EHess
@ehess.bsky.social
Old-school community organizer. I helped vanquish a few slumlords and helped a few tenants take over their buildings. A sentence a day, on a good day.
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Congratulations to Duffy for accidently using the phrase "begs the question" correctly.
October 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Congratulations to Duffy for accidently using the phrase "begs the question" correctly.
Doesn’t what someone stands for mean anything anymore?
This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss
The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.
www.theatlantic.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Doesn’t what someone stands for mean anything anymore?
We should set up tollbooths on the sidewalks so billionaires can’t use them for free
October 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
We should set up tollbooths on the sidewalks so billionaires can’t use them for free
I’d like to know where Republicans are doing their shopping
A Harris/Axios poll finds a near majority of Americans say groceries are harder to afford today than a year ago
October 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I’d like to know where Republicans are doing their shopping
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Here's the easy lookup link: www.congress.gov/members/find...
All you need to do, is call the GOP and complain. Are your costs about to go up? Are you angry about cost of living? Mad they're not improving things in your state? Mad they chose ego over the health of Americans?
It's your time.
All you need to do, is call the GOP and complain. Are your costs about to go up? Are you angry about cost of living? Mad they're not improving things in your state? Mad they chose ego over the health of Americans?
It's your time.
October 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Here's the easy lookup link: www.congress.gov/members/find...
All you need to do, is call the GOP and complain. Are your costs about to go up? Are you angry about cost of living? Mad they're not improving things in your state? Mad they chose ego over the health of Americans?
It's your time.
All you need to do, is call the GOP and complain. Are your costs about to go up? Are you angry about cost of living? Mad they're not improving things in your state? Mad they chose ego over the health of Americans?
It's your time.
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Future historians will understand that the key factor in the slide to authoritarianism was the total collapse of the GOP as a pro-democracy party, & the total failure of its not-actually "moderate" & "pro-democracy" rump minority to ally with Democrats & put an end to fascism. But sure, Murc's Law.
September 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Future historians will understand that the key factor in the slide to authoritarianism was the total collapse of the GOP as a pro-democracy party, & the total failure of its not-actually "moderate" & "pro-democracy" rump minority to ally with Democrats & put an end to fascism. But sure, Murc's Law.
So they really are planning to destroy any vestiges of civil society outside of their orbit. It’s time to dust off the word “totalitarian”
In a Hitleresque speech, JD Vance says there can be no unity with the left and vows to use the government to dismantle non-profit NGOs and liberal civil society who he says promote violence and terrorism.
September 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So they really are planning to destroy any vestiges of civil society outside of their orbit. It’s time to dust off the word “totalitarian”
The @nytimes.com discovers the law of the excluded middle
With his right-wing group Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk engaged controversial topics. Some students, particularly young men, connected with his views. Others found them appalling.
The Young Men Who Saw Charlie Kirk as Their Champion
With his right-wing group Turning Point USA, Mr. Kirk engaged controversial topics. Some students were inspired. Others found his views appalling.
nyti.ms
September 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The @nytimes.com discovers the law of the excluded middle
Fire Island lighthouse
September 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Fire Island lighthouse
To be fair, this is a pretty good summary of the current thinking of six Supreme Court justices and of the majority party in Congress
Student, to professor: "I'm not entirely sure this is legal to be teaching, because according to our president there's only two genders... and I don't want to promote something that is against our president's laws as well as against my religious beliefs" www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
To be fair, this is a pretty good summary of the current thinking of six Supreme Court justices and of the majority party in Congress
We shouldn’t have to remind ourselves that you can’t just go around killing people
September 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We shouldn’t have to remind ourselves that you can’t just go around killing people
The @nytimes.com has discovered the limited equity co-op. They could have found them in the Bronx but that would have meant sending a reporter there instead of Lausanne
The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
September 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The @nytimes.com has discovered the limited equity co-op. They could have found them in the Bronx but that would have meant sending a reporter there instead of Lausanne
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Out of respect for reality and our wellbeing, we probably need way less talk about what “Democrats” should do and way more talk about what “we” can do. We’re not going to look back and wish we complained about Democratic leadership more, especially when we’re clear enough to get why they’re stunted.
August 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Out of respect for reality and our wellbeing, we probably need way less talk about what “Democrats” should do and way more talk about what “we” can do. We’re not going to look back and wish we complained about Democratic leadership more, especially when we’re clear enough to get why they’re stunted.
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Just talk like normal people, for Christ’s sake.
If you’re thinking about it, you’re already overthinking it.
Stop looking over your shoulder for the hall monitor and just speak from the heart.
If you’re thinking about it, you’re already overthinking it.
Stop looking over your shoulder for the hall monitor and just speak from the heart.
August 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Just talk like normal people, for Christ’s sake.
