Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

THIS is what leadership looks like.

The CIA-backed coup against Prime Minister Mosaddegh which installed the Shah is also key for understanding why some Iranians invaded the U.S. embassy in 1979 (tragically taking the employees hostage). Many believed the prior coup was planned in the embassy and feared another would happen.

Get the word out!

I Caught POLITICO and the New York Times Laundering Pink Slime "News" How the sexist backlash to AOC and Gretchen Whitmer at the Munich Security Conference led me to a scammy "local news" outlet pushing a coordinated right-wing narrative

Superb sleuthing by Emily Horne to establish that the New York Times and Politico laundered right-wing "pink slime" propaganda designed to make AOC and Gretchen Whitmer look bad. @emilyhorne.bsky.social

Senators Cruz, Graham & Lee “discarded conservative principles to protect their jobs. Their eager amorality has allowed extreme elements to use the GOP as a vehicle for bigotry & rage. Racism & hate are now structural parts of the Republican Party, replacing consensus, compassion, & compromise.”

Take the Fire Out From the Wire: Imagining a Future in Heated Rivalry - Reactor How can we find a path forward after the cottage?

“Rather than lamenting the current state of the world, it’s worth asking: what is the world that we want to see? What is our role in bringing that world about—either by claiming defiant hope for ourselves or fighting for a better world for one another?”- @thenerdypriest.bsky.social on Heated Rivalry

They Bet Against Trump’s Tariffs. Now They Stand to Make Millions After the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s tariff regime, investment firms are in line for a whopping return on a niche trade.

Howard Lutnick’s family will do very well. Must be nice.

The fish rots from the head

Now do immunity...

You bought it too soon!

Someone let the penguins of the Heard and McDonald Islands know that their long ordeal is coming to an end.

What he said!

“The American consumer has just been made a sucker by Trump…” @phillipspobrien.bsky.social

The most shocking thing about this decision: 3 Justices would have let Trump use a statute that doesn’t mention tariffs to impose unrestricted ones.

Analysis by four economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: “They found that American households and businesses are bearing nearly 90% of the cost of the Trump tariffs, contrary to Mr. Trump’s claim that foreigners will pay.”

Opinion | The Embarrassing Truth About Tariffs

Wow.

A Wonkish Note on Tariffs and Inflation There isn’t really a puzzle here

An experiment: A wonkish post that isn't emailed out to subscribers

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What is obvious to me is that a lot of people deeply care about their neighbors and this country.

They didn't think we would. We do.

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. — Frederick Douglass

“Please get the truth out about our son.”

So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.

Barbara Aronstein Black, a First as a Law School Dean, Dies at 92

“Don’t be discouraged when you find that the process of self-discovery takes a long, long time,” she said. “Don’t even be surprised if at 50 you are still wondering what you are going to be when you grow up.” 🗃️

RIP Barbara Aronstein Black

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

If Europe found a way for him to save face and move on, great. But Carney's speech was still spoken and was still true. The bell has rung.

Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.

THIS is what real leadership looks like.

Pew Research Institute (2023):

• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants

• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants

• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.

And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."

It's *not* about immigration.

THIS from Trump’s bankers.

I drove a LOT the last two weeks. Through WA, OR, ID, NV, CA, & AZ, down into Baja & back.

I repeatedly saw graffiti in different states: Jude 1:2. Didn't know that Bible verse, so I looked it up.

"May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance."

I'm not religious but that's a nice blessing.

Reminds me of one of my favorite memes:

Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.