By A. Litteri in Union Market

"“The more you push me, the more I’m not going to do what you want,” said the New York governor, Kathy Hochul, in response to a public outcry to tax the rich." Hochul can go, just like Jeffries and Schumer and Gillibrand. https://harpers.org/2025/11/government-shutdown-super-typhoon-tough-guy-zohran-mamdani-curtis-sliwa-animal-lovers-emotionally-disturbed-beast-land-super-horsey/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20more%20you%20push%20me%2C%20the%20more%20I%E2%80%99m%20not%20going%20to%20do%20what%20you%20want%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20the%20New%20York%20governor%2C%20Kathy%20Hochul%2C%20in%20response%20to%20a%20public%20outcry%20to%20tax%20the%20rich.28

The best way we can honor service members is to send the National Guard home https://machination.org/2025/11/11/the-best-way-we-can.html

Dick Cheney’s death should be a reminder that we must fix the process of politics whatever content we would advocate for. Cheney is, as much as anyone else, the godfather of Donald Trump. As Jonah Goldberg put it, Trump is kind of his “Frankenstein’s Monster.” https://www.npr.org/2025/11/04/nx-s1-5597830/jonah-goldberg-remembers-former-vice-president-dick-cheney

What happens when we all put our heads in the cloud https://machination.org/2025/10/21/what-happens-when-we-all.html

I am a technologist but a morning like this encourages my Luddism (understanding technology’s impact, valuing autonomy, adopting it intentionally). I had cash; while Venmo was down, our visit to the PTSO coffee table outside school happened anyway & The Childe did some practical math. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/20/140248/aws-outage-takes-thousands-of-websites-offline-for-three-hours

I appreciate the ecumenical critiques. Not to “both-sides” it: there are significant differences and fairly one-sided undemocratic reasons for the complete deadlock, but this sign could very well stand the test of time. I had my ear out for process and not just content critiques from the stage.

I have to wonder, with Donald Trump’s particular enthusiasm for McDonald’s, and his self-aggrandized narrative about his role in real estate, does Trump play their Monopoly game? https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-mcdonalds-order-rnc-chair-joe-gruters_n_68ef28a2e4b03d246404f70a#:~:text=%E2%80%9CHe%20had%20hot%20fries%20waiting%20for%20him%20from%20McDonald%E2%80%99s%20...%20And%20then%20he%20had%20a%20Filet%2DO%2DFish%2C%20a%20Quarter%20Pounder%2C%20and%20a%20Big%20Mac%2C%20and%20I%20think%20he%20combined%20two%20of%20them%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20Gruters%2C%20who%20did%20not%20reveal%20which%20two%20sandwiches%20Trump%20put%20together. https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/monopoly-returns-more-chances-towin.html