It’s an example of some of the new directions we’re going at TPM, doubling down on but also branching out from our core focus on high-speed, iterative coverage of politics.

This piece “Why Do Poor People ‘Waste’ Money on Luxury Goods?” by Tressie McMillan Cottom, which we published on Friday, has been one of the most popular pieces on TPM in all of 2013. I really recommend it to you.

So in case you were wondering, here’s how the last desperate day of Joe Lhota’s campaign went in our Mayor’s race here in NYC

The truly comical last day of the Lhota campaign …. pic.twitter.com/nqURBvs29D

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 4, 2013

Along the lines of the “Yes, You’re Probably Racist” twitter feed (or is it a website?), I think we need a Primer for Halloween for people who seem developmentally challenged in entering the 21st century. So, is it cool to dress up for Halloween in black face? No, not cool. Is it cool to dress your child up as a member of the Ku Klux Klan? No, that’s not cool anymore. Not sure when it was cool.