@prray.bsky.social
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what does an "unconstitutional DEI principle" mean in the context of a tunnel project? what, a black person is going to use it?
OMB Director Russell Voight says that US DOT will announce that the federal government is "pausing" funding for both Gateway and the Second Avenue Subway because of "unconstitutional DEI principles" -- x.com/russvought/s...
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
what does an "unconstitutional DEI principle" mean in the context of a tunnel project? what, a black person is going to use it?
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the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
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I know there are bigger problems and bigger stakes here but I will never not be mad for my earnest students who tried to do what we taught them to do — use their voices to make the world better and speak for those being silenced — who were instead threatened w/ discipline and told to shut up.
July 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I know there are bigger problems and bigger stakes here but I will never not be mad for my earnest students who tried to do what we taught them to do — use their voices to make the world better and speak for those being silenced — who were instead threatened w/ discipline and told to shut up.
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Dem leadership should appoint an official Alt Press Secretary to give briefings after every one that Karoline Leavett does and just break them down lie by lie
maybe THAT’S the job we give Colbert 😂
maybe THAT’S the job we give Colbert 😂
At this point, you should be embarrassed if your outlet has done nothing over these tumultuous six months to get itself barred by the administration.
The Wall Street Journal is speaking truth to power, but you're still on good terms with these assholes? Yeah, be proud of that.
The Wall Street Journal is speaking truth to power, but you're still on good terms with these assholes? Yeah, be proud of that.
Really difficult to make the argument that any reporter still in the White House pool isn't at best a scab and at worst a propagandist. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
July 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Dem leadership should appoint an official Alt Press Secretary to give briefings after every one that Karoline Leavett does and just break them down lie by lie
maybe THAT’S the job we give Colbert 😂
maybe THAT’S the job we give Colbert 😂
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“This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of federal policy choices — most immediately, sweeping job cuts across public-sector agencies where Black women have long held the strongest foothold in middle-class employment.”
300,000 Black women have left the labor force in 3 months. It’s not a coincidence.
For decades, the public sector has been a lifeline for Black women shut out of economic opportunity. It’s no surprise that Trump's federal downsizing targeted them first, explains gender economist Kat...
www.msnbc.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of federal policy choices — most immediately, sweeping job cuts across public-sector agencies where Black women have long held the strongest foothold in middle-class employment.”
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In 1990, the state of Illinois’s Black and Hispanic population was 22.5%.
The flagship University of Illinois, where Andreesen graduated with a bachelor’s in 1993 had a total Black and Hispanic student population of **9.6%*** in 1991.
So who was being discriminated against exactly?
The flagship University of Illinois, where Andreesen graduated with a bachelor’s in 1993 had a total Black and Hispanic student population of **9.6%*** in 1991.
So who was being discriminated against exactly?
Only in America could a white man with a current net worth of $2 billion see himself as part of a victimized group. 🤦♂️
July 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In 1990, the state of Illinois’s Black and Hispanic population was 22.5%.
The flagship University of Illinois, where Andreesen graduated with a bachelor’s in 1993 had a total Black and Hispanic student population of **9.6%*** in 1991.
So who was being discriminated against exactly?
The flagship University of Illinois, where Andreesen graduated with a bachelor’s in 1993 had a total Black and Hispanic student population of **9.6%*** in 1991.
So who was being discriminated against exactly?
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Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!
July 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!
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I just listened as well, here is the audio - you can hear Kalief recount in his own voice what solidarity confinement feels like for a teen. I feel we owe it to him to listen since he should still be here and the system that killed him, which we can fight, heaps these evils on others everyday...
July 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I just listened as well, here is the audio - you can hear Kalief recount in his own voice what solidarity confinement feels like for a teen. I feel we owe it to him to listen since he should still be here and the system that killed him, which we can fight, heaps these evils on others everyday...
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The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
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@wkamaubell.bsky.social sort of nails it here: Living with extreme wealth inequality is like having a tall roommate who puts all your stuff on the top shelf, then expects gratitude when he tosses down your snacks. Oh, and he doesn’t think he should have to pay rent.
July 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
@wkamaubell.bsky.social sort of nails it here: Living with extreme wealth inequality is like having a tall roommate who puts all your stuff on the top shelf, then expects gratitude when he tosses down your snacks. Oh, and he doesn’t think he should have to pay rent.
yet Governer Hochul nearly caved to the rich and powerful and blocked this. Let’s hope she keeps this energy for future progressive programs
67,000 fewer vehicles are entering Lower Manhattan each day, while mass transit ridership is up across the board. The program is also on track to reap the forecasted $500 million in revenue in 2025 gothamist.com/news/numbers...
Numbers are in and NYC congestion pricing is a big 'success,’ Hochul says
The controversial program has trimmed traffic volume in the congestion zone by 11% daily, according to new data.
gothamist.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
yet Governer Hochul nearly caved to the rich and powerful and blocked this. Let’s hope she keeps this energy for future progressive programs
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Congrats to Lisa Murkowski on voting for a bill that she herself admitted was not ready in hopes that the House would change it. Now it’ll become law. She had the power to stop it, and instead chose to become complicit. That’s her legacy.
July 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Congrats to Lisa Murkowski on voting for a bill that she herself admitted was not ready in hopes that the House would change it. Now it’ll become law. She had the power to stop it, and instead chose to become complicit. That’s her legacy.
