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Andrew Berman says that Councilwoman Rivera told him over the phone last weekend that she would not vote for Tech Hub without zoning and landmark protections. Assuming that he’s telling the truth, which I do assume, we must ask what … Continue reading →

Sarah Kendzior, journalist with an authoritarianism portfolio, speaking on AM Joy recognizes that in the upcoming election, “the GOP may simply not concede. We need to remember Roy Moore, for example, never conceded. This is a party that is not interested … Continue reading →

“We all know that once her vote has been cast, she loses all her leverage and it’s wishful thinking that anything more will be granted by the administration,” Andrew Berman, executive director of Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, tells … Continue reading →

Sen. McConnell and the GOP simply make up the roles as they go along. And always, of course, to benefit themselves. Now, the National Archives have become co-opted by the GOP and will work only for them. Dems: Shut the … Continue reading →

She just threw away any leverage she had to ensure zoning and landmark protections for the Tech Hub environs, and yet she thinks we are so dumb that we would swallow her claim that she signed on the dotted line … Continue reading →

The Kochs led America to ruin, and now they are being targeted by the ever-more maniacal hoardes of ill-informed graduate students in Tea Party Trumpery. At Daily Kos, Mark Sumner describes step-by-step how the Kochs “turned the GOP into a crazy … Continue reading →

Deputy Mayor Glen? De Blasio himself? The ululations comeong from the De Blasio administration let you know that the fix was in and they’re crowing about it. Rivera had a potentially distinguished career in front of her, which she has … Continue reading →

After saying on the campaign trail that she wouldn’t vote for Tech Hub without neighborhood protections, she goes ahead and votes for Tech Hub without neighborhood protections. This is one more reminder that we don’t have anything approaching representative government … Continue reading →

Another GOP hack ends his long career in disgrace: Sen. Hatch has the temerity to kvetch that Democrats are insisting on examining Brett Kavanaugh’s paper trail. This is the same Orrin Hatch who conspired with Mitch McConnell to deny Merrick … Continue reading →

Andre Gide in Journal of The Counterfeiters: “each new chapter must pose a new problem, be an overture, a new direction, a new impulse, a forward plunge–of the reader’s mind. But the reader must leave me as the stone leaves the … Continue reading →