NEW POLL: 53% of Americans support expanding the Supreme Court, including majorities of both Democrats and independents. Two weeks ago, House Dems stood united to keep that option on the table. Happy Constitution Day! law.marquette.edu/poll/

To be clear - I don’t think this is a sign that voters understand second order effects, I think they’re looking at Trump and going “that guy is clearly full of shit”, which is way worse for him

PenguinGuy@penguinguy.bsky.social · 2d ago

What do you MEAN voters understand that stimulus creates inflation???? Where was this level of economics insight literally any other time ever?

Reminder that this community workshop is tomorrow! This is a huge opportunity for more housing and affordable housing in Kensington and Flatbush, and I hope to see you there!

Liz Denys@liz.nyc · 3w ago

The South of Prospect Neighborhood plan is kicking off this September with a visioning workshop on Tuesday, September 15! RSVP here: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

I don’t think the dynamics here are that complicated. Imagine a foot race where the winner gets a trillion dollars, but as the leaders of the pack approach the end line they see it’s at the very edge of a sheer 1000’ cliff. They would probably try to coordinate some slowdown.

The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.

The combination of the Fugitive Slave Act and the Dred Scott decision was such a major escalation in the lead-up to the Civil War bc it put to lie the idea that slavery was a "states rights" question. The South and SCOTUS were determined to force slavery into the North.

Alice Miranda Ollstein@alicemiranda.bsky.social · last wk.

The next phase in the abortion wars may come down to one question: Will federal courts allow the rights of red states to enforce bans to override the rights of blue states to protect access? The 5th Circuit hears a pivotal case today that could provide an answer. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

the intro to Batman: The Animated Series is one of the single best bits of storytelling ever done in any medium, an absolute masterpiece of character and atmospheric development achieved in a single minute with no dialogue

We Geek Girls@wegeekgirls.bsky.social · 2w ago

‘Batman: The Animated Series’ premiered on this day 34 years ago! (September 5, 1992) 🦇 Created by Bruce Timm & Eric Radomski. Voice cast: Kevin Conroy, Arleen Sorkin, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Loren Lester, Bob Hastings, Robert Costanzo, Richard Moll, Mari Devon, & more. #OnThisDay #BTAS

‘Batman: The Animated Series’ premiered on this day 34 years ago! (September 5, 1992) 🦇 Created by Bruce Timm & Eric Radomski. Voice cast: Kevin Conroy, Arleen Sorkin, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Loren Lester, Bob Hastings, Robert Costanzo, Richard Moll, Mari Devon, & more. #OnThisDay #BTAS

My op-ed in this morning’s @nydailynews.com with Jackie Smiley. We can’t lose a generation of voter’s who are already feeling unseen from the Democratic Party. www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/05/b...

Brooklyn Dems change the rules after voters spoke

Voters went to the primary polls in June believing that their votes mattered. In Brooklyn, they elected a new majority of reform-minded district leaders, the local officials who determine the future o...

nydailynews.com

“One [GOP] lobbyist who raised money for the ballroom tells me the pitch” “You’re either on the team or you’re not, and if you’re on the team, there are certain benefits to being on the team,” “If he has a project he cares about, make a decision to be a part of it.” nymag.com/intelligence...

Inside Trump’s Ballroom Obsession

The president’s bid for architectural immortality is barreling toward completion.

nymag.com

Happy 100th birthday to Ivan Illich, the OG car hater: "[Cars] create remoteness which they alone can shrink. They create distances for all and shrink them for only a few....The new expressway expands Chicago, but it sucks those who are well-wheeled away from a downtown that decays into a ghetto.”

I'm really looking forward to this plan unlocking more housing and affordable housing in my neighborhood! You can learn more about the project and take the community survey in many languages at www.nyc.gov/content/plan...

Can't make the in-person workshop? There's also a virtual workshop on Wednesday, September 23. RSVP for the Zoom meeting here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The South of Prospect Neighborhood plan is kicking off this September with a visioning workshop on Tuesday, September 15! RSVP here: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

the point here is not rendering justice, it is setting future expectations. we can't control thermostatic electoral behavior. we can teach a very painful lesson that Democrats will punish corruption when they take power

Happy Henry George Day for all those who celebrate!

Cowards and losers

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Everyone considers it fucking nuts.” Inside Apple, I'm told "not a soul" supports Donald Trump's Lake Ontario rebrand to "Lake America," but the company is also resigned to making such concessions to avoid the White House's rage. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/apple-maps...

A foreign diamond industry sends Trump an 18-karat gold ring and gets a tariff exemption weeks later. We used to call this bribery. Now it’s Tuesday.

Elizabeth Warren@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 2w ago

So let me get this straight: Trump gets a diamond ring from Belgium’s diamond industry → Weeks later, the Trump administration exempts European diamonds from new tariffs → Quite the coincidence, if you ask me.

Record Amount of Outside Money Flooded NYC Elections Last Year (via @katiehonan.bsky.social for @thecityreporter.nyc) www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/09/01/p...

Record Amount of Outside Money Flooded NYC Elections Last Year

There were more than $83 million in independent expenditures last year, with about $65 million for the mayoral election.

thecityreporter.nyc

My advice to every Dem politico is to immediately remove "I agree with Trump" and any other variations of that phrase from your communications with the public.

Sen. Adam Schiff@schiff.senate.gov · 2w ago

I am in strong agreement with the President. Congress should immediately take up and pass a federal film tax incentive to bring back these good-paying jobs that we've lost to other countries.

It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.

Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)@hansilowang.bsky.social · 2w ago

SCOOP: After the Census Bureau issued a highly unusual report tied to a President Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau’s parent agency, the Commerce Department, cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, @npr.org has learned www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...

What conceivable justification could there be for this, other than to give ICE more reasons to attack random folks?

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

WASHINGTON (AP) - US is preparing to rescind up to 200,000 business and tourism visas in largest mass visa revocation ever, officials say.

one thing which is fascinaing, other than the direct analogy trump is making between himself and adolf hitler, is tha virtually every image of donald trump in this is from his first term or earlier

There Is No Spoon@neumahn.bsky.social · 3w ago

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Worth repeating: the president does not name lakes. He resolves inconsistencies between agencies regarding use in federal publications. There's no inconsistency here, so a more accurate headline would be "Trump treatens to start calling Lake Ontario 'Lake America'" which is as childish as it sounds.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 3w ago

Donald Trump threatened to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” escalating his war of words with Canadian officials as an intensifying trade fight strains the close economic relationship between the countries. Read more: bloom.bg/4gRjjJr 📷️: Will Oliver/Bloomberg

the current supreme court continues to signal that the only way forward for democratic self-governance in the united states of america is to dismantle its power through court expansion or other major structural reforms

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3w ago

#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Dem. appointees, #SCOTUS has *granted* the Trump administration’s request to freeze a district court injunction that had blocked the mail-in ballots executive order. But Trump’s EO remains blocked by a different injunction in a different case—at least for now:

it is my understanding from history that specifically persecuting educated professionals and making it much harder for college graduates to find jobs that will allow them to become professionals is a perfectly safe thing to do that never ends unpredictably

Vote blue no matter who in November. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...

When I ran for the City Council I had to wait until my lunch break to respond to text messages from friends because the lawyers told me as a state employee it could be construed as campaigning on government time if any of them were also supporters...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

i've written and then thought better of posting about a half dozen jokes in response to this tweet

"please fix my pothole like Mamdani did in NYC" "[Triumphantly] I did not fix it you're welcome"