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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 12h

This didn’t happen to us, it happened because of us.

Failed 70s & 80s policies restricted what we could build and where, choking our housing supply and leaving too few options for people at every stage of life.

We can fix this, if we’re willing to act with urgency today.

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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 1d

Are you suggesting dedicated motorized bike and scooter lanes? In addition to non motorized bike lanes?

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents shot a U.S. citizen Saturday on Chicago’s South Side
They are creating chaos
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Federal agents shoot woman in Chicago neighborhood after allegedly being rammed, boxed in by cars, DHS says

The woman, as well as a man whom authorities say was involved in the chaos, were facing charges Sunday morning.

www.cbsnews.com

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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently they blocked me too. I think it’s reflective of how much they want to work in the shadows. I do think they deserve serious public scrutiny.

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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 2d

lol. Totally predictable

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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 2d

I think Democrats should just stop answering these questionnaires. Take your case to the voters. Answering questions like these is opening yourself to being misunderstood & removes judgement and nuance. open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...

The groups have learned nothing

We got the League of Conservation Voters’ endorsement questionnaire and it’s bad.

open.substack.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

“Catherine Rampell is joining The Bulwark, where she will write a weekly economics and policy-focused newsletter while contributing to the company’s podcasts and YouTube channels.

‘Catherine is one of the best…We’re beyond thrilled she’s decided to join us.’”

www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Washington Post economics columnist moves to The Bulwark

Catherine Rampell will write a weekly economics and policy-focused newsletter for the anti-Trump media brand.

www.semafor.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

Sen. Adam Schiff: "The Republican U.S. Attorney in Virginia refused to go forward with the prosecution of James Comey because he thought it lacked evidence. They fired him and replaced him with a personal lawyer of the president, an insurance lawyer, to seek these charges."

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 4d

“The Life of a Showgirl” is the sound of an overworked entertainer reaching the mountaintop to find something worse than disappointment: burnout. Spencer Kornhaber on Taylor Swift’s latest album:

Taylor Swift’s Burnout Era

The singer has everything she ever wanted—her new album suggests that it’s all sort of a drag.

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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 5d

The Trump Administration’s “Compact of Excellence” for Universities is... far from excellent! Indeed, it’s unconstitutional. In this post, let me count the ways.

blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...

The Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine and the Compact for Excellence

Members of the Trump administration love to say that federal funding is a privilege not a right and therefore something that can be granted or withheld based on changing administrative priorities.

blog.dividedargument.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5d

look at the map here -- more than 2000 protests planned already...

www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 5d

One of the great comedians -Thanks for so many laughs over so many years

Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 5d

Early autumn transit look

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 5d

"This isn’t happening simply because of the wishes of one man. Many individuals are acting to effectuate these injustices and abuses. Many others are supporting their efforts in various ways. Many more are going along. And millions more are cheering them along."

www.thebulwark.com/p/a-prayer-f...

A Prayer for Our Country

And a reminder that here on earth, ‘God's work must truly be our own.’

www.thebulwark.com

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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 5d

Good news for #mapoli.

Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 5d

Conservative @globeopinion.bsky.social columnist Carine Hajjar is leaving to take a job with @postopinions.bsky.social. www.thedailybeast.com/jeff-bezos-w...

Bezos’ Washington Post Hires New MAGA-Friendly Columnists

They will work for its new opinion editor who admits its readers are “overwhelmingly liberal.”

www.thedailybeast.com

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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 5d

Another defeat of MAGA NIMBYs trying to prevent adoption of MBTA communities act in #mapoli as reported by @gintautasd.bsky.social

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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 5d

I have learned a new & highly useful acronym.

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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 5d

If you think that the cancellation of research in “Democratic states” has no impact on people in Red States then you don’t know how the process works. Don’t buy into a superficial understanding of the consequences of these actions.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

BREAKING: Britain appointed Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been named leader of the Church of England in the 1,400 year history of the role reut.rs/46RSbE6

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 5d

“When I feel scared, I look to history. I wish there were a secret playbook with all the answers – but there never has been. The only thing that has ever worked – time and time again – is solidarity: binding together, finding bravery in numbers too big to ignore, and standing up for one another.”

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5d

. @janefonda.com is so inspirational

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era

In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

www.theguardian.com

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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 6d

Eisenhower didn’t send Americans to war in order to defend this mean spirited abuse of federal power.

KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 6d

BREAKING: The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword

The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

www.kcur.org

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6d

Alongside the norm-shattering, law-flouting, and witchcraft-embracing politics of Trump 2.0 is the moral injury this administration is inflicting.

Everything Is Awful. And It’s Changing Us.

It’s great that Disney is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back—but is it too late?

www.thebulwark.com

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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 6d

Join us next Wednesday for a webinar with @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social and @publicenterprise.bsky.social to learn how the shape, type and speed of investment can improve service outcomes and affordability for transit and passenger rail projects. actionnetwork.org/events/trans...

Full Steam Ahead: Funding Transformational Transit

Transit and passenger rail investment in the United States struggles for adequate investment. Despite some improvements in top line figures for transit and passenger rail, federal and state transporta...

actionnetwork.org

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NBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 6d

Oscar-winning actor and progressive activist Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, a free speech initiative originally spearheaded by her father, Hollywood icon Henry Fonda, in response to the rise of McCarthyism in the 1940s. on.nbcboston.com/HvVc58L

Jane Fonda relaunches her father's McCarthy-era free speech initiative

The Committee for the First Amendment was originally formed by Henry Fonda in 1947.

on.nbcboston.com

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t dedicate your life to frying people’s brains with hacking human weakness for compulsive behaviors.

www.slowboring.com/p/capitalism...

Capitalism needs honor and ethics

Don’t dedicate your life to scams, slop, and the exploitation of compulsion.

www.slowboring.com

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