Sam

it should probably be a bigger story that Republican operatives are boosting a socialist candidate to siphon off votes from Sherrod brown

update: wild moment in the NY governor debate where Hochul says she wishes she pushed even harder on YIMBY policies… meanwhile, Blakeman literally *brags* about how his NIMBY policies have made housing so expensive

this is awesome. fun fact: when Eric Adams tried to do this, the transit workers union compared him to Judas and called him “mayor backstabber”

moreover, Kathy Hochul is trying to build up the political power to enact much needed pro-housing and pro-transit reforms in her next term. the bigger her victory margin is, the more comfortable she will be telling Long Island to suck it up and build more housing

why the FUCK is the transit workers union running anti-Hochul ads?? seems like they would literally rather have a Republican governor that would destroy the MTA for some insane reason?

this is all happening bc Bankhead is being supported by republicans and refusing to drop out so she can split the anti-MAGA vote