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Our Democratic elected officials are not rising to this moment so most of them must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
January 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Our Democratic elected officials are not rising to this moment so most of them must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
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America has a housing shortage. Every single housing proposal you see that is not "build more housing" will have the primary effect of pushing up the prices of existing housing, and is therefore, in reality, a plan to enrich current homeowners. In conclusion, build more housing.
President Trump will issue a plan next week for letting Americans tap their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home, a senior White House official said Friday.
Trump Plan Would Let Americans Use 401(k)s for Down Payments on Homes, Official Says
President Trump will issue a plan next week for letting Americans tap their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home, a senior White House official said Friday.
on.wsj.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:11 PM
America has a housing shortage. Every single housing proposal you see that is not "build more housing" will have the primary effect of pushing up the prices of existing housing, and is therefore, in reality, a plan to enrich current homeowners. In conclusion, build more housing.
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one of the things i hate most about this persistent line of argument is the implication that any of these actions would be fine if groceries were cheaper
The White House is laser focused on threatening a military takeover of Greenland.
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
January 7, 2026 at 4:10 PM
one of the things i hate most about this persistent line of argument is the implication that any of these actions would be fine if groceries were cheaper
The older I get, the more I believe all our "safety net" programs should be open to all, with no income or other restrictions.
No. No. No.
Punitive processes make narrowly targeted programs *less* efficient and *more* costly. Because more scrutiny requires more bureaucracy.
Punitive processes also make it *less* likely that people will get aid for which they qualify. Because of the roadblocks and stigma scrutiny creates.
Punitive processes make narrowly targeted programs *less* efficient and *more* costly. Because more scrutiny requires more bureaucracy.
Punitive processes also make it *less* likely that people will get aid for which they qualify. Because of the roadblocks and stigma scrutiny creates.
January 5, 2026 at 3:31 AM
The older I get, the more I believe all our "safety net" programs should be open to all, with no income or other restrictions.
Senate Democrats showing being inconvenienced by air travel issues is more important than healthcare, ICE terrorism and fighting authoritarianism really underlines who they think is important.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Senate Democrats showing being inconvenienced by air travel issues is more important than healthcare, ICE terrorism and fighting authoritarianism really underlines who they think is important.
The last two Mariners losses have felt like a lot of missed opportunities (with one of the greatest moments in team history in between). Hope that isn’t the story tomorrow.
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The last two Mariners losses have felt like a lot of missed opportunities (with one of the greatest moments in team history in between). Hope that isn’t the story tomorrow.
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Anyone who agrees to this is no longer a journalist
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Anyone who agrees to this is no longer a journalist
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I now understand why Mariners fans post every evening like they are dying of kidney stones
September 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I now understand why Mariners fans post every evening like they are dying of kidney stones
I've noticed lately the Seattle Times doesn't like to use actual names in headlines. (Seen a lot of "Mariners player.") This skeet and preview says "indie rockers" 3 times without naming the band.
The Seattle indie rockers are among the top acts at this year's Bumbershoot, where they'll perform on the Fountain Stage on Saturday.
Seattle indie rock stars bring epic new rock opera to Bumbershoot
The Seattle indie rockers are among the top acts at this year's Bumbershoot, where they'll perform on the Fountain Stage on Saturday.
www.seattletimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I've noticed lately the Seattle Times doesn't like to use actual names in headlines. (Seen a lot of "Mariners player.") This skeet and preview says "indie rockers" 3 times without naming the band.
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cash assistance, housing first, permanent supportive housing
everything about homelessness is a choice. we know what works.
everything about homelessness is a choice. we know what works.
BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.
August 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
cash assistance, housing first, permanent supportive housing
everything about homelessness is a choice. we know what works.
everything about homelessness is a choice. we know what works.
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I know I've said that before but I can't get over it. We know how to solve a serious social issue, but we choose not to. Instead we're spending more money to make it worse just to be cruel to people who can't fight back. I don't know how to fix a cultural rot like that.
August 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I know I've said that before but I can't get over it. We know how to solve a serious social issue, but we choose not to. Instead we're spending more money to make it worse just to be cruel to people who can't fight back. I don't know how to fix a cultural rot like that.
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Even if you don't have an ounce of altruism or empathy, and your only goal was to not have to lay eyes on The Untouchable Caste day-to-day, it'd be not only more effective but cheaper to provide housing and social services for unhoused people than to have cops chase them around the city with guns.
August 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Even if you don't have an ounce of altruism or empathy, and your only goal was to not have to lay eyes on The Untouchable Caste day-to-day, it'd be not only more effective but cheaper to provide housing and social services for unhoused people than to have cops chase them around the city with guns.
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Just to level set on this:
What they have experienced are some of the worst things that a government could possibly do to people. There is absolutely nothing that happened here that should have happened. The people responsible for this should have it follow them the rest of their lives.
