this move will simultaneously increase the average intelligence of the Trump cabinet and the U.S. senate

Every couple of months or so, someone puts out a piece of bad social science meant to undermine the case for more housing. For Roosevelt Institute, I wrote a blog post responding to the two most recent specimens. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/there-i...

Here’s the thing with Platner: what is his actual deal? We have a lot of information about this guy. He hasn’t been a longtime fighter for his community or progressivism or populist causes. He just woke up one day and decided to start saying the right words. Well, okay, a lot of people can do that.

we need a 25th amendment for senators. Fetterman is completely incoherent. if this guy was in your family, you’d want him in a mental care facility, not an important job like U.S. Senator.

lmfao the NIMBYs are trying to use historic preservation laws to protect a fucking PARKING LOT IN MANHATTAN from being turned into mixed income housing

polis is probably going to unfollow me for this one but idgaf. what a fucking freak. worst democratic gov in the country and it’s not even close now that Murphy is gone

the LA mayoral race is shaping up to be the most obvious local election in a while. progressive YIMBY (Raman) vs. incompetent NIMBY (Bass) vs. insane NIMBY (Pratt) Raman is like Zohran/Zellnor/Lander fusion vs. Cuomo (Bass) vs. Sliwa (Pratt)

It’s always turned out fine when an arrogant aristocracy ignores popular opinion after getting embroiled in a global conflict, right? now, time take a big sip of water and look at the history books at what was going on in Russia in 1917

this is already an extremely unpopular war and it’s just going to get worse as more people die and oil prices go up

it’s ironic how the actions of Israel, a state that claims to exist to protect Jews around the world, is the number one driver of global antisemitism right now

it’s sad that we live in a world where people will support Trump until their car slurp juice gets expensive but that is the reality and Trump’s approval might break its upper 30s floor that existed until now

it’s depressing to think about how every single faction of the Democratic Party fucked up in the Maine senate race -Schumer/DSCC for recruiting an unpopular almost-octogenarian -labor/progressives for getting behind an unqualified failson with a Nazi tattoo

my expectations were insanely low and even still I’m surprised how they didn’t even bother to cook up even a half-assed narrative for all of this

yeah look man I'm not sure how much benefit of the doubt you can extend like come on

everyone is talking about the maga brainworms on Twitter but not enough people appreciate the schizoposting on threads

Ossoff clearly has the juice, is on a glide path to win in Georgia comfortably, and appeal to every faction of the Democratic Party its only a matter of time till people start thinking of him as a serious contender for 2028

i didn't care for schumer's statement, but if you're going to be angry at him, make sure you're much angrier at thune, who bears this obligation even more strongly than schumer and will absolutely ignore his own duty

the dumbest guy I know from grad school is posting new frontiers of slop

we all knew Bari Weiss was a deranged right wing hack but I thought that she’d at least be a little more subtle about it while running cbs news

one of the best statements I’ve seen so far out of Congress. more broadly, I’ve been very impressed by Ansari as a whole lately. Very good on anti-corruption, housing, and foreign policy, all of which are critical right now. she’s a rising star and good example of why we need younger reps

Honestly, best we can hope for at this point. Get a horrific air show with a body count then trump can leave to try to extort more taxpayer money from the treasury into his own pockets instead of dragging this out more but sadly I don’t think we’re so lucky

“guy who suffers severe brain damage becomes more conservative” is not remarkable in itself but I really wish it didn’t apply to a US senator

i never once thought this guy was anything but an idiot and i never understood why people treated him like a serious interlocutor worthy of engagement

Can you believe that the winner of the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize lied to us?

this fucking piece of shit

if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

this statement is textbook nimby slop complaining about displacement when you’re building new homes on top of train tracks? oh my god, grow up lol

the qualifications for being hired by a16z are either -kill a homeless person on the subway -be fucking stupid

art of the deal, baby

Zohran is probably the first democratic politician who has managed to thread the line of: -work with Trump on issues he could be helpful (housing) -push back and win on issues where Trump is being evil (immigration) -all while refusing to normalize or praise him

me: building more housing near transit is good because it makes housing more affordable and reduces car ownership the Sierra club, for some reason: actually this is horrible and must be stopped at all costs.

I don’t like Janet mills but I really wish the alternative was literally anyone but this guy

what the fuck this really seems like another case of them going after someone prominent to send a “nobody is safe” message and what’s actually going to happen is continuing to polarize everyone but the worst of the worst against them because how the fuck is this kid a threat to anything

every squad got the -pedo (lutnick) -sex criminal alcoholic (hegseth) -sex criminal with brainworms (RFK Jr.) -sex criminal husband (Chavez-DeRemer) -sex criminal cover up (Bondi) -Russian agent (Tulsi) -puppy killer (Noem) holy shit I think I just accidentally joined the Trump cabinet

They found him. He died. Another murder by our immigration goon squads

I live in her district and am the board president of a 100% occupied market-rate (“luxury”) condo building. Zero vacancy. The units besides mine are rented to tech workers, a dentist, etc. Zero diplomats, no idea where she got that idea. They live in Midtown East, her district is Brooklyn.

the year is 2026 and we have a YIMBY socialist mayor, we have evolved past the need for this type of factually incorrect left-NIMBY slop from our local politicians

you heard the man

these people are fucking freaks, man

I will never respect anyone who supports Trump. there is something deeply wrong with your brain if you can watch this shit and think “yeah this guy should be the one with the nukes”

trump going on about corruption and then slandering somali-americans makes my blood boil

I miss the days when I could root for America at the Olympics without worrying about them coming home and endorsing fascism

I’ve felt this way every single day for the past year

This is one of the things I am constantly (including in our book, Life After Cars) trying to get people to care about! This is killing us, folks

eternal glory to the people’s republic of mamdanistan

lmfao some weird anarchist leftists are accusing NYC DSA of being a white nationalist organization because DSA *checks notes* supports Zohran’s plans to build more affordable housing

If you want poor people to have decent housing, you have to support building new condos for yuppies.

also noise pollution in the U.S. is almost entirely from cars and it’s literally giving people heart attacks I wrote an article about it because it’s so absurd

Incredible video of NIMBY cope from a literal fascist New York City Councilmember you gotta watch this thing. elections matter and thank god we elected Zohran and passed the pro-housing ballot measures

Ryder is one of the smartest policy minds I know and will help us win a more affordable, liveable NYC. perhaps more importantly, he’s the only pro-housing candidate running against a bunch of old school NIMBYs. if you live in the village/tribeca/soho you should vote for him