Imagine what he does to Palestinian prisoners when there's no cameras

It's true. Doubling them is probably not enough. Today in "marginal income & wealth taxes are too low & this poses an existential threat to American democracy."

In the latest @dissentmag.bsky.social, Chelsea Kirk & I write about the victory of private markets in the aftermath of the Eaton & Palisades fires, instead of what could have been: housing stabilization, tenant protections & collective disaster risk reduction. dissentmagazine.org/article/los-...

There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.

I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.

The American Prospect (@prospect.org) takes a deep dive into our campaign for affordable, available insurance for all. Read the full story: https://prospect.org/2026/05/14/jane-kim-candidate-pitching-single-payer-disaster-insurance-california/

My friend Casey is the FIRST HUMAN ON EARTH to communicate daily through a brain-computer-interface that translates his intention to speak into speech. He's grappling with the ethics of this as he struggles with ALS Now he's started a substack to share his story: open.substack.com/pub/teamcase...

It's wild to read the replies and see how little those folks understand land use or affordability patterns in California, and also how limited their imaginations are for creative policymaking that could actually address the concerns they raise.

An important race affecting affordability for millions is totally off the radar. Jane Kim, candidate for California insurance commissioner, is pitching a single payer program for disaster insurance, to align insurance with homeowners. prospect.org/2026/05/14/j...

the crimes of this era are nigh innumerable but what the united states has done to the global south will live forever in infamy

Instead, we propose interventions that put the public sector in the driver’s seat even before a crisis hits, like: 🔴 CCI’s Housing Resilience Agency 🟢 Green Social Housing 🔵 Creative public programs for pooling risk like @mayor.nyc.gov is pursuing in NYC: nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/making-mam...

3 big findings from latest @cplusc.bsky.social report: 1/ Insurance crisis is hampering development & viability of affordable housing supply 2/ Insurers have significant power over what gets built, serving as de facto permitting authority 3/ operators are postponing upgrades & green retrofits

NEW REPORT reveals how the US insurance crisis: 🔧Hampers the development & viability of affordable housing supply ⚡Gives insurance companies de facto permitting authority 🏚️ Leads to deferred building upgrades & green retrofits, making life worse for tenants climateandcommunity.org/research/ins...

NEW @cplusc.bsky.social report shows how the insurance crisis: ❎Hampers development & viability of affordable housing supply ❎Gives insurance companies de facto permitting authority ❎Leads to deferred upgrades & green retrofits, making life worse for tenants climateandcommunity.org/research/ins...

Another banger from Kate Aronoff, this time on the (unending) debate about whether Dems should talk about climate change.

uninsured ≠ uninsurable insurable ≠ cheaply insurable Stuff is complicated!

🚨False frame alert: "As extreme weather forces insurance companies to pull out of high risk areas" makes insurance companies the victim. NOPE. Companies have agency, which they use to make huge profits (incl by investing in fossil fuels!) while screwing us. www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...

Very cool to give private companies the "opportunity" to make money off a financial safety net that many homeowners are required to have. I'm sure this won't result in premium rates skyrocketing and consumer protections plummeting. 🙃

Please read this @nickkristof.bsky.social article. It is one of the most upsetting things I’ve ever read — so prepare yourself. But please do not look away. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...

A chilling account of experiencing a random ICE raid at a Florida gas station. "The goal is the visible, public, unanswerable assertion of the state’s authority to take whoever it decides..." www.piratewireservices.com/p/the-van-wa...

And then working class people do run, like Randy Villegas in CA's 22nd district (Bakersfield, Fresno, etc.), and then the DCCC endorses and pours resources into the campaign of his corporate-backed opponent.

Rep. Justin Jones burning a Confederate flag during the special session on Tennessee redistricting Jones: “It’s a form of Jim Crow terror — this is about race. This is about power. This is about silencing communities that have historically been excluded”

Remarkable detail in this story about the corrupt intent behind President Trump's pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez.

Leaked audio recordings appear to indicate a high-level conspiracy by US, Israeli & Latin American far-right leaders to destabilize leftist governments in Mexico, Brazil & Colombia. english.elpais.com/internationa...

This answer on the insurance crisis makes no sense: on the one hand she says insurers are lying, cheating, and stealing from Californians (which they are), and the other she says the solution to our insurance crisis is to entice more companies in by letting them charge us whatever they want.

