Yessssss! This is such good policy but so, so politically tricky. If he can pull this off with his popularity intact I will officially deem him a genius.

Mother of mercy!! Is this the end of Rico??

Why I’ve been a monthly donor to @runforsomething.net for years: In addition to investing in deep red areas like this, they also do a lot of work locally here in CA supporting young candidates who take on NIMBY-captured politicians and interests. Just a great org.

America has a housing shortage. Every single housing proposal you see that is not "build more housing" will have the primary effect of pushing up the prices of existing housing, and is therefore, in reality, a plan to enrich current homeowners. In conclusion, build more housing.

ICE can't even deal with irate middle-aged midwesterners. how does he occupy hundreds, if not thousands, of polling cites and precincts? trump v. illinois clarified that he has no legal authority to unilaterally commandeer national guards, how does he move forward from there?

I'm not the first person to note this, but authoritarian crackdowns are much more difficult in cities, where's there's public space & people can gather & find solidarity. That's partly why reactionary governments everywhere prefer suburbanization -- it disperses, dilutes, & atomizes the public.

Folks, I need a favor. My Twitter account appears to have disappeared. And I'm not sure why. If any of you can be bothered to say something about that on Twitter, I'd appreciate it. Handle is/was @gregtsargent ... thanks in advance

Oh my god truth!!!!!!!

So we found out today in San Francisco that autonomous cars don't work in a blackout (Waymos shut down, wherever they were, all over city) Participating in live experiments is fun! I still wish I'd been asked beforehand. But it is pretty wild and kind of cool to see them discover their edge cases.

One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back. Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance. Be a housing fan.

Every federal worker who has been clocking in without pay, every protestor who showed up for No Kings, every voter who turned out for Dems Tuesday, every community member confronting SS ICE in our streets - all of us braver & better than these "leaders."

Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net

one thing that other candidates need to learn from mamdani is how to deliver the most cold blooded attacks on an opponent with a smile on your face

Well, LA deserves this after a fucking terrible year.

Oh my godddddddddddddd

“the protests don’t count if they happen in blue cities.” so, what, they aren’t americans? their voices don’t matter?

Now that is some Friday good news!!!!

I called again today, took two minutes! Let’s get this over the finish line and build some homes!

Tired: we must build more housing to defeat fascism Wired: we must repeal Prop 13 to defeat fascism

We're done with public comment and it was almost universally supportive with the exception of the bird lady and one or two others. Kind of incredible, honestly.

one way you could describe lincoln's approach is of never getting ahead of the public on its attitudes, but holding an immovable set of principles on where the country ought to be and where he hopes to lead it

‘Chief Of War’ Producers Confirm Season 2 Will Show Hawaiians Battling Mark Zuckerberg https://theonion.com/chief-of-war-producers-confirm-season-2-will-show-hawaiians-battling-mark-zuckerberg/

4.6! Epicenter was … the Tilden Park Little Farm? Lots of pissed off goats right now 🐐🫨 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Earthquake!!

I’ve been a monthly recurring donor to RFS for years. Recently my husband was like “who should we be giving money to?? I know you’re all in on Run For Something” and I was like “…yeah, I would just donate to Run For Something”

This morning as we loaded our kids on the cargo bike to take them to preschool, my five year old asked if he could ride his bike on Sunset Dunes after school today. Why people have to be so humbug and angry about children, community, and joy is beyond me.

Where the heck is Daniel Lurie on all this??

Men will do literally anything except build more housing.

Freedom from kings. Freedom from fascism. Power to the people forever. ♥️ Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸

We are blessed to live among Angels/Angeles. LA has awakened the conscience of the nation. LA has challenges the notion that people will not rise up for their immigrant neighbors but only, at best, for their own material interests. LA has emboldened us to fight for freedom.

Speech of a lifetime from @governor.ca.gov, who truly met the moment tonight. I've been critical of Newsom in the past, but this is what we need to hear from governors and elected officials across the nation right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXQQ...

my main takeaway after spending the afternoon at the national history day competition is that the kids are pretty alright. also, that reactionaries are right to fear the consequences of kids learning the truth.

Get in, folks, we’re actually going to start building dense multifamily housing around public transit stations in California!!!

Wtf is wrong with Gavin Newsom? Seriously, is he insane? Our President wants to reopen “the Rock” because he saw some movie about it and instead of being like “seems bad that the leader of the free world is having crazypants paranoid delusions!!!” Gavin is like “oh but we can find common ground”

We hadn’t won World War II by May 8th. I know because my family and I were still in an internment camp in Tule Lake, California.

Love to see it!

Bike/politics crossover: if you’re in the US and have been thinking about buying a bike/ebike, now might be a good time to buy from the inventory of your local bike shop. They’ll need the support and it’s likely supply will be constrained soon. And hey, biking would save you money, too.

Good morning! Is this the week you decide to run for office? 🤔 runforwhat.net

I was at the one a month ago and this one looks SUBSTANTIALLY bigger. Both sides of the street completely filled, medians, etc

The City of Greeley used to be my customer a few years ago. The Northern Range is hardly a huge bastion of liberalism. (I really loved working with all my Colorado customers!)

The signs were nerdy. The labcoats gleamed in the bright afternoon sun. We were standing up for science. Read about the ISF-supported rally in our report by Beverly Bean:

@runforsomething.net can help with this!

My take is I love it

Tonight seems like the ideal night to relitigate The Last Jedi

It’s inspiring to see people come together to oppose Trump & Musk’s war on science. They’re trying to tear down scientific research as part of their authoritarian attack on critical thinking & knowledge. We’re having none of it. We must support & defend science.

#New: Huge crowd gathers for #StandUpForScience2025 rally in San Francisco:

I had a Fulbright to Germany in 2003 where on paper I was teaching English to high schoolers but in reality, I was trying to defend the United States to every German alive as George W. Bush led us to war in Iraq. I can’t even imagine being in a similar situation today *and* just… not getting paid

Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States

Great crowd at the #StandUpForScience Science March in SF today! My love language is a well-organized protest. Also love to see all the groups of coworkers who came together. Organizing works!