Joie
@jkichton.bsky.social
tenant • disrupter • eater
house the ppl
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comms for @nhlp.bsky.social, formerly @pplsaction.bsky.social
house the ppl
she/her
comms for @nhlp.bsky.social, formerly @pplsaction.bsky.social
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There isn't a bigger anti-establishment, fuck-the-man pursuit than skateboarding. Yet even that industry has succumbed to private equity, destroying leading brands and the relationships that kept the scene thriving, cool, and local. I look at a new report on this cursed financialization:
Private Equity Ripped the Heart Out of Skateboarding
Multiple buyouts and bankruptcies have ruined iconic brands and hollowed out skateboarding culture. It’s our financialized economy in miniature.
prospect.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
There isn't a bigger anti-establishment, fuck-the-man pursuit than skateboarding. Yet even that industry has succumbed to private equity, destroying leading brands and the relationships that kept the scene thriving, cool, and local. I look at a new report on this cursed financialization:
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NYS Tenant Bloc out with a statement:
“Tenants are the majority in New York. Zohran Mamdani understands that and he gave us something to vote for... Tonight’s results send a clear message to landlord-backed politicians like Andrew Cuomo: your time is over."
“Tenants are the majority in New York. Zohran Mamdani understands that and he gave us something to vote for... Tonight’s results send a clear message to landlord-backed politicians like Andrew Cuomo: your time is over."
June 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
NYS Tenant Bloc out with a statement:
“Tenants are the majority in New York. Zohran Mamdani understands that and he gave us something to vote for... Tonight’s results send a clear message to landlord-backed politicians like Andrew Cuomo: your time is over."
“Tenants are the majority in New York. Zohran Mamdani understands that and he gave us something to vote for... Tonight’s results send a clear message to landlord-backed politicians like Andrew Cuomo: your time is over."
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Zohran’s victory is an earthquake. The left everywhere must dedicate itself to an insurgency against Dem incumbents. The Dem establishment has lost credibility w/ its base in the face of fascist threat. The base is looking leftward for new leadership. We are the opposition party.
June 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Zohran’s victory is an earthquake. The left everywhere must dedicate itself to an insurgency against Dem incumbents. The Dem establishment has lost credibility w/ its base in the face of fascist threat. The base is looking leftward for new leadership. We are the opposition party.
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"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"
June 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"
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The Trump Democrats bsky.app/profile/pale...
The final tally to advance the CR is 62-38.
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
March 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Trump Democrats bsky.app/profile/pale...
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Chris Bergquist worked in HUD’s Fair Housing office.
One of his first cases: a disabled woman who couldn’t shower because her landlord refused to make her unit wheelchair accessible. His team forced compliance.
Now he’s been fired in Trump’s purge—as Fair Housing staff face 76.5% cuts nationwide.
One of his first cases: a disabled woman who couldn’t shower because her landlord refused to make her unit wheelchair accessible. His team forced compliance.
Now he’s been fired in Trump’s purge—as Fair Housing staff face 76.5% cuts nationwide.
Before the mass firings, this Georgia-based federal worker prevented housing discrimination in the Southeast
Included in the ongoing purge of federal workers by the Trump administration were employees at the Atlanta regional office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. One federal worker's...
www.wabe.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Chris Bergquist worked in HUD’s Fair Housing office.
One of his first cases: a disabled woman who couldn’t shower because her landlord refused to make her unit wheelchair accessible. His team forced compliance.
Now he’s been fired in Trump’s purge—as Fair Housing staff face 76.5% cuts nationwide.
One of his first cases: a disabled woman who couldn’t shower because her landlord refused to make her unit wheelchair accessible. His team forced compliance.
Now he’s been fired in Trump’s purge—as Fair Housing staff face 76.5% cuts nationwide.
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Wars, be they military or trade, benefit a tiny handful of elites and cost everyone else (on all sides alike) terribly.
We need spotlights on those elite benefits and those collective costs, put constantly side by side. The divides are not nation-state based but class based.
We need spotlights on those elite benefits and those collective costs, put constantly side by side. The divides are not nation-state based but class based.
March 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Wars, be they military or trade, benefit a tiny handful of elites and cost everyone else (on all sides alike) terribly.
We need spotlights on those elite benefits and those collective costs, put constantly side by side. The divides are not nation-state based but class based.
We need spotlights on those elite benefits and those collective costs, put constantly side by side. The divides are not nation-state based but class based.
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No tax on tips as he is devised it a huge new tax break for rich people who will convert income to tips. No tax on Social Security? Drains the Social Security trust fund.
March 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No tax on tips as he is devised it a huge new tax break for rich people who will convert income to tips. No tax on Social Security? Drains the Social Security trust fund.
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interested to see what happens when the social security checks stop flowing
March 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
interested to see what happens when the social security checks stop flowing
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Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.”
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires, including the richest person in the world — or for the rest of us?
