YIMBY Democrats for America 🇺🇸🗽
@yimbydems.bsky.social
The Voice of Progressive Abundance. Build America. Defeat Fascism. Join us at The Festival of Progressive Abundance in Los Angeles from Friday January 30th to Sunday February 1st, 2026! https://progressiveabundance.com/
Please welcome to The Festival of Progressive Abundance: the Executive Director of SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition (@selahnhc.bsky.social), Sara Reyes!
Join us! Friday, January 30th to Sunday, February 1st, 2026 in Los Angeles.
Join us! Friday, January 30th to Sunday, February 1st, 2026 in Los Angeles.
January 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Please welcome to The Festival of Progressive Abundance: the Executive Director of SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition (@selahnhc.bsky.social), Sara Reyes!
Join us! Friday, January 30th to Sunday, February 1st, 2026 in Los Angeles.
Join us! Friday, January 30th to Sunday, February 1st, 2026 in Los Angeles.
Please welcome to The Festival of Progressive Abundance:
YIMBY Action Executive Director Laura Foote!
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YIMBY Action Executive Director Laura Foote!
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January 7, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Please welcome to The Festival of Progressive Abundance:
YIMBY Action Executive Director Laura Foote!
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YIMBY Action Executive Director Laura Foote!
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Please welcome to The Festival of Progressive Abundance: Tenants' Rights Attorney and candidate for Los Angeles City Council, Henry Mantel!
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January 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Please welcome to The Festival of Progressive Abundance: Tenants' Rights Attorney and candidate for Los Angeles City Council, Henry Mantel!
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Generation-Z, come claim your place at The Festival of Progressive Abundance!
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January 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Generation-Z, come claim your place at The Festival of Progressive Abundance!
progressiveabundance.com/volunteer
progressiveabundance.com/volunteer
Are you a student or under the age of 25 who wants to come to The Festival of Progressive Abundance for free?
Our volunteer application is now live! Head to the link below for info and to start your journey!
🎯 progressiveabundance.com/volunteer
Our volunteer application is now live! Head to the link below for info and to start your journey!
🎯 progressiveabundance.com/volunteer
January 4, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Are you a student or under the age of 25 who wants to come to The Festival of Progressive Abundance for free?
Our volunteer application is now live! Head to the link below for info and to start your journey!
🎯 progressiveabundance.com/volunteer
Our volunteer application is now live! Head to the link below for info and to start your journey!
🎯 progressiveabundance.com/volunteer
It's not 100%, though. 🤷♂️
January 4, 2026 at 2:30 AM
It's not 100%, though. 🤷♂️
New Partner Announcement! Please welcome to The Festival of Progressive Abundance: @thewaroncars.bsky.social!
The War on Cars is is a podcast fighting to undo a century’s worth of damage wrought by the automobile, mixing together politics and pop culture. @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
Join us! 🇺🇸🗽
The War on Cars is is a podcast fighting to undo a century’s worth of damage wrought by the automobile, mixing together politics and pop culture. @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
Join us! 🇺🇸🗽
January 4, 2026 at 1:03 AM
New Partner Announcement! Please welcome to The Festival of Progressive Abundance: @thewaroncars.bsky.social!
The War on Cars is is a podcast fighting to undo a century’s worth of damage wrought by the automobile, mixing together politics and pop culture. @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
Join us! 🇺🇸🗽
The War on Cars is is a podcast fighting to undo a century’s worth of damage wrought by the automobile, mixing together politics and pop culture. @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
Join us! 🇺🇸🗽
New Partner Announcement! Please welcome to The Festival of Progressive Abundance: @westsideforev.bsky.social!
Westside for Everyone is a grassroots chapter of Abundant Housing LA fighting for real solutions to our housing crisis.
Join us! progressiveabundance.com/tickets
Westside for Everyone is a grassroots chapter of Abundant Housing LA fighting for real solutions to our housing crisis.
Join us! progressiveabundance.com/tickets
January 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM
New Partner Announcement! Please welcome to The Festival of Progressive Abundance: @westsideforev.bsky.social!
Westside for Everyone is a grassroots chapter of Abundant Housing LA fighting for real solutions to our housing crisis.
Join us! progressiveabundance.com/tickets
Westside for Everyone is a grassroots chapter of Abundant Housing LA fighting for real solutions to our housing crisis.
