Nick Burns
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legalize apartments, desegregate schools, resettle refugees
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Nick Burns
@nkburns3.bsky.social
· Oct 11
"Shared experience is the foundation of a successful polity, and it is not a stretch to think that simply educating children in integrated schools would begin to close the divides that have paralyzed our politics."
Opinion | The Coronavirus and The Cities We Need - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Opinion | The Coronavirus and The Cities We Need - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
AOC is going to be stuck in 2016 forever.
AOC went to Munich and said the quiet part out loud: extreme income inequality fuels authoritarianism.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Watch AOC shine on the world stage
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York told the Munich Security Conference on Friday exactly why the world is seeing a rise in autocrat-friendly populism.� “I think one of the ...
www.dailykos.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM
AOC is going to be stuck in 2016 forever.
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new americans are born all over the world every day
February 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
new americans are born all over the world every day
Nithya Raman is making all the right people mad. Everyone quoted in this article is mad at her, including:
Douglas Herman (Bass campaign spokesman)
Melina Abdullah, co-founder of BLM/LA
The LAPPL
Monica Rodriguez
Douglas Herman (Bass campaign spokesman)
Melina Abdullah, co-founder of BLM/LA
The LAPPL
Monica Rodriguez
Nithya Raman declared 'Defund the police.' Now she says L.A. shouldn't lose more cops
“We need to maintain the size of our police force, and grapple with the fact that even the size of our existing police force is not enough to respond to 911 calls in a timely fashion,” Raman said.
www.latimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Nithya Raman is making all the right people mad. Everyone quoted in this article is mad at her, including:
Douglas Herman (Bass campaign spokesman)
Melina Abdullah, co-founder of BLM/LA
The LAPPL
Monica Rodriguez
Douglas Herman (Bass campaign spokesman)
Melina Abdullah, co-founder of BLM/LA
The LAPPL
Monica Rodriguez
People try to pigeonhole younger politicians like Zohran and Nithya as leftist or DSA-aligned or whatever but more than anything they’re just the kind of people who, unlike the fossils in Congress, would already be working on wielding their power to fix this.
Relatedly, vote Wiener for Congress.
Relatedly, vote Wiener for Congress.
It's a much broader concern of mine, like do they plan on trying to reboot USAID? Fix NIH funding? The list is pretty long.
February 11, 2026 at 5:01 AM
People try to pigeonhole younger politicians like Zohran and Nithya as leftist or DSA-aligned or whatever but more than anything they’re just the kind of people who, unlike the fossils in Congress, would already be working on wielding their power to fix this.
Relatedly, vote Wiener for Congress.
Relatedly, vote Wiener for Congress.
Los Angeles is a miracle #goodmorning
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Los Angeles is a miracle #goodmorning
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The vibe of the Halftime Show
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The vibe of the Halftime Show
Karen Bass would benefit from a little introspection.
In a Democratic club meeting, LA Mayor Karen Bass pronounced herself "flabbergasted" by Nithya Raman's entry into the mayor's race. "I’ve worked closely with Nithya, helped her gain the Democratic endorsement, helped her clear an encampment in her district," she said. "I am going to fight."
February 8, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Karen Bass would benefit from a little introspection.
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Geriatric incumbent democratic entitlement is ruining the party.
In a Democratic club meeting, LA Mayor Karen Bass pronounced herself "flabbergasted" by Nithya Raman's entry into the mayor's race. "I’ve worked closely with Nithya, helped her gain the Democratic endorsement, helped her clear an encampment in her district," she said. "I am going to fight."
February 7, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Geriatric incumbent democratic entitlement is ruining the party.
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“I have deep respect for Mayor Bass. But over the last few months in particular, I’ve really begun to feel like unless we have some big changes in how we do things in Los Angeles, that the things we count on are not going to function anymore.”
Councilmember Nithya Raman to run for L.A. mayor, challenging onetime ally Karen Bass
Raman would immediately pose a formidable challenge to Bass. She was the first council member to be elected with support from the Democratic Socialists of America.
www.latimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“I have deep respect for Mayor Bass. But over the last few months in particular, I’ve really begun to feel like unless we have some big changes in how we do things in Los Angeles, that the things we count on are not going to function anymore.”
It takes chutzpah to say you support “abundant housing” after you voted against SB 79 @asmrickzbur.bsky.social. You’ve lost this constituent’s vote.
February 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
It takes chutzpah to say you support “abundant housing” after you voted against SB 79 @asmrickzbur.bsky.social. You’ve lost this constituent’s vote.
Bundy Triangle housing is coming along nicely.
February 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Bundy Triangle housing is coming along nicely.
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The PMC is attaining class consciousness. Let’s fucking go.
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 AM
The PMC is attaining class consciousness. Let’s fucking go.
