Maren Amdal

Graphic showing where various cities are placed relative to whether everyone walks their cycles, everyone uses public transit, or everyone drives.

This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
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If by “private” he means I get to make decisions with my doctor privately without the influence of politicians or religion, at a cadence based on need rather than insurance premiums/profits… then, yeah. I like “private” insurance. If he means a private company that earned $23B last year, then no…

Opinion | A Plane From Qatar? C’mon, Man.

Three of us who oversaw emoluments enforcement for three presidents, Democratic and Republican, agree:

Between the Qatari plane and the UAE crypto cash, this is far over the line

Here's how to stop it @nytopinion.nytimes.com

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Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S. The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

At the same time the EU / Belgium declares TCF illegal… *smh*

This is BIG

SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK:

“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."

@variety.com
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Why are all of these people not arrested for this huge security breach? People are in jail for security breaches as small as, like accidentally taking their own secure laptop to a hotel at a work conference…

May Day protesters will rally nationwide against the 'war on working people' May Day is not officially acknowledged in the U.S. because of what historians say is an ongoing resistance to unity among the working class. This resistance is prompting protesters to take action on T...

May Day is not officially acknowledged in the U.S. because of what historians say is an ongoing resistance to unity among the working class. This resistance is prompting protesters to take action on Thursday, regardless.

Happy May Day! Thank a Union! Give your neighbors flowers!

From Evasion to Defiance | David Cole On June 2, 1919, bombs went off in eight cities across the country. One blew the door off the house of the country’s attorney general, A. Mitchell Palmer,

“For courts to function, all parties must agree
that the losers will abide by the court’s decision, like it or not. For the United States to remain a constitutional democracy, the executive must honor the courts when they decide that its actions are unconstitutional.”
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Straight from the horse's mouth:

She needs to continue speaking. We are desperate for leadership - if she wants to be that leader the next time we vote for president, now is when to step up. Gone are the days of quietly letting the winning party show what they can do. We need leadership.

He has no *authority* to fire him either.

And somehow, people still fly that flag…

Opinion | The Vibe Shifts Against the Right People who once found right-wing ideas scintillating are having second thoughts as they watch Trump put those ideas into practice.

When liberalism was firmly entrenched, its discontents could treat authoritarian ideas as interesting avant-garde provocations. Authoritarianism in power, however, was always going to be crude and stupid.

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That’s kinda exactly my point… the Democratic Party as a political party needs to take note that the platform of the Democratic Socialists is far more popular than the centrist milquetoast nonsense that enabled the Tea Party and thus MAGA.

In 2016, Donna Brazile revealed Clinton’s campaign had a deal with the DNC for control in exchange for funding, tipping the scales against Sanders. A lawsuit alleging bias was dismissed, but many saw the primary as unfairly stacked for Clinton. That certainly speaks to the vote difference.

Donald Trump Rape Lawsuit: What to Know About Accuser Who Claims He Raped Her When She Was 13 The plaintiff, known as Jane Doe in court papers, accuses Donald Trump of raping her during the summer of 1994 when she was 13

What if they rape 13yo girls?

Only if the DNC pays attention. Bernie drew these kinds of crowds, and they forced us to put Clinton on the ticket. That’s how this whole Trump debacle started. The people have wanted Bernie and AOC‘s vision for more than a decade.

More likely, he used an intern… who used ChatGPT. And neither of them bothered to review it.

He is a convicted Rapist. Of course he blames the victim.

Who?

While CEOs, colleges, and law firms bowed to Trump’s threats, California is standing firm. We won’t cave, and neither will you.

YouTube video by 60 Minutes Inside Greenland: residents say they're not for sale, but they are open for business

President Trump's still talking about buying Greenland, declining to rule out force to acquire the world's largest island. Greenlanders say they're not for sale, but they are open for business.

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Grammar and punctuation are way too good for an authentic DJT post

A story in three parts.

Wasn’t the message a 90 day pause? How is that not temporary?

We found the government “waste, fraud, and abuse”.

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