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Vicki @vickidilorenzo.bsky.social · 1d

Boston can’t force the Fed to lower interest rates, but we should pursue an approach similar to what Cambridge has done: increase capacity across the whole city (not just small areas) and combine that with policies that protect affordable housing developments from getting targeted by stupid lawsuits

Abundant Housing Massachusetts @abundanthousingma.org · 1d

Given the desire for more action and dissatisfaction with current approaches, Boston residents showed broad support for a variety of policies that would make it easier to build more homes and increase housing choices. Support for these policies was strongest among renters and younger households.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 7d

We believe healthcare is a right for every American.

But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies.

Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.

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Vicki @vickidilorenzo.bsky.social · 7d

It was so nice of Cedar Point to name their best rollercoaster after the train station in East Boston ❤️

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Vicki @vickidilorenzo.bsky.social · 7d

“If you’re not a democratic socialist, you’re not paying attention” - Max Page of @massteacher.bsky.social at the MassBudget conference this morning 🙌 🌹

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Vicki @vickidilorenzo.bsky.social · 20d

Just collected my first 2 signatures for rent control in MA because everyone deserves a stable home 🫶🏡

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 20d

A feature I want to have in email: I give a certain adress or domain a "budget" of the number of times it can email me per month before everything further is automatically sent to spam. Ideally, (I have the option to make) the domain or address aware of this automatically.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 21d

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments.

that fox news host still has his job.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 27d

If I were editing a column about Charlie Kirk’s political genius, I would tell the writer he needed to quote Kirk’s actual political beliefs. If the writer responded that doing so would weaken or distract from his argument, it’d be a pretty good sign that the column was not ready for prime time.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 28d

Remember the West Wing episode after Bartlett was shot and CJ listed *all the other people* shot that day and closed with “lest anybody think a gun would have prevented these crimes, let’s remember that the President was shot while surrounded by the best armed bodyguards known to man.”

The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 28d

At least three teenagers were in critical condition after being shot Wednesday afternoon on the grounds of Evergreen High School. The suspected shooter was among the three.

coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...

3 teens, including suspected shooter, in critical condition after shooting at Evergreen High School

A fourth minor was also transported to a hospital, a spokesperson with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said

coloradosun.com

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Vicki @vickidilorenzo.bsky.social · 28d

What are we doing 😭

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 28d

Three people were critically wounded in a shooting at a suburban Denver high school, authorities say.

Three people were critically wounded in shooting at a suburban Denver high school, authorities say

Three teens have been hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting at a suburban Denver high school, authorities said Wednesday.

bit.ly

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Vicki @vickidilorenzo.bsky.social · 28d

Zohran should do a video where he talks about policy for 90 seconds while riding the Coney Island Cyclone and says that being able to afford living in NYC shouldn’t feel like a rollercoaster

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Ben Ewen-Campen @benforward3.bsky.social · 29d

I was pleased to speak on Beacon Hill this morning in support of the Transfer Fee for affordable housing.

Been doing this since 2018, and during just this time period the price of a house in Somerville has DOUBLED. Long past time to create a lasting revenue stream for affordable housing. #LOHA

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Vicki @vickidilorenzo.bsky.social · Sep 8

Completely obsessed with Kings Island rebranding their Italian Job ride so that the theme is just the city of Cincinnati. “Have you ever watched an insane car chase in a movie and thought, I’d love to do that at 40 mph in Cincinnati” 😅😅

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Vicki @vickidilorenzo.bsky.social · Sep 7

I don’t often express excitement about living in the furthest corner of Orient Heights, but tonight I get to hear The Pogues play Suffolk Downs from my porch 🎶

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Sep 6

Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Sep 5

Always crazy to be reminded that it went from 70 to 28 during Reagan and that alone explains so so much about the trajectory of our economy since

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Sep 5

Once again, marginal tax rates are too low & pose an existential threat to 🇺🇸 democracy

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Vicki @vickidilorenzo.bsky.social · Aug 31

Modern Seinfeld plot: Jerry dumps his gf bc she gives verbal driving directions when Google Maps exists.

“I don’t think I can be with someone who does this. You know how many marriages have ended over directions? We’ve solved this problem as a society and I for one will NOT go back!!!”

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 30

The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...

An apartment complex. A headline reads: "Did Switzerland Solve The Housing Crisis?"

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · Aug 30

Need people to understand that literally the only lever here is public opinion

Joe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social · Aug 30

Well, he won't. Now what?

Bernie Sanders op-ed in NYT: Kennedy Must Resign

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Louise Elizabeth Parker @louiseparker.bsky.social · Aug 30

“Once fascists win power democratically, they have never been removed democratically.” But that does not mean there is nothing that can be done. There is hope and that hope lies with the states.

cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-research...

I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%.

Once they win elections, it's already too late.

cmarmitage.substack.com

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · Aug 29

You don’t need to have children by your 30s to be accomplished. You don’t need to own a house by your 30s to be accomplished. You need to have a graduate degree and a series of stickers from different microbreweries decorating your laptop by your 30s to be accomplished.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Aug 27

In a civilized country, school shootings, like student lunch debt and medical bankruptcy, would not be a thing.

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Vicki @vickidilorenzo.bsky.social · Aug 25

“Public housing’s deterioration isn’t solely due to policy; it was also due to ideology. A bipartisan consensus emerged that only the private sector could be trusted to provide housing, even for the poorest. Public housing was treated as a failed experiment—one unworthy of repair or reinvention.”

Public Housing: A Moral Case for Its Dignified Revival

Housing is fundamental to healthy families and communities. That’s why we must fight for policies that treat public housing as essential.

shelterforce.org

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Vicki @vickidilorenzo.bsky.social · Aug 25

NYT profile on Zach Cherry? Adam Scott and Patricia Arquette on Lovett or Leave It? Let’s goooo!!!