Dean Preston
@deanpreston.bsky.social
Former legislator, democratic socialist, housing advocate, founder of Tenants Together. He/Him. Opinions my own, reposts not endorsements.
"Guaranteed housing and health care, no billionaires" has a better ring to it
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
"Guaranteed housing and health care, no billionaires" has a better ring to it
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
We are not at war with Venezuela and there's no legal justification for the extrajudicial murder of Venezuelan sailors.
Trump said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose any supporters and now he's testing his theory on international waters.
He must be stopped.
Trump said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose any supporters and now he's testing his theory on international waters.
He must be stopped.
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
We are not at war with Venezuela and there's no legal justification for the extrajudicial murder of Venezuelan sailors.
Trump said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose any supporters and now he's testing his theory on international waters.
He must be stopped.
Trump said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose any supporters and now he's testing his theory on international waters.
He must be stopped.
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🎉Issue 7.2 is live!
"The longue durée of housing justice," edited by Aysegul Can, Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia, Saila-Maria Saaristo, Melora Koepke, and Andy Crosby.
Read the full issue at radicalhousingjournal.org.
#HousingJustice #UrbanStudies #OpenAccess #SpatialPolitics
"The longue durée of housing justice," edited by Aysegul Can, Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia, Saila-Maria Saaristo, Melora Koepke, and Andy Crosby.
Read the full issue at radicalhousingjournal.org.
#HousingJustice #UrbanStudies #OpenAccess #SpatialPolitics
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The Radical Housing Journal (RHJ) is an orientation, a praxis for doing research and action. It seeks to critically intervene in pre and post-crisis housing experiences and activist strategies from ar...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
🎉Issue 7.2 is live!
"The longue durée of housing justice," edited by Aysegul Can, Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia, Saila-Maria Saaristo, Melora Koepke, and Andy Crosby.
Read the full issue at radicalhousingjournal.org.
#HousingJustice #UrbanStudies #OpenAccess #SpatialPolitics
"The longue durée of housing justice," edited by Aysegul Can, Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia, Saila-Maria Saaristo, Melora Koepke, and Andy Crosby.
Read the full issue at radicalhousingjournal.org.
#HousingJustice #UrbanStudies #OpenAccess #SpatialPolitics
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We cannot let this be normal. A sitting United States President has called for ‘death’ to sitting Members of Congress.
Those who he targets — veterans, intelligence community, federal workers — must stand up and fight.
Those who he targets — veterans, intelligence community, federal workers — must stand up and fight.
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We cannot let this be normal. A sitting United States President has called for ‘death’ to sitting Members of Congress.
Those who he targets — veterans, intelligence community, federal workers — must stand up and fight.
Those who he targets — veterans, intelligence community, federal workers — must stand up and fight.
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Noted political donor to "moderate San Francisco Democrat" causes
We just published a deep look into David Sacks, the White House's AI and Crypto czar. The story examines how he has been able keep hundreds of stakes in AI-related and crypto companies as he influences gov policy in those very industries.
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Noted political donor to "moderate San Francisco Democrat" causes
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Who would have guessed that David Sacks would be doing unethical shit in the White House? Not a single guy in that cohort who’s not a raging sociopath www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Who would have guessed that David Sacks would be doing unethical shit in the White House? Not a single guy in that cohort who’s not a raging sociopath www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
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There is no “centrist” solution to MAGA.
November 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
There is no “centrist” solution to MAGA.
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What I love most about looking through @scottwiener.bsky.social's political donations is seeing how many of today's techbro villains have generously patronized his campaigns
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What I love most about looking through @scottwiener.bsky.social's political donations is seeing how many of today's techbro villains have generously patronized his campaigns
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“I'm not saying these are glasses for creeps, but I can't help but feel like one while wearing them.”
Reader, they are for creeps.
Reader, they are for creeps.
I Can't Help Feeling Like a Creep Wearing Meta's New Gen 2 Glasses
Meta's new display-less smart glasses are quite good, but the vibes are off.
www.wired.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“I'm not saying these are glasses for creeps, but I can't help but feel like one while wearing them.”
Reader, they are for creeps.
Reader, they are for creeps.
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The Trump regime is disappearing people to indefinite detention in third countries they’ve never been to, often giving them no chance to contest their deportation and breaking U.S. and international law.
Cruelty and inhumanity beyond belief.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Cruelty and inhumanity beyond belief.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The Trump regime is disappearing people to indefinite detention in third countries they’ve never been to, often giving them no chance to contest their deportation and breaking U.S. and international law.
