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Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50

Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it

Several Denver metro schools see delays, closures Friday due to staff absences due from ICE Out protests The closures and delays are due to Friday’s nationwide ICE Out protests and general strike following the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

UPDATE: More metro Denver school districts canceled classes or adjusted schedules Friday due to staffing shortages during a nationwide general strike as part of ICE Out protests.

Ilhan Omar: “He was saved by security”

Y'all remember? I remember. Get @ilhanmn.bsky.social a Gundam.

Ilhan Omar about to punch a slime bucket of a man, just an absolute potato sack looking motherfucker.

nice argument, unfortunately I have already depicted myself as a squared-up Ilhan Omar and you as a collapsing sewer ogre

🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )

Cea is joining as Director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants. She’s been leading Housing Justice for All and the New York State Tenant Bloc, where she helped pass the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, landmark legislation that closed loopholes landlords used to raise rents and push apartments out of stabilization. Now she’ll work with us to hold landlords accountable and ensure New York City tenants are living in safe, clean homes.

Cea Weaver sitting at a table signing a paper, with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on the left and a white soccer jersey with Brooklyn written on it hanging on the right. Mimicking a sports team signing a major player graphic. “Cea Weaver” written and signed in the top left and “Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants” written on the top right.

Welcome to A New Era, Cea Weaver!

Applications are now open for NAL’s Elected & Appointed Officials Site Visit Program! Join these immersive continuing education experiences that will provide you with greater knowledge, stronger connections, and leave you prepared to tackle challenges you face in your public service. bit.ly/EAONSV26

In New York City, Congestion Pricing Leads to Marked Drop in Pollution

Particulate pollution in the air down a whopping 22% in NYC’s congestion pricing zone.

Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.

e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...

Um, ok...

This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.

This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.

And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.

“You’re not stuck in traffic. For you ARE traffic.” In Mamdani’s now iconic text.

The Mamdani text generator has some important messages to share.

It’s time to end the 20 year Republican control.

We’re already out there knocking doors, meeting neighbors, and building the movement to flip our state one door, one conversation, and one person at a time.

The fact that Andrew Coumo would EVER consider moving to Florida is even more evidence that he has NO business ever being allowed to be Mayor of New York City.

Venn diagram with stable services, low density, and low taxes. The area in the centre said “Does Not Exist.” And it’s correct.

My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.

Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath

Bikes save lives

Canadian Cities Guru Teams Up with Paris Mayor for Groundbreaking New Exhibition Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian teamed up with Paris and, in particular, Mayor Anne Hidalgo on a new exhibition, From Paris to Belém.

“Paris, and Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, have been the most inspiring in the world over the last 10 years…Not because they’ve been perfect — no city has been — but because they’ve been strategic, determined, & fearless.” — @brenttoderian.bsky.social interviewed by @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.

just setting these next to each other

I hope he wins so bad

LA: “Your children will one day grow up and know their fathers or mothers were kidnappers against our own people.”

‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders World leaders must take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating climate tipping points, experts say. The Global Tipping Points Conference is taking place in Exeter this week, and almo...

In a sane world, this would be the biggest, most important news story in the world.

‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders.

“Every fraction of a degree above 1.5°C matters. And every year of “overshoot” matters too.”

“It’s ultimately a matter of survival.”

#ClimateCrisis

An illustration of a young girl in silhouette with a ponytail, standing against a fiery orange and red background. Over her figure is a handwritten quote in white text that reads: “The wicked become even worse when they are tolerated.” – Tolstoy. The intense backdrop and the child's silhouette create a haunting, powerful visual emphasizing the quote's message about the dangers of complacency toward evil.

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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"

Social Security - "That's socialism!"

Debt free education - "That's socialism!"

Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"

$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...

"That's just how it is."

It wasn't a clean RCV measure. It had California's jungle primary system, which sucks. I'd like to see a clean RCV for all elections in CO.

Ranked Choice is the way to go.

Be wary of the people you will hear clamoring to go back to first past the post after this, especially when they make false claims about "disenfranchising minority groups."

Everything is a “redistribution of wealth” — the only question is which direction it’s heading in.

Stop letting them convince you the only valid direction is from the bottom to the top. They’ve been selling that snake oil for decades.

Book cover with yellow and black border and white background. Black title: "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. Sarah Goodyear Doug Gordon Hosts of The War on Cars Podcast and Aaron Naparstek" Graphic shows yellow traffic light with vines on it.

If you work for an advocacy organization, university urban planning dept, or other group that is interested in bulk orders of "Life After Cars" please reach out! We're taking expressions of interest so we can get a rough estimate to Penguin Random House.

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Back ground with Zohran for New York City logo on blue. Ruwa and Zohran are standing in front of it. Ruwa is on the left wearing a tan and black scarf with green dress. Zohran is on the right wearing a black suit, white shirt, and black tie with white polka dots

Massive congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for a historic campaign. Your insistence on doing what’s right, loving people deeply, profoundly caring for the city, and refusing to allow the bigots to make you less joyful, kind, and good is a lesson to so many around the country. 1/

*This* is why they are freaking out about Zohran Mamdani.

Shabbat Shalom to everyone who recognizes that the safety, freedom & thriving of Jews and Muslims are bound up together — in Israel & Palestine, across the five boroughs, and in many other beloved places.