Join us! progressiveabundance.com/tickets
As Secretary of State Colin Powell warned President George W. Bush before the invasion of Iraq, “You are going to be the proud owner of 25 million people. You will own all their hopes, aspirations, and problems. You’ll own it all."
It's known as the 'Pottery Barn Rule': You break it? You own it.
It's known as the 'Pottery Barn Rule': You break it? You own it.
Foreign policy is generally out of our scope, but we would simply recommend you make your plan for a nation's future *before* you kidnap its head of state. 🤷♂️
Asked about Venezuela's fate, Trump told Fox: “We’re making that decision now. We can’t take a chance on letting somebody else run it.”
He added: “We want to do liberty for the people."
He added: “We want to do liberty for the people."
January 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
As Secretary of State Colin Powell warned President George W. Bush before the invasion of Iraq, “You are going to be the proud owner of 25 million people. You will own all their hopes, aspirations, and problems. You’ll own it all."
It's known as the 'Pottery Barn Rule': You break it? You own it.
It's known as the 'Pottery Barn Rule': You break it? You own it.
Foreign policy is generally out of our scope, but we would simply recommend you make your plan for a nation's future *before* you kidnap its head of state. 🤷♂️
Asked about Venezuela's fate, Trump told Fox: “We’re making that decision now. We can’t take a chance on letting somebody else run it.”
He added: “We want to do liberty for the people."
He added: “We want to do liberty for the people."
The dramatic escalation in Trump's regime change efforts took place after months of strikes on boats in the waters near Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Foreign policy is generally out of our scope, but we would simply recommend you make your plan for a nation's future *before* you kidnap its head of state. 🤷♂️
New Partner Announcement! Please welcome to The Festival of Progressive Abundance: @coalitionpac.bsky.social!
Coalition PAC is a student-led PAC organizing across 250+ campuses to elect leaders who put working families first, founded by 18-year-old Nicolas Kiet Quach! 😮
Coalition PAC is a student-led PAC organizing across 250+ campuses to elect leaders who put working families first, founded by 18-year-old Nicolas Kiet Quach! 😮
January 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
New Partner Announcement! Please welcome to The Festival of Progressive Abundance: @coalitionpac.bsky.social!
Coalition PAC is a student-led PAC organizing across 250+ campuses to elect leaders who put working families first, founded by 18-year-old Nicolas Kiet Quach! 😮
Coalition PAC is a student-led PAC organizing across 250+ campuses to elect leaders who put working families first, founded by 18-year-old Nicolas Kiet Quach! 😮
Trump may be after oil, but when he asked American oil companies if they'd like to set up shop in Venezuela if he ousted Maduro, they said, "um... no?" 🤷♂️
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Trump may be after oil, but when he asked American oil companies if they'd like to set up shop in Venezuela if he ousted Maduro, they said, "um... no?" 🤷♂️
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
18 days ago, Donald Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles said of a possible confrontation with Venezuela: "If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress."
But that was last year...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
But that was last year...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
January 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM
18 days ago, Donald Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles said of a possible confrontation with Venezuela: "If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress."
But that was last year...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
But that was last year...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
Please welcome to the Festival of Progressive Abundance: Toby Muresianu, Cofounder of Westside for Everyone!
Join Toby, Rep Scott Peters, Rep Laura Friedman, @jonlovett.bsky.social, @mnolangray.bsky.social, @thetransitguy.com, Imagineers, and more at The Festival in LA this Jan 30 - Feb 1st!
Join Toby, Rep Scott Peters, Rep Laura Friedman, @jonlovett.bsky.social, @mnolangray.bsky.social, @thetransitguy.com, Imagineers, and more at The Festival in LA this Jan 30 - Feb 1st!
January 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Please welcome to the Festival of Progressive Abundance: Toby Muresianu, Cofounder of Westside for Everyone!
Join Toby, Rep Scott Peters, Rep Laura Friedman, @jonlovett.bsky.social, @mnolangray.bsky.social, @thetransitguy.com, Imagineers, and more at The Festival in LA this Jan 30 - Feb 1st!
Join Toby, Rep Scott Peters, Rep Laura Friedman, @jonlovett.bsky.social, @mnolangray.bsky.social, @thetransitguy.com, Imagineers, and more at The Festival in LA this Jan 30 - Feb 1st!
