Infrastructure is politics

... no.

end qualified immunity and make cops carry personal liability insurance

We shoulda put heads on pikes in concentric circles around the Lincoln Memorial... and left them there. Required visit by high school kids from all over the country "this is what happens to traitors. that moldy skull had a jet-ski dealership and a family and he fucked it all up. Don't be that guy"

Louder for the people in the back!

correct. we should’ve shot all the confederates and occupied the south for a hundred years, and we’ve been paying for it ever since

Yeah his strategy was to fire Lena Khan and openly solicit bribes directly from the monopolies

aka the "consumer welfare standard"

Traffic Analysis Shows Newton Bikeway Project Reduced Car Traffic, Speeding, and Crashes - Streetsblog Massachusetts "Vehicle volumes on the corridor have decreased without evidence of cut throughs on local roads, speeds within the pilot area have reduced, and bicycle activity has increased," according to a City of ...

“Car infrastructure first” has failed—loud, polluted, and dangerous streets are the result. Build people infrastructure (sidewalks, protected lanes, safer crossings, transit priority) and we get calmer traffic and healthier communities. Newton is the latest proof.

Same

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARK KELLY, Plaintiff, Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL) V. PETE HEGSETH, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2] United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these issues. Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!

Worse still, Secretary Hegseth contends that this Court is not yet competent to decide the issues in this case. He and his fellow Defendants argue that military personnel 1 Case 1:26-cv-00081-RJL Document 37 Filed 02/12/26 Page 2 of 29 decisions are exempt from judicial review and, in any event, that Senator Kelly should first be required to go through the military appeals process so the military can have the first crack at adjudicating his First Amendment rights. I disagree. This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees. After all, as Bob Dylan famously said, "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." To say the least, our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government, and our Constitution demands they receive it! Senator Kelly's First Amendment claim is not only justiciable; he is likely to succeed on the merits. He has also shown irreparable harm, and the balance of the equities fall decidedly in his favor. As such, his motion for a preliminary injunction on his First Amendment claim is hereby GRANTED.

BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.

"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."

Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...

Meanwhile China has capacity to build a city's worth of solar panels every single day and putting new battery tech into cars with 600-mile range

The US is so cooked

We in the US are so used to the in-group / out-group divides built into our culture that it's shocking to see the government trying to impose out-group status on anyone other than Black people and the homeless

Contact Your MOC

The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ

This is a known issue with current kia EVs - you can have 98% charge on the traction battery but if the 12v is a little low the car locks up

House GOP passes sweeping anti-voting bill that could disenfranchise millions, sends measure to Senate The GOP’s push for the measure was driven by blatantly false claims.

🚨BREAKING: The GOP’s sweeping new anti-voting bill cleared the U.S. House Wednesday, setting up a high-stakes battle in the Senate. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

"The Irritating Gentleman" by Berthold Wotlze. A young woman dressed in dark clothes, sitting on a train with a bag beside her, looking fed up as an older man leans over the back of the seat behind her, trying to talk to her.

Generative AI, in nearly every piece of software you try to use these days.

#AI #SpeirGorm #GenAI

Can the President Be Indicted? A Long-Hidden Legal Memo Says Yes (Published 2017)

“It is proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts that are... contrary to, the president’s official duties. In this country, no one... is above the law.”
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...

While the Washington Post was giving Pam Bondi a thumbs up for being "qualified" and "serious", Democracy Docket was calling her an "Election Denier."

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This is why Trump is demanding an equity cut of everything now. He *knows* it's going to take foreign capital inflows to rescue the companies that he's pushing into the ditch, and he wants his cut when they get rescued

I think it's going to play out a little different this time. The entire purpose of Trump part 2 is a bust out, right? It's asset stripping for global billionaires, the same way modern Russian power structure emerged after USSR collapsed.

Jeep will be a Saudi-owned brand within 5 years

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Also RIP Blue Oval battery parks, tech is obsolete, $10B down the drain and its not even up and running yet.

US carmakers about to Go Through Some Things

ICE Taps into School Security Cameras to Aid Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show.

Police often won’t question other agencies’ access to their automated license plate readers, EFF’s @maassive.bsky.social told @the74.bsky.social. “You know how maybe your grandparents approve every friend request they get on Facebook? It’s like that. It’s always been like that.”

It doesn't matter. Making false statements to congress is a felony whether or not the witness has been sworn. 18 usc 1001

Making false statements to Congress is a felony crime

Rep. Thanedar asks Lyons and Scott if they think Trump will pardon them and Noem.

Scott: "I don't need a pardon from anybody."

Thanedar: "You better hope so because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year."

Rabobank, ING, and ABN Amro seek European alternatives to U.S. technology The three largest banks in the Netherlands, ABN Amro, ING, and Rabobank, have spoken about their plans to reduce their reliance on American tech companies. The banks are working with other European ba...

It's just resting nltimes.nl/2026/02/10/r...

This is good news for the bond market right? .... right

It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms With only nine months before the midterm elections, Trump is plotting to prevent Democrats from taking control of Congress.

I am regularly asked what specifically blue states and Congress should do to protect the midterm elections.

Here you go, I list and explain them one by one.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...

🚨 United States v. Benson Learn more here.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES DOJ lawsuit to gain access to Michigan’ unredacted statewide voter registration list. Another BIG victory for our clients and voters. Another stunning defeat for Pam Bondi. www.democracydocket.com/cases/michig...

This ain't it chief