Shane Phillips
@shanedphillips.bsky.social
Housing guy. Researcher at UCLA Lewis Center, host of UCLA Housing Voice Podcast, author of The Affordable City, resident of Los Angeles.
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1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
January 17, 2026 at 10:24 AM
1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
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It's truly difficult to think of a more pathetic picture than this in American presidential history.
January 16, 2026 at 3:02 AM
It's truly difficult to think of a more pathetic picture than this in American presidential history.
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US government's policy toward the Big 3 automakers—encouraging them to invest in massive, US-only SUVs & trucks, now encouraging them to underinvest in EVs—has reinforced their global irrelevance.
Ford sold 33% fewer vehicles worldwide in 2024 than 2015! GM sold 40% fewer vehicles!
Ford sold 33% fewer vehicles worldwide in 2024 than 2015! GM sold 40% fewer vehicles!
January 15, 2026 at 8:03 PM
US government's policy toward the Big 3 automakers—encouraging them to invest in massive, US-only SUVs & trucks, now encouraging them to underinvest in EVs—has reinforced their global irrelevance.
Ford sold 33% fewer vehicles worldwide in 2024 than 2015! GM sold 40% fewer vehicles!
Ford sold 33% fewer vehicles worldwide in 2024 than 2015! GM sold 40% fewer vehicles!
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NEWS: A federal judge found that ICE had repeatedly retaliated against peaceful protesters in unconstitutional ways — and barred agents involved in Minnesota's "Operation Metro Surge" from using similar tactics and force.
w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 17, 2026 at 1:55 AM
NEWS: A federal judge found that ICE had repeatedly retaliated against peaceful protesters in unconstitutional ways — and barred agents involved in Minnesota's "Operation Metro Surge" from using similar tactics and force.
w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
It's so strange how a political party can believe we shouldn't teach the bad parts of American history and at the same time be motivated almost entirely by grievance against what they see as the bad parts of America.
January 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM
It's so strange how a political party can believe we shouldn't teach the bad parts of American history and at the same time be motivated almost entirely by grievance against what they see as the bad parts of America.
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The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
Interesting observation of declining MPG of gas-powered vehicles as they age, something I wasn't aware of. Among other things, it puts concerns about battery capacity degradation in a rather different light. And I don't think combustion engines are typically recycled. old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
[OC] My trucks sinusoidal, slowly decreasing gas mileage over the past ~7.5 years
Data tracked initially on a notebook and then later directly in Apple Numbers using a shortcut. Plotted using Apple Numbers. Very consitent...
old.reddit.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Interesting observation of declining MPG of gas-powered vehicles as they age, something I wasn't aware of. Among other things, it puts concerns about battery capacity degradation in a rather different light. And I don't think combustion engines are typically recycled. old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
Fox News response to:
Verbal assault: 🤯😡🤬
Literal murder: 🤗🫡😎
Verbal assault: 🤯😡🤬
Literal murder: 🤗🫡😎
January 15, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Fox News response to:
Verbal assault: 🤯😡🤬
Literal murder: 🤗🫡😎
Verbal assault: 🤯😡🤬
Literal murder: 🤗🫡😎
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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Trump is selling seized Venezuelan oil and putting the cash in a bank account in Qatar. Nothing to see here. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Trump is selling seized Venezuelan oil and putting the cash in a bank account in Qatar. Nothing to see here. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
They've blatantly lied about so many cases at this point, why would we ever trust a claim like this?
federal officials are now claiming that Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, "suffered internal bleeding"
ICE agent involved in shooting of Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials claim
abcnews.go.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:25 AM
They've blatantly lied about so many cases at this point, why would we ever trust a claim like this?
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It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
January 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM
It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.
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Nobody wants apartments in Altadena except the people who would sell the lots, the people who would build the apartments, and the people who would live there.
If nobody wanted it, of course, there’d be no reason to make it illegal!
If nobody wanted it, of course, there’d be no reason to make it illegal!
Nobody wants a tenement in Altadena.
January 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Nobody wants apartments in Altadena except the people who would sell the lots, the people who would build the apartments, and the people who would live there.
If nobody wanted it, of course, there’d be no reason to make it illegal!
If nobody wanted it, of course, there’d be no reason to make it illegal!
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
Very strange that LADWP's rebate program for high-efficiencly appliances, thermostats, etc. also applies to TVs. I have to assume almost no one actually claims it since it's so small, but in that case why even have it?
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Very strange that LADWP's rebate program for high-efficiencly appliances, thermostats, etc. also applies to TVs. I have to assume almost no one actually claims it since it's so small, but in that case why even have it?
Can anyone clarify for me? Seattle adopted a comprehensive plan that, as I understand it, allows 3-4 stories and 8-10 units on a standard 5k sqft lot on most of the residentially-zoned land of the city. How much remains to be done before those projects can actually be built?
January 6, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Can anyone clarify for me? Seattle adopted a comprehensive plan that, as I understand it, allows 3-4 stories and 8-10 units on a standard 5k sqft lot on most of the residentially-zoned land of the city. How much remains to be done before those projects can actually be built?
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SAID WE ARE IN CONTROL OF VENEZUELA
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wasn't congressional authorization necessary?
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
January 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SAID WE ARE IN CONTROL OF VENEZUELA
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People wondering whether the US is going to be able to "run the country" of Venezuela at "no cost" might like to remind themselves it's a place one-third *larger* than Afghanistan, the running of which cost the US $2,260,000,000,000. (That's $2.26 trillion).
January 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM
People wondering whether the US is going to be able to "run the country" of Venezuela at "no cost" might like to remind themselves it's a place one-third *larger* than Afghanistan, the running of which cost the US $2,260,000,000,000. (That's $2.26 trillion).
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Rep. Seth Moulton comes on CNN and starts by saying: "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading / occupying / running Venezuela does not solve any of them."
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Rep. Seth Moulton comes on CNN and starts by saying: "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading / occupying / running Venezuela does not solve any of them."
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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also every website in america already has the infrastructure to do this in place, because its a legal requirement in calfiornia. they just turn it off for non-californians so they have to call instead.
i think it should be illegal for the boston globe to allow me to sign up for an subscription online but then make me call and speak with multiple people just to cancel the subscription.
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
also every website in america already has the infrastructure to do this in place, because its a legal requirement in calfiornia. they just turn it off for non-californians so they have to call instead.
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🚨 A bill has been pre-filed in #waleg that would require the state building code council to legalize scissor stairs for more residential buildings. 🚨
#HB2228 is sponsored by Reps. Zahn and Duerr.
More info: app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...
#HB2228 is sponsored by Reps. Zahn and Duerr.
More info: app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...
January 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
🚨 A bill has been pre-filed in #waleg that would require the state building code council to legalize scissor stairs for more residential buildings. 🚨
#HB2228 is sponsored by Reps. Zahn and Duerr.
More info: app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...
#HB2228 is sponsored by Reps. Zahn and Duerr.
More info: app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...