Alex Rothman
@alexrothman.bsky.social
Politics, pop culture & baby animals (for balance). @amprog, @civilrights alum. now: state & local govt performance. California boy living in Chicago. 🏳️🌈
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USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
February 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
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If I were in DC right I would just go to some monument or outside some government building and sit down calmly and then just FERAL SCREAM
That could be a fun protest idea
That could be a fun protest idea
February 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
If I were in DC right I would just go to some monument or outside some government building and sit down calmly and then just FERAL SCREAM
That could be a fun protest idea
That could be a fun protest idea
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I know y'all sometimes think, "but her emails," and fair enough, but this is the one that I keep coming back to.
February 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I know y'all sometimes think, "but her emails," and fair enough, but this is the one that I keep coming back to.
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February 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Also, it’s fucking 2025, I can understand that the main message is directed at Joe Median Voter, but there should be an extremely active secondary stream directed at hyper engaged people like us, giving both assurance and instruction.
i’m extremely tired of the idea that i need to refract my expectations for what they do & say through an imagined 'average' american or whatever. talk to me, actually. i don't give a shit that i'm an unrepresentative hyperpartisan--i'm one of your people, and you're pretending we're not real.
February 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Also, it’s fucking 2025, I can understand that the main message is directed at Joe Median Voter, but there should be an extremely active secondary stream directed at hyper engaged people like us, giving both assurance and instruction.
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🆕 🏘️ The 'Missing Middle Housing Act' has been filed in Illinois to legalize middle housing on all residential-zoned land in cities with >25,000 population!
This would mean the following types housing would be allowed by-right
2️⃣ Duplexes
3️⃣ Three flats
4️⃣ Four flats!
#twill ilga.gov/legislation/...
This would mean the following types housing would be allowed by-right
2️⃣ Duplexes
3️⃣ Three flats
4️⃣ Four flats!
#twill ilga.gov/legislation/...
Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB1814
Bill Status - Illinois General Assembly
ilga.gov
January 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
🆕 🏘️ The 'Missing Middle Housing Act' has been filed in Illinois to legalize middle housing on all residential-zoned land in cities with >25,000 population!
This would mean the following types housing would be allowed by-right
2️⃣ Duplexes
3️⃣ Three flats
4️⃣ Four flats!
#twill ilga.gov/legislation/...
This would mean the following types housing would be allowed by-right
2️⃣ Duplexes
3️⃣ Three flats
4️⃣ Four flats!
#twill ilga.gov/legislation/...
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i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
January 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
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Some buried news about DOT - last night Sec. Sean Duffy released this unhinged memo which directs DOT to prioritize funding for “communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average”, and prohibits DOT funding from going to communities with vaccine requirements. Link below 1/
www.transportation.gov
January 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Some buried news about DOT - last night Sec. Sean Duffy released this unhinged memo which directs DOT to prioritize funding for “communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average”, and prohibits DOT funding from going to communities with vaccine requirements. Link below 1/
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24 Democratic senators voted for the new DOT secretary, who signed this, two days ago
Wild prioritization on the part of the DOT, starting with the focus on high-marriage and high-birth-rate areas. Like, what?
Also, absolutely bizarre for the DOT to claim it's focusing on user-pay models when the Trump admin right now is talking about trying to kill NYC congestion pricing.
Also, absolutely bizarre for the DOT to claim it's focusing on user-pay models when the Trump admin right now is talking about trying to kill NYC congestion pricing.
very weird stuff from DOT, prioritizing spending in areas with "marriage and birth rates higher than the national average" www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
January 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
24 Democratic senators voted for the new DOT secretary, who signed this, two days ago
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dear god I can’t believe people voted to do this again
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: THIS IS NOT A RESCISSION OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING FREEZE, IT IS SIMPLY A RESCISSION OF THE OMB MEMO.
January 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
dear god I can’t believe people voted to do this again
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"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is kinda like "Don't Be Evil" as a slogan. It's a bit worrying when you choose it, but it's a lot more worrying when you take it down
January 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is kinda like "Don't Be Evil" as a slogan. It's a bit worrying when you choose it, but it's a lot more worrying when you take it down
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America Defeats America
theonion.com/america...
theonion.com/america...
January 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
America Defeats America
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Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
January 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
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The ineluctable fact is, if you want the most eyeballs, the most clicks, the most "happy users," good journalism is a *terrible strategy*. Truth is expensive to obtain, slow to reveal itself, complicated, nuanced, often orthogonal to neat ideological conclusions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/b...
The Washington Post’s New Mission: Reach ‘All of America’
This week, The Post began trying out a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The ineluctable fact is, if you want the most eyeballs, the most clicks, the most "happy users," good journalism is a *terrible strategy*. Truth is expensive to obtain, slow to reveal itself, complicated, nuanced, often orthogonal to neat ideological conclusions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/b...
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this is so profoundly dispiriting
January 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
this is so profoundly dispiriting
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January 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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‘We Must Protect The Pure Aryan Bloodline,’ Says Child After 9 Minutes Of Unsupervised Facebook Access
‘We Must Protect The Pure Aryan Bloodline,’ Says Child After 9 Minutes Of Unsupervised Facebook Access
PEABODY, MA—Having discovered the social media website open on his father’s unattended laptop, local 6-year-old Oliver Sherman stated “We must protect the pure Aryan bloodline” Friday after nine minut...
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January 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
‘We Must Protect The Pure Aryan Bloodline,’ Says Child After 9 Minutes Of Unsupervised Facebook Access
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I keep coming back to Paxton’s definition of fascism.
September 30, 2024 at 9:22 PM
I keep coming back to Paxton’s definition of fascism.
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look at these beasts
Incredible precision by the helicopter crew dropping water on the LA firea 🎯
January 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
look at these beasts
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“In Altadena, Calif., on Wednesday, residents and Pasadena Police officers helped evacuate Laverna Sharpe, 101.” Photo credit: Credit...Kyle Grillot for The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
January 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“In Altadena, Calif., on Wednesday, residents and Pasadena Police officers helped evacuate Laverna Sharpe, 101.” Photo credit: Credit...Kyle Grillot for The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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why are they called porn bots and not intrusive thots
January 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
why are they called porn bots and not intrusive thots
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there should be a website where people can watch the revenues from congestion pricing accruing in real time I would love that
January 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
there should be a website where people can watch the revenues from congestion pricing accruing in real time I would love that