Catie Gould
@citizen-cate.bsky.social
Fighting against car dependency, one unused parking spot at a time. Senior researcher at @Sightline.
Outtake from my tiny house roadtrip!
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Outtake from my tiny house roadtrip!
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With Connecticut poised to modernize its parking policies, this from @sightline.org is so important. Parking flexibility isn’t just for cities, it’s great for small towns!!!
www.sightline.org/2024/09/04/t...
www.sightline.org/2024/09/04/t...
Twice As Many Small Towns Have Eliminated Parking Mandates As Large Cities | Sightline Institute
Three hometown stories show why parking reform is for everyone.
www.sightline.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
With Connecticut poised to modernize its parking policies, this from @sightline.org is so important. Parking flexibility isn’t just for cities, it’s great for small towns!!!
www.sightline.org/2024/09/04/t...
www.sightline.org/2024/09/04/t...
Part of the reason grass tramways are beautiful to me is the regular maintenance. My city could never handle mowing grass with regularity. I aspire to that kind of city budget.
November 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Part of the reason grass tramways are beautiful to me is the regular maintenance. My city could never handle mowing grass with regularity. I aspire to that kind of city budget.
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A federal program that deported 400,000 immigrants from 2008-2014 increased new-construction home prices by 16%, or $50k. This is net of reduced demand effects.
2023 paper
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2023 paper
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November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A federal program that deported 400,000 immigrants from 2008-2014 increased new-construction home prices by 16%, or $50k. This is net of reduced demand effects.
2023 paper
haas.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
2023 paper
haas.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
No one would be talking about the Epstein files today without the work of Julie Brown, investigative reporter for the Miami Herald. Her 2018 series is an incredible read and helped lead to his arrest. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
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How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime
Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. Prosecutors, including future Trump labor secretary Alexander Acosta, cut Epstein an extraordinary...
www.miamiherald.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
No one would be talking about the Epstein files today without the work of Julie Brown, investigative reporter for the Miami Herald. Her 2018 series is an incredible read and helped lead to his arrest. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
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Subscribe to your local newspaper!
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If you think the origins of a pipe cannot make for compelling investigative reporting, boy do I have a story for you
A Stormwater Pipe Is Destroying Her Home. Who’s Responsible?
Mandy McGhee bought her Walltown home through a program designed to help low-income buyers build generational wealth. But a stormwater pipe that’s been eroding her foundation for years is putting that...
indyweek.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If you think the origins of a pipe cannot make for compelling investigative reporting, boy do I have a story for you
Something that’s making me hopeful is that Maine is attempting to put universal healthcare on the ballot next year.
The former CDC director is also running for Governor.
Feels like a perfect combo.
mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/29/w...
The former CDC director is also running for Governor.
Feels like a perfect combo.
mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/29/w...
With health care costs set to rise, Maine organizers hoping to get universal coverage on the ballot • Maine Morning Star
With health insurance prices set to increase dramatically in the coming months and amid a federal government shutdown hinging on addressing those costs, a new effort to establish publicly funded healt...
mainemorningstar.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Something that’s making me hopeful is that Maine is attempting to put universal healthcare on the ballot next year.
The former CDC director is also running for Governor.
Feels like a perfect combo.
mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/29/w...
The former CDC director is also running for Governor.
Feels like a perfect combo.
mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/29/w...
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“The Economic Policy Institute projects 861,000 U.S.-born construction workers could lose jobs if mass deportations continue.”
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
MSN
www.msn.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
“The Economic Policy Institute projects 861,000 U.S.-born construction workers could lose jobs if mass deportations continue.”
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
“The Economic Policy Institute projects 861,000 U.S.-born construction workers could lose jobs if mass deportations continue.”
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
MSN
www.msn.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
“The Economic Policy Institute projects 861,000 U.S.-born construction workers could lose jobs if mass deportations continue.”
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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I'm struck by how many Chicagoans have seemingly felt compelled to write and share reflections on "this is what it feels like in Chicago right now". We know we're going through something awful together and we want the world to understand it.
Threading several of these pieces below.
Threading several of these pieces below.
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I'm struck by how many Chicagoans have seemingly felt compelled to write and share reflections on "this is what it feels like in Chicago right now". We know we're going through something awful together and we want the world to understand it.
Threading several of these pieces below.
Threading several of these pieces below.
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We say it every single year: Oregon desperately needs kicker reform. This money could be going to schools, building homes, transit, filling potholes, building sidewalks and bikeways, and so much more www.opb.org/article/2025...
Oregon confirms $1.4 billion ‘kicker’ tax refund coming next year
The announcement marks the sixth consecutive budget cycle that Oregon taxpayers have received a kicker payment, the fourth-largest since the late 1970s.
www.opb.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We say it every single year: Oregon desperately needs kicker reform. This money could be going to schools, building homes, transit, filling potholes, building sidewalks and bikeways, and so much more www.opb.org/article/2025...
Another example of a family living in a camper to avoid falling into homelessness. They lost their government benefits then their housing.
As this situation multiplies across the country, this solution remains illegal almost everywhere.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
As this situation multiplies across the country, this solution remains illegal almost everywhere.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Opinion | I Photographed an Appalachian Family for 15 Years
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Another example of a family living in a camper to avoid falling into homelessness. They lost their government benefits then their housing.
As this situation multiplies across the country, this solution remains illegal almost everywhere.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
As this situation multiplies across the country, this solution remains illegal almost everywhere.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
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this is so heinous
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
this is so heinous
The Economic Policy Institute concluded that if the Trump administration meets its goal of deporting 4 million people by the end of 2028, 1.4 million immigrants who work in the construction industry would be lost.
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry
The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it wors...
www.npr.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The Economic Policy Institute concluded that if the Trump administration meets its goal of deporting 4 million people by the end of 2028, 1.4 million immigrants who work in the construction industry would be lost.
