.

@DickBonnet @Acyn What does the senate have to do with it? Those are statewide races.

@Acyn Shut up AOC. In all of New Enland their are NO Republican representatives and only one Senator. How is that equal representation? 40% of voters in New England are Republican but they get no representation. How is the SCOTUS decision different?

AOC: We have to all abide by the same rules. And so if Republicans are going to redraw North Carolina, if they're going to redraw Texas, if they're going to redraw and gerrymander every one of their states, then unfortunately, we have to provide balance to that until we get to the day where we can all finally agree to put this behind us and pass nonpartisan gerrymandering federally.

@ksorbs Are you going to mention that it was abandoned and the city had been telling them for years to properly secure it because of just this type of risk?

The oldest churche in New York mysteriously caught fire in New York. Remember when Canada and Europe imported a bunch of muslims and all of their Churches started burning down? Certainly random, has nothing to do with any of that. Don't look into it.

@MarianneFiorav1 @negligible_cap Is their nyc residence worth more than $5M?

@negligible_cap Are Mamdani's parents paying the tax? Their primary residence is in Uganda or did they switch their residence to avoid the tax before it was implemented..

Ken Griffin is “appalled” that Zohran used his $238m Manhattan penthouse in his tax the rich promotional video Citadel is now apparently considering bailing on their construction plans to build a new office in Midtown. The project would involve $6 billion in spending and would create 15k permanent jobs in NYC according to Citadel’s COO "It is shameful that he used Ken's name as the example of those who supposedly aren't carrying their fair share of the burdens associated with New York City's often costly and wasteful spending," the email said. "In doing so, the mayor has once again manifested the ignorance and disdain of the elite political class towards those who have been consistently committed to building one of the greatest cities in the world." Would be both incredibly petty but also hilarious if Citadel backed out of their plans over this

@LionBlogosphere @ArfTard 50% of homeless people work.

@ArfTard The reality is that they aren't looking for any gainful employment.

Why can't homeless people be removed to some remote out-of-the way colony upstate? Why do they have to live in expensive Manhattan real estate? It's not like they are working in the Manhattan office buildings that they need to be there.

@ElJefeTwoloom @JonahDispatch And there's just no way that people, including usually non-political people, blamed Trump for covid and wanted to vote against him?

Democrat votes in the Presidential election: 2016: 65.9 million 2020: 81.3 million 2024: 75.0 million Republicans: 2016: 63.0 million 2020: 74.2 million 2024: 77.3 million A normal progression for Democrats would have been 70.5 million Until someone explains the pattern for Dems, the questions will continue, no matter how much you want to kneel and service Democrats

I get being annoyed when Elizabeth Warren (who I find insufferable) or other Democrats play gotcha by asking “Do you believe Donald Trump lost in 2020?” You know what would have spared Republicans the embarrassment and annoyance of these questions? If Trump hasn’t lied about winning and hadn’t tried to steal the election.

@sisqohoncho He didn't run on joy, he ran on specific policies. He also showed that he truly loved NYC, which contrasted with Cuomo, who clearly loathed it. That's why the videos of him out in the community mattered.

running on joy is bad unless Mamdani does it

@cowboy_postbop Zohran loving NYC was so important because Cuomo clearly loathed it and saw it as a beast to be tamed. It set up a contrast between the two. I don't know enough about MI Senate to know if something similar exists there but dancing with a big head to me seems just sort of goofy.

“supposed to” is kind of the operative word here, which is to say, as a value judgment, but the reality is a candidate having fun is, generally speaking, something voters like (someone like Zohran gets this)

@Daytobehappy @snitchin_bubs RIP to everyone who died on 9/11 other than your mom

@snitchin_bubs I'm whining that thousands of people were killed on 9/11 including my mother and they voted for that piece of shit!

This was New York City on July 4, 1976 for the 200th anniversary of the United States and now New Yorkers can't even celebrate the 250th anniversary because they voted for the ideology that took down the towers to the left!

@PercepTeck @AveryDaye If this AI slop is bootlickers' best tool for changing minds then the DSA is going to win everywhere.

@AveryDaye send this to all your idealistic friends who think taxation is the answer to wealth "inequality"

Mamdani proposes a pied-à-terre tax, which would essentially double the property tax for those with a second home valued over $5M in the city. This is a false promise. It's a lie. Taxing the rich never works. The government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. When they use “tax the rich” as an excuse to increase spending, and then the rich leave, they will not scale back spending. Instead, the burden shifts to the middle class, until everyone is equally poor and government corruption thrives. Somehow through all of this, the government officials all get rich. Mamdani is selling a lie. Don't be stupid enough to fall for it.

@PnLPrincess @feelsdesperate Hey who was president during covid?

@feelsdesperate The democrats also chose to ignore the inflation they created (especially around Covid) caused grocery prices to increase so rapidly.

Grocery stores have been ‘solved.’ They’ve been solved. Anything with a 2% profit margin is solved. Maybe you could wring some more efficiency on an industry level with improved logistics but that’s going to an incredibly complex technical endeavor above the pay grade of municipal government. That’s why the ‘public grocery stores’ are such a good example of Dem Soc silliness. They’re a political set piece with ~0% chance of any net public benefit and an extremely high likelihood of wasted resources and opportunity costs.

