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Remember When People Thought Fireworks Were a Government Conspiracy?
Things were too fucked up to be explained by the slow drift of history, political dysfunction, and economic inequality.
For Pre-Launch Event Buzz, Invite The Guy Who Called The Iraqi People ‘Semi-Literate Primitive Monkeys’
Semafor’s here to help with ‘the crisis of trust in news,’ so here’s Tucker Carlson sponsored by the Knight Foundation.
Civil Court Campaign Devolves Into Illegal Anti-Juggler Mudslinging
Overnight, parts of lower Manhattan were plastered with posters accusing a civil court candidate of not only being a Trump appointee, but also, a literal clown.
What Crash? NY’s Political Leaders Are Still Crazy For Crypto
Despite a complete collapse in the crypto market, New York’s leaders are still making money from it—through campaign donations.
Public Swimming Programs Had Been Drowning For Months. Why Didn’t City Hall Save Them?
Other cities have found solutions to the "national lifeguard shortage."
Adult Lap Swim Is Probably Not Coming Back This Summer
After two pandemic years without adult lap swim at the City’s outdoor pools, the Parks Department tells Hell Gate that it’s not coming back.
India Walton on the Buffalo Massacre: ‘This is America’
"This country was built on theft, on violence, on the notion that some people have the right to exist and others do not."
Boy This New NYC Congressional District Sure Looks Like a Dong (Or a T-Rex?)
The "special master" has spoken, and many Democratic incumbents would be forced to compete.
New Yorkers Have a Message for Democrats on Abortion
"If our votes get us nothing, then what are we doing?"