for all of the discourse on here about how “all democrats agree pro-housing policies, we don’t need ‘abundance’ because it’s already the consensus”… I went to a block party in my 90% D neighborhood of Manhattan and rich boomer NIMBYs set up a table to block new housing. We still have a ways to go

the only policy stance more odious to me than NIMBYism is antivaxx. literally risking the life of your own children (and others who are immunocompromised) simply because you’re a total fucking moron

A big reason why we're in the mess we're in is bc for years we have been told that we need to treat Trump voters like innocent little children who dont mean it instead of adults who made an active choice w their vote to be shitty while telling themselves theyd never face any consequences from that

sirota has always been a moron but this take is especially stupid. how does zoning reform preclude any anti-monopoly policy? also the problem with NIMBY laws isn’t that they are “annoying”, its that they drive up rents, increase carbon emissions, and exacerbate inequality

this is literally just watergate but instead of the Nixon tapes Trump just… tweeted it out

it’s actually insane how many hidden subsidies we have for single family sprawl that are borne by people living in dense cities

One of the biggest mistakes Shadi Hamid made was continually insisting that democrats are a bigger threat to democracy than Trump

I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!

I really think that Dems should demand firing RFK Jr. as a condition to fund the government his negative value over replacement cabinet member is undoubtedly the highest in the administration

honestly, kudos to him for this

it’s been pretty remarkable to see how almost every single Republican politician is basically just a fascist waiting for a pretext to embrace a dictatorship

Let me just say a simple thing. Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy. If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.

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they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law. they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence. the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear. do not offer it to them.

LA is probably the NIMBY capital of America at this point

I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...

Left-NIMBYs and right-NIMBYs in the most suburban district of SF teamed up to recall a city supervisor because he supported housing and pedestrian friendly streets. Just extremely cursed stuff. NIMBYs must be crushed.

My biggest criticism of parks and rec is that it actually didn’t go far enough in showing how unhinged the average public commenter can be

If you live in the Sunset please vote NO on the recall. recalling a supervisor for turning a highway into a park and supporting housing is absolutely nuts. and the recall org is a truly cursed MAGA + left-NIMBY coalition

if you really believed this was the threat environment you wouldn't have an account on this website.

jesus christ

The Trump administration wants your kids to be run over by cars while walking to school

Hochul has been on a generational run in 2025

this shit really fucking sucks. I’m so angry at my fellow Americans for electing the biggest piece of shit on earth

My very first job in college was as a summer intern for my local congressman, Chris Van Hollen He was an inspiring leader, and his recent work for Kilmar Garcia and speaking out against war crimes in Gaza just reiterates that Jeffries’ office choosing to insult him is pathetic and embarrassing

Trump wants you and your loved ones to die from cancer.

one of the most interesting facts about russ vought’s life, to me, is that NIH research is the reason his daughter had access to life changing drug to treat her cystic fibrosis. vought, of course, is the architect of the administration’s war on science. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

I think that the reason “abundance” resonates with me is that I have spent all of my adult life in deep blue cities, stuck dealing with this type of NIMBY boomer democrat that your average Bluesky/Twitter poster never comes across unless they’re actively going to community meetings or on Nextdoor

The New York Post has become the Radio Rwanda of our time

this man is braver than the heads of most major universities, large law firms, and media companies what he is doing shouldn’t be remarkable, and yet it is in the face of mass cowardice from most of civil society

conservatives actually love affirmative action provided it’s for themselves

what frustrates me is how ahistorical it is it makes me think of the magnificent Execution of Torrijos painting: liberal soldiers coming to terms with their imminent execution for fighting against absolutist monarchy. liberalism cannot be taken for granted, it is something we must fight for

The most impactful housing bill in California history is on the 1 yard line. It has passed the assembly and the senate vote is TODAY! Right now is your last chance to call your state senator and tell them to support building more housing near transit! cayimby.org/call-sb-79/

An antisemite shot two kids in Colorado, at least one of whom is Jewish. The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.

HUGE HOUSING NEWS: The Assembly just passed our bill allowing more homes near public transportation, SB 79! We need more housing & we need it near transit. It’ll reduce traffic congestion & carbon emissions & increase transit ridership & affordability. Go housing! Go transit!

Mamdani's spent the months after the primary reaching out to everyone who opposed him to try and find some common ground in governing the city. He's actually practicing politics the right way.

this shit is so fucking evil

political violence is a terrible scourge that has claimed victims from both parties the way some people are just itching to treat this as a reichstag fire moment to enable a dictatorship is extremely scary and a good reminder that political violence is a threat to the very core of liberal democracy

Andrew Cuomo’s decision to team up with RFK Jr to shut down Indian Point is one of the greatest self-owns in New York history, up there with the construction of the Cross-Bronx expressway and the 1961 downzoning

pretty funny how the guy who jokes about deportation abundance and refuses to condemn his Nazi brother is mad that Jerusalem called him a fascist

it honestly seems pretty bad that the incoming California Senate leader is already sneaking poison pills into legislation to block housing in her district

Best thing California could do to fight fascism is build more housing.

In Athens for a wedding and wow this city is fascinating. Some initial takes: - extremely dense but also surprisingly car oriented: no bike lanes, lots of large arterials -very ad-hoc pedestrianization with random streets open for dining -feels like a cross of Lisbon, Mexico City, and Taipei

Better toss my cellphone since I don’t charge it while out of the house!

it’s worth remembering that even though republicans were blamed for the 2013 shutdown, they cleaned up big time in the 2014 midterms. I don’t think the blame game matters as much as raising the saliency of the emergency Trump is causing and trying to get concessions on his most egregious actions

honestly speechless at the axios reporter who keeps posting about Biden’s decision to pardon his son and hasn’t posted once about the Epstein drawing

Oh no, Columbia students are being assigned The Color of Law, a widely acclaimed book about the history of redlining and other anti-housing policies clearly this is communist indoctrination

Look, at some level you cannot have a functioning democracy where both parties presuppose an electorate of selfish, ignorant louts and compete to offer them the best array of goodies, which is more or less what “focus on kitchen table issues” means. You have to activate some kind of civic impulse.

the one thing about Trump that I do enjoy is seeing how he eventually makes all of his supporters look like pathetic servile little idiots

the fact that they’re going with an attempted denial rather than “oh, it was just a silly joke, you have TDS, grow up you hysterical lib” goes to show how bad they know this is