john teufel
@JohnTeufelNYC
lawyer (practicing) and addict (non-practicing). Very gay. Columnist at @TheIndypendent, contributor at @VillageVoice, @NatCounterPunch, lots of places.
This was my favorite piece I wrote in 2024, about the meaning of Eric Adams. What a bizarre mayoralty this was to live through. indypendent.org/2024/10/why-er…
The proposed new methods of middle class capital accumulation are investing $100 in a meme coin that grows 50,000%, chopping off your toes on TikTok, and defrauding your loved ones via a multilevel marketing company.
The postwar social contract where American (however defined) workers are granted access to security not through a vast safety net but access to capital in the form of real estate is over! It's never coming back, that era of accumulation is finished!
Wild article. Edsall first claims the "good news" is that Democrats are moving to the center. But the "bad news" is that their poll numbers are worse than ever. His prescription? Move more to the center! These people are beyond parody. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opi…
Okay when *everybody* is playing music at the beach it's really like *nobody* is playing music you can actually listen to, you know what I mean?
As you have undoubtedly heard, ACC is facing crisis level population. Starting Thursday, July 24, adoption fees will be waived for the first 100 pets adopted. Visit nycacc.org/locations for adoption hours and shelter info.
"our economy should serve real human needs" "markets are irrational" if these are the best gotchas they can dig up everyone is going to be a socialist by the time Zohran wins
I read all 16,100 of Zohran Mamdani’s tweets. First takeaway: yeah, he’s actually a socialist.
I hope these people remember to use moisturizer after trying so hard to scrub the blood off their hands
Telling Palestinians in Gaza to “starve away” is an evil thing to say. The US must make every effort to secure the release of the hostages, end the war, enable new Palestinian self-governance in Gaza, build a durable peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and expand the…
It's wild that not only is all human interaction soon going to be mediated by AI but the AI is also going to be a Nazi and it will legally not be allowed to not be a Nazi
Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that breaking the window was legal. Why punch him in the face? How was that in any way necessary, either for the officer's safety, or to effect an arrest?
NBC 4 - 7/21/2025 - Police response to Jacksonville, FL viral video showing police abuse for driver who didn't have headlights on in the rain "Yes, that force is ugly...just because force is ugly doesn't mean its unlawful" (The victim is still recovering from when it happened…
Any Democrat who is not saying AT LEAST "Abolish ICE" is not worth your time, consideration, or donation. If we ever make it through this, we'll need a truth commission and mass criminal trials for ICE agents and supervisors. Abolish is like the squishy moderate position.
Police impunity is a feature not a bug. We need to get police out of our lives, not waste time on pointless reforms.
Nothing will happen to these officers. We had a brief moment in time when we could have introduced accountability into policing, when the country was clamoring for it, but politicians from both parties got scared and the status quo continued, which means more of this.
Police officer breaks unarmed man’s window, punches him and slams him on his face after pulling him over 👀
Watched a little MSNBC last night. You can absolutely see how liberals lose touch with political reality. "Trump is SCARED...This is the END OF MAGA...Trump is on the ROPES" Happy time talk. Folks fascism ain't going nowhere anytime soon lol, Epstein or no Epstein.
The other thing about CBS Xing Colbert to clear the sale is that the sale is an awful deal for shareholders. It's a deal to make Shari Redstone billions. So Trump demands canceling a show and billionaires agree so they can make more billions off a deal that sells out shareholders