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
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Last night the city council of Gresham, OR (pop 115k, Oregon's fourth-largest) voted unanimously to repeal costly parking mandates citywide, effective Dec 4.
23 Oregon cities now have zero parking mandates.
Join the @parkingreform.org to bring this to your community!
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23 Oregon cities now have zero parking mandates.
Join the @parkingreform.org to bring this to your community!
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November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Last night the city council of Gresham, OR (pop 115k, Oregon's fourth-largest) voted unanimously to repeal costly parking mandates citywide, effective Dec 4.
23 Oregon cities now have zero parking mandates.
Join the @parkingreform.org to bring this to your community!
(1/2)
23 Oregon cities now have zero parking mandates.
Join the @parkingreform.org to bring this to your community!
(1/2)
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Researchers found that people with early, presymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease who walked 3,000 to 5,000 steps per day delayed their cognitive decline by three years in comparison to those who walked less.
Read more: https://wapo.st/3LLQjpl
Read more: https://wapo.st/3LLQjpl
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Researchers found that people with early, presymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease who walked 3,000 to 5,000 steps per day delayed their cognitive decline by three years in comparison to those who walked less.
Read more: https://wapo.st/3LLQjpl
Read more: https://wapo.st/3LLQjpl
I had a flight in Newark caught up in this. Waited 1.5hrs on the tarmac waiting to take off. I can get anxious when travel plans go sideways, but this time I felt really calm.
I support the FAA. I support holding the line for healthcare. Worst case I go on a train adventure.
I support the FAA. I support holding the line for healthcare. Worst case I go on a train adventure.
BREAKING: The FAA announces a 10% reduction in airline traffic in 40 markets to maintain safety during ongoing government shutdown.
FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 'high-volume' markets
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that it will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets beginning Friday morning to maintain safety during the ongoing government shutdown.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I had a flight in Newark caught up in this. Waited 1.5hrs on the tarmac waiting to take off. I can get anxious when travel plans go sideways, but this time I felt really calm.
I support the FAA. I support holding the line for healthcare. Worst case I go on a train adventure.
I support the FAA. I support holding the line for healthcare. Worst case I go on a train adventure.
Relieved that no community centers in Portland will be immediately closing, but still angry at the bureau leadership & city councils who got us to this point where we don’t have money for basic operations & maintenance.
I want better for my city.
I want better for my city.
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Relieved that no community centers in Portland will be immediately closing, but still angry at the bureau leadership & city councils who got us to this point where we don’t have money for basic operations & maintenance.
I want better for my city.
I want better for my city.
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Friends, you have three hours to get those ballots to a ballot box. Make it so.
Less than 20% of registered voters across WA had returned their ballots as of 5 p.m. Monday. That puts the state on track for record low turnout. Data shows returns lagging even in places with high-profile contests for offices like county executive and mayor. Voters can return ballots until 8 p.m.
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Friends, you have three hours to get those ballots to a ballot box. Make it so.
Happy Monday-after-daylight-savings-time. I love this one day of the year where changing the clock system becomes politically viable for ~24 hours before being largely forgotten about again.
November 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Happy Monday-after-daylight-savings-time. I love this one day of the year where changing the clock system becomes politically viable for ~24 hours before being largely forgotten about again.
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🚨 100 US cities have now fully abolished parking mandates citywide!
Shreveport, Louisiana, pushed the count to the 100th mark! It also became the first city in Louisiana to entirely abolish parking mandates!
parkingreform.org/mandates-map...
Shreveport, Louisiana, pushed the count to the 100th mark! It also became the first city in Louisiana to entirely abolish parking mandates!
parkingreform.org/mandates-map...
Parking Reform Map - Parking Reform Network
An interactive map showing places with parking reforms, such as removing parking minimums.
parkingreform.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🚨 100 US cities have now fully abolished parking mandates citywide!
Shreveport, Louisiana, pushed the count to the 100th mark! It also became the first city in Louisiana to entirely abolish parking mandates!
parkingreform.org/mandates-map...
Shreveport, Louisiana, pushed the count to the 100th mark! It also became the first city in Louisiana to entirely abolish parking mandates!
parkingreform.org/mandates-map...
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Reuveni interview: www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
DOJ whistleblower says he witnessed government officials undermining the rule of law
Former Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni speaks out about the disregard of due process and for the rule of law that he says he witnessed in his final weeks at the Department of Justice.
www.cbsnews.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Reuveni interview: www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
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take the good news wherever you can get it
For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon have been spotted at the confluence of the Sprague and Williamson rivers in Chiloquin, the government seat of the Klamath Tribes in Southern Oregon.
Salmon clear last Klamath dams, reaching Williamson and Sprague rivers
Just a year after four dams were removed, a group of fall Chinook have migrated nearly 300 miles into the Upper Klamath Basin.
www.opb.org
October 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
take the good news wherever you can get it
"Please tell me which direction the parade went; after all, I'm leading it."
Louis Lomax used this metaphor to describe the established leadership of the civil rights movement in 1962. Whenever I feel upset about how we landed here, I think of it and feel a dash of hope about whats to come.
Louis Lomax used this metaphor to describe the established leadership of the civil rights movement in 1962. Whenever I feel upset about how we landed here, I think of it and feel a dash of hope about whats to come.
October 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
"Please tell me which direction the parade went; after all, I'm leading it."
Louis Lomax used this metaphor to describe the established leadership of the civil rights movement in 1962. Whenever I feel upset about how we landed here, I think of it and feel a dash of hope about whats to come.
Louis Lomax used this metaphor to describe the established leadership of the civil rights movement in 1962. Whenever I feel upset about how we landed here, I think of it and feel a dash of hope about whats to come.