Reminder that the World Cup & the Olympics are tryouts for Los Angeles to continue to host mega-events. If those events don’t go well…… 😈

Translation for us normal people: This is going to be a debt-exacerbating disaster that won’t be finished before the Olympics, kicking off a cascade of last-minute crises.

It's really time to start asking these people: okay, great, so which world-class conventions and trade shows are you hoping to get, what is their current attendance, and how are you planning on luring them to LA? And, more importantly, how many hotel room nights have they promised to book?

Eric Sheehan of the @nolympicsla.bsky.social coalition said they expect Trump will send troops into LA in the run-up to the [LA28] Games: “That is an image he would love.” Indeed, Trump has publicly suggested he intends to do just that. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

Los Angeles vowed to host the Olympics without breaking the bank and environment. Can it?

Pretty wild that we did all of this 40 years ago with no rail system and yet everyone is freaking out because our leaders can't possibly envision a world where they can't drive to SoFi

To be clear, no Olympics anywhere can be held without breaking the bank and the environment. LA 28 would be just one more in the series of devastating mega-events.

"political violence is never acceptable," is a phrase you don't hear politicians say after cops beat the shit out of peaceful demonstrators

Tomorrow is the last day to put in your order for NOlympics merch! Get it now!!

Reminder: These are the Epstein Olympics. Casey Wasserman x Donald Trump x All of Their Israel Connections x Scott Blackmun X Steve Bing, the whole set.

The NYT story also doesn't include something I've been hearing more and more from artists and arts organizations in LA — they don't want to be involved with the official Cultural Olympiad at all due to LA28's affiliation with the Trump administration

It's great that the NYT managed to get all these arts leaders on the record expressing their concerns but it's extremely notable that nowhere in the story is there a quote from or even the name of the Cultural Olympiad's director Maria Arena Bell. Why is Casey Wasserman speaking for her?

Bad Bunny, one of the biggest musical artists in the world, said he avoided the US in his tour because he thought ICE would set up ouside his shows.

@nolympicsla.bsky.social has a new blog out: How The Olympics and World Cup Help Fuel Israeli War Crimes in Palestine: The Israeli public-private partnership that runs mega-event security.

Today we are launching a fundraiser to support our organizing. We haven’t made any NOlympics apparel in a while, and we’re excited to offer two new designs today as a part of our drive!!! nolympicsla.com/give

Today we are launching a fundraiser to support our organizing. We haven’t made any NOlympics apparel in a while, and we’re excited to offer two new designs today as a part of our drive!!! nolympicsla.com/give

We wanted to take a moment to recognize FIVE NEW COALITION PARTNERS who have signed onto the NOlympics LA Coalition — Lennox-Inglewood Tenants Union, USC SCALE, Flower Drive Tenants Association, South Central Run Club, and LA Street Care and Mutual Aid!!! @lastreetcare.bsky.social

Who's coming?

sick event you should go to

Trump wants to use the Olympics to turn LA into a police state, but politicians both liberal and conservative have been building a security apparatus to turn LA into a playground for the rich for decades. Join our NSSE Teach-In at @allpowerbooks on Saturday August 16 from 4-6pm.

I was on AirTalk discussing the new @nolympicsla.bsky.social polling on Monday!

It’s time to cancel the Olympics. @nolympicsla.bsky.social

Trump wants to use the Olympics to turn LA into a police state, but politicians both liberal and conservative have been building a security apparatus to turn LA into a playground for the rich for decades. Join our NSSE Teach-In at @allpowerbooks on Saturday August 16 from 4-6pm.

If you’re new to the idea of canceling the Olympics, welcome!! The Olympics are going to destroy our city. We’re already reaping the consequences—broken promises of a “no build” Olympics, the federal security apparatus taking over—come join us @nolympicsla.bsky.social!

I joined @jacobmargolis.bsky.social on AirTalk this morning to talk about LA28's new White House task force, growing concerns about costs, @unitehere11.bsky.social's ballot measure which might require a vote to use city-owned venues, and new public opinion polling by @nolympicsla.bsky.social

My latest @commondreams.org: "The Olympics Is the Last Thing LA Needs as It Deals With Fires & ICE," and a new poll from @nolympicsla.bsky.social shows that Angelenos agree www.commondreams.org/opinion/la-d...

As I said this morning, one of the most important things that this poll points out is how little public opinion polling about the games is being done in LA, especially as our hosting situation has dramatically changed over the last few months

We recently ran a public poll. Here's what we found.

Our Statement on the LA ICE Raids (1/2)

So this is what they meant by "no-build Olympics". No one can build DURING the Olympics, thanks to the Olympic construction moratorium they're passing! Legal justification... it's a holiday? cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkc...

There is no plan.

If only anyone could have predicted this

Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky asks about resources for Olympics planning at today's budget hearings. KYY: "Is there an official strategic plan?" Deputy Mayor Matt Hale: "The investments we're making this year are headed in the direction of developing that plan." In other words, there's no plan

LA: a city that can't afford to keep ANIMAL SHELTERS open ALSO LA: a city that has ponied up TENS OF BILLIONS in PUBLIC RESOURCES for the Olympics ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Pretty on brand for our feeble mayor to launch her 2025 flagship project "Shine LA" on a rainy day. Shine LA (and any Olympic volunteer effort) is a true slap in the face to people who live here.

"We Can't Cancel the Olympics" The City of LA breaks contracts all day, gets sued into oblivion (we pay); LAPD gets sued; their contracts with the city are broken every second of every day. What are we doing?

Cancel the fucking Olympics.

Cancel the Olympics!

Cancel the Olympics

If LA leaders delete all regulations for Olympics developments because the regulators are too busy dealing with homelessness, then delete 35% of the regulators themselves, does that make permitting impossible or unnecessary? Are we entering a golden age of regulation-free prelympic development?!?!

"The Climate Emergency Mobilization Office is proposed for deletion. This Office is working to finalize a $750,000 grant to create the City’s first Heat Action and Resilience Plan. Should this Office be deleted, the grant would need to be forfeited." Public Works: clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2...

"What is currently on the table, however... would force DOD to halt or dramatically reduce key services to the City and the disability community, thereby increasing the City’s overall risk." Disability: clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2025/25-0600_misc_4-22-25(5).pdf

"The proposed eliminations... will result in longer service request times for pothole repairs, reduced street sweeping, tree trimming cycles far below the industry standard, and insufficient personnel to handle emergency response." BSS: clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2025/25-0600_misc_4-22-25(20).pdf

"Many of LADOT’s core services are driven by safety — a singular goal to make our streets safer and provide Angelenos with safer options for travelling. The budget cuts and proposed layoffs threaten this fundamental goal." Transportation: clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2025/25-0600_misc_4-08-25.pdf