Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, but I see Murray in the bully pulpit. Haven't seen or heard anything from Cantwell.

No other Democrat challenged her.

That endeared it to the oligarchy.
Marketing the soulless plagiarized art as the main value add for the masses didn't land as well.

When you add it all up, the collapse in immigration looks like this: a decline of roughly 50K for illegal (even including the people arrested and not released) and a decline of about 132K for legal. Over 70% of the cut in immigration has come from LEGAL immigration.

Hahaha ok, you win, the insult stands!

I'm on your side in the bike argument, but you're just being mean here.

Yes! YES!! Let's start piloting this next week, we should get this running right away so we have plenty of time to see how it is.

‘You Didn’t See Shit,’ Local Says to California Tourist Witnessing Sunny Seattle Spring As locals basked in sunshine utterly surrounded by greenery, flowers, sparkling waters, and unbeatable snow-capped mountain views almost too beautiful together to be true, one visitor from Californ…

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CA 2026, absolutely. Bob was anointed, didn't have to campaign at all. Maybe this will encourage an RCV movement in CA.

Work in Progress: How we're tackling Sidewalk Sheds (with John Wilson) YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office

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The request is for Bad takes, Wes!

Is there an anti-letter I can sign?

The Assessment Gap: Racial Inequalities in Property Taxation A working paper by Carlos Avenancio and Troup Howard shows Black and Hispanic residents face a higher property tax burden than their White counterparts.

They're certainly not progressive, and not a good wealth tax analog: renters absolutely pay property tax.
There's also systemic bias in tax appraisals, where expensive homes in white neighborhoods are more undervalued for tax purposes. I'm not against property tax, but prefer something better.

The prophecy, however, did not specify which empire would fall.

The oracle's response was famously cryptic: "If you cross the Halys River, a great empire will fall." Interpreting this as a favorable omen, Croesus believed it predicted the downfall of the Persian Empire. Confident in the oracle's words, he amassed his army and marched into battle...

Croesus, renowned for his immense wealth and prosperous kingdom, was wary of the rising power of the Persian Empire. Seeking to secure his reign and protect his kingdom, he decided to consult the Oracle of Delphi. He wanted to know whether he should go to war against the Persians...

"It's fine" as the only good survey option? Lol.

The California High Speed Rail Song YouTube video by Alex Davis

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Immigration now, immigration tomorrow, immigration forever!

Where art thou, fabled Joe McCarthy of the left?

Are we sure Tanya Woo herself won't throw her hat in the ring?

Kemper Freeman:
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"The truth is, everybody knows that Freeman is a bit of an OCD, neo-Bircher nutcase with a Christ-like devotion to the automobile and a penchant for equating mass transit with communism, so isn’t it time that serious people started taking him and his anti-rail conspiracies at face value"

I am dead.

The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein

Maybe not exactly YIMBY, but it really hits home just how much impact zoning and housing regulations have on society. Certainly helped radicalize me to care more about land use.

Oh wow! I was wondering about that. I live in their old flight path and used to always see them as sunset approached, but no longer see the daily migration.

The Climate Denier's Playbook Comedy Podcast · From the minds that brought you Climate Town, comes… a podcast that's suspiciously similar to Climate Town. Rollie Williams (Climate Town) and Nicole Conlan (The Daily Show) are two c...

FYI, Nicole is behind the excellent Climate Denier's Playbook: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Seems up your alley!

How Breaking Rules Could Create Better Apartments YouTube video by About Here

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