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Jane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · 22h

Yes we have championed the idea of single-stair, but I don't think this is how most of us would have implemented it. Also it's not obscure! Places all over the world do this. Stop acting like it's new and novel when we're the backwards place! www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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Exclusive: This change to obscure S.F. building rules could unlock ‘missing middle’ housing

Housing proponents hope single-stair reform could help spur the sort of modest infill projects that Mayor Daniel Lurie has backed but some said his plan didn’t go far enough.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 09/10/2026

Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...

Proposal Favor or oppose
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Enforce strict ethics code for justices 89 10
Limited terms for justices 79 21
Increase number of justices 53 47
Marquette Law School Poll, national survey: Sept. 2-9, 2026

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It remains a world historical error that Barack Obama openly embraced the household analogy & oversaw fiscal austerity that not only caused a Lost Decade & helped bring authoritarians to power, but also didn't finance all the things when real interest rates were negative: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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Atlanta Fed @atlantafed.org · 28/09/2026

Homeownership affordability deteriorated nationally in July as mortgage rates remained elevated and the median sales price reached its highest level on record. atlfed.org/49LVIoH More highlights of the recent update to our Home Ownership Affordability Monitor (HOAM) in the thread below.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Corporations spend more than $1.5B a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5B they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions. Kudos to these Autozone workers.

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You might be wondering why Newsom is dropping skeets like this when he just leaned on AG Bonta to drop the opposition to the Paramount/WB merger. And the answer is that Newsom is just kind of a stupid guy who likes attention and being pals with rich people.

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The name is correct in the story. The @latimes.com is just using LLMs to write headlines because they laid off most of their copy desk. Dollar General ass newspaper.

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

if you're the abc news editor who wrote that the nyc mayor attending the 9/11 ceremony is attracting "growing criticism" solely because he's a muslim then you are the criticism you're writing about

ABC:
Mayor Mamdani says he'll attend 9/11 ceremony despite growing criticism
Mayor Mamdani says he will attend New York City's annual remembrance ceremony.

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🌙🦇 @lunasgrief.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

okay chat what do we think 🫣 this was my first time making bread !!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026

Always a good time to remind ourselves that the US Confederacy was, even judged in historical context, evil -- a pathetic, morally repellant movement led by some the smarmiest narcissists ever known. It had no redeeming features & should forever be regarded with disgust & contempt.

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Trump officials strip military language criticizing Confederate memorial

A new sign at Arlington National Cemetery omits wording that said the 32-foot bronze statue “mythologized” the Confederacy and gave “sanitized” depictions of slavery.

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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My painting ORANGE POPPIES

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Wisconsin Watch @wisconsinwatch.org · 06/09/2026

After bouncing between jobs, Conner Scott says he finally found a workplace where he wants to stay until retirement. The difference, he writes in this guest opinion, is employee ownership. Read more: wisconsinwatch.org/2026/09/gues...

Four hands bringing together four colored puzzle pieces to symbolize collaboration and employee ownership, accompanying the headline Guest opinion: Why Wisconsin needs more employee-owned companies.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 04/09/2026

nice quote from Mandami comms person Emilia Rowland to the New York Times

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I don’t have the headlines handy at the moment, but this is absolutely not the language used to describe 162K job prints when Joe Biden was president:

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/09/2026

jesus

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/09/2026

Somehow the "we need a big tent" thing never quite extends to, say, democratic socialists, it only extends to people like these who actively help the Republican Party.

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"[W]e created a highly privatized and commercialized broadcast media system, which ... was very different. We were pretty much a global anomaly by not establishing a more public oriented broadcast media system and, of course, a media system that was dependent on the public airwaves."

moneyontheleft.org

Democracy Needs Public Media with Victor Pickard

Victor Pickard returns to Money on the Left six years after his first appearance on the show to discuss the state of the U.S. media system under Trump 2.0. Pickard is C. Edwin Baker Profe…

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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Update: We now have data from 22 states showing how many fewer kids are receiving SNAP in the wake of deep cuts enacted last year. In just those 22 states, 1.1 million fewer kids are receiving SNAP. Nationwide, that number likely exceeds 1.5 million kids. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

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SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Harmful 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law Is Implemented

SNAP participation nationwide fell by more than 4.5 million people (nearly 11 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and April 2026, based on the latest month of data.

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ProRep Coalition @prorepcoalition.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Republican Party as well, allowing both MAGA and Never Trumpers to have their own parties. And it's *obviously* the future of the Greens, Libertarians, Peace & Freedom, etc.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...