What they have experienced are some of the worst things that a government could possibly do to people. There is absolutely nothing that happened here that should have happened. The people responsible for this should have it follow them the rest of their lives.
CONFIRMED: Neri Alvarado, the Venezuelan man imprisoned by the Trump admin without due process for 4 months in El Salvador because of bureaucratic errors stemming from his autism awareness tattoo honoring his brother, is FREE.
July 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Just to level set on this:
What they have experienced are some of the worst things that a government could possibly do to people. There is absolutely nothing that happened here that should have happened. The people responsible for this should have it follow them the rest of their lives.
What they have experienced are some of the worst things that a government could possibly do to people. There is absolutely nothing that happened here that should have happened. The people responsible for this should have it follow them the rest of their lives.
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I would like my state, every state, to mandate badges, name plates, no masks, for all law enforcement in the state. And if federal agents try to break the mandate, arrest them, then let the courts sort it out.
June 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I would like my state, every state, to mandate badges, name plates, no masks, for all law enforcement in the state. And if federal agents try to break the mandate, arrest them, then let the courts sort it out.
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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
Kind of wild to go to a night Mariners game, stay for the whole thing and get home before dark.
May 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Kind of wild to go to a night Mariners game, stay for the whole thing and get home before dark.
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my most Gen X coded belief is that cities and the culture at large suffer profoundly for the near-complete death of alt-weeklies
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.
May 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
my most Gen X coded belief is that cities and the culture at large suffer profoundly for the near-complete death of alt-weeklies
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covid threw into high relief how many working class people are absolutely necessary to keeping society functional, and rather than that sparking a renewed commitment to an economy that rewards such workers, we've seen an elite backlash against even modest increases in their market power
May 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
covid threw into high relief how many working class people are absolutely necessary to keeping society functional, and rather than that sparking a renewed commitment to an economy that rewards such workers, we've seen an elite backlash against even modest increases in their market power
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you don’t need to explain the reasons in the replies I promise, but it’s still so dumbfounding that the “we are going to take your money and give it to people who are already richer than you, we have done it before and will do it again” party has ever won a single election
May 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
you don’t need to explain the reasons in the replies I promise, but it’s still so dumbfounding that the “we are going to take your money and give it to people who are already richer than you, we have done it before and will do it again” party has ever won a single election
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Everyone keeps saying that they can't say what they hope happens to the ICE agents who are doing this but I can - they're clearly engaged in gross violations of the law and I want every Democratic candidate from here to infinity to pledge to help prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law
May 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Everyone keeps saying that they can't say what they hope happens to the ICE agents who are doing this but I can - they're clearly engaged in gross violations of the law and I want every Democratic candidate from here to infinity to pledge to help prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law
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Not a profound or nuanced observation, obviously, but I am really struggling with how fucking evil everything is every day. Everything I love and admire about this stupid and amazing country just constantly getting vandalized and brutalized by people who hate all those things. Not digging it.
ICE raid in NJ nets two kebab shop owners here since 2008, have American children and grandchildren; their application for permanent residence, they say, has been under adjudication since 2016. Why are people like this being singled out for arrest other than raw bigotry? patch.com/new-jersey/h...
Support Surges For Haddon Twp. Restaurant Owners Detained By ICE
The husband and wife own and operate Jersey Kebab. Their green card applications are still pending after 9 years, according to their family.
patch.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Not a profound or nuanced observation, obviously, but I am really struggling with how fucking evil everything is every day. Everything I love and admire about this stupid and amazing country just constantly getting vandalized and brutalized by people who hate all those things. Not digging it.
I want so much for those in government to work to make lives better for all people, especially those struggling. It's always been rarer than it should be, and now anything working toward that goal is being destroyed. It wasn't nearly enough, and it'll take so long to get back.
March 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I want so much for those in government to work to make lives better for all people, especially those struggling. It's always been rarer than it should be, and now anything working toward that goal is being destroyed. It wasn't nearly enough, and it'll take so long to get back.
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Statehood for DC on demand and without apology
Senseless pain is about to be afflicted to D.C., a place that has no congressional representation. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
How Congress Could Force $1.1 Billion in Cuts on Washington, D.C.
District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair. The city raises most of its own money but cannot control how it is spent.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Statehood for DC on demand and without apology
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This is the least optimistic about the direction of the country I've felt since Election Day. Democracy can survive almost anything except for an unwillingness to defend it.
March 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is the least optimistic about the direction of the country I've felt since Election Day. Democracy can survive almost anything except for an unwillingness to defend it.
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congress right now has all the power it needs to put an end to MAGA despotism. they just don’t want to. and there is no set of rules you could devise that could overcome that obstacle.
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
congress right now has all the power it needs to put an end to MAGA despotism. they just don’t want to. and there is no set of rules you could devise that could overcome that obstacle.