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Gautam
@gautammani.bsky.social
· Jan 23
I've never understood "the night is always darkest just before the dawn." The night is always darkest in the middle of the night. We're a long way from dawn, and I think we are still a long way from the middle of the night.
But the dawn will come.
But the dawn will come.
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Guy who becomes an upzoning urbanist just so ICE doesn’t have any local parking lots to stage their raids in.
January 8, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Guy who becomes an upzoning urbanist just so ICE doesn’t have any local parking lots to stage their raids in.
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for fucking decades i've had to listen to right wingers jerk off to their fantasies of masked federal agents turning their guns on innocent Americans and then the moment it actually happens they're sniveling boot-licking scum
January 8, 2026 at 12:42 AM
for fucking decades i've had to listen to right wingers jerk off to their fantasies of masked federal agents turning their guns on innocent Americans and then the moment it actually happens they're sniveling boot-licking scum
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The same people who spent yesterday, and the past five years, insisting a Black police officer who shot an insurrectionist breaking into the Capitol should be prosecuted are today bending over backwards to defend an ICE agent who shot a woman in her car in cold blood.
Scum.
Scum.
January 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
The same people who spent yesterday, and the past five years, insisting a Black police officer who shot an insurrectionist breaking into the Capitol should be prosecuted are today bending over backwards to defend an ICE agent who shot a woman in her car in cold blood.
Scum.
Scum.
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Renee Nicole Good was 37. She was murdered by an ICE agent in the street in broad daylight. What really happened to her will not be forgotten, minimized, or ignored.
January 7, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Renee Nicole Good was 37. She was murdered by an ICE agent in the street in broad daylight. What really happened to her will not be forgotten, minimized, or ignored.
The usual 1st Amendment folks are awfully quiet this afternoon.
January 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM
The usual 1st Amendment folks are awfully quiet this afternoon.
Being shot to death vs. not by your government seems like a "kitchen table" issue to me.
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Being shot to death vs. not by your government seems like a "kitchen table" issue to me.
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"This is a program that has been successful no matter how you measure it."
January 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"This is a program that has been successful no matter how you measure it."
In a better country, tomorrow would be a national day of remembrance for putting down (however temporarily) a violent insurrection against our republic.
January 5, 2026 at 10:50 PM
In a better country, tomorrow would be a national day of remembrance for putting down (however temporarily) a violent insurrection against our republic.
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Today is the day that Donald Trump truly became president.
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Today is the day that Donald Trump truly became president.
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It's so fucking refreshing, and so fucking cool, to see a politician that loves the city he lives in and represents. Cities are the Real America. Both in practice and in the ideal.
Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?
January 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
It's so fucking refreshing, and so fucking cool, to see a politician that loves the city he lives in and represents. Cities are the Real America. Both in practice and in the ideal.
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Did you catch how Mayor Mamdani put DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn center stage at his own inauguration? That's a real symbol of his commitment to livable streets: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/31/m...
Mamdani Picks Mike Flynn for DOT Commissioner — And Put Him Center Stage at his Swearing In - Streetsblog New York City
Who is Mike Flynn, Mayor-elect Mamdani's apparent pick to be the city's next Department of Transportation Commissioner?
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 1, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Did you catch how Mayor Mamdani put DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn center stage at his own inauguration? That's a real symbol of his commitment to livable streets: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/31/m...
Impeach Pam Bondi tonight.
December 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Impeach Pam Bondi tonight.
Good on you, Governor.
Breaking News: Gov. Kathy Hochul said she would sign a bill that will allow terminally ill New Yorkers to end their lives. Eleven states and several countries in Europe have passed similar laws. nyti.ms/48U2kkE
December 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Good on you, Governor.
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State lawmakers are restricting access to safe & affordable mobility options while not actually solving any safety problems.
Add your name and tell Trenton to hit the brakes on this bad e-bike bill! actionnetwork.org/letters/save...
