Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Two things can be true: Maduro is a vile despot who stole the election & has caused unimaginable harm & trauma to Venezuelans, including economic collapse & mass migration. Trump’s invasion of Venezuela has nothing to do with helping Venezuelans & everything to do with Trump’s own power.

PLEASE

Zohran is singlehandedly killing left-NIMBYism we love to see it

This year fucking SUCKED! Jane Goodall died, Seeyouspacecowboy Broke up, Ozzy Died, my parents home city was on FIRE, and Trump came back into office. But, in 2026 converge is releasing a new Album for the first time in years so I’m pumped. (Just not about The Trump Stuff.)

Happy Holidays to all the Guy’s & Gals and Non-binary pals who follow me!

This vision of California is the vision of America that's going to win and everyone who wants to stop it from happening is cordially invited to die mad.

The ultimate NIMBY.

What he seems to be saying here, filtered through his expired pudding cup of a brain, is that his administration's plan for addressing home prices is demand suppression while holding supply constant. Thus the mass deportations and trying to boost marriage rates.

Trump declares himself a NIMBY

Yes that’s the fucking point

Send this to every Left wing NIMBY in existence, they must know that opposing building more Housing is EXACTLY what Trump wants! Ask them this: “Do you really oppose Trump? Or are you just a Closeted Fascist that’s pretending to be on the Left?”

“We have to get past ‘I think it’s ugly,’ and [the project] stops. I want to live in a city where architects can dream. If you don’t let that happen, you end up with lowest-common-denominator buildings.” - @mateosfo.bsky.social on the density bonus project proposal at SF's Marina Safeway.

Sounds like the FPPC members should resign, because they are not for “Fair Political Practices” at all. If they actually stood for Fairness, then they would Disqualify every single NIMBY politician in this state from participating in housing votes!

There are more landlords than tenants in the state legislature. Should they be required to recuse themselves from housing votes in the future?

Funny how there's apparently no conflict for councilmembers who're landlords voting on tenant protections, or homeowners voting on new housing projects and rezoning actions. Just for renters who want more homes.

The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.

MAGA people will continue watching only Fox News. They won’t shift to CBS News. MAGA will surely welcome the destruction of CBS. So it’s basically the Ellisons using their billions to shut down a news outlet rather than let it tell the truth.

she's just doing what she was hired to do

Bari Weiss’ only redeeming quality as an aspiring propagandist for an authoritarian regime is that she’s quite bad at her job.

It sucks how anti-housing construction LA can be because I think they have the highest concentration of creative architects in California.

In a recent OpEd, Mayor Bass says the City is making progress on homelessness. That’s not supported by the facts: youtu.be/yxTDCQqrQBY

Heres how it will play out: Measure to reopen the highway gets put on the ballet. Then on Election Day it failed with 80+ in opposition to reopening it. Why? Because it’s a VERY popular park, and the road was gonna erode anyway. Anyone with half a brain wouldn’t want it to become a highway again.

Having a mayor who regularly bicycles for transportation could be transformative for New York City.

If the worst single-family house in your n’hood costs over $1 million, then your n’hood should be zoned for apartment buildings. (It’s pretty much that simple)

People who are fundamentally opposed to neighborhood change will employ any plausible-sounding and socially-acceptable argument against new housing. If you attempt to address their stated concerns, they will immediately shift to a different argument because they are not operating in good faith.

A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker. This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.

The presidency needs both an age limit & a narcissism limit. But no, American’s would rather complain about the flaws of a good candidate, than actually prevent the evil candidate (Trump) from winning! It’s like, DID YOU GUYS FORGET HOW AWFUL HIS FIRST TERM WAS???

Meanwhile Inside the brain of the man in CHARGE of public health:

Cars are so dangerous that parents who move their kids to the suburbs to avoid perceptions of urban crime increase their kid’s likelihood of dying a violent death by like 30 percent.

Joey… I don’t know how, but you found another way to make me even MORE jealous of Canada… AGAIN!!

you should support liberal currents!

Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom. Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?” Choices. Choices are more free than car dependency. It’s not a hard concept. I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport. I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.

every time I think about the Trump administration, my only reaction is rage and desire for justice against the leaders of this despicable movement

democratic leaders need to make a huge deal about the antivaxx insanity coming from RFK Jr. like, in addition to being fucking insane, immoral, and dangerous, antivaxx is significantly less popular than even the most unpopular dem policies. we need to ceaselessly hammer them for it

Congratulations Texas! You have finally managed to become a worse place for queer kids than Florida! Here’s your reward for your accomplishment 🖕

When Gavin Newsom was elected in 2018, he said he would oversee construction of 3.5 million homes by now. Then he stuck his tail between his legs while segregationists and their left-NIMBY interns blocked major reforms until getting serious this year. This dude has no stones to fight Republicans.

Seriously, who on EARTH is seriously asking “Is Trump À democrat or a Republican?” IN 2025???? How uninformed can you possible be?!

it always cracks me up that “brick oven pizzas and craft breweries” are the defining features of coastal cities vs. the reality of like being able to get incredible roti, tacos, and khao soi also we have actual transit and walkable neighborhoods instead of endless strip malls

but have you considered [most annoying meme of all time]

pretty remarkable that Costco has more of a spine in fighting for the rule of law than many major universities and fancy law firms

Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion. Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion. Think about it. THAT’S common sense.

Republicans are not benevolent, they have always been about taking things away, whether it’s healthcare, transit, or education or even your right to be a citizen. Meanwhile, they give tax cuts to their billionaire friends… yay…

1.) The first is my alma mater, @cayimby.bsky.social. They scored a huge win this year with the passage of SB 79, Scott Wiener's transit-oriented development bill. But there's still much more work to do to end California's housing crisis. secure.actblue.com/donate/victo...

Dammit, I missed the deadline. I’ll still donate though. Let’s get more housing around transit!

it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.

maga wants to destroy america. it's what they live for. they hate this country with every drop of their blood

Using xenophobic instead of racist in the headline is pathetic. Props to NYT editors for getting to the appropriate seriousness that maybe 2017 warranted. When Trump declares for the umpteenth time his hatred of 170,000 Americans for their ethnicity, racist is the appropriate term