Anthony Tordillos

Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.

If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.

I’ve only been on City Council for three months, but l’ve already made progress on affordable housing, taking on blight, and public safety. We still have a lot of work to do, but I’m building a coalition to keep getting things done! Learn more at anthonyforsanjose.com!

If this is what they are doing with the AI, what do you think they are doing with the much simpler and easier to control algorithm that chooses which posts you see and which of your posts are seen by others?

So Democrats get:

1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays

2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail

3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts

Those all seem like wins for the GOP.

At Terner Fall Colloquium, Buffy Wicks signals that the next big reform for the state legislature is going to condo liability reform and ownership housing units

This week, the San José City Council took the first step towards a policy I’ve been fighting for since I was a planning commissioner.

Want to keep up with what I’m doing to make housing more affordable in San José and get updates on what you can do to help? Sign up at bit.ly/TordillosHousing!

Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

If any other president said something like this in a speech to a military academy, it would be a massive scandal. Instead, it isn’t among the ten most dangerous things he’s done this week.

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

The alleged shooter in Michigan. Weird that Vance and Patel haven’t tweeted out this info. 🤷🏽‍♂️👇🏽

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The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy Chief Justice John Roberts has now overseen 20 years of increasingly illiberal rulings by the Supreme Court.

For our October issue I wrote about the Roberts Court for its 20th anniversary, how it helped lead us to the current crisis, and what should be done about it:

Ah, I see, shadow docket *plus* rocket docket for whatever Trump needs.

Reminder that the emoluments clause case filed by Maryland & DC started June 12, 2017 and then was stalled for so long that SCOTUS dismissed it in January 2021 without a decision because Trump losing made it moot.

This is unconscionable @nytimes.com. An abdication of journalistic responsibility and judgment.

It's very important for our democracy that many people in this regime go to prison during the coming era of truth, reconciliation, and accountability.

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.

Pam Bondi knew.

Kash Patel knew.

Emil Bove knew.

And they made the investigation go away.

A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

Republicans: We intend to use the full power of the federal government to wage a holy war against the “domestic terrorist network” of progressive organizations.

Democrats: We want to engage in bipartisan negotiation.

YouTube video by Bleeding Heartland Chris Van Hollen: I won't fund Trump's "ongoing lawbreaking"

I asked Sen. @vanhollen.senate.gov whether Dems should fund government in exchange for short-term ACA subsidy extension:
"I'm not going to vote to fund Donald Trump's ongoing lawbreaking, right? Because right now, any agreement is not worth the paper it's written on."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWYQ...

There’s a huge opportunity here for green social housing. Even with these zoning changes, new construction faces headwinds, especially for lower-income residents. But the state is now opening space—literally—for the subsidized construction of beautiful, climate-friendly, mixed-income homes.

SB 79 (Wiener): Transit-Oriented Development and Upzoning SB 79 will make it faster and easier to build multi-family housing near transit stops, like train and rapid bus lines, by making it legal for more homes to be built in these areas and streamlining exi...

[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near high quality transit stops, has passed the Assembly floor! The bill now goes to the Senate for concurrence, then the Governor’s desk. cayimby.org/legislation/...

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

Is the incoming leader of the California senate sneakily trying to kill a proposed 250 unit apartment building in Santa Barbara via a budget trailer bill?

It certainly seems like it! 🧵

The New York Times on pardoning the biggest drug dealer of all time and an accused murderer vs the NYT on pardoning a guy who filled out his application for a firearms permit incorrectly. It makes you think is all I'm saying!

Front page of SundayOpinion section of the NYT with a grid of headshots of democratic Senators with headline “Democrats can’t wait until the midterms. The caucus needs to start fighting with everything it has.”

Hell yeah, @ezraklein.bsky.social.

Love him or hate him, Ezra Klein has been right on more issues in the past year than most pundits have been right on in the past decade.

He’s right that we need to build housing.
He’s right on Gaza.
He’s right on Trump’s authoritarianism.
He’s right that Dems need to fight back.

Opinion | Now Is Not the Time for Surrender

last december i wrote that democrats needed to behave like an actual opposition www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...

If, 5 years from now, we are looking back under autocratic rule, thinking about when exactly democracy died in America, the president building a paramilitary goon squad to enforce a domestic political agenda will be top of the list. What do you want to have stood for when authoritarians took over?

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...