Mara Novak

hi
here’s my op ed - ☮️
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

Today’s pangram. Really? 🐝

Massive war price tag could be a massive problem for GOP leaders The prospect of a ballooning new spending bill has GOP leaders bracing for a messy internal fight.

remember when the political press spent the last year helping Republicans pretend that MAGADOGE was a good faith effort at government efficiency and fiscal responsibility?

Because they don't.

I cannot support the confirmation of Senator Mullin to Trump’s out-of-control DHS. We must all take a stand.

[Exit Murderer.]

the reporter laughing is the icing on top

House to vote on curbing Trump's Iran war powers The House resolution to rein in Trump's war powers in Iran is expected to fail, after the Senate resolution was voted down Wednesday.

Senate Republicans voted yesterday to let Trump wage his senseless war without limit.

The House votes today. Will #NJ07 Rep Tom Kean Junior find some courage and take a stand against the #MadKing?

Hey, Tom! Show us you're not just a Trump yes-man!

www.cbsnews.com/news/house-v...

Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07] YouTube video by Not Just Bikes

WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes with #Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. And PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible.

I’ve sent it to a LOT of politicians.

Men who are overconfident in financial matters are often less confident about their masculinity - LSE Business Review If men really wanted to show how much they know about financial markets, the best thing they could do would be to invest more like women.

I distilled some of my work on masculinity and finance into a post for LSE Business.
Men are using finance knowledge and risk seeking as way of performing gender: so it’s insecure men who are the most prone to bad, risky investment.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

This is going to look very strange in a week or two, when the administration tells Congress how many billions it needs to get more munitions, and how US security is at risk if they don’t immediately get them.

How do you like THESE apples, Mr. Madame Secretary, Sir?

This is a good response.

From article below

This case is horrifying. The man had deferred action, was on a full path to a green card, is a college grad magna cum laude, and ICE arrested him randomly while looking for someone else:

“What do we do?” said one ICE officer, to which another replied “We’re going to take him with us anyway.”

Where is my egg sandwich

oh, I see you are trying to start some wars

Jersey. Food. Madness.

‘I’m the f--king deputy chief’: Jersey City mayor reassigns former aide to predecessor over police body cam footage

When the media covers war, every other topic fades Trump will do anything to distract from the political damage of the Epstein files

'Subjects that were dominating the news last week are brushed aside. Instead, it’s all war, all the time.'

@sulliview.bsky.social reminds readers not to lose sight of the (many, many) topics that Trump doesn't want you to pay attention to

margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/when-the-m...

I left the classified briefing on Iran even more concerned about what comes next as Trump drags us into what's so clearly a war. 
 
This Administration has no plan. American lives are on the line.

Praise from Mayors Baraka and Solomon

reading over Malliotakis v. Williams and lowkey think New York courts/the NY Redistricting Commission should be like...since the Supreme Court clearly lacked jurisdiction to intervene in the case at this time, we are treating it as the nonbinding advisory opinion that it is, thanks for the input tho

Trump didn't let his illegal war upend his social calendar.

This weekend, he attended a $1 million per-plate fundraising dinner to support MAGA Inc.

This is unprecedented behavior for a President who cannot legally run again.

This is alarming for a guy who clearly thinks he’s above the law.

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The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is scaling back the controversial Newark Bay Bridge project (loved by labor; hated by environmentalists/locals).

A single-span two-lane bridge with shoulders will begin construction this year.

Story coming at NorthJersey.com

GG Nicaragua 🤝 #MetsWin #LGM

These stories and so many others which I’ve heard during my visits to Delaney Hall and EDC are why I will continue to fight to end the use of privately run, for-profit immigration detention centers and why I will do everything to end ICE.

did I try it. Of course

Part 3: bsky.app/profile/aedw...

Part 4:

201. Monmouth poll of New Jersey diner patrons, 2007: "Many diner waitresses in New Jersey call their customers 'Hun'. Do you like when this happens to you, dislike it, don't care much either way, or doesn't this happen to you?"

(Bonus: fav diner order?)