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Sonder: The Trials & Tribulations of the Biggest Short-Term Rental Flameout to Date In one of the short-term rental industry’s first post-pandemic upsets, Sonder – a boutique STR startup in major urban locales, one worth nearly $2 billion when it went public in 2022 – went out of bus...

Since I'm guessing quite a few people are still wondering what happened last week with Sonder & Marriott, I wrote an explainer.

There's still a lot not yet known, though I assume a lot will come out during their bankruptcy proceedings. #sonder

Hakeem Jeffries Gives Mamdani Last-Minute Endorsement for N.Y.C. Mayor - The New York Times Mr. Jeffries, the House minority leader, had resisted backing Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, for months. But his support gives the nominee a late boost.

About fucking time.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/n...

But what about the days of our lives?

Wow indeed, and also why Trump just idiotically put *himself* into a position of violating the First Amendment.

Legitimate criticism – of Trump or anyone else – is ALWAYS protected speech, whether Darth Cheeto chooses to admit it or not.

He’ll try.

But he’ll fail.

Again.

In Pressuring ABC Over Kimmel, Trump May Have Crossed a Constitutional Line - The New York Times The Supreme Court has distinguished bully-pulpit persuasion, which is permissible under the First Amendment, from coercion and threats, which are not.

To put it extremely mildly, this would be an interesting lawsuit.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

Can Trump Actually Designate Antifa a Terrorist Group? Here Are the Facts. - The New York Times The president made the same declaration in 2020, but nothing came of it. His new declaration came amid broader threats against liberals after the Charlie Kirk killing.

This is nearly as stupid as declaring wind turbines as a national security threat. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

Can Trump Actually Designate Antifa a Terrorist Group? Here Are the Facts. - The New York Times The president made the same declaration in 2020, but nothing came of it. His new declaration came amid broader threats against liberals after the Charlie Kirk killing.

This is nearly as stupid as declaring wind turbines as a national security threat. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

Still, jacking his shit off for a full 2.5-hours is impressive, especially since I hear he taped it for his OnlyFans page.

Sure as fuck *seems* like Attiah was fired solely for reposting one of Charlie Kirk's own tweets – entirely appropriate for someone who believed literally all Black women in professional jobs are "DEI hires."

I figured the Post had hit bottom by now. VERY clearly not.

I subscribed to her Substack.

Seriously, I have no idea what level of entitlement makes an *actual* influencer think they can be one while married to a tech billionaire who's Elon's BFF, but considering Trump's far MORE toxic than any nuclear plant, I think she needs to jettison her extra cargo.

Hope she didn't sign a prenup!

Can This Model Make Nuclear Energy Hot?

"The point is to make nuclear energy appear cool while rendering high-level concepts digestible for a mainstream, very online audience." Great!

"Last fall Boemeke donated $5 million to nuclear causes with her husband, Airbnb cofounder and DOGE appointee Joe Gebbia." Buh-bye.

It could be 1929 all over again, and the only reason stocks haven’t crashed is bc traders still think Trump TACOs.

But great to destabilize the global economy if he sticks to his guns THIS time.

Bless her black little heart.

They’re running out of retired Dems to blame. Will they start resuscitating straw me to attack? LBJ, perhaps?

FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show

Still, I think it was likely the optics of ICE Barbie's FEMA failing to answer TWO-THIRDS of the calls for help after July 5th – in a heavily MAGA-dominated area – was what convinced him.

This insane cost-cutting madness requiring Noem's personal sign-off on any big expense simply ain't cutting it.

After Texas Disaster, Trump Shifts His Tone on FEMA

Gosh, who could've possibly imagined that TACO Trump would chicken out yet again on a core policy stance in the face of the real-life consequences of his idiotic behavior?

"Cancelling" FEMA (along with the NOAA) was one of the most idiotic Trump calls – and there are A LOT of contenders.

We've seen some seriously warped NIMBY insanity here in Austin as well – now thankfully over, after we approved killing SF-exclusive zoning despite their ire – but deranged slides about mice is some next-level shit.

You mean the FEMA Trump's still planning to phase out? Yeah, can't say that's a huge shock...

We're still determining if he's had a full-on psychotic break, given the extent of his delusional state – on top of his incel state; he's a virgin even after 30 – but Charlie's been this way ever since a Black student started dating his HS crush.

His ego is huge & fragile. This radicalized him. 💔

"You see when you hire fire chiefs based on diversity, you get morons. You don't get smart people."

Aping his Fuhrer's argument. Classy.

"His priority was not putting out fires or being ready for floods. No, his priority was to make sure that the fire department was Blacker."

Bless his heart.

"What you're not being told by the media anywhere is that the death toll would likely not have been as high if it wasn't for DEI."

You're not hearing it from the media because it's racist evidence-free horseshit.

"Why isn’t every leader in Texas connecting the dots here?"

They're not all racists.

Charlie Kirk blames 'DEI fire chief' for Texas flood deaths The right-wing pundit shared conspiracies about Austin's Joel G. Baker on a recent podcast.

I apologize, yet again, for my double-inbred third cousin's delusional ramblings, esp. since these are unusually batshit. How literally any person in Austin – which has zero connection to Kerrville or the Guadalupe River – could've caused anything here is a mystery outside of Charlie's addled mind.

In case some of y'all are wondering what the actual fuck is going on rn in MacArthur Park: Trump's trying to claim it's a "MS-13 hotbed."

It's a PARK FFS! Are the "gangbangers" hiding in the bushes? Using scuba gear to hide in the water?

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Has anyone asked Miller how many white men Usha Vance clearly DESTROYED by taking a coveted seat at Yale?? As the lone people who should ever be admitted, I can only imagine how many class-action suits the SATANIC IVY LEAGUE has coming!

If Lil Marco wants to oust her: sorry, JD, it's the only way!

Also Texas's most famous Canadian, Rafael "Ted" Cruz.

And obvi Elon. Miller's prolly seeking an "out" of some sort for America's most prolific anchor-babydaddy.

How about the VP's wife? Since she's a woman of color, I'm guessing Miller thinks her Yale JD & Cambridge MA are "ridic DEI shit."

"The Texas Miracle can be saved only if we do NOT have an army of dope fiends serving chronic beats on the asses on the entire gosh-darn state.

We've known since the '30s that Marijuana makes Black men blind with rage & prone to raping white women. Greg, why do you want this tragic fate?!?" 😭😭😭

"If ICE does it, I'm certain it's 100% legal, despite my lack of law degree & zero valid knowledge of what ICE or CBP can even do. The border invasion demands it, as those millions of leftist Mexican Marxists who destroyed Los Angeles two weeks ago showed.

Those sick maniacs caused the L.A. fires!"