Eleanor, out of curiosity, do you live in NYC or the metro region?

What are the most pressing legal/regulatory barriers to VPP growth? Are there any places/states that are good models that others can look to?

Wow I cannot believe that giving large numbers of people free license to put on whatever cheap stretch bandanas they are selling at the local corner mart and do crimes without identifying themselves could possibly lead to people simply covering their faces and doing crimes!

You forgot “long workout bc it’s the weekend and I’ll have time,” “clean out closet,” “catch up with some people,” and “go that bakery/cafe I’ve heard so much about.”

Really interesting piece. I’ve been thinking about how fascism usually has an aesthetic element but this one doesn’t… except, it does. Thanks for articulating it so well!

Mt Washington’s murderous impulses also extend to signs and other human structures, let’s all appreciate how weathered this thing is.

I was thinking about something similar, seeing the jubilation—between the halftime show and the final score, the left knows that the authoritarian regime and its supporters were denied the validation they so desperately crave.