Louisiana GOP is obviously & severely harming the public by nullifying the election of Calvin Duncan but also my jaw dropped, when researching, seeing how much Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill are like 'fuck this one Black man in particular' ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

U.S. pressure is shutting down Cuba’s international deployment of doctors, who provide vital care in Latin America and further abroad. “Most of these countries do not have enough doctors of their own... there will be a healthcare crisis.” www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Republicans are saying they need a billion dollars for security measures and underground facilities for Trump’s golden ballroom. They don’t want to mention that Trump already has a massive underground bunker constructed in secret in 2010 (DC residents will remember the odd fencing & construction).🧵

@us.theguardian.com has a new piece about our working class climate agenda. As the story makes clear, we believe that climate politics must directly address the cost-of-living crisis in order to win policies that are desperately needed in the US.

In its latest ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Roberts Court has inverted the Reconstruction Amendments to justify the same racist devices and practices they were adopted to dismantle (🎁) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

what is the fucking point of an opposition party that acts like this

Beautiful @sfchronicle.com profile of my dear friend Casey and the incredible scientific advancements that are helping him communicate even with advanced ALS that has rendered him unable to speak. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

If you're like me, you're outraged by SCOTUS gutting the Voting Rights Act. And if you're like me, you want to DO SOMETHING with your outrage. So here's an invitation: Come knock doors to help elect Randy Villegas, a young, progressive, son of immigrants to Congress. (1/4)

All adults and some children on ICE flights—some 50 flights a day now—are shackled at the wrists and ankles attached to a chain around their waists. I have spoken to migrants and their attorneys who report being shackled for 50, 75, and 82 hours while being deported. Flight data backs this up.

Read the brief here: climateandcommunity.org/wp-content/u...

New for the Santa Marta conference to transition from fossil fuels: @cplusc.bsky.social has three briefings on getting 'beyond extractivism' in the next energy system. We need new approaches to sourcing materials for the energy transition- these briefs provide a glimpse of what those could look be.

Grateful for @grist.org's thoughtful coverage of our Stop Greed Build Green agenda. Affordability is a first step in a longer-term project to put working people in charge of climate and economic transformation. grist.org/politics/gre...

Pulitzer-worthy reporting here from Minnesota immigrant news @sahanjournal.bsky.social. 70+ children detained during Operation MetroSurge. 30 sent to Dilley. Two dozen held >20 days, a Flores violation. 7 still detained as of March 10. ~20 have been deported. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

Yet another ICE inmate death is ruled a homicide by medical examiners.

Wow. SCOTUS’s “shadow docket” was first established to stop the Clean Power Plan. It’s remarkable how many assaults on democracy, or at least on established process, over the last decade have served to protect fossil-fuel interests from the energy transition. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

So cool that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social gets we need public insurers of FIRST resort, not last resort. Such a creative and high-impact plan. The state &/or federal government must also step up on confronting disaster risk, cuz a city-even NYC-can't do that alone. 🎁: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/n...

Extreme weather is driving up the cost of food, electricity, and home insurance. Tech barons & fossil fuel execs are exploiting communities. @cplusc.bsky.social’s new strategic framework & agenda charts a path forward to rebalance power for the working class and address the climate crisis at scale.

Tax the rich

A Mamdani for Every City!

Before I became an American, I was Lebanese. Parts of my family live in Lebanon. Anyway, you don't need those bona fides to feel this way, but what is happening in Lebanon right now is a complete outrage. The people there, who mostly are just trying to carve out a living, don't deserve this.

This is a horrifying threat of genocidal war crimes. The lives of civilians and service members alike are at stake here. Congress must stop this war and remove Trump from the White House.

LA is a sanctuary city. We’ve made it clear that we don’t want our resources going to collaborate with a rogue, dangerous agency like ICE. There are too many risks involved in remaining partnered with a company that’s part of such a vast national surveillance network.

Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only dissenter in the conversion therapy case 😞 It's so upsetting, and I just want to remind folks that Trans Lifeline is a resource you should take advantage of right now if you need it. Your life is precious. +1-877-565-8860 translifeline.org

It's Trans Day of Visibility and I wrote about how visibility without protection is a trap, and it often seems like the loudest calls for us to be visible are coming from those who have done nothing to protect us. www.coyotemedia.org/im-supposed-...