Henry Litsky
@henrylitsky.bsky.social
Safe streets & transit advocate | Previously @henry632 on twitter | Opinions my own
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I'm just a poor country political historian and not some big city media fella, but it *does* seem like a slightly big deal that the leader of the United States presented comically faked "evidence" in the Oval Office to justify his power to disappear ordinary people into a Central American prison?
Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
April 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I'm just a poor country political historian and not some big city media fella, but it *does* seem like a slightly big deal that the leader of the United States presented comically faked "evidence" in the Oval Office to justify his power to disappear ordinary people into a Central American prison?
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With these posts, they’ve made it essentially inarguable that they’re deliberately defying the Supreme Court.
April 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
With these posts, they’ve made it essentially inarguable that they’re deliberately defying the Supreme Court.
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i hope other elected dems are taking note - this is where the bar is now. get out there and do something. put your own ass on the line for us.
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
i hope other elected dems are taking note - this is where the bar is now. get out there and do something. put your own ass on the line for us.
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It's one of my constant refrains: We need leaders who understand that "cyclists" are not a fixed constituency but that "cycling" is a thing that should be cultivated.
A personal pet peeve: Politicians and car owners who talk about “cyclists” as though they’re a distinct human species.
In reality, urban cyclists are just regular folks who decided to travel by bike. Many, many more people will make that decision if a city provides high-quality infrastructure.
In reality, urban cyclists are just regular folks who decided to travel by bike. Many, many more people will make that decision if a city provides high-quality infrastructure.
April 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
It's one of my constant refrains: We need leaders who understand that "cyclists" are not a fixed constituency but that "cycling" is a thing that should be cultivated.
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HUD had a similarly empty booth at the American Planning Association conference in Denver last weekend.
April 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
HUD had a similarly empty booth at the American Planning Association conference in Denver last weekend.
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They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.
March 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.
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If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
March 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
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The regime continues to deport lawful residents with no due process & in defiance of court orders.
If you think this doesn’t affect you, you’re wrong. They won’t stop with folks from Syria & Lebanon.
If we let them get away with this, they’ll expand to all sorts of people, including citizens.
If you think this doesn’t affect you, you’re wrong. They won’t stop with folks from Syria & Lebanon.
If we let them get away with this, they’ll expand to all sorts of people, including citizens.
Brown University Professor and Doctor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order (Gift Article)
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The regime continues to deport lawful residents with no due process & in defiance of court orders.
If you think this doesn’t affect you, you’re wrong. They won’t stop with folks from Syria & Lebanon.
If we let them get away with this, they’ll expand to all sorts of people, including citizens.
If you think this doesn’t affect you, you’re wrong. They won’t stop with folks from Syria & Lebanon.
If we let them get away with this, they’ll expand to all sorts of people, including citizens.
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I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
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America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
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"Peace in Our Time" [credit: @webrant.bsky.social]
March 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"Peace in Our Time" [credit: @webrant.bsky.social]
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Schumer saying on Chris Hayes that the GOP could just eliminate employees and entire government programs unless Dems pass their bill lol. What do you think they’re doing already, Chuck?
March 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Schumer saying on Chris Hayes that the GOP could just eliminate employees and entire government programs unless Dems pass their bill lol. What do you think they’re doing already, Chuck?
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It's funny thinking back to the argument that Dems couldn't get rid of the filibuster when they were in power because they'd miss it once the GOP was in power.
March 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It's funny thinking back to the argument that Dems couldn't get rid of the filibuster when they were in power because they'd miss it once the GOP was in power.
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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I’d like to ask every single New Yorker who’s remotely left of center to get actively involved in your local Democratic Party chapter with the goal of driving Schumer, Gillibrand, Hochul, Adams, Cuomo and all the other dead wood into retirement.
March 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I’d like to ask every single New Yorker who’s remotely left of center to get actively involved in your local Democratic Party chapter with the goal of driving Schumer, Gillibrand, Hochul, Adams, Cuomo and all the other dead wood into retirement.
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AOC on senate Dems caving and backing the CR: “A wide sense of betrayal.”
March 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
AOC on senate Dems caving and backing the CR: “A wide sense of betrayal.”
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Minnesota's bipartisan "Yes To Homes" coalition has proposed the Starter Homes Act which would;
🏠allow duplexes and ADUs on existing lots,
🏘️allow townhomes on vacant lots,
📐limit minimum lot sizes to 1/8th acre with utilities,
📜require admin review, not volunteer board.
🏠allow duplexes and ADUs on existing lots,
🏘️allow townhomes on vacant lots,
📐limit minimum lot sizes to 1/8th acre with utilities,
📜require admin review, not volunteer board.
March 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Minnesota's bipartisan "Yes To Homes" coalition has proposed the Starter Homes Act which would;
🏠allow duplexes and ADUs on existing lots,
🏘️allow townhomes on vacant lots,
📐limit minimum lot sizes to 1/8th acre with utilities,
📜require admin review, not volunteer board.
🏠allow duplexes and ADUs on existing lots,
🏘️allow townhomes on vacant lots,
📐limit minimum lot sizes to 1/8th acre with utilities,
📜require admin review, not volunteer board.
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Ask people in the UK how privatizing mail and rail is going.
Billionaire Elon Musk, who is advising President Donald Trump on plans to radically shrink the US government, said that the US Postal Service and passenger railroad Amtrak should be privatized reut.rs/4iruAxY
Elon Musk says Post Office, Amtrak should be privatized
Billionaire Elon Musk, who is advising President Donald Trump on plans to radically shrink the U.S. government, said on Wednesday that the U.S. Postal Service and passenger railroad Amtrak should be privatized.
reut.rs
March 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Ask people in the UK how privatizing mail and rail is going.