what a terrible time to not have foreign bureaus b/c the billionaire owner of a news org decided to shutter them

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America. And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

The President has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice, risking American lives and resources, ignoring American law, and endangering our allies and partners. It does nothing to help with the urgent problems here at home that Americans face every day.

It would be cool to have a legislature that acted to defend its own constitutional prerogatives and, maybe as a treat, the interests of the people it represents too.

"Assemble the Board of Peace - I'm starting a war".

congress sounds cool i wish it was real

Mamdani has the juice

the fact the president of the united states is even thinking about asserting emergency powers to disrupt an election - just a few years after he incited an armed coup attempt - should be the top issue. but the media mostly shrugs and the opposition doesnt focus on it.

This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country. www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

Amid all the demonization of immigrants it’s so refreshing to see a politician absolutely delight in doing this kind of outreach. You love to see it!

Learning a second language can be hard. Signing up for Pre-K and 3-K is easy. Go to myschools.nyc to apply today. Deadline is tomorrow at midnight!

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

Learning there's an AI data center being built that is 1/5th of the size of Manhattan and that the centers use so much electricity that they periodically limit how much housing can be built because utilities can't supply the centers and new housing simultaneously might be my joker moment.

Pinky and The Brain-assed post.

historical detail I can't help but bring up: by some accounts, the event that instigated the British soldiers to open fire on Crispus Attacks and the rest of the crowd in the Boston Massacre was a soldier being hit by a snowball

9. As a result of this extreme anti-transgender law, the state of Kansas has seen its status deteriorate to a "Do Not Travel" warning in the EITM Trans Risk Map. Transgender people should exercise extreme caution when traveling through the state.

Fuck this and everyone who helped get things to this point. Trans rights are human rights—full stop.

A lot of the NYPD/Mamdani takes on here are pretending that Mamdani didn't learn from what happened under de Blasio when you take on NYPD directly which is they kidnapped and doxxed his daughter

Casey Means’ Surgeon General confirmation hearing is tomorrow. Means holds a number of extremely disturbing views, including that hormonal birth control is “disrespect for life”. She isn’t a “fringe” or “alternative” healthcare provider. She is a person who blithely ignores scientific facts.

Still need help on step stairs and crosswalks in the Bronx! Specifically 238th street steps.

Good morning, NYC! Weather: Temps ~30° Snow Cleared: 7,398 crosswalks. 3,366 bus stops. 1,777 hydrants. Ferries: Staten Island on regular schedule. NYC Ferries on adjusted schedule. Outreach: Workers out 24/7 bringing people inside. Roads: Open, but proceed with caution.

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.” They pulled a Target.

They paid a lot of people good wages to do the job effectively, thank you for coming to my socialism talk

Deep breath. I'm honored and excited to join the faculty of America's oldest research university, Johns Hopkins. I'll start this summer as a full professor, one of the founding faculty at the brand-new School of Government and Policy. We're building something unique & important, even historic.

New Yorkers: if you can do so safely, take a moment to step outside (even on your front stoop) for a moment and appreciate how quiet the city is right now. ❄️ Cities aren't loud. Cars are loud.

Reading people. Body language. Knowing how to connect with people totally unlike you and with different backgrounds and beliefs. Defusing tense situations. Gaining trust. High endurance, pain tolerance, and work ethic. Reaction time. Prioritizing order of execution. Anticipating people’s needs. Tons

Local zoning is the way! A lot of these are being stopped or stalled by neighborhood organizing. These warehouses often need to be purchased, permitted, approved for occupancy and specs. Each one of those steps can be interrupted. Ppl are pressuring corps not to sell, counties to deny permits, etc

I think a LOT have been moved to the abolish position. For those wary, it’s usually rooted in 2 things: 1. The word “abolish” 2. When public sentiment snaps back (as it has before) they do not want to be accused of eliminating all enforcement I try to speak to both these points and it’s helpful.

this just in from new york city: we’re hearing that mayor mamdani just signed an executive order making it illegal to NOT stand at your window and fold your arms and say “wow, it’s really coming down out there”

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

If you hear people complaining, remind them that Dems offered to split out ICE and CPB and fund everything else, including TSA. Republicans said no.

I don't want austerity. I want audacity!! So much of our belief in scarcity is just the limitations of our creativity and imagination.

I also took note of this yesterday. It was austerity messaging and I'm like... no.

When I’m two weeks behind on my grading.

Yes! I love Lenten additions too. Or if someone likes, combine both - fast from something and use that space to fill with an intention or new practice. Really lovely.

Is he still playing a central role at the foundation?

I know this will probably have asshats in my mentions again, but periodic reminder that everything happening now has a precedent. And that precedent is closer than slavery, internment, boarding schools, Jim Crow...it is the very modern school to prison pipeline. It is the last 40 years of policy.

👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

what is even the point of this

that’s right

Next para: "A regime of secret policing has no place in our society. Here, the Government’s power is derived by the People, and the People must be able to identify the Government when it acts to infringe on their liberty."

Page 34: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct."

Page 29: "Absent genuine, particularized necessity, the Fourth Amendment’s reasonableness requirement prohibits government officers from executing a civil arrest while systematically concealing their identities in a manner that eliminates contemporaneous and subsequent accountability."

What should I expect for Amtrak travel on Monday with the storm? Do they cancel trains when there is a few inches of snow? TIA!

Uhm so the blizzard alert. Was it a surprise nor'easter or did I just fail to look at the weather all week?

Apparently, this grant was routed from the director’s office to grant management officials who approved it in 10 days. From submission to acceptance is typically >1 yr Meanwhile, Guinea-Bissau's health secretary halted the study on ethical grounds, and WHO issued a statement of concern.

"Retesting" hepatitis B vaccination on a vulnerable population with a high prevalence of the disease, much less a West African nation with high rates of poverty is absolutely despicable. The fact this could only have gotten so far by circumventing CDC's safeguards goes without saying.