Lindsey is great but Carl is too. He would be a good councilmember. The real problem is Layla Law Gisiko, she is a hardcore NIMBY whose entire campaign is opposing Zohran’s pro-housing policies.
It’s important to rank Carl somewhere and leave Layla off your ballot entirely
turns out that going down a career path where even the tiniest screwup can result in tons of jail time and everything falling apart is nether a rewarding nor healthy way to live your life
Carl Wilson is a good dude, he’s been working behind the scenes for years to make bottcher’s office run smoothly and be so effective (which is also why he has so much institutional support). Lindsey is also great. Rank both as your top 2.
You’re right that Layla is sus, she is super anti-housing
the one schlossberg supporter I know irl is a wealthy 55 year old wine mom fwiw
Pritzker going full YIMBY is truly beautiful to see
Length of time living in New York City: Relative newcomers to New York City were some of the most likely voters in the state to vote for Mamdani, with about 8 in 10 of those who have lived in New York City less than 10 years supporting Mamdani. He also earned over half of the support of New York City voters who lived there for over 10 years but were not born in New York. Voters who were born in New York City voted for Cuomo over Mamdani.
New York transplants rose up and elected a YIMBY socialist, rejecting Cuomo’s brand of NIMBY car-first politics!
the more you live in nyc the more you realize that the average “transplant” is far more progressive and open minded than the average “native New Yorker”
turns out that people who make an active choice to live in a progressive, transit rich city are more likely to embrace that!
does North Korea have the right to exist? does Iran have the right to exist? does Azerbaijan have the right to exist? does Switzerland have the right to exist?
it’s just such a bizarre and incoherent litmus test, which I guess is the point
I am starting to think that “Right to exist” discourse is used by pro-Israel people because it’s so incoherent and absurd that it inherently destroys any potential rational debate over the merits of US government policy with relation to Israel
woke 3 is coco
I think what’s going on here is more nuanced. It’s a bores internal that they’re using to tell a message. And in this case the message is: Schlossberg may win and the only way to stop him is to vote for me, the most viable serious candidate (vs Micah)
the way I read it, step 1 is for hardcore Israel backers to have a single modicum of self awareness and realize that a lot of their attacks are unhinged and backfiring on them
yeah Carl and Lindsey would both be great imo. but most important is crushing Layla and showing that NIMBYism is not acceptable here
at this rate democrats might not even need to pack the court lmao
“We’re going to electrify the bus fleet that will remain at chronically low ridership and service levels because we don’t have the density to sustain high quality transit.“ okay cool thanks
it’s all a pump and dump
the reason I have not supported Platner is exactly that: who fucking knows what the outcomes with him are. definitely higher ceiling but also lower floor than Mills
I care more about outcomes than rhetoric
she hasn’t committed to abolishing the filibuster which is a red flag imo
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it really, really sucks that this bozo is the best candidate progressives could put up in the Maine senate race
(and, on the flipside, it sucks that an unpopular near-octogenarian is the only candidate the establishment could put up)
I do not envy Maine voters with a brain who have to choose
Why Talking Points Memo employs a died-in-the-wool reality denying NIMBY who beefs online about housing policy online is beyond me. It's a policy issue of national import, this is a very bad look for them
And rank Carl Wilson as well! One of the candidates is a notorious NIMBY that needs to be boxed out
delet this
look Ridley Scott did an apple ad, Scorsese did a dolce and gabbana ad, denis did an OperatorSlop ad, it happens
just saw sicario bc I love Villenueve and was honestly stunned by how awful and hamfisted the script was. literally just slop.
glad someone else is talking about this bc I was stunned by how embarrassingly stupid it was when I wrote my Letterboxd review
just tell your friends to vote for Carl Wilson and Lindsey Boylan
it’s so embarrassing that Justin Brannan is holding rallies for this unhinged NIMBY. thank god he lost the comptroller election
It may seem paradoxical but a key to accomplishing (1) will be to deflate the psychological importance that Americans attach to their voting decision. Casting a particular ballot in a particular election needs to become understood as a small practical matter, not a titanic moment of self-expression.
sam @sam_d 1995 X.com member of the Jewish community here: I do not think it is a betrayal to oppose using my tax dollars to give weapons and armored bulldozers to a government that will use them to kill civilians and wipe out villages in Lebanon, the West Bank, and Gaza
let’s see if he responds
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