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A year ago, our lawsuits helped make sure congestion pricing would go into effect on January 1, 2025. Now, the results are clear:
Congestion pricing has resulted in a marked drop in air pollution – not just in Lower Manhattan, but throughout the metro region.
Congestion pricing has resulted in a marked drop in air pollution – not just in Lower Manhattan, but throughout the metro region.
Particulate pollution in the air down a whopping 22% in NYC’s congestion pricing zone.
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
In New York City, Congestion Pricing Leads to Marked Drop in Pollution
e360.yale.edu
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A year ago, our lawsuits helped make sure congestion pricing would go into effect on January 1, 2025. Now, the results are clear:
Congestion pricing has resulted in a marked drop in air pollution – not just in Lower Manhattan, but throughout the metro region.
Congestion pricing has resulted in a marked drop in air pollution – not just in Lower Manhattan, but throughout the metro region.
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According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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there are not enough hotdog gifs in the world
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
there are not enough hotdog gifs in the world
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Eric Adams is an incredibly strange man
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is on Capitol Hill today.
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He tells me about Zohran Mamdani announcing he's moving into Gracie Mansion:
"Beware of the ghost. I told [Zohran] about it. So the ghost is there. It's a friendly ghost, as long as you're doing right by the city. If you don't become right by the city, he turns into a poltergeist."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hf7ezrajxadu7v3tzcyij424/bafkreigis3istuaryrpny4ksmoh46xcs3yfowvfuj3t3iouxpy5uiyw2fq@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Eric Adams is an incredibly strange man
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"The problem here is that some of Trump’s strongest soldiers got jammed up in state court, and neither Trump or Martin can stand the fact Trump can’t reach down and erase those convictions. So Martin is finding creative ways to shred the Constitution."
Ed Martin's peculiar view of pardon power
Trump's pardon attorney is very confused about how pardons work.
www.publicnotice.co
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"The problem here is that some of Trump’s strongest soldiers got jammed up in state court, and neither Trump or Martin can stand the fact Trump can’t reach down and erase those convictions. So Martin is finding creative ways to shred the Constitution."
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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(Rod Serling) Submitted for your ranked choice the case of one Andrew M. Cuomo, smarting scion of suburbia dethroned over workplace boundaries, unwilling to relax his wandering grip on power, and doomed to repeat humiliating attempts at return upon that most brittle boundary of all—the twilight zone
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
(Rod Serling) Submitted for your ranked choice the case of one Andrew M. Cuomo, smarting scion of suburbia dethroned over workplace boundaries, unwilling to relax his wandering grip on power, and doomed to repeat humiliating attempts at return upon that most brittle boundary of all—the twilight zone
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Oh, and after all the millions of dollars spent on advertising, the harmful policies and all the demagoguery...
Stop.
Picking.
On.
Trans.
Kids.
The Rs lost to me four times in six years. That should've been a hint. But apparently it wasn't, so the voters made their thoughts crystal clear tonight.
Stop.
Picking.
On.
Trans.
Kids.
The Rs lost to me four times in six years. That should've been a hint. But apparently it wasn't, so the voters made their thoughts crystal clear tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Oh, and after all the millions of dollars spent on advertising, the harmful policies and all the demagoguery...
Stop.
Picking.
On.
Trans.
Kids.
The Rs lost to me four times in six years. That should've been a hint. But apparently it wasn't, so the voters made their thoughts crystal clear tonight.
Stop.
Picking.
On.
Trans.
Kids.
The Rs lost to me four times in six years. That should've been a hint. But apparently it wasn't, so the voters made their thoughts crystal clear tonight.
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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quite literally everything i hear about the economics of this feels insane, especially given the big issue of the tools not doing what boosters say they will do. so many details make me feel very not good!
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
quite literally everything i hear about the economics of this feels insane, especially given the big issue of the tools not doing what boosters say they will do. so many details make me feel very not good!
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NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
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Souvannarath is likely a citizen, ICE kidnapped him, he filed habeas, a judge ordered he not be deported, and *the next day* DHS deported him.
DHS told the press they didn't get the order, which is undoubtedly a lie and will be perjury when they say it to the court.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
DHS told the press they didn't get the order, which is undoubtedly a lie and will be perjury when they say it to the court.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
NEW: ACLU of Louisiana asks a federal judge to order the govt to immediately return Chanthila (Shawn) Souvannarath from Laos, to which it deported him over the weekend in violation of the judge's injunction. @acluoflouisiana.bsky.social www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Souvannarath is likely a citizen, ICE kidnapped him, he filed habeas, a judge ordered he not be deported, and *the next day* DHS deported him.
DHS told the press they didn't get the order, which is undoubtedly a lie and will be perjury when they say it to the court.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
DHS told the press they didn't get the order, which is undoubtedly a lie and will be perjury when they say it to the court.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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I am going to become The Joker www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...
Vaccine Skepticism Comes for Pet Owners, Too
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I am going to become The Joker www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...
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More from the scene
October 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
More from the scene
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October 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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"In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit."
Taxing the rich works!
Taxing the rich works!
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit."
Taxing the rich works!
Taxing the rich works!
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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The U.S. government has often lied about things but I think it’s genuinely remarkable that we’re in an era where almost every public statement contains at least one lie.
After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in a raid in Wilder, Idaho, the FBI said no "young" children were.
The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.
The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.
FBI backtracks on denying children were zip tied in Idaho raid, saying instead no ‘young’ kids were • Idaho Capital Sun
After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in raid in Wilder, Idaho, FBI says no "young" children were.
idahocapitalsun.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The U.S. government has often lied about things but I think it’s genuinely remarkable that we’re in an era where almost every public statement contains at least one lie.
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It has been a, uh, difficult week but I have not laughed louder and harder at something in a very long time than at this.
December 15, 2024 at 11:58 PM
It has been a, uh, difficult week but I have not laughed louder and harder at something in a very long time than at this.
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We just live in a john carpenter movie now.
October 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We just live in a john carpenter movie now.
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I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.