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As a member of Congress, perhaps it’d be better for Gill to attack Mamdani for his politics instead of simply being a bigot and claiming he is uncivilized third world scum for eating rice without a utensil.

For the record, I’m not even disputing in any way that it *could* be a leftist. But I’ll freely admit when I hear about a dude in the Idaho wilderness with a rifle, my first thought is not immediately leftist politics.

Whoa, didn’t see this and immediately noticed the right-wing media is in a frenzy about this. Given that you’ve already posted this to the left has lost its mind thread despite no evidence of any of the motivations of the person involved, I think it’s reasonable to suggest the right’s media...

I’m beginning to think we can’t blindly trust the DOJ or something…

We should probably keep an eye on the dude morphing into Emperor Palpatine in front of us.

I suppose China will be paying that one too? I think there’s a lot of money we could save not subsidizing the renewable energy industry, but giving it extra barriers is dumb.

Does she think someone else is going to abort her child?

Seriously, the people snatching migrants off the streets shouldn’t be doing this type of shit. It’s grotesque.

This isn’t an obsession for me, just an observation on how we equate success with virtue. Yes, I think there are things we could do on income tax that would benefit society as a whole that would impact Bezos’ net income, but I’m not claiming he’s done something wrong nor am I personally...

The glee and excitement with which people share details of this very basic and shitty detention center because it’s surrounded by a swamp is already gross and weird. It’s made worse by the fact that this isn’t made for violent murderers and the worst of the worst, it’s just a solution to house...

Well sure, I understand both sides of this. Less restrictive taxation encourages more innovation and employment, more taxes means more government bloat, all of that. Where I disagree with you is on the personal value of Jeff Bezos within this ecosystem and the subsequent value of his labor...

I don’t actually hate the idea of a thread solely for one-offs dunking on the President for the very dumb things he does. Would make the regular Trump thread more productive. There’s frankly a lot of great content to be found making fun of the President for things like having 2 almost deals done...

I disagree with this conceptually. Certainly Amazon is innovative and highly successful in no small part due to Bezos’ leadership. But it’s not like he discovered the answer to some impossible riddle. He just did e-commerce best, just as Walmart did big box retail best. If Jeff Bezos never...

How is this lowering the bar? A robust public transportation system allows for freer mobility of labor, and all things equal, the lower the cost of a service, the more it is typically used. The same people who would avoid paying fares for public transportation are also likely to be costing the...

Or shift money from something else or tax something differently. Again, I’m not actually commenting on the viability of this proposal. I have no earthly idea what the budget in New York City should look like. But I do contend that fare evasion is moot to the discussion at best, and potentially...

Right, but Mamdani isn’t to blame for that erosion, and changing the way they fund the MTA is actually one of the ways to resolve that specific issue. Whether or not it’s financially viable is a much different story, but I fail to see how Mamdani’s proposal here would play into that specific issue.

Actually, kind of? If the current solution is apparently to just dismiss the theft of a public service and that public service can run under that framework, it might make some sense to re-evaluate how we can both enforce the law and ensure public transit is an option for those who need it.

Nah, I want to try new awful things, not what Trump and Biden alike have already figured out is successful.

To be somewhat fair, this might actually be more of a defense of the policy than it is against it. If NYC public transit can run with skipped fares, why not just reduce the amount of fares collected? Otherwise, I think the criticism is spot-on. My only real rub here is that there still doesn’t...

Let’s just do all public policy this way. Some important deadline for a spending bill? Nah, just have the President unilaterally extend it. Tax day coming? Nah, that’s in May now.