Marblehead Man made it to the national press! Gift link: www.wsj.com/us-news/the-... #YIMBY #MarbleheadMan

One reason Republicans are banning books and classes on race is because reading even one book about Jim Crow or Reconstruction makes it clear that they are hoping to reinstate segregation.

And here's the original, by @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social and @jackhauen.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DJCiCvuRo5y/

If racism is no longer a problem, then why are all the states rushing to redistrict after the Supreme Court ruling all in The South? And all the people pushing to redistrict all White? 🤔🤔🤔

Hi! I'm a farmer! This NYT article is sweet, saccharine bullshit. Farmers knew Trump was going to hurt our business. Because he already did a trade war in his 1st term. I even did a video on why so many farmers support Trump, WHILE knowing he'd hurt our farms.

Innocents abroad

As a former resident….💯

A thing about Roberts/Alito saying racism & discrimination against Black voters don’t exist: Under the 15th amendment, it’s not their call. Congress decides what’s necessary & proper to ensure voting rights. Roberts says he calls balls & strikes, but he’s the third base umpire.

Some very clarifying -- even differentiating -- responses. If you live in #MoCO, check it out before you vote...

like there’s a ton of inconsiderate and antisocial behavior in the world rn—ppl point out fare jumpers or playing music without headphones, both of which annoy me—but both are way less destructive than…most the things i see drivers do on the daily

Draft national housing bill is already reducing home supply even before it passes… Gift link: www.wsj.com/real-estate/... #YIMBY

I think we have all learned an important lesson about civility and henceforth should only talk about the president of the United States in the same measured tone and with the same careful diction so effectively and voluminously employed by the president of the United States. there, all settled then

Just thinking about this topic the other day after a "community meeting" on housing where the *neighborhood* thought they had exclusive rights on the term. A *community* is something bigger, but how much bigger? @justupthepike.bsky.social on Silver Spring. ggwash.org/view/103217/... via @ggwash.org

Legend, indeed. www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...

Trotskyites mistake Lenin for an idealist. www.wsj.com/politics/tuc...

Trotskyites mistake Lenin for an idealist. www.wsj.com/politics/tuc...

6/ Vince Hutchings tells us that racial animus is not the reason for racial bias, interest in maintaining a racial hierarchy is. The forces fighting to save the union and the forces fighting for racial justice are not the same—they weren’t during reconstruction—if they were, we wouldn’t be here now.

For #MoCo neighbors, @montgomery4all.bsky.social hosted a candidate questionnaire for council member and county executive aspirants. The answers are quite illuminating! Check them and get educated before you vote #housing #transit www.montgomery4all.org/2026-candida...

This is gross.

So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out

If you like what happened in Virginia, you’re gonna love DC statehood

They're just figuring this out....NOW??

When you invite regular folks at community festivals to tell you about what land use and transit futures they want, this is what they say. @montgomery4all.bsky.social #MoCo

School consolidation in poorer neighborhood: “efficiency.” In wealthy community: “we’re suing you.”

It’s been awhile since I’ve studied IR, but delivering a “best and final” offer after less than one day of talks with famously tough counterparts seems like a rookie move. Gift link: wapo.st/4t5Jyzz

One of the things I value about the WSJ is that it’s the only national publication with both the skill set and motivation to actually report on otherwise very insular world of contemporary oligarchs. www.wsj.com/articles/bil...

Corporate marketing teams will whine about profusion of local restrictions, but this is what happens when you’ve consistently lobbied against any reasonable consumer protections at the national level.

Same in my inner suburb w/ 90 y.o. houses, walking distance to a large activity core. "We like the rural feel," says a decisive minority of homeowners, as exurban communities radiate out another 10 miles. Shell-shocked planning dept w/ limited sidewalk funds nixes any project w/ any opposition #MoCo

Fun fact: Conviction on impeachment requires a vote of 2/3 of the senators *present*. 25th Amendment removal requires (among other steps) a vote of 2/3 of the senators *voting*.

Trump II is just saying the outloud part out loud….over and over again…

Nothing I could say about the GOP base is as illustrative as the fact that Trump understands that posting black people in what his audience considers a “white space” will make them incandescently angry bsky.app/profile/atru...

Tfw a Muslim mayor honors a Christian holy day better than the ‘Christian’ president

Extremely evil/cursed take from the WaPo this morning

Lots of good stuff here but section below should be mandatory reading for everyone in Montgomery County: you get nice things when you expand the tax base ggwash.org/view/102946/... @janeese4dc.bsky.social via @ggwash.org

This quote from Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has been in my head the last few days

Everybody’s favorite Republican

In my work with cities around the world, I find that a BIG difference between cities doing remarkable things, and cities that are floundering and failing, is having a culture of energy or a culture of excuse. Either of those cultures are chosen, and built. Either can be deliberately changed.

i gasped

Dems in my county.

My favorite No Kings sign today in Villa Park IL (wish I got a picture): "Flip me off if you voted for a pedophile"

patiently explaining to national political reporters that the people who organize No Kings are also doing the daily advocacy, voter registration, mutual aid, and immigrant defense, and that just because the cameras show up for the big crowd does not mean that work did not exist before and after

Since JKR is attacking Imane Khelif again, it’s worth noting that although transphobes insist that being a man or a woman is obvious & “common sense” & “can’t be changed”, they do believe someone born & raised as a girl *can* actually be a man. They just think *they* should be the ones to decide.

We need a new name for our current era, akin to "Jim Crow," so that all our future descendants -- hopefully living in a better time -- can immediately recognize and excoriate anyone who would take us back here...

That second paragraph...

This housing boom was possible due to a combination of liberal zoning, favorable tax policy (LVT-inspired), and an expanding transit network that opened new areas of the city to housing. Post-1961 zoning means that many of those buildings from the 1920s couldn't be built today.

Gonna be honest, he’s lying here. His crash out over the weekend about how Iran is mean and actually it’s the US who doesn’t want to talk to Iran and all really just points for me to Trump trying to talk with Iran and Iran being like ‘no’. He’s just trying to manifest what he wanted to happen.

America’s major cities should have zoning capacity for at least 4-5x their current populations, like they did back before the Big Downzones of the 60s and 70s.

so much of anti-housing politics is pure aestheticism. it fits a certain archetype of activism to be positioned against “developers.” the facts on the ground do not matter.