@michelletandler @Maria4Dist6 @dany_egorov UWS is basically an outpost of Westchester but within the city boundaries. Not representative of the rest of NYC in any meaningful way.

@Maria4Dist6 @dany_egorov Sorry but I strongly disagree with you. I live on the UWS and feel like it's a retirement home with the occasional family. Virtually nobody under 30 lives here.

This lack of job growth in NYC in the private sector is a serious warning sign for what the future might look like. It must be taken seriously. My neighborhood, the UWS , has been transformed in the last few years by the arrival of so many young people. The UWS used to be a neighborhood filled with mostly seniors and families with children but it looks like they have either disappeared all the old people or they’ve moved on. The young people moving in have all managed to find affordable apartments in the neighborhood, and they fill the restaurants and bars along a Columbus and Amsterdam , which are packed most nights. The UWS is having a moment and dare I say it’s even looking like the new Brooklyn. So here we have some very concerning news about job growth. This is really going to hurt all these young people planting roots in NYC and for all the young people graduating in May who want to move here. We need a vibrant, resilient growth oriented economy. NYC must be business friendly and welcoming because that’s where the City gets the money it needs to do all the things it wants to and needs to do so that everyone is thriving. The city and the whole region depend on it. @OneCityRisingNY @KathyHochul @savetheuws2 @ShabbosK @stick_dynamite @katiewr31413491 @JCAndersonNYC @BillAckman @JulieMenin @MarkLevineNYC

@fatstevebuscemi "It's way cheaper if you just use the app." A fast food clown shouldn't know my social security number.

large fry and large sweet tea at mcdonald’s were 7.75. we’re screwed.

@justgeorgeIII @RealJohnShoe @lawtonaaj @RasberryRazz I am a real human being who spends about 3 hours a week working with restaurants to bring their leftovers and day-olds to the local food pantry. We get hundreds of pounds of food to people every week. There is no legal liability.

@RealJohnShoe @lawtonaaj @RasberryRazz You'd have to hire an entire new staff dedicated to the donation task. I cant stand ppl who show up in the comments spitting lies like the goddam truth.

France made this wastefulness illegal cause it’s cruel and only causes more waste issues. Any food market or restaurant over 400 square meters has to donate all their good unsold food to charities and are fined if they do anything like this. That law should be applied everywhere

@adamjohnsonCHI Uhm, I tricked my child into pantsing me (told her for weeks that it's the funniest prank anyone can do) and then when she did, she saw that I had written on my ass in sharpie "*her name* is a fart." It was great and no one can tell me otherwise.

There’s simply never been a funny April Fools “joke” or prank in the history of the world. As a cultural tradition it’s 0 for 56,054,050,008,340 but no one wants to admit it

@Goobers32583119 @datingbyblaine Is it about preferences? Or is it that she asked where he would like to live and he gave 2 more places he wouldn't want to live. That's negativity.

@datingbyblaine I guess men are not allowed to have preferences anymore 🤷🏻‍♂️

Overheard 20 seconds of a first date at my coffee shop this morning: Man: I hate how hot Austin gets in the summer. You can’t do anything. Woman: it’s hot, but it’s not all bad. What about Barton Springs? Man: that’s fun for 60 minutes, then what do you do the rest of the day? Woman: well, would you live someplace else? Man: I could never do New York because it’s too cold in the winter, and LA is too spread out… 0% chance Mr. Negative gets a second date 🤢

@AravellaSimotas @jimfornyc @NYCMayor Lol you're just mad because he beat you.

@jimfornyc @NYCMayor This should be a wake up call to the Mayor’s team. It takes a very very long time to turn the negative outlook around.

This isn’t a “brushback pitch.” This is a tsunami warning. If the media took a step back, took a deep non-capitulation breath, and looked at the horizon, @NYCMayor’s first 100 days have been like a descent into Dante’s Inferno. -Homeless deaths. -Personal vendettas. -Political interference. -Crazy tax proposals. -Strong-arming moderate Dems. -Personal scandals. -Tone-deaf approach. -Alienating Jews, Catholics, and Hindus. -The snow, the snow, the snow. -The garbage, the Garbage, THE GARBAGE. -The rats, the Rats, THE RATS. -Ideological appointments. -New spending when we need belt-tightening. -Stupid mistakes. -A lack of transparency. Did I miss anything? My perspective comes from a good place. I retired from politics. I’ll never run again. It isn’t about that. He is destroying this city. Already. Forewarned is for-armed.

@RyderBrion @NYCMayor Hey man, you know DeBlasio already did 3-K, right? And also, the city has 9 million people, you're arguing that 11% of them are between 2 and 5?

@NYCMayor If anyone had done even a Malcolm of research, you would understand that there are approximately over 1 million children in New York City between the ages of two and five years old! This man is bragging about 12,000 seats when in reality, the number needed is over 1 million!

🚨 Big news for the littlest New Yorkers: 2-K is coming.   Starting this year, we’re delivering 2,000 FREE child care seats for 2-year-olds across our city.   By Fall 2027, we'll be ready to serve 12,000 kids.   Grateful to our partner in this work, @GovKathyHochul, for her support.