Brandi
@brandita.bsky.social
Progressive climate and energy nerd. YIMBY. Intellectual with a dash of basic and hint of dad jokes. (she/her) 🌎🏘🚄🏳️🌈🇺🇦
Or we could just build more houses to increase affordability instead of enslaving us to debt.
Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Or we could just build more houses to increase affordability instead of enslaving us to debt.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Pour one out for the goat! 🐐 Congress won’t be the same without her.
Today, Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi announced that she will not seek reelection and is retiring at the end of her term.
From her time working with Harvey Milk in San Francisco to her tenure as the first female Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is the definition of a champion for equality.
From her time working with Harvey Milk in San Francisco to her tenure as the first female Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is the definition of a champion for equality.
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Pour one out for the goat! 🐐 Congress won’t be the same without her.
This will put trans lives at risk and is just cruel.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation.
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A319
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, ET AL. v. ASHTON ORR, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[November 6, 2025]
This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreievxyvqikl7wmrg5jkqhsrta5l5xfq272x7caunvxka7vtuzp7hoa@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This will put trans lives at risk and is just cruel.
If you put YIMBY policies on the ballot, they win. YIMBY is the silent majority. Congrats NYC!
NEW: ALL FOUR PRO-HOUSING BALLOT QUESTIONS PASS!!!
For the first time, New Yorkers had the chance to choose more housing at the ballot box—and they chose it overwhelmingly. This is a historic victory for housing that will help make NYC more affordable. 🧵
For the first time, New Yorkers had the chance to choose more housing at the ballot box—and they chose it overwhelmingly. This is a historic victory for housing that will help make NYC more affordable. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If you put YIMBY policies on the ballot, they win. YIMBY is the silent majority. Congrats NYC!
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Huge wins for clean energy in Virginia and New Jersey tonight. The Trumpists attacked on electrical costs - and got clobbered. People didn’t like Trump’s braindead effort to take away clean, affordable energy. This ends any talk of retreat on clean energy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Huge wins for clean energy in Virginia and New Jersey tonight. The Trumpists attacked on electrical costs - and got clobbered. People didn’t like Trump’s braindead effort to take away clean, affordable energy. This ends any talk of retreat on clean energy.
You love to see it!
And, as an added bonus, @statenavigate.org is now projecting Dems with 62 seats (out of 100) in the VA House of Delegates (even more amazing when you consider that Dems had only 34 seats heading in to the 2017 elections). Wow, what a night! bluevirginia.us/2025/11/live...
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
You love to see it!
It’s Our Time!
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It’s Our Time!
Congrats Virginia!
They called it! Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia gubernatorial race!
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Congrats Virginia!
My predictions based mostly on vibes:
VA-GOV | 🔵Spanberger +12
LG | 🔵Hashmi +7
AG | 🔵Jones +1
NJ-GOV | 🔵Sherrill +6
NY-Mayor | Mamdani 56%
VA-GOV | 🔵Spanberger +12
LG | 🔵Hashmi +7
AG | 🔵Jones +1
NJ-GOV | 🔵Sherrill +6
NY-Mayor | Mamdani 56%
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My predictions based mostly on vibes:
VA-GOV | 🔵Spanberger +12
LG | 🔵Hashmi +7
AG | 🔵Jones +1
NJ-GOV | 🔵Sherrill +6
NY-Mayor | Mamdani 56%
VA-GOV | 🔵Spanberger +12
LG | 🔵Hashmi +7
AG | 🔵Jones +1
NJ-GOV | 🔵Sherrill +6
NY-Mayor | Mamdani 56%
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Crazy how much some media has normalized the idea that voters are taking a risk if they elect governors/mayors who will defy Trump. That he’ll threaten their funding, etc.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Crazy how much some media has normalized the idea that voters are taking a risk if they elect governors/mayors who will defy Trump. That he’ll threaten their funding, etc.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
A complete perversion of our republic just like cancelling grants to blue states only.
Remember when Obama cancelled funds for NJ after Christie won governorship in 2009? Or when Biden cancelled funds for VA after Youngkin won in 2021?