Add your name and tell Trenton to hit the brakes on this bad e-bike bill! actionnetwork.org/letters/save...
Save Low-Speed E-Bikes! Stop S4834 / A6235
In just a single month, a new bill requiring a drivers license, registration, and insurance to ride the lowest-speed e-bikes has been racing through the legislature, despite unanimous opposition from ...
actionnetwork.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
State lawmakers are restricting access to safe & affordable mobility options while not actually solving any safety problems.
Add your name and tell Trenton to hit the brakes on this bad e-bike bill! actionnetwork.org/letters/save...
Add your name and tell Trenton to hit the brakes on this bad e-bike bill! actionnetwork.org/letters/save...
I've always been a fan of Ben Rhodes.
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I've always been a fan of Ben Rhodes.
My take on TN-7 right now is that you would rather be Van Epps, but very slightly.
Trump continues to be a huge poison pill when he is not on the ballot.
Trump continues to be a huge poison pill when he is not on the ballot.
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
My take on TN-7 right now is that you would rather be Van Epps, but very slightly.
Trump continues to be a huge poison pill when he is not on the ballot.
Trump continues to be a huge poison pill when he is not on the ballot.
I've often referred to the Afghanistan War as a multigenerational ruin, and that statement tragically continues to ring true.
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I've often referred to the Afghanistan War as a multigenerational ruin, and that statement tragically continues to ring true.
Where is Amy Gleason, the ostensible Acting Administrator of DOGE, then?
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Where is Amy Gleason, the ostensible Acting Administrator of DOGE, then?
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one thing i think is true is that republicans assumed that democrats would not respond in kind and that the forceful pushback spooked them (a lesson to learn here, perhaps)
Trump's corrupt scheme to rig 2026 is suddenly falling apart:
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
Trump’s Plot to Rig 2026 Is Falling Apart, and Boy Is He Mad About It
As the Trump-GOP scheme to gerrymander the midterms suddenly faces big new setbacks, a Democratic operative who’s leading in these fights explains why the battle isn’t over—and what must happen now.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
one thing i think is true is that republicans assumed that democrats would not respond in kind and that the forceful pushback spooked them (a lesson to learn here, perhaps)
The media as a whole has had a strong pro-Trump bias since the day he descended the escalator in 2015.
Another thing this email trove has convinced me of is that NYT has been actively and consciously helping Trump since 2015. It wasn't just casual sexism, double standards, and political reporting Kayfabe. They were doing catch and kill
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The media as a whole has had a strong pro-Trump bias since the day he descended the escalator in 2015.
Great journalistic integrity by Michael Wolff holding on to this info for six years.
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Great journalistic integrity by Michael Wolff holding on to this info for six years.
Decision Desk HQ, et tu?
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,346 votes.
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Decision Desk HQ, et tu?
Congestion pricing *and* New Zealand. Together.
I am going to be even more fun at parties now than I have been over the past five years.
I am going to be even more fun at parties now than I have been over the past five years.
New Zealand's transport minister knows that congestion pricing's popularity always rises:
"[Once] benefits start to flow in terms of smoother journey times, reduced traffic at peak times, smog goes down, safety improves, people go 'this is fantastic,' and immediately public opinion turns around."
"[Once] benefits start to flow in terms of smoother journey times, reduced traffic at peak times, smog goes down, safety improves, people go 'this is fantastic,' and immediately public opinion turns around."
Legislation allowing congestion charging passes third reading in Parliament
The Bill establishes a framework permitting local authorities to set up a congestion charging scheme, by notifying NZTA.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Congestion pricing *and* New Zealand. Together.
I am going to be even more fun at parties now than I have been over the past five years.
I am going to be even more fun at parties now than I have been over the past five years.
I listened to this so you don't have to, and it made me want to permanently puncture my eardrum.
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I listened to this so you don't have to, and it made me want to permanently puncture my eardrum.