“We are being run by incompetent, nihilistic, right-wing Maoists,” a fired staffer said.

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“It was during the coronavirus pandemic that Mr. Shteyngart took a turn from schlubby to bespoke, from Brooklyn plaid to Milanese silk. And the change was precipitated by an unlikely source: his penis.”

“My basic advice is: Got to rehab and then focus on creating a new political party from a position of seriousness, not of anger, not of retribution, not of retaliation”

“If they dismiss that amount of cases in a matter of three months, then they’re not following the procedures. What it sounds like they’re doing to me is they’re just dismissing cases that they just don’t want to take the time to investigate”

“Fischer’s campaign really didn’t even just scratch the surface on opposition research on Osborn,” Schilz said. “Rickets will spend the money to go out and attack Osborn. He won’t wait around. For his political operatives, it’s kind of what they live for.”

"The Hill is like living in a small town,” Wilson said. “And you know all these people, and you’re around them all the time. Are you going to be that person in that small town that you’re in?”

“Strangio and other advocates for trans rights have cast Skrmetti as the case they had to bring. It may also have set their movement back a generation.”

“It is a policy impossibility, under inflationary conditions, to combine the existing commitments of Trumpism with the need to address national security threats and demographic decline if you rule out any tax increase.”

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“The legislative stew that resulted is not fine-tuned policy, nor does it offer a cohesive purpose. It’s just good enough for a Congress that doesn’t particularly care about being any better than ‘good enough.’”

"The five people said Small has a history of yelling at younger employees in the governor’s communications shop and that, as a result, several staffers feared working with him.".

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"Decades from now, no one will point to this legislation as a key building block of a lasting Republican coalition. It’s more likely to be remembered for the estimated $3.3 trillion it is set to add to the national debt."

“It’s a very unequal place,” said Aditya Bhumbla, co-chair of the local DSA chapter. “San Francisco, because of its symbolic role, is just worth fighting for. What better place to be a socialist than the heart of capital?”

"Palmer’s has endured Prohibition, bootlegging, police raids (in the 1930s there was a brothel upstairs), two World Wars, the smoking ban, the advent of AA and Starbucks as well as various urban renewal projects.". But Ozempic and Gen Z proved too much.

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RT @SallyGold: Per NYT, based on AP, with 38% in:.@ZohranKMamdani at 43.1%.@andrewcuomo at 34%.@bradlander at 13.3%.

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