Stay tuned. 👀 😉
If you think we're not looped in to Zohran's administration and the amazing folks working to bring Progressive Abundance to life in NYC, think again!
So, maybe a few, and maybe a virtual appearance. They are on their first month on the job 3,000 miles away. Happy to let 'em work! 😍
If you think we're not looped in to Zohran's administration and the amazing folks working to bring Progressive Abundance to life in NYC, think again!
So, maybe a few, and maybe a virtual appearance. They are on their first month on the job 3,000 miles away. Happy to let 'em work! 😍
Oh, so those are the ones attending your conference?
January 3, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Stay tuned. 👀 😉
If you think we're not looped in to Zohran's administration and the amazing folks working to bring Progressive Abundance to life in NYC, think again!
So, maybe a few, and maybe a virtual appearance. They are on their first month on the job 3,000 miles away. Happy to let 'em work! 😍
If you think we're not looped in to Zohran's administration and the amazing folks working to bring Progressive Abundance to life in NYC, think again!
So, maybe a few, and maybe a virtual appearance. They are on their first month on the job 3,000 miles away. Happy to let 'em work! 😍
He's pretty busy right now, passing YIMBY executive orders. You know who he is affiliated with, though?
His hand-selected YIMBY deputy mayor and YIMBY housing committee.
His hand-selected YIMBY deputy mayor and YIMBY housing committee.
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
He's pretty busy right now, passing YIMBY executive orders. You know who he is affiliated with, though?
His hand-selected YIMBY deputy mayor and YIMBY housing committee.
His hand-selected YIMBY deputy mayor and YIMBY housing committee.
You can't just assign us candidates based on the characters you've invented for us in your head. 😂
You are certainly welcome to listen to 50+ hours of our podcast, though! You might be surprised...
Or just do a little research into Zohran's deputy mayor, executive orders, & housing committee... 🤔
You are certainly welcome to listen to 50+ hours of our podcast, though! You might be surprised...
Or just do a little research into Zohran's deputy mayor, executive orders, & housing committee... 🤔
Mamdani is a socialist. He is not a liberal. Your guy was the rapist or the cop.
January 3, 2026 at 7:18 AM
You can't just assign us candidates based on the characters you've invented for us in your head. 😂
You are certainly welcome to listen to 50+ hours of our podcast, though! You might be surprised...
Or just do a little research into Zohran's deputy mayor, executive orders, & housing committee... 🤔
You are certainly welcome to listen to 50+ hours of our podcast, though! You might be surprised...
Or just do a little research into Zohran's deputy mayor, executive orders, & housing committee... 🤔
Seriously! Where's that progress we've been promised from Abundance, a policy you heard about less than a year ago from notoriously bigoted right-wingers like... Ezra Klein?
Is this a riddle? Perhaps a kōan? We're intrigued & have a similar question for you: what is the sound of one hand clapping?
Is this a riddle? Perhaps a kōan? We're intrigued & have a similar question for you: what is the sound of one hand clapping?
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Seriously! Where's that progress we've been promised from Abundance, a policy you heard about less than a year ago from notoriously bigoted right-wingers like... Ezra Klein?
Is this a riddle? Perhaps a kōan? We're intrigued & have a similar question for you: what is the sound of one hand clapping?
Is this a riddle? Perhaps a kōan? We're intrigued & have a similar question for you: what is the sound of one hand clapping?
A socialist should love Abundance! (And one does.) You can't do socialism if you can't make stuff. Can't redistribute funds until you raise them. Can't build subsidized public housing if it's also blocked by zoning & neighbor vetoes. Can't get a 21st century FDR if The New New Deal would be illegal!
January 3, 2026 at 7:08 AM
A socialist should love Abundance! (And one does.) You can't do socialism if you can't make stuff. Can't redistribute funds until you raise them. Can't build subsidized public housing if it's also blocked by zoning & neighbor vetoes. Can't get a 21st century FDR if The New New Deal would be illegal!
You got us! Zohran just said "Abundance." Who knows what he means?
Who knows indeed. Unless you scroll all the way to the... second image, and check the Executive Actions he signed on his first day in office... 🤔
For a guy who's faking it, he sure knows a lot about Jersey City and Tokyo...