Cruelty and inhumanity beyond belief.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Cruelty and inhumanity beyond belief.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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More elections are already around the corner, mere days.
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
The 25 Elections to Watch This December - Bolts
On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have opportunities to gain further ground in December runoffs and special elections. They’re hoping for upsets in conservative territory, fro...
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
More elections are already around the corner, mere days.
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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Waters: This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we're all doing: resisting this lowdown dirty no good filthy president
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Waters: This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we're all doing: resisting this lowdown dirty no good filthy president
Another big loss for Trump. This administration is weakness masquerading as strength. Stand up fight back.
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at Presiden...
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Another big loss for Trump. This administration is weakness masquerading as strength. Stand up fight back.
Several weeks ago, I warned that Lurie would intensify his war on the poor and use Trump's threat to justify it. This is exactly what he's done.
San Francisco police step up late-night drug raids to appease Trump
Officials say the crackdown is linked to the president’s threats to deploy the National Guard and ICE.
sfstandard.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Several weeks ago, I warned that Lurie would intensify his war on the poor and use Trump's threat to justify it. This is exactly what he's done.
"In August 2023, Iowa City eliminated its bus fare. The two-year pilot noticeably lowered rates of driving, successfully increased bus ridership and lowered local emissions."
👏👏👏
👏👏👏
The Weekly Wrap: Iowa City’s Free Buses Are a Transit and Environmental Win
Santa Fe ties minimum wage to rent costs, Trump seeks to cut federal funds for public transit, and more.
nextcity.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"In August 2023, Iowa City eliminated its bus fare. The two-year pilot noticeably lowered rates of driving, successfully increased bus ridership and lowered local emissions."
👏👏👏
👏👏👏
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Deeply saddened by the loss of the amazing Katherine Campbell, a friend, Black Panther veteran, organizer of the annual Free Breakfast Program in the Fillmore, and a relentlessly positive, kind, and committed warrior for justice. Rest in Power, Katherine.
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Deeply saddened by the loss of the amazing Katherine Campbell, a friend, Black Panther veteran, organizer of the annual Free Breakfast Program in the Fillmore, and a relentlessly positive, kind, and committed warrior for justice. Rest in Power, Katherine.
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Jail or prison time served by high-ranking Nixon officials as a result of Watergate:
Attorney General: 19 months.
Chief of Staff: 18 months.
White House Counsel #1: 18 months.
White House Counsel #2: 4 months.
Secretary to the President: 8 months.
Special Counsel: 7 months.
Attorney General: 19 months.
Chief of Staff: 18 months.
White House Counsel #1: 18 months.
White House Counsel #2: 4 months.
Secretary to the President: 8 months.
Special Counsel: 7 months.
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Jail or prison time served by high-ranking Nixon officials as a result of Watergate:
Attorney General: 19 months.
Chief of Staff: 18 months.
White House Counsel #1: 18 months.
White House Counsel #2: 4 months.
Secretary to the President: 8 months.
Special Counsel: 7 months.
Attorney General: 19 months.
Chief of Staff: 18 months.
White House Counsel #1: 18 months.
White House Counsel #2: 4 months.
Secretary to the President: 8 months.
Special Counsel: 7 months.
We really need to ban mayoral appointments to the Board of Supervisors. Hold a prompt special election instead and let the people decide.
The head of the executive branch should not be able to appoint members of the legislative body that's supposed to provide oversight of his administration.
The head of the executive branch should not be able to appoint members of the legislative body that's supposed to provide oversight of his administration.
As Mayor Lurie takes a second try at appointing a D4 supervisor he’s adding extra vetting and asking for more public input.
This weekend, the five finalists even got homework: connect with community members and report back.
via @io-y-g.bsky.social and Xueer Lu
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-l...
This weekend, the five finalists even got homework: connect with community members and report back.
via @io-y-g.bsky.social and Xueer Lu
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-l...
Mayor gives shortlisted candidates for District 4 supervisor weekend homework
Lurie has taken recommendations from the Board of Supervisors seriously and has embraced a more open process the second time around
missionlocal.org
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
We really need to ban mayoral appointments to the Board of Supervisors. Hold a prompt special election instead and let the people decide.
The head of the executive branch should not be able to appoint members of the legislative body that's supposed to provide oversight of his administration.
The head of the executive branch should not be able to appoint members of the legislative body that's supposed to provide oversight of his administration.