Other rich countries just hold elections & none of this is ever an issue. We don't need to tolerate our neverending struggle to defend access to suffrage & our neverending fight against the total nonexistent of mass voter fraud. We could just be a normal democracy. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The intellectually consistent position on this is that everyone should have to show ID & everyone should be issued national ID cards at no/minimal cost & everyone should then be automatically registered to vote & we should be done with any & all discussions about restricting suffrage & voter fraud.

Absolutely scorching endorsement, bringing serious heat for Weiner and against Chan, but a blast furnace at Pelosi for her role in this race and her true reasons for it. Never read an editorial this heated in Chron www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Endorsement: Who should replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress? It’s not even a choice

OPINION: The most intriguing thing about the race between Scott Wiener and Connie Chan to fill Nancy Pelosi’s House seat is that it has become a race at all, the editorial board writes.

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I can’t believe people are still posting this meme when Obama signed the Iran deal, Biden withdrew from Afghanistan, and Trump started a war in Iran

Two races I think people aren't paying enough attention to: Gina Hinojosa in TX and Angie Nixon in FL. In any other year, I'd get it. But in this year -- and with *these* candidates -- it's worth having thinking big about what we could win...

Truly remarkable motivated reasoning. There are none so blind as those who will not see.

Ben Vaught@benvaught.bsky.social · 3w ago

It doesn’t make sense to me that a bill to build more homes “did nothing to improve affordability” but also investors are cutting rents because of all the new apartments tnledger.com/editorial/Ar...

They all say “I’ll leave!” and then what actually happens is they stay and pay the taxes they just do it like Paul Rudd cleaning up the cafeteria in Wet Hot American Summer

Groundwork Collaborative@groundwork.bsky.social · 4w ago

In New York, tax opponents have repeatedly claimed – without evidence – that any new taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers would cause tax flight. Fact: NY added ~2,000 millionaire tax filers in a single year, shortly AFTER the state raised its top tax rate on high earners.

it wasnt that long ago they pretended it was outrageous to suggest they'd support a policy like this

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

CAIN: What about the existing illegal immigration population that is not a parole violator, or does not have a criminal record. Are they a priority? MARKWAYNE MULLIN: 100% a priority

a nazi pedophile that loves data centers is fully funding the republican partys midterm efforts

The Hasan Piker discourse would be a lot different if he was a White South-African billionaire

Backing Prop G is madness. We have already voted on this TWICE. Chan is the new avatar of SF NIMBYs, always opposed to parks and transit and housing.

Mission Local@missionlocal.org · last mo.

Sunset Dunes has become a proxy battle in SF’s congressional race. Scott Wiener wrote the official argument against Prop. G. Connie Chan backs it, quietly. missionlocal.org/2026/09/suns...

“I write everything using AI now." No you don't. Your little computer girlfriend summarizes the internet's thoughts for you. You went to the word ATM and gave the receipt to the Wall Street Journal.

Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller’s WSJ Op-Ed Criticizing Bessent Was Written With AI

“I write everything using AI now,” Druckenmiller, who questioned the treasury secretary’s bond market interventions, said.

notus.org

There’s just been a total collapse in the quantity and breath of city coverage in New York City that isn’t entirely evident until you pick up another city’s major paper — and, well, maybe there’s just no news in New York anymore.

I really think the fact that it takes decades to build critical infrastructure plays a significant role in blackpilling young people. government should be able to do things on a reasonable timeline

Building more market-rate rental housing causes rents in the area to fall and helps reduce homelessness.

Riley Bruce@rileybruce.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?

Surely there is some mistake! There's no way this tax applies to me, a retired diplomat who lives in Paris who spent millions of dollars renovating the 12 million dollar apartment I never intended to live in. There must be some mistake

JVG 骨@jasonv.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Who? Me??

Weird how there always seems to be a ton of money for ~being shitty to people who annoy you on the internet~ but rarely enough funding for organizing or infrastructure work that builds long term power.

But they will be

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

finally, the Democratic party has a plan.

Weird he can’t bring this kind of energy towards his colleague who is accused of beating up his daughter.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

The White House Correspondents Association is having a dinner for this man tonight.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Q: You're talking about blowing up civilian power plants and bridges. Much of the civilized world would consider that a war crime. Do you? TRUMP: I won't respond to that question. Who are you with? Q: The New York Times TRUMP: I figured. The failing New York Times.

"Road rage" is what they call murder when a car is involved. It waters down the reality of the violence and the crime. When someone murders a fellow human with a gun, it's rarely called anything other than what it is: murder.

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Well the NY Post is flat-out calling it road rage but I see no reference to that in any of the law enforcement statements

"Cities are humanity's greatest invention" 🔥🔥🔥

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Holy hell Katie Wilson is on fire here.

The fact that ostensible champions for the working class are on the fence about the fight for more homes is continually mind-boggling.

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This lady in a business I’m in all the time and I got to talking. She gets off at 10 pm, drives two hours to Turlock—powered on red hot Doritos and nacho sauce—hopes to get 8 hrs of sleep before she drives 2 hrs back for a noon shift tomorrow. We must build more housing.

Wisconsin's election commission found probable cause that Elon Musk broke state law with his promise of $1 million to voters and referred the case for possible prosecution to the Brown County DA's office. www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/p...

Elon Musk likely broke the law by giving voters $1 million, Wisconsin board says | CNN Politics

Billionaire Elon Musk likely broke Wisconsin law when he handed out $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 state Supreme Court election, a bipartisan panel has found.

cnn.com

"The uprising against the Democratic establishment is coming from the voters, and it cannot be contained." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/o...

Opinion | The Democratic Establishment Had This Coming (Gift Article)

The Democratic Party needs shaking up.

nytimes.com

ICE killed a person they weren't even looking for AGAIN. Second time in the past week.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.

Most gourmands eschew human organ meat, but Hannibal Lecter has taken a different tack.

Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis@jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#BrokenTimes: "Republicans have taken a different tack.... It is a question on which the left and right have largely diverged"

‪People are hungry for optimistic, positive visions of what might be possible. They don’t want to settle for the status quo bc the status quo is not working. Municipal leaders in particular have the power to actually *do shit* on housing, which is often the root of the concerns about cost of living.

NEW: Best friend of cyclist who was killed on the Queensboro Bridge in a collision with someone on an illegal e-scooter (who also died) demands action from the city to curb the illegal vehicles and implement better street design.

Dead Cyclist's Best Friend Demands Action Against Illegal Vehicles on City Streets

The best friend of Dmytro Stechenko, who was killed in a head-on collision with an illegal scooter-rider on the Queensboro Bridge, is calling on the city to do more.

nyc.streetsblog.org