Barry Zigas
@barryzigas.bsky.social
Long time affordable housing advocate and policy wonk. Proud grandfather, parent and husband living in San Francisco.
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Hopefully this unprofessional and shabby treatment, while not surprising, will provoke the attorneys to overcome understandable hesitation and spill the beams about this DOJ and events surrounding their decision.
Hopefully this unprofessional and shabby treatment, while not surprising, will provoke the attorneys to overcome understandable hesitation and spill the beams about this DOJ and events surrounding their decision.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Hopefully this unprofessional and shabby treatment, while not surprising, will provoke the attorneys to overcome understandable hesitation and spill the beams about this DOJ and events surrounding their decision.
Hopefully this unprofessional and shabby treatment, while not surprising, will provoke the attorneys to overcome understandable hesitation and spill the beams about this DOJ and events surrounding their decision.
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I mean, true.
John Cassidy: Powell put to shame heads of law firms, universities & public companies who have caved to the White House. He demonstrated that, at least in economic arena, there are still some institutional constraints that Trump cannot sweep aside, or not easily. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Jay Powell, the Prepster Banker Who Is Standing Up to Trump
The seventy-two-year-old Fed chairman put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I mean, true.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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Trump apparently only supports the "Noem-Bondi Doctrine" of repression and intolerance for dissent here at home.
Trump apparently only supports the "Noem-Bondi Doctrine" of repression and intolerance for dissent here at home.
Trump promises ‘help is on its way’ and tells Iranians to ‘keep protesting’
US president gives clearest signal yet that he might take military action against Tehran over killing of demonstrators
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January 13, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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Trump apparently only supports the "Noem-Bondi Doctrine" of repression and intolerance for dissent here at home.
Trump apparently only supports the "Noem-Bondi Doctrine" of repression and intolerance for dissent here at home.
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70% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
January 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
70% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
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Having trouble wrapping my mind around this Admin willing to go to war with another country for shooting demonstrators while, you know.
Having trouble wrapping my mind around this Admin willing to go to war with another country for shooting demonstrators while, you know.
Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue
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January 11, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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Having trouble wrapping my mind around this Admin willing to go to war with another country for shooting demonstrators while, you know.
Having trouble wrapping my mind around this Admin willing to go to war with another country for shooting demonstrators while, you know.
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Like the January 6th violent insurrectionists.
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Like the January 6th violent insurrectionists.
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This week: we execute a U.S. citizen.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
January 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This week: we execute a U.S. citizen.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
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Kristi Noem calling the victim’s actions “domestic terrorism” is propaganda. Full stop. I served as a White House homeland security advisor. I know what that designation means & when it’s misused. A U.S. citizen is dead. She was a mom. This is what ICE impunity looks like. It cannot be normalized.
This Was Inevitable. And It Is Unforgivable. ICE Owns This.
A warning ignored. A life lost. This cannot become routine.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Kristi Noem calling the victim’s actions “domestic terrorism” is propaganda. Full stop. I served as a White House homeland security advisor. I know what that designation means & when it’s misused. A U.S. citizen is dead. She was a mom. This is what ICE impunity looks like. It cannot be normalized.
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Expertly done by Mehdi. Worth the watch.
The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
January 7, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Expertly done by Mehdi. Worth the watch.
Trump is doing imperialism the right way.
ITKYK
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January 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Trump is doing imperialism the right way.
ITKYK
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Trump blue light special -- pardon and release one convicted SA drug lord, indict and kidnap another.
January 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Trump blue light special -- pardon and release one convicted SA drug lord, indict and kidnap another.
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try to make sense of it
So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:46 PM
try to make sense of it
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He legit just pardoned the president of Honduras for drug trafficking but now Maduro is going to stand trial for “narco terrorism.” This all makes a lot of sense and definitely isn’t about oil.
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
He legit just pardoned the president of Honduras for drug trafficking but now Maduro is going to stand trial for “narco terrorism.” This all makes a lot of sense and definitely isn’t about oil.
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Isn’t it odd that when a member of an immigrant ethnic group commits a crime, right-wing white guys want to deport the entire group, but when a right-wing white guy commits a crime, the other right-wing white guys don’t volunteer to deport themselves.
January 1, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Isn’t it odd that when a member of an immigrant ethnic group commits a crime, right-wing white guys want to deport the entire group, but when a right-wing white guy commits a crime, the other right-wing white guys don’t volunteer to deport themselves.
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Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”
December 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”
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Surely this will bring the cost of housing down.🙄
ICE raids appear to be 100% responsible for the current housing crunch in south Texas. Indeed, they have brought residential construction to an end.
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
www.texastribune.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Surely this will bring the cost of housing down.🙄
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This is huge danger!
The DOJ is trying to get all your individualized voter data (including SS number, DOB, current and previous addresses, voting records, etc.) in order to intimidate and undermine elections. Please listen to this and re-post on all your social media. Email this video to you friends & family members.
“Five alarm fire!” Justice Department wages WAR with shock move
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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December 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is huge danger!
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Hey, NYTimes...how about some pieces from diners in Black neighborhoods who are losing their representation in TX and elsewhere because Trump said "Jump" and they said "how high"?
Hey, NYTimes...how about some pieces from diners in Black neighborhoods who are losing their representation in TX and elsewhere because Trump said "Jump" and they said "how high"?
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Hey, NYTimes...how about some pieces from diners in Black neighborhoods who are losing their representation in TX and elsewhere because Trump said "Jump" and they said "how high"?
Hey, NYTimes...how about some pieces from diners in Black neighborhoods who are losing their representation in TX and elsewhere because Trump said "Jump" and they said "how high"?
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These ingrates should man up. The tax is a fraction of their wealth. CA has been very, very good to them. Time to return the favor and stop whining.
These ingrates should man up. The tax is a fraction of their wealth. CA has been very, very good to them. Time to return the favor and stop whining.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
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December 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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These ingrates should man up. The tax is a fraction of their wealth. CA has been very, very good to them. Time to return the favor and stop whining.
These ingrates should man up. The tax is a fraction of their wealth. CA has been very, very good to them. Time to return the favor and stop whining.
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We see you, and we thank you.
December 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We see you, and we thank you.
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Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein