New York area friends: Join me for the gala for The Remedy Project, the amazing prison justice nonprofit that my daughter Anna founded. Tickets are cheap, great food and drinks, and a live auction too. If you are further away, you can make a donation instead. secure.everyaction.com/POPZB2QrHUeD...

Mike Glass and I argue for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social that we’ve tried the #abundance incentive-based approach to housing crises before. But lack of oversight + incentives produced fraud, profiteering, and inflated rents -- and the Trump family fortune.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/add...

RFK must go. Please contact your congresspeople about this. Ask them why RFK was allowed to unilaterally fire a senate appointee because she contacted senators – the appropriate oversight body – after the HHS secretary demanded that she break the law & betray Americans’ public health.

Not the Onion, but @wsj.com. Forward toward a data-free America.

Trump is stuck in 1989 when it comes to crime and policing.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and @oah.org president David Blight offers a rousing call to fight the administration's war on history: "Now we have to mobilize to defend our profession not only with research and teaching but in the realm of politics and public persuasion. And we cannot surrender!"

This from NY'S lieutenant governor is maybe the best take on the Democrats I've read yet (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...

Paris urban biking DOUBLED in just one year.

“Cycling in Paris has transcended mere trendiness; it’s become a fundamental aspect of the city’s identity. Despite challenges like inclement weather, cyclists continue to flock to the streets, setting new records and reshaping the urban landscape.”

Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%

So yes this program is a SUCCESS.

This is shocking. Pure totalitarianism from DHS, and also blatantly unconstitutional.

www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Donald Trump's immigration policy (essentially to have masked men disappear 4-6% of the population) is morally reprehensible *and* deeply unpopular, a second poll this week finds.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...

This is why we need the National Guard and Marines on the ground in Los Angeles? The administration is using military force to silence dissent. Stand up for the right to protest.

There is no substantive case that can be made—none—that this is just or that this is moral. Or that this is good for the United States.

Now there's a memorable stat!

"Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined."

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Tariffs = economic Ivermectin.

With our two greatest presidents--George W. Bush and Donald Trump--at the helm. 👊 🇺🇸 🔥

"Let us pause there. Since 1965 NEH has distributed in grants… $6b. The FY24 budget for the National Science Foundation alone was $9.06b. (And for NEH in FY24, $211m.)

"Perhaps more tellingly, the NEH funding rate for scholars is 7% whereas for NSF grants at last report it was 25 or 26%. "

Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression

2025 in one easy diagram.

For those of us who use public data for our research, DOGE's shredder is devastating. So far the Census Bureau is untouched, but given the administration's allergy to facts, I fear that it will be next. www.economist.com/united-state...

Breaking democracy: Donald J. Trump, the American far-right leader, was not disqualified to run for President by providing aid & comfort to insurrectionists, nor banned by the Senate after inciting insurrection, nor convicted for conspiring to overturn election results.

Every institution failed.

Damning: "the Court is left with little confidence that the defense can be trusted to tell the truth about anything." This from Judge Amy Berman Jackson's injunction preventing the dismantling of CFPB. (quote on p. 65). ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

BREAKING: Judge Amy Berman Jackson has *blocked* the dismantling of CFPB. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...