“He was intelligent, forceful, courageous, decent, everything, in fact, but wise.”
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“He was intelligent, forceful, courageous, decent, everything, in fact, but wise.”
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The Sahel region — stretching from Mauritania through Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to Chad — has become the world’s biggest epicenter for global terrorism.
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New building openings are bringing rents down as wealthy tenants trade up, forcing landlords to drop prices for older apartments.
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If you want a clear example of the abundance agenda with actual results, look no further than New Rochelle.
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The reflexive explanation for NYC’s housing crisis is the greed of developers, financiers and foreign investors. It’s an emotionally satisfying story, but it’s wrong and it obscures a simpler truth.
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I wonder why…
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“When we treat immigrants as future citizens rather than permanent outsiders—while credibly enforcing our border rules—we build safer communities, stronger labor markets and a country confident enough to turn newcomers into contributors.”
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Red includes investors in technology stocks, big tech companies, the luxury sectors, high-income professionals, and asset owners.
Blue includes small businesses, low-wage service workers, small businesses, and many middle-class and lower-income households.
Not good.
It would be great if the MTA wasn’t the only organization telling riders to pay their fare.
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“When pledges turn out to be empty words, liberal democracy and the Democratic party that stands for it will be further tarnished.” - @dacemoglumit.bsky.social
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“These are the people that did everything for a taste of freedom. They had children die on their way here. They’re mostly Catholic, they are so into their families. They love America more than most Americans.”
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They are not dumb people, and they’re not crazy in the sense that they’re out of touch with reality. Rather, years of antisemitic, nationalistic propaganda closed off whatever was left of their basic humanity.
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Interesting piece by @betsyplum.bsky.social from @ridersalliance.org. Don't agree with everything, but this is a no-brainer: Fair Fares should automatically enroll eligible residents earning up to 150% of the poverty level, fully covering their transit costs.
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“That’s what the gods do, they spin thread of ruin through the fabric of our lives, all to make a song for generations to come.” - Cloud Cuckoo Land
Keep shining, Anita Datar. Ten years later, your memory lives on.
A direct correlation to the rise of authoritarianism and illiberalism across the globe.
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These women are not famous or well connected, but they matter. Their pain matters. Their names matter. We should not co-opt their suffering for our own agenda.
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The sad truth about Hiroshima and Nagasaki is that the most honest depiction would be uncomfortable. That confrontation with reality is what we need to prevent the past from turning into our future.
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“Savvy investors know that a mayor only has so much power and is term-limited. If Mamdani scares some investors away, others will see an opportunity. The market will decide.”
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"Despite all the handwringing about democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani and his perceived negative impact on the real estate market, 24 of the 41 contracts were signed in the days after Mamdani’s victory.”
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“You have whitewashed your hands, soothed your conscience, and may now look in the mirror with the impression that you have done something. Did you stop to ask yourselves what change your decision has truly achieved?”
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Look up Yusef Hawkins
Key line and the biggest open question: “If Mamdani becomes mayor and can’t or won’t defy the interest groups that oppose housing reform, housing won’t get built.”
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“The problem is that, sooner or later, in one form or another, everyone ends up paying.”
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“The biggest danger may be that the city’s success makes it complacent about its flaws and challenges.”
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This is the best. Sports and food are the biggest unifiers.
Climate doomerism helps sell movies and generate clicks, but it doesn’t help people, which really isn’t the goal of climate doomers in the first place.
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This is awful and heartbreaking. Fascist, religious extremists are about to take over Mali.
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Al Qaeda militants are moving closer to seizing the capital of the West African nation of Mali, which, should the city fall, would become the first country in the world run by the U.S.-designated terrorist group.
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