"The New NYC First Lady's Boots Were On Loan from Her Stylist" And Other Necessary Pushbacks To the Usual Nonsense for the Usual Reason - Saturday Night OT

 

First things first - it's the Wolf Moon - the first full moon of 2026

NYAG James Swears in Mayor Mamdani in the Historic City Hall Subway Station and the First Lady Holds the Quran in Her Fabulous Boots SOURCED FROM HER STYLIST

So we don't need to hear anymore racist nonsense of the exact same type as 

"What was Michelle Obama doing in those Balenciaga boots"

or

"What was Kamala Harris doing buying copper-bottomed saucepans in France"

because it is the same nonsense for the same reason - even more so now than ever before bc people we won't name are getting desperate - and here is Professor Toni Morrison (again) to remind us of it

And here's a New Yorker who held forth this morning on this and related topics in a "Boy am I happy to hear her say all this because she's saving me a whole lot of energy" way 

Zohran Mamdani Revokes Unconstitutional EO’s that Targeted New Yorkers Speech

and here are Wajahat Ali and Joy Reid, the two people whom I most wanted to hear from commentating on that historic swearing-in and what's on tap to come as a result 

Why Mamdani's Victory Is Inspiring for the Masses and Terrifying for the Establishment

a reminder of how it was

and how it's going

and more

before we talk about the rest of what happened bc the Mayor is moving apace & I am here for it at the same time I want us to celebrate the historic occasion since we haven't exactly had the time to make the space for it