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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 10h

This is the big fight other than health care. Will Congress acquiesce to Trump seizing the power to de-purse?

Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 10h

No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.

Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.

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Julian Frost @serviceurbanisme.bsky.social · 14h

More AIA local chapters should be doing ambitious reports/guidebooks like this!

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 15h

missed this but the first case study in the NYC quality affordable housing guidebook - it's a twinned point access block by RKTB Architects

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 15h

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Nick Thorn @nickjthorn.com · 2d

There’s no more innovation happening at Tesla and this effort to make a more affordable EV is just silly.

Car and Driver @caranddriver.bsky.social · 4d

Tesla clipped a bit from range, power, and the features list in order to shave thousands off each model's window sticker.

Base Models Are Back! Tesla Unveils Standard Versions of Model Y, Model 3

Tesla clipped a bit from range, power, and the features list in order to shave thousands off each model's window sticker.

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The Athletic | F1 @theathletic-f1.bsky.social · 3d

Carlos Sainz has criticised the sport’s broadcast coverage during the Singapore Grand Prix for missing key race action and focusing on “famous people and girlfriends”.

More from @alirampling.bsky.social ⤵️

🔗 theathletic.com/6700165/?sou...

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

BREAKING: Authorities have made an arrest in connection with the deadly January wildfire that destroyed the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, AP source says.

Authorities make an arrest related to deadly January wildfire that leveled LA neighborhood

Authorities have made an arrest in connection with the deadly January wildfire that destroyed the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.

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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 3d

An arrest has been made in the Palisades Fire, one of the most catastrophic fires in US history. Thousands of homes in my community were destroyed, mine was damaged & many lives were lost. He set the fire on 1/1 which simmered on the ground until the massive winds blew it into action a wk later.

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 4d

I can't stop thinking about this. We're pursuing zero fire risk in multifam, while tolerating much more in single-fam. People respond by building and living in single-fam, where they're exposed to not only one of the highest fire death risks in the developed world, but also TONS more car crash risk

Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 4d

Love this new report on buildings' relative fire safety from @alexhrwtz.bsky.social and Pew colleagues.

www.pew.org/en/research-...

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 4d

The idea of a U.S. president, all on his own, levying taxes and appropriating revenue would have been entirely alien to the framers.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

“.. there is the question of how the bond market will react to tariff revenue being redirected away from lowering the deficit.”

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4d

Trump's tweet that Portland is "war ravaged" just backfired. A Trump-picked judge cited it in blocking National Guard deployment to Portland, declaring him "untethered from facts."

On the pod, Oregon AG Dan Rayfield illuminatingly explains the ruling and what's next:
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Trump’s Own Tweet on Portland Backfires as Judge Deals Him Harsh Loss

As a judge’s blunt ruling blocks Trump from deploying troops in Portland, Oregon’s Attorney General tells us in an interview that Trump’s lawless threats are working against him—and discusses what com...

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Nick Thorn @nickjthorn.com · 4d

Leaf blowers before 8am should be a crime.

Nick Thorn @nickjthorn.com · 5d

That plan is a thing of beauty. 🥰😮‍💨👍

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

that said, if you need a comment about this shit, my contact info is in my bio.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

i could write a tome about how fucking embarrassing it is for journalism that someone as morally bankrupt as bari weiss has ascended to the highest levels of money and power by tickling trump's balls but instead i'm going to keep covering the people hurt most by his terror and giving them a voice.

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 6d

My ebike is speed and power regulated from the factory because lawmakers see it as a safety threat to people in cities if left unchecked.

Shabazz Stuart @shabazzstuart.bsky.social · 6d

Today on Flatbush/Clarkson. This kind of wreckage should not be possible on residential streets.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

Pritzker says the Trump admin is about to deploy the National Guard in Chicago.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Nick Thorn @nickjthorn.com · 8d

Bikes, Blues, & BBQ has got to be my least favorite weekend of the entire year as a resident of Northwest Arkansas.

Even though it’s in Rogers, the obnoxious bikes and their owners still manage to take over Fayetteville and it’s just the worst.

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Nick Thorn @nickjthorn.com · 8d

Mike Johnson is a coward.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 8d

Speaker Johnson canceled House session again. They will be gone all next week.

Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., who was elected on Sept. 23, still hasn’t been sworn in. She will be signature #218 (the magic number) to defy Mike Johnson & Donald Trump and force a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Robert Wilonsky @robertwilonsky.bsky.social · 8d

Dallas City Hall would greatly appreciate it if you could take this financial fiasco off its hands. I walked around 7800 N. Stemmons so you don't have to. And I really don't think the likely teardown is worth $29 million. Or $14 million. Or 20 bucks.

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Wilonsky: Now you can own Dallas City Hall’s $29M (and counting) blunder on Stemmons

City Hall is finally selling The Worst Building in Dallas — and, no, I don’t mean the decaying, leaking, sinking Dallas City Hall. Not yet, anyway. No, I’m...

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 9d

You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.

Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.

www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...

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Nick Thorn @nickjthorn.com · 10d

I will delete all Meta apps and abandon my accounts if they make this the default for the app going forward. I barely tolerate it with the iPad app. Talk about enshittification of an app and an entire social network. 🤬👎

The Verge @theverge.com · 10d

Instagram tests opening right onto Reels

Reels and DMs would be the first two tabs in the app.

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Nick Thorn @nickjthorn.com · 10d

If I were to be granted a set of wishes by a magical genie, I think eliminating all gas-powered yard equipment might be the first wish I use.

Tab Combs @drtcombs.bsky.social · 10d

It's 70 degrees, breezy, and my childhood hero died today. I need to be outside more now than ever.

But there is a leaf on some grass a quarter mile away and for that we must all suffer.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10d

Minnesota: Split bipartisan legislature.

Kept the government open. Invested in improving lives. Responsible budget cuts.

Washington: Republicans control House, Senate, Oval Office.

Government shutdown. Driving up health care costs by thousands. Skyrocketing national debt.

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 10d

They violated ethics laws?! You don’t say!

NPR @npr.org · 10d

Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.

Trump administration uses taxpayer dollars to blame Democrats for government shutdown

Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11d

"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"

That's it. That's the whole story.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 11d

Yes. (And still getting "standoff" BS and "who will blink first" and "who will voters blame" from news.)

Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency

They're in command. It's on them.

OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 11d

I do not understand why they cannot get the headlines right.

Just follow the gop playbook!

“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”

As nauseum.

Don’t lead with the nuance.

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