Because it requires the members of the political press — who disproportionately went to Ivies and elite private schools — to admit that the people they shared social spaces with were Nazis, which would logically reflect that they were either okay with having Nazi friends, or too dumb to realize it

Astounding. Georgia is expected to lose $2.5 BILLION in tax revenue due to tax exemptions for *DATA CENTERS* in FY 2026. This corporate subsidy alone is about *7 TIMES* the cumulative FY26 tax expenditures for the state's principal affordable housing program (really the only significant one). 1/2

Fed judges are getting PISSED. The levels of overt anger we are seeing in opinions is not, I think, at all usual.

Neighborhood Segregation map of the City of Atlanta, with the shift to mostly-white neighborhoods evident along the east side of the Beltline.

East of the Atlanta Beltline, the population shifts to "mostly white" in places like Inman Park, where local outcry is hindering rail on the Eastside. Property owners want the green gentrification of the trail to remain untouched. They're winning.

Source:
www.urbandisplacement.org/maps/atlanta...

Love that other cities are literally running on "don't let your city become Andre Dickens' Atlanta"

1/ Last year, 32 people died while in federal detention, making it the deadliest year for the agency in more than two decades. Two weeks ago, Renee Good was killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis. Today, Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, was killed by federal officers in the same city.

Not only have promises been broken around the execution of More MARTA & beltline rail, but these decisions are happening behind closed doors, far away from public view or criticism. We need transparency from MARTA, the Beltline, and our City govt. Uphold the More MARTA referendum and get to work! 🚊

Atlanta DSA condemns the ICE occupation of Minneapolis and the unnecessary bloodshed and suffering they are inflicting on working people, and is endorsing a protest outside the ICE Field Office in Atlanta. Join us on Friday at 5:00 PM this Friday at the ICE Field Office in Atlanta ✊

This is the reporting from @apmreports.org the doctor is citing.

Renee Good had a pulse for at least 8 minutes and 34 seconds.

www.apmreports.org/story/2026/0...

a screenshot of two received signal messages which read: 1. why are you crying (10:28am) 2. Are you gay (10:28am)

I spoke with WABE about the proposal to extend the TADs. If we need $5 billion, instead of robbing Peter to Paul, we should tax the ultra-rich and fairly appraise luxury commercial properties! www.wabe.org/what-are-tax...

LA Times: Elon Musk company bot apologizes

Newsweek: Elon Musk's Grok Apologizes

International Business Times: Grok Issues Apologies

The Hill: Musk's AI chatbot Grok apologizes

1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."

This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.

Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.

Hey oomf

Atlanta DSA is entering the most consequential moment in our history. We have to meet this moment. For Atlanta DSA's officer elections, we're running experienced organizers with a record of success leading efforts to build our party, build worker power, and win real change for working people!

Anyone who spends a lot of time at young conservative conferences can tell you this is fairly common. Or who goes to a happy hour in D.C. for AEI, Heritage or any of the other big conservative think tanks.

It Is About Left vs Right - Power Map Magazine Stop falling for the oldest marketing trick in the book.

Did the Mamdani-Trump meeting preview a new kind of “bottom vs top” politics? Does Marjorie Taylor Green transcend political labels? Is it time to move beyond "left vs right" entirely?

No! Organizer @blimpjuice.bsky.social on the only two sides there are: powermapmag.com/it-is-about-...

May be posting these slides a lot in the next few weeks/months...

Tax increment financing (TAD/TIF) is *not* designed for places where property values are already rising fast. It will likely DIVERT already rising revenue from schools & citywide services to development projects in TAD/TIFs. 1/2

‘Time to pull the plug’: MLT City Council votes to cancel Flock contract | MLTnews.com The Mountlake Terrace City Council at its Thursday business meeting voted 6-0 to cancel the City’s contract with the Flock Safety license plate

MLT City Council voted 6-0 to cancel the contract w/ Flock Safety.

“We’ve heard from our residents about the many troubles & challenges that this has this possibility of bringing. I think it’s time to pull the plug,” said Mayor Pro Tem Bryan Wahl.

#MyMLTNews #MLTNews

mltnews.com/time-to-pull...

Remember when segregationist cops sicced attack dogs on peaceful Black protesters during "Bloody Sunday" in Selma?

Now, it's happening again in broad daylight, but with the federal government unleashing attack dogs on everyday residents

www.vice.com/en/article/a...

as cities debate Automated License Plate Readers, we often hear the same reassurances: don’t worry, we’ll regulate them/set strict rules/never share data with ICE/we'll only use them for speeding/etc. political promises may feel comforting but it misses that the INFRASTRUCTURE itself is the danger.

ABSTRACT The city of Atlanta is well known for its corporate-led white–Black urban regime and the ‘Atlanta Way,’ an approach that neglects the city’s low-income residents. Under Mayor Andre Dickens, the city made some changes in affordable housing policy, including standing up a new social housing developer and implementing a housing trust fund. National media and think tanks have praised the Dickens Administration for these efforts. Because affordable housing is a key component of equitable urban policy and planning, do such efforts signal a ‘beginning of the end’ of the Atlanta Way? Unfortunately, I find that the answer is no. I argue that these somewhat stronger affordable housing efforts do not constitute any sort of paradigm shift. The city has yet to address the undertaxation of commercial real estate, leaving it unable to capture a sufficient share of the growth in land values for more equitable development, and it has failed to devote sufficient resources towards deeply affordable housing for the lowest-income Atlantans. Moreover, the city derailed a referendum on its Cop City project, a major investment in policing favored by corporate interests. In the end, the Atlanta Way still seems to be very much alive.

💥 💥💥New Article Alert.

"The ‘Beginning of the end’ for the Atlanta Way? Not so fast."

First 50 copies free (please use your library access if available).

Library access: doi.org/10.1080/0266...

First 50 free (if no library access): www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CQ4VX...

Explainer: People's Power Union wants clean, affordable energy The People's Power Union seeks to ensure the Georgia Public Service Commission works for everyone.

The People’s Power Union seeks to ensure the Public Service Commission works for all Georgians. Efforts by the People's Power Union and many others led to the overwhelming victory of two democrats in the statewide public service elections in November.

Georgia police chief retires, then is arrested on stalking and misuse of license plate reader charges The GBI says Braselton Police Chief Michael Steffman used license plate reader technology to track and harass multiple people. His arrest was announced hours after he revealed he was retiring.

This article is copaganda. This article is intended to make us believe that holding police accountable is possible.

ALPRs are powerful. It's not safe for anyone to use them. There is no legitimate use of ALPRs. ALPRs make us all less safe.

www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

Extending gentrifying Atlanta’s tax districts for 25 years makes little sense Atlanta's Tax Allocation Districts (TADs) have run their course and we should find more novel ways to spur prosperity, build housing and assist low-income residents.

New, by me, on why the City of Atlanta should not extend its TAD (TIF) districts and how it will hurt, not help, low-income Atlantans.

(Bracing for a new round of ad hominem attacks from Mayor Dickens or his staff/lobbyists, but I am traveling so may not see it.)

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im shaking

a picture of me holding an ipod that’s showing the song “yuck” by charli xcx playing

"nixos is declarative and reproducible" why don't you "declare" you have a girlfriend and "reproduce"

When elected officials aren’t allowed to question those in power, your democracy is in full collapse.

Assemblymember and NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani held back by police for trying to question Trump’s ethnic cleansing head Tom Homan. #FuckICE

(📷 @mahoneyw)