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Dean of Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Obsessed with baseball, basketball, regulation, TV

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Like I said, the winners of the US-Iran war are likely to be China and Russia. wapo.st/4ui9QzJ

10.03.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

This is yet one more reason it is important to highlight his mental decline. It will make clear that his end may be closer than people think.

10.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 530 πŸ” 140 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 8

I dunno man. It’s also morally wrong, but if I were the GOP right now, I would not be eager to make it even harder to vote. Dems will crawl over broken glass to cast a ballot against Trump; meh Republicans or low propensity voters will just stay home.

10.03.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2
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Senate Committee Advances Ban on Rent-Setting Algorithms – NJ State Policy Updates - New Jersey State Policy Lab Education Senate Committee Advances High School Financial Literacy Course Requirement - On March 2nd, the Senate Education Committee unanimously approved Bill S3462, legislation sponsored by Senators ...

🏘️ The Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee advanced a bill to ban landlords from using profit-maxing #algorithms to set rental prices; 🀰 Lawmakers reintroduced a bill to conduct a #maternity access and care survey in the state. Read these stories and more here:

10.03.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The sanewashing is costing many lives now.

10.03.2026 11:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Trump sends mixed signals on when Iran War might End

Trump sends mixed signals on when Iran War might End

Trump Zigzags on When War Will End

Trump Zigzags on When War Will End

I’m not sure whether β€œmixed signals” or β€œzigzags” captures the fact that, in an unhinged press conference, Trump said completely contradictory things about the war that he started without explaining its goals or endgame and without getting Congressional approval.

10.03.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 209 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6

Trump saying things has no probative or epistemic value whatsoever, including as to his own state of mind and intentions

We all know this, by now. And yet somehow the lesson does not sink in

09.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 384 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 7

This is one of his most terrifyingly stupid performances ever, this one’s a Hall of Famer

09.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 1461 πŸ” 192 πŸ’¬ 99 πŸ“Œ 9

If you are watching Trump's presser right now, you are seeing beyond reasonable doubt a person not mentally suited for any position of responsibility. Even running a small store.

GOP members of the House and Senate: You are seeing this too.

09.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 4132 πŸ” 1098 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 52
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06.03.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Jersey’s New E-Bike Laws: Safety, Impact, and What Comes Next - New Jersey State Policy Lab Image Source: Voorhees Transportation Center In recent years, e-bikes have become an increasingly popular form of micromobility, which are small, lightweight transportation devices designed for short ...

🚴🚴On January 19, former Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new law establishing a new regulatory framework for electric bicycles in #NJ. This legislation was first introduced earlier in the fall, as lawmakers' response to rising safety concerns after a series of e-bike-related accidents in the state:

09.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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the affordability and iran president

09.03.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 631 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 3

F*** there is a nonzero chance there is a bipartisan nazi caucus in Congress next year.

09.03.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A student of mine at the time put it best, "Cruz would be a worse candidate and a better president."

08.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reduction in Force The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to revise its reduction-in-force (RIF) regulations. The proposed rule would make the RIF regulations more streamlined, efficient, an...

OPM has proposed a new RIF rule that changes the priority of performance versus tenure. The problem being OPM has also proposed rules that change the way in which performance is evaluated.

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

08.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This. And the stock market.

08.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Harris campaign performed well, as far as campaigns go, in that she was multiple points closer in the swing states the campaign focused on, and had a smaller loss than most of the world's incumbent parties.

There wasn't One Weird Trick she didn't do, nor One Big Mistake that cost it all. Sorry.

07.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 660 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 8

Are you pro-Salamanca?

07.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
"War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of Washington -- not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict."
Graduation Exercises at the United States
Military Academy, 6/3/47
"Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war.
Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war."
Remarks at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10/19/50 [DDE's Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File, Box

"War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of Washington -- not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict." Graduation Exercises at the United States Military Academy, 6/3/47 "Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war. Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war." Remarks at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10/19/50 [DDE's Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File, Box

Was browsing the Eisenhower Library site this morning trying to find a quote I remembered.

President Eisenhower, WW2 military hero:

β€œIn my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war… none has yet explained how war prevents war.”

07.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 754 πŸ” 270 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 19

38% of airline passengers vote to open plane door midflight because that bitch stewardess said not to

07.03.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 3401 πŸ” 410 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 27

Reporter should just say they are doing the weave.

06.03.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Eliminating independence at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has condemned scores of Americans to death," Richard L. Trumka, former CPSC Commissioner, argues in a recent essay. www.theregreview.org/2026/03/05/t...

06.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ooh ooh I have an idea.

06.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

America has a long history of pointless and wasteful military adventurism. And in our quest to normalize Trump we’ve stuck his Iran war in that box: β€œanother war, just like the rest.” It’s not like the rest. It’s an act of insanity, rogue state behavior. Don’t know how this ends until we admit it.

06.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 1343 πŸ” 210 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 16

Whatever happens, even miraculous Venezuela-like stability in Iran and/or Cuba, the end of US diplomacy as we knew it weakens the US. Diplomacy is a tool of power, we had the best, and we blew it up deliberately. These waters are plenty charted, and they are full of icebergs. 15/15

06.03.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 510 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 13
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The Section 8 (F)influencer economy The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV, colloquially known as β€œSection 8” vouchers) program is one of the largest affordable housing programs in the United S…

I have a new open access article in Geoforum, looking at how abrasive online β€œfinfluencers” promise riches through buying cheap properties to rent to Housing Choice Voucher (β€œSection 8”) holders, using outdated spatial arbitrage strategies and AI automation: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

06.03.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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noem's dog looking down from heaven

05.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 4366 πŸ” 418 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 17

TFW when you log off for an hour and you come back and all of the Noem jokes are taken.

05.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cricket's revenge.

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