City of Atlanta when progressives propose something in Atlanta that *might* be construed as conflicting with state law:
"Whoa, we can't do THAT!"
City, when mayor proposes something terrible that (clearly) runs afoul of state law & told he can't:
"What? We'll sue if you try to stop us!"
Least-favorite local official.
"Cook County’s top prosecutor declined to criticize the Trump administration in the weeks leading up to Operation Midway Blitz because she wanted to keep her “excellent working relationships” with federal law enforcement..."
(didn't criticize them afterwards either)
This is not consistent with First Amendment law. At all!! Strong 1A protections apply when lawyers engage in public discourse. (Even when they don't, see Chiles v Salazar!)
Imagine reading that shit and your first instinct is to be upset at the leaker for a breach of professional ethics and not the complete collapse of rule of law. It's easy if you have law professor brain!
Infuriating. The fascism still inflicts its damage everyday, much of which will never be accounted for.
Infuriating. The fascism still inflicts its damage everyday, much of which will never be accounted for.
“Reverse emails,” Jared Kushner corruption edition
He also holds no Senate-confirmed Cabinet or senior government position & employing family as White House advisers violates every norm ever, but this, too, has been erased from the headlines. After years of HUNTER BIDEN, it’s shameful.
The "Mar-a-Lago Mafia" is up there with the Epstein Class.
He isn't always great on policy (crypto, etc.) but he is a whole lot better on the stump than many others.
The "Mar-a-Lago Mafia" is up there with the Epstein Class.
He isn't always great on policy (crypto, etc.) but he is a whole lot better on the stump than many others.
She says it’s nap time, not writing time.
NYT INVESTIGATION: As the Trump administration & Congress last year moved to repeal sanctions on Syria, the Qatar-based family that most stood to benefit was privately negotiating a real-estate partnership with Jared Kushner and proposing a Trump golf course in Syria www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...
New @nbcnews.com poll:
33% of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the Iran war.
67% disapprove.
A majority “strongly disapprove.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Please, again, I am begging folks to can the buzzphrase, "housing is where jobs go to sleep at night"
Can we please treat people as people. And housing as a right, full stop.
Four Democrats voted with the GOP on reauthorizing a little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens.
If you’re represented by Gluesenkamp Perez, Golden, Gottheimer, or Suozzi, ask them why they’re siding with the Trump regime on government surveillance.
Ughh. Academic presses sometimes seem like they are trying not to sell books.
We examine racial bias in property appraisals using a national sample of refinanced mortgages from 2000 to 2007. Our data allow us to observe the race of the appraiser and homeowner in a setting where the appraiser’s valuation conveys critical information to the lender. After conditioning on a rich set of controls and individual appraiser fixed effects, we observe lower appraised values (relative to benchmark valuation estimates) for Black-owned homes. Hispanic- and Asian-owned homes are also underappraised, but to a lesser extent. We find no evidence that minority valuation discounts lessen when the homeowner and appraiser share the same race, suggesting that implicit bias is not solely attributable to White appraisers. We also show that minority valuation discounts are not driven by a small subset of appraisers; rather, they are widespread.
New paper on racialized appraisal bias —
(Maybe HUD’s scrapping of the PAVE appraisal antidiscrimination initiative wasn’t such a great idea…)
God grant me the tenacity that my dog has when her ball goes under the couch...
The notion that growth coalitions or corporate-dominated regimes are no longer relevant in city policymaking is naive. Ofc, homeowners, esp. affluent ones, have too much power, particularly when it comes to land use, where they're most dominant. But growth coalitions are still important.
Despite Israel’s genocide—these 7 Democratic Senators voted AGAINST a resolution to block sale of weapons to Israel
🔵Blumenthal (CT)
🔵Coons (DE)
🔵Cortez-Masto (NV)
🔵Fetterman (PA)
🔵Gillibrand (NY)
🔵Rosen (NV)
🔵Schumer (NY)
Vote these 7 fascists out. A record 40 Dems voted to block. Vote failed 59-40
One of the biggest labor battles in the US is happening right now in Los Angeles, at USC, where our faculty-union campaign with majority support is being met by nasty, corporate-grade administrative resistance, and national press won't cover it.
BREAKING: A record-high 40 senators just voted to block weapons to Israel, up from 27 last July.
There is much more work to be done, but today was yet another statement that the movement for Palestinian rights is growing in the halls of power.
The notion that growth coalitions or corporate-dominated regimes are no longer relevant in city policymaking is naive. Ofc, homeowners, esp. affluent ones, have too much power, particularly when it comes to land use, where they're most dominant. But growth coalitions are still important.
Strong political parties that bend the rules to entrench their power and succumb to corruption are a consistent feature of democracy qua democracy. And if your entrenched ruling party can lose everything in a wave election, you are not living in an authoritarian state.
Nope. Nope. Nope. This post is just two false statements.
The seeming Chicago "centrist' consensus for needing "more cops on the street" while paying little attention to the wave of disinvestment in community violence interventions & cuts to basic services like SNAP is probably not going to bode well for violent crime in the metro in the next few years.
The seeming Chicago "centrist' consensus for needing "more cops on the street" while paying little attention to the wave of disinvestment in community violence interventions & cuts to basic services like SNAP is probably not going to bode well for violent crime in the metro in the next few years.
It’s great but they need to change the title to “Authoritarianism Unfiltered” or something.
Not surprised tbh.
Well, I hope @wabe.org is getting paid well for this piece of PR boosterism by the metro chamber of commerce or the convention bureau.
More rehashed “world class city” insecurity BS.
And, no, Atlanta hasn’t been preparing “decades” for the World Cup.
