Democracy and trains
@wingedisis.bsky.social
Just another lefty urbanist, not my professional account (do people have those here?) #NOLATwitter in exile
Nerdy things I’ve made:
https://plotofland.monumentlab.com/
https://www.papermonuments.org/
https://small.tulane.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04
Nerdy things I’ve made:
https://plotofland.monumentlab.com/
https://www.papermonuments.org/
https://small.tulane.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04
Reposted by Democracy and trains
Let me not bury the lede here: DPW used $120M of general fund dollars to complete JIRR projects without the public's knowledge and without an immediate plan for reimbursement. The Admin was essentially robbing Peter to pay Paul, jeopardizing the salaries of thousands of city workers.
New Orleans street repair program quietly blew a $123 million hole in city finances
Exclusive WWL Investigation uncovers how delayed FEMA advances, looming deadlines and poor communication helped send the city to the brink of missing payroll.
www.wwltv.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Let me not bury the lede here: DPW used $120M of general fund dollars to complete JIRR projects without the public's knowledge and without an immediate plan for reimbursement. The Admin was essentially robbing Peter to pay Paul, jeopardizing the salaries of thousands of city workers.
Reposted by Democracy and trains
The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
Reposted by Democracy and trains
Louisiana officials plan to reopen a youth prison in April that was shuttered over a decade ago when it was declared inappropriate for young people. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports a new correctional facility will eventually be built on the same site. lailluminator.com/2025/11/26/l...
State officials say East Baton Rouge youth prison could reopen as soon as April • Louisiana Illuminator
Louisiana officials plan to reopen a youth prison in April that was shuttered over a decade ago when it was declared inappropriate for young people.
lailluminator.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Louisiana officials plan to reopen a youth prison in April that was shuttered over a decade ago when it was declared inappropriate for young people. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports a new correctional facility will eventually be built on the same site. lailluminator.com/2025/11/26/l...
Hey @nolautilities.bsky.social if the crosswalk manhole cover is hissing and bouncing up and down, that’s bad, right?
Or are we trying new approaches to turkey frying? (Pauline and Villere)
Or are we trying new approaches to turkey frying? (Pauline and Villere)
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Hey @nolautilities.bsky.social if the crosswalk manhole cover is hissing and bouncing up and down, that’s bad, right?
Or are we trying new approaches to turkey frying? (Pauline and Villere)
Or are we trying new approaches to turkey frying? (Pauline and Villere)
Reposted by Democracy and trains
The Trump administration has never met a crisis it couldn't make worse.
The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Trump administration has never met a crisis it couldn't make worse.
Reposted by Democracy and trains
This Sunday morning, we'll be continuing our regular routine of serving the houseless community in New Orleans. Join us, bring us your shoes/clothes/blankets, check out our Amazon wishlist, or consider a donation for drinks, snacks, and supplies. #TailgateTogether
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This Sunday morning, we'll be continuing our regular routine of serving the houseless community in New Orleans. Join us, bring us your shoes/clothes/blankets, check out our Amazon wishlist, or consider a donation for drinks, snacks, and supplies. #TailgateTogether
❤️
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
❤️
Having just put the mac and cheese in the oven, I endorse this ad
There’s so much spin out there about everything, from the actual cost of groceries to what mac & cheese is supposed to look like (iykyk). But we’ve got the receipts.
The closest recipe to mine (which I mostly use myself) is now Trini’s. Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! 🧡
The closest recipe to mine (which I mostly use myself) is now Trini’s. Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! 🧡
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Having just put the mac and cheese in the oven, I endorse this ad
Reposted by Democracy and trains
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment of the established order.
New piece:
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment of the established order.
New piece:
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment
steady.page
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment of the established order.
New piece:
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment of the established order.
New piece:
Reposted by Democracy and trains
Could be the result of:
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Could be the result of:
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
Reposted by Democracy and trains
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
Reposted by Democracy and trains
Short-lived 1873 Unification Movement sought to bring races together
During the Reconstruction era in Louisiana, Black, white and Jewish men briefly worked together for racial equality in the Unification Movement.
During the Reconstruction era in Louisiana, Black, white and Jewish men briefly worked together for racial equality in the Unification Movement.
Short-lived 1873 Unification Movement sought to bring races together
During the Reconstruction era in Louisiana, Black, white and Jewish men briefly worked together for racial equality in the Unification Movement.
veritenews.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Short-lived 1873 Unification Movement sought to bring races together
During the Reconstruction era in Louisiana, Black, white and Jewish men briefly worked together for racial equality in the Unification Movement.
During the Reconstruction era in Louisiana, Black, white and Jewish men briefly worked together for racial equality in the Unification Movement.
Reposted by Democracy and trains
NOPD records show some top earners may have broken overtime policy
NOPD records show some top earners may have broken overtime policy
NOPD timecards show officers working more overtime than allowed by NOPD policy
www.fox8live.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
NOPD records show some top earners may have broken overtime policy
Reposted by Democracy and trains
The Trump administration’s war on tourism in red states continues
National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Trump administration’s war on tourism in red states continues
Reposted by Democracy and trains
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
Reposted by Democracy and trains
I'm sure shifting from inappropriately or non-identified agents to non-identified bounty hunters with letters of marque looking for a 9 figure payday won't have any downsides
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I'm sure shifting from inappropriately or non-identified agents to non-identified bounty hunters with letters of marque looking for a 9 figure payday won't have any downsides
Reposted by Democracy and trains
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
Reposted by Democracy and trains
insert The obligatory "i'm opposed to violence" speech here_______
They should kick his ass!
They should kick his ass!
A Houston-area church employee allegedly impersonated an ICE agent to extort a massage therapist he’d just seen, showing her a fake badge and telling her she would never see her family again if she didn’t Zelle him $500.
Church employee posed as ICE agent to extort victim for money, HPD says
A church safety director is under arrest after being accused of posing as an ICE agent to extort a woman for money.
abc13.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
insert The obligatory "i'm opposed to violence" speech here_______
They should kick his ass!
They should kick his ass!
Reposted by Democracy and trains
It continues to bother me how much Leopold II, one of the most evil men of all time and a ghoul on par with Hitler, is so completely ignored
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It continues to bother me how much Leopold II, one of the most evil men of all time and a ghoul on par with Hitler, is so completely ignored
*correction: too few bookshelves
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
*correction: too few bookshelves
Reposted by Democracy and trains
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.
Reposted by Democracy and trains
the long-term threat is not MAGA enduring forever, it is the pendulum effect created by the fact that when the regime falls, the minimum necessary amount of cleanup needed to restore democracy will be interpreted by slightly less than half of 2024 voters as a partisan purge that requires vengeance
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
the long-term threat is not MAGA enduring forever, it is the pendulum effect created by the fact that when the regime falls, the minimum necessary amount of cleanup needed to restore democracy will be interpreted by slightly less than half of 2024 voters as a partisan purge that requires vengeance
Reposted by Democracy and trains
Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
Reposted by Democracy and trains
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Reposted by Democracy and trains
Trump says he’s ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali refugees in Minnesota “immediately.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Trump says he’s ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali refugees in Minnesota “immediately.”