The way we need to market this shit is to do what conservatives did for the past 30 years and write books like “The ten forbidden truths you’re not allowed to say on politically correct tv” and then it’s just cities are mostly fine and it’s good to get a flu shot

mamdani spending literally the first minutes of his mayoralty announcing mike flynn as dot commish, and talking abt the importance of public transit and streetscapes. smiling through it all like i cant believe this is my life

Sources say that Mike Flynn, a former DOT official and planner, has been named Zohran Mamdani's DOT commissioner. Livable streets movement folk cheered the news: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/31/m...

NEW: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will hire Mike Flynn, a longtime presence in New York City transportation planning, as commissioner of the Department of Transportation, the Mamdani transition team confirmed to Streetsblog. buff.ly/f7612wn

Zohran Mamdani being sworn in a few hours after Trump gives up on militarizing cities cannot be overemphasized

Preliminary data has proven CLEAR to be effective at keeping Washington Street safe and productive. The pilot should be extended until #Hoboken has a suitable replacement for enforcing parking violations.

"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi

Big Tech these days in a nutshell

If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.

The Turnpike Trap Coalition publishes the following statement in response to NJTA's Friday announcement. The "cancellation" is misleading: ❌ Proceeding with 4 new lanes adding >20K cars and trucks a day to Newark & Jersey City ❌ Tear down and rebuild plans after 14A are murky ❌ No dollars for NJT

The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

What if raising money for a replacement Chesapeake Bay Bridge were a self-solving problem?⤵️

Tagging @corybooker.com @stevenfulop.bsky.social @govmurphy.bsky.social @mikiesherrill.bsky.social @menendez.house.gov @njsenatedemocrats.bsky.social @njassemblydems.bsky.social

I am a Democratic voter and I won’t be happy if Citibike stops operating in Jersey City and Hoboken. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social

NJ folks: tell your state Senators and Assembly members to vote NO on #S4834 and #A6235 tell Sen. #Scutari to hold real hearing where he might discover that this bill would sink #Citibike statewide and cause more people to get into SUVs to deliver #burritos. #NJsenate #NJassembly @kim.senate.gov

Speed Kills: Restricting low-speed e-bikes will lead to more dangerous streets The New Jersey Legislature is currently considering the most restrictive low-speed e-bike laws in the… https://betterblocksnj.org/2025/12/14/speed-kills-restricting-low-speed-e-bikes-will-lead-to-more-dangerous-streets/

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.

are we winning yet? Trump's economic approval hits all-time low www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Turn one level of the BQE into a rapid transit ROW, come off the BQE at Pearl Street. Line runs from ~~36th Street to 2nd Ave to Clinton to the BQE. Cuts down via Pearl to include transfers to the F (York) and A/C (High). Then heads east up Flushing Ave and shoots up to Queens Center.

Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.

May the odds be ever in your favor

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

Hegswth ordered the code red!

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

Great to see @kevinrbing.bsky.social, @glenn-mcan.bsky.social, and the other founders of newly launched Streets PAC NJ come out swinging in Jersey City's mayoral and council races. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/26/o...

Fuck these guys. “The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking back federal aid: the projects aren’t designed for cars.”

Just heard MikeJohnson referred to as the Speaker of the White House, and man is that perfection.

Stay tuned for some news tomorrow from StreetsPAC NJ streetspacnj.org

Like Stephen Miller, Bari Weiss is one of those people I want to sit down and ask, "What do you think happens to you if the people you support get everything they want?"

Perfection. Absolute perfection. I cannot wait for this to become Hudson County, with the upcoming expansion of the turnpike extension.

On Saturday, Borough President Antonio Reynoso and I visited the Summer Street on Eastern Parkway and were asked: where did we fall in love *with* NYC? And where did we fall in love *in* NYC? What are your answers?

GRAND JURY NULLIFICATION! Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

We need to start shining a light on the high crime in red states

Like you I've seen all the pics people post here abt the steady increase of tacky gold crap he keeps adding to the oval office. But somehow it wasn't until I saw this picture that it just hit me. What the actual fuck. Like a Vegas whorehouse.

I have to admit that under the circumstances, “I did 15 months in Iraq while you motherfuckers were in middle school” is absolutely a bar

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.

Today I'm so honored to earn the endorsement of @drichardsqns.bsky.social, who fights for the world's borough every day. We recently rode the Q4 in Jamaica, one of the five bus lines made free in our fare free bus pilot. Ridership jumped 30%, and everyone's commute got a little bit easier.

BREAKING: Federal prosecutors said today they went to a grand jury twice to indict a D.C. woman for assaulting an FBI agent during an arrest by ICE — and were twice rejected. Notably, she faces the same charge as the District's alleged sandwich thrower. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire"

Pragmatic progressives — armed with bread-and-butter proposals to improve the lives of ordinary Americans and an upbeat message of hope — are the future of the Democratic Party. This is a good thing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bread-and-butter-and-hope

Situation on 14th St and W St. NW, with federal agents -- no specific agency identified -- pulling cars over for checks. They arrested a Black woman in this car. BIG crowd of people shouting at police. "Fuck you!" "What is wrong with you!" "You don't need to terrorize people like this!"

Andrew Cuomo is the Rahm Emanuel of Richie Daleys

Car-free and car-lite places = more freedom for kids, yes, but also more freedom for parents!

Yep. New York may not be perfect but it is the ideal.