Andy Kipp
@andykipp.bsky.social
Talking housing and stuff from Astoria, Oregon 🌲🏘️🚢
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Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
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This is precisely the intention of vouchers. They are an elaborate plot to destroy the public education system, which is part of a larger plot to enslave the American population
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This is precisely the intention of vouchers. They are an elaborate plot to destroy the public education system, which is part of a larger plot to enslave the American population
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
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Mamdani: "I actually shared this with the president that the very constituencies that he had won over, that were a critical part of his increased vote share in New York City, were the ones we then looked at as who we should focus on to bring back into the party."
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Mamdani: "I actually shared this with the president that the very constituencies that he had won over, that were a critical part of his increased vote share in New York City, were the ones we then looked at as who we should focus on to bring back into the party."
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
Early returns for CA Prop 50 show huge swings away from Trump in San Bernardino and Riverside counties (both majority-Hispanic).
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Early returns for CA Prop 50 show huge swings away from Trump in San Bernardino and Riverside counties (both majority-Hispanic).
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Mamdani:
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.
Now, it is something that we do.”
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.
Now, it is something that we do.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Mamdani:
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.
Now, it is something that we do.”
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.
Now, it is something that we do.”
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We are fighting for true freedom. The freedom to live a life of dignity and joy.
A life of 80 hour work weeks, of constantly struggling to get by, being trapped in a shitty job by your health insurance — this is not freedom, and we are not free. But we could be. If we fight.
A life of 80 hour work weeks, of constantly struggling to get by, being trapped in a shitty job by your health insurance — this is not freedom, and we are not free. But we could be. If we fight.
October 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We are fighting for true freedom. The freedom to live a life of dignity and joy.
A life of 80 hour work weeks, of constantly struggling to get by, being trapped in a shitty job by your health insurance — this is not freedom, and we are not free. But we could be. If we fight.
A life of 80 hour work weeks, of constantly struggling to get by, being trapped in a shitty job by your health insurance — this is not freedom, and we are not free. But we could be. If we fight.
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If i did it right, this is a gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
Opinion | Chris Hayes: The Democrats’ Main Problem Isn’t Their Message
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If i did it right, this is a gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
Disheartened to see @tinakotek.bsky.social fundraising for Janet Mills. I respect the work Kotek has been doing in OR on housing, but @grahamformaine.bsky.social is the stronger candidate because he's focused on standing up to the oligarchy and fighting for the working-class.
October 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Disheartened to see @tinakotek.bsky.social fundraising for Janet Mills. I respect the work Kotek has been doing in OR on housing, but @grahamformaine.bsky.social is the stronger candidate because he's focused on standing up to the oligarchy and fighting for the working-class.
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We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
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Portland: Neighbors Welcome urges City Council to reject the proposed camping ban ordinance. Portland must embrace housing first strategies that offer dignity and respect to our most vulnerable neighbors. Let's house all our neighbors, together.
October 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Portland: Neighbors Welcome urges City Council to reject the proposed camping ban ordinance. Portland must embrace housing first strategies that offer dignity and respect to our most vulnerable neighbors. Let's house all our neighbors, together.
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I found this pretty persuasive. Maybe there's some evidence of real harm from the current regulatory status quo but doesn't really seem to be.
www.joshbarro.com/p/this-is-th...
www.joshbarro.com/p/this-is-th...
This Is the Kind of Overregulation that Makes New York Unaffordable
The city council's plan to require plumbers to install all gas appliances in the city is an obstacle to Zohran Mamdani's pledge to freeze rents
www.joshbarro.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I found this pretty persuasive. Maybe there's some evidence of real harm from the current regulatory status quo but doesn't really seem to be.
www.joshbarro.com/p/this-is-th...
www.joshbarro.com/p/this-is-th...
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Interested in learning about how you can become a small real estate developer for a project in your neighborhood? Are you an advocate or local leader looking to encourage better buildings in your community? Join us tomorrow for a lecture hosted by the Incremental Development Alliance!
