Clinical Assistant Professor of Political Science at Pace University. NYC politics is my jam.
Alum of CUNY GC (PhD), St. Hilda’s College, Oxford (MA) and U of Georgia (BA).
Devoted Swifty & Arcade Fire obsessed.
I ❤️ good trouble.
www.LauraTamman.com
Laura Tamman
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Bask in these phenomenal shots of today's Knicks Championship Ceremony at City Hall by the one and only @scoboco.bsky.social
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He got the biggest cheers on a very shouty day. And he deserves it.
My new theory paper (early draft)
A new reason why concentrated wealth destroys democracy: common ownership
A standalone media owner maximizes profit. A common owner like Musk (who owns X + SpaceX) will run the media firm at a loss to increase the $ of his total portfolio
tinyurl.com/mcekr7cd
Laura Tamman
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So good!!!!
The Alicia Keys finale featuring choreo by Jose Alvarado, while the mayor and his wife dance and sing along=pure joy.
Wealth concentration was already way off the rails before Musk became a trillionaire. The wealthiest megabillionaires in the country have basically been doubling their wealth annually in recent years. Feels near impossible to maintain a liberal democracy in this kind of situation.
I just watched this again, wondering if I was just caught up in the moment. Nope. Superb.
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Today on earth no one, not a single person is having more fun than Jose Alvarado
What is New York if not 99.6% of the world stacked against you? And who are New Yorkers, if not people who hear those odds and smile? Who look at a .4% chance of success and ask “why are you giving me a head start?” This is our city. This is our team.
Laura Tamman
rip city coffee captain
Trying to tell my friends in other places what downtown Manhattan was like today and instead just sending them this:
www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/18/k...
