Tommy Wells

Next gen bike-share. Literally….

Newsom: In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more to the federal government than we received back.

And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.

París es un ejemplo de ciudad que apuesta por la movilidad sostenible: tienen carriles bici anchos, con sus semáforos. Puedes moverte en bici por París para ir a trabajar, a hacer la compra, etc.
Hace poco estuve allí y me sorprendió gratamente

In 2021, I gave society more than $5,000.

Its time we explore retrocession to Maryland

State governments must create the capacity to protect its residents from illegal acts by the feds

K Street “Spaway” could bring a wave of investment downtown DC officials faced a dilemma: how to bring life back to a car-centered corridor that’s anything but inviting. Enter the European firm behind a string of urban resorts with a novel proposal.

K Street "Spaway" could bring a wave of investment downtown: ggwash.org/view/98956/k...

DC Water stands to lose authority to spend 51 mil of it own rate payer funds because of Congress budget mistake

Ugly cry… 🫶

Formal fashion czar JD Vance cant button his jacket

GOP Proposes $4.5 Trillion Tax Giveaway to the Rich While 'Ransacking' Food Stamps and Medicaid | Common Dreams "House Republican leadership put a giant bullseye on Medicaid, with the intent to strip Americans of their healthcare benefits to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations."

SS, Medicare, Medicaid, and education will be gutted—replaced with the new state religion: National Christianity. MAGA voters, hope you can feed, clothe, and shelter yourselves with prayer while Musk, Thiel, and oligarchs pocket your tax dollars. Good luck. www.commondreams.org/news/house-b...

It's really this simple, folks.

When did it become necessary to have a straw with every drink?

I never use one at home.

#endstrawtyranny

I hate being right.

Pretty sure Trump has screwed up the Middle East Cease Fire

Going to Treasury to protest Elon Musk’s coup.

A group of uncleared, unvetted, civilians have gained access to all of my federal records including military personnel, retirement and disability. They are reportedly feeding them into AI. I want them arrested and charged with federal crimes.

Right fucking now!

How is this even a discussion?

Alex Koma is a news treasure for DC as WAMU and Wash Post have left the field

Is DC Chairman Mendelson trying to derail the Bottle Deposit Bill?

Both immigrants

Vision Zero for DC must start with infrastructure prioritizing pedestrians and then accommodating private vehicles. Instead we do the opposite

The fact that Trump and his MAGA minions are spreading incredibly dangerous disinformation about the emergency response to the catastrophic fires in California is fucking criminal.

It’s not even remotely surprising, but it is nonetheless fucking reprehensible.

A CSPAN screenshot with an alert noting that Mike Johnson doesn’t have the votes

CSPAN is calling it. Johnson doesn’t have the votes

The United States Senate has been in existence since 1789

It only took 236 years to have the first black women sworn in as Senators.

That's really phucked up.

How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting

“Car dependency has a threshold effect – using a car just sometimes increases life satisfaction but if you have to drive much more than this people start reporting lower levels of happiness”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Dems need to take pause on fund raising.

Just communicate

#donorfatigue

Be nice to get an email or text from the electeds that doesn’t end with a request for more money. #donorfatigue. #ijustdelete. #later

“It’s the antithesis of all these book banning states that you see,” he said. “I’m incredibly proud to have signed it, but also acknowledge that America — and this is yet another good example — is becoming a patchwork quilt country. It really matters where you live.”

Happy birthday and thank you.

The US is making and deploying more solar panels than ever before The Inflation Reduction Act has caused solar panel manufacturing capacity to quintuple, revived domestic cell production, and sparked a surge in…

“The Inflation Reduction Act has caused solar panel manufacturing capacity to quintuple, revived domestic cell production, and sparked a surge in deployments.” https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/the-us-is-making-and-deploying-more-solar-panels-than-ever-before