You can’t remember that, because those things never happened.
What Trump threatens—cancelling funds because of election results—is unprecedented.
You can’t remember that, because those things never happened.
What Trump threatens—cancelling funds because of election results—is unprecedented.
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A complete perversion of our republic just like cancelling grants to blue states only.
The fact that most the mainstream media doesn’t even cover this blatant disregard for democracy is tragic.
Trump has threatened to withhold federal funding and deploy troops if Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City.
How Will Trump Respond to Mamdani’s Election Win? Five Potential Scenarios
www.newsweek.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The fact that most the mainstream media doesn’t even cover this blatant disregard for democracy is tragic.
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
Hey don’t worry if you can’t pay your bills the president has a new throne to sit on while making his tweets!
Trump shows off his White House marble bathroom renovation while his administration withholds food stamp funds
October 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hey don’t worry if you can’t pay your bills the president has a new throne to sit on while making his tweets!
I assumed stayed here meant stayed multiple weeks at a time, visited here means visited and slept over night. Just gotta get those last three!
October 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I assumed stayed here meant stayed multiple weeks at a time, visited here means visited and slept over night. Just gotta get those last three!
My pronouns are ho/me!
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October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My pronouns are ho/me!
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New type of gender now available, housing 🏘️😂
October 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
New type of gender now available, housing 🏘️😂
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Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
Sad there just isn’t enough foot traffic in Silver Spring and this was in corner of downtown that doesn’t get much attention.
Solaire Social will close its doors permanently on Friday, October 24.
Solaire Social Food Hall Closing After 17 Months in Downtown Silver Spring
Solaire Social will close its doors permanently on Friday, October 24.
www.sourceofthespring.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Sad there just isn’t enough foot traffic in Silver Spring and this was in corner of downtown that doesn’t get much attention.
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Mind blowing you can just destroy and rebuild the most historic and iconic building in America without any permits or approvals. Everything else you have to wait years for permits and there is a thousand ways other citizens can stop you.
Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House to build President Trump’s long-desired ballroom — despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing building. https://wapo.st/4hl7jyF
October 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Mind blowing you can just destroy and rebuild the most historic and iconic building in America without any permits or approvals. Everything else you have to wait years for permits and there is a thousand ways other citizens can stop you.
Blue states really just need to start withholding their federal taxes if the government only sends money to red states.
This is just the latest instance in which the Trump admin has used the shutdown to pause or strip money from Democratic-led cities and states. Before today, we counted about $28 billion in halted federal funds (and will be updating as we learn more)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Targets Democratic Districts by Halting Billions During Shutdown
The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Blue states really just need to start withholding their federal taxes if the government only sends money to red states.
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Again, this is a liquidation of the union in all but letter of the law. This is reverse secessionism engineered by a central government.
NEW: White House announces it's going to pause, and potentially cancel, $11 billion in infrastructure funding (via the Army Corps of Engineers), specifically citing cities, like New York, represented or led by Democrats. More to come.
October 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Again, this is a liquidation of the union in all but letter of the law. This is reverse secessionism engineered by a central government.
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It is very exciting to see NJ Transit getting into the game of transit-agency-led development.
The agency controls 8000 acres, and it expects it could create up to 20,000 residential units on these. www.njtransit.com/press-releas...
The agency controls 8000 acres, and it expects it could create up to 20,000 residential units on these. www.njtransit.com/press-releas...
NJ Transit's "LAND" plan (Leverage Assets for Non-farebox Dollars) envisions up to 2,000 new homes on acres owned by the agency adjacent to Secaucus Junction station. This example is raised as one possible 'collaborative opportunity'. Full report here: content.njtransit.com/sites/defaul...
October 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It is very exciting to see NJ Transit getting into the game of transit-agency-led development.
The agency controls 8000 acres, and it expects it could create up to 20,000 residential units on these. www.njtransit.com/press-releas...
The agency controls 8000 acres, and it expects it could create up to 20,000 residential units on these. www.njtransit.com/press-releas...