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The issue is that the city of Los Angeles seems to perceive the kinds of crazy people in in places like the Palisades as their only constituency
February 2, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The issue is that the city of Los Angeles seems to perceive the kinds of crazy people in in places like the Palisades as their only constituency
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Stephen Miller, terrified of the California that Prop 187 made, has now Prop 187ed the entire country in a dipshit attempt to ethnically purge his home state (and the country as a whole).
February 1, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Stephen Miller, terrified of the California that Prop 187 made, has now Prop 187ed the entire country in a dipshit attempt to ethnically purge his home state (and the country as a whole).
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My 5th grader's LAUSD teacher commutes from Ventura County to Mid-City LA. The magnet coordinator drives in from San Dimas. Both are well paid yet have to commute 40-50 miles.
The school has tons of unused open space that could be converted to housing. LAUSD could do this if it had the willpower.
The school has tons of unused open space that could be converted to housing. LAUSD could do this if it had the willpower.
San Diego Unified School District has quietly embarked on a massive program to build educator housing.
The focus has been on maximizing the number of units affordable to staff, not on deepest means-tested affordability.
voiceofsandiego.org/2026/01/29/w...
The focus has been on maximizing the number of units affordable to staff, not on deepest means-tested affordability.
voiceofsandiego.org/2026/01/29/w...
January 31, 2026 at 6:05 PM
My 5th grader's LAUSD teacher commutes from Ventura County to Mid-City LA. The magnet coordinator drives in from San Dimas. Both are well paid yet have to commute 40-50 miles.
The school has tons of unused open space that could be converted to housing. LAUSD could do this if it had the willpower.
The school has tons of unused open space that could be converted to housing. LAUSD could do this if it had the willpower.
Never have I ever been annoyed by Will Stancil.
people don't know how to handle a mostly virtuous person who is also massively annoying
January 31, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Never have I ever been annoyed by Will Stancil.
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The way to reconcile this is their aspiration was always to put down a slave revolt, not fight in one. bsky.app/profile/osit...
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The way to reconcile this is their aspiration was always to put down a slave revolt, not fight in one. bsky.app/profile/osit...
“I am heartily tired of hearing about what Stephen Miller is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going to turn a double somersault, and land in our rear and on both of our flanks at the same time.”
-US Grant to the NYT, probably
-US Grant to the NYT, probably
I think that’s because the Times sees its role in society as smugly lecturing liberals about why the right is correct and/or going to win, in the eternal liberal game of trying to feel smarter and more in touch with “real people” than the next liberal, of which it is the all-time world champion.
January 24, 2026 at 5:53 PM
“I am heartily tired of hearing about what Stephen Miller is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going to turn a double somersault, and land in our rear and on both of our flanks at the same time.”
-US Grant to the NYT, probably
-US Grant to the NYT, probably
A fun fact about Los Angeles is that the number of people who live within a half mile of Vermont Ave. is almost 25% of the number of people who live in Vermont.
January 23, 2026 at 1:21 AM
A fun fact about Los Angeles is that the number of people who live within a half mile of Vermont Ave. is almost 25% of the number of people who live in Vermont.
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in part this because los angeles is not actually a city, but the holy roman empire in a trench coat with portfolio of headshots
Los Angeles is almost certainly the worst governed major blue city in the entire country at this point
L.A. Metro, the main transit operator for Los Angeles, just voted to oppose SB 79, a law legalizing the construction of housing near stations. You can't make this stuff up. Legislators should remember this the next time they come to Sacramento begging for more money.
laist.com/news/housing...
laist.com/news/housing...
January 23, 2026 at 12:33 AM
in part this because los angeles is not actually a city, but the holy roman empire in a trench coat with portfolio of headshots
Seems pretty clear that the VA is stonewalling on building these homes.
VA promises hundreds of tiny homes on its West L.A. campus; veterans want something nicer
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to add 750 to 800 tiny homes to its West Los Angeles campus by the end of 2026, but veterans who sued for more housing say the 8-foot-by-8-foot sheds are ...
www.latimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Seems pretty clear that the VA is stonewalling on building these homes.
Looks like these weirds were only able to find one LAUSD parent to sign onto this ridiculous lawsuit.
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Looks like these weirds were only able to find one LAUSD parent to sign onto this ridiculous lawsuit.
Defund the exurbs.
Our current situation is that towns want unlimited energy without any of the infrastructure…and that’s not going to be possible
January 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Defund the exurbs.
Today, Costco. Tomorrow, schools and libraries.
Costco is co-locating housing above a new store in South LA, 800 units.
Unbelievable that we've been building malls & big box stores for, what, sixty years, and never figured this out
www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
Unbelievable that we've been building malls & big box stores for, what, sixty years, and never figured this out
www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
www.entrepreneur.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Today, Costco. Tomorrow, schools and libraries.