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Matt da Silva

@mdasilva.bsky.social

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City planner. Reconstruction Democrat. Housing is good and fascism is bad.

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Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · Jul 26

@idothethinking.bsky.social I put this walk together for an approximate quick circuit of the Jersey City Experience. maps.app.goo.gl/wGgG8NYhySq9...

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 26m

Just saying: if you have any stories about working in Katie Porter's office, my Signal is Emgarcia.85.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 4h

I think if more heartlanders knew how psychotic coastal elites are when it comes to opportunity hoarding for the sake of their kids they’d be militant socialists.

Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 4h

Curious what you think distinguishes the “Old Piedmont” from its adjacent regions.

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Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 4h

Houston on the Hudson

Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 4h

R-1 in Newark is a legit large lot single family district too - it’s. Currently mapped onto parts of Forest Hill, Weequahic, and Clinton Hill.

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Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 1d

One man’s “in town” is another man’s quiet suburb.

Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 1d

My hot take is the NEC should be under the ownership of a standalone agency and answerable to a board with representatives from all of its tenants, of which Amtrak would be just one.

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Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 1d

How is this something you can’t do now?

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Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 1d

“Today on TMNT, the turtles attempt to take the PATH on a weekend!”

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 2d

I feel like "objective reality exists and we can experience it" is one of the strongest points of agreement for the left-liberal coalition at this point.

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Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 1d

Food carts are a thing still - and don’t require real estate.

Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 2d

I still wonder why Trump hasn’t tried to do this in NY.

Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 2d

a woman in a pink shirt is speaking into a microphone and saying how dare you

ALT: a woman in a pink shirt is speaking into a microphone and saying how dare you

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Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 2d

I admire the grift.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

So much Democrat and pundit handwringing about the shutdown as if they're in charge of the government.

They're not. The only possibilities are Trump makes things worse with Democratic approval or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic resistance. Don't bail him out.

My latest (on @msnbc.com):

Opinion | Democrats shouldn’t bail out Trump as the shutdown drags on

The best time for the opposition to take a stand, rather than settle for untrustworthy promises, is right now.

www.msnbc.com

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Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 2d

I’m surprised “Motorists for Themselves” haven’t founded a Hudson County branch.

Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 3d

It's always funny to read things like "anti-immigrant Czech-Japanese entrepreneur"

Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 5d

Nj gov will be an interesting test of how much the GOP has locked in gains with Latinos.

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az @azery.bsky.social · 5d

continues to be the case that MAGA could have a permanent vice-grip on American politics if they were like 20-30% less racist but, uh, lol.

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Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 5d

It’s…bland and suddenly incredibly obvious the median Swift fan is 30 and she’s not on the cutting edge of pop culture anymore. It’ll get loads of playtime on adult contemporary radio stations.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 5d

There's a huge dissonance between Rolling Stone's five star review of Taylor Swift and the organic chatter about it, and it means I'm willing to say this - Taylor Swift has entered the zone inhabited by the Rolling Stones and U2. She is Too Big To Fail.

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Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 5d

How much of 2022 data is an artifact of different approach to COVID school closures? Would love to see 2025 data.

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YIMBY Liberation Front @burnstony.bsky.social · 5d

@dicknixon.bsky.social

THE U.S. MILITARY’S SILENT FURY: A TRUMP-HEGSETH DISASTROUS EVENT

A SPECIAL REPORT

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 5d

Fetterman's numbers should alarm any pundits or consultants who believe Democrats should shift to the right and meet conservatives in the middle.

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Analysis: Fetterman’s Polling Numbers Should Be a Warning For Democrats

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman’s polling numbers highlight the already failed strategy of trying to appeal to the political right

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Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 5d

Ed Hardy fascists

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