404media.co

‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech

"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Very excited for this new essay at "Can We Still Govern?": The key claim is that planning for a progressive future cannot just focus on new policies. It also has to include - to start with - political power. What does a power-shifting perspective look like? 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/rebuilding...

donmoynihan.substack.com

Rebuilding Democracy Requires Rebalancing Power

What does a power-shifting agenda look like?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It is crucial to keep saying this, because too many people are going to say, "Let's just move on" if the Democrats win in November & 2028. But we can't just do that & leave the entire competitive authoritarian system in place. We have to become a real democracy. That requires institutional reform:

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ProRep Coalition @prorepcoalition.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Two-party politics inevitably turn into "Us vs. Them" fights that go nowhere. Multi-party politics via #ProportionalRepresentation are much more productive.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

In 1953, Clyde Hill incorporated for the "sole purpose" of protecting lot size requirements, according to contemporary reporting. Clyde Hill's population in 1970: 2,987 Clyde Hill's population now: 3,100

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Abimael Chavez @abimaelch.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Hoping to add Stanislaus County to this list soon 🤞!

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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 18/06/2026

The Department of Labor’s historic threat to withhold funding from states’ unemployment insurance programs didn’t quite land with the weight the government apparently intended: Several states said they didn’t know much about the new directive.

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Trump Is Threatening State Unemployment Funds. Some States Didn't Get the Memo.

If carried through, states could lapse on unemployment benefit payments.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 09/06/2026

Yikes! A people unmoored is a people in danger. This doesn't bode well for the future of democracy in America. "Fewer Americans say democracy is central to the country’s identity, AP-NORC poll finds" But that's the least of the many concerning findings in this new poll. apnews.com/article/ap-p...

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Fewer Americans say democracy is central to country's identity, AP-NORC poll finds

A new AP-NORC poll finds that as the U.S. prepares for an extravagant celebration of its founding principles, fewer Americans see their country or its system of government as exceptional.

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Moth @walkingminnesota.com · 06/06/2026

View from the recently reopened Kenilworth Trail Minneapolis, MN 6/6/26

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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

A new @pewresearch.org study finds that infill housing near jobs, stores, and transit costs governments ~$21,000 less per home to serve, cuts long term infrastructure maintenance costs in half, and generates 13% more in annual property tax revenue per acre than sprawl.

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Yes. Its high time people started looking into reforms to unemployment insurance.

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ProRep Coalition @prorepcoalition.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Two parties is too few. It's impossible for them to have platforms that make logical sense, and impossible for them to cooperate when they are each other's mortal enemy. #ProportionalRepresentation would fix that.

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Stoner Philly Fan @stonerphillyfan.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

People don't fear AI because machines can think. They fear AI because it's being developed and deployed in a system that puts profit before people. The real question isn't what AI can do, but who controls it and whose interests it serves.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The historic Alfred Street Baptist Church announced it would fund the Black student government whose funding was cut at Mizzou over DEI restrictions “We take care of our own people,” said Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley.

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Historic Black church in Virginia will fund Black student council at Mizzou, pastor says

“Although they’ve been defunded by the government, we have decided we are not going to let that student organization fail to have programming,” said Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley.

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Oscar Perry Abello @oscarthinks.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Yesterday, the NCUA announced the involuntary liquidation of People Trust Community Federal Credit Union. Unfortunate news for what had been, and in some ways still remains, a bright beacon in a time of uncertainty and turmoil in the world of community development finance.

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Idothethinking @idothethinking.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

America has become a disgraceful country. Wish you were back, Alex.

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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story: It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically. 9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵

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ProRep Coalition @prorepcoalition.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

More and more people are realizing that #ProportionalRepresentation is the answer to #EndGerrymandering.

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Chris Julien @chrisjulien.eurosky.social · 19/05/2026

Ergo: economic populism deflates rightwing populism, as @zackpolanski.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and many others demonstrate.

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Chris Julien @chrisjulien.eurosky.social · 19/05/2026

Bookmark! More evidence on how to break the far right. A welfare state that reduces labour market risk, reduces populist appeal: "Countries that devote more resources to labour market programmes and provide more generous unemployment insurance... tend to exhibit lower levels of populist support."

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Can welfare states contain populism?

New evidence shows that countries with more generous welfare state spending and labour market programmes exhibit lower levels of populist support.

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Jonathan Welle @wellejonathan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

You love to see it! Cleveland Owns is co-hosting a conversation on unions and co-ops May 26 at 7 pm ET in-person and on Zoom. IBEW and USW co-ops will share how unions and co-ops work together to build worker power. Register at clevelandowns.coop

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

New expert survey on the state of US democracy conducted by @scottrw630.bsky.social among members of the American Political Science Association’s Democracy and Autocracy Section blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/05/2026

critically this was the case in 1870 when the 15th amendment was ratified! there is literally no such thing as partisan gerrymandering and manipulation of voting rules in the south outside of the context of “white reactionaries want to neuter black political power”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“.. The unemployment rate for workers under 35 with a master’s degree has rarely been higher in the past 20 years ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 19/05/2026

America's political system produces Democratic presidents who "respect" the parliamentarian killing stuff like a minimum wage increase, and Republican presidents demanding the firing of the parliamentarian unless he gets funding for his palace.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 11/05/2026

70% top marginal tax rates

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