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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 19m

More big news: the Senate just passed my bipartisan resolution to end Trump's global tariffs. This is a huge win and shows how unpopular Trump's tariffs really are. Now it's time for Mike Johnson to abandon his 6 week vacation and get this passed in the House.

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Andy Thornley @apthornley.bsky.social · 1h

(ah, I see that you are, of course)

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 6h

Trump is quite literally the biggest union buster in American history. Every single Republican who supports Trump is anti-union, including Vance and Hawley and the other mythological “we love workers” ones. You are all lying rat cowards.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

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Andy Thornley @apthornley.bsky.social · 1h

cc @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social (if you’re not already tuned in to this terrific thread)

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

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Andy Thornley @apthornley.bsky.social · 13h

Some good news from the Netherlands: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...

Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders

www.nytimes.com

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 5d

Petty Activist 😘

Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org · 6d

Turns out the real political spectrum is just how people feel about free parking 😂

Tag yourself!

A political compass chart titled "Parking Reform Political Compass." The horizontal axis is labeled "Pro-Free Parking" at the top and "Pro-Parking Reform" at the bottom. The vertical axis is labeled "right wing" on the right and "left wing" on the leftmost border. The chart is divided into a grid of 25 boxes, each featuring a persona and a humorous quote representing different viewpoints on parking policy. On the left side of the compass, personas range from "Free Parking Revolutionary" and "Anti-Capitalist Car-User" at the top left corner, to "Anarcho-Urbanist" and "YIMBY Keyboard Warrior" at the bottom right corner. On the right side, personas range from "Conspiracy Theorist" to "Freedom Loving Business Owner." In the middle are personas like "Burt-Out," with the quote: "We'll form a committee to study the committee that studied the parking reform study. The report will be due never." Overall, this political compass satirizes perspectives across the political spectrum, including left-wing, right-wing, centrist, libertarian, and niche cultural stances like "Anti-Gentrification Warrior" and "Data-Driven Dad."

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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 11d

Thought this line really nailed that dynamic bsky.app/profile/john...

John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 29d

What a perfect formulation:

“This is, in many ways, the dynamic that defines reactionary centrism: the right must be understood, but never blamed. The left can be blamed, but need not be understood.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...

What is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them?

A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11d

the grievances of the Right are 'legitimate' and exist because the Left 'goes too far.' The grievances of the Left(s) are illegitimate because they are disfavored groups who should be grateful to get to live in this country.

Pamela Oliver @pamelaoliver.bsky.social · 11d

I am remembering how the Tea Party protests in the Obama administration (2009-2010) were covered and thinking about how that coverage compares to the No Kings protests. #contentiousky

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Andy Thornley @apthornley.bsky.social · 11d

Be sure to read Emily Hoeven's account of the crazy-making petty politics confounding Sausalito's redevelopment of the Marinship yards, the quintessence of coastal California NIMBY obstructionism
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/emil...

A run-down Marin enclave has room for hundreds of homes. Why are officials focused on bulldozing parkland?

OPINION: If California can’t agree to build housing in the dilapidated parking lots of wealthy Sausalito, where can it build?

www.sfchronicle.com

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 12d

Hell yeah

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Beaker @ally2000.bsky.social · 12d

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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 12d

It's where the original No Kings Protest was held!

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12d

Boston. Wow.

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 12d

#NoKings Miami!

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 12d

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 12d

Chicago - no kings

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 12d

Seen earlier today before the march

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12d

When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 13d

I have a dream that one day police will treat all Americans with the respect that they give to a drunk racist guy who yells “I’M FUCKIN LAW ENFORCEMENT”

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 13d

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

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Tiger Elephant Giraffe Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13d

Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!

Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar @repilhan.bsky.social · 14d

$40 billion for Argentina.

$0 for U.S. soybean farmers, including in Minnesota, who are paying for Trump’s trade wars.

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 14d

meanwhile paris is *actually* saving billions of dollars a year by prioritizing sustainable mobility, public health, and inflation mitigation with a car-light future

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Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social · 16d

61 milliards d’euros, c’est ce que nous avons économisé grâce à nos actions contre la pollution de l’air !

AirParif conclue dans sa dernière étude que nos actions en matière de lutte contre la pollution de l’air ont permis d’économiser 61 milliards d’euros.

Photo à Paris avec une femme en vélo et en fond Notre-Dame et la forêt urbaine de l'Hotel de Ville et le texte : 61 milliards d'euros, c'est ce que nous avons économisé grâce à nos actions contre la pollution de l'air.

Fond vert avec le texte : AirParif conclue dans sa dernière étude que nos actions en matière de lutte contre la pollution de l'air ont permis d'économiser 61 milliards d'euros.

Soit des bénéfices dix fois supérieurs aux investissements engagés depuis dix ans.

Visuel sur fond vert avec le texte : Lutter contre la pollution de l'air c'est aussi agir pour une meilleure santé de toutes et tous : baisse de moitié des décès prématurés entre 2010 et 2019 et des maladies chroniques.

Notre combat pour améliorer la qualité de l'air, au cœur de notre ambition municipale, doit se poursuivre et s'amplifier !

C'est ce que nous faisons à Paris.

Baisse de la vitesse sur le périphérique, 1500km de pistes cyclables, plus de 155 000 nouveaux arbres, sortie des énergies fossiles, réduction de la place de la voiture, en dix ans, nos actions ont permis de réduire la pollution de 40% !

Et on continue !

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16d

Average new-vehicle manufacturer’s suggested retail prices hit an all-time high last month, reaching $52k, up 4.2% from last year.

(The best selling vehicle in the U.S. is a ford truck that sells for more than 65k)

All that “freedom” to be stuck in car dependency & traffic sure sounds expensive.

Average U.S. New Car Prices Top $50,000 For The First Time Ever

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

www.forbes.com

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Mike Chen 陳懋華 @mikechensf.com · 16d

Gov Gavin Newsom signed #SB720 allowing for automated red light camera enforcement! This will help hold drivers accountable for dangerous behaviors and keep our streets safe. #VisionZero

@governor.ca.gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

To the Members of the California State Senate:
I am signing Senate Bill 720.

This bill would allow local governments to establish an alternative automated traffic enforcement program that uses automated equipment to detect violations of traffic control signals, with violations issued to the vehicle's registered owner and subject to escalating civil penalties ranging from $100 for a first offense to $500 for repeat offenses.

Preventing accidents and saving lives is a critical priority, and this measure provides another tool to advance that goal. Its success, however, will depend on thoughtful implementation at the local level and ongoing evaluation, with a willingness Io make adjustments to guard against unintended consequences. Civil penalties alone may not always provide sufficient deterrence, particularly for those able to easily absorb the cost. To be effective, the program must also remain a safety-focused tool rather than drifting into a revenue-driven exercise.

As this program moves forward continued vigilance will be essential to ensure it fulfills its promise — safer streets, stronger accountability, and genuine deterrence of dangerous driving behaviors.

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