If you’re thinking about it, you’re already overthinking it.
Stop looking over your shoulder for the hall monitor and just speak from the heart.
If you’re thinking about it, you’re already overthinking it.
Stop looking over your shoulder for the hall monitor and just speak from the heart.
People are thinking in easy tropes -- Obama had a supermajority! Get rid of the filibuster! Biden gave up! -- and they're drawing facile conclusions from them, rather than looking at the complexities behind them and learning from those complexities.
August 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
People are thinking in easy tropes -- Obama had a supermajority! Get rid of the filibuster! Biden gave up! -- and they're drawing facile conclusions from them, rather than looking at the complexities behind them and learning from those complexities.
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Lisa Kudrow nailed it! This was the best
Republican impersonation I have ever seen, I was even getting upset thinking this was real. Love it!
Republican impersonation I have ever seen, I was even getting upset thinking this was real. Love it!
August 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lisa Kudrow nailed it! This was the best
Republican impersonation I have ever seen, I was even getting upset thinking this was real. Love it!
Republican impersonation I have ever seen, I was even getting upset thinking this was real. Love it!
Anytime Cuomo's opened his mouth about housing in this campaign, it's been word-salad double talk. (That's true about any topic he's discussed, actually.) It has the virtue, though, that if you know nothing about what he's talking about, you don't realize he knows even less
August 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Anytime Cuomo's opened his mouth about housing in this campaign, it's been word-salad double talk. (That's true about any topic he's discussed, actually.) It has the virtue, though, that if you know nothing about what he's talking about, you don't realize he knows even less
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Disgrace. Now and forever.
This day in history, an abuser resigned in disgrace. He will never hold such power again. We won’t let him.
August 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Disgrace. Now and forever.
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Landlords constantly frame rent stabilization as a program for the poor that the rich take advantage of. Its real purpose is to protect all tenants from the shock of sudden high rent increases, in the same way homeowners with variable rate mortgages are protected by caps on interest rate increases.
August 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Landlords constantly frame rent stabilization as a program for the poor that the rich take advantage of. Its real purpose is to protect all tenants from the shock of sudden high rent increases, in the same way homeowners with variable rate mortgages are protected by caps on interest rate increases.
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And it's not actually the undermarket rent that makes this place so livable. It's knowing how much our rent will go up in advance. It's being able to sign a two-year lease. It's knowing that we can stay here for as long as we want & won't get drummed out by a surprise $1000/month increase.
August 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
And it's not actually the undermarket rent that makes this place so livable. It's knowing how much our rent will go up in advance. It's being able to sign a two-year lease. It's knowing that we can stay here for as long as we want & won't get drummed out by a surprise $1000/month increase.
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True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing.
Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.
Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
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Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.
Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
x.com/andrewcuomo/...
August 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing.
Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.
Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
x.com/andrewcuomo/...
Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.
Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
x.com/andrewcuomo/...
Eric Adams's campaign in Eric Adams's New York City
Get Out: Adams Opens Campaign Office in Building With Vacate Order
The storefront Democratic club HQ where the mayor just had a ribbon-cutting ceremony had a parapet collapse in dramatic fashion two years ago.
www.thecity.nyc
August 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Eric Adams's campaign in Eric Adams's New York City
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This article has come up a couple times in my feed, from thecity.nyc, which a actually a pretty good news source. Not this time. 1/14
Rent Freeze Proposal Chills Cash-Starved Owners of Bronx Buildings
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s pledge is raising alarms as bankers refuse to finance regulated buildings where costs outstrip income.
www.thecity.nyc
August 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This article has come up a couple times in my feed, from thecity.nyc, which a actually a pretty good news source. Not this time. 1/14
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Fixed it for him:
"Last night in New York City, a single mother and her children slept at a homeless shelter because I, as governor, showered luxury developers with tax breaks, cut NYCHA funding, gutted rent laws, blocked tenant protections, and oversaw the loss of 150k+ affordable units."
"Last night in New York City, a single mother and her children slept at a homeless shelter because I, as governor, showered luxury developers with tax breaks, cut NYCHA funding, gutted rent laws, blocked tenant protections, and oversaw the loss of 150k+ affordable units."
Grandma-killer says what? (This is deeply deranged and Mamdani got the apartment when he was making $47K)
August 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Fixed it for him:
"Last night in New York City, a single mother and her children slept at a homeless shelter because I, as governor, showered luxury developers with tax breaks, cut NYCHA funding, gutted rent laws, blocked tenant protections, and oversaw the loss of 150k+ affordable units."
"Last night in New York City, a single mother and her children slept at a homeless shelter because I, as governor, showered luxury developers with tax breaks, cut NYCHA funding, gutted rent laws, blocked tenant protections, and oversaw the loss of 150k+ affordable units."