All the stars are here: Brantley Gilbert, Brice Bradley, Gabby Babby, Bibb Glibsy, Slab Gabbert, Brice Bryce,

dark times ahead. but we are going to win

he is going to demolish the kennedy center and there will be a hole in the ground for three years

Tonight!

he’s the shadow president and we should start saying it loud enough that Trump becomes Shakespearean tragedy level convinced of the truth that Miller is usurping him

Trump is nothing if not ready to sacrifice anyone and anything in order to save his own ass and the single most important thing that could happen right now is someone convincing him that the biggest driver of his unpopularity is not just Bovino and Noem but Stephen Miller personally

A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

I didn't say it. The Germans did.

Suozzi has a brutal ratio on X on his post justifying his DHS funding vote. 1.3K negative replies and a shaming from chef Jose Andres.

Something we talk about a lot is that parents don't want to be chauffeurs for their children. It's unfortunate that tech companies are filling the void instead of safe, reliable transit. And this is only a solution for people who can afford a $20 - $40 fare.

recorded this last week

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session: —protect abortion rights —repeal the same-sex marriage ban —allow mid-decade redistricting —greatly expand voting rights restoration. These will all go to 2026 referendums.

I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.

Marco Rubio, June 2012.

Good thread:

Horrible violence against a protester in California: www.latimes.com/california/s...

These are absolutely monstrous people "Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior DOJ officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent"

STREETSBLOG INVESTIGATES “Unlicensed Drivers Comprise One-Quarter Of Street Fatalities: Data Unlicensed drivers are now responsible for one-quarter of road fatalities — and are linked to fatal crashes much more often now than pre-pandemic, Streetsblog analysis” nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/12/u...

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

Unlicensed drivers killed nearly 300 pedestrians, cyclists and motorists on city streets between 2021-2024 — and their percentage share of the carnage soared in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, new city data analyzed by Streetsblog shows.

stuff like this is one of the reasons why it’s incredibly important to constantly film everything ICE is doing while terrorizing communities bc it humiliates them

one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

The only ax to grind that I have is against lazy thinking, of which this post is great example. You are equating the lionization of Mangione by a small number of Americans — in a manner no different from classic veneration of the outlaw — with propaganda in defense of state-sanctioned murder.

ICE has missed the deadline for a report on the man who died in Nassau County jail under ICE custody in September (part of County Exec and GOP NYS gov candidate Bruce Blakeman's deal with ICE.) /

rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks

Another day, another conversation with a random person that tells me they want to bike more but don’t feel safe. We can’t emphasize this to local leaders enough. Disconnect our locals from fossil fuels and connect them to community, health, the outdoors, quiet, and joy through safe streets!!!

the right wing smear machine has apparently found literally nothing on Renee Good besides that she was politically liberal they're not even able to pull off "she's no angel" because it seems like she actually was an angel

I found out about this yesterday in real time on What's the Plan because someone submitted a question - "did we just win?" Hell yeah we did! Organizing works - keep it up. h/t @speriod.bsky.social variety.com/2026/digital...

Mamdani’s vision for NYC includes free child care and “baby baskets” for every newborn. On January 21 at Bohemian Hall in Astoria, we'll host a panel of experts to discuss what it would take to build a city that truly supports families. Get your ticket! nysfocus.com/turning-plat...

Also, look: a sad fact is a lot of Americans cannot extend their empathy to all of humanity but can extend it to some people who are more similar to them. I agree this represents a moral deficiency but it's more urgent for us to take power than it is to correct the moral failing of many Americans.

AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.

Great piece on the economic case for e-bike infrastructure. Imagine you live in the most dense city in the country, with great eats/shops/bars in your hood but ALSO great stuff in the next one over. E-bikes expand the radius of what's easily available to you. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/07/o...

it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants

AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.

It's nothing everyone doesn't already know, but ICE/CBP guys know they can do whatever they want. They're the absolute dregs of the Violence Worker Community, not trained for anything like what they're doing, out of their depth, all that. But it starts with them knowing they won't face consequences.

The Minnesota police should arrest the shooter and force a confrontation with the feds. Enough. Enough.

masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.

The concern trolls who claim every bike lane is a threat to public safety are typically silent on this kind of stuff.

Today in the New York Times: "One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, and commute times are improving for travelers from well beyond Manhattan."

Congestion pricing is an unqualified success in NYC. It would be great to see it expanded to every city with decent public transit options. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I'm no expert, but an unregulated betting market based on events people can know about ahead of time seems like a bad idea!

When I tell people who are somewhat new to Brooklyn that Prospect Park used to have cars coursing through it at rush hours they look at me like I have two heads. There's a lesson there about change, getting things done, and sticking with them.

Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business

Parker's piece nails why this matters. "Tech companies... would rather not answer for their products’ failures. Every headline that says “Grok apologizes” or “Grok admits” or “Grok says” creates a world where the chatbot takes the fall while Musk and his executives face no scrutiny whatsoever."

Eric Adams is no longer the mayor of New York City. But like the action-movie hero who blows up the headquarters as he walks away without turning around, Adams spent his final days in office doing his very best to ratfuck his successor, Zohran Mamdani.

it's a real symptom of widespread anti-progressive media bias that an explicitly progressive candidate is expected to feel a need to be apologetic about being progressive.