“He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.”

Red.

Every day he hands the opposition the ammunition. Every day they fail to use it. Incredible.

Tough to catch a break when your nickname is El Hechizado.

UConn. Wow. Ruthless.

Payasos.

With Cuba Under Pressure, the Castro Dynasty Is Making a Comeback

With apologies to LL Cool J: “Don’t call it a comeback/They been here for years.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/w...

Also, tip your hat to Will Smith for framing that last pitch. There are levels to the game.

Genuinely surprised by the number of people who are just discovering that shitty calls are part and parcel of the game of baseball.

As I've been saying: defending democracy requires being appropriately alarmed. "There won't be elections!!" is an absurd and counterproductive line, but "they can't possibly do anything bc the federal government doesn't run elections and they don't have the manpower" is unwarranted complacency.

No end in sight.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be… #njtransit

Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

Not many technical details to fret over with this and some Bustelo or La Llave.

Florida Hands Over Prime Miami Property for Trump Library

Building a monument to a strongman across the street from the place where thousands of refugees from another strongman once were welcomed to the United States. The irony is almost too much to bear. Florida Hands Over Prime Miami Property for Trump Library www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

Bruh.

Danielle Spencer, Child Star of ‘What’s Happening!!,’ Is Dead at 60

Feeling old. Danielle Spencer, Child Star of ‘What’s Happening!!,’ Is Dead at 60 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...

Get Out: Adams Opens Campaign Office in Building With Vacate Order The storefront Democratic club HQ where the mayor just had a ribbon-cutting ceremony had a parapet collapse in dramatic fashion two years ago.

Can’t make this up. 🤡 www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/08/a...

I've seen this before.

Meanwhile in Latin America.

What a sad day.

Great thread

Assuming we survive this mess, it’ll be interesting to see what the Supreme Court’s conservatives will say if the next Democratic President decides that s/he is going to summarily fire thousands of ICE agents.

Ted Cruz: ‘Vacationing Is How I Grieve’

Ted Cruz: ‘Vacationing Is How I Grieve’

Dios los cría y ellos se juntan.

Uff. Buena suerte.

Carolyn McCarthy, Who Turned a Gunman’s Massacre Into a Crusade, Dies at 81

Things are grim right now so it's worth recalling what a pissed off citizen can do. It's not easy but it's not impossible. Carolyn McCarthy, Who Turned a Gunman’s Massacre Into a Crusade, Dies at 81 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/n...

Ken Griffin says young grads who are not interested in reading books about their field have 'picked the wrong career' Citadel's founder and CEO said that young graduates need to read about the domains they are in.

This man endorsed Donald Trump who, as far as I can tell, has never read a book, including the one he “wrote.”