October 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Interested in learning about how you can become a small real estate developer for a project in your neighborhood? Are you an advocate or local leader looking to encourage better buildings in your community? Join us tomorrow for a lecture hosted by the Incremental Development Alliance!
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"Dems will get blamed for a shutdown" as opposed to what, all the friendly coverage and positive credit they'd get for caving yet again? This whole premise is built on a delusion about what the alternative is. There's no cowering in the corner and being so inoffensive they won't still attack you.
September 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"Dems will get blamed for a shutdown" as opposed to what, all the friendly coverage and positive credit they'd get for caving yet again? This whole premise is built on a delusion about what the alternative is. There's no cowering in the corner and being so inoffensive they won't still attack you.
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Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.
September 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.
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If someone from another country explained that their president could violate their constitution's plain text but that it was completely legitimate because lifetime judges who belong to political parties said he could on the "shadow docket," you would laugh at them because their country is primitive.
BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Trump unilaterally freeze billions in congressionally appropriated foreign aid money
apparent 6-3 vote with liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 vote with liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If someone from another country explained that their president could violate their constitution's plain text but that it was completely legitimate because lifetime judges who belong to political parties said he could on the "shadow docket," you would laugh at them because their country is primitive.
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Best thing California could do to fight fascism is build more housing.
September 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Best thing California could do to fight fascism is build more housing.
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“When you look at the factors weighing down Democrats, it’s not crime or trans rights or wokeness. It’s the deep-seated belief among independents and Democratic voters that Democrats are weak and feckless.”
The Dem Senate leadership's unbelievable negotiating position is that they will give Trump everything he wants except that they demand: an extension of Obamacare subsidies so that they expire right after the midterms, not before. This sounds like political malpractice on several levels.
There’s a New Budget Showdown. Senate Dems’ Current Plan Is Bullshit
I agonized for a bit about the point I’m about to discuss....
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“When you look at the factors weighing down Democrats, it’s not crime or trans rights or wokeness. It’s the deep-seated belief among independents and Democratic voters that Democrats are weak and feckless.”
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Imagine if California's median home price was $400,000 instead of $900,000. We'd be the state adding House seats in 2030 because people do not want to live in a 3rd world dump if they can afford not to.
BREAKING Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so. @davidovalle.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so
Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Imagine if California's median home price was $400,000 instead of $900,000. We'd be the state adding House seats in 2030 because people do not want to live in a 3rd world dump if they can afford not to.
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I'm glad that people are coming around to the fact that Democrats like these are just the Republican Party's unpaid interns. They're the reason your city is a punchline with your conservative relatives. They're the reason TX and FL get new Congressional seats while California and NY lose them.
Jon Lovett’s face when LA City Councilmember Imelda Padilla said she forced an affordable housing project to go down from six stories to three stories and add in EV charging spaces
August 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I'm glad that people are coming around to the fact that Democrats like these are just the Republican Party's unpaid interns. They're the reason your city is a punchline with your conservative relatives. They're the reason TX and FL get new Congressional seats while California and NY lose them.
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Democrats shouldn't vote for a CR unless the following conditions are met:
1. NG out of DC and PD returned to locals.
2. RFK et al out at HHS.
3. Hegseth out at DOD.
4. No face coverings for fed. police.
5. Renounce Cook's fake firing.
6. Revoke the tariffs.
Shut down the government otherwise.
1. NG out of DC and PD returned to locals.
2. RFK et al out at HHS.
3. Hegseth out at DOD.
4. No face coverings for fed. police.
5. Renounce Cook's fake firing.
6. Revoke the tariffs.
Shut down the government otherwise.
August 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Democrats shouldn't vote for a CR unless the following conditions are met:
1. NG out of DC and PD returned to locals.
2. RFK et al out at HHS.
3. Hegseth out at DOD.
4. No face coverings for fed. police.
5. Renounce Cook's fake firing.
6. Revoke the tariffs.
Shut down the government otherwise.
1. NG out of DC and PD returned to locals.
2. RFK et al out at HHS.
3. Hegseth out at DOD.
4. No face coverings for fed. police.
5. Renounce Cook's fake firing.
6. Revoke the tariffs.
Shut down the government otherwise.