Ben Smith
@semaforben
Editor-in-chief of @semafor. Former @nytimes media columnist, @buzzfeednews EIC. "Traffic." bsmith@semafor.com, Signal semaforben.90
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Mamdani keeps stepping on rakes in a way that has to worry his supporters.
The Mamdani controversies (this list of homeowners, excluding Jewish lawyers from a list) weren't fights he was looking to pick. City Hall is missing some normal, hacky political radar to flag what's about to cause a controversy, and allows the mayor to pick battles.
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How did the Trump presidency shrink into an intense focus on remaking Washington, DC?
Big read from @ShelbyTalcott answers that question
When you've lost ... Luigi...