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weird how we see these guys find their spines when they aren’t running again — proving they’ve always been more concerned with keeping their jobs than DOING their jobs
🔥 North Carolina Republican Tillis is now on the senate floor spitting truth bombs about #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer kicking millions off of health coverage — unleashed after announcing his retirement in the wake of Trump attacking him for opposing it.
June 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
weird how we see these guys find their spines when they aren’t running again — proving they’ve always been more concerned with keeping their jobs than DOING their jobs
democratic socialism for the rich
Senate Republicans advanced Trump's massive, Medicaid-slashing tax bill after key GOP holdouts fell in line
Senate Advances Trump's Massive Tax Bill After Key Holdouts Flip To Yes
Republicans took a big step toward passing President Donald Trump's sweeping legislative agenda after a day of high drama in the Senate.
www.huffpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM
democratic socialism for the rich
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The key theme is not any judicial philosophy. The Roberts majority doesn’t use any consistently. The key theme is aggressive quick action against those who try to enforce the laws and Constitution on Trump. And extreme passivity on Trump’s illegal actions. It’s an anti-anti-Trump court.
Which means a baby born in New York to undocumented parents will be a citizen. But a baby born to undocumented parents in Kentucky will not be a citizen.
This is madness.
This is madness.
June 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The key theme is not any judicial philosophy. The Roberts majority doesn’t use any consistently. The key theme is aggressive quick action against those who try to enforce the laws and Constitution on Trump. And extreme passivity on Trump’s illegal actions. It’s an anti-anti-Trump court.
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Hard to believe a coalition of Bill Ackman, George Santos, Bill Clinton, LibsOfTikTok, Jim Clyburn, and Ned Lamont wasn’t enough to carry this loser across the finish line.
June 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Hard to believe a coalition of Bill Ackman, George Santos, Bill Clinton, LibsOfTikTok, Jim Clyburn, and Ned Lamont wasn’t enough to carry this loser across the finish line.
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Congratulations to John Roberts, who will now surely displace Taney as the most scathingly hated Chief Justice in the history books, and to the Roberts Court, which m will go down as the one that probably did the most of any to destroy what is good about this country
Justice Sotomayor ends her dissent by saying the Supreme Court has permitted "thousands [to] suffer violence in farflung locales," an action which "rewards lawlessness" by the Trump administration.
She says the Court has undermined the basic concept of Due Process under the law.
She says the Court has undermined the basic concept of Due Process under the law.
June 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Congratulations to John Roberts, who will now surely displace Taney as the most scathingly hated Chief Justice in the history books, and to the Roberts Court, which m will go down as the one that probably did the most of any to destroy what is good about this country
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On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
June 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
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Sometimes I can’t get past the fact that we have the technology and the resources to address so many problems and help so many people and yet we do…whatever this is.
June 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Sometimes I can’t get past the fact that we have the technology and the resources to address so many problems and help so many people and yet we do…whatever this is.
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The 5% are all op-ed writers.
"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
June 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The 5% are all op-ed writers.
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Incredible how Cuomo is absolutely DWARFING everyone else in money and spend and yet it’s still close enough that they’re pulling these stops out.
They’re scared.
They’re scared.
Former President Bill Clinton is endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his former HUD secretary, as the Democratic establishment tries to attempt to ensure Zohran Mamdani does not win the Democratic primary for NYC mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...
Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Incredible how Cuomo is absolutely DWARFING everyone else in money and spend and yet it’s still close enough that they’re pulling these stops out.
They’re scared.
They’re scared.
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AOC: Being taken is wrong, it is illegal, it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, it is an affront to every American, and we will not allow—and will continue to resist—the politicization and the continued political persecution that ICE is engaged in.
June 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
AOC: Being taken is wrong, it is illegal, it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, it is an affront to every American, and we will not allow—and will continue to resist—the politicization and the continued political persecution that ICE is engaged in.
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This.
The thing about the Khalil case is that it's very very good that he's free now but you can't have it take three months between "the government kidnaps you off the street for no basis reason whatsoever" and "a judge makes them let you go." You just can't.
June 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This.
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As I've said before, what we're dealing with fundamentally here, and have been dealing with for some time, is evil. Our political norms and political media prohibit talking about a mainstream political faction this way. But it is the truth. It needs to be known and it needs to be said.
If this is even remotely accurate, Elon Musk and Donald Trump have killed more people in several months than the Iraq war killed in a decade
May 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
As I've said before, what we're dealing with fundamentally here, and have been dealing with for some time, is evil. Our political norms and political media prohibit talking about a mainstream political faction this way. But it is the truth. It needs to be known and it needs to be said.
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Remember when “death panels” was a Republican talking point against expanding health insurance coverage with Obamacare?
Now, cutting coverage and actually sending people to their death is a policy position of the Republican Party.
Now, cutting coverage and actually sending people to their death is a policy position of the Republican Party.
Absolutely bonkers — Joni Ernst doubles down on her “we are all gonna die” defense of Medicaid cuts while walking through a cemetery
June 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Remember when “death panels” was a Republican talking point against expanding health insurance coverage with Obamacare?
Now, cutting coverage and actually sending people to their death is a policy position of the Republican Party.
Now, cutting coverage and actually sending people to their death is a policy position of the Republican Party.