Hey Mission Hill folks! Boston early voting will take place in Ward 10 in person at the Tobin Community Center (1481 Tremont St), tomorrow (Thursday), October 30 from 12 pm to 8 pm.

This is why Seth Moulton is a toxic challenge to Ed Markey here in MA! So Ed is old and might want to consider retirement on a high note (forcibly opposing Trump). But until then, I don't want my D primary choice to be an opportunist snake

Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest. n.pr/3X0UZtS

This is true, and I'd add that it's also fine for people to spend money on stuff they like and that makes them happy! Far too many Americans think that lower-income people simply do not get to enjoy nice things. It may not be how *I* would budget, but that doesn't make them unworthy of assistance.

This is true—Bessent owns $25 million of farmland in North Dakota—and a reminder of why farm bailouts are nothing more than a giveaway to feudal lords who demand the government grossly distort agricultural economics to make their tax haven "farms" even more valuable to them.

Absolutely...we need a lot more public housing. But that will involve companies making a profit. Also it will require being able to build the public housing without literally every neighborhood busybody having a veto over it.

Consider how few anecdotes it took for the media to declare a Free Speech on Campus crisis. Every day we get more evidence that the Republican Party is teeming with white supremacists yet elite institutions refuse to frame this as a crisis that needs the nation’s attention.

Research is clear: millionaire flight due to higher taxes is simply not a thing. Millionaires move *less* than the rest of us and often move from one higher-tax state to another (because of amenities!). prospect.org/2025/10/23/m...

A 🧵 Fresh off of erasing the largest pro-democracy mobilization in American history the AGSulzberger @nytimes.com continues its institutional normalization of Pres. Trump. Demolition of East Wing of WH for a vanity project. 🧵 contrasting NYT v WaPo 1/n Headline chosen by editors 10/22:

the thing is when yore in a coalition you’re going to have to grit your teeth on some shitty stuff here and there. suck! but nature of the beast you don’t have to grit your teeth and bear it for a guy with a nazi tattoo who can’t even give you an explanation that respects your intelligence

Twitter is destroying America, full stop. It's turning our entire society into 4chan and our elites are not only unable to break their addiction to the site, but won't even admit what it's become. They tweet something for 45 likes while Nazi material gets tens of thousands, and think nothing of it.

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT "A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In Boston, every day is No Kings Day

Join me and @samvmontano.bsky.social in supporting Marvin Mathelier tonight at the Haven

Mayor Michelle Wu at the protest today: “What scares them about Boston is that we are the America they say is impossible.”

Yes lol, people being like "libs are ANNOYING so I had to go Nazi," you gotta git gud, us libs are ALSO annoyed by one another all the time but you don't see us going Nazi Skill issue tbh

No King but King Swiftie

“Shohei Ohtani pitched 6 innings with 10Ks and went 3-3 with 3HRs in a NLCS-clinching game! He stands about 9’6” and weighs 400lbs! He sired the whole Dodgers roster!”

Urban Americans have to start fighting for ourselves as a specific class of voters.

I like government that extracts wins for the people! we should demand no less this is just a tiny example of why I believe good government is the solution and will always be the solution

The owner of Twitter just reinstated the accounts of several Nazi who had been suspending for violating Twitter's rules about doxxing other users. Now here's another piece on Bluesky's intellectual diversity problem.

The other word for objections to diversity, equity, and inclusion is "racism"

Hyde Park Av is basically a NASCAR track and is long overdue for a road diet and facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. #BosPoli mass.streetsblog.org/2025/10/14/g...

The real challenge here is that a solid third of the country agrees that Russell Brand and the Pussycat Dolls--or Theo Von or Pastor Sex Pest Von Bluejeans--have a perspective on medicine just as valuable as any doctor. This is not a scandal to them!

If we write off all news media, we’re playing into Trump’s hands. Some outlets are doing well while others stink. In this installment of my free Stop the Presses newsletter, I give letter grades to major media outlets. See if you agree.

"If Boston is serious about being the best city in America for families, then the safety of Hyde Park Avenue's residents must come before politics" bostoncyclistsunion.org/hpa-needs-sa...

What The Hell Is Going On, a thread: I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong. So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.

This could be a ton of streets in downtown Boston and probably a few in other neighborhoods. We just have to be bold. I know we can do it!

It's very striking how clearly they seem to see what's right in front of their faces in way that so many others -- law firm partners, university presidents, members of congress, and on and on -- refuse to.

it’s not about who watches CBS, it’s about the push notifications and news app headlines twenty million of the dumbest people in the country consume on their phones by accident

republicans are NIMBYs who want your rents to go up this is why I have zero time for democratic NIMBYs. We need to forcefully embrace more housing to lower the rents, increase walkability, and boost economic growth

Seen on ABC News. Oh, the crimes currency machine is used by criminals for crimes?

Speed safety cameras are astonishingly successful. We know the tools that reduce traffic violence. Legalize them. www.sfmta.com/blog/our-spe...

This project is filling a parking lot on Mission Hill in Boston. Glad the Zoning Board of Appeals saw it as a much needed housing opportunity! Would have liked more 1-BR than studios, but w/e www.bostonplans.org/projects/dev...

"Somerville is working to move and upgrade SHC’s homeless shelter from one church to a bigger space at First Church Somerville. However, the work was halted by a lawsuit filed by residents in September."  Of fucking COURSE. NIMBYs are the worst. www.boston.com/news/local-n...

You know what was weird last week? I didn’t see anyone fired for quoting words actually spoken by Jane Goodall.

I wish I were half the activist that Kay Gallagher was.

This is good —the Mayor of Yellowknife NWT in Canada’s far north weighs in on “Car Bloat” (truck bloat actually) and its many big costs & consequences (thanks @davidzipper.bsky.social for heads-up). And like most who dare tell the truth about that, he’s taking flack. www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...

Part of ICE’s efforts will be setting up random traffic stops and checkpoints throughout the city and making educated guesses about who to detain and who not to detain. These 'Guess Stops' will be staffed by special agents known as Guess Stop Officers, or 'Guess-Stop-O for short.

I wanted to do a snarky dunk here, but this is a thing I see a lot! That speed cameras are some kind of "gotcha" for drivers. And I think asking drivers to follow the speed limit that is on giant signs is a pretty basic thing!

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

There is a gulf in America. I submit it is the gulf between good and evil, or at least not-evil and evil. The gulf is not just between people who oppose this and people who are indifferent to it or reluctantly accept it in support of immigration policy or see it as collateral damage. /1

Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband. Today they attacked two journalists. We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.

okay, do the shutdown. if he can do that, he can do it anyway, and i say he doesn’t have the fucking stones

This is really hard to read. And the thing that is sitting with me the most about it is that it has always legal and possible to do this for decades. The only thing preventing this from having been the norm was a sense of humanity. This is why we need structural reform. Not just a change in admin.

There's no supremacy clause problem with state bribery laws encompassing payment of bribes to federal officials, and California's statute does, it's not limited to state government bribes. They can and should open a criminal investigation. Not wait for some future DOJ, do a state one right now.