Doug Gordon
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social
“A jovial guy from Brooklyn trying to prod society in a better direction.” Co-host, The War on Cars podcast. Runner, Disney parks fan (he/him)
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out from Thesis / Penguin Random House.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out from Thesis / Penguin Random House.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com
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Doug Gordon
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social
· Apr 22
Coming October 21st...
"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."
A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.
Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com
"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."
A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.
Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com
Some news!
I am really excited about this! I'm biased, but I think we wrote a very good book. I can't wait to get it into your hands.
I am really excited about this! I'm biased, but I think we wrote a very good book. I can't wait to get it into your hands.
The bravery of the woman in the pink coat to ask people to call for an ambulance and continue filming and yell at the ICE terrorists after they murdered somone and she’s clearly unable to process what she just witnessed. I don’t even know what to say.
January 24, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The bravery of the woman in the pink coat to ask people to call for an ambulance and continue filming and yell at the ICE terrorists after they murdered somone and she’s clearly unable to process what she just witnessed. I don’t even know what to say.
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I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.
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From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
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The last few years have seen the largest wave of immigration in American history. All those images we carry in our heads about people arriving at Ellis Island — we just surpassed that. Crime went down. Real wages went up. This is a fake problem. Enough is enough.
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The last few years have seen the largest wave of immigration in American history. All those images we carry in our heads about people arriving at Ellis Island — we just surpassed that. Crime went down. Real wages went up. This is a fake problem. Enough is enough.
Democrats need to understand that if the regime can get away with shooting people under the pretext that they were trying to subdue a dangerous person who was resisting arrest, it won't be long before they can get away with shooting people without the pretext that they were resisting arrest.
January 24, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Democrats need to understand that if the regime can get away with shooting people under the pretext that they were trying to subdue a dangerous person who was resisting arrest, it won't be long before they can get away with shooting people without the pretext that they were resisting arrest.
Someone should tell Chuck Schumer that ICE shot the Baileys.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Someone should tell Chuck Schumer that ICE shot the Baileys.
Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121. Call and leave a message. Then call again on Monday and talk to someone directly.
We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
January 24, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121. Call and leave a message. Then call again on Monday and talk to someone directly.
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When will it be enough for you, @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ? When will you be moved? You should be standing in the streets of Minneapolis. You should be shouting from the rooftops. What a pathetic pair of cowards.
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 PM
When will it be enough for you, @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ? When will you be moved? You should be standing in the streets of Minneapolis. You should be shouting from the rooftops. What a pathetic pair of cowards.
The problem isn't just the White House. It's Republicans. All evidence points to the fact that they are okay with everything that's happening. Until Democrats start identifying them as the source of this problem, it won't stop.
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The problem isn't just the White House. It's Republicans. All evidence points to the fact that they are okay with everything that's happening. Until Democrats start identifying them as the source of this problem, it won't stop.
yeah, democrats are still solidly in the "but a dog can't play basketball" stage of this. we're long past that. they need to stop starting from a place of thinking of what's possible and instead need to say what they want to happen and go from there.
Walz needs to deploy the national guard and expel ICE at the end of a rifle if needed, there's simply no other solution here
January 24, 2026 at 4:27 PM
yeah, democrats are still solidly in the "but a dog can't play basketball" stage of this. we're long past that. they need to stop starting from a place of thinking of what's possible and instead need to say what they want to happen and go from there.
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You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
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We owe an incredible debt to the Minnesotans who are on the streets protesting and documenting what is happening.
January 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We owe an incredible debt to the Minnesotans who are on the streets protesting and documenting what is happening.
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The president should resign for this. Along with Noem and whoever else but this goes to the top. Demand his resignation and his impeachment and his removal.
January 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The president should resign for this. Along with Noem and whoever else but this goes to the top. Demand his resignation and his impeachment and his removal.
Not only does ICE need to be abolished, but there should be publically aired tribunals for as long as it takes to hold every last one of these thugs accountable. No one, not even the people who file paperwork or handle payroll, should be immune from prosecution.
January 24, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Not only does ICE need to be abolished, but there should be publically aired tribunals for as long as it takes to hold every last one of these thugs accountable. No one, not even the people who file paperwork or handle payroll, should be immune from prosecution.
I think that absent Trump dying in office, this is why Vance has absolutely zero chance of succeeding him in 2028. I doubt he'd even get the nomination in an Republican primary. People can see through the act.
this guy is a terrible liar who genuinely believes he is great at lying
CNN put together a clip of JD Vance claiming ICE agents have "absolute immunity" followed by him two weeks later claiming "I didn't say that officers who engage in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity"
January 24, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I think that absent Trump dying in office, this is why Vance has absolutely zero chance of succeeding him in 2028. I doubt he'd even get the nomination in an Republican primary. People can see through the act.
Good time to delete your TikTok account.
TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
January 24, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Good time to delete your TikTok account.
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"I have privilege. I was medically retired, I'm a combat vet, I'm white, I'm middle class. If I can't advocate for people who need it, then who else is going to do it? Who else is going to stand up and speak truth to power?" abcnews.go.com/US/army-vet-...
Army vet detained by ICE for 8 hours says he wasn't allowed to call an attorney
Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient William Vermie told ABC News that he was tackled and arrested by ICE in Minneapolis and held for eight hours.
abcnews.go.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:08 PM
"I have privilege. I was medically retired, I'm a combat vet, I'm white, I'm middle class. If I can't advocate for people who need it, then who else is going to do it? Who else is going to stand up and speak truth to power?" abcnews.go.com/US/army-vet-...
Seems like the only thing that stops this is the US economy completely crashing.
Trump’s back to threatening 100% tariffs on Canada this morning, wow I can’t imagine why the Canadians now see the Chinese as a more reliable trade partner
January 24, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Seems like the only thing that stops this is the US economy completely crashing.
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
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"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
-James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980)
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
-James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980)
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
January 24, 2026 at 1:26 AM
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
-James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980)
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
-James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980)
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
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genuinely stunning image
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
genuinely stunning image
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
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ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
January 24, 2026 at 12:29 AM
ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
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