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davemfa2jd-pd.bsky.social
Public Defender, YIMBY, father of twins, dog lover, reasonable doubt > unreasonable certainty
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The first rule of Trump Club: we’re always winning. The second rule: if we’re not, make up a win. @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social says to rebut the best argument. But as Dr. Richardson shows, there’s no real argument—just distraction and denial. Democracy deserves better. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

YIMBY ≠ free market fundamentalist. Most of us want more public, nonprofit, and deeply affordable housing. But we can’t get there if every project — public or private — gets stalled by local opposition and endless process.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Reading Chapter 3 "Govern" from Abundance by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social and @dkthomp.bsky.social . My takeaway: The government needs a good copy editor.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

submitted 95 days ago • 941 comments

Just got to the chapter of The Power Broker where Caro is like, "they finally figured out induced demand in the 1940s and the only way to build your way out of it is to build public transit!" and almost 100 years later we're still doing the same Robert-Moses-starve-transit schtick.

submitted 213 days ago • 1 comment

Alternate headline: I Went to the Robert Caro New-York Historical Society Talk and All I Got Was a Memory I'll TBH Cherish Forever

submitted 199 days ago • 0 comments

Robert Caro on 50 Years of ‘The Power Broker’

submitted 193 days ago • 2 comments

I am currently reading The Complete Memoirs Of Ulysses S. Grant and am pleased to report the Republic has been this fucked before and survived. 🧐 🇺🇸

submitted 164 days ago • 419 comments