Just remembered when Allen Iverson—a misunderstood legend who I will defend unequivocally—explained that he didn’t lift weights while he played in the NBA because “that shit was too heavy”
Sam Raskin
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- I agree, Bernie Sanders should see Uncut GemsOpinion | Bernie Sanders says he is proud to be Jewish — so why is he skipping the biggest celebration of Jewish pride? bit.ly/2vfcFc5
- In a month, that Seth Rogen movie where he’s a Yiddish-speaking immigrant who in 1920-something falls in a pickle vat and he wakes up in present-day Brooklyn without having aged or learned English
Where were your 8 great-grandparents from? New York New York New York New York New York New York Warsaw New York By millennial ostjuden standards I'm basically a pilgrim- The “nepo baby” insult is often a bit silly, and in this case used when it doesn’t apply (Zohran’s parents don’t work in NY politics), but it’s laughable for someone working for the son of a former governor of New York to use the term against an NYC mayoral race opponent.Fun fact: @ZohranKMamdani wasn't able to get this pilot program renewed beyond 1 year because he is the least effective, most absent politician in Albany Unlike working people of nyc, the nepo baby collected a pay check without doing any of the work & with zero results
- Replying to @samraskinzEven Yogi Berra in his prime could never dream of coming up with a line that good
- Wake up, babe, new hilarious Eric Adams upbringing fable just dropped.Mayor Eric Adams at a town hall in Coney Island: "Growing up poor has prepared me for this moment." He says he couldn't afford Converse sneakers and tells a new tale: "We used to pray for snow so we could melt it so we could have enough water because the water was turned off."
- We’re going to see a lot of this, and there are of course trivial reasons people dislike de Blasio, but one thing to keep in mind is the housing authority he controls knowingly allowed children to be exposed to dangerous levels of lead paint and they decided to hide it
- I was thinking the other day about who to vote for in the mayoral race and thought, ‘I wonder what the Warby Parker CEO thinks,’ so I’m glad the New York Times opinion section delivered.
- Eric Adams’ NYC
00:48“Fans booing me, I understand it… I was booing myself.” -Alex Verdugo - Andrew Cuomo hadn’t been living in NYC for decades, in September he registered to vote at his daughter’s address, then Andrew Cuomo moved in to the apartment where his daughter Cara had been living ahead of his mayoral campaign launch, prompting Cara to move to Brooklyn.
- Mayor Bill de Blasio is dressed as Captain Kirk during his press conference.
- Replying to @samraskinzMayor Bill de Blasio *says* he’s dressed as Captain Kirk, but nerds familiar with the matter tell me that shirt is in fact not what the character wore. This is why attribution is important.
- I’m interested in hearing from Cuomo which of his accomplishments—particularly ones that helped NYC—he is most proud of/ still stands by. He was a do-nothing governor who liked to run his mouth & repeatedly threw us under the bus because of vindictiveness & political opportunism.