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires, including the richest person in the world — or for the rest of us?
February 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.”
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires, including the richest person in the world — or for the rest of us?
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires, including the richest person in the world — or for the rest of us?
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sounds like DC has no option but to cut safety net programs and build a football stadium for billionaires
Not great financial news for D.C.: The CFO's quarterly revenue estimate shows that for FY26, which starts in October, D.C. is expected to take in $325 million less than it expected back in December. And that repeats in the following years. A big cause: federal layoffs.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
sounds like DC has no option but to cut safety net programs and build a football stadium for billionaires
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The richest man in the world calls people who get help from government programs the “parasite class.”
But Medicaid’s beneficiaries aren’t parasites. Half of them are children.
If we’re talking about people who depend on government, Elon Musk is the biggest “parasite” of all.
But Medicaid’s beneficiaries aren’t parasites. Half of them are children.
If we’re talking about people who depend on government, Elon Musk is the biggest “parasite” of all.
February 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The richest man in the world calls people who get help from government programs the “parasite class.”
But Medicaid’s beneficiaries aren’t parasites. Half of them are children.
If we’re talking about people who depend on government, Elon Musk is the biggest “parasite” of all.
But Medicaid’s beneficiaries aren’t parasites. Half of them are children.
If we’re talking about people who depend on government, Elon Musk is the biggest “parasite” of all.
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worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
wapo.st
February 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
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Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:
February 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:
Tina's in senior YOLO mode and I hope she keeps this energy up in the remainder of her term
This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.
February 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Tina's in senior YOLO mode and I hope she keeps this energy up in the remainder of her term
Public agencies keep our roads & bridges secure, air clean, & food safe. They're a tool we created to protect us & our families. When corporations replace public servants w/henchmen, block our oversight, & seize control of our govt systems, they’re demanding we surrender our freedom for their greed.
Government Workers Who Have Lost Their Jobs Worry About Their Housing
The abrupt firings have left federal workers and contractors throughout the country in flux, with many distressed over how they will pay the mortgage or rent.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Public agencies keep our roads & bridges secure, air clean, & food safe. They're a tool we created to protect us & our families. When corporations replace public servants w/henchmen, block our oversight, & seize control of our govt systems, they’re demanding we surrender our freedom for their greed.
Remember when you first heard the stupid phrase that the only things certain in life were death and taxes? Well maybe the billionaires and mega millionaires are gonna start avoiding death now too.
The IRS is expected to fire upwards of 6,000 employees as early as today.
This will mean fewer audits for rich tax dodgers.
According to U.S. Treasury estimates, the top 1% underpay their taxes by $163 billion every year.
This will mean fewer audits for rich tax dodgers.
According to U.S. Treasury estimates, the top 1% underpay their taxes by $163 billion every year.
February 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Remember when you first heard the stupid phrase that the only things certain in life were death and taxes? Well maybe the billionaires and mega millionaires are gonna start avoiding death now too.
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You cannot defeat fascism with centrism.
February 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
You cannot defeat fascism with centrism.
The housing crisis is F*** & this will make it worse -- all under the guise of the bootstraps individualism, a story white, rich ppl made up to make other ppl believe their problems were their fault, & not the fault of corporations & private equity buy up whole neighborhoods & evict ppl to make $.
New Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner just sent out his first email to staff that starts off "I want to welcome you to the new Golden Age of America!"
This part stood out to me as particularly disturbing:
This part stood out to me as particularly disturbing:
February 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The housing crisis is F*** & this will make it worse -- all under the guise of the bootstraps individualism, a story white, rich ppl made up to make other ppl believe their problems were their fault, & not the fault of corporations & private equity buy up whole neighborhoods & evict ppl to make $.
From fires in LA to the water crisis in RVA, amidst everything ***ELSE***, its hard to not begin this year already feeling defeated. I'm doing the best I can: making a lot of soup, helping my neighbors get what they need, and playing with friends in the snow.
January 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
From fires in LA to the water crisis in RVA, amidst everything ***ELSE***, its hard to not begin this year already feeling defeated. I'm doing the best I can: making a lot of soup, helping my neighbors get what they need, and playing with friends in the snow.
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We believe housing policies propel democracy forward when they serve all of us, not predatory lenders & corporate landlords. Everyone should be free to make a good living, care for their families, & have a safe, stable home. Our vision is a just & equitable housing system that puts ppl over profit.
January 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We believe housing policies propel democracy forward when they serve all of us, not predatory lenders & corporate landlords. Everyone should be free to make a good living, care for their families, & have a safe, stable home. Our vision is a just & equitable housing system that puts ppl over profit.
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the reason there is too much giving tuesday email is that we have stripped away federal support for public goods for 40 years
December 3, 2024 at 7:47 PM
the reason there is too much giving tuesday email is that we have stripped away federal support for public goods for 40 years