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  1. A certain unnamed gentile who lives in manhattan and grew up in cali just thought my gowanus yacht club t shirt was for a real yacht club about 2 hours ago via Mobile Web
  2. "In April, the average rent in Park Slope was up 33 percent from the previous spring," nytimes.com/2012/06/03/rea… about 5 hours ago via web
  3. @mattyglesias that seems self-evident doesn't it? Their "conservatism" is phony! These are the same hypocrites who mooch off farm subsidies about 5 hours ago via web in reply to mattyglesias
  4. Fact: the Mets don't play at "Citifield" they play at the new Shea. about 5 hours ago via web
  5. going to a rooftop jam at @JenNedeau's. Funny how gentiles like to start drinking at 2 in the afternoon. I just got up! about 5 hours ago via web
  6. good for Santana but how is that the first no hitter in Mets history? Weak. Good to be a Yankees fan. about 22 hours ago via web
  7. leave it conservatives and the food industry to take a correct position and make a sexist ad promoting it: dailycaller.com/2012/06/01/nan… 3:34 PM Jun 1st via web
  8. "When they lose, they do their best to sabotage government, and keep Democrats from implementing policy" -- @jbouie prospect.org/article/insane… 12:52 PM Jun 1st via web
  9. @michelleinbklyn except tom friedman probably thinks the soda ban is a great idea and therefore the whole country must agree with him 10:48 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to michelleinbklyn
  10. notice in the middle of this story we find out Romney didnt question Mormon Church's ban on black priests? washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-mi… 10:37 AM Jun 1st via web
  11. Disappointed with the jobs numbers? Congress should have passed the American Jobs Act that Obama asked them to: maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/… 10:29 AM Jun 1st via web
  12. My two favorite shows--Game of Thrones and Mad Men--had unusually powerful episodes on Sunday. Hard act to follow 10:23 AM Jun 1st via web
  13. I agree with @jpodhoretz! Bernie is "The best American movie of the year so far" weeklystandard.com/articles/kille… 10:14 AM Jun 1st via web
  14. "overlap between the Paul apparatus and the Tea Party insurgency" thenation.com/blog/168181/te… 10:12 AM Jun 1st via web
  15. "There is a distinctly libertarian flavor to the movement supporting Cruz over Dewhurst" thenation.com/blog/168181/te… 10:12 AM Jun 1st via web
  • Name Ben Adler
  • Location Brooklyn, NYC
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  • Bio Journalist and urbanist. Campaign correspondent for The Nation and federal policy correspondent for Next American City
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