David Poms
@davidpoms.bsky.social
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David Poms
@davidpoms.bsky.social
· Feb 27
Our elected and appointed decisionmakers should take up the mantle of regional megaprojects in the public interest once again, and apply the Great Society feeling that the region successfully stirred up for mid-century transportation planning to today’s housing crisis.
After the Great Society Subway, the green social housing eco-district
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check out my new piece on turning @wmata.com into a megaregional social housing authority
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
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personally getting very irritated by the unbelievable arrogance of the data boys
when we said “defer electoral strategy to the actual politicians running for actual offices” we meant “after calculating wins above replacement somehow”
December 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
personally getting very irritated by the unbelievable arrogance of the data boys
Lmfao
49. The game isn't over by far. But make no mistake: we are winning. That's something to be proud of. It's something to accelerate. It's nothing to take for granted. And it's certainly no time to take Yglesias' advice and fumble the ball so the other team won't feel so sad. /fin
December 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Lmfao
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
found an apparent act of data sabotage in a federal dataset so transparently stupid yet incompetently done that it could only have come from the brilliant minds of the Trump administration
December 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
found an apparent act of data sabotage in a federal dataset so transparently stupid yet incompetently done that it could only have come from the brilliant minds of the Trump administration
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BREAKING: Chile’s governing coalition candidate concedes defeat in the presidential runoff to ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast.
Chile's leftist candidate concedes defeat to ultra-conservative Kast in presidential runoff
The candidate of Chile’s left-wing governing coalition, communist Jeannette Jara, has conceded defeat after early presidential results showed a strong lead for ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast, as voters opted for change following years of rising fears over heightened crime and immigration.
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
BREAKING: Chile’s governing coalition candidate concedes defeat in the presidential runoff to ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast.
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It’s hard to overstate how few Americans knew even the smallest amount of information about the 2nd amendment until the late 1970s. bsky.app/profile/seth...
In May of 1954 the Commander of the Navy Reserve Army in Salem, OR awarded medals to a group of junior riflemen. He asked the assembled crowd if they knew what the 2nd Amendment was. Crickets. Not a single person in the audience knew what it was. Imagine that.
Salem Statesman Journal, 10 May 1954.
Salem Statesman Journal, 10 May 1954.
December 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It’s hard to overstate how few Americans knew even the smallest amount of information about the 2nd amendment until the late 1970s. bsky.app/profile/seth...
yesss destroy Andy Harris
"Raskin says Maryland should redistrict if Indiana does"
The Hill picks up our interview with Rep Jamie Raskin increasing pressure on MD state senate president:
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
The Hill picks up our interview with Rep Jamie Raskin increasing pressure on MD state senate president:
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Raskin says Maryland should redistrict if Indiana does
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) fiercely defended Democrats’ push to redraw congressional maps in Maryland — saying he expects the issue to take on new importance if Republicans succeed at redistricting …
thehill.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
yesss destroy Andy Harris
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They’re burying the weirdest part of this story, which is that this congressman’s twin brother keeps trying and failing to replace him in various jobs and is now hoping to replace him in this one
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
They’re burying the weirdest part of this story, which is that this congressman’s twin brother keeps trying and failing to replace him in various jobs and is now hoping to replace him in this one
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Wild to see Whelan say this, but to be clear the OLC's immunity powers are fake anyway. The "golden shield" idea was made up to justify rampant criminality in the GWBush years, then adopted by Holder to excuse Obama's inaction. It's not in the Constitution, statute, or precedent. It's not the law.
Does Pete Hegseth have a "golden shield" against prosecution in the form of a DOJ OLC opinion? Ed Whelan thinks not.
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Wild to see Whelan say this, but to be clear the OLC's immunity powers are fake anyway. The "golden shield" idea was made up to justify rampant criminality in the GWBush years, then adopted by Holder to excuse Obama's inaction. It's not in the Constitution, statute, or precedent. It's not the law.
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the funniest thing about all of this is that jd vance grovels like a worm to get even a quarter of this kind of public support from trump and he barely manages that
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
the funniest thing about all of this is that jd vance grovels like a worm to get even a quarter of this kind of public support from trump and he barely manages that
hoping CAP still decides to release the Larry Summers housing policy report
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
hoping CAP still decides to release the Larry Summers housing policy report
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listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
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All the abundance guys will trade a innumerable quantity of immigrant children for NEPA reform in a heartbeat and it’s genuinely hilarious
Obviously, we want more immigrants, it’s one of our founding principals, but we also don’t want things to happen that will set support for more immigration back in the long term
All that said, Twitter only allows editing in the 1st hour, so not easily done.
All that said, Twitter only allows editing in the 1st hour, so not easily done.
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
All the abundance guys will trade a innumerable quantity of immigrant children for NEPA reform in a heartbeat and it’s genuinely hilarious
feeling like the white Joe Manchin rn
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
feeling like the white Joe Manchin rn
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Somehow He Continued Teaching
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Somehow He Continued Teaching
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It is absolutely wild what you can get AI to serve up
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It is absolutely wild what you can get AI to serve up
According to statistical researchers in my household, the next big kid trend after "6 7" is using "booty butt" as an all purpose modifier, noun, verb, preposition, etc
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
According to statistical researchers in my household, the next big kid trend after "6 7" is using "booty butt" as an all purpose modifier, noun, verb, preposition, etc
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"Thank you for admitting that MPD is still working with ICE because the mayor has said several times that MPD is not working with ICE and you just confirmed that [you are]," Commissioner Jamila White, chair, ANC 8A, said.
DC MPD Lt. Kerron Roberts: "We work with ICE."
Video shows apparent immigration detention in DC
Dramatic video shows a man being taken into U.S. Immigrations & Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in D.C. as he pleads for help. This is just the latest traffic stop by D.C. police that led to an immi...
www.nbcwashington.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
"Thank you for admitting that MPD is still working with ICE because the mayor has said several times that MPD is not working with ICE and you just confirmed that [you are]," Commissioner Jamila White, chair, ANC 8A, said.
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Be careful what you share, Ivanka.
Some of us actually read the rest of the story.👇
Some of us actually read the rest of the story.👇
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Be careful what you share, Ivanka.
Some of us actually read the rest of the story.👇
Some of us actually read the rest of the story.👇
Curious George has resolved the distinction between town and country ‼️
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Curious George has resolved the distinction between town and country ‼️
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In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.
Latest write-up about outrageous administrative over reach at IU. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.
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i wouldn't be a total glenn youngkin hater if i didn't mention that the results tonight mean that his total tenure amounted to presiding over the destruction — at least for the next few years — of the virginia republican party. lmao.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
i wouldn't be a total glenn youngkin hater if i didn't mention that the results tonight mean that his total tenure amounted to presiding over the destruction — at least for the next few years — of the virginia republican party. lmao.