this reactionary turn is one part disciplining labor for having the temerity to talk back and one part trying to arrest a perceived social reproduction crisis by disciplining elite institutions.

"Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked, residents and witnesses said." www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Charging parking permits or vehicle registration fees by weight seems to be catching on. At least a few Montreal boroughs, DC, and Zurich to my knowledge. Short of directly regulating vehicle size (which should obviously be done), this is a good step. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The Global Sumud Flotilla seemingly breached Israel’s blockade of Gaza while provoking an Israeli response that triggered anger and reprisals from various governments. It’s one of the most successful acts of civil disobedience in recent history.

Fascism: assigning blame for all the problems caused by capitalism to minorities in order to defend the interests of the capitalist class. Et voila.

Fortunately that's all in the Streetsblog story that just went up: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/01/t...

Out of curiosity, is anyone keeping a running list of the trump regime’s flagrantly illegal and impeachable offenses? Seems like something that will be useful later.

This is a VERY well crafted lawsuit. 1) Plaintiff is natural born. 2) He was detained 2X in a fast-growing part of Alabama, not in a city that Brett Kavanaugh could be easily duped into believing was all migrants. 3) Unwarranted detentions were on private property. 4) He showed Real ID both times.

Mamdani “doesn’t allow that there’s a conflict between emphasizing economic populism and taking on Trump’s authoritarianism.” As @gregsargent.bsky.social suggests, there’s no reason to assume this synthesis wouldn’t work just as well in swing territory newrepublic.com/article/2011...

Cuba’s medical aid missions are a vital lifeline for people around the world. That’s exactly why Donald Trump’s imperialist State Department is trying to destroy them. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-u.s...

ICE officer seen on video pushing woman to ground has returned to duty

“I don’t want to sound hyperbolic but the plain truth is that NSPM-7 is a declaration of war on anyone who does not support the Trump administration and its agenda.”

Right wing terrorist attacks have plummeted because they are now just federal governmental actions

Israel’s sudden decision to indefinitely close the sole land crossing giving over 3 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank access to international travel, has intensified fears of more restrictions amid Israel’s threats of retaliation against Western recognition of a Palestinian state.

Is Italy stepping up? www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Q: Do you support defund the police A: No Q: Do you support defunding the police A: Yes

Happy Blowback Day to those who celebrate blowback.show

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from Robert Caro, it’s that when a malignant political fixture offers you their resignation, you accept it.

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

NEWS --> Anna Gomez, the lone Dem on the FCC, tells me the Trump admin's pressure to oust Jimmy Kimmel may be unlawful as well as unconstitutional. FCC chair Brendan Carr may be committing censorship in violation of federal law. That and much more in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2006...

Oh the subway is so scary dangerous! I'd rather drive. Even if it's 30x more deadly.

New research published in The Lancet finds that Western unilateral sanctions have caused 38 million deaths since 1970. The average death toll ranges from 400,000 to over 1 million per year. Staggering levels of violence. This system is intolerable and must be replaced.

Some news: This winter Team Oonee is launching NYC's first Dutch-Style🚲 parking hub in Brooklyn's Sunset Park. The Hub will provide free parking for 100+ bikes/scooters, and will include safe charging, and appt based repairs + lite service. This will make history in several ways. More deets in 🧵👇🏾

Hades II to be released the same month as Silksong?! When it rains it pours.

Where do our rights come from? Believe it or not, the United States has been rolling back our rights for 40 years. The biggest expansion of the peoples' rights in American history actually occurred between 1953 and 1969, during the period of American history known as the "Warren Court." THREAD.

The hoops I had to jump through to get through the covid vaccine restrictions of the eugenicist CDC were absolutely infuriating.

And here I thought the US stopped committing atrocities back in the 80s /s

Just got this unhinged campaign spam from an Adams PAC

"These damn bicycles are taking over the streets!" NEW MCGILL STUDY: Hard facts from #Montreal to set things straight. Cars now get 79.6% of the infrastructure area (roads) in the city. Pedestrians (sidewalks): 18.3% Micromobility (lanes for bikes, scooters etc.): 1.57% 🧵

We make a big deal about the consolidation of the IRT+BMT+IND, and even folding in private buses into the MTA Bus Company. But it's really only a drop in the bucket for rationalizing transit service in NYC.

I was just musing about how many public transit fare systems currently exist in NYC, and I think it's no fewer than eleven: -NYCT Subway + Bus + SIR + Roosevelt Island Tram -Metro North -LIRR -NJT Rail + Bus -PATH -AirTrain -NYC Ferry -Hudson River Ferries -Amtrak -NICE -BeeLine

Food delivery app companies spent $3.2 million in this spring's City Council elections — so Council members are doing their bidding and refusing to pass a a bill to require app companies to provide delivery workers with safety equipment, The City reports. buff.ly/0z3Koou

Acknowledging that we are living under a fascist regime at the Federal level is essential for figuring out how to fight. And I'm sorry but burying one's head in the sand at this moment is actually allowing fascism to be further entrenched & authority more easily consolidated.

Didn’t know Mayor Dinkins was affiliated with DSA, but looked into it & found a fairly prophetic article: “But it’s a good bet that 2021 will be the last year when New Yorkers lack the option of backing a democratic socialist who is a serious contender for mayor.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...

@mta.info are any scheduled B15s going to stop at the Lefferts Blvd AirTrain, or is this just an imaginary route?

I find it kinda bewildering that NYC DOT doesn’t seem to have a graphic showing the Summer Streets route for 2025—especially with its huge expansion this year! Their website just has a text description.

A devastating crash in Astoria has left three people dead. I'm heartbroken for the victims and their loved ones. We can't normalize this. It's time to commit to streets that are safe for everyone.

Israel has killed approximately 200 journalists in Gaza in just 22 months, which is more than the combined number of journalists killed during WWII and the entirety of the Vietnam War.

Israel claimed responsibility for killing five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif, in a strike on their media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, bringing the total journalists killed to 237 since the war began. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/1490et

NEW: Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign submitted faked and fraudulently obtained petition signatures in his effort to secure a spot on the November ballot as an independent candidate, a Gothamist investigation has found. gothamist.com/news/forged-...

@mta.info has West 4th Street now lost power 3 times in 4 days?

Great news out of Toronto! A court struck down Ford’s asinine law removing critical protected bike lanes!

Andy Singer drew this. I like it.

And one of the goals of the neoliberal "free trade" era is to enshrine (3) a system in which global capital can override whatever national policies it doesn't like.

(1) when local governments do things that capital doesn't like, state governments usually override it; (2) when state governments do something capital doesn't like, the federal government usually overrides it.

THREAD. One of the key principles to understand about our society--which is not taught in law schools, or any other school--is this:

Our colleague and longtime +972 Magazine contributor Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead in a settler attack on his village, Umm al-Khair, in Masafer Yatta. Read Awdah's contributions to +972 Magazine through the link: www.972mag.com/writer/awdah...

Due to the simultaneous taboo of explicit antisemitism and the vast increase in conspiracy theories, a new form of antisemitic trope has evolved: that targeting other minority groups. Trans people. Even Palestinians. This allows the benefits of antisemitic tropes with far less backlash. My latest.

Interesting study on median rent increases by half mile subway catchment areas