The decline in gun violence in our city is a great story we can all celebrate, but a related and important story is that arrests are also down compared to the previous decade, writes Arne Duncan.

Genuinely curious: does Miami generally elect democratic mayors?

The U.S. poverty line for a family of four is $32,150. However, investor Michael W. Green argues it should be more than four times higher, a threshold that would classify most American households as living “in poverty” by his measure.

It is very rare that we have a deep debate in any media setting where prominent pro-police advocates are forced to defend their views. I tried my best in this fascinating and contentious argument to hold those views up to scrutiny. open.spotify.com/episode/5zV5...

I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.

“This is a wake-up call for leaders: Flock (ALPR) technology is a threat to our core democratic values,” EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told @404media.co. www.404media.co/cops-used-f...

The premise of this article--and nearly this entire genre of Copaganda--is that the identity of the police chief, supposed differences between different chiefs, and the things police do matter for "crime." This is untrue. It's like climate science denial. Safety has root causes.

I think I need to stop being constantly surprised by how little imagination one needs in order to accomplish a kinder more caring world. Why? Because the solutions already exist somewhere either geographically or historically.

I enjoyed the new Running Man. It was fun.

Hot take: a four day work week is a concession to the fact that it should really probably be a three day work week.

But also maybe you’re a small business owner and you’re worried you can’t afford to pay a livable wage (that’s a whole other issue) if you lower the cost of living by say advocating for taxes to pay for -a bunch of stuff like 1/2

Another reason for a livable wage: if you own property and you want housing prices to stay up, make sure most people can afford your expensive houses, or really housing in general.

Hot take: every blue collar job is an essential job.

Hot take: we need to stop looking for partners that make (x) figures and we need to start demanding a living wage and equitable pay.

We all deserve affordable healthcare that meets our needs and allows our communities to flourish. But one year after its passage, Prop 36 prevents us from getting there.

Mamdani has prioritized Public Safety throughout the campaign. By refusing to hire 5,000 more police, as proposed by Cuomo, he is saving the city hundreds of millions of dollars that can now be spent on real public safety. www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...

Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."

Trump responds to Republicans getting drubbed tonight by calling for "VOTER REFORM" 🤔

speaks volumes that Trump's response to tonight's resounding defeat is to demand Republicans redouble efforts to rig elections

I continue to wonder when Americans will decide enough is enough. As Frederick Douglass reminds us: “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

I hate it here.

This week is the one-year anniversary of Prop 36’s passing, and treatment for mental health and substance use disorders is not being provided. Instead, people with mental health and substance use disorders are facing felonies, and CA is escalating homelessness and the opioid crisis as a result.

In MLB news, Kendrick beat Drake . . . again.

The Black man killed here was named Erie Moore Sr. Incredible result and a shining example of the importance of good civil rights lawyering that forces our society to confront what it does in our dungeons with actual evidence.

We must reckon with the size and profit of the punishment bureaucracy, as well as the bipartisan mythologies that underlie it. Whenever they are exposed for regular people to see, with evidence, they are immediately and forcefully rebuked.

Second: the private company here now has huge immigration detention contracts from the Trump admin AND has for years been raking in cash from local Democratic officials in Houston, who have been trafficking overflow pretrial detainees there.

First, verdicts like this are an example of why Democrats and Republicans, led by Clinton with the passage of the PLRA, have tried for decades to make it as hard as possible to get in front of a jury. Real people are shocked when they see what our legal system actually does.

THREAD: This was an all-white jury in rural Louisiana and a judge appointed by Trump. But when ordinary people hear about the everyday brutality pervasive inside our jails, they are outraged. But something deeper is going on here:

A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle. Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Thank you to Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera for his leadership on this ordinance, and to everyone who showed up, called in or left e-comment for yesterday’s San Diego City Council meeting. Together, we made our voices heard.

This is a crucial first step for San Diego to fight back against the Trump administration’s campaign of overreach and intimidation. This helps protect our families, our neighbors and our broader community, and sets a powerful example for other local governments across the region and state.

ICYMI: The San Diego Council City Council passed the Due Process and Safety Ordinance yesterday! "Today, San Diego spoke loud and clear: we will fight back against the Trump administration’s overreach and intimidation..."

“This ordinance sends a clear message to all San Diegans: you deserve to feel safe in your city, and your city is fighting to protect you. “ Read our full testimony here: www.aclu-sdic.org/en/news/aclu...

No image has ever spoken so succinctly about the current situation in the US.

“In the first six months since the law took effect, roughly 9,000 people have been charged with a treatment-mandated felony . . . Nearly 15% — or 1,290 people — elected treatment. So far, of the 771 people placed into treatment, 25 completed it.”

“In the first six months since [Prop 36] took effect, roughly 9,000 people have been charged with a treatment-mandated felony, according to the first-of-its-kind report released this month.” Read more: calmatters.org/justice/2025...

"...Those arrests in San Diego have grown at a higher rate than nationwide, the numbers show, driven by a major spike in arrests of those without a criminal record." All families deserve to feel safe in San Diego.

"Newly obtained data shows just through July of this year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested about three times as many people in San Diego as compared to all of 2024..."

Hawaii police said it was too much of a burden for them to have to record every interrogation. The Hawaii supreme court's response: “If children can record everyday events with ease, law enforcement cannot claim hardship to record perhaps its most consequential investigative act.”

As I’m contemplating Assata Shakur I can’t help but think how we’re much better at honoring the dead than the living. When I pass I hope I will have handed out all the roses I have to give. I don’t plan to leave anything unsaid.

Let’s say it plain: the Supreme Court of the United States endorsed racial profiling today.

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Border Patrol arrested firefighters during a wildfire. It can't help but make me think of how Germany was so fanatically devoted to the holocaust that they prioritized using railroads to send people to death camps over moving troops to the front. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Where are the hard-working Americans who screamed, “They’re stealing our jobs”? You’re getting your wish. Immigrant workers aren’t showing up, and farm owners are hiring.

So any creative ideas for when you’re running out of space for books? So far top contenders are: Under the bed Next to the toothbrushes In the freezer Next to the cereal

Immigrants deserve to be treated with dignity. Due process is a right guaranteed to everyone in the United States, regardless of immigration status. When those rights are at risk, people suffer.

California National Guard troops under federal control were sent to operate in "the greater Los Angeles area." What the actual definition of that area is for Task Force 51 is isn't clear. But apparently it includes the Salton Sea. New from me @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/nationa...

Just a group of armed, violent, unidentified, masked men who roam American streets, rounding up & deporting US citizens they don't like the look of. Cool democracy.

The United States never has enough money to keep people alive at home but always has enough money to kill people overseas.

Important call to action for San Diego Residents: defund the cameras ICE is tapping into for their raids and free up $2 million for essential services threatened with cuts in a tough budget year. docs.google.com/document/d/1...