I've posted the full video and an analysis of Bari Weiss's memo.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/60-minutes...

"On Sept. 26, Ramirez Sanan, 50, was accompanying a family member to a court hearing in Chelsea with her son in the backseat. A group of multiple unmarked vehicles surrounded and blocked Ramirez Sanan’s car two blocks from the courthouse, and eight armed and masked officers surrounded the car."

CONFIRMED: Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, will be the new mayor of Miami. She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.

Last chance!!! And if you’re in #Somerville come say hello at Winter Hill Brewing tonight. Drawing now at 6:45 PM

Presidency-ending stuff if Congress had any moral decency.

Where Did the Demand Come From? We at Somerville YIMBY talk a lot about the need to supply more homes to solve our housing shortage. But supply is only half the economic equation. We also need to ask ourselves where all this demand came from. Why have we seen such large increases in the cost of…

Selling ice cream for charity to celebrate our birthday today. Open at 2pm. While supplies last.

I think entirely too much about how California’s climate plan explicitly says that converting to EVs is not nearly enough to meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets so we need to reduce VMT 25% by 2030, and then we do basically nothing to try to achieve that goal

I guess I wouldn’t characterize 60/40 as OVERWHELMING and if anything such a result would argue for building way more dense walkable housing stock since by most estimates less than 10% of US housing is in a walkable area.

While everyone is still digesting how it feels to not see a Sept jobs report until late November, remember this feeling the next time folks complain about monthly revisions and suggest publishing data with a 2 or 3 month lag.

Anybody interested in spending 5 bucks for a chance to win a basketball signed by last years #celtics team? A teacher at our school got a friend to donate one to the PTA. Please support our fundraiser! givebutter.com/7b7fKv

The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.

Everyone is saying it. Literally everyone

AOC should announce she's primarying Chuck Schumer ASAP. This is the time. Imagine the donations. I'd give them to her.

Bananas. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Relatedly, local Democratic Party organizations in MA haven’t lifted a finger, to my knowledge, to support people losing SNAP benefits.

Anybody interested in spending 5 bucks for a chance to win a basketball signed by last years #celtics team? A teacher at our school got a friend to donate one to the PTA. Please support our fundraiser! givebutter.com/7b7fKv

What we know, final edition of the night: [Now in 3 parts] —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG —Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS —Dems defend NJ-Gov —Dems win NJ+VA trifectas —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win state supreme court —ME anti-mail voting measure loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices

Cambridge isn't a big city, but it's not *small*--120K people total Last night 24K people voted (<50% of all voters) It only took 2372 votes (~10% of the votes!) to get a seat on city council Local elections turn on small margins. Go fight for one--or at least make the other side fight.

The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.

whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win

NEW: Trump now says he will not pay food stamps in November, even though his admin told a court yesterday it would make partial payments. The benefits are once again in jeopardy, as officials are back at court, seeking to force the release of full aid. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

I am also ranking Burhan Azeem as my #1 choice. I agree with everything Josh says. And I've also personally been really impressed with Burhan's amazing combination of commitment to Cambridge, deep thoughtfulness about the issues it faces and pragmatism and inclusiveness in his approach to them.

Crazy how much some media has normalized the idea that voters are taking a risk if they elect governors/mayors who will defy Trump. That he’ll threaten their funding, etc. Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.

Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo! I know how hard you worked for this.

CONJECTURE: Based on all tea leaves, most particularly a yet-to-be reported $100,000 contribution by Trump fanboy Jim Davis… Marty Walsh is preparing to announce a run for Governor. Walsh is free to give me a courtesy call, but I’m stealing his thunder as a petty move similar to his own in 2020.

A middle school kid just came to the door dressed as "An AI Overlord." I asked if she was good or evil. "Evil, of course." I laughed and said the future was in good hands, to which she replied, "No, it's not." Protect these kids at all costs.

You may not believe that new supply pushes down rents, but your landlord does.

#somerville the help is much appreciated! givebutter.com/qmnqus

The PTA at the Winter Hill Community School are holding an emergency fundraiser to provide free food and gift cards to families who are losing their SNAP benefit on Saturday. If you have the capacity, please donate to help keep our neighbors from going hungry. givebutter.com/qmnqus

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

Conservatives want to pitch the White House demolition as YIMBY. This is a bad-faith brain-dead take. You don't want expansive historic reviews for building new homes. You do want expansive historic reviews for *demolishing the White House.* www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular. n.pr/3WJyZn9

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

Wow. Anyway, Winchester MA, with a 5 year old holding the phone.

My motherin law is ready for #nokings

‘No Kings’ rallies scheduled in Boston, nationwide, protesting Trump administration | Click on the image to read the full story

Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go! Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest. /1

The rain held off for all of the parade. Saw some people I really like while supporting an org I really like: the Somerville Community Land Trust.

Senator Murphy also lays out a clear set of codified demands that Dems can stand for. Among them: *no more using budget to punish enemies *no more using FCC to censor critics *restrictions on ICE lawlessness in interior *clear ban on troops in cities 3/ newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Celebrating two years of the E-Bike Lending Library! In the past two years, the E-Bike Lending Library has grown from 4 bikes in a backyard to 40 bikes serving hundreds of riders across Greater Boston. We've completed more than 1000 loans... and we have an ambitious plan to complete even more. 🧵

At first blush, I thought this video was pretty funny. Hee hee … the clever cyclist outran the incompetent cops … like a Saturday morning cartoon! Then, unbidden, my brain started to see all the various things that are so crushingly wrong and depressing in this scene. 1/?

Hey @cityofsomerville.bsky.social whats up with these gates that appeared at the new Ken Kelly park? The one blocking the ramp seems to make the park completely inaccessible to wheel chair users, and they block a good portion of the sidewalk when open.

to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)

Tonight would be a good night to eat Daddy Jones instead of cook. If you’re in #Somerville. Come eat delicious food and support the Winter Hill School.

We're pleased that @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social Editorial Board is urging Harvard students to vote for pro-bike safety City Council candidates—and cites our slate of endorsed candidates.

Yesterday Cambridge was bursting from the seams with cargo bike joy!

Thank you to all the neighbors who were out today trying to keep each other safe. Let's find this man and get him free. @massgovernor.bsky.social , @katjanaballantyne.bsky.social , I want every resource working on finding him - and the 4 other people detained earlier today - and getting them home.

This morning at 11am, corner of Hathorn and Broadway in Somerville MA. 3 ICE vehicles idling on nearby corners. I was following two ICE cars that were cruising around the neighborhood. This person was just walking down the sidewalk when two ICE vehicles stopped and officers jumped out to stop him.

@jake4somerville.bsky.social and @willieburnleyjr.bsky.social advance to the finals. Ballantyne is out. @wilfredmbah.bsky.social with a solid lead for at-large. Thomas, Iaccarno, Klekota, and Spicer are out. Nobody knew how that was going to turn out, folks. Don't let anybody tell you they did.