Tom Corsillo
@tomcorsillo.bsky.social
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Husband, dad to two small humans, public affairs at Marino PR, Fairfield CT Plan & Zoning Commission. 🖤s heavy metal and housing policy.
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"Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored."
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I'd rather make safety nets like free healthcare, free lunch, and rental assistance easy to access for those who need them - at risk of benefitting a handful of people who don't - than to put in place so many "safeguards" that people who need them can't use them.
elmo from sesame street standing in front of a wall
Alt: Elmo shrugging
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It's not a presidency – it's an organized crime takeover of your government.
President Donald Trump and his family have reaped more than $1 billion in crypto cash over the past year, thanks to an industry boom fueled by the administration’s own crypto-friendly policies.
Trump’s Empire Rakes in Over $1B in Colossal Crypto Cash Grab
The president’s son said the true total is “probably more.”
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"A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit."
I have a lot of issues with the Catholic Church, but one thing I appreciated about my Jesuit education was its focus on creating "men for others." We'd all be a lot better off if we put more energy into helping other people.
Today is gonna be exactly the same.
Long live Portland Frog!
WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents
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This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
Cam fucking Schlittler. Remember the name.
The lead opponent actually said in his testimony against the original proposal that if we approved those 18 townhouses, we'd be building future ghettos.
[Trump illegally sends DOJ after political enemies, deploys the military against US citizens, censors media, and extorts private corporations for his personal enrichment]

Schumer and Jeffries: TSK, TSK, sir!
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-Salvadoran man flees MS-13 torture, crosses US border and presents himself to immigration officials.
-Trump admin sends the man to GTMO.
-Man sues for his release.
-Trump admin evades Justice by spiriting the man to Mexico, “where he now may apparently—and imminently—be given to El Salvador.”
This appears to be not exception or mistake, but design. In recent weeks, we have moved
others to third countries only for them to be forwarded to a country we know is likely to torture or
persecute them. Bonilla Alvarez asks this Court to intervene on an emergency basis but, as the
courts before this one have concluded, it does not have jurisdiction to do so.
Is the reason Dem governors and mayors aren't ordering the arrest of ICE agents who are breaking the law bc they fear the possibility their officers would refuse?
He blocked me, but the claim was that YIMBYs are opposed to public housing, which, of course, is false.
My favorite genre of BlueSky is people insisting YIMBYs don't support things that YIMBYs very much do support.
My favorite genre of BlueSky is people insisting YIMBYs don't support things that YIMBYs very much do support.
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We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?
FOX is reporting James Comey has been indicted by a grand jury.
MLB will be like "how can we get more people to watch our games" and then put every fifth game on a random-ass streaming platform and not tell you (except once like six months in advance) so you have to go searching for it like a scavenger hunt.
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I don't personally know a single YIMBY who doesn't advocate for mixed-use TOD. Most YIMBYs I know also advocate for accessory commercial/corner cafes. I suspect I'd have a harder time finding residential-only YIMBYs than what you're looking for. All that to say, good news! They're out there!