Seth Wainer

Wow, this McConaughey speech

@patrickgaspard @CoryBooker He's always been a mensch

Senator @CoryBooker performed a mitzvah today with his graceful unpacking of the Republican attacks against Judge Jackson. A real exemplar of servant leadership.

@YIMBY_Princeton Ask her if she wants to get out and pump the gas herself

I asked my 5-year-old daughter tonight if she liked New Jersey? She said "Ehhhhhh, it's the place where I live. I guess so." 😂😂

@ryanbeckwith And by “war” we mean a non-intense, unarmed conflict between different policy perspectives without the use of paramilitary mercenaries, insurgents, militias or soldiers, and also lacking any extreme violence, destruction or mortality. But other than that, yeah: War. Totally war.

@elivalley Crizazy

Excerpts from the Tennessee MAUS replacement

I took a moment and read the transcript of President Jimmy Carter’s 1979 speech, “Crisis of Confidence” (also known as the “malaise” speech). Here it is: pbs.org/wgbh/americane…

BREAKING: GM to invest historic $7 billion in 4 facilities across Michigan, creating 4,000 jobs bit.ly/3rM3iKk

Reactionary propaganda from half a century ago is literally no different than today lmao

@YIMBY_Princeton "Special dispensation for Italian remarks if you happen to be Jewish" NJSC 40.43(a)

@sethwainer I mean the only one that matters is when he goes to Santillo's in Elizabeth NJ and the guy has him shouting "this is the real fockin' Guinea shit. give it to me!!" youtu.be/gwuiW5V4zc4?t=…

People have supposedly been lining up for up to 2 hrs for a slice from DeLucia's Pizza in Raritan NJ, after a 9.4/10 review on 'Barstool Sports'... nj1015.com/barstool-sport…

@YIMBY_Princeton I have a friend who he and his kid go to a new spot every Friday based on the reviews I have joined and had a new delicious slice or two

Genuinely amazed that so many people are even aware of Barstool Sports, or give a crap what he thinks??

watching Cobra Kai and thinking about the cycles of karma we all live with man, what great show

@dbessner I tried melting the candy bar for a chocolate fountain, man what a terrible idea

@SethAMandel Also a really important issue (i.e. wealth) for America to ponder

It deserves its place as at least competing for the Great American Novel, not just for the story it tells but for the near-perfect way Fitzgerald tells it. As I say in the piece, Gatsby isn't great but his creator is.

The editors were asked again this year to recommend a favorite re-read and I joyfully spread the good word: re-read the Great Gatsby washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-gr…

Ouch but true

Incredible!

Congressman @BillPascrell has tested positive for COVID. Pascrell, who'll turn 85 next month, says his symptoms are mild. His message to those who have not gotten a COVID vaccine: "get off your butt and get vaccinated and get boostered."

Dean Dafis will become the next mayor of the popular North Jersey township of Maplewood on Saturday, Jan. 1. trib.al/NIMUerB

Since the start of the pandemic total corporate profits have ballooned from $1 trillion to $1.7 trillion, costing every person in American $2,126, on average.

Newark mourns the passing of longtime activist, ‘The Street Doctor’ nj-ne.ws/Fj0sMmD

@SethAMandel Way to finish the year strong

See that's where you're wrong