Who knows indeed. Unless you scroll all the way to the... second image, and check the Executive Actions he signed on his first day in office... 🤔
For a guy who's faking it, he sure knows a lot about Jersey City and Tokyo...
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You got us! Zohran just said "Abundance." Who knows what he means?
Who knows indeed. Unless you scroll all the way to the... second image, and check the Executive Actions he signed on his first day in office... 🤔
For a guy who's faking it, he sure knows a lot about Jersey City and Tokyo...
Who knows indeed. Unless you scroll all the way to the... second image, and check the Executive Actions he signed on his first day in office... 🤔
For a guy who's faking it, he sure knows a lot about Jersey City and Tokyo...
Which is exactly why adding more residents and their tax revenue can help to pay for sidewalks, pavements, and streetlights while also creating demand and political pressure for increased public transit?
Let's let the grannies live in the "granny flats" and not do redlining-again-but-woke?
Let's let the grannies live in the "granny flats" and not do redlining-again-but-woke?
Just to clarify, we’re discussing one of the lowest income neighborhoods in San Diego that was redlined, never had sidewalks, is partially paved, and is more than a mile from the train and is served by one hourly bus route.
Except that that's not actually in evidence in the article. There are no experts quoted evaluating sewage and draining, and there are no statistics cited. The article quotes folks nearby fretting about this and wondering why their headcanon doesn't determine other peoples' lives. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Which is exactly why adding more residents and their tax revenue can help to pay for sidewalks, pavements, and streetlights while also creating demand and political pressure for increased public transit?
Let's let the grannies live in the "granny flats" and not do redlining-again-but-woke?
Let's let the grannies live in the "granny flats" and not do redlining-again-but-woke?
Except that that's not actually in evidence in the article. There are no experts quoted evaluating sewage and draining, and there are no statistics cited. The article quotes folks nearby fretting about this and wondering why their headcanon doesn't determine other peoples' lives. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It’s the lack of infrastructure to support the ADUs. Sewage/drainage, sidewalks, the road, and transit are all insufficient to support the existing residents. Under normal development processes, there would be impact fees and potentially other negotiated mitigations.
What infrastructure does this article claim is adversely affected by ADUs? It seems to be mostly about parking and traffic. Residents say the roads are poorly maintained, but that pre-dates the ADUs. We recommend the city use the revenue from new residents to fix the potholes -- an upgrade!
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Except that that's not actually in evidence in the article. There are no experts quoted evaluating sewage and draining, and there are no statistics cited. The article quotes folks nearby fretting about this and wondering why their headcanon doesn't determine other peoples' lives. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If more people need homes than there are homes, renters have to bid against each other, driving prices up like an auction as landlords collect.
If there's more homes than people, landlords have to fight each other for renters or be left with nothing.
It's musical chairs, and we're adding chairs.
If there's more homes than people, landlords have to fight each other for renters or be left with nothing.
It's musical chairs, and we're adding chairs.
See at least two of those things - “dismantle the incumbent privileges that have pulled the ladder up” and “make landlords compete for us” - are nonsense phrases. There is no common-cultural meaning to those phrases, only the meaning you’re foisting on to them. This is what I’m saying
January 3, 2026 at 5:43 AM
If more people need homes than there are homes, renters have to bid against each other, driving prices up like an auction as landlords collect.
If there's more homes than people, landlords have to fight each other for renters or be left with nothing.
It's musical chairs, and we're adding chairs.
If there's more homes than people, landlords have to fight each other for renters or be left with nothing.
It's musical chairs, and we're adding chairs.
What infrastructure does this article claim is adversely affected by ADUs? It seems to be mostly about parking and traffic. Residents say the roads are poorly maintained, but that pre-dates the ADUs. We recommend the city use the revenue from new residents to fix the potholes -- an upgrade!
Aiming for “less law” without carefully considering the socioeconomic context and the incentives in the economy broadly can backfire severely in a country as fundamentally unequal as ours.
These ADUs will essentially be tenements because they’re the first investment in this neighborhood in decades.
These ADUs will essentially be tenements because they’re the first investment in this neighborhood in decades.
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 AM
What infrastructure does this article claim is adversely affected by ADUs? It seems to be mostly about parking and traffic. Residents say the roads are poorly maintained, but that pre-dates the ADUs. We recommend the city use the revenue from new residents to fix the potholes -- an upgrade!